Silviu Lung

He played his first match for Romania in 2010, being used by coach Răzvan Lucescu to replace Bogdan Lobonț in the last seven minutes of a friendly match against Honduras which ended with a 3–0 victory. His second game was a 1–1 against Albania at the Euro 2012 qualifiers and his last game was 2–1 loss against Algeria in a friendly. He was an unused member at Euro 2016. Lung was the national team's third-choice goalkeeper, behind Ciprian Tătărușanu and Costel Pantilimon. His last call-up came in November 2019. In 2020, he announced his international retirement, having not played for the national team since 2014. He made a total of three international appearances between 2010 and 2014.

Club

As of match played 31 August 2025

International

Victoria Carei

Lung was born on 9 September 1956 in Sânmiclăuș, Satu Mare County, Romania. He started to play senior football in 1971 at Victoria Carei in Divizia C, being helped due to a rule imposed by the Romanian Football Federation requiring the use of a junior player in lower league games. During his time at Victoria, he helped the club achieve promotion to Divizia B.

Universitatea Craiova

Lung joined Universitatea Craiova, making his Divizia A debut on 29 August 1974 under coach Constantin Cernăianu in a 1–0 victory against Politehnica Timișoara. He spent 14 seasons with Universitatea, being part of the "Craiova Maxima" generation that won two consecutive league titles in 1980 and 1981. In the first one, coach Valentin Stănescu gave him only three appearances because he was diagnosed with hepatitis and in the second he played 20 games under the guidance of coach Ion Oblemenco. He also won the Cupa României four times, in the years 1977, 1978, 1981 and 1983, but played only in the latter final. Lung helped The Blue Lions reach the quarter-finals of the 1981–82 European Cup after eliminating Olympiacos and Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, being eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Bayern Munich. He was also an integral part of "U" Craiova's team that reached the 1982–83 UEFA Cup semi-finals where they lost to Benfica, making 10 appearances in the campaign. Lung won the Romanian Footballer of the Year in 1984 and in the same year he was nominated for the Ballon…

Lung played 76 games for Romania, making his debut under coach Ștefan Kovács on 21 March 1979 in a 3–0 friendly victory against Greece. His second game was a 2–2 draw against Spain in the Euro 1980 qualifiers. His following appearance for the national team came after three and a half years of absence in a 0–0 draw against Italy during the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers in which he made a total of five appearances. Lung played two games under coach Mircea Lucescu during the final tournament in a 1–1 draw against Spain and a 2–1 loss to West Germany as Romania did not get past the group stage. He played seven games in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers and five during the Euro 1988 qualifiers. Afterwards he played five matches in the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers. Subsequently, he was used by coach Emerich Jenei as captain for the entirety of all four matches in the final tournament, where The Tricolours were eliminated by Ireland in the round of 16. Lung played four games in the Euro 1992 qualifiers and made his last appearance for the national team on 2 June 1993 in a 5–2 loss to Czechoslovakia during the 1994 World Cup qualifiers. For representing his country at the 1990 World Cup, Lung was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III. In 2022, the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) included Lung in its "Romania's all-time dream team"…

After retirement, Lung began his coaching career and for over 20 years he was the assistant coach or goalkeeping coach for clubs such as Universitatea Craiova, Național București, Nagoya Grampus, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Astra Ploiești, CFR Cluj, CS Universitatea Craiova and Concordia Chiajna. Between 1995 and 1997 he was the head coach of Minerul Motru and earlier in 1994, of Olympique de Casablanca. Those were his only jobs as a head coach, until December 2017, when he was announced as the new head coach of Liga III side CSO Filiași.

Lung's father and older brother Tiberiu were also professional footballers.

Lung has two sons, Tiberiu and Silviu Jr., both of whom played as goalkeepers and represented Romania at international level. In 2003, Lung received the Honorary Citizen of Craiova award. In January 2014, he was involved in a car accident which killed the driver of the other vehicle, receiving a punishment of one year and four months suspended sentence.

FC Universitatea Craiova

Divizia B: 2005–06 Astra Giurgiu

Liga I: 2015–16 Cupa României: 2013–14; runner-up: 2016–17 Supercupa României: 2014, 2016 Kayserispor

Turkish Cup runner-up: 2021–22 Universitatea Craiova

Liga I: 2025–26 Cupa României: 2025–26