[1][2][3][4][5] When he returned to "U" Craiova, coach Constantin Cernăianu gave him Divizia A debut on 19 November 1975 in a 4–0 home win over Argeș Pitești.

[1][2][4][5][9][10][11][12][14] He started the 1986–87 season by playing all the minutes in the 1–0 win over Dynamo Kyiv from the European Super Cup and in the loss from the Intercontinental Cup with the same score in front of River Plate, by the end of it helping Steaua win another Double, coaches Jenei and Anghel Iordănescu giving him 31 league appearances in which he scored 22 goals, being surpassed only by Dinamo București's controversial European Golden Shoe winner, Rodion Cămătaru who scored double, also appearing the full 90 minutes in the 1–0 victory from the Cupa României final over Dinamo.

[1][2][4][5][10][11][12][16] In his last season spent with The Military Men, the team won another Double, Iordănescu using him in 22 league matches, managing to score 23 goals, also appearing the whole game in another 1–0 victory in the Cupa României final over rivals Dinamo and made another European performance by playing 7 games in the European Cup campaign, including all the minutes from the 4–0 loss in front of AC Milan from the final, scoring one goal in the semi-finals against Galatasaray when goalkeeper Zoran Simović kicked the ball in the back of his head and it went in the goalpost but the referee wrongfully cancelled the goal.

[19] Victor Pițurcă played 13 games and scored 6 goals at international level for Romania, making his debut on 27 March 1985 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a friendly which ended 0–0 with Poland.

[20] Victor Pițurcă's first coaching experience was working as an assistant of Emerich Jenei at Steaua București, shortly afterwards becoming the team's head coach in March 1992, winning on his debut with 3–0 in front of rivals Rapid București, finishing the season on the second place and winning the Cupa României after the victory at the penalty shoot-out in the final against Politehnica Timișoara.

[25] In 1998, following the success with the under-21 side, Pițurcă was appointed as Romania's seniors manager, making his debut on 17 August in a friendly which ended 0–0 with Norway.

[2][3][4][22][23][28][29] He qualified the team to the Euro 2000, as he won the qualification group with seven victories and three draws in front of Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein.

[2][3][4][5][23][29][31] At the beginning of the year 2000, he returns at Steaua, finishing the championship on the 3rd position, but managed to win the following one and also the 2001 Supercupa României with a 2–1 victory against Dinamo București.

[2][39] He was close to qualify at the 2014 World Cup, finishing the qualification group on the second place behind Netherlands but above Turkey, Hungary, Estonia and Andorra, thus reaching the play-off where they lost 4–2 with Greece.

[2][4][41] In January 2015, he was heavily criticized for excluding Al-Ittihad's top stars Mohammed Noor and Hamad Al-Montashari due to disobeying training procedure.

[45][47] In 1981, Victor Pițurcă and other people were arrested in Târgu Jiu for playing barbut which is a dice game that was illegal during the communist regime.