NEWS ALERT: Romania's Squad for the Matches Against Austria and Cyprus! Big Surprises in Mircea Lucescu's Team

NEWS ALERT

Romania's squad for the matches against Austria and Cyprus! Big surprises in Mircea Lucescu's team

Coach Mircea Lucescu has announced a 27-man squad for the June matches against Austria and Cyprus, part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers:

• Saturday, June 7, 21:45: Austria – ROMANIA (Ernst-Happel Stadium, Vienna)

• Tuesday, June 10, 21:45: ROMANIA – Cyprus (National Arena, Bucharest)

Surprise selections include:

• The return of Vlad Chiricheș

• The call-ups of Valentin Crețu and David Miculescu (the only debutant) – all three from FCSB

• The inclusion of Raul Opruț from Dinamo

• The absence of Dennis Politic (Dinamo)

Notable absentees:

• Ianis Hagi (injured)

• Goalkeeper Andrei Ionuț Radu (Venezia, recently relegated from Serie A)

• George Pușcaș

Special mention:

Louis Munteanu, Superliga’s top scorer, is also part of the extended U21 national team squad for EURO U21 (June 11–28) and will later join the youth team, according to the Romanian Football Federation (FRF).

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Squad List (Selected by Mircea Lucescu)

Goalkeepers

• Florin Niță (Damac | Saudi Arabia, 31 caps)

• Horațiu Moldovan (Sassuolo | Italy, 12 caps)

• Ștefan Târnovanu (FCSB, 3 caps)

Defenders

• Andrei Rațiu (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 29 caps, 1 goal)

• Valentin Crețu (FCSB, 2 caps)

• Andrei Burcă (Baniyas | UAE, 39 caps, 1 goal)

• Mihai Popescu (FCSB, 2 caps, 1 goal)

• Virgil Ghiță (Cracovia | Poland, 2 caps)

• Ionuț Nedelcearu (Akron Togliatti | Russia, 27 caps, 2 goals)

• Vladimir Screciu (Universitatea Craiova, 4 caps)

• Nicușor Bancu (Universitatea Craiova, 46 caps, 2 goals)

• Raul Opruț (Dinamo, 4 caps)

Midfielders

• Marius Marin (Pisa | Italy, 30 caps)

• Vlad Chiricheș (FCSB, 75 caps)

• Adrian Șut (FCSB, 5 caps)

• Răzvan Marin (Cagliari | Italy, 67 caps, 12 goals)

• Nicolae Stanciu (Damac | Saudi Arabia, 81 caps, 15 goals)

• Florin Tănase (FCSB, 19 caps, 3 goals)

• Dennis Man (Parma | Italy, 35 caps, 9 goals)

• Deian Sorescu (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 20 caps)

• David Miculescu (FCSB, 0 caps)

• Valentin Mihăilă (Parma | Italy, 30 caps, 5 goals)

• Alexandru Mitriță (Universitatea Craiova, 23 caps, 4 goals)

Forwards

• Denis Drăguș (Trabzonspor | Turkey, 22 caps, 5 goals)

• Denis Alibec (Farul Constanța, 43 caps, 6 goals)

• Daniel Bîrligea (FCSB, 3 caps, 1 goal)

• Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj, 1 cap)

Note: Louis Munteanu is also part of the extended U21 squad for the U21 EURO (June 11–28), and will join the youth team along the way.

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Romania’s Full Group Schedule

Friday, March 21:

• Cyprus – San Marino 2-0 (Pittas 55′, Kakoulli 86′)

• Romania – Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-1 (Gigović 14′)

Monday, March 24:

• Bosnia & Herzegovina – Cyprus 2-1 (Demirović 22′, Hajradinović 56′ / Pittas 45’+2)

• San Marino – Romania 1-5 (Zannoni 67′ / Cevoli 6′–OG, M. Popescu 44′, R. Marin 55′–pen, Hagi 75′–pen, Alibec 90’+5)

Saturday, June 7:

• Bosnia & Herzegovina – San Marino (16:00)

• Austria – Romania (21:45)

Tuesday, June 10:

• Romania – Cyprus

• San Marino – Austria (21:45)

Saturday, September 6:

• Austria – Cyprus

• San Marino – Bosnia & Herzegovina (21:45)

Tuesday, September 9:

• Bosnia & Herzegovina – Austria

• Cyprus – Romania (21:45)

Thursday, October 9:

• Austria – San Marino

• Cyprus – Bosnia & Herzegovina (21:45)

Sunday, October 12:

• San Marino – Cyprus (16:00)

• Romania – Austria (21:45)

Saturday, November 15:

• Cyprus – Austria (19:00)

• Bosnia & Herzegovina – Romania (21:45)

Tuesday, November 18:

• Austria – Bosnia & Herzegovina

• Romania – San Marino (21:45)