The coach Edi Iordănescu has announced the preliminary squad for EURO 2024, which includes 28 players.
Edi Iordănescu did not call up forwards Florin Tănase and Louis Munteanu, and a surprise is the presence of Daniel Bîrligea from CFR Cluj in the squad. Vlad Chiricheș was also not called up, despite hoping until the last moment.
Another surprise is the exclusion of Cristi Manea, with his place being taken by his CFR Cluj teammate Vasile Mogoș.
Iordănescu has brought goalkeeper Răzvan Sava from CFR Cluj into the squad for the first time, but he may decide to drop him.
Alexandru Mitriță from Universitatea Craiova is not included in the squad, despite having an excellent season.
Out of the 28 players, Iordănescu will drop two, most likely Răzvan Sava and Constantin Grameni.
The final squad for the tournament in Germany, which can include up to 26 players, will be announced on Friday, June 7.
**The preliminary squad is as follows:**
**GOALKEEPERS**
Florin NIȚĂ (Gaziantep | Turkey, 20/0), Horațiu MOLDOVAN (Atletico Madrid | Spain, 10/0), Ștefan TÂRNOVANU (FCSB, 1/0), Răzvan SAVA (CFR Cluj, 0/0);
**DEFENDERS**
Andrei RAȚIU (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 16/1), Vasile MOGOȘ (CFR Cluj, 5/0), Radu DRĂGUȘIN (Tottenham | England, 15/0), Bogdan RACOVIȚAN (Rakow | Poland, 1/0), Adrian RUS (Pafos | Cyprus, 19/1), Ionuț NEDELCEARU (Palermo | Italy, 26/2), Andrei BURCĂ (Al-Okhdood | Saudi Arabia, 27/1), Nicușor BANCU (Universitatea Craiova, 34/2);
**MIDFIELDERS**
Deian SORESCU (Gaziantep | Turkey, 16/0), Marius MARIN (Pisa | Italy, 16/0), Alexandru CICÂLDĂU (Konyaspor | Turkey, 36/4), Răzvan MARIN (Empoli | Italy, 54/3), Nicolae STANCIU (Damac | Saudi Arabia, 68/14), Adrian ȘUT (FCSB, 1/0), Darius OLARU (FCSB, 16/0), Constantin GRAMENI (Farul Constanța, 0/0), Dennis MAN (Parma | Italy, 22/7), Valentin MIHĂILĂ (Parma | Italy, 19/4), Ianis HAGI (Deportivo Alaves | Spain, 33/5), Florinel COMAN (FCSB, 13/1);
**FORWARDS**
Denis DRĂGUȘ (Gaziantep | Turkey, 9/2), George PUȘCAȘ (Bari | Italy, 41/11), Denis ALIBEC (Muaither | Qatar, 37/5), Daniel BÎRLIGEA (CFR Cluj, 1/0).
**Romania’s schedule at EURO 2024 is as follows:**
– Monday, June 17: **ROMANIA – Ukraine** (Munich, 16:00)
– Saturday, June 22: **Belgium – ROMANIA** (Cologne, 22:00)
– Wednesday, June 26: **Slovakia – ROMANIA** (Frankfurt, 19:00)