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 Romania 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 number of matches captained. If there's an equal number of matches captained, then the player who captained the national team first is listed first. Statistics correct as of 25 September 2026.

+ KeyStill active for the national teamPlayers 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.Captained the team at a major international tournamentIncludes FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Football Championship.GKGoalkeeperDFDefenderMFMidfielderFWForward

+ List of Romania national team football players who have served as captain of the team#NamePositionNational team careerCaps as captainTotal capsFirst captaincy 1 MF 1983–2000 65 124 2 DF 1999–2011 50 75 3 § DF 2011– 44 77 4 DF 1977–1985 43 64 5 DF 1968–1981 38 67 6 DF 1988–2003 34 114 7 Nicolae Stanciu§ MF 2016- 32 87 8 DF 2002–2016 28 113 9 MF 1975–1988 23 102 10 DF 1924–1934 22 29 FW 1966–1979 22 64 12 GK 1979–1993 21 76 13 DF 1931–1938 19 42 14 FW 2000–2013 17 77 15 MF 1945–1958 14 32 16 DF 1958–1967 13 27 17 DF 1949–1960 11 22 DF 2008–2019 11 36 19 MF 1969–1980 10 50 20 FW 1922–1928 9 12 FW 1971–1981 9 60 MF 1975–1987 9 67 GK 2009–2020 9 73 24 Bazil Marian MF 1941–1949 8 18 25 FW 1945–1958 7 48 MF 1940–1950 7 15 FW 1984–1998 7 83 DF 1996–2010 7 73 § MF 2018- 7 55 30 FW 1928–1937 6 23 DF 1931–1941 6 14 DF 1958–1967 6 26 DF 1963–1971 6 29 DF 1973–1982 6 46 35 FW 1923–1932 5 17 DF 1953–1955 5 7 DF 1987–1993 5 30 MF 1988–2000 5 73 MF 1991–2007 5 134 DF 2000–2010 5 67 FW 2003–2014 5 72 DF 2011–2020 5 39 43 FW 1929–1938 4 36 FW 1954–1962 4 21 FW 1956–1967 4 25 § MF 2016- 4 76 47 Alexandru Negrescu DF 1939–1946 3 8 MF 1939–1947 3 14 GK 1953–1959 3 16 FW 1952–1962 3 22 DF 1971–1978 3 29 DF 1974–1986 3 47 DF 1981–1991 3 83 DF 1981–1991 3 89 FW 1989–1998 3 61 DF 1989–2000 3 96 MF 1993–2005 3 68 DF 1993–2001 3 54 GK 1998–2018 3 86 DF 2003–2018 3 67 61 FW 1928–1937 2 24 FW 1932–1942 2 27 GK 1936–1942 2 15 MF 1955–1965 2 18 Ion Barbu DF 1966–1968 2 7 MF 1966–1978 2 46 MF 1966–1971 2 31 MF 1984–1986 2 5 69 FW 1922–1932 1 8 Dumitru Vețianu DF 1923 1 1 Paul Schiller FW 1922–1924 1 2 Mircea Stroescu GK 1923–1925 1 2 MF 1930–1935 1 18 FW 1930–1939 1 41 FW 1933–1940 1 20 FW 1937–1941 1 11 GK 1936–1943 1 12 FW 1949–1950 1 5 MF 1945–1956 1 28 MF 1951–1961 1 12 FW 1962–1969 1 24 DF 1964–1972 1 21 FW 1968–1972 1 18 Aristică Ghiță GK 1969–1972 1 3 MF 1974–1983 1 15 DF 1983–1990 1 34 MF 1998–2007 1 38 FW 1993–2005 1 55 FW 1998–2006 1 45 MF 2001–2005 1 27 GK 1988–2005 1 91 DF 2000–2006 1 30 MF 2007–2011 1 9 MF 2005–2014 1 37 DF 2005–2014 1 60 FW 2000–2013 1 44 § DF 2019- 1 46 § DF 2021- 1 39 § MF 2018- 1 46

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