Romania national football team results (1922–39)
The Romania national football team represents Romania in international association football and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation. Between their first match 1922 and 1939, when competitive football stopped for the Second World War, Romania played in 82 matches, resulting in 36 victories, 14 draws, 32 defeats. Throughout this period they played in the Balkan Cup six times between 1931 and 1936 with Romania taking home three titles in 1929–31, 1933 and 1936. Romania also qualified through to three FIFA World Cup's during the 1930s where they got eliminated in the first round in all three attempts with the national team finishing second in their group at the 1930 edition before being eliminated by Czechoslovakia (1934) and Cuba (1938) respectively in the following cups.
Romania national football team results |
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1922
8 June 1922 1922 KAC | Yugoslavia | 1 – 2 | ||
17:00 | Šifer |
(Report) | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
1923
10 June 1923 1923 KAC | Romania | 1 – 2 | ||
Rónnay |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
1 July 1923 Friendly | Romania | 0 – 6 | ||
(Report) | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: |
1924
20 May 1924 Friendly | Austria | 4 – 1 | ||
Kanhäuser Häusler |
(Report) | Attendance: 7,000 Referee: |
27 May 1924 1924 OG | Netherlands | 6 – 0 | ||
Snouck Pijl de Natris |
(Report) | Attendance: 1,840 Referee: |
1925
1926
25 April 1926 Friendly | Romania | 6 – 1 | ||
Guga Kugelbauer Nagy-Csomag Ströck Avar |
(Report) | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: |
7 May 1926 Friendly | Turkey | 1 – 3 | ||
Peykoğlu |
(Report) | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
3 October 1926 1926 KAC | Yugoslavia | 2 – 3 | ||
Percl |
(Report) | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
1927
10 May 1927 1927 KAC | Romania | 0 – 3 | ||
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
1928
15 April 1928 Friendly | Romania | 4 – 2 | ||
Wetzer Uluğ Sepi Nagy-Csomag |
(Report) | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
6 May 1928 1928 KAC | Yugoslavia | 3 – 1 | ||
Sotirović Marjanović |
(Report) | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
1929
21 April 1929 Friendly | Romania | 3 – 0 | ||
Ciolac |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
10 May 1929 1929 KAC | Romania | 2 – 3 | ||
Subășeanu Boros |
(Report) | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
15 September 1929 Friendly | Bulgaria | 2 – 3 | ||
Staykov |
(Report) | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
6 October 1929 1929-31 BlC | Romania | 2 – 1 | ||
Sepi Ciolac |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
1930
4 May 1930 1930 KAC | Yugoslavia | 2 – 1 | ||
Premerl Bonačić |
(Report) | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: |
25 May 1930 1929-31 BlC | Romania | 8 – 1 | ||
Wetzer Vogl Raffinsky Dobay |
(Report) | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
14 July 1930 1930 WC | Romania | 3 – 1 | ||
Deșu Stanciu Kovács |
(Report) | Attendance: 300 Referee: |
21 July 1930 1930 WC | Uruguay | 4 – 0 | ||
Dorado Scarone Anselmo Cea |
(Report) | Attendance: 80,000 Referee: |
1931
10 May 1931 1929-31 BlC | Romania | 5 – 2 | ||
Sepi Bodola Stanciu |
(Report) | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: |
28 June 1931 1929-31 BlC | Yugoslavia | 2 – 4 | ||
Zečević Marjanović |
(Report) | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: |
23 August 1931 Friendly | Poland | 2 – 3 | ||
Nawrot Wypijewski |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
26 August 1931 Friendly | Lithuania | 2 – 4 | ||
Raclauskas Trumpjonas |
(Report) | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: |
20 September 1931 1931-34 CEAC | Romania | 4 – 1 | ||
Stanciu Kocsis Glanzmann |
(Report) | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: |
4 October 1931 1931-34 CEAC | Hungary B | 4 – 0 | ||
