The national of Romania begins in the preliminaries of the World Cup 2026 21 March, on their own ground, with Bosnia Herzegovina. Three later days, the tricolors play away in San Marino. 3 weeks before the onset, Mircea Lucescu made the preliminary convocations, putting 18 players from abroad.
George Pușcaș, forgiven by Mircea Lucescu. PHOTO SportPicures
With the mention that the coach can also give up some of them and that with the remaining players will be the internal championship, two returns among the tricolors are noted. Mircea Lucescu’s initial list is also found in Olimpiu Moruțan, who returned after the serious injury that made him miss the Euro 2024.
Also, the list of the strangers is George Pușcaș, who was not summoned to the last action of the League of Nations, when Romania met Cyprus and Kosovo, then talking about a conflict between the coach and the striker. But the good form shown by the prison in BodrumSpor made Lucescu overcome the pride and convene it. Of course, it also mattered that Daniel Bîrligea is unavailable, and Denis Drăguș has just restored after an injury.
Among the 18 strangers are Vlad Dragomir, who has an excellent season in Pafos and who declared at the end of last year that he takes to play at the Cyprus national if Romania does not give him a chance.
The preliminary group of Romania for the debut in the qualifications CM 2026
Portari: Florin Niță (Damac | Saudi Arabia, 30/1), Horațiu Moldovan (Sassuolo | Italy, 11/0);
Defenders: Andrei Rațiu (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 27/1), Deian sorescu (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 20/0), Virgil ghiță (Krakow | Poland, 2/0), Adrian Rus (Pisa
Midsy: Marius Marin (Pisa | Italy, 28/0), Răzvan Marin (Cagliari | Italy, 65/11), Nicolae Stanciu (Damac | Saudi Arabia, 79/15), Ianis Hagi (Rangers 33/9), Olimpiu Moruțan (Pisa | Italy, 15/1), Valentin Mihăilă (Parma | Italy, 30/5), Florinel Coman (Cagliari | Italy, 20/2);
Attacities: George Pușcaș (Bodrum | Turkey, 46/11), Denis Drăguș (Trabzonspor | Turkey, 20/5).
The program of the matches in the Romanian Group in the World Cup preliminaries 2026
March 21
21:45 – Cyprus – San Marino
21:45 – Romania – Bosnia and Herzegovina
March 24
21:45 – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cyprus
21:45 – San Marino – Romania
June 7
16:00 – Bosnia and Herzegovina – San Marino
21:45 – Austria – Romania
June 10
21:45 – Romania – Cyprus
21:45 – San Marino – Austria
September 6
21:45 – Austria – Cyprus
21:45 – San Marino – Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 9th
21:45 – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Austria
21:45 – Cyprus – Romania
October 9th
21:45 – Austria – San Marino
21:45 – Cyprus – Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 12
16:00 – San Marino – Cyprus
21:45 – Romania – Austria
November 15
19:00 – Cyprus – Austria
21:45 – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Romania
November 18
21:45 – Austria – Bosnia and Herzegovina
21:45 – Romania – San Marino
