Romanian national football team

This article is about the Romanian men's national football team . For the women's team, see Romanian National Women's Football Team .

Romania
România

Nickname (s)	Tricolorii (The Tricolor , according to the flag of the country)
Association	Federația Română de Fotbal
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Joma
Head coach	Mirel Rădoi (since 2019)
Assistant coach	Ionel Gane Adrian Mihalcea
captain	Vlad Chiricheș
Record scorer	Gheorghe Hagi , Adrian Mutu (35)
Record player	Dorinel Munteanu (134)
Home stadium	Arena Națională , Bucharest
FIFA code	ROU
FIFA rank	37th (1475 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
705 games 314 wins 181 draws 210 defeats
statistics
First international match Yugoslavia 1: 2 Romania ( Belgrade , Yugoslavia (today: Serbia ); June 8, 1922 )
Biggest win Romania 9-0 Finland ( Bucharest , Romania ; October 14, 1973 )
Biggest defeat Hungary 9-0 Romania ( Budapest , Hungary ; June 6, 1948 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	7 ( first : 1930 )
Best results	Quarterfinals 1994
European Championship
Participation in the finals	5 ( first : 1984 )
Best results	Quarterfinals 2000
(As of November 18, 2019)

The Romanian national soccer team was temporarily considered one of the strongest teams in Europe in the 1990s. Although Romania had already participated in the first three world championships (1930, 1934, 1938), it was not until the 1990s that it caused an international stir. In particular, Romania's footballer of the century Gheorghe Hagi was responsible for the increase in the national team's performance. With him as a playmaker, she was able to qualify three times in a row for the World Cup (1990, 1994, 1998) and twice for the European Championship (1996, 2000). At the 1994 World Cup, the Romanians made it to the quarter-finals by defeating Argentina . There, however, the team had to admit defeat against Sweden on penalties.

history

Beginnings until 1938

The Romanian Football Association was founded in 1909, but FIFA did not join until 1923. The year before, on June 8, 1922, there was the first official international match. In Belgrade, Yugoslavia was beaten 2-1. In 1924 a Romanian selection took part in the Olympic Games in Paris, which were eliminated in the round of 16 against the Netherlands.

Romania took part in the first three football world championships in 1930, 1934 and 1938, but were always eliminated in the first round. In 1930 Romania finished second in the group. The decisive group game was lost against eventual world champions Uruguay. In 1934 they were defeated by the later vice world champions Czechoslovakia in the round of 16 with 1: 2. Four years later, Romania lost to Cuba in the second round in a replay after the first game after extra time was a draw.

1952-1990

After the Second World War, a Romanian selection took part in the Olympic Games in Finland in 1952 , but were eliminated in the first round against Hungary. After that, Romania could only rarely qualify for the major football tournaments. At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo they reached the quarter-finals. At the 1970 World Championships Romania lost to reigning world champions England 0: 1 and the eventual world champions of this tournament, Brazil, 2: 3. In 1984 Romania qualified for the European Championship for the first time . In France, however, they were eliminated as the bottom of the group.

The Romanian heyday 1990-2000

During the 1990s, the Romanian national team around Gheorghe Hagi had its international breakthrough. In addition to him, important players such as Gheorghe Popescu , Dan Petrescu , Dorinel Munteanu and Ilie Dumitrescu shaped the team. Right at the beginning of the decade, Emerich Jenei played at the World Cup in Italy, where Ireland had to admit defeat on penalties in the round of 16. After a short low and failure in the following European Championship qualification, they returned to the international stage under Anghel Iordănescu . At the 1994 World Cup in the United States, the eleven of the 45-year-old coach got into a frenzy and made it to the quarter-finals. The round of 16 against Argentina caused a sensation. In a brilliant game, the Romanians prevailed against the reigning vice world champion 3-2 in a game that would then be crowned the best of the tournament. In the following game against Sweden you had to accept the equalizer towards the end of extra time due to a goalkeeping error by Florin Prunea . After a miss by Miodrag Belodedici in the following penalty shootout, the course of the Iordănescu-Elf ended in the USA in the quarter-finals.

The subsequent European Championship in England was reached, but the team around Gheorghe Hagi completely disappointed and was eliminated as the bottom of the group with 0 points. Two years later, the team presented itself much better at the World Cup in France and reached the round of 16, in which they were eliminated 0: 1 against an up-and-coming Croatian team. The aging golden generation was able to celebrate a successful conclusion at the following EM 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands.

