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England men · International friendly

England
v Romania⁠

1–0

Full time

England v Romania finished 1–0.

Romania
None
Date
Sunday 6 June 2021 · England in 2021
Kick-off
17:00 UK
Venue
Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Substitutes

Romania Formation 4-1-4-1

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Florin Nita GK
  • No. 24, Deian Sorescu RB Off in the 66'
  • No. 6, Vlad Chiriches CB
  • No. 5, Ionut Nedelcearu CB Off in the 84'
  • No. 22, Mário Camora LB
  • No. 18, Razvan Marin DM
  • No. 9, Andrei Ivan RM Yellow card 58'
  • No. 23, Nicolae Stanciu CM
  • No. 8, Alexandru Cicaldau CM Off in the 80'
  • No. 17, Constantin Paun-Alexandru LM Off in the 80'
  • No. 7, Denis Alibec FW Off in the 66'

Substitutes

  • No. 2, Tiberiu Capusa On in the 66'
  • No. 14, Ianis Hagi On in the 66'
  • No. 20, Constantin Budescu On in the 80'
  • No. 25, Alexandru Baluta On in the 80'
  • No. 4, Adrian Rus On in the 84'
  • No. 3, Cristian Ganea (not used)
  • No. 10, Alexandru Maxim (not used)
  • No. 11, Olimpiu Morutan (not used)
  • No. 12, Andrei Vlad (not used)
  • No. 16, Florin Iacob (not used)
  • No. 21, Darius Olaru (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1985 – 2000

01 20 Jun 2000
UEFA European Championship · Group A Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi

England 2–3 Romania England lost

England: Shearer 41' pen, Owen 45+4'

Romania: Chivu 22', Munteanu 48', Ganea 89' pen

Match page: England v Romania, 20 June 2000

Official meetings since 1939

England v Romania stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings12In our results database
England wins3England perspective
Draws6Level at full time
Romania wins3Romania victories

England have scored 11 goals to Romania's 10 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

2

Owen

2 goals against Romania in matches we hold scorer data for.

Romania · Fixture leader

1

Dumitrache

Romania's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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