Romania national minifootball team
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| Association | Romanian Minifootball Federation |
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| Confederation | EMF (Europe) |
| Head coach | Dan Ștefan Cojocaru |
| Top scorer | Radu Burcia (19) |
| First international | |
 Romania 3–1 Czech Republic  (Bratislava, Slovakia; 2010) | |
| Biggest win | |
Romania 3–1 India  (Illinois, United States; 21 March 2015) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
 Mexico 7–3 Romania (Illinois, United States; 22 March 2015)  United States 7–3 Romania (Illinois, United States; 28 March 2015) | |
| WMF World Cup | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2015) |
| Best result | Champions (2023) |
| EMF EURO | |
| Appearances | 11 (first in 2010) |
| Best result | Champions (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) |
| WMF Continental Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2019) |
| Best result | Third place (2019) |
The Romania national minifootball team represents Romania in men's international minifootball competitions and it is controlled by the Romanian Minifootball Federation, which governs minifootball in Romania. The team is one of the most successful in the world, they are the current world champions. The team have won the WMF World Cup in 2023,[1] the EMF EURO six times in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 while he ranked second in 2018, 2022 and 2024 and got third place at the 2019 WMF Continental Cup.
Competitive records
[edit]Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
- Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
WMF World Cup
[edit]| WMF World Cup | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 2015
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Third place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 16 |
 2017
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Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
 2019
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Third place | 3rd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 4 |
 2023
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Champions | 1st | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
 2025
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To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 1 Title | 4/4 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 113 | 28 |
WMF Continental Cup
[edit]| WMF Continental Cup | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 2019
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Third place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 |
| Total | Third place | 1/1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 |
EMF EURO
[edit]| EMF EURO | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
 2010
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Champions | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 2011
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Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
 2012
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Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 |
 2013
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Champions | 1st | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
 2014
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Champions | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
 2015
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Champions | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
 2016
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Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 2017
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Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 |
 2018
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Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 |
| 2022
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Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
 2024
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Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5 |
| Total | 6 Titles | 11/11 | 66 | 49 | 12 | 5 | 166 | 51 |
Honours and awards
[edit]Honours
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Third place: 2019
Awards
[edit]- WMF World Cup Best player
- Dragos Nitu (2023)
- WMF World Cup Top scorer
- Marius Gabriel Balogh (2023)
- EMF EURO Best player
- Adrian Calugareanu (2012)
- EMF EURO Top scorer
References
[edit]- ^ "Romania wins world champion title in minifootball". Romania Insider. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
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