After Victor Pițurcă led the team to the European Championship, he had to pack his bags due to a dispute with superstar Gheorghe Hagi. In his place, Emerich Jenei was called up again, who was able to leave both England and Germany behind with his team and thus only failed in the quarter-finals against later European champions Italy with 0-2.

Since 2000

Romanian national team 2014

In the period that followed, the Romanian team was unable to build on these successes: in qualifying for the European Championship in 2004, despite outstanding players like Cristian Chivu and Adrian Mutu, they narrowly failed to Norway and Denmark; Romania could also not qualify for the 2006 World Cup finals. In 2008, the team was able to confidently win the group in the European Championship qualification, but then failed in the preliminary round of the tournament. For the 2010 and 2014 World Cup finals, the qualification was again missed. Qualification for the 2016 European Championship was successful, but the team failed in the preliminary round. After that, Christoph Daum was the trainer until 2017 , after Josef Uridil (1934) the first trainer from abroad.

Romania's participation in the World Cup (seven times)

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year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments, peculiarities and results
1930	Uruguay	Preliminary round	Peru , Uruguay	8th.	Costel Rădulescu	The journey was financed by the king , they traveled together with the Belgians and French on the Conte Verde . Peru was defeated 3: 1 (0: 1). After the defeat against Uruguay with 0: 4 (0: 4) they were eliminated as second in the group.
1934	Italy	Round of 16	Czechoslovakia	12.	Josef Uridil	The World Cup, which was held in the knockout system , started in the round of 16, where they lost 1: 2 (1: 0) to the later vice world champion.
1938	France	Round of 16	Cuba	9.	Alexandru Săvulescu	As four years before, the World Cup was held in the knockout system, the round of 16 again corresponded to the first round. After the 3: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 1) in the first encounter, a defeat with 1: 2 (1: 0) followed in the replay.
1950	Brazil	not participated
1954	Switzerland	not qualified				In qualifying at the Czechoslovakia failed
1958	Sweden	not qualified				Failed in the qualification to Yugoslavia
1962	Chile	withdrawn				Did not run for the qualifiers against Italy .
1966	England	not qualified				In the qualification of Portugal failed
1970	Mexico	Preliminary round	England , Czechoslovakia , Brazil	10.	Angelo Niculescu	The games against the reigning and the future world champions were lost by only one goal difference, against Czechoslovakia won 2: 1.
1974	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification of the GDR failed
1978	Argentina	not qualified				In the qualification of Spain failed
1982	Spain	not qualified				In qualifying at Hungary and England failed
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of England and Northern Ireland failed
1990	Italy	Round of 16	Ireland	12.	Emerich Jenei	0: 0 a.d., 4: 5 on penalties
1994	United States	Quarter finals	Sweden	6th	Anghel Iordănescu	2: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 5 on penalties
1998	France	Round of 16	Croatia	11.	Anghel Iordănescu	0: 1 (0: 1)
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the qualifying play-offs to Slovenia failed
2006	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification to the Netherlands and the Czech Republic failed
2010	South Africa	not qualified				In the qualification of Serbia and France failed
2014	Brazil	not qualified				In the qualifying play-offs in Greece failed
2018	Russia	not qualified				In the qualification of Denmark and Poland failed
2022	Qatar

Romania's participation in the European Football Championship (five times)

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Romania took part in all European championships, but reached the final round only five times, one each for eight and 24 and three times for 16 participants.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1960	France	not qualified			In the quarter-finals to eventual third Czechoslovakia failed.
1964	Spain	not qualified			Failed in the preliminary round at later European champions Spain .
1968	Italy	not qualified			In qualifying at eventual champions Italy failed.
1972	Belgium	not qualified			In the quarter-finals after the play-off in Belgrade, the later fourth Hungary failed.
1976	Yugoslavia	not qualified			In the qualification of Spain failed, but that also did not reach the final round.
1980	Italy	not qualified			In the qualification again Spain failed.
1984	France	Preliminary round	Germany , Portugal , Spain	-	After a draw against Spain and defeats against defending champions Germany and Portugal, they were eliminated as bottom group.
1988	BR Germany	not qualified			In the qualification again Spain failed.
1992	Sweden	not qualified			In the qualification of Scotland failed.
1996	England	Preliminary round	Bulgaria , France , Spain	-	Eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group
2000	Netherlands and Belgium	Quarter finals	Italy	0-2
2004	Portugal	not qualified			In the qualification of Denmark failed.
2008	Austria and Switzerland	Preliminary round	France , Italy , Netherlands	-	After a draw against the finalists of the 2006 World Cup and a defeat against the Netherlands, they were eliminated in third place in the group.
2012	Poland and Ukraine	not qualified			In the qualification of France and Bosnia / Herzegovina failed.
2016	France	Preliminary round	France , Switzerland , Albania		Eliminated as last group.
2021	Europe				Romania have to go to the playoffs against Iceland

