Romania national under-21 football team

Romania U-21

Nickname(s)	Tricolorii mici (The Little Tricolours)
Association	Romanian Football Federation
Head coach	Mirel Rădoi
Most caps	Ionuț Luțu (28)
Top scorer	Ionuț Luțu (15)
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Armenia 0–5 Romania  (Yerevan, Armenia; 16 November 2004)  Azerbaijan 0–5 Romania  (Trabzon, Turkey; 25 April 1995)
Biggest defeat
Germany 8–0 Romania  (Magdeburg, Germany; 9 September 2014)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	1 (first in 1998)
Best result	Eighth in 1998

The Romania national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

The team is coached by Mirel Rădoi.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, under-21 football teams in Europe were formed. The team is exclusively for football players that are age 21 or under at the start of the two-year campaign of the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship meaning a player can represent the national team until the age of 23.

The best result achieved by the Romania U-21 squad is the qualification for the 1998 European Championship. Under the guidance of Victor Pițurcă and with a generation of players that included among others Bogdan Lobonț, Florentin Petre, Ionel Dănciulescu and Cătălin Munteanu, Romania U-21 finished the qualifying stage with maximum points after winning all eight games. Romania was then chosen as the host of the final stage. The squad was eliminated in the quarter-finals, being beaten by the Netherlands, 2-1.

The Romania under-21 team does not have a permanent home. The team plays in stadiums located all around Romania. Because of the smaller demand compared to the senior national team, smaller facilities are used. As of June 2015, the last three games have been played in Targu Mures.

Competitive record

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship record									UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not qualify								4	1	0	3	5	8
1980									4	2	0	2	7	3
1982									6	2	1	3	9	12
1984									6	2	1	3	8	12
1986									6	1	4	1	5	7
1988									6	3	0	3	7	7
1990									6	3	0	3	8	7
1992									6	2	0	4	5	9
1994									8	5	0	3	13	10
1996									10	4	4	2	17	10
1998	Quarter-Final	1	0	0	1	1	2		8	8	0	0	18	4
2000	Did not qualify								8	3	3	2	10	8
2002									8	5	1	2	13	5
2004									8	2	1	5	6	7
2006									10	6	1	3	17	8
2007									2	1	0	1	4	5
2009									8	4	3	1	11	3
2011									10	8	1	1	23	6
2013									8	4	2	2	11	6
2015									8	3	3	2	14	19
2017									10	5	1	4	15	14
2019	To be determined								7	4	3	0	11	4
Total	1/18	1	0	0	1	1	2		154	77	27	50	234	172

Olympic Games

Football at the Summer Olympics was first played officially in 1908. The Olympiads between 1896 and 1980 was only open for amateur players. The 1984 and 1988 tournaments were open to players with no appearances in the FIFA World Cup. After the 1988 Olympics, the football event was changed into a tournament for U23 or U21 teams with a maximum of three older players. See Romania national football team for competition record from 1908 until 1988.

Olympic Games record										Olympic Games Qualification record **
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not qualify									6	2	0	4	5	9
1996										10	4	4	2	17	10
2000										8	3	3	2	10	8
2004										8	2	1	5	6	7
2008										2	1	0	1	4	5
2012										10	8	1	1	23	6
2016										8	3	3	2	14	19
2020	To be determined									7	4	3	0	11	4
2024	To be determined								0	0	0	0	0	0
2028	To be determined								0	0	0	0	0	0

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Includes both qualification phase and final tournament of UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

***Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

EURO 2019

Main article: 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	10	7	3	0	19	4	+15	24	Final tournament		—	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	4–0
2	Portugal	10	7	1	2	33	11	+22	22	Play-offs		1–2	—	4–2	2–0	2–1	7–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	6	0	4	24	11	+13	18			1–3	3–1	—	1–0	3–0	6–0
4	Wales	10	4	1	5	11	14	−3	13			0–0	0–2	0–4	—	3–1	2–1
5	Switzerland	10	3	1	6	11	18	−7	10			0–2	2–4	1–0	0–3	—	3–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	0	10	2	42	−40	0			0–2	0–9	0–4	1–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

2017

Romania  v  Russia

24 March 2017 (2017-03-24) Unofficial friendly	Romania	1–5	Russia	Marbella, Spain
17:00 UTC+02:00	Ghiță  50'	Report	Zhigulyov  19' Zuyev  68', 70' Chalov  80' Yakuba  87'	Stadium: Marbella Football Centre Attendance: 100

Romania  v  Denmark

27 March 2017 (2017-03-27) Unofficial friendly	Romania	0–2	Denmark	Marbella, Spain
14:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Gartenmann  12' Thychosen  85'	Stadium: Marbella Football Centre

