Romania

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The Romanian Football Federation (Federatia Romana de Fotbal) was founded in the month of October 1909 in Bucharest. Romania had their first international game on June 8, 1922, with a 2-1 victory over Yugoslavia in Belgrade with the guidance of Teofil Moraru. A number of temporary coaches were in place and Moraru was able to return his control in the month of August 1924. He was in charge of the team for almost four years. Romania was a success in the 1930s. Manager Costel Radulescu guided them to the initial three FIFA World Cup tournaments, which was a feat that was only matched in the case of Brazil, Belgium and France.

In the 1930 World Cup, Romania won their first game against Peru 3-1. goals scored by Adalbert Desu Constantin Stanciu as well as Nicolae Kovacs, as well as Samuel Zauber as goalkeeper, after which they were beaten by the hosts, and eventually winner Uruguay.

Romania qualified for the following World Cup in 1934 after winning Yugoslavia with a score of 2-1, in a replay of their previous international. In the finals, Romania only played one game under a brand new knock-out format. They lost by 2-1 against Czechoslovakia on the pitch in Trieste, Italy, with Stefan Dobay scoring their only goal of the tournament.

Romania was automatically qualified to the 1938 World Cup after their qualifying playoff opponents Egypt pulled out of the competition. They were beaten by surprise at the finals in France and lost to the minors Cuba and, like Romania were only able to qualify because of the withdrawal of their opponents in the qualifying tournament which was that of the United States. The first game at the Stade du T.O.E.C. in Toulouse ended in a 3-3 draw after extra time. Cuba took the match in a replay the following day with a score of 2-1.

Despite a 3-0 defeat by Portugal at Lisbon and two shaky draws against unfavorably regarded Greece, Romania was able to make it to its first World Cup in Mexico. Angelo Niculescu's team was given one of the most difficult draw, in Group 3 along with holders England and the huges Brazil along with Czechoslovakia.

The Geoff Hurst goal gave England an edge in the opening match of Romania's campaign on the Estadio Jalisco in Guadalajara. Chances improved after an 1-0 win against the Czechs. Despite being a bit behind at first thanks to the score of Ladislav Petras' goal Romania made a comeback at half-time, with Alexandru Neagu in the second half and Florea Dumitrache scoring to earn the Romanians two important points. But it was only a win against the formidable Brazilians could see them through to the quarterfinals.

There were rumours prior to the game that Brazil might be more inclined to Romania to make progress over the world champions England. Despite beating the English 1-0 in their last match in Guadalajara The South American giants still viewed England as one of the biggest challenges to winning the tournament. However, Brazil performed some of the most impressive soccer of the tournament and had Pele scoring two times and scoring a goal by Jairzinho between. Romania was a determined team; Dumitrache pulled the score back to 2-1 prior to the break, and then a last minute Emerich Dembrowski goal made it 3-1, but they couldn't get out.

On the 26th September 1973 under the new head coach Valentin Stanescu Romania experienced a major loss to East Germany in Leipzig. It was a resounding defeat for the East Germans won 2-0 to effectively secure their first qualification to World Cup qualification. World Cup, which would be played over the border into West Germany. After East Germany scoring a predictable 4-1 victory against Albania, Romania were out with a 9-0 victory over Finland on the other side of Bucharest.

Romania was unable to recover from their poor performance throughout their performance at the UEFA European Championship. In their group of qualifying to play in the 1996 European Football Championship, they were beaten by Spain despite a thumping 1-1 draw during their away game. Romania did not win any matches and drew twice against Scotland in addition to Spain and losing points to Denmark and Denmark with a disappointing draw that was goalless.

Romania was again defeated by Spain to be a part of the 1978 World Cup in Argentina. Despite a 1-0 victory from Bucharest, Romania lost a strange match at home against Yugoslavia at 6-4, after having led 3-1 at half-time. Spain beat Yugoslavia by 11-0 in Belgrade in order to ensure their the way into South America.

The sole qualifying success for Romania in the period 1970-90 was during the European Championships in 1984 in France. In the finals of the tournament, Romania were drawn with regular foes Spain and holders West Germany and dark horses Portugal. The team is under the guidance of coach Mircea Luciescu, an exciting opening match in Saint-Etienne was a draw against the Spanish. Francisco Jose Carrasco opened the scoring on the penalty spot, however Romania was able to equalize before half-time thanks to the goal of Laszlo Boloni.

