Romania Olympic football team results

Last updated September 03, 2025

This article provides details of football matches played by the Romania Olympic football team.^[1] Every match listed from 1959 to 1976 in this article were originally recognised as full international matches by the Romanian Football Federation, until a decision was made to transfer the status of these matches to the Olympic team on 16 January 2007.^[2]^[3]

1950s and 1960s

1959

19 July 1960 Summer Olympics qualification Group 3	Soviet Union	2–0	Romania	Moscow, Soviet Union
17:00	Urin 10' Metreveli 61'	Report		Stadium: Lenin Central Stadium Attendance: 102,000 Referee: Orjo Piattiniemi (Finland)

2 August 1960 Summer Olympics qualification Group 3	Romania	0–0	Soviet Union	Bucharest, Romania
17:30		Report		Stadium: Stadionul August 23 Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Grzegorz Aleksandrowicz (Poland)

8 November 1960 Summer Olympics qualification Group 3	Romania	1–0	Bulgaria	Bucharest, Romania
14:30	Constantin 80'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul August 23 Attendance: 80,000 Referee: János Posa (Hungary)

1960

1 May 1960 Summer Olympics qualification Group 3	Bulgaria	2–1	Romania	Sofia, Bulgaria
	Yordanov 2' Kovachev 20'	Report	Tătaru 66'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 55,000 Referee: János Posa (Hungary)

1963

23 June 1964 Summer Olympics qualification Group 1	Denmark	2–3	Romania	Copenhagen, Denmark
13:30	Bruun 17' Enoksen 59' (pen.)	Report	Constantin 5' Manolache 52', 64'	Stadium: Idrætspark Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Albert Guinnard (Switzerland)

27 October Friendly	Romania	2–1	Yugoslavia	Bucharest, Romania
15:00	Țîrcovnicu 17' Haidu 33'	Report	Smajlović 6'	Stadium: Stadionul August 23 Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Włodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

3 November 1964 Summer Olympics qualification Group 1	Romania	2–3	Denmark	Bucharest, Romania
14:15	Petru 35', 80'	Report	Thorst 1', 10' Bertelsen 18'	Stadium: Stadionul August 23 Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Konstantin Zecević (Yugoslavia)

28 November 1964 Summer Olympics qualification Group 1 play-off	Denmark	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Romania	Turin, Italy
15:30	Thorst 84'	Report	Creiniceanu 36' Sasu 117'	Stadium: Stadio Filadelfia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

1964

27 April Friendly	Romania	4–1	Czechoslovakia	Bucharest, Romania
16:30	Constantin 4' (pen.) Țârlea 9', 17' Georgescu 52'	Report	Matlák 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul August 23 Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hagi Nikolaous (Greece)

3 May 1964 Summer Olympics qualification Group 1	Romania	2–1	Bulgaria	Bucharest, Romania
16:30	Constantin 50', 84' (pen.)	Report	Kotkov 87'	Stadium: Stadionul August 23 Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Michel Kitabidjan (France)

20 May Friendly	Hungary	0–0	Romania	Kecskemét, Hungary
		Report		Stadium: Széktói Stadion Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Müncz György (Hungary)

31 May 1964 Summer Olympics qualification Group 1	Bulgaria	0–1	Romania	Sofia, Bulgaria
17:55		Report	Koszka 71'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Müncz György (Hungary)

17 June Friendly	Yugoslavia	1–2	Romania	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
21:00	Takać 61'	Report	Georgescu 69' Popescu 86'	Stadium: Stadion Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Soós Gábor (Hungary)

11 October 1964 Summer Olympics Group A	Romania	3–1	Mexico	Saitama, Japan
14:00	Creiniceanu 20' Pircalab 33' Ionescu 47'	Report	Fragoso 73'	Stadium: Omiya Ground Attendance: 12,932 Referee: Yozo Yokoyama (Japan)

13 October 1964 Summer Olympics Group A	East Germany	1–1	Romania	Tokyo, Japan
14:00	Frenzel 22'	Report	Pavlovici 27'	Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 18,970 Referee: Václav Korelusz (Czechoslovakia)

15 October 1964 Summer Olympics Group A	Romania	1–0	Iran	Saitama, Japan
14:00	Pavlovici 26'	Report		Stadium: Omiya Ground Attendance: 13,026 Referee: Miguel Comesaña (Argentina)

18 October 1964 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals	Romania	0–2	Hungary	Yokohama, Japan
14:00		Report	Csernai 2', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Mitsuzawa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 12,841 Referee: Menachem Ashkenazi (Israel)

20 October 1964 Summer Olympics First consolation round	Romania	4–2	Ghana	Kyoto, Japan
14:00	Pavlovici 12', 19', 74' Creiniceanu 41'	Report	Aggrey-Fynn 25', 44'	Stadium: Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Gregg de Silva (Malaysia)

