Romania women's national football team

Romania
Association	Romanian Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Cristian Dulca
Captain	Ioana Bortan
Most caps	Florentina Olar (180)
Top scorer	Gabriela Enache (57)
FIFA code	ROU
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	45 6 (15 December 2023)
Highest	31 (May 2006)
Lowest	45 (December 2023)
First international
	Romania 4–1 Moldova ; (Romania; 10 September 1990)
Biggest win
	Romania 13–0 Turkmenistan ; (Turkey; 27 February 2019)
Biggest defeat
	Denmark 8–0 Romania ; (Denmark; 10 October 1995); Sweden 8–0 Romania ; (Sweden; 15 October 1995); Iceland 8–0 Romania ; (Iceland; 30 September 2000)

The Romania women's national football team represents Romania in international women's football. Their most recent competition is qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Despite not gaining as much success as the men's, the women's team has been improving greatly, and almost qualified for UEFA Women's Euro and FIFA Women's World Cup. The rise of women's team is the chance for Romania to become the first Balkan nation to play on an international competitions, and become the first nation to have both men and women's teams participating in both tournaments. The only rival for them in the Balkans, is Serbia, as Serbian women's team had almost qualified for a major tournament recently.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023

16 February 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup	Romania	2–1	Hungary	Larnaca, Cyprus
	Oprea 32' Vătafu 50'		Szabó 16'	Stadium: GSZ Stadium Referee: Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (Italy)

19 February 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup	Romania	0–2	Croatia	Larnaca, Cyprus
			Nevrkla 52' Rudelić 57'	Stadium: AEK Arena

22 February 2023 Cyprus Women's Cup	Finland	4–0	Romania	Larnaca, Cyprus
			Rantala 9' Kollanen 43' Heroum 76' Franssi 84'	Stadium: AEK Arena

7 April Friendly

Slovenia

1–1

Romania

11 April Friendly

Romania

1–0

Morocco

16 July Friendly

Romania

2–0

Bulgaria

23 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Croatia	2–1	Romania	Varaždin
20:15	Rudelić 45+1' Pezelj 54'	Report	Carp 31'	Stadium: Stadion Varteks, Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)

26 September 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Romania	0–1	Finland	Bucharest
		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Referee: Angelika Soeder (Germany)

27 October Nations League B Gr 2	Romania	0–0	Slovakia	Bucharest
18:00 (19:00 EEST)		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Arcul de Triumf Attendance: 2,347^[2] Referee: Eszter Urban (Hungary)

31 October Nations League B Gr 2	Slovakia	1–0	Romania	Senec
15:30	Mikolajová 64'	Report		Stadium: NTC Senec Attendance: 419^[3] Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)

30 November 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Finland	6–0	Romania	Turku
17:45		Report		Stadium: Veritas Stadion

5 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League	Romania	0–1	Croatia	Bucharest
19:00 (20:00 EET)		Report	Rudelić 81'	Stadium: Stadionul Arcul de Triumf Attendance: 1,094 Referee: Rasa Grigonė (Lithuania)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Role	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Cristian Dulca

Managerial history

Cristian Dulca (20??–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Croatia and Finland on 1 and 5 December 2023 , respectively .^[4]

Caps and goals accurate up to 22 February 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Andreea Părăluță	(1994-11-27) 27 November 1994	47	0	Levante
12	1GK	Camelia Ceasar	(1997-12-13) 13 December 1997	9	0	Roma
1	1GK	Szidonia Salamon	(2000-04-03) 3 April 2000	0	0	Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud

	2DF	Antonia Bratu	(2004-10-07) 7 October 2004	8	0	Olimpia Cluj
5	2DF	Teodora Meluță	(1999-08-03) 3 August 1999	28	0	Politehnica Timișoara
17	2DF	Claudia Bistrian	(1996-08-31) 31 August 1996	14	0	Banat Girls
3	2DF	Alexandra Tunoaia	(2001-04-12) 12 April 2001	3	0	ChievoVerona
15	2DF	Brigitta Gődér	(1992-05-06) 6 May 1992	21	1	Ferencvaros
13	2DF	Erika Geréd	(1999-04-28) 28 April 1999	20	1	Diósgyőr
7	2DF	Ana Maria Stanciu				Farul Constanța

