Romania national futsal team

The Romania national futsal team represents Romania in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.

Romania
Nickname(s)Tricolorii (The Tricolours)
AssociationFederaţia Română de Fotbal (FRF)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachEndre Kacso
FIFA codeROU
FIFA ranking21 [1]
Highest FIFA ranking10 (14 May 2012)
Lowest FIFA ranking24 (11 December 2017)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Romania Romania 4–3 Bulgaria Bulgaria
(Bucharest, Romania; 19 June 2003)
Biggest win
Bulgaria Bulgaria 0–12 Romania Romania
(Varna, Bulgaria; 8 January 2004)
Romania Romania 12–0 England England
(Târgu Mureș, Romania; 22 June 2005)
Biggest defeat
Brazil Brazil 12–0 Romania Romania
(2009 Grand Prix de Futsal Semifinals, Anápolis, Brazil; 3 July 2009)
World Cup
Appearances0
European Championship
Appearances4 (First in 2007)
Best result6th place (2007, 2014)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances2 (First in 2009)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place (2009)

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup
  • 1989 - did not compete
  • 1992 - did not compete
  • 1996 - did not compete
  • 2000 - did not compete
  • 2004 - did not qualify
  • 2008 - did not qualify
  • 2012 - did not qualify
  • 2016 - did not qualify
  • 2020 - did not qualify

UEFA Futsal Championship
  • 1996 - did not compete
  • 1999 - did not compete
  • 2001 - did not compete
  • 2003 - did not compete
  • 2005 - did not qualify
  • 2007 – 6th place
  • 2010 - did not qualify
  • 2012 – 7th place (Quarterfinals)
  • 2014 – 6th place (Quarterfinals)
  • 2016 - did not qualify
  • 2018 – 12 place
  • 2022 – Did not qualify

Grand Prix de Futsal
  • 2005 – did not compete
  • 2006 – did not compete
  • 2007 – did not compete
  • 2008 – did not compete
  • 2009 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place
  • 2010 – 14th place
  • 2011 – did not compete
  • 2013 – did not compete
  • 2014 – did not compete
  • 2015 – did not compete
  • 2018 – did not compete

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Finland and Denmark on 1 and 5 March 2023, respectively.[2][3]
Head coach: Endre Kacso

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Theodor Lungu Romania CFR Timișoara
12 1GK Petrișor Toniță (1992-01-28) 28 January 1992 Romania United Galați
21 1GK Andrei Dinicuță (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 Romania Autobergamo Deva
2 2DF Andor Bálint Romania FK Odorheiu Secuiesc
14 2DF Paulo Ferreira (1985-03-08) 8 March 1985 Portugal Póvoa Futsal
18 2DF Szabolcs Mánya (1989-01-30) 30 January 1989 Hungary Kecskemét Futsal
3 4FW Richárd Iszlai (1999-12-18) 18 December 1999 Romania FK Odorheiu Secuiesc
5 4FW Sergiu Gavrilă (2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 Romania Autobergamo Deva
7 4FW Daniel Araujo (1994-03-15) 15 March 1994 Romania United Galați
8 4FW Valentin Ilaș Romania CFR Timișoara
9 4FW István Hadnagy (1996-09-19) 19 September 1996 Hungary Kecskemét Futsal
10 4FW Felipe Oliveira (captain) (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 Italy Napoli Futsal
11 4FW André Luis Sasse (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 Portugal Portimonense
15 4FW Darius Nastai (2000-12-05) 5 December 2000 Romania CFR Timișoara
20 4FW Andrei Crăciun (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988 Romania United Galați

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Szilárd Kanyó Romania FK Odorheiu Secuiesc v. Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH, 15 January 2023
DF Tamás Miklós (1993-01-10) 10 January 1993 Romania FK Odorheiu Secuiesc v.  Finland, 11 October 2022
FW Vlăduț Dudău Romania United Galați v. Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH, 15 January 2023
FW Mihnea Toader Romania CFR Timișoara v. Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH, 15 January 2023
FW József Kerestély Romania FK Odorheiu Secuiesc v. Bosnia and Herzegovina BiH, 15 January 2023
FW Octavian Cireș (1993-01-27) 27 January 1993 Romania United Galați v.  Finland, 11 October 2022
FW Adrian Oanea (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991 Italy Elledi Futsal v.  Moldova, 20 September 2022

COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Retired from international futsal.

Results and fixtures
2018 Friendly Romania  5–4  Moldova
2018 Friendly Romania  6–4  Moldova
2018 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 Portugal  4–1  Romania
2018 UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 Ukraine  3–2  Romania
2018 Friendly Romania  3–1  Albania
2018 Friendly Romania  4–3  Albania
2018 Friendly Romania  0–3  Spain
2018 Friendly Romania  1–0  Spain
2019 Friendly Romania  0–2  Italy
2019 Friendly Romania  2–4  Italy
2019 Friendly Romania  5–1  Armenia
2019 Friendly Romania  5–3  Armenia

See also

References
  1. Futsal World Ranking
  2. "România – Finlanda 0-0. Rezultat cu care ne calificăm în Elite Round WORLD CUP 2024!" (in Romanian). FRF. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. "Romania Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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