Looking ahead to next months friendly against Croatia, Victor Piţurcă’s choices have been reduced by two as Adrian Mutu and Ciprian Marica were injured over the weekend.
Adrian Mutu dislocated his elbow as his club Fiorentina lost 2-1 loss at home to Lecce. He is expected to return in time for Viola’s UEFA Cup match against [...]

Fiorentina’s Adrian Mutu has been voted Romanian Player of the Year with Cristian Chivu of Inter Milan and Dorin Goian of Steaua Bucureşti coming second and third in the poll. This is Mutu’s fourth time winning the award as he has already won in 2003, 2005 and 2007.

Hope abound as Victor Piţurcă’s Tricolori squad overcame Georgia 2-1 at Dinamo Stadium in Bucureşti. The visitors took the lead at the ten minute with Otar Martsvaladze poaching upon a mix-up between Mirel Rădoi (Steaua Bucureşti) and Bogdan Lobonţ (Dinamo Bucureşti) and although Romania was very aggressive they could not find the leveler. At the [...]

With the Tricolorii stumbling in their first three World Cup qualifying matches and sitting fifth in Group 7, only above uber-minnows Faroes, the possibility of not making it through to South Africa is becoming a very real possibility. As a very cagey Georgian squad enters Dinamo Stadium in Bucureşti, there is a distinct possibility that [...]

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 [...]

After jumping to a 2-0 lead with less-than twenty minutes left on the clock, Romania let Les Bleus fight back to a draw in Constanţa. Pouncing upon defensive lapses of the French, Victor Piţurcă’s squad struck first with Florentin Petre strike only six minutes into the match, followed-up by Dorin Goian of Steaua Bucureşti header [...]

After two very disappointing matches the Tricolorii are perilously close to being in a “must-win” situation. Victor Piţurcă’s squad cannot afford to give up valuable points after the Lithuania debacle as they sit fifth in the group table. Victory in Paris has become a necessity and Cristian Chivu and Adrian Mutu, whether they are recovered [...]

The Federaţia Română de Fotbal has named Victor Piţurcă squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
Bogdan Lobonţ (FC Dinamo Bucureşti), Costel Pantilimon (FC Timişoara)
Cristian Săpunaru (FC Porto), George Ogăraru (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Gabriel Tamaş (FC Dinamo Bucureşti), George Galamaz (FC Unirea Urziceni), Dorin Goian (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Marius Valerică Găman (FC U Craiova), [...]

Leading up to next weekends key World Cup qualifying match, it was revealed that Marius Niculae (Dinamo Bucureşti) will miss the match due to a thigh strain. As of this time the Romanian Football Federation (Federaţia Română de Fotbal) or FIFA have yet to release Victor Piţurcă selections.
For Tricolorii supporters, who would you add? [...]

Răzvan Cociş’s goal fifteen minutes after the break saved Romania from the complete disaster of dropping points to the Faroe Islands. While the Romanian squad went on the attack early they could not break through pesky ‘keeper Jakup Mikkelsen and the match went to the half at even.
Unfortunately Dinamo Bucureşti’s Marius Niculae, in a inexcusable [...]