Romania national football team
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{{Infobox National football team |
Name = Romania |
Badge = Romania FA.jpg |
Nickname = Tricolorii (The Tricolours) |
Association = [[Romanian Football Federation]] |
Confederation = [[UEFA]] ([[Europe]]) |
Coach = {{Flagicon|Romania}} [[Victor Piţurcă]] |
Captain = [[Cristian Chivu]] |
Vice Captain = [[Adrian Mutu]] |
Most caps = [[Dorinel Munteanu]] (134) |
Top scorer = [[Gheorghe Hagi]] (35) |
Home Stadium = [[Stadionul Ghencea]] |
FIFA Trigramme = ROU |
FIFA Rank = 12 |
FIFA max = 3 |
FIFA max date = September 1997 |
FIFA min = 35 |
FIFA min date = August 2004 |
Elo Rank = 11 |
Elo max = 5|
Elo max date = June 1990|
Elo min = 42|
Elo min date = 1949, 1960|
shirtsupplier = [[Adidas]] |
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First game = {{fb|Yugoslavia|kingdom}} 1 - 2 Romania {{Flagicon|Romania}}<br/>([[Belgrade]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]; [[8 June]], [[1922]]) |
Largest win = {{Flagicon|Romania|1965}} Romania 9 - 0 {{fb-rt|Finland}}<br/>([[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]; [[14 October]], [[1973]]) |
Largest loss = {{fb|Hungary|1946}} 9 - 0 Romania {{Flagicon|Romania|1948}}<br/>([[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]; [[6 June]], [[1948]]) |
World cup apps = 7 |
World cup first = 1930 |
World cup best = Quarterfinals, [[Football World Cup 1994|1994]] |
Regional name = [[European Football Championship|European Championship]] |
Regional cup apps = 4 |
Regional cup first = [[1984 European Football Championship|1984]] |
Regional cup best = Quarterfinals, [[2000 European Football Championship|2000]]
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The '''Romania national football team''' is the national [[football (soccer)|football]] team of [[Romania]] and is controlled by the [[Romanian Football Federation]].
Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[France national football team|France]], and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], that took part in the first three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]].
However, after that performance, they only qualified for [[Football World Cup 1970|1970]], [[Football World Cup 1990|1990]], [[Football World Cup 1994|1994]] and [[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] editions. Their finest hour came at the [[Football World Cup 1994|1994 World Cup]] where Romania, led by [[Gheorghe Hagi]], reached the quarterfinals, defeating [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in their way before losing to [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] on penalty shootouts.
At the [[UEFA European Football Championship|Euros]], Romania's best performance was in [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]] when they advanced to quarterfinals from a group with [[Germany national football team|Germany]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] and [[England national football team|England]] before falling to eventual runners-up [[Italy national football team|Italy]].
Romania also played at [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 1984]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 1996]], [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]] and [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]].
==History==
{{main|History of the Romania national football team}}
===Beginnings===
[[Romania national football team|Romania]] played their first international match on [[8 June]] [[1922]], a 2-1 win over [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] in [[Belgrade]], coached by [[Teofil Moraru]].
Several temporary coaches were employed, before Moraru resumed control in August 1924, managing the side for nearly four years. Romania enjoyed some success during the 1930s; manager [[Costel Rădulescu]] took them to the first three [[FIFA World Cup]] tournaments, a feat matched only by [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and [[France national football team|France]].
====World Cups in the 1930s====
At the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930 World Cup]], Romania won their first match against [[Peru national football team|Peru]], 3-1, with goals from [[Adalbert Desu]], [[Constantin Stanciu]] and [[Nicolae Kovács]], before being thrashed 4-0 by hosts and eventual winners [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]].
Romania qualified for the [[1934 FIFA World Cup|next World Cup in 1934]] after beating [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] 2-1 in a repeat of their first international. At the finals, Romania played only one game in a new knock-out format, losing 2-1 to [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] in [[Trieste]], [[Italy]], with [[Ştefan Dobay]] scoring their only goal of the tournament.
Romania qualified by default for the [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938 World Cup]] after their qualifying playoff opponents [[Egypt national football team|Egypt]] withdrew. They suffered a shock defeat in the finals in [[France]], losing to minnows [[Cuba national football team|Cuba]], who, like Romania, had only qualified due to the withdrawal of their qualifying opponents, [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. The first match at the [[Stadium Municipal|Stade Chapou]] in [[Toulouse]] ended 3-3 after extra time, but Cuba won the replay four days later 2-1.
====International Wilderness====
Between 1938 and 1970 Romania failed to qualify for any major international tournaments.
===Increasing popularity===
====1970 World Cup====
Participation in the World Cup was finally achieved once again in [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] in [[Mexico]], although qualification came on the back of a 3-0 thrashing by [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in [[Lisbon]] and two unconvincing draws against unfancied [[Greece national football team|Greece]]. [[Angelo Niculescu]]'s promising were given the toughest of draws, in Group 3 with holders [[England national football team|England]], giants [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] and [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]].
A [[Geoff Hurst]] goal gave England a narrow victory in Romania's first match at the [[Estadio Jalisco]] in [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]]. Chances were improved with a 2-1 win over the Czechs. Despite going behind early to a [[Ladislav Petráš]] goal, Romania turned it around after half-time with [[Alexandru Neagu]] and [[Florea Dumitrache]] scoring to give them two vital points. Even then, only a win over the excellent Brazilians would take them into the Quarter Finals.
There were rumours before the match that Brazil might prefer Romania to progress than World Champions England; Despite beating them 1-0 in their previous match in Guadalajara, the South American giants still viewed England as one of their biggest obstacles to tournament victory. But Brazil played some of the best football of the competition, with [[Pelé]] scoring twice and a [[Jairzinho]] goal in between. Romania battled bravely; [[Florea Dumitrache|Dumitrache]] pulled the score back to 2-1 before the break and a late [[Emerich Dembrowski]] goal made it 3-2, but they were out.
====1970s====
On [[26 September]] [[1973]], under new coach [[Valentin Stanculescu]], [[Romania national football team|Romania]] suffered a significant defeat to [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]] in [[Leipzig]]. The East Germans won 2-0 to effectively seal their first ever qualification for the World Cup, which [[1974 FIFA World Cup|would be held over the border]] in [[West Germany]]. With East Germany scoring a predictable 4-1 win in [[Albania national football team|Albania]], Romania were out, despite a huge 9-0 win over [[Finland national football team|Finland]] in [[Bucharest]].
Romania continued to suffer poor form in the [[UEFA European Championship]]. In their qualifying group for the [[1976 European Football Championship]], they were out-qualified by [[Spain national football team|Spain]], despite an impressive 1-1 draw in the away match. Romania failed to win matches, drawing twice with [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]] and dropping points in [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] with a dismal goalless draw.
[[Romania national football team|Romania]] were again beat by [[Spain national football team|Spain]] for a place in the [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 World Cup]] in [[Argentina]]. Despite a 1-0 win in [[Bucharest]], Romania lost a bizarre match at home to [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] 6-4 having led 3-2 at half time. [[Spain national football team|Spain]] won 1-0 in [[Belgrade]] to seal passage to South America.
====1980s====
Romania's sole successful qualifying campaign was for the European Championships in [[1984 European Football Championship|1984]] in [[France]]. At the finals, Romania were drawn with regular rivals [[Spain national football team|Spain]], holders [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] and dark horses [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]]. Under head coach [[Mircea Lucescu]], an encouraging opening game in [[Saint-Étienne]] saw them draw with the Spanish. [[Francisco José Carrasco]] opened the scoring from the penalty spot but Romania equalized before half time with a goal from [[Laszlo Bölöni]].
Against [[West Germany national football team|the Germans]] in [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]], [[Marcel Coras]] scored an equalizer in the first minute of the second half in response to [[Rudi Völler]]'s opener, but Völler would score a winning goal. Their last match in [[Nantes]] was a must-win match, but [[Tamagnini Nené|Nené]]'s late winner meant [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] progressed with [[Spain national football team|Spain]], who netted a dramatic late winner against [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] at the [[Parc des Princes]] in [[Paris]].
Romania stuttered throughout the rest of the decade, but a stronger squad at the end of the decade saw them qualify for their fifth World Cup at [[Italia 90]]. A win over [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] in their last match took [[Emerich Jenei]]'s side to the finals for the first time in twenty years.
===Gheorghe Hagi's era: the Golden Generation===
====Italia 90====
Romania's squad was entirely domestic based, despite an increasing trend for the major sides in Italy and Spain buying up the best foreign talent. Midfielder [[Ilie Dumitrescu]], striker [[Florin Răducioiu]] and genius playmaker [[Gheorghe Hagi]], then of [[Steaua Bucharest]], were in the squad, but it was forward [[Gavril Balint]] who would prove the hero in the first round.
With World Champions [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] stunned by [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] in the tournament's opening match, [[Romania national football team|Romania]] did their chances no harm with a convincing win over the [[Soviet Union national football team|USSR]] at the [[San Nicola]] in [[Bari]], with [[Marius Lăcătuş]] scoring in either half. The result was all the more impressive given the absence of Hagi. There was controversy, however, as Lăcătus's second was a penalty given for a handball by [[Vagiz Khidiatulin]] that television replays clearly showed to be some way outside the penalty area.
Romania were the next victims of [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] in Bari. Cult hero [[Roger Milla]], 38 years of age, came on as a substitute for [[Emmanuel Maboang Kessack]] and scored twice, before [[Gavril Balint|Balint]] pulled one back. Romania needed a point in their last match against improving [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] at the [[San Paolo]] in [[Naples]]. [[Pedro Monzón]] gave Argentina the lead after an hour, but Balint quickly equalized and Romania held on to reach Round 2.
Against [[Jack Charlton]]'s [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] side in [[Genoa]], Romania didn't have the quality to break down a defensive opposition. [[Daniel Timofte]] was the only player to miss in the [[penalty shoot-out]] - his kick saved by [[Packie Bonner]] - and Romania were out. In the process, Ireland became the smallest country ever to progress that far in a [[FIFA World Cup]].
====Euro 92 and USA 94====
Romania missed out on [[1992 European Football Championship|Euro 92]]. [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] qualified after Romania drew a must-win last match in [[Sofia]] against [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]], with [[Nasko Sirakov]]'s equalizer sealing their fate.
They were successful, though, in [[1994 FIFA World Cup|reaching another World Cup]] in the [[United States]] in 1994. Despite losing in [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and suffering a heavy 5-2 defeat in [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]], Romania went into their last match at [[Cardiff Arms Park]] with [[Wales national football team|Wales]] needing a win to pip them to a place in the finals. Goals from [[Gheorghe Hagi]] and [[Dean Saunders]] meant the game was finely balanced, before Wales were awarded a penalty. [[Paul Bodin]] of [[Swindon Town]] stepped up but hit the woodwork and Romania went on to win 2-1, [[Florin Răducioiu|Răducioiu]]'s late goal proving unnecessary as [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] dropped a point in [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and were knocked out.
At the finals, Romania were one of the most entertaining teams in the early stages with [[Gheorghe Hagi|Hagi]], [[Florin Răducioiu|Răducioiu]] and [[Ilie Dumitrescu|Dumitrescu]] on form. Romania beat [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] - dark horses and [[Pelé]]'s tip for the tournament - at the [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]] [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]] in [[Los Angeles]] 3-1. Răducioiu opened the scoring before Hagi scored a spectacular second from wide on the left touchline. [[Adolfo Valencia]] shredded their nerves with a headed goal just before half-time, but Romania held on and Răducioiu sealed the win with a late third.