In the match against Germans in Lens. Germans In Lens, Marcel Coras scored an equalizer in the very first minutes of the second period as a reaction to Rudi Voller's opening goal however Voller scored a decisive goal. Their final game with Nantes was a must-win game however Nene's last-minute winner was the difference that made Portugal was able to advance with Spain and scored a stunning late winner over West Germany at the Parc des Princes in Paris.

Romania struggled throughout the rest of the decade, however an improved squad at the close of the decade helped Romania qualify for the fifth World Cup in 1990. A victory against Denmark in their final match brought Emerich Jenei's team into World Cup finals, for the first time in 20 years.

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Romania's team was entirely local-based despite a growing tendency for major clubs from Italy and Spain purchasing the top international talent. Midfielder Ilie Dumitrescu and striker Florin Raducioiu, and the brilliant player Gheorghe Hagi were all part of the team. With the world champions Argentina defeated in the first match by Cameroon in the first match, Romania did their chances not harm by securing an impressive win over their counterparts from the Soviet Union at the San Nicola in Bari and Marius Lacatus scoring in each half. The outcome was more impressive considering that there was no Hagi. There was some controversy it was because Lacatus's second goal was a penalty to a handball by Vagiz Khidiatullin, which replays on television clearly revealed to be a way out of the penalty zone.

Romania was the next victim in Cameroon during the game in Bari. The cult hero Roger Milla, 38 years old, was brought on as an Emmanuel Maboang replacement Kessack. He scored twice before Gavril Balint scored a goal to draw the game back. Romania required a point in their last game against improved Argentina in the San Paolo in Naples; Pedro Monzon gave Argentina the lead after just an hour however, Balint soon equalized the score, and Romania kept their cool to make it to Round 2.

With the Jack Charlton's Republic of Ireland side in Genoa, Romania did not have the skill to take down a defensive team. Daniel Timofte was the only player to miss the penalty shoot-out, having his goal was blocked by Packie Bonner and Romania were eliminated.

Romania was not able to participate in Euro 1992. Scotland was able to qualify after Romania had to win their last game on the pitch in Sofia against Bulgaria and Nasko Sirakov's goal making sure they won.

Romania did well in advancing to the next World Cup in the United States in 1994. Despite losing to Belgium while suffering a hefty loss of 5-2 at the hands of Czechoslovakia, Romania went into their final game in Cardiff Arms Park with Wales seeking a win to move Romania to the finals. Goals scored by Gheorghe Hagi as well as Dean Saunders meant the game was well-balanced, and Wales were given the penalty. Paul Bodin of Swindon Town was on the pitch, but he was unable to clear the woodwork. Romania was able to take the lead the game 2-1. Florin Raducioiu's last-minute goal proved not necessary because Czechoslovakia lost a point to Belgium and lost.

In the finals Romania was one of the teams that was most entertaining in the initial stages and had Gheorghe Hagi, Florin Raducioiu and Ilie Dumitrescu in top the right track. Romania defeated Colombia in the Pasadena Rose Bowl in Los Angeles 3-1. The majority of the games played by Romania took place in California and they had the benefit of playing the majority of their matches within Los Angeles. Raducioiu started the scoring, and Hagi scored another goal of awe-inspiring quality by kicking wide from the left side of the touchline. Adolfo Valencia repelled the attack by scoring a goal with a head shortly before half-time, however Romania did not give up and Raducioiu secured the victory by scoring a third goal late in the game.

At Detroit's indoor Pontiac Silverdome, the temperature increased because of the greenhouse effect that was present in the arena indoors. Switzerland was acclimatized having played against the hosts in the arena, dominated Romania at the end of the period and transformed the 1-1 score at half-time into a stunning 4-1 victory. Romania was able to respond by defeating the hosts with a 1-0 win in Pasadena by scoring the first Dan Petrescu goal.

