Romania 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Romania in the 1980s — 81 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Gheorghe Hagi racked up the most caps of anyone here — 125 in all. He also leads the scoring, with 35 goals. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Dudu Georgescu: 21 goals in 40 caps. The squad breaks down as 7 goalkeepers, 27 defenders, 31 midfielders and 16 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gheorghe Hagi | MF | 125 | 35 | 87 |
| László Bölöni | MF | 102 | 23 | 87 |
| Gheorghe Popescu | DF | 115 | 16 | 87 |
| Dan Petrescu | DF | 95 | 12 | 86 |
| Marius Lăcătuș | MF | 84 | 13 | 86 |
| Michael Klein | DF | 90 | 5 | 86 |
| Ilie Dumitrescu | MF | 62 | 20 | 85 |
| Mircea Rednic | DF | 83 | 2 | 85 |
| Anghel Iordănescu | FW | 64 | 26 | 85 |
| Bogdan Stelea | GK | 91 | — | 85 |
| Rodion Cămătaru | FW | 75 | 22 | 84 |
| Cornel Dinu | DF | 75 | 7 | 84 |
| Ilie Balaci | MF | 65 | 8 | 84 |
| Ioan Lupescu | MF | 74 | 6 | 84 |
| Silviu Lung | GK | 77 | — | 84 |
| Dorin Mateuț | MF | 56 | 10 | 83 |
| Costică Ștefănescu | DF | 66 | 0 | 83 |
| Ioan Sabău | MF | 55 | 8 | 83 |
| Dudu Georgescu | FW | 40 | 21 | 82 |
| Nicolae Ungureanu | DF | 57 | 1 | 81 |
| Ioan Andone | DF | 55 | 2 | 81 |
| Miodrag Belodedici | DF | 55 | 5 | 81 |
| Nicolae Dobrin | MF | 48 | 6 | 80 |
| Ion Dumitru | MF/FW | 57 | 12 | 80 |
| Gavril Balint | FW | 34 | 14 | 79 |
| Gino Iorgulescu | DF | 49 | 3 | 79 |
| Zoltan Crișan | MF | 46 | 4 | 79 |
| Ștefan Sameș | DF | 47 | 3 | 78 |
| Dumitru Moraru | GK | 39 | — | 76 |
| Aurel Țicleanu | MF | 42 | 2 | 76 |
| Marcel Coraș | FW | 36 | 6 | 75 |
| Ștefan Iovan | DF | 35 | 3 | 74 |
| Emil Săndoi | DF | 30 | 0 | 72 |
| Ionel Augustin | FW | 34 | 3 | 72 |
| Mircea Sandu | FW | 18 | 6 | 72 |
| Nicolae Negrilă | DF | 28 | 1 | 71 |
| Vasile Iordache | GK | 25 | — | 71 |
| Romulus Gabor | FW | 35 | 2 | 71 |
| Ion Geolgău | MF | 24 | 3 | 71 |
| Iosif Rotariu | MF | 25 | 1 | 70 |
| Marcel Răducanu | MF | 21 | 3 | 70 |
| Ion Munteanu | DF | 24 | 0 | 69 |
| Victor Pițurcă | FW | 13 | 6 | 68 |
| Aurel Beldeanu | MF | 18 | 1 | 66 |
| Gheorghe Mulțescu | MF | 15 | 3 | 66 |
| Alexandru Nicolae | DF | 19 | 1 | 66 |
| Cristian Gheorghe | GK | 14 | — | 65 |
| Lică Movilă | MF | 14 | 1 | 64 |
| Adrian Bumbescu | DF | 15 | 1 | 63 |
| Tudorel Stoica | MF | 15 | 0 | 63 |
| Dănuț Lupu | MF | 14 | 0 | 62 |
| Mircea Irimescu | MF | 9 | 2 | 60 |
| Claudiu Vaișcovici | FW | 10 | 0 | 59 |
| Nicolae Tilihoi | DF | 10 | 0 | 59 |
| Mihai Zamfir | DF | 10 | 0 | 59 |
| Florea Văetuș | FW | 7 | 1 | 59 |
| Ioan Bogdan | DF | 9 | 0 | 58 |
| Tudorel Cristea | MF | 9 | 0 | 58 |
| Viorel Turcu | MF | 7 | 1 | 57 |
| Sorin Cârțu | FW | 7 | 0 | 57 |
| Marin Radu | FW | 7 | 0 | 57 |
| Ion Adrian Zare | DF | 7 | 0 | 56 |
| Cornel Țălnar | MF | 6 | 0 | 55 |
| Zsolt Muzsnay | MF | 6 | 0 | 55 |
| Gheorghe Liliac | GK | 4 | — | 54 |
| Septimiu Câmpeanu | FW | 4 | 1 | 54 |
| Ilie Bărbulescu | DF | 5 | 0 | 53 |
| Marian Mihail | DF | 5 | 0 | 53 |
| Marian Damaschin | FW | 5 | 0 | 53 |
| Marin Dragnea | MF | 5 | 0 | 53 |
| Costel Orac | FW | 3 | 1 | 53 |
| Constantin Stancu | DF | 3 | 0 | 50 |
| Helmut Duckadam | GK | 2 | — | 50 |
| Marian Rada | DF | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Ioan Petcu | MF | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Alexandru Custov | MF | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Lucian Bălan | MF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Mihail Majearu | MF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Constantin Pană | MF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Anton Weissenbacher | DF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Augustin Eduard | DF | — | — | 42 |
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