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| Federation founded: 1909 |
| FIFA member since: 1930 |
| Confederation: UEFA |
| Colours: Yellow with red and blue borders |
| Nicknames: Tricolorii |
| World Cups qualified for: 7 (of 21) |
| Best results: Quarter-final 1994 |
|
 WORLD CUP RANKING
|
| P 21
|
W 8
|
D 5
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L 8
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GF 30
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GA 32
|
Pts 29
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Romania
is 27th on the all-time table.
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TEAM RECORDS
|
| Champions |
- |
| Finalists |
- |
| Semi-finalists (or top 4) |
- |
| Quarter-finalists (or top 8) |
1930, 1994 |
| Biggest win |
3-1 vs Peru 1930
3-1 vs Colombia 1994 |
| Biggest loss |
0-4 vs Uruguay 1930 |
| Most wins in a row |
2 |
| Most losses in a row |
2 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
6 |
| Longest run without win |
5 |
| Longest run qualifying |
3 (1930-38) & (1990-98) |
| Longest run not qualifying |
5 (1950-66) & (2002- ) |
| Penalty shoot-outs |
0 win, 2 losses |
| ROM vs Europe |
W3 - D2 - L4 |
| ROM vs South America |
W4 - D1 - L2 |
| ROM vs Africa |
W0 - D1 - L1 |
| ROM vs N/C America |
W1 - D1 - L1 |
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MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
|
| Gheorghe Popescu |
13 |
1990-98 |
| Gheorghe Hagi |
12 |
1990-98 |
| Dorinel Munteanu |
9 |
1994-98 |
| Dan Petrescu |
9 |
1994-98 |
| Ilie Dumitrescu |
8 |
1990-98 |
| Ioan Lupescu |
8 |
1990-94 |
| Florin Raducioiu |
7 |
1990-94 |
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MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
|
| Florin Raducioiu |
4 |
1990-94 |
| Stefan Dobay |
3 |
1934-38 |
| Gheorghe Hagi |
3 |
1990-98 |
| Gavril Balint |
2 |
1990 |
| Florea Dumitrache |
2 |
1970 |
| Ilie Dumitrescu |
2 |
1990-98 |
| Marius Lacatus |
2 |
1990-98 |
| Viorel Moldovan |
2 |
1998 |
| Dan Petrescu |
2 |
1994-98 |
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YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1930 1R Peru W 3-1
1R Uruguay L 0-4
1934 1R Czechoslovakia L 1-2
1938 1R Cuba [aet] D 3-3
Cuba [replay] L 1-2
1970 1R England L 0-1
1R Czechoslovakia W 2-1
1R Brazil L 2-3
1990 1R Soviet Union W 2-0
1R Cameroon L 1-2
1R Argentina D 1-1
2R Rep. of Ireland [4-5 ap] D 0-0
1994 1R Colombia W 3-1
1R Switzerland L 1-4
1R United States W 1-0
2R Argentina W 3-2
QF Sweden [4-5 ap] D 2-2
1998 1R Colombia W 1-0
1R England W 2-1
1R Tunisia D 1-1
2R Croatia L 0-1
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