In [[Detroit]]'s [[Pontiac Silverdome]], the temperature soared due to the greenhouse effect in the indoor arena. [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]], acclimatized after having already played the hosts there, outran Romania in the second half and turned a 1-1 half time score into a surprising 4-1 win. Romania responded by beating the hosts 1-0 in [[Pasadena]] with an early [[Dan Petrescu]] goal.
In Round 2 they faced [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], who were shorn of [[Diego Maradona]] who was thrown out of the tournament for taking drugs. Răducioiu, suspended, was hardly missed, as coach [[Anghel Iordănescu]] pushed Dumitrescu forward to play as a striker and the player responded by scoring twice in the first twenty minutes, one a superbly subtle left foot flick from a right-wing Hagi cross slotted between the Argentine defenders. In between, [[Gabriel Batistuta]] scored a penalty, but after half-time Romania netted a superb third on the counter attack, with Hagi beating goalkeeper [[Luis Islas]]. [[Abel Balbo]] pulled one back, but Romania held on for a shock win.
Romania would suffer penalty heartbreak again, in the Quarter Final against [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]. With just thirteen minutes to go, a tight match opened up as Sweden's [[Thomas Brolin]] scored from a clever free-kick move, the ball passed outside the Romanian wall by [[Håkan Mild]] for Brolin to smash in. Iordănescu threw caution to the wind and the returning Răducioiu found a late equalizer, again from a free-kick move but this time down to a deflection and a failure of the Swedes to clear. In extra time Răducioiu scored again after a mistake by [[Patrik Andersson]], but Sweden then scored their own late equalizer as giant striker [[Kennet Andersson]] climbed above goalkeeper [[Florin Prunea]] to head home a long ball. Prunea had come in after two matches to replace [[Bogdan Stelea]], whose confidence was shattered by the 4-1 loss to the Swiss. In the shoot-out, [[Dan Petrescu]] and [[Miodrag Belodedici]] had their kicks saved by [[Thomas Ravelli]] and Sweden went through.
====Euro 96====
In [[England]], Romania arrived as a highly thought-of and popular team but had a nightmare. Iordănescu's side were based in the north east, with their first two games at [[St James' Park]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]. Against [[France national football team|France]], they lost to a [[Christophe Dugarry]] header reminiscent of [[Kennet Andersson]]'s two years earlier, beating the goalkeeper to a lofted through ball. A brilliant early solo goal by [[Hristo Stoichkov]] saw [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] knock out their neighbours, although Romania claimed they should have had a goal awarded when the ball struck the bar and bounced behind the goal-line. They finally scored in their last game, [[Florin Răducioiu]] equalizing an early goal by [[Spain national football team|Spain]]'s [[Javier Manjarín]]. [[Spain national football team|Spain]] had to win to qualify with [[France national football team|France]] at the expence of [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] and did so when [[Guillermo Amor]] stooped to head a late winner. Romania exited with no points and little to cheer.
====France 98====
Despite a dreadful [[Euro 96]], Romania impressed in [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 8|qualifying]], finishing ten points clear of [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]] and were [[1998 FIFA World Cup seeding|seeded]] for the final tournament of the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] thanks to their strong [[1994 FIFA World Cup|USA 94]] showing. Despite being drawn in a group with [[England national football team|England]], getting through it was perceived to be easy work with a waning [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] and minnows [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]].
[[Adrian Ilie]] scored the only goal with a fine chip in their first match against [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] at [[Lyon]]'s [[Stade Gerland]].
In [[Toulouse]], they met an [[England national football team|England]] side starting with prodigal striker [[Michael Owen]] on the bench, with [[Teddy Sheringham]] preferred alongside [[Alan Shearer]]. [[Romania national football team|Romania]] decided to bleach their hair before the match.
A mistake by [[Tony Adams (footballer)|Tony Adams]] was punished by [[Viorel Moldovan]], who played for [[Coventry City]], before Owen came on to claim an equalizer. But Romania won with a wonderful late goal from [[Dan Petrescu]], also playing in England with [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], fighting off his club mate [[Graeme le Saux]] and [[Nutmeg (football)|nutmegging]] goalkeeper [[David Seaman]].
The next match was against [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]]. Despite [[England national football team|England]] v [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] being the more decisive game, the [[Stade de France]] in [[Paris]] was an 80,000 sell out and the crowd were nearly rewarded with a shock as [[Skander Souayeh]] scored an early penalty to give the north Africans the lead.
[[Romania national football team|Romania]] needed a point to win the group and, crucially, avoid [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in Round 2, and got it when Moldovan volleyed a late equalizer. It did them little good, however, as in the Round of 16 match at [[Bordeaux]] against the [[Croatian national football team|Croatian team]], [[Davor Šuker]] scored a twice-taken penalty in a poor match and Romania were out.
====Euro 2000====
Romania were not expected to progress through a group containing [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], [[England national football team|England]] and [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. Hagi's powers were waning, Dumitrescu and Rǎducioiu were no longer on the scene and hopes were pinned on young [[Internazionale]] forward [[Adrian Mutu]]. Romania started brightly against the [[Germany national football team|Germans]] in [[Liège]], with [[Viorel Moldovan|Moldovan]] scoring from close range. A long-range [[Mehmet Scholl]] equalizer meant they had to be content with a point and their position looked shaky after [[Costinha]] headed a last minute winner for [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in their second match.
[[Emerich Jenei]], back as coach, threw caution to the wind in the last match in [[Charleroi]] against [[England national football team|England]], a match which [[Romania national football team|Romania]] had to win. Defender [[Cristian Chivu]]'s cross went in off the post in the 22nd minute but, despite Romania dominating, England led at half-time through an [[Alan Shearer]] penalty and a late [[Michael Owen]] goal after he rounded [[Bogdan Stelea]] to score a tap-in, both in the last five minutes of the half. Romania attacked after the break and were quickly rewarded; [[Dorinel Munteanu]] punishing a poor punch from [[Nigel Martyn]], a late replacement for the injured [[David Seaman|Seaman]] to equalize three minutes after the re-start. [[England national football team|England]] cracked under the pressure. Unable to retain possession or pose an attacking threat, they fell deep and late on [[Phil Neville]], playing out of position at left-back, conceded a penalty scored by [[Ioan Ganea]] in the 89th minute.
