Midfielder Rosu misses out after failing to shine for club side Recreativo Huelva in recent matches while Ajax defender Ogararu is overlooked after slipping down the pecking order at the Amsterdam ArenA.

Piturca's 26-man selection will be cut down to a final squad of 23 before May 28.

All Romania-based players have already got together for a training camp in Turkey while the remainder of the initial squad will join with the party on Thursday.

Romania face a tough task just to get out of the pool stage at Euro 2008 after being drawn in Group C alongside France, Holland and world champions Italy.

Their first match of the tournament will be against the French on June 9.

Romania squad: Lobont (Dinamo Bucharest), Coman (Rapid Bucharest), Popa (Politehnica Stiinta Timisoara); Contra (Getafe), Sapunaru (Rapid Bucharest), Ghionea, Goian (both Steaua Bucharest), Moti (Dinamo Bucharest), Tamas (Auxerre), Rat (Shakhtar Donetsk), Radu (Lazio); F Petre (CSKA Sofia), Nicolita (Steaua Bucharest), Cocis (Lokomotiv Moscow), Codrea (Siena), Chivu (Internazionale), Radoi, Dica, O Petre (all Steaua Bucharest), Cristea (Dinamo Bucharest), Deac (CFR Cluj); Mutu (Fiorentina), Marica (Stuttgart), M Niculae (Inverness Caledonian Thistle), D Niculae (Auxerre), Bratu (Dinamo Bucharest).