Nickname(s) Tricolorii (The Tricolours)
Association Romanian Football Federation
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Victor Piţurcă
Captain Cristian Chivu
Most caps Dorinel Munteanu (134)
Top scorer Gheorghe Hagi (35)
Home stadium Lia Manoliu Stadium
FIFA code ROU
FIFA ranking 13
Highest FIFA ranking 3 (September 1997)
Lowest FIFA ranking 35 (August 2004)
Elo ranking 10
Highest Elo ranking 5 (June 1990)
Lowest Elo ranking 42 (1949, 1960)
The Romanian national football team is the national 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, France, and Belgium) to participate in the first three World Cups. However, they then qualified only once between the 1950 and 1986 editions. Romania then had a solid run through the 1990s, advancing to the second round or better in three consecutive World Cups. The period was highlighted by the 1994 World Cup where Romania, led by Gheorghe Hagi, reached the quarterfinals and defeated Argentina 3-2 before losing to Sweden on penalty kicks. In Euro 2000 they drew 1-1 with Germany and defeated England 3-2 to advance to the quarterfinals before falling to eventual runners-up Italy.
The team has had less success since 2001, narrowly missing qualification for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and also missing out on Euro 2004. Romania is currently ranked 13th in the world. Romania were the fourth team to qualify for the Euro 2008. They were unlucky enough on the December 2nd 2007, to be drawn in Group C of the tournament, nicknamed the 'Group of Death', due to France, Italy and the Netherlands, being drawn in the same group.
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