Romania national under-17 football team

Romania U-17
Nickname(s)	Tricolorii (The Tricolours)
Association	Federația Română de Fotbal
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Daniel Mogoșanu (U-17); Victor Ene, Iulian Cojocaru, Eugen Anghel (U-16)
Captain	Eduard Rădăslăvescu (U-17); Adrian Horșia (U-16)
Most caps	Laurențiu Brănescu (12)
Top scorer	Fabian Himcinschi (9)
FIFA code	ROU
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Romania 0–1 Soviet Union ; (Bucharest, Romania; 17 October 1981)
Biggest win
	Romania 9–0 Liechtenstein ; (Maladzyechna, Belarus; 23 September 2010)
Biggest defeat
	Romania 2–8 Germany ; (Darlington, England; 24 April 2001)
World Cup
Appearances	None (first in -)
Best result	-
European Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1986)
Best result	Group phase (9 times)

The Romania national under-17 football team represents Romania in international football at this age level and is controlled by the Federația Română de Fotbal, the governing body for football in Romania.

Competitive record

UEFA European Under-16 and Under-17 Championship

Under-16 era

European Championship record								European Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
1982	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	0	0	4	2	12
1984	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	6	2	1	3	5	8
1985	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	1	0	1	2	2
1986	Group phase	3	1	0	2	3	5	2	2	1	0	1	3	2
1987	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	1	0	1	1	3
1988	Group phase	3	0	3	0	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	11	3
1989	Group phase	3	1	1	1	1	4	1	2	1	0	1	5	2
1990	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	1	2	1	6	5
1991	Group phase	3	1	1	1	3	5	1	2	1	0	1	3	2
1992	Group phase	3	0	1	2	1	7	1	2	1	0	1	2	2
1993	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	2	0	3
1994	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	0	1	3	2	8
1995	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	0	2	2	2	4
1996	Group phase	3	0	0	3	1	6	1	2	2	0	0	4	1
1997	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	1	1	1	3	4
1998	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	4	2	1	1	5	2
1999	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	0	1	1	3	5
2000	Group phase	3	0	0	3	0	5	1	2	2	0	0	5	0
2001	Group phase	3	0	0	3	2	13	1	2	2	0	0	9	0

*Draws also include penalty shootouts, regardless of the outcome.

Under-17 era

European Championship record								European Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA	Position	Pld	W	D *	L	GF	GA
2002	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	1	0	2	3	3
2003	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Q1 2	3	2	0	1	13	2
2003	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Q2 3	3	1	1	1	4	5
2004	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Q1 2	3	2	0	1	6	1
2004	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Q2 4	3	0	1	2	3	6
2005	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 2	3	2	0	1	5	4
2005	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 3	3	1	1	1	2	2
2006	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 2	3	1	1	1	4	1
2006	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 4	3	1	0	2	3	6
2007	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 3	3	1	1	1	4	4
2008	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 2	3	1	2	0	2	1
2008	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 2	3	1	2	0	4	3
2009	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 2	3	2	0	1	7	4
2009	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 3	3	1	1	1	2	4
2010	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 2	3	2	0	1	6	4
2010	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 4	3	0	1	2	4	10
2011	Group phase	3	0	1	2	1	3	^First 1	3	3	0	0	12	0
2011	Group phase	3	0	1	2	1	3	^Elite 1	3	2	1	0	4	2
2012	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 3	3	0	1	2	2	4
2013	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 3	3	0	1	2	2	5
2014	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 1	3	3	0	0	4	0
2014	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 3	3	0	1	2	0	2
2015	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 2	3	2	0	1	8	3
2015	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 4	3	0	0	3	1	7
2016	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 3	3	1	1	1	3	5
2017	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 4	3	0	0	3	1	6
2018	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 2	3	1	1	1	2	2
2018	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 4	3	0	0	3	2	9
2019	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 2	3	1	2	0	6	2
2019	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 3	3	1	0	2	4	9
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[2]							^First 3	3	2	0	1	7	1
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[1]^[3]
2022	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 3	3	1	0	2	5	7
2023	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^First 3	3	1	0	2	4	8
2024	did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	^Elite 3	3	0	2	1	2	3
2025	to be determined
2026	to be determined

*Draws also include penalty shootouts, regardless of the outcome.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendlies against Austria on 14 and 16 June 2023.^[4]

Caps and goals are correct as of 27 March 2023, after the match against North Macedonia.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Rafael Munteanu	(2006-03-01) 1 March 2006 (age 18)	6	0	Farul Constanța
1GK	Codruț Sandu	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Rapid București
1GK	Robert Matei	(2006-09-03) 3 September 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Ternana