Romania's relief was tempered by tough opposition in the last eight, and [[Italy national football team|Italy]], who would end up seconds from being crowned European champions in an agonizing final, comfortably saw them off 2-0 in [[Brussels]]. [[Francesco Totti]] and [[Filippo Inzaghi]] scoring towards the end of the first half. In the 35th minute Hagi, in his final international tournament, hit the woodwork with goalkeeper [[Francesco Toldo]] stranded off his line and, after the break, was magnanimously sent off for diving. Romania's tournament was over and [[Emerich Jenei|Jenei]] left his job as coach again.
===Recent years===
====2000s - Near Misses====
Romania failed to qualify for the next three major tournaments. They drew [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]], who had been surprise qualifiers for [[Euro 2000]] in a playoff for a place in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]] in [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]]. A narrow 2-1 deficit - having led through a [[Marius Niculae]] goal - after the first leg in [[Ljubljana]] was not irretrievable. With fans' hero [[Gheorghe Hagi]] now coaching the side they were confident of getting the win they needed in [[Bucharest]] against the [[Balkan]] upstarts, but [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] took the lead before the hour through [[Mladen Rudonja]]. Right wing-back [[Cosmin Contra]] quickly equalized but Romania could not find the goal they needed to force extra time and [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]], with maverick manager [[Srečko Katanec]], were in a major tournament again.
Romania were confident of qualifying for [[Euro 2004]] in [[Portugal]], drawn in Group 2 with seeds [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], [[Norway national football team|Norway]], [[Bosnia-Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia-Herzegovina]] and minnows [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]],with Anghel Iordanescu back as their coach. Despite a good start - a 3-0 win away to [[Bosnia-Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia]] in [[Sarajevo]], Romania stuttered. [[Steffen Iversen]]'s late goal gave [[Norway national football team|Norway]] a surprise win in [[Bucharest]] and they were stunned at home by the Danes, 5-2, with [[Thomas Gravesen]] scoring a spectacular goal from around fifty yards out, despite leading twice. They recovered slightly, completing a double over the Bosnians and getting a point in [[Oslo]], but conceded a cutting injury time equalizer in [[Denmark]] to draw 2-2. It was decisive, as they now required Norway to fail to win at home to [[Luxembourg]] to stand any realistic chance of qualifying. Eventually, the Danes got a point in Bosnia to scrape through a tight group, with Norway going to a play-off with [[Spain national football team|Spain]].
Romania were put in a massive group for the qualifying tournament for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Germany]]. [[Netherlands national football team|Holland]] and [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] were favourite to qualify, then ranked first and second in Europe. Early wins over [[Finland national football team|Finland]] and [[Macedonia national football team|Macedonia]] were unconvincing, and they were some way behind the two leaders by the time they earned a good 2-0 home win over the Czechs. They finished third behind the Dutch and the Czechs and missed out on another major tournament.
Romania were drawn in a group with group favourites [[Netherlands national football team|Holland]] and tough opponents [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] for the [[Euro 2008]] Qualifying. However on [[17 October]] [[2007]], Romania became the fourth team to qualify for [[Euro 2008]]. This the team's first big championships since [[Euro 2000]], 8 years before.Vicotr Piturca also qualified Romania for EURO 2000,only to sit back and let Emerich Jenei coach the team in the final tournament.This time,however,he stayed.It was the first time he coached a national team in the final stages of a tournament.
They were drawn in the so-called "Group of Death",with their old "friends" [[Netherlands national football team|Holland]] (they played each other both in the EURO 2008 qualifying group and in the 2006 World Cup qoualifying group), [[Italy national football team|Italy]],the current world-champions and [[France national football team|France]],runners-up in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.They started with a sluggish 0-0 draw againt France, favorite Italy was soundlly beaten by Holland,3-0.In thier next game against Italy,[[Adrian Mutu]],considered to be Hagi's successor and playing for an Italian team,Fiorentina,scored after he intercepted a pass for [[Gianluigi Buffon]],and blew the ball past the dazzled goalkeeper.Their lead was a very short one,as [[Christian Pannuci]] scored a minute later,with the aid of a corner kick.Nearing the end of the match,[[Daniel Niculae]] obtained a penalty for his team,but Mutu took it,and Buffon saved,leaving Romania with two points and needing a win against towering Holland,who eradicated France 4-1.Against Holland,the players were down-hearted because Italy and France had to draw but Italy was leading 2-0,so they somewhat slowed down the pace and gave up attacking,easily conceding two goals.And so,they bowed out on 3rd place.
==World Cup record==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|Uruguay}} [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]]||Round 1||8||2||1||0||1||3||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy|old}} [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]]||Round 1||12||1||0||0||1||1||2
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]]||Round 1||9||2||0||1||1||4||5
|-
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]||''Did Not Enter''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Chile}} [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]||''Withdrew''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]||Round 1||11||3||1||0||2||4||5
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Argentina|alt}} [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]||Round 2||12||4||1||2||1||4||3
|-
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]||Quarterfinals||6||5||3||1||1||10||9
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]||Round 2||11||4||2||1||1||4||3
|-
|{{flagicon|South Korea}}{{flagicon|Japan}} [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Germany}} [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]||''Did Not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|'''Total'''||7/18|| ||21||8||5||8||30||32
|}
==European Championship==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1960 UEFA European Football Championship|1960]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[1964 UEFA European Football Championship|1964]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1968 UEFA European Football Championship|1968]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[1972 UEFA European Football Championship|1972]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[1976 UEFA European Football Championship|1976]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[1980 UEFA European Football Championship|1980]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|France}} [[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|1984]]||Round 1||3||0||1||2||2||4
|-
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|1988]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[1992 UEFA European Football Championship|1992]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|England}} [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|1996]]||Round 1||3||0||0||3||1||4
|-
|{{flagicon|Belgium}}{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[2000 UEFA European Football Championship|2000]]||Quarterfinals||4||1||1||2||4||6
|-
|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[2004 UEFA European Football Championship|2004]]||''Did not Qualify''||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|Austria}}{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[2008 UEFA European Football Championship|2008]]||Round 1||3||0||2||1||1||3
|-
|{{flagicon|Poland}}{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[2012 UEFA European Football Championship|2012]]||''Not Yet Qualified''||-||-||-||-
|-
||'''Total'''||4/13||13||1||4||8||8||17
|}
:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]].''