In the knockout round of 16 stage, they played Argentina at Los Angeles who were shorn of Diego Maradona who was thrown out of the tournament due to using drugs. Raducioiu was suspended and not missed because coach Anghel Iordanescu moved Dumitrescu into the forward position to make way for a striker. Dumitrescu responded by scoring two goals in the first 20 minutes. One was with a stunningly subtle left-foot flick from an incoming right-wing Hagi cross that was slid between Argentine defense. Between them, Gabriel Batistuta scored a penalty, but at half-time Romania scored a fantastic third goal on counter-attacks, by Hagi scoring against the goalkeeper Luis Islas. Abel Balbo pulled one back however, but Romania was able to hold on for an unexpected win.

Romania was to suffer heartbreak on penalty once more, this time in the quarter-final match against Sweden on the streets of San Francisco. With only 13 minutes left remaining, a close game began with the Swedish's Thomas Brolin scored from a clever free-kick and the ball was pushed over of the Romanian walls by Hakan Mild to allow Brolin to smash into. Iordanescu was a bit cautious in the wind, and Raducioiu scored an late equalizer, this time through a free-kick but this time with a deflection , and also a inability of the Swedes to take the ball away. In the extra-time phase, Raducioiu scored again following an error made by Patrik Andersson. Sweden were able to score their own late equalizer when big striker Kennet Andersson leapt over goalkeeper Florin Prunea and smashed home after a long kick. Prunea was brought in after two games in place of Bogdan Stelea, who's confidence was shaken after the loss of 4-1 against the Swiss. In the shoot-out Dan Petrescu and Miodrag Belodedici were saved through Thomas Ravelli and Sweden went through.

In Euro 1996, held in England, Romania arrived as an extremely well-known and loved team, but they had a tough time. The Romanians were from the north-east region, playing the first two games being played at St James Park, in Newcastle. In the first game against France they were defeated by the Christophe Dugarry header reminiscent of Kennet Andersson's goal two years ago scoring against the goalkeeper the air with a lofted ball. A first goal scored by Bulgaria player Hristo Stoichkov at St James Park put Romania in the rear during Euro 1996, but Dorinel Munteanu was able to keep Romania from defeat as well as in the tournament, by launching a thunderbolt at the post, bounced across the line and then bounced went back out. The referee Peter Mikkelsen merely waved play forward, but Romania lost the game by 1-0 which saw them exit the tournament. English director Harry Redknapp was in the crowd on the day, and later claimed that he was convinced there and afterwards the goal line technology required in football. Romania eventually scored the final game of the tournament, Florin Raducioiu tying a first goal scored by the Spanish's Javier Manjarin. Spain must win in order to qualify alongside France in the finals, but at the expense of Bulgaria and did this in the end when Guillermo Amor stooped to head an elapsed winner. Romania was sacked in complete shame, leaving with no points and lots of regrets over what could be.

Despite their performance being poor in Euro 1996, Romania impressed during qualifying, finishing ten points ahead over Ireland. Republic of Ireland and were selected for the final round at 1998's World Cup thanks to their impressive performance in 1994. Despite being placed in a group alongside England and England, their progress towards the knockout stage was anticipated due to a decline in Colombia and the minnows of Tunisia.

Adrian Ilie scored the only goal through a perfectly placed shot in their opening game in the first match against Colombia on the Lyon Stade Gerland. In Toulouse they played an England team that was led by the prodigal forward Michael Owen on the bench and Teddy Sheringham preferred alongside Alan Shearer. A mistake made by Tony Adams was punished by Viorel Moldovan, who plays in the club of Coventry City, before Owen was brought on to score the equalizer. However, Romania came through with a fantastic late goal scored by Dan Petrescu, also playing in England with Chelsea fighting his teammate from Chelsea Graeme le Saux and nutmegging goalkeeper David Seaman.

The next game was played against Tunisia. Romania chose that they would bleach their hair prior to the game. Despite England-Colombia playing the game with more decisive results in the final, it was a huge crowd at the Stade de France located in Paris was packed to the brim with 80,000 fans. out. The crowd was almost rewarded with the score of Skander Souayah's early penalty that gave North Africans the advantage. Romania was in need of to score a point in order to win the group and also be able to avoid Argentina to avoid Argentina in round 16 and it got it by scoring when Moldovan shot the ball in late to equalize. This did them no good however, since during the Round of 16 game in Bordeaux with Croatia, Davor Suker scored two penalties to defeat Romania.