Liechtenstein  v  Romania

13 June 2017 (2017-06-13) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Liechtenstein	0–2	Romania	Eschen, Liechtenstein
20:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Pușcaș  45', 72'	Stadium: Sportpark Eschen-Mauren Attendance: 427 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan (Armenia)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Romania

1 September 2017 (2017-09-01) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–3	Romania	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
17:00 UTC+02:00	Nedelcu  23' (o.g.)	Report	Pușcaș  32' Coman  54' Man  90+5'	Stadium: Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre Referee: Yuriy Mozharovskyy (Ukraine)

Romania  v   Switzerland

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Romania	1–1	Switzerland	Ovidiu, Romania
19:00 UTC+02:00	Pușcaș  22'	Report	Oberlin  19'	Stadium: Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy Central Stadium Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

Switzerland   v  Romania

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Switzerland	0–2	Romania	Lugano, Switzerland
20:00 UTC+02:00		Report	Dobre  24' Cicâldău  86'	Stadium: Cornaredo Stadium Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Romania  v  Portugal

10 November 2017 (2017-11-10) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Romania	1–1	Portugal	Ovidiu, Romania
19:00 UTC+02:00	Man  66'	Report	Gonçalves  16'	Stadium: Viitorul Referee: José María Sanchez Martinez (Spain)

Wales  v  Romania

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Wales	0–0	Romania	Bangor, Wales
UTC+02:00		Report		Stadium: Nantporth Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

2018

England  v  Romania

24 March 2018 (2018-03-24) Friendly	England	2–1	Romania	Wolverhampton, England
19:15 UTC+02:00	Gray  8' Clarke-Salter  72'	Report	Costache  79'	Stadium: Molineux

Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 v  Romania

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27) Unofficial friendly	Wolverhampton Wanderers U23	2–2	Romania	Wolverhampton, England
19:15 UTC+02:00	Ashley-Seal  59' Ennis  69'		Dobre  32' Nedelcu  90'	Stadium: Molineux

Portugal  v  Romania

7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Portugal	1–2	Romania	Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
UTC+02:00	Carvalho  84'		Cicâldău  52' Ivan  59'	Stadium: Estádio da Mata Real

Romania  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Romania	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Ovidiu, Romania
UTC+02:00	Petre  16' Hagi  71'			Stadium: Viitorul

Romania  v  Wales

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Romania	2–0	Wales	Cluj, Romania
UTC+02:00	Man  55' Pușcaș  71'			Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

Romania  v  Liechtenstein

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16) 2019 UEFA U21 Q	Romania	v	Liechtenstein	Ploiești, Romania
UTC+02:00				Stadium: Ilie Oană

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifying matches against Wales and Liechtenstein on 12 and 16 October 2018 respectively.

Caps and goals as of 12 October 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Andrei Radu	(1997-05-28) 28 May 1997	10	0	Genoa
	1GK	Andrei Vlad	(1999-04-15) 15 April 1999	0	0	FCSB
12	1GK	Cătălin Căbuz	(1996-06-18) 18 June 1996	0	0	Hermannstadt
4	2DF	Alex Pașcanu	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998	10	0	Leicester City
3	2DF	Florin Ștefan	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996	5	0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
2	2DF	Radu Boboc	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999	3	0	Viitorul Constanța
18	2DF	Adrian Rus	(1996-03-18) 18 March 1996	3	0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
6	2DF	Virgil Ghiță	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998	1	0	Viitorul Constanța
	2DF	Mihai Butean	(1996-09-14) 14 September 1996	1	0	Astra Giurgiu
	2DF	Ricardo Grigore	(1999-04-07) 7 April 1999	0	0	Dinamo București
16	3MF	Dragoș Nedelcu	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997	19	0	FCSB
10	3MF	Ianis Hagi	(1998-10-22) 22 October 1998	9	1	Viitorul Constanța
17	3MF	Alexandru Cicâldău	(1997-07-08) 8 July 1997	8	2	CSU Craiova
8	3MF	Dennis Man	(1998-08-26) 26 August 1998	7	3	FCSB
20	3MF	Andrei Ciobanu	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998	5	0	Viitorul Constanța
14	3MF	Răzvan Oaidă	(1998-03-02) 2 March 1998	4	0	Botoșani
	3MF	Alexandru Mățan	(1999-08-29) 29 August 1999	2	0	Viitorul Constanța
13	3MF	Olimpiu Moruțan	(1999-04-25) 25 April 1999	2	0	FCSB
9	4FW	George Pușcaș	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996	20	12	Palermo
7	4FW	Florinel Coman	(1998-04-10) 10 April 1998	9	1	FCSB
19	4FW	Andrei Ivan	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997	6	1	Rapid Wien
11	4FW	Adrian Petre	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998	3	1	Esbjerg

