Romania

Nickname(s)	Tricolorii mici (The Small Tricolours)
Association	Federația Română de Fotbal (FRF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mirel Rădoi
Captain	Marius Marin
Top scorer	Cornel Pavlovici (6 goals)
FIFA code	ROU
First colours Second colours
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in 1924)
Best result	5th place, 1964

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]

Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021

Mexico  v  Romania

5 June Friendly	Mexico	1–0	Romania	Marbella, Spain
21:00 UTC+03:00	Angulo 75'			Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

Australia  v  Romania

8 June Friendly	Australia	0–1	Romania	Marbella, Spain
21:00 UTC+03:00			Ganea 10'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

Romania  v  Saudi Arabia

10 July Friendly	Romania	1–1	Saudi Arabia	Mogoșoaia, Romania
19:00 UTC+03:00	Ganea 16'		Al-Dawsari 33'	Stadium: Stadionul Mogoșoaia

Romania  v  Saudi Arabia

13 July Friendly	Romania	0–0	Saudi Arabia	Mogoșoaia, Romania
18:00 UTC+03:00				Stadium: Stadionul Mogoșoaia

Honduras  v  Romania

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

Romania  v  South Korea

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

Romania  v  New Zealand

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

Current squad

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 24)	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 23)	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 26)	5	0	Astra Giurgiu
5	3MF	Tudor Băluță	(1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 24)	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

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 21)	0	0	Juventus	v.  Mexico, 5 June 2021
MF	Dragoș Nedelcu WD	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 26)	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 21)	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 27)	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

Olympic Games

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