yardımcı hakemler: stavros procopiou (cyp), andreas xanthou (cyp)
4. hakem: george papoutsos (cyp)
fc national 2000 bucuresti: bogdan vintila (gk), tiberiu curt, dan petrescu, gheorghe-gabrie caramarin (dk. 89 boris keca), sabin ilie (c), daniel prodan, ovidiu petre, petre marin, adrian olah, gigel coman (dk. 85 albert duro), sergiu radu (dk. 83 victoraş iacob)
yedekler: marius popa (gk), sorin iodi, dejan micic, ioan nemtanu
teknik direktör: walter zenga (ita)
heerenveen: hans vonk (gk), gérard de nooijer (dk. 77 ronnie venema), tieme klompe (c) (dk. 68 daniel jensen), erik edman, arkadiusz radomski, mika nurmela, romano denneboom (dk. 60 santi kolk), stefan selakovic, johan hansma, petter hansson, abgar barsom
yedekler: jacob de vries (gk), arjan ebbinge, said bakkati, jeffrey talan
national make no mistake published: thursday 19 september 2002, 21.30cet fc national bucharesti 3-0 sc heerenveen romanians take advantage of slack defending.
fc national bucuresti 3-0 sc heerenveen fc national bucuresti made no mistake as they soundly beat dutch visitors sc heerenveen to put one foot into the uefa cup second round.
driving seat the romanians put themselves in the driving seat with two goals in the first half, and were seldom troubled by a heerenveen team that failed to produce anything near top form in a lucklustre performance.
early lead it took just seven minutes for national to get their noses in front. a corner from the left-hand side by gheorghe-gabrie caramarin was nodded in by tiberiu curt with the visiting rearguard unable to react.
penalty extends lead it was 2-0 after 28 minutes. a dangerous cross from the left was inexplicably handled in the area by heerenveen defender tieme klompe, and sabin ilie rapped home the penalty.
third on the hour a third goal arrived on the hour, adrian olah racing through to make no mistake, and although the dutchmen raised their game slightly in the closing stages, heerenveen were a well-beaten side by the end.
played badly "we played badly, and national won all of the one-on-ones, which helped them considerably in their efforts to win," said a disappointed heerenveen coach foppe de haan after the game.