4	3MF	Ioana Bortan (captain)	(1989-01-23) 23 January 1989	45	1	Farul Constanța
16	3MF	Ioana Bălăceanu	(2003-07-11) 11 July 2003	11	3	Olimpia Cluj
19	3MF	Olga Iordăchiuși	(1988-11-26) 26 November 1988	3	0	Apollon Ladies F.C.
14	3MF	Andrea Herczeg	(1994-09-13) 13 September 1994	27	3	FK Csíkszereda
	3MF	Giorgiana Vasile	(1993-05-11) 11 May 1993	2	0	CS Gloria 2018 BN
8	3MF	Ștefania Vătafu	(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993	43	10	Anderlecht
7	3MF	Ana Maria Vlădulescu	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001	20	3	Viktória FC-Szombathely
21	3MF	Genoveva Roșie	(2001-09-12) 12 September 2001	1	0	CS Gloria 2018 BN
	3MF	Florentina Istrate	(2004-03-20) 20 March 2004	0	0	Farul Constanța

9	4FW	Laura Rus	(1987-10-01) 1 October 1987	38	18	Farul Constanța
18	4FW	Mara Bâtea	(1995-04-12) 12 April 1995	34	3	Olimpia Cluj
20	3MF	Cristina Carp	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997	32	3	BSC YB-Frauen
22	4FW	Carmen Marcu	(2001-08-30) 30 August 2001	17	2	Olimpia Cluj

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the Romania squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Lavinia Boandă	(2000-10-31) 31 October 2000	1	0	Lumezzane	2023 Cyprus Women's Cup
GK	Mirela Pop-Ganea	(1986-01-14) 14 January 1986	29	0	Farul Constanța	v. Finland, 26 September 2023

DF	Olivia Oprea	(1987-03-19) 19 March 1987	42	1	Alhama	2023 Cyprus Women's Cup
DF	Anita Kis	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998	0	0	Viktória FC-Szombathely	2023 Cyprus Women's Cup
DF	Cristina Botojel	(2004-10-10) 10 October 2004	0	0	Fortuna Hjørring	v. Finland, 26 September 2023

MF	Mihaela Ciolacu	(1998-08-12) 12 August 1998	37	5	Olimpia Cluj	2023 Cyprus Women's Cup
MF	Beata Ambruș	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000	12	0	Kolos Kovalivka	2023 Cyprus Women's Cup
MF	Mădălina Tătar	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002	3	0	Vitória de Guimarães	v. Finland, 26 September 2023

FW	Bianca Ienovan	(2002-08-23) 23 August 2002	4	1	Banat Girls	2023 Cyprus Women's Cup

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 27 October 2021.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Year	Round	Qual. Round	Position	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter	via 1991 UEFA Women's Championship
1995	Did not qualify	via 1995 UEFA Women's Championship
1999	Unable to qualify^[5]	Group 8/Playoff B	1st/lost	10	5	3	2	32	12
2003		Group 7	4th	8	2	2	4	18	13
2007		Group 7	2nd	6	3	0	3	14	10
2011	Did not qualify	Group 4	4th	8	2	2	4	14	13
2015		Group 2	2nd	10	3	2	5	18	11
2019		Group 6	4th	8	1	2	5	7	15
2023		Group G	3rd	10	6	1	3	21	11
2027	To be determined
Total				60	22	12	26	124	85

UEFA Women's Championship

Year	Round	Qual. Round	Position	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not enter	Did not enter
1987
1989
1991
1993	Did not qualify	Group 3	2nd	4	1	3	0	2	1
1995		Group 2	2nd	6	3	2	1	16	5
1997		Group 4/Playoff AB	4th/lost	8	1	1	6	7	35
2001	Unable to qualify^[5]	Group 7/Playoff AB	1st/lost	10	7	2	1	36	15
2005	Unable to qualify^[5]	Group 5	2nd	8	5	3	0	29	5
2009	Did not qualify	Group A4/Group 2	1st/4th	11	4	1	6	18	29
2013		Group 2	3rd	10	5	1	4	20	20
2017		Group 3/ Playoff	2nd/lost	10	5	3	2	18	9
2022		Group H	3rd	8	4	0	4	13	16
2025	To be determined
Total				75	35	16	24	159	135

Notes

References

↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
↑ "Romania v Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
↑ "Slovakia v Romania" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
↑ "Jurnal de cantonament | Tricolorele încep pregătirea pentru ultimele două jocuri din Liga Națiunilor!". RFF. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
1 2 Romania were in "Class B" of European qualification and were therefore unable to earn qualification for the World Cup finals.

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[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.

[2] "Romania v Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

[3] "Slovakia v Romania" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

[4] "Jurnal de cantonament | Tricolorele încep pregătirea pentru ultimele două jocuri din Liga Națiunilor!". RFF. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

[unable-5] 1 2 Romania were in "Class B" of European qualification and were therefore unable to earn qualification for the World Cup finals.

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Results and fixtures

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Managerial history

Players

Current squad

Recent call ups

Records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

UEFA Women's Championship

See also

Notes

References

External links