Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I muri i te whakangungu i te kapa motu Romanian i reira i arahina ai e ia te kapa ki to ratou putanga tuatahi ki nga whiringa toa o te UEFA European Championship, he roa te mahi a Lucescu i Itari, i reira i whakangungu ai ia i etahi karapu penei i a Pisa, Brescia, Reggiana me Inter Milan. I muri mai ka whakahaerehia e ia te karapu Turkish a Galatasaray, i toa ai ia i te UEFA Super Cup
ki a Real Madrid i te tau 2000. I raro i te whakahaere a Lucescu, i eke a Galatasaray ki te hauwhā o te UEFA Champions League i te tau 2000-01. I ngā hauwhā whakamutunga, ka hinga rātau i a Real Madrid. I taua tau ano, i ngaro ia i te taitara Turkish League ki nga hoa whawhai a Fenerbahçe. I te tau e whai ake nei, i eke a Galatasaray ki te waahanga tuarua o te Champions League ka wini i te taitara o te Turkish League i raro i tana kaiwhakahaere. I peia a Lucescu i te mutunga o te waa, ahakoa i wikitoria i te toa riiki, a ka whakakapihia e Fatih Terim.