Romania was a force in the qualifying campaign, winning a difficult group of 7 that included Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein. The Romanians excelled with their consistency, always winning and never falling, which included an impressive win in Porto after a 2-0 win over Portugal with a last-minute score scored through Dorinel Munteanu. In Bucharest the final score was 1-1.

The tournament of Euro 2000, held in Belgium and the Netherlands, Romania was facing an extremely difficult group of opponents against the 1996 champions Germany and semi-finalists England and Portugal. The odds of Romania to Romanians to make it through the quarter-finals were viewed as low.

Romania However, they started positively in the first half against Germans in Liege in the first half, including Viorel Moldovan scoring at close distance. The long range Mehmet Scholl score meant that they could only settle for the draw and their place seemed uncertain following the moment that Costinha scored a last-minute goal to Portugal at the end of their first game.

Emerich Jenei, returning as coach has thrown caution in the face during the final game in Charleroi against England in a game that Romania needed to beat. Cristian Chivu's cross slipped through the post in the 22nd minute, but in spite of Romania playing well, England led at half-time thanks to an Alan Shearer penalty and a late Michael Owen goal after he defeated goalkeeper Bogdan Stelea and scored with a tap-in in the closing 5 minutes of first half. Romania started to press following the break and was quickly rewarded. Dorinel Munteanu retaliating against a weak strike of Nigel Martyn, a late substitute of injury-stricken goalie David Seaman, to equalize just three minutes after the start of the second half. England fell apart under the pressure. In a state of desperation to keep possession or create an offensive threat, they collapsed and, in the closing minutes Phil Neville, playing out of the left-back position who conceded a penalty goal from Ioan Ganea, in the 90th minute.

The relief of Romania was offset by the stern opposition in the final eight and Italy which would come in the final seconds of being European champions in a desperation final, easily saw them out by 2-0 in Brussels. Francesco Totti and Filippo Inzaghi scored at the end of the opening half. At the end of 35 minutes Gheorghe Hagi, in his final tournament for international competition, smashed the woodwork, leaving goal-keeper Francesco Toldo stranded off his line. After breaking, was dismissed for diving. The Romanian tournament ended as Emerich Jenei left his job as coach once more.

Romania did not get into the next big tournaments. They lost to Slovenia and Slovenia, who were unexpected qualifying to Euro 2000 in a playoff to be a part of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. A 2-1 deficit being led by the goal of Marius Niculae goal - after the first game in Ljubljana was not unresolvable. With the hero of fans Gheorghe Hagi now coaching the side, they were sure that they would get the victory required at Bucharest in the match against Balkan newcomers However, Slovenia scored the lead just in the final minute thanks to Mladen Rudonja. Right right wing-back Cosmin Contra quickly equalized but Romania was unable to score the goal that they required to force extra time and Slovenia along with maverick manager Srecko Katanec, was in another major tournament.

Romania believed they could qualify for the tournament. They were drawn in Group 2 along with the seeds Denmark, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina and minnows Luxembourg as well as Anghel Iordanescu as their coach. Although they had a great start to the tournament which included a 3-0 victory against Bosnia in Sarajevo but Romania was unable to get their act together. Steffen Iversen's goal in the final minute was the catalyst that gave Norway an unexpected victory at Bucharest but they got then beaten when they came home to the Danes at 5-2 and Thomas Gravesen scoring a spectacular goal from just 50 yards even though they led two times. They came back, and completed an unbeaten run over the Bosnians and securing an important point in Oslo however they conceded an injury-time equalizer at the end of Denmark to draw 2-3. It was a crucial draw, since they were now required by Norway to lose at home against Luxembourg in order to have a realistic possibility of being eligible for. In the end, the Danes scored one draw in Bosnia to break through a tense group, with Norway being in play-offs with Spain.

