Romania at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Romania's results at the FIFA World Cup. Romania participated at 7 of 20 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 at Sweden after penalty shoot-out. The last time Romania qualified was in 1998 in France, when they reached the round of 16, losing at Croatia. The best scorer for Romania at the World Cup is Florin Răducioiu, with 4 goals, all scored in 1994.

Records

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Round 1	8	2	1	0	1	3	5
1934	Round 1	12	1	0	0	1	1	2
1938	Round 1	9	2	0	1	1	4	5
1950	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Round 1	11	3	1	0	2	4	5
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Round 2	12	4	1	2	1	4	3
1994	Quarterfinals	6	5	3	1	1	10	9
1998	Round of 16	11	4	2	1	1	4	3
/ 2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	7/20		21	8	5	8	30	32

By match

Year as	Round	Against	Score	Scorers
1930	Group 3	Peru	3–1	Deşu, Stanciu, Kovács
	Group 3	Uruguay	0–4
1934	Round 1	Czechoslovakia	1–2	Dobay
1938	Round 1	Cuba	3–3 aet	Bindea, Baratky, Dobay
	Round 1 (replay)	Cuba	1–2	Dobay
1970	Group 3	England	0–1
	Group 3	Czechoslovakia	2–1	Neagu, Dumitrache
	Group 3	Brazil	2–3	Dumitrache, Dembrovschi
1990	Group B	Soviet Union	2–0	Lăcătuş (2)
	Group B	Cameroon	1–2	Balint
	Group B	Argentina	1–1	Balint
	Round of 16	Republic of Ireland	0–0 aet, 4–5 (p)
1994	Group A	Colombia	3–1	Răducioiu (2), Hagi
	Group A	Switzerland	1–4	Hagi
	Group A	United States	1–0	Petrescu
	Round of 16	Argentina	3–2	Dumitrescu (2), Hagi
	Quarter-Final	Sweden	2–2 aet, 4–5 (p)	Răducioiu (2)
1998	Group G	Colombia	1–0	Ilie
	Group G	England	2–1	Moldovan, Petrescu
	Group G	Tunisia	1–1	Moldovan
	Round of 16	Croatia	0–1

References

See also