List of Romania national football team captains

The Romania national football team represents the nation of Romania in international association football. It is fielded by the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) and competes as a member of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. The team played its first official international match on 8 June 1922 against Yugoslavia. Since its first competitive match, 802 players have made at least one international appearance for the team. Of them, 89 have served as captain of the national team. This list contains football players who have served as captain of the Romanian national team and is listed according to their number of matches captained.

Captains

Appearances and matches captained are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are initially listed by amount of matches captained. If there's an equal amount of matches captained, then the player who captained the national team first is listed first. Statistics correct as of 8 October 2016.

Key

§	Still active for the national team[1]
	Captained the team at a major international tournament[2]
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

Mircea Lucescu captained Romania at 1970 FIFA World Cup

Gheorghe Hagi captained Romania for a record 65 times

Cristian Chivu captained Romania at UEFA Euro 2008

Adrian Mutu former Romania captain

Răzvan Raț the current vice-captain

Vlad Chiricheș the current captain

List of Romania national team football players who have served as captain of the team^[3]

#	Name	Position	National team career	Caps as captain	Total caps	First captaincy
1	Hagi, GheorgheGheorghe Hagi	MF	1983–2000	65	124	16 October 1985
2	Chivu, CristianCristian Chivu	DF	1999–2011	50	75	28 March 2001
3	Stefanescu, CosticaCostică Ștefănescu	DF	1977–1985	43	64	13 May 1979
4	Dinu, CornelCornel Dinu	DF	1968–1981	38	67	9 February 1969
5	Popescu, GheorgheGheorghe Popescu	DF	1988–2003	34	114	20 April 1994
6	Rat, RazvanRăzvan Raț^§	DF	2002–0000	28	113	16 November 2005
7	Bölöni, LadislauLadislau Bölöni	MF	1975–1988	23	102	29 January 1983
8	Vogl, EmerichEmerich Vogl	DF	1924–1934	22	29	7 May 1926
	Lucescu, MirceaMircea Lucescu	FW	1966–1979	22	64	15 January 1969
10	Lung, SilviuSilviu Lung	GK	1979–1993	21	76	19 October 1988
11	Albu, GheorgheGheorghe Albu	DF	1931–1938	19	42	25 March 1934
12	Mutu, AdrianAdrian Mutu	FW	2000–2013	17	77	12 February 2003
13	Petschowski, IosifIosif Petschowski	MF	1945–1958	14	32	23 October 1958
14	Popa, CornelCornel Popa	DF	1958–1967	13	27	12 May 1963
	Chiricheș, VladVlad Chiricheș^§	DF	2011–0000	13	43	14 August 2013
16	Apolzan, AlexandruAlexandru Apolzan	DF	1949–1960	11	22	28 June 1953
17	Dumitru, IonIon Dumitru	MF	1969–1980	10	50	12 May 1976
18	Guga, AurelAurel Guga	FW	1922–1928	9	12	8 June 1922
	Iordănescu, AnghelAnghel Iordănescu	FW	1971–1981	9	60	5 June 1976
	Balaci, IlieIlie Balaci	MF	1975–1987	9	67	12 May 1982
21	Bazil Marian	MF	1941–1949	8	18	30 September 1945
22	Bodola, IuliuIuliu Bodola	FW	1945–1958	7	48	8 September 1937
	Ion Mihăilescu	MF	1940–1950	7	15	20 June 1948
	Lacatus, MariusMarius Lăcătuș	FW	1984–1998	7	83	5 December 1990
	Contra, CosminCosmin Contra	DF	1996–2010	7	73	24 April 2001
26	Sepi, GrațianGrațian Sepi	FW	1928–1937	6	23	10 May 1931
	Sfera, LazărLazăr Sfera	DF	1931–1941	6	14	29 November 1931
	Nunweiller, IonIon Nunweiller	DF	1958–1967	6	26	21 September 1966
	Coe, DanDan Coe	DF	1963–1971	6	29	22 November 1967
	Sameș, ȘtefanȘtefan Sameș	DF	1973–1982	6	46	18 November 1979
31	Wetzer, RudolfRudolf Wetzer	FW	1923–1932	5	17	14 July 1930
	Adalbert Androvits	DF	1953–1955	5	7	29 May 1955
	Sandoi, EmilEmil Săndoi	DF	1987–1993	5	30	26 August 1992
	Lupescu, IonuțIonuț Lupescu	MF	1988–2000	5	73	7 June 1995
