Victor Piţurcă’s squad against Georgia

With results far under-par and Romania dropping to nineteenth in FIFA world rankings Victor Piţurcă is definitely on the hot-seat for results. Ahead of Wednesday’s friendly against Georgia he has named the following squad:

Goalkeeper:Bogdan Lobonţ (FC Dinamo Bucureşti),Costel Pantilimon (FC Timişoara)

Defender: George Ogăraru (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Cristian Panin (CFR 1907 Cluj), Gabriel Tamaş (FC Dinamo Bucureşti), Mirel Rădoi (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Dorin Goian (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Valerică Găman (FC U Craiova), Răzvan Raţ (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Midfielder: Adrian Ropotan (FC Dinamo Bucureşti), Costin Lazăr (FC Rapid Bucureşti), Răzvan Cociş (FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Iulian Tameş (FC Argeş), Cristian Tănase (FC Argeş)

Striker: Bănel Nicoliţă(FC Steaua Bucureşti), Ciprian Marica (VfB Stuttgart), Florin Costea (FC U Craiova), Gheorghe Bucur (FC Timişoara)