List of Romania national football team captains

The Romania national football team represents the nation of Romania in international association football. It is fielded by the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) and competes as a member of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. The team played its first official international match on 8 June 1922 against Yugoslavia. Since its first competitive match, more than 500 players have made at least one international appearance for the team. Of them, 86 have served as captain of the national team. This list contains football players who have served as captain of the Romanian national team and is listed according to their number of matches captained.

Captains

Appearances and matches captained are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are initially listed by amount of matches captained. If there's an equal amount of matches captained, then the player who captained the national team first is listed first. Statistics correct as of 12 June 2011.

Key
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 Still active for the national team[1]
Captained the team at a major international tournament[2]
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
MF Midfielder
FW Forward
List of Romania national team football players who have served as captain of the team
# Name Position National team
career		 Caps as captain Total caps First captaincy
1 Hagi, GheorgheGheorghe Hagi MF 1983–2000 65 125 01985-10-1616 October 1985
2 Chivu, CristianCristian Chivu DF 1999–2011 50 75 02001-03-2828 March 2001
3 Ştefănescu, CosticăCostică Ştefănescu DF 1977–1985 43 66 01979-05-1313 May 1979
4 Dinu, CornelCornel Dinu DF 1968–1981 39 68 01969-02-099 February 1969
5 Popescu, GheorgheGheorghe Popescu DF 1988–2003 34 115 01994-04-2020 April 1994
6 Bölöni, LadislauLadislau Bölöni MF 1975–1988 23 104 01983-01-2929 January 1983
7 Vogl, EmerichEmerich Vogl DF 1924–1934 22 29 01926-05-077 May 1926
= Lucescu, MirceaMircea Lucescu FW 1966–1979 22 65 01969-01-1515 January 1969
= Lung, SilviuSilviu Lung GK 1979–1993 22 77 01988-06-011 June 1988
10 Albu, GheorgheGheorghe Albu DF 1931–1938 19 42 01934-03-2525 March 1934
11 Mutu, AdrianAdrian Mutu§ FW 2000–0000 16 72 02003-02-1212 February 2003
12 Petschowski, IosifIosif Petschowski MF 1945–1958 14 32 01958-10-2323 October 1958
13 Cornel Popa DF 1958–1967 13 37 01963-05-1212 May 1963
14 Apolzan, AlexandruAlexandru Apolzan DF 1949–1960 11 22 01953-06-2828 June 1953
15 Dumitru, IonIon Dumitru MF 1969–1980 10 50 01976-05-1212 May 1976
16 Guga, AurelAurel Guga FW 1922–1928 9 12 01922-06-088 June 1922
= Iordănescu, AnghelAnghel Iordănescu FW 1971–1981 9 60 01976-06-055 June 1976
= Balaci, IlieIlie Balaci MF 1975–1987 9 67 01982-05-1212 May 1982
19 Bazil Marian MF 1941–1949 8 18 01945-09-3030 September 1945
20 Bodola, IuliuIuliu Bodola FW 1945–1958 7 48 01937-09-088 September 1937
= Ion Mihăilescu MF 1940–1950 7 15 01948-06-2020 June 1948
= Lăcătuş, MariusMarius Lăcătuş FW 1984–1998 7 84 01990-12-055 December 1990
= Contra, CosminCosmin Contra DF 1996–2010 7 73 02001-04-2424 April 2001
24 Sepi, GraţianGraţian Sepi FW 1928–1937 6 23 01931-05-1010 May 1931
= Sfera, LazărLazăr Sfera DF 1931–1941 6 14 01931-11-2929 November 1931
= Nunweiller, IonIon Nunweiller DF 1958–1967 6 40 01966-09-2121 September 1966
= Coe, DanDan Coe DF 1963–1971 6 41 01967-11-2222 November 1967
= Munteanu, DorinelDorinel Munteanu MF 1991–2007 6 134 01996-08-1414 August 1996
= Raţ, RăzvanRăzvan Raţ§ DF 2002–0000 6 79 02005-11-1616 November 2005
30 Wetzer, RudolfRudolf Wetzer FW 1923–1932 5 17 01930-07-1414 July 1930
= Adalbert Androvits DF 1953–1955 5 7 01955-05-2929 May 1955
= Sameş, ŞtefanŞtefan Sameş DF 1973–1982 5 47 01979-11-1818 November 1979
= Săndoi, EmilEmil Săndoi DF 1987–1993 5 30 01992-08-2626 August 1992
= Lupescu, IonuţIonuţ Lupescu MF 1988–2000 5 74 01995-06-077 June 1995
= Rădoi, MirelMirel Rădoi DF 2000–2010 5 67 02006-05-2626 May 2006