Romania were placed in a tough group for an qualifying event for 2006's World Cup in Germany. The Netherlands along with The Czech Republic were favourites to be able to qualify, but were then ranked as the top and 2nd in Europe in the respective rankings. The early wins over Finland and Macedonia were not convincing and they were ways behind the two leaders when they scored a 22-0 victory at home against the Czechs. Despite eight wins with three losses, and a draw, they came in third, just behind the Dutch and Czechs and were left out of another important tournament.

Romania was drawn into a group along with favorite group the Netherlands and tough rivals Bulgaria and Bulgaria for Euro 2008 qualifying. Romania did however have excellent qualifying with only one loss away from Bulgaria and defeating the Netherlands by 1-0 at home. the goal of Dorin Goian after a questionable off-side position, which was not noticed by the referee Kyros Vassaras. On October 17, 2007 Romania was the fourth team to be selected to play in Euro 2008, the nation's first international competition after Euro 2000. In a similar way, Victor Piturca also led Romania to qualify in Euro 2000, only to relax in the background and let Emerich Jenei take over the coaching during the final competition but this time he was in the position, which was the first time he was able to coach for a national team in the final phases of the tournament.

Romania was picked as part of the "Group of Death" along with the Netherlands and World champions Italy and France as runners-up of 2006. World Cup. Romania began the match with a draw of 0-0 against an uninspired France while Italy was defeated by the Netherlands in a 3-0 win. In their second match with Italy, Adrian Mutu opened the scoring just before the second period. The lead they had was a brief one, however because the Italian's Christian Panucci scored a minute later after an unintentional corner kick. As the game was coming to an end, game, Daniel Niculae earned a penalty for his team. However, goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was able to save the following Mutu penalty which left Romania having two points, and in need of an outcome against the Netherlands which defeated France in the same match 4-1. The Netherlands defeated Romania 2 to 0 in the final match of the group. This resulted in Italy became part of with the Netherlands in the quarter-finals , and Romania ended up third, just over France.

Romania were selected to participate in the UEFA qualifying round of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup alongside France, Serbia, Austria, Lithuania and the Faroe Islands. Even though Romania were placed in the second round which suggests that they could be capable of challenging for first position among the other teams, the country placed fifth, just ahead of that of Faroe Islands. Their season was a complete disaster, beginning with a home defeat of 3-0 to Lithuania and ended with the humiliation of 5-0 by Serbia in Belgrade from Serbia. In addition, numerous issues resulted from the disastrous season, including the international retirement that included Cosmin Contra Mirel Radoi, and Adrian Mutu (the latter of whom would later be called back after one year of absence). Additionally the Coach Victor Piturca resigned and was replaced by Razvan Lucescu.

For Euro 2012 qualifying, Romania was a part of the group D alongside France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Albania and Luxembourg. While the team appeared eager to keep their terrible performance after their disappointing World Cup campaign, beginning by drawing 1-1 with Pot five members Albania and concluding with a 0-0 draw against Belarus and two defeats against France as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina However, the team managed to bounce back some and win their first two wins. The first was an anticipated victory over Luxembourg however the second one was a significant victory in the rematch with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most recent good result for Romania came in the group match against France to a draw before concluding the campaign as it started in a draw that was disappointing against Albania in addition to Belarus. Romania finished the qualification process with a distant third position just one point clear of Belarus.

Romania was invited to this year's FIFA World Cup qualifying round alongside other countries including the Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary, Estonia and Andorra. Romania, Turkey and Hungary were expected to fight to be second ahead of the Netherlands. They had a great start with a 2-0 win away in Estonia and then an 4-0 home win against the mediocre Andorra and another away victory at home against Turkey (1-0). Following that, Romania was defeated by Netherlands both away and at home and was able to score just a draw against Hungary during the time. Romania was able to begin the final part of the tournament by winning at home, in the match against Hungary and was subsequently beaten by Turkey. The two final match days were crucial and saw Romania being able to secure its place in the play-offs by claiming two victories, over Andorra and Estonia and the two teams that qualified Turkey as well as Hungary were both defeated by the winners of the group which was the Netherlands. Romania was drawn to play Greece for a spot in the World Cup finals, but the loss of 3-1 in Greece and an 1-1 draw at home ended the run of its opponents.