2DF	Eduard Chihaia	(2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 18)	7	0	Farul Constanța
2DF	Darius Fălcușan	(2006-02-14) 14 February 2006 (age 18)	7	0	Empoli
2DF	Răzvan Călugăr	(2006-04-06) 6 April 2006 (age 18)	6	0	Universitatea Cluj
2DF	Alexandru Ureche	(2006-03-20) 20 March 2006 (age 18)	6	0	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
2DF	Alin Chinteș	(2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Universitatea Cluj
2DF	Hussein Shehait	(2006-01-21) 21 January 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Steaua București
2DF	Matei Marin		0	0	Steaua București

3MF	Răzvan Florea	(2006-08-17) 17 August 2006 (age 17)	2	0	Steaua București
3MF	Octavian Cepoi		0	0	Rapid București
3MF	Eduard Dănilă		0	0	Rapid București
3MF	Robert Lăpădătescu		0	0	Universitatea Craiova
3MF	David Matei	(2006-07-19) 19 July 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Steaua București
3MF	Tudor Pojar		0	0	Universitatea Cluj
3MF	Mario Preda		0	0	FCSB

4FW	Ioan Vermeșan	(2006-10-18) 18 October 2006 (age 17)	12	4	Hellas Verona
4FW	David Păcuraru	(2006-02-17) 17 February 2006 (age 18)	10	2	Farul Constanța
4FW	Ianis Tarbă	(2006-07-04) 4 July 2006 (age 17)	9	3	Celta Vigo
4FW	Alin Cocoș	(2006-08-05) 5 August 2006 (age 17)	9	1	Farul Constanța
4FW	Jason Kodor	(2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18)	2	0	Lecce

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Bogdan Ungureanu	(2007-04-01) 1 April 2007 (age 17)	3	0	Rapid București	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022
GK	Mate Simon	(2006-07-19) 19 July 2006 (age 17)	0	0	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022

DF	Andrei Racu	(2007-03-31) 31 March 2007 (age 17)	4	0	Atalanta	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022
DF	Rareș Fătu	(2006-01-17) 17 January 2006 (age 18)	3	0	Parma	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022
DF	Tommaso Nistor	(2006-11-06) 6 November 2006 (age 17)	2	0	SPAL	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022
DF	Alin Techereș	(2007-01-05) 5 January 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Universitatea Cluj	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022

MF	Robert Lăpădătescu	Unknown	3	0	Universitatea Craiova	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022
MF	Ionuț Cercel	Unknown	0	0	Farul Constanța	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022
MF	Marius Codreanu	(2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Farul Constanța	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022

FW	Enes Sali	(2006-02-23) 23 February 2006 (age 18)	9	3	Farul Constanța	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022
FW	Vlad Oarga	(2007-04-07) 7 April 2007 (age 17)	2	1	Viitorul Constanța	v. Estonia, 1 November 2022

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

2020

U-17

17 February 2020 (2020-02-17) Friendly	Israel	0–0	Romania	Shefayim, Israel
UTC+02:00		Report		Stadium: Shefayim National Football Centre

19 February 2020 (2020-02-19) Friendly	Israel	0–0	Romania	Shefayim, Israel
UTC+02:00		Report		Stadium: Shefayim National Football Centre

17 February 2021 (2021-02-17) Friendly	Hungary	1–2	Romania	Gyula, Hungary
UTC+02:00		Report

U-16

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) Friendly	Cyprus	1–0	Romania	Paralimni, Cyprus
UTC+02:00		Report

13 February 2020 (2020-02-13) Friendly	Cyprus	1–0	Romania	Paralimni, Cyprus
UTC+02:00		Report

23 September 2020 (2020-09-23) 'Vlatko Markovic' Tournament	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–0	Romania	Osijek, Croatia
UTC+02:00		Report

24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) 'Vlatko Markovic' Tournament	North Macedonia	2–4	Romania	Osijek, Croatia
UTC+02:00		Report

25 September 2020 (2020-09-25) 'Vlatko Markovic' Tournament	Zambia	1–2	Romania	Osijek, Croatia
UTC+02:00		Report

27 September 2020 (2020-09-27) 'Vlatko Markovic' Tournament	Croatia	4–0	Romania	Osijek, Croatia
UTC+02:00		Report

5 February 2021 (2021-02-05) Unofficial friendly	Romania	3–0	Universitatea Craiova U17	Buftea, Romania
UTC+02:00

7 February 2021 (2021-02-07) Unofficial friendly	Romania	0–4	FCSB U17	Buftea, Romania
UTC+02:00

7 April 2021 (2021-04-07) Unofficial friendly	Romania	7–0	Petrolul Ploiești U17	Buftea, Romania
UTC+02:00

References

^ ^a ^b "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ ""Dublă" amicală cu Austria pentru tricolorii U17" (in Romanian). Federația Română de Fotbal. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links

Football Association of Romania

[2020_Cancellation-1] "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[2] "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[3] "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[4] ""Dublă" amicală cu Austria pentru tricolorii U17" (in Romanian). Federația Română de Fotbal. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

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