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Romania at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Romania's results at the FIFA World Cup. Romania have participated at 7 of 21 final tournaments of the World Cup. They were one of the few European participants at the inaugural edition held in Uruguay in 1930. The best performance of the team was in 1994 in United States, when Romania reached quarter-finals after defeating Diego Maradona's Argentina. They eventually lost to Sweden after a penalty shoot-out. The last time Romania qualified was in 1998 in France, when they reached the round of 16, losing to Croatia. The team's top scorer at the World Cup is Florin Răducioiu, with 4 goals, all scored in 1994.

Record at the FIFA World Cup edit

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
  1930 Group stage 8th 2 1 0 1 3 5
  1934 Round of 16 12th 1 0 0 1 1 2
  1938 9th 2 0 1 1 4 5
  1950 Did not enter
  1954 Did not qualify
  1958
  1962 Withdrew
  1966 Did not qualify
  1970 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 4 5
  1974 Did not qualify
  1978
  1982
  1986
  1990 Round of 16 12th 4 1 2 1 4 3
  1994 Quarter-finals 6th 5 3 1 1 10 9
  1998 Round of 16 11th 4 2 1 1 4 3
    2002 Did not qualify
  2006
  2010
  2014
  2018
  2022
      2026 To be determined
      2030
  2034
Total Quarter-finals 7/25 21 8 5 8 30 32
*Draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out

By Match edit

World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers
1930 Group 3   Peru 3–1 W Montevideo A. Deșu, C. Stanciu, N. Kovács
  Uruguay 0–4 L Montevideo —
1934 Round of 16   Czechoslovakia 1–2 L Trieste Ș. Dobay
1938 Round of 16   Cuba 3–3 D Toulouse S. Bindea, I. Baratky, Ș. Dobay
  Cuba 1–2 L Toulouse Ș. Dobay
1970 Group 3   England 0–1 L Guadalajara —
  Czechoslovakia 2–1 W Guadalajara A. Neagu, F. Dumitrache
  Brazil 2–3 L Guadalajara F. Dumitrache, E. Dembrovschi
1990 Group B   Soviet Union 2–0 W Bari M. Lăcătuș (2)
  Cameroon 1–2 L Bari G. Balint
  Argentina 1–1 D Naples G. Balint
Round of 16   Republic of Ireland 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 pen.)		 D Genoa —
1994 Group A   Colombia 3–1 W Pasadena F. Răducioiu (2), G. Hagi
   Switzerland 1–4 L Pontiac G. Hagi
  United States 1–0 W Pasadena D. Petrescu
Round of 16   Argentina 3–2 W Pasadena I. Dumitrescu (2), G. Hagi
Quarter-finals   Sweden 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 pen.)		 D Stanford F. Răducioiu (2)
1998 Group G   Colombia 1–0 W Lyon A. Ilie
  England 2–1 W Toulouse V. Moldovan, D. Petrescu
  Tunisia 1–1 D Saint-Denis V. Moldovan
Round of 16   Croatia 0–1 L Bordeaux —

Record by Opponent edit

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
  Argentina 1 1 0 2 4 3
  Brazil 0 0 1 1 2 3
  Cameroon 0 0 1 1 1 2
  Colombia 2 0 0 2 4 1
  Croatia 0 0 1 1 0 1
  Cuba 0 1 1 2 4 5
  Czechoslovakia 1 0 1 2 3 3
  England 1 0 1 2 2 2
  Peru 1 0 0 1 3 1
  Republic of Ireland 0 1 0 1 0 0
  Soviet Union 1 0 0 1 2 0
  Sweden 0 1 0 1 2 2
   Switzerland 0 0 1 1 1 4
  Tunisia 0 1 0 1 1 1
  United States 1 0 0 1 1 0
  Uruguay 0 0 1 1 0 4

Record players edit

Gheorghe Popescu and Gheorghe Hagi, Romania's top World Cup players, were team-mates at Steaua, Barcelona and Galatasaray. They became brother-in-laws when Hagi married Popescu's sister.

No. Name Matches World Cups
1 Gheorghe Popescu 13 1990, 1994 and 1998
2 Gheorghe Hagi 12 1990, 1994 and 1998
3 Dorinel Munteanu 9 1994 and 1998
Dan Petrescu 9 1994 and 1998
5 Ilie Dumitrescu 8 1990, 1994 and 1998
Ionuţ Lupescu 8 1990 and 1994
7 Florin Răducioiu 7 1990 and 1994
8 Constantin Gâlcă 6 1994 and 1998
Bogdan Stelea 6 1994 and 1998
10 Marius Lăcătuș 5 1990 and 1998
Miodrag Belodedici 5 1994
Daniel Prodan 5 1994

Top goalscorers edit

No. Name Goals World Cups
1 Florin Răducioiu 4 1994
2 Ștefan Dobay 3 1934 (1) and 1938 (2)
Gheorghe Hagi 3 1994
4 Florea Dumitrache 2 1970
Gavril Balint 2 1990
Marius Lăcătuș 2 1990
Ilie Dumitrescu 2 1994
Dan Petrescu 2 1994 and 1998
Viorel Moldovan 2 1998
10 Eight players 1

See also edit

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