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Romania

Federation founded: 1909
FIFA member since: 1930

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - First round exit
1934 - First round exit
1938 - First round exit
1950 - Did not participate
1954 - Did not qualify
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Did not participate
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - First round exit
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Second round exit
1994 - Quarterfinal exit
1998 - Second round exit
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify

 
STATISTICS
Played
21
Won
8
Drawn
5
Lost
8
Goals for
30
Goals against
32
Points
29
Romania are 20th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
3-1 vs Peru in 1930 and 
3-1 vs Colombia in 1994.
Biggest defeat:
0-4 vs Uruguay in 1930.
Overall topscorer:
Florin Raducioiu, 4 goals.
Most appearances:
Gheorghe Popescu, 13 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
Never

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Gheorghe Hagi
Florin Raducioiu
Gheorghe Popescu

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

  

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part and ROMANIA
chose to participate.

1934

(WCQ Group 6)
29.Oct 33 Switzerland 2-0 ROMANIA (Game ended 2-2, but awarded 2-0 to Switzerland by FIFA after ROMANIA had fielded an ineligible player.) 29.Apr 34 ROMANIA 2-1 Yugoslavia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Switzerland 2 1 1 0 4-2 3 2.ROMANIA 2 1 0 1 2-3 2 3.Yugoslavia 2 0 1 1 3-4 1 ROMANIA qualified for Italy 1934.

1938

(WCQ Group 4)
Egypt withdrew so ROMANIA
had walkover to France 1938.

1950

ROMANIA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1954

(WCQ Group 8)
14.Jun 53 Czechoslovakia 2-0 ROMANIA 28.Jun 53 ROMANIA 3-1 Bulgaria 11.Oct 53 Bulgaria 1-2 ROMANIA 25.Oct 53 ROMANIA 0-1 Czechoslovakia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Czechoslovakia 4 3 1 0 5- 1 7 2.ROMANIA 4 2 0 2 5- 5 4 3.Bulgaria 4 0 1 3 3- 7 1 ROMANIA failed to qualify for Switzerland 1954.

1958

(UEFA Group 7)
16.Jun 57 Greece 1-2 ROMANIA 29.Sep 57 ROMANIA 1-1 Yugoslavia 03.Nov 57 ROMANIA 3-0 Greece 17.Nov 57 Yugoslavia 2-0 ROMANIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Yugoslavia 4 2 2 0 7- 2 6 2.ROMANIA 4 2 1 1 6- 4 5 3.Greece 4 0 1 3 2- 9 1 ROMANIA failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.

1962

ROMANIA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1966

(UEFA Group 4)
02.May 65 ROMANIA 3-0 Turkey 30.May 65 ROMANIA 1-0 Czechoslovakia 13.Jun 65 Portugal 2-1 ROMANIA 19.Sep 65 Czechoslovakia 3-1 ROMANIA 23.Oct 65 Turkey 2-1 ROMANIA 21.Nov 65 ROMANIA 2-0 Portugal
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Portugal 6 4 1 1 9- 4 9 2.Czechoslovakia 6 3 1 2 12- 4 7 3.ROMANIA 6 3 0 3 9- 7 6 4.Turkey 6 1 0 5 4-19 2 ROMANIA failed to qualify for England 1966.

1970

(UEFA Group 1)
27.Oct 68 Portugal 3-0 ROMANIA 23.Nov 68 ROMANIA 2-0 Switzerland 16.Apr 69 Greece 2-2 ROMANIA 14.May 69 Switzerland 0-1 ROMANIA 12.Oct 69 ROMANIA 1-0 Portugal 16.Nov 69 ROMANIA 1-1 Greece
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ROMANIA 6 3 2 1 7- 6 8 2.Greece 6 2 3 1 13- 9 7 3.Switzerland 6 2 1 3 5- 8 5 4.Portugal 6 1 2 3 8-10 4 ROMANIA qualified for Mexico 1970.

