Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Monday, June 01, 2026 20:22 / Updated Monday, June 01, 2026 20:53
Georgia – Romania, friendly in Tbilisi, is Gheorghe Hagi's debut match on the national team bench in his second term. The game will take place on Tuesday evening from 20:00.
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After the friendly with Georgia, Romania will play another training match, against Wales. The duel with the Welsh will take place on June 6, from 20:00, at the Steaua stadium.
Romania's match with Georgia will be broadcast on TV in Romania on the channel Antena 1, which also broadcast the national team's matches from the last preliminaries.
Georgia – Romania, broadcast on Antena 1 and Antena Play
Antena 1 also broadcast the last match of the national team, the one in March, lost 0-2 against Slovakia. The station that holds the rights for the World Championship will now broadcast Gheorghe Hagi's debut on the national team bench, in the second term of the “King”.
In addition to Antena 1, Romania's match with Georgia can also be seen on the Antena Play application, which requires a paid subscription.
Romania's squad and player numbers for the match with Georgia:
GOALKEEPERS:
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#16 – Marian AIOANI (FC Rapid 1923, 1/0)
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#12 – Otto HINDRICH (Legia Warsaw | Poland, 0/0)
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#1 – Ștefan TâRNOVANU (FCSB, 4/0);
DEFENDERS:
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#23 – Deian SORESCU (Gaziantep FK | Turkey, 23/0)
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#2 – Tony STRATA (Vitória Guimarães | Portugal, 0/0)
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#3 – Radu DRĂGUŞIN (Tottenham | England, 29/1)
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#5 – Virgil GHIțA (Hannover 96 | Germany, 9/1)
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#24 – Andrei COUBIȘ (U Cluj, 1/0)
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#22 – Matei ILIE (CFR Cluj, 0/0)
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#15 – Lisav EISSAT (Maccabi Haifa | Israel, 2/0)
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#20 – Andrei BORZA (FC Rapid 1923, 0/0);
INTERMEDIARIES:
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#18 – Răzvan MARIN (AEK Athens | Greece, 74/12)
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#8 – Alexandru CICÂLDĂU (Universitatea Craiova, 38/4)
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#6 – Vladimir SCRECIU (University of Craiova, 7/0)
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#17 – Tudor BĂLUĂ (University of Craiova, 12/0)
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#10 – Ianis HAGI (Alanyaspor | Turkey, 53/8)
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#19 – David MATEI (University of Craiova, 0/0);
ATTACKERS:
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#21 – Olimpiu MORUȚAN (FC Rapid 1923, 17/1)
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#13 – Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Caykur Rizespor | Turkey, 35/5)
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#11 – Ștefan BAIARAM (Universitatea Craiova, 4/1)
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#14 – Alexandru DOBRE (FC Rapid 1923, 6/0)
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#9 – Louis MUNTEANU (DC United | USA, 4/2)
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#7 – Florinel COMAN (Al-Gharafa | Qatar, 20/2).
Gică Hagi left 9 people at home, in Mogoșoaia: Andrei Burcă, Adrian Rus, Mihai Popescu, Florin Tănase, Darius Olaru, Cătălin Cârjan, Vlad Dragomir, Nicolae Stanciu and Denis Drăguș. They are a late draw and will play Wales.