:''**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.''
==Stadium==
{{main|Lia Manoliu Stadium}}
[[Image:National Stadium, Bucharest.JPG|thumb|right|Lia Manoliu, Romania's national football stadium|235px]]
The '''Lia Manoliu Stadium''' (''Stadionul Lia Manoliu'' in [[Romanian language|Romanian]]) was a multi-use [[stadium]] in [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]. It was used mostly by the [[Romania national football team]].
The stadium held 60,120. It was built in 1953, for the [[4th World Festival of Youth and Students]]. It was first known as '''Stadionul 23 August''', and later on as '''Stadionul Naţional''' ([[National Stadium]]). It is now named after [[Lia Manoliu]], a [[discus throw]]er who competed at a record six [[Summer Olympics]], winning three medals.
In October 2005, it was decided to rebuild the stadium completely; however, initially no funding was found, so some repairs proceeded in lieu of rebuilding. Later, funds became available and the rebuilding is expected to begin in November 2007. The plan calls for completion of a new five-star arena by April 2010, with further plans to host the 2011 [[UEFA Cup]] final. The last football match played was a 6-1 win against [[Albania national football team|Albania]] on [[November 21]], [[2007]]. After the match, a few seats were removed from the stadium, as a symbolic start of the rebuilding operations. The old stadium will be demolished to make room for a new one.
==[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]==
{{2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 7
| expanded = yes
| fixtures = yes
| tiebreakers = <!-- "yes", to display the tiebreaking notes -->
}}
==Current squad==
===Squad for UEFA Euro 2008===
A provisional 26-man squad was named on [[14 May]] [[2008]] for [[UEFA Euro 2008]]. Four players were removed before the final 23-man squad was announced on [[28 May]]:
*[[14 May]] - [[Ovidiu Petre]], due to injury.
*[[23 May]] - [[Dănuţ Coman]], due to injury. [[Eduard Stăncioiu]] was called as a replacement.
*[[28 May]] - [[Ciprian Deac]] and [[Florin Bratu]], eliminated from final squad
''Caps and goals correct as of [[28 June]][[2008]].''
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=1|pos=GK|name=[[Bogdan Lobonţ]]|age={{birth date and age|1978|1|18}}|caps=66|goals=0|club=[[F.C. Dinamo Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=2|pos=DF|name=[[Cosmin Contra]]|age={{birth date and age|1975|12|15}}|caps=66|goals=7|club=[[Getafe CF]]|clubnat=ESP}}
{{nat fs g player|no=3|pos=DF|name=[[Răzvan Raţ]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|5|26}}|caps=51|goals=1|club=[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk]]|clubnat=UKR}}
{{nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Gabriel Tamaş]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|11|9}}|caps=35|goals=2|club=[[AJ Auxerre]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=5|pos=DF|name=[[Cristian Chivu]] ([[captain (football)|''captain'']]) |age={{birth date and age|1980|10|26}}|caps=62|goals=3|club=[[F.C. Internazionale Milano]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=6|pos=DF|name=[[Mirel Rădoi]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|3|22}}|caps=45|goals=1|club=[[FC Steaua Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=7|pos=MF|name=[[Florentin Petre]]|age={{birth date and age|1976|1|15}}|caps=51|goals=5|club=[[Terek Grozny]]|clubnat=RUS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=8|pos=MF|name=[[Paul Codrea]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|4|4}}|caps=36|goals=1|club=[[A.C. Siena]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=9|pos=FW|name=[[Ciprian Marica]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|10|2}}|caps=24|goals=8|club=[[VfB Stuttgart]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Adrian Mutu]] ([[vice-captain (football)|''vice-captain'']]) |age={{birth date and age|1979|1|8}}|caps=64|goals=29|club=[[ACF Fiorentina]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=MF|name=[[Răzvan Cociş]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|2|19}}|caps=24|goals=1|club=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|FC Lokomotiv Moscow]]|clubnat=RUS}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=[[Marius Popa]]|age={{birth date and age|1978|7|31}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[Politehnica 1921 Ştiinţa Timişoara|Poli Timişoara]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=[[Cristian Săpunaru]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|4|5}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[FC Rapid Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=DF|name=[[Sorin Ghionea]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|5|11}}|caps=11|goals=1|club=[[FC Steaua Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=DF|name=[[Dorin Goian]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|12|12}}|caps=21|goals=3|club=[[FC Steaua Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name=[[Bănel Nicoliţă]]|age={{birth date and age|1985|1|7}}|caps=23|goals=1|club=[[FC Steaua Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=DF|name=[[Cosmin Moţi]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|12|3}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[F.C. Dinamo Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=FW|name=[[Marius Niculae]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|5|16}}|caps=32|goals=13|club=[[Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.]]|clubnat=SCO}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=MF|name=[[Adrian Cristea]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|11|30}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=[[F.C. Dinamo Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name=[[Nicolae Dică]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|5|9}}|caps=28|goals=8|club=[[Calcio Catania]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=FW|name=[[Daniel Niculae]]|age={{birth date and age|1982|10|6}}|caps=25|goals=5|club=[[AJ Auxerre]]|clubnat=FRA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=DF|name=[[Ştefan Radu]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|10|22}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[S.S. Lazio]]|clubnat=ITA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=GK|name=[[Eduard Stăncioiu]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|3|3}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[CFR Cluj]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs end}}
===Coaching staff===
{|
|-
|'''Head Coach'''|| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Victor Piţurcă]]
|- valign=top
|rowspan=3|'''Assistant Coaches'''|| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Ştefan Iovan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Gabriel Boldici]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Dan Apolzan]]
|-
|'''Fitness Coach'''|| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Marian Lupu]]
|-
|'''Team Doctor'''|| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Pompiliu Popescu]]
|- valign=top
|rowspan=3|'''Masseurs'''|| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Roger Popovici]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Victor Hexan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Ionel Buduga]]
|}
===Recent call ups===
The following players have been called up for the national team since August 2007.
