Romania at the UEFA European Championship

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Romania have appeared at five UEFA European Championships, between 1984 and 2016. Their best performance so far was reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2000, when they were eliminated by eventual tournament runners-up Italy.

Euro 1984[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1984

Group stage[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1984 Group 2
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Portugal 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
3  West Germany 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4  Romania 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Romania 1–1 Spain
  • Bölöni 35'
 Report
Attendance: 16,972
West Germany 2–1 Romania
 Report
Attendance: 31,787
Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)
Portugal 1–0 Romania
 Report
Attendance: 24,464

Euro 1996[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996

Group stage[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 1996 Group B
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Spain 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
3  Bulgaria 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4  Romania 3 0 0 3 1 4 −3 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Romania 0–1 France
Report
  • Dugarry 25'
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 26,323
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
Bulgaria 1–0 Romania
  • Stoichkov 3'
 Report
St James' Park, Newcastle
Attendance: 19,107
Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)
Romania 1–2 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 32,719
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)

Euro 2000[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000

Group stage[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group A
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Romania 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  England 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Germany 1–1 Romania
  • Scholl 28'
 Report
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Romania 0–1 Portugal
Report
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 28,400
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
England 2–3 Romania
  • Shearer 41' (pen.)
  • Owen 45'
 Report
Attendance: 30,000

Knockout stage[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Italy 2–0 Romania
  • Totti 33'
  • Inzaghi 43'
 Report
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Euro 2008[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008

Group stage[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group C
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to knockout phase
2  Italy 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
3  Romania 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
4  France 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Romania 0–0 France
Report
Letzigrund, Zürich
Attendance: 30,585[1]
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Italy 1–1 Romania
 Report
  • Mutu 55'
Letzigrund, Zürich
Attendance: 30,585[2]
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Netherlands 2–0 Romania
  • Huntelaar 54'
  • Van Persie 87'
 Report
Stade de Suisse, Bern
Attendance: 30,777[3]
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Euro 2016[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016

Group stage[]

Main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group A
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout phase
2   Switzerland 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Albania 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
4  Romania 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
France 2–1 Romania
 Report
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 75,113[4]
Romania 1–1  Switzerland
 Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 43,576[5]
Romania 0–1 Albania
Report
Attendance: 49,752[6]

Overall record[]

UEFA European Championship record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Position Pld W D L GF GA
France 1960 Did not qualify Quarter-finals 4 1 0 3 3 7
Spain 1964 Preliminary round 2 1 0 1 3 7
Italy 1968 First round 6 3 0 3 18 14
Belgium 1972 Quarter-finals 9 4 3 2 15 7
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 First round 6 1 5 0 11 6
Italy 1980 3rd 6 2 2 2 9 8
France 1984 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 4 1st 8 5 2 1 9 3
West Germany 1988 Did not qualify 2nd 6 4 1 1 13 3
Sweden 1992 3rd 8 4 2 2 13 7
England 1996 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 1 4 1st 10 6 3 1 18 9
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 1 2 4 6 1st 10 7 3 0 25 3
Portugal 2004 Did not qualify 3rd 8 4 2 2 21 9
Austria Switzerland 2008 Group stage 12th 3 0 2 1 1 3 1st 12 9 2 1 26 7
Poland Ukraine 2012 Did not qualify 3rd 10 3 5 2 13 9
France 2016 Group stage 19th 3 0 1 2 2 4 2nd 10 5 5 0 11 2
Europe 2020 Did not qualify Play-offs 11 4 2 5 18 17
Germany 2024 To be determined To be determined
Total Quarter-finals 5/16 16 1 5 10 10 21 Total 126 63 37 26 226 118
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
**Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

References[]

  1. ^ "Full-time report Romania-France" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Full-time report Italy-Romania" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Full-time report Netherlands-Romania" (PDF). Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Full Time Summary – France v Romania" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Full Time Summary – Romania v Switzerland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Full Time Summary – Romania v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
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