Romania at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Romania's results at the FIFA World Cup.

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

Year as	Round	Against	Score	Scorers
1930	Group 3	Peru	3–1	Deşu, Stanciu, Kovács
1930	Group 3	Uruguay	0–4
1934	Round 1	Czechoslovakia	1–2	Dobay
1938	Round 1	Cuba	3–3 aet	Bindea, Baratky, Dobay
1938	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

Countries at the FIFA World Cup

Team appearances Teams with no appearances All-time table

AFC	Australia² China PR Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates

CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia

CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States

CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay

OFC	New Zealand

UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.