10 strangers on the list of preliminary convocations, at the beginning of Curelea in Romania U21 »as the list looks
Article by Carmen Dumitru – Published on Friday, August 15, 2025, 13:59 / Updated Friday, August 15, 20:07
Romania U21 It starts in September the adventure from the preliminaries for Euro 2027. At the first action after “Era Pancu”, the selected taken by Costin Curelea will meet Kosovo, in Iași, and San Marino, on the start of the new qualification campaign.
On Friday, August 15, the new coach Costin Curelea announced the preliminary list of strangers convened for the matches of September 5 and 9.
As most of the footballers present at the Slovak European will no longer be eligible in the following preliminaries, The list inevitably includes some new names. These are players who have been represented in Romania U20 and U19 lately.
Beside Răfăilă, Strata, Duțu, and Burnete, present also in the lot that Pancu was based on the euro, on the list there are names like Antonio David, the footballer borrowed from Inter from Cesena, Emanuel Marincău, the Stoper of the U19 national in the viewfinder of Dinamo, or Luca Szimionaș and Ioan Vermeșan The final tournament played in Romania.
Here are the strangers on the preliminary list for “double” with Kosovo and San Marino:
Vlad Rafailă (Real Betis / Spain), Tony Strata (AC Ajaccio / France), Matteo Duțu (AC Milan / Italy), Emanuel Marincău (FSV Mainz / Germany), Antonio David (International Milan / Italy), Luca Szimionaș (Hellas Verona / Italy), Robert Jălade (Sevillea / Spain), Spain) Burnete (Juve Stabia / Italy), Ioan Vermeșan (Hellas Verona / Italy), Jason Kodor (US Lecce / Italy).
Costin Curelea, at the time of presentation on the U21 national bank: “Great promises I would not like to do!”
Costin Curelea has signed a contract valid for two years and has the main objective of qualifying for the European Championship of 2027.
“It is not easy for me, it is a great responsibility, I have the advantage that these two years made me know the needs of the new players very wellwe met in these two years and they now know my approach very well, I trust that we can do something good. They need support, play, need minutes, are young.
Great promises I would not like to do, but I assure you that it will be a period of professionalism, discipline, our goal is qualification, it is important for both my career and for federation and players, because they need career and to reach the great national, ”said Costin Curelea, when the official presentation in Romania U21.
