Romania U21

Nickname(s)	Tricolorii Mici (The Little Tricolours)
Association	Romanian Football Federation
Head coach	Emil Săndoi
Captain	Gabriel Torje
Home colours Away colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 1978)
Best result	Eighth in 1998

The Romania national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.

The current manager is Emil Săndoi.

[edit] UEFA U-21 Championship Record

• 1978: Finished 3rd of 3 in Qualifying Group 7.
• 1980: Finished 2nd of 3 in Qualifying Group 7.
• 1982: Finished 3rd of 4 in Qualifying Group 4.
• 1984: Finished 3rd of 4 in Qualifying Group 5.
• 1986: Finished 3rd of 4 in Qualifying Group 3.
• 1988: Finished 2nd of 4 in Qualifying Group 1.
• 1990: Finished 2nd of 4 in Qualifying Group 1.
• 1992: Finished 3rd of 4 in Qualifying Group 2.
• 1994: Finished 2nd of 5 in Qualifying Group 4.
• 1996: Finished 3rd of 6 in Qualifying Group 1.
• 1998: Finished eighth.
• 2000: Finished 3rd of 5 in Qualifying Group 7.
• 2002: Finished 2nd of 5 in Qualifying Group 8.
• 2004: Finished 4th of 5 in Qualifying Group 2.
• 2006: Finished 3rd of 6 in Qualifying Group 1.
• 2007: Finished 2nd of 3 in Qualifying Group 10.
• 2009: Finished 3rd of 5 in Qualifying Group 10.
• 2011: N/A

[edit] Current squad

Players called for the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Latvia on 9 October 2009 and Faroe Islands 13 October 2009

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Goalkeepers
Cezar Lungu	6 April 1988 (1988-04-06) (age 21)	FC Steaua Bucureşti
Silviu Lung	4 June 1989 (1989-06-04) (age 20)	FC Universitatea Craiova
Defenders
Alexandru Măţel	17 October 1989 (1989-10-17) (age 20)	FC Farul Constanţa
Radu Barbu	29 August 1989 (1989-08-29) (age 20)	FC Universitatea Craiova
Valerică Găman	25 February 1989 (1989-02-25) (age 20)	FC Universitatea Craiova
Ştefan Bărboianu	24 January 1988 (1988-01-24) (age 21)	FC Universitatea Craiova
Andrei Cordoş	6 June 1988 (1988-06-06) (age 21)	Frosinone Calcio
Silviu Ilie	27 June 1988 (1988-06-27) (age 21)	FC Oţelul Galaţi
Vlad Chiricheş	14 November 1989 (1989-11-14) (age 20)	FC Internaţional Curtea de Argeş
Midfielders
Gabriel Torje	22 November 1989 (1989-11-22) (age 20)	FC Dinamo Bucureşti
Marius Alexe	22 February 1990 (1990-02-22) (age 19)	FC Dinamo Bucureşti
Andrei Ionescu	29 March 1988 (1988-03-29) (age 21)	FC Steaua Bucureşti
Răzvan Ochiroşii	13 March 1989 (1989-03-13) (age 20)	FC Steaua Bucureşti
Mihai Onicaş	27 January 1990 (1990-01-27) (age 19)	FC Steaua Bucureşti
Eric Bicfalvi	5 February 1988 (1988-02-05) (age 21)	FC Steaua Bucureşti
Laurenţiu Iorga	17 March 1988 (1988-03-17) (age 21)	FC Oţelul Galaţi
Paul Pârvulescu	11 August 1988 (1988-08-11) (age 21)	CS Gaz Metan Mediaş
Vlad Achim	7 April 1989 (1989-04-07) (age 20)	FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
Strikers
Liviu Ganea	23 February 1988 (1988-02-23) (age 21)	FC Astra Ploieşti
Mihai Costea	29 May 1988 (1988-05-29) (age 21)	FC Universitatea Craiova
Ioan Hora	21 August 1988 (1988-08-21) (age 21)	CF Gloria Bistriţa
Alexandru Ioniţă	5 August 1989 (1989-08-05) (age 20)	FC Rapid Bucureşti
Sabrin Sburlea	12 May 1989 (1989-05-12) (age 20)	FC Braşov

[edit] See also

• Romania national football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

Romanian football portal

[edit] Sources/External links

• UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.

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