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Romania Olympic football team

Summary

The Romania Olympic football team represents Romania in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for three overage players. The team is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation. Having qualified for four Olympic competitions since 1924, Romania ranked fifth in 1964 (its best result).[1]

Romania
Nickname(s)Tricolorii mici (The Small Tricolours)
AssociationFederația Română de Fotbal (FRF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMirel Rădoi
CaptainMarius Marin
Top scorerCornel Pavlovici (6 goals)
FIFA codeROU
First colours
Second colours
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances4 (first in 1924)
Best result5th place, 1964

Results and fixtures edit

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021 edit

5 June Friendly Mexico   1–0   Romania Marbella, Spain
21:00 UTC+03:00 Angulo   75' Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
8 June Friendly Australia   0–1   Romania Marbella, Spain
21:00 UTC+03:00 Ganea   10' Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
10 July Friendly Romania   1–1   Saudi Arabia Mogoșoaia, Romania
19:00 UTC+03:00 Ganea   16' Al-Dawsari   33' Stadium: Stadionul Mogoșoaia
13 July Friendly Romania   0–0   Saudi Arabia Mogoșoaia, Romania
18:00 UTC+03:00 Stadium: Stadionul Mogoșoaia
22 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group B Honduras   0–1
Source (FIFA)		   Romania Kashima, Japan
20:00 UTC+9 Report (FIFA) Oliva   45+1' (o.g.) Stadium: Kashima Stadium
25 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group B Romania   0–4 Source (FIFA)   South Korea Kashima, Japan
20:00 UTC+9 Report (FIFA) Marin   27' (o.g.)
Um Won-sang   59'
Lee Kang-in   84' (pen.), 90'		 Stadium: Kashima Stadium
28 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group B Romania   0–0   New Zealand Sapporo, Japan
17:30 UTC+9 Report (FIFA) Stadium: Sapporo Dome

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following players were called up for the Olympic Games.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Mihai Aioani (1999-11-07) 7 November 1999 (age 24) 6 0   Farul Constanța
1 1GK Mihai Popa (2000-10-12) 12 October 2000 (age 23) 1 0   Astra Giurgiu
22 1GK Ștefan Târnovanu (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 23) 0 0   FCSB
17 2DF Ricardo Grigore (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 25) 7 0   Dinamo București
14 2DF Andrei Rațiu (1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 25) 6 0   Huesca
4 2DF Alex Pașcanu (1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 25) 5 0   Ponferradina
15 2DF Andrei Chindriș (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25) 3 0   Botoșani
2 2DF Radu Boboc (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 24) 4 0   Farul Constanța
6 2DF Virgil Ghiță (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 25) 5 0   Farul Constanța
3 2DF Florin Ștefan (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 27) 4 0   CFR Cluj
18 3MF Marco Dulca (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 24) 7 0   Chindia Târgoviște
8 3MF Marius Marin (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 25) 7 0   Pisa
10 3MF Andrei Ciobanu (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26) 7 0   Farul Constanța
21 3MF Antonio Sefer (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24) 5 0   Rapid București
7 3MF Ion Gheorghe (1999-08-10) 10 August 1999 (age 24) 3 0   Voluntari
20 3MF Alex Dobre (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 25) 5 0   Dijon
13 3MF Eduard Florescu (1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 26) 4 0   Botoșani
11 3MF Valentin Gheorghe (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27) 5 0   Astra Giurgiu
5 3MF Tudor Băluță (1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 25) 3 0   Brighton & Hove Albion
16 3MF Ronaldo Deaconu (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 26) 2 0   Gaz Metan Mediaș
9 4FW George Ganea (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 24) 7 2   Farul Constanța
19 4FW Andrei Sîntean (1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 24) 5 0   Hermannstadt

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have been called up for the team within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Răzvan Sava WD (2002-06-21) 21 June 2002 (age 21) 0 0   Torino v.   Mexico, 5 June 2021
DF Denis Ciobotariu WD (1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 25) 0 0   CFR Cluj 2020 Summer Olympics
DF Mihai Velisar (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 25) 2 0   Gaz Metan Mediaș v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
DF Cristian Manea (1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 26) 2 0   CFR Cluj v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
DF Gabriel Buta (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 (age 22) 0 0   Farul Constanța v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
DF Radu Drăgușin WD (2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 22) 0 0   Juventus v.   Mexico, 5 June 2021
MF Dragoș Nedelcu WD (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) 2 0   Fortuna Düsseldorf 2020 Summer Olympics
MF Octavian Popescu (2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 21) 2 0   FCSB v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
MF Ovidiu Perianu (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 22) 2 0   FCSB v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
MF George Cîmpanu (2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 (age 23) 2 0   CS U Craiova v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
MF Alexandru Mățan (1999-08-29) 29 August 1999 (age 24) 2 0   Columbus Crew v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
MF David Miculescu (2001-05-02) 2 May 2001 (age 22) 1 0   UTA Arad v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
MF Ștefan Baiaram (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 21) 0 0   CS U Craiova v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
MF Claudiu Petrila (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 23) 0 0   CFR Cluj v.   Mexico, 5 June 2021
FW George Pușcaș WD (1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 28) 0 0   Reading 2020 Summer Olympics
FW Valentin Costache (1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 (age 25) 2 0   CFR Cluj v.   Australia, 9 June 2021
Notes
  • INJ = Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
  • RET = Player who retired from national team
  • WD = Player withdrew from the squad

Competitive record edit

Olympic Games edit

Summer Olympics final tournament record[3] Summer Olympics qualifiers record[3]
Games Competed as Squad Coach Performance Pld W D L GF GA Position Pld W D L GF GA
  1924 – Paris   Kingdom of Romania Squad   Adrian Suciu Round of 16 1 0 0 1 0 6
  1928 – Amsterdam did not qualify
  1936 – Berlin
  1948 – London
  1952 – Helsinki   Romanian People's Republic Squad   Gheorghe Popescu I Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 1 2
  1956 – Melbourne did not qualify Withdrew
  1960 – Rome 3 4 1 1 2 2 4
  1964 – Tokyo   Romanian People's Republic Squad   Silviu Ploeșteanu Fifth place 6 4 1 1 12 6 Second round 5 4 0 1 10 7
  1968 – Mexico City did not qualify Second round 2 0 0 2 0 2
  1972 – Munich 2 2 0 0 2 3 5
  1976 – Montreal 2 4 3 0 1 9 5
  1980 – Moscow First round 2 1 0 1 2 3
  1984 – Los Angeles 2 6 3 2 1 7 5
  1988 – Seoul 4 8 2 1 5 5 17
  1992 – Barcelona See Romania national under-21 football team
  1996 – Atlanta
  2000 – Sydney
  2004 – Athens
  2008 – Beijing
  2012 – London
  2016 – Rio de Janeiro
  2020 – Tokyo   Romania Squad   Mirel Rădoi Group stage 3 1 1 1 1 4

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "27 mai 1924 - România debutează în competiţia de fotbal de la Jocurile Olimpice" (in Romanian). Antena 3. 27 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Lotul României U23 convocat pentru Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo". Federația Română de Fotbal. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Full record of Olympic final tournaments and qualifiers". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

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