''Brackets in front of or above the club show the most recent call up.''
''Caps and goals correct as of [[31 May]][[2008]].''
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Dănuţ Coman]] [[Image:Cruz Roja.svg|15px]]|age={{birth date and age|1979|3|28}}|caps=9|goals=0|club=[[FC Rapid Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU|other=<small>[[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]] provisional squad</small>}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Ovidiu Petre]] [[Image:Cruz Roja.svg|15px]]|age={{birth date and age|1982|3|22}}|caps=22|goals=1|club=[[FC Steaua Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Ciprian Deac]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|2|16}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[CFR Cluj]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Florin Bratu]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|1|2}}|caps=10|goals=2|club=[[F.C. Dinamo Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[George Ogăraru]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|2|3}}|caps=7|goals=0|club=[[AFC Ajax]]|clubnat=NED|other=<small>v. [[Russia national football team|Russia]], [[26 March]][[2008]]</small>}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Marian Aliuţă]]|age={{birth date and age|1978|2|4}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[Politehnica 1921 Ştiinţa Timişoara]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[László Sepsi]]|age={{birth date and age|1986|6|7}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[S.L. Benfica]]|clubnat=POR}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Răzvan Stanca]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|1|18}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[Dacia Mioveni]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Ionuţ Mazilu]]|age={{birth date and age|1982|2|9}}|caps=10|goals=2|club=[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]|clubnat=UKR|other=<small>v. [[Israel national football team|Israel]], [[8 February]][[2008]]</small>}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Gheorghe Bucur]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|4|8}}|caps=8|goals=2|club=[[Politehnica 1921 Ştiinţa Timişoara]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Mihai Neşu]]|age={{birth date and age|1983|2|19}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[FC Steaua Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Petre Marin]]|age={{birth date and age|1973|9|8}}|caps=9|goals=0|club=[[FC Steaua Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU|other=<small>v. [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]] and [[Albania national football team|Albania]], 17\[[21 November]][[2007]]</small>}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Eugen Trică]]|age={{birth date and age|1976|8|5}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[CFR Cluj]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Marius Constantin]]|age={{birth date and age|1984|10|25}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[FC Rapid Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Andrei Mărgăritescu]]|age={{birth date and age|1980|1|1}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[F.C. Dinamo Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Sorin Paraschiv]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|6|17}}|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[FC Steaua Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU|other=<small>v. [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]] and [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], 13\[[17 October]][[2007]]</small>}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Dorinel Munteanu]]|age={{birth date and age|1968|6|25}}|caps=134|goals=16|club=Free Agent|clubnat=|other=<small>v. [[Belarus national football team|Belarus]] and [[Germany national football team|Germany]], 8\[[12 September]][[2007]]</small>}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Sergiu Radu]]|age={{birth date and age|1977|8|10}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[VfB Stuttgart]]|clubnat=GER}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Dan Matei]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|6|25}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[Gloria Bistriţa]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Claudiu Niculescu]]|age={{birth date and age|1976|6|23}}|caps=8|goals=0|club=[[MSV Duisburg]]|clubnat=GER|other=<small>v. [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]], [[22 August]][[2007]]</small>}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Costin Lazăr]]|age={{birth date and age|1981|4|24}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=[[FC Rapid Bucureşti]]|clubnat=ROU}}
{{nat fs end}}
==Famous players==
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-4}}
*[[Ioan Andone]]
*[[Alexandru Apolzan]]
*[[Iuliu Baratky]]
*[[Silviu Bindea]]
*[[Iuliu Bodola]]
*[[Ilie Balaci]]
*[[Miodrag Belodedici]]
*[[László Bölöni]]
*[[Rodion Cămătaru]]
*[[Cristian Chivu]] (*)
*[[Liviu Ciobotariu]]
*[[Cosmin Contra]] (*)
*[[Ştefan Dobay]]
*[[Nicolae Dobrin]]
*[[Cornel Dinu]]
{{col-4}}
*[[Florea Dumitrache]]
*[[Ion Dumitru]]
*[[Ilie Dumitrescu]]
*[[Emerich Dembrovschi]]
*[[Ionel Ganea]]
*[[Gheorghe Hagi]]
*[[Adrian Ilie]]
*[[Sabin Ilie]]
*[[Anghel Iordănescu]]
*[[Michael Klein (Romanian footballer)|Michael Klein]]
*[[Viorel Moldovan]]
*[[Marius Lăcătuş]]
*[[Bogdan Lobonţ]] (*)
*[[Mircea Lucescu]]
{{col-4}}
*[[Ioan Lupescu]]
*[[Silviu Lung]]
*[[Bazil Marian]]
*[[Dorin Mateuţ]]
*[[Dorinel Munteanu]]
*[[Adrian Mutu]] (*)
*[[Marius Niculae]] (*)
*[[Titus Ozon]]
*[[Dan Petrescu]]
*[[Gabriel Popescu]]
*[[Gheorghe Popescu]]
*[[Mirel Rădoi]] (*)
*[[Iosif Petschovsky]]
*[[Daniel Prodan]]
{{col-4}}
*[[Florin Prunea]]
*[[Marcel Răducanu]]
*[[Necula Răducanu]]
*[[Florin Răducioiu]]
*[[Mircea Rednic]]
*[[Ioan Ovidiu Sabău]]
*[[Tibor Selymes]]
*[[Bogdan Stelea]]
*[[Costică Ştefănescu]]
*[[Ovidiu Stinga]]
*[[Alin Stoica]] (*)
*[[Tudorel Stoica]]
*[[Nicolae Ungureanu]]
*[[Ion Vladoiu]]
{{col-end}}
* (*) - still active
===Most capped players===
As of [[February 12]], [[2007]], the ten players with the most caps for Romania are:
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Name
!Career
!Caps
!Goals
|-
|1.