1974

(UEFA Group 4)
20.Sep 72 Finland 1-1 ROMANIA 29.Oct 72 ROMANIA 2-0 Albania 06.May 73 Albania 1-4 ROMANIA 27.May 73 ROMANIA 1-0 East Germany 26.Sep 73 East Germany 2-0 ROMANIA 14.Oct 73 ROMANIA 9-0 Finland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.East Germany 6 5 0 1 18- 3 10 2.ROMANIA 6 4 1 1 17- 4 9 3.Finland 6 1 1 4 3-21 3 4.Albania 6 1 0 5 3-13 2 ROMANIA failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.

1978

(UEFA Group 8)
16.Apr 77 ROMANIA 1-0 Spain 08.May 77 Yugoslavia 0-2 ROMANIA 26.Oct 77 Spain 2-0 ROMANIA 13.Nov 77 ROMANIA 4-6 Yugoslavia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Spain 4 3 0 1 4- 1 6 2.ROMANIA 4 2 0 2 7- 8 4 3.Yugoslavia 4 1 0 3 6- 8 2 ROMANIA failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.

1982

(UEFA Group 4)
24.Sep 80 Norway 1-1 ROMANIA 15.Oct 80 ROMANIA 2-1 England 29.Apr 81 England 0-0 ROMANIA 13.May 81 Hungary 1-0 ROMANIA 03.Jun 81 ROMANIA 1-0 Norway 23.Sep 81 ROMANIA 0-0 Hungary 10.Oct 81 ROMANIA 1-2 Switzerland 11.Nov 81 Switzerland 0-0 ROMANIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Hungary 8 4 2 2 13- 8 10 2.England 8 4 1 3 13- 8 9 3.ROMANIA 8 2 4 2 5- 5 8 4.Switzerland 8 2 3 3 9-12 7 5.Norway 8 2 2 4 8-15 6 ROMANIA failed to qualify for Spain 1982.

1986

(UEFA Group 3)
12.Sep 84 Northern Ireland 3-2 ROMANIA 03.Apr 85 ROMANIA 3-0 Turkey 01.May 85 ROMANIA 0-0 England 06.Jun 85 Finland 1-1 ROMANIA 28.Aug 85 ROMANIA 2-0 Finland 11.Sep 85 England 1-1 ROMANIA 16.Oct 85 ROMANIA 0-1 Northern Ireland 13.Nov 85 Turkey 1-3 ROMANIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.England 8 4 4 0 21- 2 12 2.Northern Ireland 8 4 2 2 8- 5 10 3.ROMANIA 8 3 3 2 12- 7 9 4.Finland 8 3 2 3 7-12 8 5.Turkey 8 0 1 7 2-24 1 ROMANIA failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.

1990

(UEFA Group 1)
19.Oct 88 Bulgaria 1-3 ROMANIA 02.Nov 88 ROMANIA 3-0 Greece 26.Apr 89 Greece 0-0 ROMANIA 17.May 89 ROMANIA 1-0 Bulgaria 11.Oct 89 Denmark 3-0 ROMANIA 15.Nov 89 ROMANIA 3-1 Denmark
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ROMANIA 6 4 1 1 10- 5 9 2.Denmark 6 3 2 1 15- 6 8 3.Greece 6 1 2 3 3-15 4 4.Bulgaria 6 1 1 4 6- 8 3 ROMANIA qualified for Italy 1990.

