On 29 May 2009 Lucescu was granted the title "Honorary citizen of Donetsk" by the city council of Donetsk for "earning the UEFA Cup, development and popularization of the Ukrainian football, improvement of the Donetsk, Donetsk region and Ukraine authority in the world".
Mircea Eliade | Mircea Snegur | Mircea Sasu | Mircea Lucescu | Mircea Monroe | Mircea I of Wallachia | Mircea the Shepherd | Mircea Sandu | Mircea III Dracul | Mircea Geoana | Mircea Drăgan | Mircea Dinescu | Mircea Cărtărescu | Mircea Cartarescu | Claudiu Mircea Ionescu |
During his term, he appointed Mircea Lucescu as the coach and brought many stars to Beşiktaş such as Pascal Nouma, Óscar Córdoba, and İlhan Mansız.