Romania Olympic football team

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]

Romania

Nickname(s)	Tricolorii (The Tricolours)
Association	Federația Română de Fotbal (FRF)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mirel Rădoi
Captain	Andrei Radu
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

Overall record

Games	Performance	Competing as	Squad	Coach
1924 – Paris	Round of 16	Romania	Squad	Adrian Suciu
1928 – Amsterdam	Did not qualify
1936 – Berlin	Did not qualify
1948 – London	Did not qualify
1952 – Helsinki	Preliminary round	Romania	Squad	Gheorghe Popescu I
1956 – Melbourne	Did not qualify
1960 – Rome	Did not qualify
1964 – Tokyo	Fifth place	Romania	Squad	Silviu Ploeșteanu
1968 – Mexico City	Did not qualify
1972 – Munich	Did not qualify
1976 – Montreal	Did not qualify
1980 – Moscow	Did not qualify
1984 – Los Angeles	Did not qualify
1988 – Seoul	Did not qualify
1992 – Barcelona	Did not qualify
1996 – Atlanta	Did not qualify
2000 – Sydney	Did not qualify
2004 – Athens	Did not qualify
2008 – Beijing	Did not qualify
2012 – London	Did not qualify
2016 – Rio de Janeiro	Did not qualify
2020 – Tokyo	TBD	Romania	Squad	Mirel Rădoi

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Andrei Radu	28 May 1997	14	0	Internazionale
23	GK	Andrei Vlad	15 April 1999	0	0	FCSB
6	DF	Cristian Manea	9 August 1997	17	0	CFR Cluj
4	DF	Alex Pașcanu	28 September 1998	14	0	Ponferradina
2	DF	Radu Boboc	24 April 1999	4	0	Viitorul Constanța
15	DF	Virgil Ghiță	4 June 1998	2	0	Viitorul Constanța
13	DF	Ricardo Grigore	7 April 1999	0	0	Dinamo București
16	MF	Dragoș Nedelcu	16 February 1997	22	0	FCSB
10	MF	Ianis Hagi	22 October 1998	12	4	Rangers
7	MF	Florinel Coman	10 April 1998	12	3	FCSB
17	MF	Alexandru Cicâldău	8 July 1997	11	2	U Craiova
8	MF	Dennis Man	26 August 1998	10	3	Parma
20	MF	Andrei Ciobanu	18 January 1998	6	0	Viitorul Constanța
21	MF	Tudor Băluță	27 March 1999	2	1	Dynamo Kiev
22	MF	Darius Olaru	3 March 1998	2	0	FCSB
14	MF	Vlad Dragomir	24 April 1999	2	0	Virtus Entella
19	FW	Andrei Ivan	4 January 1997	9	1	U Craiova
11	FW	Adrian Petre	11 February 1998	5	3	UTA Arad

See also

• Romania national football team
• Romania national under-21 football team

References

1. "27 mai 1924 - România debutează în competiţia de fotbal de la Jocurile Olimpice" (in Romanian). Antena 3. 27 May 2012.