Romania’s national team coach, Răzvan Lucescu, has released today, August 27th, 2010 the names of the 23 players summoned for the first two EURO 2012 Qualifiers matches, the one against Albania (September 3rd, 2010, at 9 P.M. on "Ceahlăul" stadium in Piatra Neamţ) and the one against Belarus (September 7th, 2010, at 8.30 P.M. on "Dinamo" stadium in Minsk).
The following players have been summoned:
Bogdan Lobonţ (AS Roma), Costel Pantilimon (FC Timişoara) and Ciprian Tătăruşanu (FC Steaua Bucureşti) – goalkeepers
Cristian Chivu (FC Internazionale Milano), Gabriel Tamaş (West Bromwich Albion), Cristian Săpunaru (FC Porto), Răzvan Raţ (FC Şahtior Doneţk), Ovidiu Dănănae (FC Universitatea Craiova), Vasile Maftei (FC Unirea Urziceni) şi Mihai Neşu (FC Utrecht) – defenders
George Florescu (FC Alania Vladikavkaz), Gabriel Mureşan (FC CFR 1907 Cluj), Cristian Tănase (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Răzvan Cociş (Al-Nassr Sports), Mirel Rădoi (Al-Hilal Saudi Club), Gabriel Torje (FC Dinamo Bucureşti), Ciprian Deac (FC Schalke 04), Ovidiu Herea (FC Rapid Bucureşti) and Mihai Răduţ (FC Steaua Bucureşti) – midfielders
Marius Bilaşco (FC Unirea Urziceni), Ciprian Marica (VfB Stuttgart), Bogdan Stancu (FC Steaua Bucureşti) and Daniel Niculae (AS Monaco) –strikers
It was also tonight that national youth team coach, Emil Săndoi, has decided upon the 22 players to be summoned for the last two matches in the first group of European "Under 21" Championship, 2009 – 2011 edition, namely for the matches against Russia (September 3rd, 2010. at 5.30 P.M. in Botoşani and respectively September 7th, 2010, at 6 P.M.- Romanian time, in Sankt Petersburg):
Cezar Lungu (FC Steaua Bucureşti) and Silviu Lung (FC Universitatea Craiova) – goalkeepers
Cornel Râpă (FC Oţelul Galaţi), Alexandru Măţel (FC Astra Ploieşti), Valerică Găman (FC Universitatea Craiova), Paul Papp (FC Vaslui), Florin Gardoş (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Vlad Chiricheş (CS Pandurii Lignitul Tg. Jiu), Ştefan Bărboianu (FC Universitatea Craiova) and Paul Pârvulescu (CS Gaz Metan Mediaş) – defenders
Eric Bicfalvi (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Andrei Ionescu (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Ionuţ Neagu (FC Oţelul Galaţi), Ioan Hora (FC CFR 1907 Cluj), Constantin Gângioveanu (FC Universitatea Craiova), Liviu Antal (FC Oţelul Galaţi), Raul Rusescu (FC Unirea Urziceni) and Gheorghe Grozav (Standard Liege)
Sabrin Sburlea (FC Rapid Bucureşti), Liviu Ganea (FC Dinamo Bucureşti), Mihai Costea (FC Universitatea Craiova) and Alexandru Ioniţă (FC Köln) – strikers