1994

(UEFA Group 4)
06.May 92 ROMANIA 7-0 Faroe Islands 20.May 92 ROMANIA 5-1 Wales 14.Oct 92 Belgium 1-0 ROMANIA 14.Nov 92 ROMANIA 1-1 Czechoslovakia 29.Nov 92 Cyprus 1-4 ROMANIA 14.Apr 93 ROMANIA 2-1 Cyprus 02.Jun 93 Czechoslovakia 5-2 ROMANIA 08.Sep 93 Faroe Islands 0-4 ROMANIA 13.Oct 93 ROMANIA 2-1 Belgium 17.Nov 93 Wales 1-2 ROMANIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ROMANIA 10 7 1 2 29-12 15 2.Belgium 10 7 1 2 16- 5 15 3.Czechoslovakia 10 4 5 1 21- 9 13 4.Wales 10 5 2 3 19-12 12 5.Cyprus 10 2 1 7 8-18 5 6.Faroe Islands 10 0 0 10 1-38 0 ROMANIA qualified for USA 1994.

1998

(UEFA Group 8)
31.Aug 96 ROMANIA 3-0 Lithuania 09.Oct 96 Iceland 0-4 ROMANIA 14.Dec 96 FYR Macedonia 0-3 ROMANIA 29.Mar 97 ROMANIA 8-0 Liechtenstein 02.Apr 97 Lithuania 0-1 ROMANIA 30.Apr 97 ROMANIA 1-0 Rep. of Ireland 20.Aug 97 ROMANIA 4-2 FYR Macedonia 06.Sep 97 Liechtenstein 1-8 ROMANIA 10.Sep 97 ROMANIA 4-0 Iceland 11.Oct 97 Rep. of Ireland 1-1 ROMANIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ROMANIA 10 9 1 0 37- 4 28 2.Rep. of Ireland 10 5 3 2 22- 8 18 3.Lithuania 10 5 2 3 11- 8 17 4.FYR Macedonia 10 4 1 5 22-18 13 5.Iceland 10 2 3 5 11-16 9 6.Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 3-52 0 ROMANIA qualified for France 1998.

2002

(UEFA Group 8)
03.Sep 00 ROMANIA 1-0 Lithuania 07.Oct 00 Italy 3-0 ROMANIA 24.Mar 01 ROMANIA 0-2 Italy 28.Mar 01 Georgia 0-2 ROMANIA 02.Jun 01 ROMANIA 2-0 Hungary 06.Jun 01 Lithuania 1-2 ROMANIA 05.Sep 01 Hungary 0-2 ROMANIA 06.Oct 01 ROMANIA 1-1 Georgia
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Italy 8 6 2 0 16- 3 20 2.ROMANIA 8 5 1 2 10- 7 16 3.Georgia 8 3 1 4 12-12 10 4.Hungary 8 2 2 4 14-13 8 5.Lithuania 8 0 2 6 3-20 2 ROMANIA advanced to UEFA play-offs.
10.Nov 01 Slovenia 2-1 ROMANIA 14.Nov 01 ROMANIA 1-1 Slovenia
ROMANIA failed to qualify for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(UEFA Group 1)
18.Aug 04 ROMANIA 2-1 Finland 04.Sep 04 ROMANIA 2-1 Macedonia FYR 08.Sep 04 Andorra 1-5 ROMANIA 09.Oct 04 Czech Republic 1-0 ROMANIA 17.Nov 04 Armenia 1-1 ROMANIA 26.Mar 05 ROMANIA 0-2 Netherlands 30.Mar 05 Macedonia FYR 1-2 ROMANIA 04.Jun 05 Netherlands 2-0 ROMANIA 08.Jun 05 ROMANIA 3-0 Armenia 17.Aug 05 ROMANIA 2-0 Andorra 03.Sep 05 ROMANIA 2-0 Czech Republic 08.Oct 05 Finland 0-1 ROMANIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Netherlands 12 10 2 0 27- 3 32 2.Czech Republic 12 9 0 3 35-12 27 3.ROMANIA 12 8 1 3 20-10 25 4.Finland 12 5 1 6 21-19 16 5.Macedonia FYR 12 2 3 7 11-24 9 6.Armenia 12 2 1 9 9-25 7 7.Andorra 12 1 2 9 4-34 5
ROMANIA failed to qualify for Germany 2006.


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