Romania at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Romania's results at the FIFA World Cup. Romania 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 best scorer for Romania at the World Cup is Florin Răducioiu, with 4 goals, all scored in 1994.

Record at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA
1930Group stage8th210135
1934Round of 1612th100112
19389th201145
1950Did not enter
1954Did not qualify
1958
1962Withdrew
1966Did not qualify
1970Group stage11th310245
1974Did not qualify
1978
1982
1986
1990Round of 1612th412143
1994Quarter-finals6th5311109
1998Round of 1611th421143
2002Did not qualify
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022To be determined
2026
TotalQuarter-finals7/21218583032
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks

By Match

World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers
1930Group stage Peru3–1WMontevideoA. Deșu, C. Stanciu, N. Kovács
 Uruguay0–4LMontevideo
1934Round of 16 Czechoslovakia1–2LTriesteȘ. Dobay
1938Round of 16 Cuba3–3DToulouseS. Bindea, I. Baratky, Ș. Dobay
 Cuba1–2LToulouseȘ. Dobay
1970Group stage England0–1LGuadalajara
 Czechoslovakia2–1WGuadalajaraA. Neagu, F. Dumitrache
 Brazil2–3LGuadalajaraF. Dumitrache, E. Dembrovschi
1990Group stage Soviet Union2–0WBariM. Lăcătuș (2)
 Cameroon1–2LBariG. Balint
 Argentina1–1DNaplesG. Balint
Round of 16 Republic of Ireland0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 pen.)
DGenoa
1994Group stage Colombia3–1WPasadenaF. Răducioiu (2), G. Hagi
  Switzerland1–4LPontiacG. Hagi
 United States1–0WPasadenaD. Petrescu
Round of 16 Argentina3–2WPasadenaI. Dumitrescu (2), G. Hagi
Quarter-finals Sweden2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 pen.)
DStanfordF. Răducioiu (2)
1998Group stage Colombia1–0WLyonA. Ilie
 England2–1WToulouseV. Moldovan, D. Petrescu
 Tunisia1–1DSaint-DenisV. Moldovan
Round of 16 Croatia0–1LBordeaux

Record by Opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
 Argentina110243
 Brazil001123
 Cameroon001112
 Colombia200241
 Croatia001101
 Cuba011245
 Czechoslovakia101233
 England101222
 Peru100131
 Republic of Ireland010100
 Soviet Union100120
 Sweden010122
  Switzerland001114
 Tunisia010111
 United States100110
 Uruguay001104

Record players

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 Popescu131990, 1994 and 1998
2 Gheorghe Hagi121990, 1994 and 1998
3 Dorinel Munteanu91994 and 1998
Dan Petrescu91994 and 1998
5 Ilie Dumitrescu81990, 1994 and 1998
Ionuţ Lupescu81990 and 1994
7 Florin Răducioiu71990 and 1994
8 Constantin Gâlcă61994 and 1998
Bogdan Stelea61994 and 1998
10 Marius Lăcătuș51990 and 1998
Miodrag Belodedici51994
Daniel Prodan51994

Top goalscorers

No. Name Goals World Cups
1 Florin Răducioiu41994
2 Ștefan Dobay31934 (1) and 1938 (2)
Gheorghe Hagi31994
4 Florea Dumitrache21970
Gavril Balint21990
Marius Lăcătuș21990
Ilie Dumitrescu21994
Dan Petrescu21994 and 1998
Viorel Moldovan21998
10 Eight players1

See also

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