Marin Dragnea played 5 games at international level for Romania, making his debut when coach Mircea Lucescu used him in a 1–1 against Spain at Euro 1984. His following game was also at Euro 1984, a 2–1 loss against West Germany. Dragnea's last three games were friendlies, a 1–1 against Israel and a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq.