Romania Olympic football team

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[]

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[]

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 22)	6	0	Farul Constanța
1	1GK	Mihai Popa	(2000-10-12) 12 October 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Astra Giurgiu
22	1GK	Ștefan Târnovanu	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 21)	0	0	FCSB

17	2DF	Ricardo Grigore	(1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 22)	7	0	Dinamo București
14	2DF	Andrei Rațiu	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 23)	6	0	Huesca
4	2DF	Alex Pașcanu	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 23)	5	0	Ponferradina
15	2DF	Andrei Chindriș	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 23)	3	0	Botoșani
2	2DF	Radu Boboc	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 22)	4	0	Farul Constanța
6	2DF	Virgil Ghiță	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 23)	5	0	Farul Constanța
3	2DF	Florin Ștefan	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 25)	4	0	CFR Cluj

18	3MF	Marco Dulca	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 22)	7	0	Chindia Târgoviște
8	3MF	Marius Marin	(1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 23)	7	0	Pisa
10	3MF	Andrei Ciobanu	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 24)	7	0	Farul Constanța
21	3MF	Antonio Sefer	(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 21)	5	0	Rapid București
7	3MF	Ion Gheorghe	(1999-08-10) 10 August 1999 (age 22)	3	0	Voluntari
20	3MF	Alex Dobre	(1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 23)	5	0	Dijon
13	3MF	Eduard Florescu	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 24)	4	0	Botoșani
11	3MF	Valentin Gheorghe	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 24)	5	0	Astra Giurgiu
5	3MF	Tudor Băluță	(1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 22)	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
16	3MF	Ronaldo Deaconu	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 24)	2	0	Gaz Metan Mediaș

9	4FW	George Ganea	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 22)	7	2	Farul Constanța
19	4FW	Andrei Sîntean	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 22)	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 19)	0	0	Torino	v. Mexico, 5 June 2021

DF	Denis Ciobotariu ^WD	(1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 23)	0	0	CFR Cluj	2020 Summer Olympics
DF	Mihai Velisar	(1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 23)	2	0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	v. Australia, 9 June 2021
DF	Cristian Manea	(1997-08-09) 9 August 1997 (age 24)	2	0	CFR Cluj	v. Australia, 9 June 2021
DF	Gabriel Buta	(2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Farul Constanța	v. Australia, 9 June 2021
DF	Radu Drăgușin ^WD	(2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Juventus	v. Mexico, 5 June 2021

MF	Dragoș Nedelcu ^WD	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 24)	2	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2020 Summer Olympics
MF	Octavian Popescu	(2002-12-27) 27 December 2002 (age 19)	2	0	FCSB	v. Australia, 9 June 2021
MF	Ovidiu Perianu	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 19)	2	0	FCSB	v. Australia, 9 June 2021
MF	George Cîmpanu	(2000-10-08) 8 October 2000 (age 21)	2	0	CS U Craiova	v. Australia, 9 June 2021
MF	Alexandru Mățan	(1999-08-29) 29 August 1999 (age 22)	2	0	Columbus Crew	v. Australia, 9 June 2021
MF	David Miculescu	(2001-05-02) 2 May 2001 (age 20)	1	0	UTA Arad	v. Australia, 9 June 2021
MF	Ștefan Baiaram	(2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 19)	0	0	CS U Craiova	v. Australia, 9 June 2021
MF	Claudiu Petrila	(2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 21)	0	0	CFR Cluj	v. Mexico, 5 June 2021

FW	George Pușcaș ^WD	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996 (age 25)	0	0	Reading	2020 Summer Olympics
FW	Valentin Costache	(1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 (age 23)	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	Socialist Republic of Romania	Squad	Gheorghe Popescu I	Preliminary round	1	0	0	1	1	2
1956 – Melbourne	Did not qualify										Withdrew
1960 – Rome	Did not qualify										3	4	1	1	2	2	4
1964 – Tokyo	Socialist Republic of Romania	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

References[]

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

[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.

[rsssf-3] "Full record of Olympic final tournaments and qualifiers". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

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