Football World Cup 1938 / Romania

This article covers the Romanian national soccer team at the 1938 World Cup .

qualification

As Egypt withdrew, Romania automatically qualified.

Romanian contingent

Number / name		Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
	Mircea David	Venus Bucharest	October 16, 1914
	Dumitru Pavlovici	Ripensia Timișoara	04/26/1912
	Róbert Szádowsky	AMEF Arad	08/16/1914
Defense
	Rudolf Bürger	Ripensia Timișoara	10/31/1908
	Vasile Chiroiu	Ripensia Timișoara	08/13/1910
	Iacob Felecan	Victoria Cluj	1914
	Lazar Sfera	Venus Bucharest	04/29/1909
midfield
	Andrei Bărbulescu	Venus Bucharest	March 25, 1917
	Gheorghe Brandabura	Juventus Bucharest	02/23/1913
	Vintilă Cossini	Rapid Bucharest	11/21/1913
	Gheorghe Rășinaru	Rapid Bucharest	02/10/1915
	Ladislau Raffinsky	Rapid Bucharest	04/23/1905
attack
	Iuliu Baratky	Rapid Bucharest	05/14/1910
	Silviu Bindea	Ripensia Timișoara	October 24, 1912
	Iuliu Bodola	Venus Bucharest	02/26/1912
	Ion Bogdan	Rapid Bucharest	03/06/1915
	Coloman Braun-Bogdan	Juventus Bucharest	10/13/1905
	Ștefan Dobay	Ripensia Timișoara	09/26/1909
	Ștefan Dobra	Gloria Arad
	Nicolae Kovacs	CAO Oradea	October 29, 1911
	Ioachim Moldoveanu	Rapid Bucharest	1910
	Miklós Nagy	Crișana Oradea
	Iulian Prassler	AMEF Arad	1916
Trainer
	Alexandru Săvulescu

Romanian team games

Round of 16

6,000

Stade Chapou ( Toulouse )

Cuba

Romania

Scarpi ( Italy )

3: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1)

0: 1 Bindea (38.) 1: 1 Socorro (41.) 2: 1 Fernández (61.) 2: 2 Baratky (88.) 2: 3 Bindea (93.) 3: 3 Tuñas (101.)

Replay game:

5,000

Stade Chapou ( Toulouse )

Cuba

Romania

Birlem ( Germany )

2: 1 (0: 1)

0: 1 Dobay (28th) 1: 1 Socorro (51st) 2: 1 Oliveira (53rd)

The 3: 3 and 2: 1 of Cuba against Romania was little expected.