|align="left"|[[Dorinel Munteanu]]
|1991 - 2007
|134
|16
|-
|2.
|align="left"|[[Gheorghe Hagi]]
|1983 - 2000
|125
|35
|-
|3.
|align="left"|[[Gheorghe Popescu]]
|1988 - 2003
|115
|16
|-
|4.
|align="left"|[[Ladislau Bölöni]]
|1975 - 1988
|108
|23
|-
|5.
|align="left"|[[Dan Petrescu]]
|1989 - 2000
|95
|12
|-
|6.
|align="left"|[[Bogdan Stelea]] (*)
|1988 - 2005
|91
|0
|-
|7.
|align="left"|[[Michael Klein (Romanian footballer)|Michael Klein]]
|1981 - 1991
|90
|5
|-
|8.
|align="left"|[[Marius Lăcătuş]]
|1984 - 1998
|84
|13
|-
|9.
|align="left"|[[Mircea Rednic]]
|1981 - 1991
|83
|2
|-
|10.
|align="left"|[[Silviu Lung]]
|1979 - 1993
|77
|0
|}
* (*) - Active, but only for club.
===Top goalscorers===
As of [[June 17]], [[2008]], the ten players with the most goals for Romania are:
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Career
!Goals (Caps)
|-
|1.
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Gheorghe Hagi]]
|1983 - 2000
|35 (125)
|-
|2.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Iuliu Bodola]]
|1931 - 1939
|31 (48)
|-
|3.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Adrian Mutu]] (*)
|2000 - present
|29 (64)
|-
|4.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Anghel Iordănescu]]
|1971 - 1981
|26 (64)
|-
|5.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Viorel Moldovan]]
|1993 - 2005
|25 (70)
|-
|6.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ladislau Bölöni]]
|1975 - 1988
|23 (108)
|-
|7.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Rodion Cămătaru]]
|1978 - 1990
|22 (75)
|-
|8.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Dudu Georgescu]]
|1973 - 1984
|21 (44)
|-
|9.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Florin Răducioiu]]
|1990 - 2000
|21 (40)
|-
|10.
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Ştefan Dobay]]
|1930 - 1939
|20 (41)
|}
* (*) - still active
==Past managers==
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-4}}
*[[Teofil Moraru]] 1922 - 1923
*[[Costel Rădulescu]] 1923
*[[Adrian Suciu]] 1923 - 1924
*[[Teofil Moraru]] 1924 - 1928
*[[Costel Rădulescu]] 1923 - 1934
*[[Josef Uridil]] 1934
*[[Alexandru Săvulescu]] 1934 - 1935
*[[Costel Rădulescu]] 1935 - 1938
*[[Alexandru Săvulescu]] 1938
*[[Liviu Iuga]] 1938 - 1939
*[[Virgil Economu]] 1939 - 1940
*[[Liviu Iuga]] 1940
*[[Virgil Economu]] 1941 - 1942
*[[Jean Lăpuşneanu]] 1942 - 1943
*[[Emerich Vogl]] 1942 - 1943
*[[Coloman Braun-Bogdan]] 1945
*[[Virgil Economu]] 1946
*[[Colea Vâlcov]] 1947
*[[Emerich Vogl]] 1947
*[[Francisc Ronnay]] 1947
{{col-4}}
*[[Emerich Vogl]] 1947
*[[Colea Vâlcov]] 1948
*[[Petre Steinbach]] 1948
*[[Iuliu Baratky]] 1948
*[[Emerich Vogl]] 1948
*[[Colea Vâlcov]] 1949
*[[Emerich Vogl]] 1949
*[[Ion Mihăilescu]] 1949
*[[Gheorghe Albu]] 1950
*[[Volodea Vâlcov]] 1950
*[[Emerich Vogl]] 1950 - 1951
*[[Gheorghe Popescu I]] 1951 - 1957
*[[Augustin Botescu]] 1958 - 1960
*[[Gheorghe Popescu I]] 1961
*[[Constantin Teaşcă]] 1962
*[[Gheorghe Popescu I]] 1962
*[[Silviu Ploeşteanu]] 1962 - 1964
*[[Valentin Stănescu]] 1964
*[[Silviu Ploeşteanu]] 1964
*[[Ilie Oană]] 1965 - 1966
{{col-4}}
*[[Valentin Stănescu]] 1967
*[[Ilie Oană]] 1967
*[[Angelo Niculescu]] 1967
*[[Constantin Teaşcă]] 1967
*[[Angelo Niculescu]] 1967 - 1970
*[[Valentin Stănescu]] 1971
*[[Angelo Niculescu]] 1971
*[[Valentin Stănescu]] 1971
*[[Angelo Niculescu]] 1971
*[[Valentin Stănescu]] 1971
*[[Angelo Niculescu]] 1971
*[[Gheorghe Ola]] 1972
*[[Angelo Niculescu]] 1972
*[[Gheorghe Ola]] 1972
*[[Angelo Niculescu]] 1972
*[[Gheorghe Ola]] 1972
*[[Valentin Stănescu]] 1973 - 1975
*[[Cornel Drăguşin]] 1975
*[[Stefan Kovacs]] 1976 - 1979
*[[Florin Halagian]] 1979
{{col-4}}
*[[Constantin Cernăianu]] 1979
*[[Stefan Kovacs]] 1980
*[[Valentin Stănescu]] 1980 - 1981
*[[Mircea Lucescu]] 1981 - 1986
*[[Emerich Jenei]] 1986 - 1990
*[[Gheorghe Constantin]] 1990
*[[Mircea Rădulescu]] 1990 - 1992
*[[Cornel Dinu]] 1992 - 1993
*[[Anghel Iordănescu]] 1993 - 1998
*[[Victor Piţurcă]] 1998 - 1999
*[[Emerich Jenei]] 2000
*[[Ladislau Bölöni]] 2000 - 2001
*[[Gheorghe Hagi]] 2001 - 2002
*[[Anghel Iordănescu]] 2002 - 2004
*[[Victor Piţurcă]] 2005 -
{{col-end}}
* The [[Austria]]n Josef Uridil is the only foreign manager who coached Romania
==Romania all time record against all nations, updated [[2008-06-20]]==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Against
! Played
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! % Won
|- bgcolor="#d0ffd0" align="center"
|-
| align="left" | {{ALB}} || 15|| 12|| 1 || 2 || 80%
|-
| align="left" | {{ALG}} || 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 25%
|-
| align="left" | {{AND}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{ARG}} || 5 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 20%
|-
| align="left" | {{ARM}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 67%
|-
| align="left" | {{AUT}} || 7 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 43%
|-
| align="left" | {{AZE}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{BLR}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{BEL}} || 10|| 4 || 2 || 4 || 40%
|-
| align="left" | {{BOL}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{BIH}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{BRA}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{BUL}} || 37|| 21|| 6 || 10|| 57%
|-
| align="left" | {{CMR}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{CHI}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{CHN}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{COL}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 66%