Participation in the Summer Olympics for amateur teams (three times)

1908 in London	did not participate, the association was only founded in 1909
1912 in Stockholm	did not take part, the association was only admitted to FIFA in 1923
1920 in Antwerp	did not take part, the association was only admitted to FIFA in 1923
1924 in Paris	Round of 16
1928 in Amsterdam	not participated
1936 in Berlin	not participated
1948 in London	not participated
1952 in Helsinki	qualification
1956 in Melbourne	not participated
1960 in Rome	not qualified
1964 in Tokyo	Quarter finals
1968 in Mexico City	not qualified
1972 in Munich	not qualified
1976 in Montreal	not qualified
1980 in Moscow	not qualified

Squad

Extended squad

Surname	society	league	Date of birth	International matches	Länderspiel- gates	debut	Last use
goalkeeper
Florin Niță	Sparta Prague	HET league	03rd July 1987	2	0	0Nov 9, 2017	24 Mar 2018
Ciprian Tătărușanu	Olympique Lyon	Ligue 1	0Feb 9, 1986	68	0	Nov 17, 2010	Nov 18, 2019
Defense
Nicuşor Bancu	CS Universitatea Craiova	League 1	Sep 18 1992	13	0	Oct 18, 2017	Nov 15, 2019
Romario Benzar	US Lecce	Series A	26th Mar 1992	19th	0	04th Sep 2016	19 Nov 2019
Vlad Chiricheș	US Sassuolo Calcio	Series A	Nov 14, 1989	58	0	Aug 10, 2011	Oct 12, 2019
DragoșGrigore	Ludogorez Razgrad	A group	0Sep 7 1986	37	0	0Feb 9, 2011	05th Sep 2019
Vasile Mogoș	US Cremonese	Series B	Oct 31, 1992	1	0	Nov 15, 2019
Cosmin Moți	Ludogorez Razgrad	A group	0Dec 3, 1984	15th	0	0Feb 6, 2008	26th Mar 2019
Ionuţ Nedelcearu	FK Ufa	Premjer League	Apr 25, 1996	9	0	27 Mar 2018	Nov 18, 2019
Adrian Rus	MOL Fehérvár FC	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	18 Mar 1996	5	0	08 Sep 2019	Nov 18, 2019
Cristian Săpunaru	Kayserispor	Super Lig	0Apr 5, 1984	36	0	May 31, 2008	June 10, 2019
Florin Ștefan	Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe	League 1	0May 9, 1996	1	0	08 Sep 2019
Alin Toșca	Gaziantep FK	Super Lig	14 Mar 1992	18th	0	23 Mar 2016	Nov 18, 2019
midfield
Paul Anton	Krylya Sovetov Samara	Premjer League	May 10, 1991	11	0	24 Mar 2018	Oct 15, 2019
Tudor Băluță	ADO The Hague	Eredivisie	27 Mar 1999	7th	0	May 31, 2018	Nov 18, 2019
Mihai Bordeianu	CFR Cluj	League 1	Nov 18, 1991	2	0	08 Sep 2019	Oct 15, 2019
Alexandru Chipciu	RSC Anderlecht	Jupiler Pro League	May 18, 1989	47	6th	Aug 10, 2011	08 Sep 2019
Alexandru Cicâldău	CS Universitatea Craiova	League 1	0July 8, 1997	6th	0	24 Mar 2018	Nov 18, 2019
Ciprian Deac	CFR Cluj	League 1	Feb 16, 1986	23	4th	03rd Mar 2010	Nov 15, 2019
Ianis Hagi	KRC Genk	Jupiler Pro League	Oct 22, 1998	10	0	Nov 17, 2018	Nov 18, 2019
Razvan Marin	Ajax Amsterdam	Eredivisie	May 23, 1996	21st	1	0Oct 8, 2016	Nov 18, 2019
Dan Nistor	Dinamo Bucharest	League 1	0May 6, 1988	4th	0	Nov 14, 2012	19 Nov 2019
Nicolae Stanciu	Slavia Prague	HET league	0May 7, 1993	37	10	23 Mar 2016	19 Nov 2019
attack
Denis Alibec	Astra Giurgiu	League 1	0Jan. 5, 1991	10	1	Oct 11, 2015	Nov 15, 2019
Florin Andone	Galatasaray Istanbul	Super Lig	Apr 11, 1993	25th	2	June 13, 2015	Oct 15, 2019
Florinel Coman	FCSB Bucharest	League 1	Apr 11, 1993	3	0	Oct 12, 2019	19 Nov 2019
Gheorghe Grozav	FC Kisvárda	Nemzeti Bajnokság	29 Sep 1990	30th	5	May 30, 2012	08 Sep 2019
Andrei Ivan	Rapid Vienna	Bundesliga	0Jan. 4, 1997	7th	0	Nov 17, 2015	23 Mar 2019
Claudiu Keşerü	Ludogorez Razgrad	A group	0Apr 8, 1996	37	13	Oct 11, 2013	Nov 15, 2019
Alexandru Mitriță	New York City FC	Major League Soccer	0Feb 8, 1995	11	2	24 Mar 2018	19 Nov 2019
George Puşcaş	Reading FC	Football League Championship	0Apr 8, 1996	14th	6th	May 31, 2018	19 Nov 2019
Dorin Rotariu	FK Astana	Premjer League	July 29, 1995	10	1	0Oct 8, 2016	June 23, 2019

