FRF established the future of Ion Marin! What happens to the coach who led Romania to the Euro semifinals
Article by Remus Dinu, Carmen Dumitru – published on Saturday, 05 July 2025, 17:01 / Updated on Saturday, 05 July 2025 17:05
Ion Marin, 70 years old, the technician who He took Romania U19 to the semifinals of the European Championship last monthwill continue more than sure within the FRF, after a year and a half in which he was in charge of representative under 19. GSP sources offer up -to -date details about the situation of the nickname “Săpăligă”.
With the national U19 taken over by the successor Adrian Dulcea, Ion Marin's situation continues to remain unsolved on the federal table. The man who took his selected in the Care of Europe is still desired by the GREI FRF, the only enigma being the position he will occupy from here.
Ion Marin, desired on the U20 national bank. It stays safe in the federation
Voices from the Technical Commission of the Federation revealed, exclusively for the Sports Gazette, that Ion Marin could be offered the position of selected of the U20 nationala representative of transition between U19 and U21, re -established a few years ago and previously prepared by Bogdan Lobonț. Daniel Pancu and Costin Curelea.
A first round of discussions on this topic has been carried out in the last meeting of the Technical Commission, but the “Ion Marin file” will be resumed as soon as possible, reveals federal sources, which would support the variant of a “promotion” on the U20 bench.
“From my point of view, it remains! I still have not made a decision, we will probably do it at the next meeting!
Federation relies on Ion Marin's expertise
The argument that Ion Marin would be a coach with outdated methods pale in the face of the admiration that the people inside the FRF have towards the 70 -year -old “veteran”.
Ion Marin works uninterrupted for FRF in 2021, when the former great defender Dinamo I was offered the role of coach of the women's national U19. Later, Romania (2022-2023), Romania U18 (2023-2024) and Romania U19 (2024-2025) prepared. An installation on the U20 national bank is therefore plausible, in the context in which the current federation policy provides for such “upgrades” on the post.
And if he did not take over the national U20, Ion Marin will still not leave the federation, and the decision-making factors would assign another post. In addition to the position of selector, Ion Marin also appears on the list of voting members within the Technical Commission.
Currently, the U20 representative, whose purpose is not to participate in the final tournaments, but to ensure a transition from the junior to the rigors of the seniors, is prepared by Costin Curelea, the one that could take Daniel Pancu's place at the U21 national.
I congratulate the players, I am among the first four in Europe, I thank them and I congratulate them for the behavior for three years, since we worked, since I built this team. I congratulated the boys, took them in my arms, thanked them for the collaboration of the last 3 years. Let's see the clubs how they are oriented and where these children arrive, hope that they arrive at good clubs, where you want performance!
What are we staying with? 4th place in Europe, players who can reach U20, U21 and, why not?, To the big national team.
– Ion Marin, after the semifinal lost in front of the U19
