Mircea Lucescu, 79 years old, the selector of the first representative, announced the final group of “tricolors” for parties with Austria (June 7, 9:45 pm) and Cyprus (June 10, 9:45 pm) in the 2026 World Championship.
Craiovean Alex Mitriță, right, impressed with Dinamo and was called to national
In the first two parties in the campaign for the Final Tournament in North America, Romania has gathered 3 points-failure with Bosnia on the National Arena (0-1) and victory with San Marino (5-1).
The coach of the national football team of Romania, Mircea Lucescu, announced, on Monday, the lot consisting of 27 players for the matches with Austria and Cyprus from the World Cup preliminaries of 2026, of which the striker Louis Munteanu, summoned in the extended group of the U21 national U21 (11-28).
The striker Louis Munteanu (CFR Cluj) will do the junction with the youth representative, says the Romanian Football Federation in a statement published on the official website.
Other news from the lot announced by Lucescu are the defenders Valentin Crețu (36 years), Vladimir Screciu, Raul Opruț, the defensive midfielder Vlad Chiricheș and the offensive midfielder David Miculescu.
The first representative of Romania meets Austria, on June 7 (9:45 pm), on the “Ernst-Happel” stadium in Vienna, and Cyprus, on June 10 (9:45 pm), in the National Arena in Bucharest, in the preliminaries CM 2026.
In the first two matches of the preliminaries, Romania lost with Bosnia and Herzegovina (score 0-1) and won with San Marino (score 5-1). In the ranking of group H, Romania occupies the 2nd place in the standings, with 3 points, equal to Cyprus.
At the meeting of the team of the National Senior team, scheduled on Sunday, June 1, at the National Football Center Mogoșoaia, the following 27 players, 14 from the internal championship and 13 from clubs abroad will be presented:
Players convened by Lucescu for parties with Austria and Cyprus:
Portarii: Florin Niță (Damac | Saudi Arabia, 31/0), Horațiu Moldovan (Sassuolo
Defenders: Andrei Rațiu (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 29/1), Valentin Crețu (FCSB, 2/0), Andrei Burcă (Baniyas 27/2), Vladimir Screciu (Craiova University, 4/0), Nicușor Bancu (Craiova University, 46/2), Raul Opruț (Dinamo, 4/0)
Midfielders: Marius Marin (Pisa | Italy, 30/0), Vlad Chiricheș (FCSB, 75/0), Adrian Şut (FCSB, 5/0), Răzvan Marin (Cagliari | Italy, 67/12), Nicolae Stanciu (Damac (Parma | Italy, 35/9), Deian sorescu (Gaziantep FK
Attackers: Denis Drăguș (Trabzonspor
No less than eight players from the FCSB champion were convened by “Il Luce”: Ștefan Târnovanu, Valentin Crețu, Mihai Popescu, Adrian Şut, Florin Tanase, David Miculescu, Vlad Chiricheș and Daniel Bîrliga.
Craiova University gives three players for the action from the beginning of June – Alex Mitriță, Vladimir Screciu and Nicușor Bancu, while Raul Opruț, the left defender of Dinamo, returns to the national team’s gear, being the only representative of the “dogs” at the lot. Rapid and the University of Cluj have no player.
The 2026 edition of the World Cup will be hosted by three countries: the United States, Mexico and Canada. From the European area, the winners of the 12 preliminary groups are directly qualified, while the teams in places 2 together with the best 4 group winners in the League of Nations will be divided by lots and will play two dam games (semifinal and final) to establish the last 4 qualified nationals.