36 Covaci, NicolaeNicolae Covaci FW 1929–1938 4 37 01937-07-044 July 1937
= Tătaru, NicolaeNicolae Tătaru FW 1954–1962 4 24 01959-08-3030 August 1959
= Constantin, GheorgheGheorghe Constantin FW 1956–1967 4 39 01962-11-2525 November 1962
39 Alexandru Negrescu DF 1939–1946 3 8 01946-10-088 October 1946
= Nicolae Reuter MF 1939–1947 3 14 01947-05-2525 May 1947
= Toma, CosticăCostică Toma GK 1953–1959 3 16 01958-10-2626 October 1958
= Ozon, TitusTitus Ozon FW 1952–1962 3 22 01962-09-3030 September 1962
= Florin Cheran DF 1971–1978 3 37 01977-05-088 May 1977
= Iorgulescu, GinoGino Iorgulescu DF 1974–1986 3 49 01986-02-2828 February 1986
= Klein, MichaelMichael Klein DF 1981–1991 3 90 01986-08-2020 August 1986
= Dumitrescu, IlieIlie Dumitrescu FW 1989–1998 3 62 01993-09-2222 September 1993
= Petrescu, DanDan Petrescu DF 1989–2000 3 95 01997-09-066 September 1997
= Prodan, DanielDaniel Prodan DF 1993–2001 3 54 02000-12-055 December 2000
= Tamaş, GabrielGabriel Tamaş§ DF 2003–0000 3 57 02011-02-099 February 2011
50 Ciolac, GheorgheGheorghe Ciolac FW 1928–1937 2 24 01929-09-1515 September 1929
= Bindea, SilviuSilviu Bindea FW 1932–1942 2 27 01941-10-1212 October 1941
= Dumitru Pavlovici GK 1936–1942 2 15 01942-08-2323 August 1942
= Nicolae Georgescu MF 1955–1965 2 18 01965-05-022 May 1965
= Ion Barbu DF 1966–1968 2 7 01968-05-011 May 1968
= Dobrin, NicolaeNicolae Dobrin MF 1966–1978 2 47 01968-06-055 June 1968
= Mocanu, MihaiMihai Mocanu MF 1966–1971 2 33 01968-10-2727 October 1968
= Dragnea, MarinMarin Dragnea MF 1984–1986 2 5 01986-03-1414 March 1986
= Rednic, MirceaMircea Rednic DF 1981–1991 2 83 01986-06-044 June 1986
= Gâlcă, ConstantinConstantin Gâlcă MF 1993–2005 2 68 02000-11-1515 November 2000
= Lobonţ, BogdanBogdan Lobonţ§ GK 1998–0000 2 78 02007-11-2121 November 2007
61 Rónay, FranciscFrancisc Rónay FW 1922–1932 1 8 01923-06-1010 June 1923
= Dumitru Veţianu DF 1923 1 1 01923-10-2626 October 1923
= Paul Schiller FW 1922–1924 1 2 01924-08-3131 August 1924
= Mircea Stroescu GK 1923–1925 1 2 01925-05-011 May 1925
= Steinbach, PetrePetre Steinbach MF 1930–1935 1 18 01932-06-2828 June 1932
= Dobay, ŞtefanŞtefan Dobay FW 1930–1939 1 41 01938-06-099 June 1938
= Barátky, IuliuIuliu Barátky FW 1933–1940 1 20 01939-07-1414 July 1939
= Ploeşteanu, SilviuSilviu Ploeşteanu FW 1937–1941 1 11 01940-09-2222 September 1940
= David, MirceaMircea David GK 1936–1943 1 12 01943-06-1313 June 1943
= Ion Lungu FW 1949–1950 1 5 01950-05-1414 May 1950
= Gheorghe Băcuţ MF 1945–1956 1 28 01956-09-1010 September 1956
= Bone, TiberiuTiberiu Bone MF 1951–1961 1 12 01961-05-1414 May 1961
= Ionescu, IonIon Ionescu FW 1962–1969 1 24 01967-01-044 January 1967
= Lupescu, NicolaeNicolae Lupescu DF 1964–1972 1 21 01970-11-1111 November 1970
= Domide, FlaviusFlavius Domide FW 1968–1972 1 18 01972-01-3030 January 1972
= Aristică Ghiţă GK 1969–1972 1 3 01972-04-2323 April 1972
= Mulţescu, GheorgheGheorghe Mulţescu MF 1974–1983 1 15 01983-09-077 September 1983
= Iovan, ŞtefanŞtefan Iovan DF 1983–1990 1 35 01989-05-1717 May 1989
= Roşu, LaurenţiuLaurenţiu Roşu MF 1998–2007 1 38 02000-02-044 February 2000
= Ilie, AdrianAdrian Ilie FW 1993–2005 1 55 02001-03-2424 March 2001
= Ganea, IonelIonel Ganea FW 1998–2006 1 45 02004-05-2727 May 2004
= Pancu, DanielDaniel Pancu MF 2001–2005 1 27 02004-09-088 September 2004
= Stelea, BogdanBogdan Stelea GK 1988–2005 1 91 02004-11-1717 November 2004
= Iencsi, AdrianAdrian Iencsi DF 2000–2006 1 30 02006-02-2828 February 2006
= Marica, CiprianCiprian Marica§ FW 2003–0000 1 53 02011-06-088 June 2011
= Mureşan, GabrielGabriel Mureşan§ MF 2007–0000 1 8 02011-06-1212 June 2011
= Nicoliţă, BănelBănel Nicoliţ㧠MF 2005–0000 1 34 02011-08-1010 August 2011

References

  1. ^ Players who are still active for the national team are players who haven't retired from international football and are, subsequently, eligible to be called up.
  2. ^ Includes FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship.