Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan horar da tawagar 'yan wasan Romania inda ya jagoranci tawagar zuwa wasan farko a gasar zakarun Turai ta UEFA, Lucescu ya yi aiki mai tsawo a Italiya, inda ya horar da kungiyoyi da dama kamar Pisa, Brescia, Reggiana da Inter Milan. Daga nan sai ya dauki nauyin kungiyar Galatasaray ta Turkiyya, tare da wanda ya lashe gasar cin kofin UEFA
a kan Real Madrid a shekara ta 2000. A karkashin jagorancin Lucescu, Galatasaray ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe a gasar zakarun Turai a lokacin kakar 2000-01. A wasan kusa da na karshe, Real Madrid ce ta doke su. A wannan shekarar, ya rasa taken gasar zakarun Turkiyya ga abokan hamayyarsa Fenerbahçe. A shekara mai zuwa, Galatasaray ya cancanci zuwa mataki na biyu na gasar zakarun Turai kuma ya lashe gasar zakarun Turkiyya a karkashin jagorancinsa. An kori Lucescu a ƙarshen kakar wasa, duk da lashe gasar zakarun Turai, kuma Fatih Terim ya maye gurbinsa.