Source: eu-football.info

Trainer

• Emerich Vogl (1949–1963)
• Gheorghe Popescu (1952–1953, 1955–1958, 1961, 1962)
• Ștefan Kovács (1976–1980)

The national coaches from 1981:

• Mircea Lucescu (1981-1986)
• Emerich Jenei (1986–1990)
• Gheorghe Constantin (1990)
• Mircea Rădulescu (1990-1992)
• Cornel Dinu (1992-1993)
• Anghel Iordănescu (1993–1998)
• Victor Pițurcă (1998–1999)
• Emerich Jenei (2000)
• László Bölöni (2000-2001)
• Gheorghe Hagi (2001-2002)
• Anghel Iordănescu (2002-2004)
• Victor Pițurcă (2004-2009)
• Răzvan Lucescu (2009-2011)
• Victor Pițurcă (2011-2014)
• Anghel Iordănescu (2014-2016)
• Christoph Daum (2016-2017)
• Cosmin Contra (2017-2019)
• Mirel Rădoi (2019–)

Record player

As of November 18, 2019

rank	Surname	Calls	Gates	position	Period	World Cup games	EM games	Record international player
01.	Dorinel Munteanu	134	16	midfield	1991-2007	9	7th	since September 2, 2005
02.	Gheorghe Hagi	124	35	midfield	1983-2000	12	8th	March 29, 1997 to September 2, 2005
03.	Gheorghe Popescu	115	16	Defense / midfield	1988-2003	13	6th
04th	Răzvan Raț	113	2	Defense	2002-2016	0	5
05.	László Bölöni	102 (101)	23	midfield	1975-1988	0	3	May 1, 1985 to March 29, 1997
06th	Dan Petrescu	95	12	Defense	1989-2000	9	6th
07th	Bogdan Stelea	91	0	goal	1988-2005	6th	6th
08th.	Michael Klein †	89	5	Defense	1981-1991	4th	3
09.	Bogdan Lobonț	86	0	goal	1998-2018	0	3
10.	Marius Lăcătuș	83	13	attack	1984-1998	5	2
	Mircea Rednic	83	2	Defense	1981-1991	4th	3
Remarks: ↑ Number according to FIFA in brackets ↑ Also a game on January 22nd, 1984 against Ecuador, which is not counted by the Romanian federation, but by eu-football.info ↑ eu-football.info counts five other games in addition to the game against Ecuador, including four qualifying games for the 1976 Olympic Games ↑ Also a game on January 22nd, 1984 against Ecuador, which is not counted by the Romanian federation, but by eu-football.info ↑ Also a game on January 22nd, 1984 against Ecuador, which is not counted by the Romanian federation, but by eu-football.info