|-
| align="left" | {{CIV}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{CRO}} || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{CUB}} || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{CYP}} || 12|| 9 || 2 || 1 || 75%
|-
| align="left" | {{CSK}} || 33|| 8 || 9 || 16|| 24%
|-
| align="left" | {{CZE}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 50%
|-
| align="left" | {{DEN}} || 15|| 7 || 2 || 6 || 47%
|-
| align="left" | {{ECU}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 50%
|-
| align="left" | {{EGY}} || 6 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 50%
|-
| align="left" | {{ENG}} || 11|| 3 || 6 || 2 || 27%
|-
| align="left" | {{EST}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 50%
|-
| align="left" | {{FRO}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{FIN}} || 8 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 75%
|-
| align="left" | {{FRA}} || 13|| 4 || 2 || 7 || 31%
|-
| align="left" | {{GEO}} || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 60%
|-
| align="left" | {{GER}} || 9 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 11%
|-
| align="left" | {{GDR}} || 19|| 5 || 4 || 10|| 26%
|-
| align="left" | {{FRG}} || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 25%
|-
| align="left" | {{GHA}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{GRE}} || 28|| 16|| 7 || 5 || 57%
|-
| align="left" | {{HUN}} || 25|| 5 || 7 || 13|| 20%
|-
| align="left" | {{LAT}} || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 75%
|-
| align="left" | {{LIE}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{LIT}} || 8 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{LUX}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{ISL}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{IRN}} || 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 25%
|-
| align="left" | {{IRQ}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{IRL}} || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 25%
|-
| align="left" | {{ISR}} || 19|| 10|| 5 || 4 || 53%
|-
| align="left" | {{ITA}} || 15|| 2 || 3 || 10|| 13%
|-
| align="left" | {{JPN}} || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 75%
|-
| align="left" | {{MKD}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{MEX}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 66%
|-
| align="left" | {{MOL}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{MNE}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{MAR}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 66%
|-
| align="left" | {{NGR}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{NED}} || 13|| 3 || 3 || 7 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{NIR}} || 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 25%
|-
| align="left" | {{NOR}} || 11|| 4 || 5 || 2 || 36%
|-
| align="left" | {{PAR}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{PER}} || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 20%
|-
| align="left" | {{POL}} || 32|| 13|| 15|| 4 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{POR}} || 11|| 4 || 2 || 5 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{RUS}} || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 50%
|-
| align="left" | {{SMR}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{SCO}} || 6 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 33%
|-
| align="left" | {{SVK}} || 10|| 5 || 4 || 1 || 50%
|-
| align="left" | {{SLO}} || 7 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 43%
|-
| align="left" | {{KOR}} || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{URS}} || 11|| 3 || 3 || 5 || 27%
|-
| align="left" | {{ESP}} || 15|| 5 || 5 || 5 || 33%
|-
| align="left" | {{SWE}} || 8 || 2 || 3 || 3 || 25%
|-
| align="left" | {{SWI}} || 11|| 4 || 3 || 4 || 36%
|-
| align="left" | {{TUN}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{TUR}} || 22|| 12|| 7 || 3 || 55%
|-
| align="left" | {{UKR}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 100%
|-
| align="left" | {{UAE}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0%
|-
| align="left" | {{USA}} || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 50%
|-
| align="left" | {{URU}} || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 25%
|-
| align="left" | {{WAL}} || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 60%
|-
| align="left" | {{YUG}} || 42|| 19|| 5 || 18|| 45%
|-
| align="left" | {{ZAI}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 100%
|-class="sortbottom"
! Total || 624 || 286 || 150 || 188 || 46%
|}
==References==
{{Unreferenced|date=January 2008}}
==External links==
{{commonscat|Romania national football team}}
*[http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/national_team/national_team.shtml RomanianSoccer.ro - Romanian National Team Archive]
*[http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/rom.html Romania national team /details 1922-/]
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesr/roem-intres.html RSSSF archive of results 1922-2006]
*[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/roem-recintlp.html RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers]
*[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/roem-coach-triv.html RSSSF archive of coaches 1922-1999]
==See also==
* [[Sport in Romania]]
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