In the qualifying phase of Euro 2016 Romania was drawn into Group F alongside Greece, Hungary, Finland, Northern Ireland and the Faroe Islands. Romania has begun its first qualification game in 2008 with a victory against group favorite Greece after which it followed up with a draw against Pot two member Hungary as well as a 2:2 victory against Finland. Despite its initial victory, Romania decided to part with coach Victor Piturca by mutual consent. Anghel Iordanescu came out of retirement to to coach Romania for the third time.

Under the leadership of Iordanescu, Romania was able to follow it up with a comfortably 2-0 victory over unexpected forces Northern Ireland and, despite an unsatisfactory 1-0 victory over Northern Ireland, a 1-0 loss to the Faroe Islands and a 0-0 draw in the game in the match against Northern Ireland, Romania remained in the top spot in Group F. It was just one point higher than Northern Ireland and three points ahead of third-placed Hungary. Following a goalless draw during the game with Hungary in Budapest but Romania slipped back to the second spot just one point behind Northern Ireland and three above Hungary and still in third.

After a 1-1 draw secured in overtime with Finland, Romania secured their place in the final tournament in the final game with a 3-1 win at the Faroe Islands. Romania ended the qualifying group in second place, just one point ahead of the winners of the group Northern Ireland, completing their first qualifying campaign that was successful in eight years , undefeated with five draws and five wins. Romania made it to Euro 2016 and were drawn in the same group with hosts France, Switzerland and Albania. Romania fell to France because of an 89th-minute strike from Dimitri Payet to cancel out Bogdan Stancu's equalizer. Romania was the last spot in Group A. In the second match of its group against Switzerland another Stancu penalty was able to help Romania gain its first win of the tournament , following an 1-1 draw. In its final group stage game, Romania lost 0-1 against Albania to finish last in Group A with only one point , and two goals, both scored from penalties.

For the qualification round Romania was selected in Group E being placed in Pot 1 for the first time in a long period of time. Romania's two most formidable opponents are believed to be Denmark and Poland The other oppositions include Montenegro, Armenia and Kazakhstan. The qualifying season began with a draw of 1-1 against Montenegro and then a crushing away win against Armenia (0-5. The next game, Romania recorded another draw (0-0) in a match against Kazakhstan. The final game played in 2016 ended in a defeat of 0-3 against Poland in which Robert Lewandowski scoring a double. Following a disappointing season, Romania ended in the fourth spot in Group E, scoring 13 points. After eight of the 10-games, due in part to the lackluster performance and poor coaching, Coach Christoph Daum was fired and was replaced by promising new coach Cosmin Contra.

The poor performance of Romania previously led to the country being forced to be part of this year's UEFA Nations League C, which saw them again together with Montenegro along with the neighbor Serbia and the minnows Lithuania. Romania had a decent performance, and the team beating Lithuania and Montenegro however, three draws, and two losses against Serbia which made it clear that Romania could not secure the top spot, or a directly-to-playoff ticket. But, after UEFA changed the structure, Romania was officially promoted to the 2020-21 UEFA Nations League B.

Romania was selected as part of a group that included Romania's national team of Spain, Sweden, and Norway together with Malta along with Malta and the Faroe Islands in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. The opening match of the tournament, Romania suffered a 1-2 loss away to Sweden. Then came an easy victory of 4-1 over Faroe Islands. Faroe Islands and a 2-2 draw against Norway in Oslo with two wins against Malta and a 1-2 defeat at home against Spain. Finally, Romania kept on track by defeating Faroe Islands 3-0 away, however, it was followed by an unsatisfactory 1-1 draw at home against the Norwegians. The result had significantly hampered their chances of qualifying automatically in the event that they had to face the strong Swedish and Spanish teams in the two remaining games in the competition. A loss at home of 0-2 to Sweden meant that Romania could not get into the automatic qualification positions. Romania did eventually qualify for the playoffs, however their performance was a cost to Cosmin against his coaching role and he was dismissed before the tournament. Romania was subsequently beaten 2 to Iceland and then was ejected out of UEFA Euro 2020 contention.

In 2022, for the FIFA World Cup hosted in Qatar, Romania was drawn in UEFA Group J, along with Germany, Armenia, North Macedonia, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. Romania did not get into the tournament, and finished third place in the group.

