The president of the Romanian Football Federation spoke at the end of the year about medium-term goals, which include the qualification of the Romanian national team for Euro 2024 and the World Cup in 2026.

The FRF wants Romania to qualify for the next World Cup

After the last meeting of the executive committee this year, Burlyanu outlined the goals for 2023.

“Of course, if we qualified for the World Cup, we would have a very difficult mission. It was a unique experience for each participant. First of all, you feel sadness that you are gone. On the other hand, you have a sense of ambition, determination, which makes you present there. Of course, this is the goal with which we set out in 2023, namely to go to the World Cup, to return to America.

At the same time, we realize that the intermediate goal that will lead us to realize this dream of having a presence in America in 2026, not only in the United States, but also in Mexico and Canada, is a presence in the European Championship. in 2024 in Germany. This is an intermediate goal with which we must work,” Burleanu said, according to Agerpres.

The best year for Romanian football

The FRF president highlighted the positives despite the failure in the League of Nations and promises to do everything possible to make 2023 a better year for Romanian football.

“Despite this setback in the Nations League, behind us we see young players who give hope for the future, a certain cohesion has been created at team level… If we manage to qualify for the final tournament at the end of 2023 on the back of these results that we have achieved in 2022, we will be very happy.

We wish that in 2023 we will have a better year for Romanian football, both for club teams and national teams, and we as a federation will do everything in our power to work every day to fulfill this wish.” , Rezvan Burleanu quotes News.ro about this.

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