Record goal scorers

Gheorghe Hagi has been the record goal scorer since September 10, 1997, when he beat Iuliu Bodola's pre-war record with his 31st goal and then increased it to 35 goals. On March 22, 2013 Adrian Mutu set Hagi's record in the 2-2 World Cup qualifier against Hungary. The best current goalscorer is Claudiu Keşerü with thirteen international goals.

rank	Surname	Gates	Calls	Quota	Period	World Cup goals	EM goals
01.	Gheorghe Hagi	35	124	0.28	1983-2000	3	0
0	Adrian Mutu	35	77	0.45	2000-2013		1
03.	Iuliu Bodola †	30th	48	0.65	1931-1939	0
04th	Viorel Moldovan	25th	70	0.36	1993-2005	2	1
	Ciprian Marica	25th	72	0.35	2003-2014
06th	László Bölöni	23	102	0.41	1949-1955
07th	Rodion Cămătaru	21st	73	0.29	1978-1990		0
	Dudu Georgescu	21st	40	0.53	1973-1984
	Anghel Iordănescu	21st	57	0.37	1971-1981
0	Florin Răducioiu	21st	40	0.53	1990-1996	4th	1
Remarks: ↑ Also a game on January 22nd, 1984 against Ecuador, which is not counted by the Romanian federation, but by eu-football.info ↑ In addition, four goals for Hungary ^ In addition, 13 games for Hungary between 1940 and 1948 ↑ Also 1 goal in a qualifying game for the Olympic Games and 1 goal in the game against Ecuador. ↑ eu-football.info counts five other games in addition to the game against Ecuador, including four qualifying games for the 1976 Olympic Games ↑ Also 1 goal in the game against Ecuador. ↑ eu-football.info counts in addition to the game against Ecuador another game against Hungary on January 11, 1980 in Bogotá ↑ eu-football.info also counts four qualifying games for the 1976 Olympic Games ↑ eu-football.info also counts one goal in qualifying games for the 1972 Olympic Games and four goals in qualifying games for the 1976 Olympic Games ↑ eu-football.info also counts seven qualifying games for the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games

Other well-known players

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Ioan Andone Ilie Balaci Gavril Balint Miodrag Belodedici Ion Bogdan Cristian Chivu Gheorghe Ciolac Dan Coe Cosmin Contra Augustin Deleanu Cornel Dinu Ilie Dumitrescu

Iulian Filipescu Constantin Gâlcă Ionel Gane Tiberiu Ghioane Adrian Ilie Ion Ionescu Mircea Lucescu Ioan Lupescu Bazil Marian Dorin Mateuț Viorel Nastase Marius Niculae

Ion Nunweiller Radu Nunweiller Titus ozone Basarab Panduru Ion Pârcălab Iosif Pechovski Marcel Răducanu Ștefan Sameș Alexander Szatmari Ion Timofte Nicolae Ungureanu

International matches

→ Main article : List of the international matches of the Romanian national football team

Current international matches

All games of the last twelve months and all scheduled matches are listed. The results are mentioned from a Romanian point of view.

date	Venue	opponent	Result	Type of game
0June 7, 2019	Oslo ( NOR )	Norway	2: 2 (0: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification
June 10, 2019	Attard ( MLT )	Malta	4: 0 (3: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification
05th Sep 2019	Bucharest	Spain	1: 2 (0: 1)	Euro 2020 qualification
08 Sep 2019	Ploieşti	Malta	1: 0 (0: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification
Oct 12, 2019	Tórshavn ( FRO )	Faroe Islands	3: 0 (0: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification
Oct 15, 2019	Bucharest	Norway	1: 1 (0: 0)	Euro 2020 qualification
Nov 15, 2019	Bucharest	Sweden	0: 2 (0: 2)	Euro 2020 qualification
Nov 18, 2019	Madrid ( ESP )	Spain	0: 5 (0: 4)	Euro 2020 qualification

International match records

Romania has the following results in official games against other national teams (at least 10 games; as of November 18, 2019):

