Romanian national futsal team

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Romania
Association logo
Association Federația Română de Fotbal
confederacy UEFA
FIFA code ROU
Balance sheet
182 games
94 wins
24 draws
64 losses
statistics
First international match
Romania 4-3 Bulgaria
( Bucharest , Romania ; June 19, 2003 )
Biggest win
Bulgaria 0:12 Romania
( Varna , Bulgaria ; January 8, 2004 )
Romania 12: 0 England
( Târgu Mureș , Romania ; June 22, 2005 )
Biggest defeat
Brazil 12-0 Romania
( Goiânia , Brazil ; July 3, 2009 )
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals 4 ( first : 2007 )
Best results Quarter-finals 2012 , 2016
(As of January 2012)

The Romanian national futsal team is a representative selection of Romanian futsal players . The team represents the Romanian Football Association at international matches.

Performing in tournaments

The Romanian national team started playing in 2003, but subsequently missed qualifying for the European and World Cup finals. In 2007 they qualified for the European Championship finals , where they failed in the preliminary round to Italy and Portugal, but placed ahead of the Czech Republic. In 2012 they take part again in the European Championship.

In 2009 and 2010 they took part in the Grand Prix de Futsal at the invitation of the Brazilian Association . In 2009, after victories over Costa Rica, Uruguay and Argentina, they reached the semi-finals, in which they lost to hosts Brazil with a 12-0 record defeat. In the game for 3rd place, they then defeated the Czech Republic. A year later they finished third in the group stage behind Spain and Argentina and finished the tournament in 14th place after the consolation round.

Futsal World Cup

  • 1989 - not invited
  • 1992 - did not participate
  • 1996 - did not participate
  • 2000 - did not participate
  • 2004 - did not qualify
  • 2008 - did not qualify
  • 2012 - did not qualify
  • 2016 - did not qualify

European Futsal Championship

  • 1996 - did not participate
  • 1999 - did not participate
  • 2001 - did not participate
  • 2003 - did not participate
  • 2005 - did not qualify
  • 2007 - preliminary round
  • 2010 - did not qualify
  • 2012 - quarter-finals
  • 2014 - quarter-finals
  • 2016 - did not qualify
  • 2018 - preliminary round

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