	Munteanu, DorinelDorinel Munteanu	MF	1991–2007	5	134	14 August 1996
	Radoi, MirelMirel Rădoi	DF	2000–2010	5	67	26 May 2006
	Marica, CiprianCiprian Marica^§	FW	2003–0000	5	71	8 June 2011
38	Covaci, NicolaeNicolae Covaci	FW	1929–1938	4	36	4 July 1937
	Tataru, NicolaeNicolae Tătaru	FW	1954–1962	4	21	30 August 1959
	Constantin, GheorgheGheorghe Constantin	FW	1956–1967	4	25	25 November 1962
41	Alexandru Negrescu	DF	1939–1946	3	8	8 October 1946
	Nicolae Reuter	MF	1939–1947	3	14	25 May 1947
	Toma, CosticăCostică Toma	GK	1953–1959	3	16	26 October 1958
	Ozon, TitusTitus Ozon	FW	1952–1962	3	22	30 September 1962
	Florin Cheran	DF	1971–1978	3	29	8 May 1977
	Iorgulescu, GinoGino Iorgulescu	DF	1974–1986	3	47	28 February 1986
	Rednic, MirceaMircea Rednic	DF	1981–1991	3	83	23 April 1986
	Klein, MichaelMichael Klein	DF	1981–1991	3	89	28 August 1986
	Dumitrescu, IlieIlie Dumitrescu	FW	1989–1998	3	61	22 September 1993
	Petrescu, DanDan Petrescu	DF	1989–2000	3	96	6 September 1997
	Galca, ConstantinConstantin Gâlcă	MF	1993–2005	3	68	16 August 2000
	Prodan, DanielDaniel Prodan	DF	1993–2001	3	54	5 December 2000
	Lobonț, BogdanBogdan Lobonț	GK	1998–2014	3	85	21 November 2007
	Tamaș, GabrielGabriel Tamaș^§	DF	2003–0000	3	65	9 February 2011
55	Ciolac, GheorgheGheorghe Ciolac	FW	1928–1937	2	24	15 September 1929
	Bindea, SilviuSilviu Bindea	FW	1932–1942	2	27	12 October 1941
	Dumitru Pavlovici	GK	1936–1942	2	15	23 August 1942
	Nicolae Georgescu	MF	1955–1965	2	18	2 May 1965
	Ion Barbu	DF	1966–1968	2	7	1 May 1968
	Dobrin, NicolaeNicolae Dobrin	MF	1966–1978	2	46	5 June 1968
	Mocanu, MihaiMihai Mocanu	MF	1966–1971	2	31	27 October 1968
	Dragnea, MarinMarin Dragnea	MF	1984–1986	2	5	14 March 1986
	Grigore, DragoșDragoș Grigore^§	MF	2011–0000	2	25	4 September 2016
64	Ronay, FranciscFrancisc Rónay	FW	1922–1932	1	8	10 June 1923
	Dumitru Vețianu	DF	1923	1	1	26 October 1923
	Paul Schiller	FW	1922–1924	1	2	31 August 1924
	Mircea Stroescu	GK	1923–1925	1	2	1 May 1925
	Steinbach, PetrePetre Steinbach	MF	1930–1935	1	18	28 June 1932
	Dobay, ȘtefanȘtefan Dobay	FW	1930–1939	1	41	9 June 1938
	Barátky, IuliuIuliu Barátky	FW	1933–1940	1	20	14 July 1939
	Ploeșteanu, SilviuSilviu Ploeșteanu	FW	1937–1941	1	11	22 September 1940
	David, MirceaMircea David	GK	1936–1943	1	12	13 June 1943
	Ion Lungu	FW	1949–1950	1	5	14 May 1950
	Gheorghe Băcuț	MF	1945–1956	1	28	10 September 1956
	Bone, TiberiuTiberiu Bone	MF	1951–1961	1	12	14 May 1961
	Ionescu, IonIon Ionescu	FW	1962–1969	1	24	4 January 1967
	Lupescu, NicolaeNicolae Lupescu	DF	1964–1972	1	21	11 November 1970
	Domide, FlaviusFlavius Domide	FW	1968–1972	1	18	30 January 1972
	Aristică Ghiță	GK	1969–1972	1	3	23 April 1972
	Mulțescu, GheorgheGheorghe Mulțescu	MF	1974–1983	1	15	7 September 1983
	Iovan, ȘtefanȘtefan Iovan	DF	1983–1990	1	34	17 May 1989
	Roșu, LaurențiuLaurențiu Roșu	MF	1998–2007	1	38	4 February 2000
	Ilie, AdrianAdrian Ilie	FW	1993–2005	1	55	24 March 2001
	Ganea, IonelIonel Ganea	FW	1998–2006	1	45	27 May 2004
	Pancu, DanielDaniel Pancu	MF	2001–2005	1	27	8 September 2004
	Stelea, BogdanBogdan Stelea	GK	1988–2005	1	91	17 November 2004
	Iencsi, AdrianAdrian Iencsi	DF	2000–2006	1	30	28 February 2006
	Mureșan, GabrielGabriel Mureșan^§	MF	2007–0000	1	9	12 June 2011
	Nicoliță, BănelBănel Nicoliță^§	MF	2005–0000	1	37	10 August 2011
	Goian, DorinDorin Goian	DF	2005–2014	1	60	15 November 2011
	Niculae, MariusMarius Niculae	FW	2000–2013	1	43	27 January 2012

References

1. Players who are still active for the national team are players who haven't retired from international football and are, subsequently, eligible to be called up.
2. Includes FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship.
3. "Capitanii nationalei Romaniei". Statistici Fotbal.