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Goal difference	Important encounters
Albania	17th	11	03	03	041:10	+31	World Cup qualification 1974; European Championship qualification 1988, 2008, 2012, European Championship preliminary round 2016
Belgium	12	05	02	05	014:16	- 02nd	World Cup qualification 1994
Bulgaria	33	18th	06th	09	070:49	+21	World Cup qualification 1954, 1990; European Championship qualification 1992, 2008, European Championship preliminary round 1996
Denmark	11	04th	04th	03	018:15	+ 03	World Cup qualification 1990, 2018; European Championship qualification 1976, 2004
GDR	16	05	03	08th	023:29	- 06	World Cup qualification 1974
Germany	13	02	03	08th	018:38	−20	European Championship preliminary round 1984, 2000
England	11	03	06th	02	010:10	± 00	World Cup qualification 1982, 1986, World Cup preliminary round 1970, 1998; Euro 2000 preliminary round
Finland	11	08th	03	00	028: 04	+24	World Cup qualification 1974, 1986, 2006; European Championship qualification 1972, 2016
France	16	03	05	08th	016:21	- 05th	World Cup qualification 2010; European Championship qualification 1996, 2012, European Championship preliminary round 1996, 2008, 2016
Greece	34	18th	10	06th	070:35	+35	World Cup qualification 1958, 1970, 1990, 2014; European Championship qualification 2016
Israel	21st	11	05	05	031:20	+11	European Championship qualification 1996
Italy	17th	02	05	10	014:28	−14	World Cup qualification 2002; European Championship qualification 1968, 1984, European Championship quarterfinals 2000, European Championship preliminary round 2008
Yugoslavia	39	16	05	18th	058:65	- 07th	World Cup qualification in 1934, 1958, 1978; European Championship qualification 1980
Lithuania	13	12	00	01	024: 07	+17	World Cup qualification 1998, 2002, 2010; UEFA Nations League 2018/19
Netherlands	14th	01	03	10	003:29	−26	Round of 16 of the 1924 Olympic Games; World Cup qualification 2006, 2014; European Championship qualification 2008, European Championship preliminary round 2008
Norway	13	04th	07th	02	014:10	+ 04	World Cup qualification 1982; European Championship qualification 2004.2020
Poland	36	14th	15th	07th	056:57	- 01	European Championship qualification 1996; World Cup qualification 2018
Portugal	11	04th	02	05	009:11	- 02nd	World Cup qualification 1966, 1970; European Championship qualification 2000, European Championship preliminary round 1984, 2000
Sweden	11	03	03	05	012:22	-10	European Championship qualification 1984, 2020
Switzerland	13	05	04th	04th	016:20	- 04th	World Cup qualification 1934, 1970, 1982, World Cup preliminary round 1994; European Championship qualification 1968, 1992, European Championship preliminary round 2016
Slovakia	11	05	05	01	020:12	+ 08	European Championship qualification 1996, 2000
Spain	18th	05	06th	07th	019:28	- 09	World Cup qualification 1978; European Championship qualification 1964, 1976, 1980, 1988, 2020, European Championship preliminary round 1984, 1996
Czechoslovakia	29	06th	07th	16	033:62	−29	World Cup qualification 1954, 1966, 1994, World Cup preliminary round 1970, World Cup round of 16 1934; European Championship qualification 1972, 1984, European Championship quarter-finals 1960
Turkey	26th	14th	07th	05	049:24	+25	World Cup qualification 1966, 1986, 2014; European Championship qualification 1960
Hungary	24	05	08th	11	026:48	−22	World Cup qualification 1982, 2002, 2014; European Championship quarter-finals 1972; European Championship qualification 2000, 2016; Olympic preliminary round 1952
Cyprus	13	09	03	01	034:11	+23	World Cup qualification 1994; European Championship qualification 1968, 1980, 1984

Legend:

• green background = positive balance sheet (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
• yellow background = balance balanced
• red background = negative balance (number of defeats higher than that of victories)

Notes on the table:

1. ↑ If a game ends after regular playing time or overtime, it will be scored with the corresponding result. Games decided in the penalty shoot-out count in the following with the score before the start of the penalty shoot-out.

Games against national soccer teams from German-speaking countries

The results are always given from a Romanian perspective.

No.	date	Result		venue	occasion
Games against Germany
1	Aug 25, 1935	2: 4	A.	Erfurt
2	25 Sep 1938	1: 4	H	Bucharest
3	July 14, 1940	3: 9	A.	Frankfurt am Main
4th	0June 1, 1941	1: 4	H	Bucharest
5	Aug 16, 1942	0: 7	A.	Bytom
6th	0June 1, 1966	0: 1	A.	Ludwigshafen am Rhein
7th	Nov 22, 1967	1-0	H	Bucharest
8th	0Apr 8, 1970	1: 1	A.	Stuttgart
9	17th June 1984	1: 2	*	Lens ( France )	EM preliminary round
10	05th Sep 1998	1: 1	*	Valletta ( Malta )
11	June 12, 2000	1: 1	*	Liege ( Belgium )	EM preliminary round
12	Apr 28, 2004	5: 1	H	Bucharest
13	Sep 12 2007	1: 3	A.	Cologne
Games against the GDR
1	Oct 26, 1952	3: 1	H	Bucharest
2	0May 8, 1954	1-0	A.	East Berlin
3	Sep 18 1955	2: 3	H	Bucharest
4th	Sep 14 1958	2: 3	A.	Leipzig
5	Oct 14, 1962	2: 3	A.	Dresden
6th	May 12, 1963	3: 2	H	Bucharest
7th	21 Sep 1966	0: 2	A.	Gera
8th	May 27, 1973	1-0	H	Bucharest	World Cup qualification
9	26 Sep 1973	0: 2	A.	Leipzig	World Cup qualification
10	Apr 27, 1977	1: 1	H	Bucharest
11	0June 1, 1979	0: 1	A.	East Berlin
12	Apr. 27, 1980	2: 2	H	Bucharest
13	Nov. 17, 1982	1: 4	A.	Karl Marx City
14th	Aug 24, 1983	1-0	H	Bucharest
15th	29 Aug 1984	1: 2	A.	Gera
16	30th Mar 1988	3: 3	A.	Halle (Saale)
Games against Liechtenstein
1	29 Mar 1997	8-0	H	Bucharest	World Cup qualification
2	06 Sep 1997	8: 1	A.	Ash trees	World Cup qualification
3	0Sep 2 1998	7-0	H	Bucharest	European Championship qualification
4th	0Oct 9, 1999	3-0	A.	Vaduz	European Championship qualification
Games against Austria
1	May 20, 1924	1: 4	A.	Vienna
2	0May 8, 1932	4: 1	H	Bucharest
3	Oct 16, 1932	1-0	A.	Linz
4th	0May 1, 1968	1: 1	A.	Linz
5	03rd Sep 1972	1: 1	H	Craiova
6th	Sep 10 1986	4-0	H	Bucharest	European Championship qualification
7th	Nov 18, 1987	0-0	A.	Vienna	European Championship qualification
8th	0Apr 1, 2009	1: 2	A.	Klagenfurt	World Cup qualification
9	0Sep 9 2009	1: 1	H	Bucharest	World Cup qualification
10	05th June 2012	0-0	A.	innsbruck
Games against Switzerland
1	Oct. 29, 1933	2: 2 a	A.	Bern	World Cup qualification
2	0Nov 2, 1966	4: 2	H	Bucharest	European Championship qualification
3	May 24, 1967	1: 7	A.	Zurich	European Championship qualification
4th	Nov 23, 1968	2-0	H	Bucharest	World Cup qualification
5	May 14, 1969	1-0	A.	Lausanne	World Cup qualification
6th	Oct 10, 1981	1: 2	H	Bucharest	World Cup qualification
7th	Nov 11, 1981	0-0	A.	Bern	World Cup qualification
8th	0Apr 3, 1990	1: 2	A.	Lucerne
9	0Apr 3, 1991	0-0	A.	Neuchâtel	European Championship qualification
10	Nov 13, 1991	1-0	H	Bucharest	European Championship qualification
11	June 22, 1994	1: 4	*	Detroit ( United States )	World Cup preliminary round
12	May 30, 2012	1-0	A.	Lucerne
13	June 15, 2016	1: 1	*	Paris ( France )	EM preliminary round

^aGame was rated 0: 2 due to the use of a player who was not eligible to play ( Iuliu Baratky ).

See also

• Romanian national football team (U-17 youth)
• Romanian national football team (U-20 men)
• Romanian national football team (U-21 men)

Web links

Commons : Romanian national soccer team  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Romanian Association (Romanian)
• Romania - Record International Players (English)
• PLAYERS for Romania (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Yugoslavia - Romania 1: 2
3. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
4. ↑ Romania national football team statistics and records ( English ) eu-football.info. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
5. ↑ http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/nationala/steaua-si-pe-banca-de-ce-ros-albastrii-confisca-banca-nationalei-in-ultimii-35-de-ani-436765.html
6. ↑ The SvFF also counts a 2-0 victory for Sweden on February 9, 1997 in Bangkok . [1]