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Romania under-21 squad and remain eligible:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Árpád Tordai	(1997-03-11) 11 March 1997	0	0	Petrolul Ploiești	v.  England, 24 March 2018
GK	Relu Stoian	(1996-03-01) 1 March 1996	0	0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	v.  England, 24 March 2018
GK	Bogdan Căucă	(1996-08-06) 6 August 1996	0	0	Hărman	v.  Poland, 13 October 2015
GK	Răzvan Began	(1996-08-12) 12 August 1996	0	0	Hermannstadt	v.  Cyprus, 31 March 2015
DF	Florin Borța	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999	1	0	CSU Craiova	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 September 2018
DF	Ionuț Nedelcearu SUS	(1996-04-25) 25 April 1996	15	1	Ufa	v.  Portugal, 7 September 2018
DF	Andrei Radu	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996	7	0	CFR Cluj	v.  England, 24 March 2018
DF	Vlad Olteanu	(1996-03-21) 21 March 1996	6	0	Dinamo București	v.  England, 24 March 2018
DF	Tiberiu Căpușă	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998	1	0	Universitatea Cluj	v.  England, 24 March 2018
DF	Răzvan Popa	(1997-01-04) 4 January 1997	0	0	CSU Craiova	v.  England, 24 March 2018
DF	Cristian Manea	(1997-08-09) 9 August 1997	15	0	CFR Cluj	v.  Wales, 14 November 2017
DF	Ștefan Vlădoiu	(1998-12-28) 28 December 1998	0	0	Sportul Snagov	v.  Wales, 14 November 2017
DF	Alin Dudea EXCL	(1997-06-06) 6 June 1997	0	0	Chindia Târgoviște	v.  Russia, 24 March 2017
MF	Marco Dulca	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999	5	0	Swansea City	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 September 2018
MF	Darius Olaru	(1998-03-03) 3 March 1998	0	0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 September 2018
MF	Sebastian Mailat	(1997-12-12) 12 December 1997	0	0	CFR Cluj	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 September 2018
MF	Mihai Dobre	(1998-08-30) 30 August 1998	4	1	Bournemouth	v.  England, 24 March 2018
MF	Valentin Costache	(1998-08-02) 2 August 1998	4	1	CFR Cluj	v.  England, 24 March 2018
MF	Doru Dumitrescu	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998	1	0	Universitatea Cluj	v.  England, 24 March 2018
MF	Andrei Burlacu	(1997-01-12) 12 January 1997	1	0	CSU Craiova	v.  England, 24 March 2018
MF	Paul Iacob	(1996-06-21) 21 June 1996	0	0	Viitorul Constanța	v.  England, 24 March 2018
MF	Răzvan Marin	(1996-05-23) 23 May 1996	7	0	Standard Liège	v.  Wales, 14 November 2017
MF	Silviu Balaure	(1996-02-06) 6 February 1996	2	0	Astra Giurgiu	v.  Wales, 14 November 2017
MF	Vladimir Screciu	(2000-01-13) 13 January 2000	1	0	Genk	v.   Switzerland, 6 October 2017
MF	Marius Chelaru	(1997-03-02) 2 March 1997	0	0	Politehnica Iași	v.   Switzerland, 5 September 2017
MF	Carlo Casap	(1998-12-29) 29 December 1998	1	0	Viitorul Constanța	v.  Liechtenstein, 13 June 2017
MF	Vlad Dragomir	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999	0	0	Perugia	v.  Denmark, 27 March 2017
MF	Patrick Petre EXCL	(1997-05-09) 9 May 1997	0	0	Politehnica Iași	v.  Russia, 24 March 2017
MF	Alin Manea	(1997-01-09) 9 January 1997	1	0	Chindia Târgoviște	v.  Bulgaria, 11 October 2016
MF	Szilárd Vereș	(1996-01-27) 27 January 1996	1	0	Miercurea Ciuc	v.  Poland, 13 October 2015
FW	Robert Moldoveanu	(1999-03-08) 8 March 1999	0	0	Dinamo București	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 11 September 2018
FW	Alexandru Tudorie	(1996-03-19) 19 March 1996	9	0	Voluntari	v.   Switzerland, 6 October 2017
FW	Andrei Sîntean	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999	0	0	Viktoria Žižkov	v.  Liechtenstein, 13 June 2017
FW	Robert Răducanu	(1996-09-05) 5 September 1996	0	0	Viitorul Constanța	v.  Denmark, 27 March 2017

Notes

• ^INJ = Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
• Names in italics denote players that have been capped for the Senior team.

Coaching staff

Head coach	Mirel Rădoi
Assistant coach	Florin Constantinovici
Assistant coach	Nicolae Constantin
GK coach	Eugen Anghel
Physical coach	Bogdan Merisanu

Former squads

• 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship squads – Romania

See also

• Romania national football team
• Romania national under-20 football team
• Romania national under-19 football team
• Romania national under-17 football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

External links

• UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
• FRF.ro