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Romania has had a long-standing war with its neighbor Hungary. The rivalry between these two nations goes back to in the Treaty of Trianon, where Hungary lost Transylvania to Romania following World War I. The games and flares between the two sides typically result in a fight with Hungarian supporters and Romanian supporters, but lately, prior to the games, conflict has been reported in the stands. The reason for this was that they were part of with the group of the year 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifying (The other teams in the group included England, Switzerland and Norway), UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying (The other teams in the group included Portugal, Slovakia, Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein) 2002 World Cup qualifying (The other teams in the group included Italy, Georgia and Lithuania) and the 2014 World Cup qualifying (The other teams in the group included Netherlands, Turkey, Estonia and Andorra) and UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (The other teams in the group included Greece, Northern Ireland, Finland and Faroe Islands).

The Romanian kits were supplied with kits by Spanish company Joma since 2015, and has since replaced Adidas following a three-decade agreement. In 2017 Romanian Football Federation announced its first brand identity in 2017. Romanian Football Federation announced its first brand identity, as well as a new kit. The new logo is inspired by to the armorial emblems for all five Romanian provinces, with the aim to represent the unification of Romania.

There is a Romania national team is home-based on the Arena Nationala in Bucharest, the biggest venue in the nation that was inaugurated in the year the year 2011 and can accommodate a total with 55,600 spectators. National Stadium National Stadium is a Category 4 venue that hosted this year's UEFA Europa League Final and UEFA Euro 2020 matches.

Other games, which include not just friendly matches, as well as FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship qualifying matches were recently played in other venues like at the Cluj Arena (Cluj-Napoca) as well as Ion Oblemenco Stadium (Cluj-Napoca), Ion Oblemenco Stadium (Craiova) and the Steaua Stadium (Bucharest) as well as the smaller Ilie Oana (Ploiesti), Dr. Constantin Radulescu (Cluj-Napoca) and Rapid-Giulesti (Bucharest) stadiums.

The Romanian UEFA Nations League games, major tournament qualifiers, and friendly matches are scheduled to be telecast via Pro TV up until 2022. In 2008 through 2014 Antena 1 had the rights to air Romania's games at home, as well as friendlies, and qualifiers. From 2014 until 2018 the Romanian qualification matches to the European Championship and the World Cup as well as two pre-Euro as well as one post-Euro friendly match were broadcast by TVR. The matches for friendly games which weren't shown by TVR were transferred to Pro TV. The Pro TV took over the broadcasts in March of 2019. Pro TV was able to take over the broadcasts of all fixtures in Romania from TVR The effective broadcasts beginning in September 2018.

2021

2 September 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Iceland

0–2

Romania

Reykjavík

5 September 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Romania

2–0

Liechtenstein

Bucharest

8 September 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification

North Macedonia

0–0

Romania

Skopje

8 October 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Germany

2–1

Romania

Hamburg

11 October 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Romania

1–0

Armenia

Bucharest

11 November 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Romania

0–0

Iceland

Bucharest

14 November 20212022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Liechtenstein

0–2

Romania

Vaduz

2022

The following players were called up for the UEFA Nations League matches against Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Finland on 4, 7, 11 and 14 June 2022, respectively.

Caps and goals as of 14 June 2022 after the match against Montenegro.

Notes

• INJ = Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
• COV = Player withdrawn from the squad due to positive COVID-19 test
• RET = Player who retired from national team
• WD = Player withdrew from the squad
• SUS = Player suspended

As of 18 November 2020

Players in bold are still active with Romania.

As of February 2022.

