Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Tuesday, March 31, 2026, 10:55 / Updated Tuesday, March 31, 2026 11:02
The Romanian U18 national team will receive the visit of Denmark today, in the first round of the qualifications for the European U19 Championship in 2027. Both teams have the maximum points after two rounds.
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The qualification campaign started this month. Ion Marin's students have an impeccable start, 3-1 against Andorra in Clinceni, then 11-0 against Liechtenstein in Tunari.
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The match against Denmark will also take place in Clinceni.
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The Danes also have the maximum points after two rounds, but a lower goal difference than the “tricolors”. They beat Liechtenstein 6-1 and Andorra 1-0.
As for our national team, Fernando Pellegrini (x3), Sebastian Banu (x2), Raul Cojocariu (x2), Hunor Batzula, Rareș Coman, Mario David and Ștefan Amarandei scored against Liechtenstein. At 3-1 against Andorra, Alexandru Bota, Mario David and Hunor Batzula scored.
New European Championship qualification system
The qualification for the final tournament in 2027 foresees, for the first time, 3 rounds compared to the format so far, with two.
In this first round, Romania was assigned to a group in League B. The winners of the groups in League B advance to League A for the second round of the qualifiers.
There, League A teams will be divided into 7 groups of 4 teams each. The 4th place finishers in the League A groups in the 2nd qualifying round will be eliminated and replaced by the winners of the B League groups.
The first 3 ranked will advance to the last round of the qualifications, where there will again be 7 groups of 4 teams each. The winners of the groups will qualify for the European Championship, together with the host of the competition, the Czech Republic.
The Romania U18 team for this action:
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Goalkeepers: Răzvan Farcaș (CD Leganes / Spain), Alexandru Glodean (Universitatea Craiova), Luca Crăciun (FC Argeș);
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defense: Costyn Gheorghe (Farul Constanța), Fabio Bădărău (Sampdoria / Italy), Bogdan Ungureanu (Atletico Madrid / Spain), Christian Vechiu (AC Milan / Italy), Raul Cojocariu (Atalanta / Italy), Raul Avram (Lazio / Italy);
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Midfielders: Hunor Batzula (Sepsi OSK), Sebastian Banu (Concordia Chiajna), Rareș Coman (US Sassuolo / Italy), Robert Drăghici (FC Augsburg / Germany), Ianis Podoleanu (Farul Constanța), Denis Țăroi (UTA Arad), Ștefan Amarandei (Sampdoria / Italy);
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Strikers: Mario David (US Sassuolo / Italy), Fernando Pellegrini (Genoa / Italy), Alexandru Bota (FC Botoșani), Andrei Roateș (Levante / Spain).
Matei Ceuca from Torino was also in the initial squad, but he left the training camp after being injured in the match against Andorra.
