Romanian men's national handball team

Romania
România

Association	Federaţia Română de Handbal
confederacy	EHF
Outfitter	Adidas
Trainer	Rareș Fortuneanu
Most goals	Vasile Stîngă : 1414
Most games	Alexandru Buligan : 280
home Away
Balance sheet
1080 games 672 wins 78 draws 330 losses
Olympic games
Participation	6 (of 13) of 13 (First: 1936 )
best result	Silver 1976
Handball world championship
Participation	14 (of 23) of 26 (First: 1958 )
best result	World champions 1961, 1964, 1970, 1974
European handball championship
Participation	2 (of 12) (First: 1994 )
best result	9th place 1996
(As of January 15, 2012)

The Romanian men's handball team represents Romania in international tournaments in Men Handball .

The team has been four times handball world champions (most recently in 1974 ). The greatest success at the Olympic Games dates back to 1976 , when you could win the silver medal in Montreal .

Successes at championships

Handball world championships

• World Cup 1958 : 13th place
• 1961 World Cup : 1st place
• 1964 World Cup : 1st place
• World Cup 1967 : 3rd place
• 1970 World Cup : 1st place
• 1974 World Cup : 1st place
• 1978 World Cup : 7th place
• 1982 World Cup : 5th place
• 1986 World Cup : 9th place
• World Cup 1990 : 3rd place
• World Cup 1993 : 10th place
• World Cup 1995 : 10th place
• World Cup 2009 : 15th place
• World Cup 2011 : 19th place

European handball championships

• EM 1994 : 11th place
• EM 1996 : 9th place

Olympic games

• Olympia 1936 : 5th place
• Olympia 1972 : bronze
• Olympia 1976 : silver
• Olympia 1980 : bronze
• Olympia 1984 : bronze
• Olympia 1992 : 8th place

Current squad

player	Item	society
Mihai Popescu	TW	Saint-Raphaël Var HB
Ionuț Iancu	TW	Tatabánya KC
Ionuț Irimuș	TW	CS Dinamo Bucharest
Răzvan Pavel	LA	AHC Potaissa Turda
Andrei Negru	LA	CSM Bucharest
Dan Racoțea	RL	KC Veszprém
Alexandru Șimicu	RL	Saint-Raphaël Var HB
Ionuț Ramba	RL	TBV Lemgo
Alexandru Csepreghi	RM	US Créteil HB
Marius Szőke	RM	CSA Steaua Bucharest
Cristian Fenici	RM	SCM Politehnica Timișoara
Bogdan Criciotoiu	RR	Bergischer HC
Marius Sadoveac	RR	Tremblay HB
Demis Grigoraș	RR	Tatabánya KC
Valentin Ghionea	RA	Sporting Portugal
Andrei Mihalcea	RA	HC Odorheiu Secuiesc
Iulian stamate	KR	CSM Bucharest
Marius Mocanu	KR	CS Dinamo Bucharest
Dragoș Iancu	KR	CS Știința Bacău
Adrian Rotaru	KR	CSM Bucharest
As of April 25, 2018

Record international player

These tables list the players with the most international matches and the most international goals.

Most games

space	player	Games	Gates
1	Alexandru Buligan	280	5
2	Vasile Stîngă	269	1414
3	Cornel Penu	266	6th
4th	Maricel Voinea	263	706
5	Robert Licu	243	1054
5	Radu Voina	243	458
5	Sorin Toacsen	243	7th
8th	Alexander Fölker	239	557
9	Nicolae Munteanu	238	6th
10	Alexandru Dedu	232	399

Most goals

space	player	Gates	Games	O
1	Vasile Stîngă	1414	269	5.3
2	Robert Licu	1054	243	4.3
3	Ștefan Birtalan	993	231	4.3
4th	Eliodor Voica	867	205	4.2
5	Marian Dumitru	762	187	4.1
6th	Maricel Voinea	706	263	2.7
7th	Dumitru Berbece	684	208	3.3
8th	Valentin Ghionea	681	134	5.1
9	Gheorghe Gruia	636	126	5.0
10	Ion Mocanu	635	230	2.8

Well-known former national players

• Marian Cozma
• Cristian Gațu
• Gheorghe Gruia
• Cezar Drăgăniță
• Marian Dumitru
• Liviu Ianoș
• Petre Ivănescu
• Josef Jakob
• Robert Licu
• Gheorghe Licu
• Hans Moser
• Cornel Penu
• Ion Popescu
• Hansi Schmidt
• Rareș Jurcă
• Vasile Stîngă
• Constantin Tudosie
• Radu Voina
• Cornel Oțelea
• Roland Gunesch
• Ștefan Birtalan
• Otto Tellmann

Former national coach

• Eliodor Voica (2012-2014)
• Xavier Pascual (2016-2018)

Web links

• Romanian Handball Federation
• Profile of the team on www.national-handball-teams.com
• Article in the Berliner Zeitung about the dominance phase of the Romanian national indoor handball team ( memento from March 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rareș Fortuneanu, selecționerul naționalei masculine de handbal: ”Îmi doresc un stil românesc” .
2. ↑ ^{a b} FRH.ro: international match statistics (PDF, 2.8 MB)