In October, the Romanian national football team will play two matches in the qualifying group of the European Championship 2024 against Belarus (October 12) and Andorra (October 15), and UEFA has announced who will referee the match against Belarus.

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The match between Belarus and Romania will be served by Espen Escas

The Romanian national team will play two very important matches in the fight for qualification for the 2024 European Championship, with the first test against Belarus on October 12.

UEFA announced that 35-year-old Norwegian referee Espen Eskas will be in the center.

Jan Eric Engan and Isaac Elias Bashevkin will be assistant referees, and Christopher Hagenes will be the fourth referee.

German Edgar Steinborn will be an observer, and Turkish Alpaslan Kavas has been nominated as a UEFA delegate.

Espen Escas was at the center of the U21 European Championship final (England – Spain 1-0) and came on as a substitute in the match that Romania’s youth football team won 2-1 against Hungary in Group A of the 2021 European Youth Championship at the Stadium on March 27, 2021 Uj Bozsik in Budapest.

Know:

  • The match between Belarus and Romania will take place on Thursday (October 12) at 21:45 at the Ferenc Shuza Stadium (Budapest, Hungary).
  • The match between Romania and Andorra will take place on Sunday (October 15) at 21:45 at the National Arena in Bucharest.
  • Both games will be broadcast in the format LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro.

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The composition of the Romanian national team for the match with Belarus and Andorra in the framework of the preliminary round of EURO 2024

As reported by frf.ro, Edi Iordanescu called the following football players to the mentioned matches:

doorman

Horatio Moldovan (Rapid 1923 FC, 5/0), Florin Nice (Gaziantep | Turkey, 19/0), Stefan Tyrnovanu (FCSB, 1/0);

protection

Andrei Raciu (Rayo Vallecano | Spain, 12/1), Dejan Sorescu (Rakiv | Poland, 13/0), Radu Dragushyn (Genoa | Italy, 9/0), Adrian Rus (Paphos | Cyprus, 17/1), Andriy Burke (Al-Ohdud | Saudi Arabia, 21/1), Bohdan Rakovichan (Rakiv | Poland, 0/0), Nikushor Banku (University of Craiova, 30/2), Andriy Borza (FC Rapid 1923, 0/0);

midfielders

Volodymyr Skreciu (University of Craiova, 2/0), Marius Marin (Pisa | Italy, 12/0), Rezvan Marin (Empoli | Italy, 48/2), Nicolae Stancu (Damak FC | Saudi Arabia, 62/13), Alexandru Cicaldeu (Konyaspor | Turkey, 32/4), Darius Olaru (FCSB, 13/0), Olimpiu Morutan (Ankaraguju | Turkey, 11/1), Dennis Man (Parma | Italy, 19/6), Yanis Hagi (Deportivo Alaves | Spain, 27/2), Valentin Mykhailo (Parma | Italy, 14/4), Florinel Coman (FCSB, 9/0)

ATTACKERS

Denis Alibek (Muiser | Qatar, 33/4), Denis Dragush (Gaziantep | Turkey, 5/2), Daniel Birlighea (CFR Cluj, 0/0), Luis Munteanu (Constanza Mayak, 0/0).

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EURO 2024 preliminary matches, group I standings

1. Switzerland (goal difference 17-5) 14 points

2. Romania (9-4) 12

3. Israel (7-7) 11

4. Belarus (4-11) 4

5. Kosovo (5-8) 4

6. Andorra (3-10) 2.

* The top two teams will advance to the final tournament next summer (June 14-July 14), which will be hosted by Germany.

*In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is determined by the results of direct matches.

Romania in the preliminary tournament of EURO 2024, which broadcasts every match of the tricolor

*All previous matches of Romania will be published in LiveBlog on HotNews.ro.

25 March 2023: Andorra – Romania 0-2

March 28, 2023: Romania – Belarus 2-1

June 6, 2023: Kosovo – Romania 0-0

June 19, 2023: Switzerland – Romania 2-2

September 9, 2023: Romania – Israel 1-1

September 12, 2023: Romania – Kosovo 2:0

October 12, 2023 – 21:45 Belarus – Romania / Antenna 1

October 15, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Andorra / Prima TV

November 18, 2023 – 21:45 Israel – Romania / Prima TV

November 21, 2023 – 21:45 Romania – Switzerland / Antenna 1.

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