Position	Name
Head Coach	Edward Iordănescu
Assistant Coaches	Florin Constantinovici  Ionel Gane
Goalkeeping Coach	Leontin Toader
Fitness Coaches	Cristian Dragotă  Miodrag Todorov
Video Analyst	Alexandru Radu
Data Analyst	Michele Iannucci
Doctor	Claudiu Stamatescu
Physioterapists	Iulian Mircea  Gabriel Niculescu  Ovidiu Blendea  Adrian Gherovăț  DragoÈ™ Paraschiv
Head of Performance Analysis	RareÈ™ Ene
Team Manager	Cătălin Gheorghiu
Kit Manager	Cornel Mateiași
Technical Director	Mihai Stoichiță

•  Teofil Moraru 1922–1923
•  Costel Rădulescu 1923
•  Adrian Suciu 1923–1924
•  Teofil Moraru 1924–1928
•  Costel Rădulescu 1928–1934
•  Josef Uridil 1934
•  Peter Farmer 1934–1935
•  Costel Rădulescu 1935–1938
•  Alexandru Săvulescu 1938
•  Liviu Iuga 1938–1939
•  Virgil Economu 1939–1940
•  Liviu Iuga 1940
•  Virgil Economu 1941–1942
•  Ion LăpuÈ™neanu 1942–1943
•  Emerich Vogl 1942–1943
•  Coloman Braun-Bogdan 1945
•  Virgil Economu 1946
•  Colea Vâlcov 1947
•  Emerich Vogl 1947
•  Francisc Ronnay 1947
•  Emerich Vogl 1947
•  Colea Vâlcov 1948
•  Petre Steinbach 1948
•  Iuliu Baratky 1948
•  Emerich Vogl 1948
•  Colea Vâlcov 1949
•  Emerich Vogl 1949
•  Ion Mihăilescu 1949
•  Gheorghe Albu 1950
•  Volodea Vâlcov 1950
•  Emerich Vogl 1950–1952
•  Gheorghe Popescu I 1951–1957
•  Augustin Botescu 1958–1960
•  Gheorghe Popescu I 1961
•  Constantin TeaÈ™că 1962
•  Gheorghe Popescu I 1962
•  Silviu PloeÈ™teanu 1962–1964
•  Valentin Stănescu 1964
•  Silviu PloeÈ™teanu 1964
•  Ilie Oană 1965–1966
•  Valentin Stănescu 1967
•  Ilie Oană 1967
•  Angelo Niculescu 1967
•  Constantin TeaÈ™că 1967
•  Angelo Niculescu 1967–1970
•  Valentin Stănescu 1971
•  Angelo Niculescu 1971
•  Gheorghe Ola 1972
•  Angelo Niculescu 1972
•  Gheorghe Ola 1972
•  Valentin Stănescu 1973–1975
•  Cornel DrăguÈ™in 1975
•  È˜tefan Kovács 1976–1979
•  Florin Halagian 1979
•  Constantin Cernăianu 1979
•  È˜tefan Kovács 1980
•  Valentin Stănescu 1980–1981
•  Mircea Lucescu 1981–1986
•  Emerich Jenei 1986–1990
•  Gheorghe Constantin 1990
•  Mircea Rădulescu 1990–1992
•  Cornel Dinu 1992–1993
•  Anghel Iordănescu 1993–1998
•  Victor PiÈ›urcă 1998–1999
•  Emerich Jenei 2000
•  Ladislau Bölöni 2000–2001
•  Gheorghe Hagi 2001
•  Anghel Iordănescu 2001–2004
•  Victor PiÈ›urcă 2005–2009
•  Răzvan Lucescu 2009–2011
•  Victor PiÈ›urcă 2011–2014
•  Anghel Iordănescu 2014–2016
•  Christoph Daum 2016–2017
•  Cosmin Contra 2017–2019
•  Mirel Rădoi 2019–2021
•  Edward Iordănescu 2022–present

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The sport of football during the Summer Olympics was first played officialy in 1908. It was the Olympiads from 1896 to the year 1980 was available to amateurs. In 1984, and in 1988 games were open to athletes who had no participation in the FIFA World Cup. Following the 1988 Olympics the football tournament was changed to a competition for teams of U23 age, and with the maximum number of three players older than. Look up the Romania Olympic the football team to see the competition record up to 1992.

• FIFA World Cup
  • Quarter-final (1): 1994
  • Round of 16 (4): 1934, 1938, 1990, 1998
• UEFA European Football Championship
  • Quarter-final (1): 1984, 2000
• Football at the Summer Olympics
  • Fifth-place (1): 1964
  • Round of 16 (1): 1924
• Balkan Cup:
  • Winners (4) – Record: 1929–31, 1933, 1936, 1977–80
  • Runners-up (1): 1973–76