The national team moves to Ploiești, for the duel in the preliminarii for the World Championship of 2026
Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Saturday, September 27, 2025, 15:28 / Updated on Saturday, September 27, 2025 15:37
The match of the national team of Romania with San Marino from the preliminaries for the 2026 World Championship was scheduled at the “Ilie Oană” stadium in Ploiești on November 18 from 9:45 pm. It is the last match of the preliminaries.
Therefore, the Romanian national team moves from the National Arena to the November action. The announcement was made by CSM Ploiești.
Romania – San Marino is playing on “Ilie Oană”, in Ploiești
The “Ilie Oană” stadium remains in the circuit of the national senior team of Romania, who returns to Ploiești at the end of the year for the San Marino 🇸🇲 match, counting for the 10th group H from the World Football Championship preliminaries!
The match will take place on Tuesday, November 18, from 9:45 pm, 3 days after the extremely important travel from Bosnia Herzegovina (November 15). The national team led by Mircea Lucescu ranks 3rd in Group H and, until the “window” in November, plays in October with Austria (October 12, 9:45 pm), on the National Arena.
This summer, the “Ilie Oană” stadium also hosted three parties from the European Under 19 Championship: England – Norway, Norway – the Norway and the Montenegro – Spain, “those from CSM Ploiești said on social networks.
Until the action in November, Romania will also play a friendly with the Moldovan team, on October 9 at 9:00 pm and an official match in the 2026 World Championship preliminaries with Austria, a match scheduled on October 12, from 21:45.
In November, the Romanian team will play with Bosnia and Herzegovina away and San Marino on the stadium in Ploiești. Although the chances of the qualifications in the group are low as a result of the recorded results, Romania also has the chance to qualify for the final tour through the Nations League dam.
