ROMANIA NATIONAL UNDER-23 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	1 GK	Mihai Aioani	(1999-11-07) 7 November 1999 (age 24)	6	0	Farul Constanța
1	1 GK	Mihai Popa	(2000-10-12) 12 October 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Astra Giurgiu
22	1 GK	Ștefan Târnovanu	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 24)	0	0	FCSB

17	2 DF	Ricardo Grigore	(1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 25)	7	0	Dinamo București
14	2 DF	Andrei Rațiu	(1998-06-20) 20 June 1998 (age 26)	6	0	Huesca
4	2 DF	Alex Pașcanu	(1998-09-28) 28 September 1998 (age 25)	5	0	Ponferradina
15	2 DF	Andrei Chindriș	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)	3	0	Botoșani
2	2 DF	Radu Boboc	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 25)	4	0	Farul Constanța
6	2 DF	Virgil Ghiță	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Farul Constanța
3	2 DF	Florin Ștefan	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 28)	4	0	CFR Cluj

18	3 MF	Marco Dulca	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25)	7	0	Chindia Târgoviște
8	3 MF	Marius Marin	(1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 25)	7	0	Pisa
10	3 MF	Andrei Ciobanu	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 26)	7	0	Farul Constanța
21	3 MF	Antonio Sefer	(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 24)	5	0	Rapid București
7	3 MF	Ion Gheorghe	(1999-08-10) 10 August 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Voluntari
20	3 MF	Alex Dobre	(1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 25)	5	0	Dijon
13	3 MF	Eduard Florescu	(1997-07-27) 27 July 1997 (age 26)	4	0	Botoșani
11	3 MF	Valentin Gheorghe	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27)	5	0	Astra Giurgiu
5	3 MF	Tudor Băluță	(1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 25)	3	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
16	3 MF	Ronaldo Deaconu	(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 27)	2	0	Gaz Metan Mediaș

9	4 FW	George Ganea	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 25)	7	2	Farul Constanța
19	4 FW	Andrei Sîntean	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 25)	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 22)	0	0	Torino	v. Mexico, 5 June 2021

DF	Denis Ciobotariu ^WD	(1998-06-10) 10 June 1998 (age 26)	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 22)	0	0	Juventus	v. Mexico, 5 June 2021

MF	Dragoș Nedelcu ^WD	(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27)	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 22)	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 23)	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 28)	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	did not qualify										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
2024 – Paris	did not qualify

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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Performances	FIFA World Cup UEFA European Championship
World Cup	1930 1934 1938 1970 1990 1994 1998
UEFA Euro	1984 1996 2000 2008 2016 2024
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Matches	Yugoslavia 1–2 Romania (1922)
Other Romanian teams	Olympic U-21 U-20 U-19 U-17 Futsal Beach soccer Women

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National teams	Romania Olympic team Under-23 Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Romania women
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Awards	Romanian Footballer of the Year Foreign Player of the Year Coach of the Year Monthly Football Awards Liga I Player of the Month (discontinued)
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v t e Romania national football team
General	Romanian Football Federation History Managers
Venues	Arena Națională Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Cluj Arena Stadionul Ilie Oană
Results	1922–39 1940–59 1960–79 1980–99 2000–19 2020–present
Statistics	Results Competitive records Head to head Honours
Players	Players International footballers Hat-tricks Captains
Performances	FIFA World Cup UEFA European Championship
World Cup	1930 1934 1938 1970 1990 1994 1998
UEFA Euro	1984 1996 2000 2008 2016 2024
Rivalries	Hungary
Matches	Yugoslavia 1–2 Romania (1922)
Other Romanian teams	Olympic U-21 U-20 U-19 U-17 Futsal Beach soccer Women

v t e Football in Romania
Romanian Football Federation
National teams	Romania Olympic team Under-23 Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Romania women
Leagues	Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal
League competitions	Liga I Liga II Liga III (10 series) Liga IV (42 series) Liga V (42 series) Liga VI (8 series)
Cup competitions	Cupa României Supercupa României Romanian Women's Cup Cupa Ligii (defunct)
Youth competitions	Leagues Liga Elitelor
Women's competitions	Liga I Liga II (2 series) Liga III (4 series)
Awards	Romanian Footballer of the Year Foreign Player of the Year Coach of the Year Monthly Football Awards Liga I Player of the Month (discontinued)
Lists	List of clubs List of clubs by honours won Clubs in international competitions
Miscellaneous	Match fixing in Romanian football Racism Breaks the Game
Venues Records Competitions Trophies and awards Rivalries

Results and fixtures

2021