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Bad luck! Romania found out its opponent in the quarters of the European mini-football championship


Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Monday, 01 June 2026, 21:42 / Updated on Monday, 01 June 2026 21:46

Our representative team will fight with bondagethe national team that passed Greece in the round of 16, score 4-2. Serbia is the untitled champion of Europe.

Romania started the European mini-soccer with a draw, score 1-1 with Spain, then won on the limit against England, 1-0.

Qualified in the round of 16 even before the last match, our national team also defeated Georgia in the last match, score 3-0, and won the group with 7 points.

Romania – Serbia, for a place in the semi-finals of the European mini-football

Further, for a place in the quarter-finals, Romania fought with Austria, and the “tricolors” trampled their opponent, score 7-0!

The Serbs had a tough game against the Greeks. The Greeks led 2-0, but the Serbians came back on the table and scored 4 times.

Serbia is not unknown to Romania. In 2024, the opponent in the quarters won the final tournament after a success even against Romania. It was 1-1 in regulation time, and the Serbians prevailed in penalty kicks.

Serbia won the bronze medal at the 2025 World Championship. The “Tricolors” also have the world title won in 2023.

The table of the quarter-finals at the European mini-football

If the Romanian national team passes the representative team from Serbia, it will duel in the semi-finals with one of the Czech Republic, Montenegro, Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan.

Romania's team for the European mini-football championship

  • Goalkeepers: Ionuț Neacșa (AFC Nova Vita), Daniel Constantinescu (ACS Tazmannschaft Bucharest);

  • Field players: Mircea Ungur, Andrei Balea, Viorel Saim, Andrei Moldovan, Laurențiu Moț (all AFC Nova Vita), Mircea Popa (Annabella Râureni), Vlăduț Mocanu, Valentin Croitoriu (both ACS Arsenal Iași 2021), Gabriel Dumitrașcu (AS Chedra Tax Ploiesti), Alin Robu (ACS Tazmannschaft Bucharest), Ciprian Timiș (ACS Stone Team), Adrian Zaluschi (ACS Dinosaurii Timisoara), Alexandru Bourceanu (Ajax Dulcisimo)

  • Staff: Virgil Bejenaru (Head Coach), Ovidiu Gorcea (Second Coach), Laszlo Klein (Goalkeeper Coach), Dan Cojocaru (Team Manager), Alin Pascan (Physiotherapist), Robert Lupu (Video Analyst), Mircea Trifan (Masseur).

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