22 October 1964 Summer Olympics Fifth place play-off	Yugoslavia	0–3	Romania	Osaka, Japan
14:00		Report	Pavlovici 50' Pârcălab 72' Constantin 78'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)

1967

18 November 1968 Summer Olympics qualification Group 2	East Germany	1–0	Romania	East Berlin, East Germany
14:30	Pankau 8' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Walter Ulbricht Stadion Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Václav Davídek (Czechoslovakia)

6 December 1968 Summer Olympics qualification Group 2	Romania	0–1	East Germany	Bucharest, Romania
13:30 UTC+2		Report	Irmscher 8'	Stadium: Stadionul 23 August Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Leonard Eliński (Poland)

1970s

1971

18 April 1972 Summer Olympics qualification First round	Romania	2–1	Albania	Bucharest, Romania
16:00	Iordănescu 45' Sălceanu 74'	Report	Zhega 55'	Stadium: Stadionul Republicii Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

26 May 1972 Summer Olympics qualification First round	Albania	1–2	Romania	Tirana, Albania
17:30	Pano 29'	Report	Tătaru 57', 68'	Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Mohamed El-Azari (Morocco)

10 October 1972 Summer Olympics qualification Group 4	Denmark	2–1	Romania	Copenhagen, Denmark
14:30	Boc 2' (o.g.) Petersen 13'	Report	Dembrovschi 46'	Stadium: Idrætspark Attendance: 23,800 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)

1972

21 May 1972 Summer Olympics qualification Group 4	Romania	2–3	Denmark	Bucharest, Romania
14:30	Györffy 79' Dumitru 90'	Report	Røntved 30' Johansen 61' Jensen 64'	Stadium: Stadionul 23 August Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Greece)

1975

4 June 1976 Summer Olympics qualification First round	Romania	4–0	Denmark	Bucharest, Romania
17:30	Kun 15' Sandu 65' Dumitru 66' Dinu 82'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul 23 August Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

18 June 1976 Summer Olympics qualification First round	Denmark	1–2	Romania	Copenhagen, Denmark
29:30	Mauritzen 27'	Report	Sandu 47', 49'	Stadium: Idrætspark Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Rolf Hangen (Norway)

3 December 1976 Summer Olympics qualification Group 4	France	4–0	Romania	Blois, France
21:30	Fernandez 43' Rouyer 65', 72', 80'	Report		Stadium: Stade des Allées Jean-Leroi Attendance: 6,051 Referee: John Homewood (England)

1976

24 March 1976 Summer Olympics qualification Group 4	Romania	1–0	France	Bucharest, Romania
16:00	Bölöni 10'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul 23 August Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Giorgos Katsoras (Greece)

6 April 1976 Summer Olympics qualification Group 4	Netherlands	0–3	Romania	Roosendaal, Netherlands
21:00		Report	Iordănescu 54' (pen.), 57', 62'	Stadium: De Luiten Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Norbert Rolles (Luxembourg)

14 April 1976 Summer Olympics qualification Group 4	Romania	5–1	Netherlands	Bucharest, Romania
16:30	Mulțescu 20' Hajnal 25' Iordănescu 45' (pen.) Zamfir 64' Dinu 84'	Report	Peters 11'	Stadium: Stadionul 23 August Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Richard Casha (Malta

2020s

2021

5 June Friendly	Mexico	1–0	Romania	Marbella, Spain
21:00 UTC+3	Angulo 75'			Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

8 June Friendly	Australia	0–1	Romania	Marbella, Spain
21:00 UTC+3			Ganea 10'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

10 July Friendly	Romania	1–1	Saudi Arabia	Mogoșoaia, Romania
19:00 UTC+3	Ganea 16'		Al-Dawsari 33'	Stadium: Stadionul Mogoșoaia

13 July Friendly	Romania	0–0	Saudi Arabia	Mogoșoaia, Romania
18:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Stadionul Mogoșoaia

22 July 2020 Summer Olympics Group B	Honduras	0–1	Romania	Kashima, Japan
20:00 UTC+9		Report	Oliva 45+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kashima Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Leodán González (Uruguay)

25 July 2020 Summer Olympics Group B	Romania	0–4	South Korea	Kashima, Japan
20:00 UTC+9		Report	Marin 27' (o.g.) Um Won-sang 59' Lee Kang-in 84' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Kashima Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

28 July 2020 Summer Olympics Group B	Romania	0–0	New Zealand	Sapporo, Japan
17:30 UTC+9		Report		Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

References

↑ "Olympic team". romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
↑ "FRF a "curatat" palmaresul nationalei" [FRF "cleaned" the national team's record]. evz.ro. 16 January 2007.
↑ "Romania - List of International Matches — Chronological List of Matches". RSSSF .

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[1] "Olympic team". romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[2] "FRF a "curatat" palmaresul nationalei" [FRF "cleaned" the national team's record]. evz.ro. 16 January 2007.

[3] "Romania - List of International Matches — Chronological List of Matches". RSSSF .

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