Károly Vogl Engelhardt |
(Report) | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
1932
8 May 1932 1931-34 CEAC | Romania | 4 – 1 | ||
Kovács Kocsis Bodola |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
12 June 1932 Friendly | Romania | 6 – 3 | ||
Bodola Wetzer Schwartz |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
26 June 1932 1932 BlC | Bulgaria | 2 – 0 | ||
Peshev |
(Report) | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: |
28 June 1932 1932 BlC | Greece | 0 – 3 | ||
(Report) | Attendance: 2,500 Referee: |
3 July 1932 1932 BlC | Yugoslavia | 3 – 1 | ||
Zečević Živković Vujadinović |
(Report) | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: |
2 October 1932 Friendly | Romania | 0 – 5 | ||
(Report) | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: |
16 October 1932 1931-34 CEAC | Austria B | 0 – 1 | ||
(Report) | Attendance: 4,000 Referee: |
1933
4 June 1933 1933 BlC | Romania | 7 – 0 | ||
Vâlcov Dobay Ciolac |
(Report) | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
8 June 1933 1933 BlC | Romania | 1 – 0 | ||
Dobay |
(Report) | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
11 June 1933 1933 BlC | Romania | 5 – 0 | ||
Bindea Ciolac Bodola Dobay |
(Report) | Attendance: 28,000 Referee: |
24 September 1933 1931-34 CEAC | Romania | 5 – 1 | ||
Sepi Bindea |
(Report) | Attendance: 12,000 Referee: |
29 October 1933 1934 WC q. | Switzerland | 2 – 0 | ||
(Report) | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: | |||
Note: ROU fielded an ineligible player, so FIFA accordingly awarded SWI a 2–0 win for the match |
1934
25 March 1934 1931-34 CEAC | Czechoslovakia B | 2 – 2 | ||
Habelt Kalocsay |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
29 April 1934 1934 WC q. | Romania | 2 – 1 | ||
Schwartz Dobay |
(Report) | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
27 May 1934 1934 WC | Czechoslovakia | 2 – 1 | ||
Puč Nejedlý |
(Report) | Attendance: 8,000 Referee: |
14 October 1934 Friendly | Poland | 3 – 3 | ||
Martyna Urban |
(Report) | Attendance: 6,000 Referee: |
1935
1 January 1935 1934-35 BlC | Romania | 0 – 4 | ||
(Report) | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
17 June 1935 1935 BlC | Romania | 0 – 2 | ||
(Report) | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: |
19 June 1935 1935 BlC | Bulgaria | 4 – 0 | ||
Lozanov Yordanov Peshev Sucitulescu |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: |
24 June 1935 1935 BlC | Greece | 2 – 2 | ||
Choumis |
(Report) | Attendance: 1,000 Referee: |
25 August 1935 Friendly | Germany | 4 – 2 | ||
Rasselnberg Lenz Simetsreiter Hohmann |
(Report) | Attendance: 35,000 Referee: |
1936
10 May 1936 1936 KCC | Romania | 3 – 2 | ||
Bodola |
(Report) | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: |
17 May 1936 1936 BlC | Romania | 5 – 2 | ||
Bodola Schwartz Dobay |
(Report) | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: |
24 May 1936 1936 BlC | Romania | 4 – 1 | ||
Schwartz Ciolac Dobay |
(Report) | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
4 October 1936 Friendly | Romania | 1 – 2 | ||
Bindea |
(Report) | Attendance: 35,000 Referee: |
1937
18 April 1937 1937-38 NC | Romania | 1 – 1 | ||
Bodola |
(Report) | Attendance: 40,000 Referee: |
10 June 1937 Friendly | Romania | 2 – 1 | ||
Barátky |
(Report) | Attendance: 30,000 Referee: |
27 June 1937 Friendly | Romania | 2 – 2 | ||
Barátky |
(Report) | Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
4 July 1937 Friendly | Poland | 2 – 4 | ||
Piontek Matyas |
(Report) | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: |
8 July 1937 Friendly | Lithuania | 0 – 2 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
(Report) | Stadium: Valstybinis Stadionas Attendance: 5000 Referee: |
12 July 1937 Friendly | Latvia | 0 – 0 | Rīga, Latvia | |
(Report) | Stadium: A.S.K. [Armijas Sporta Klubs] Stadions Attendance: 8000 Referee: |
14 July 1937 Friendly | Estonia | 2 – 1 | Tallinn, Estonia | |
Kaljo Siimenson |
(Report) | Stadium: Kadrioru Staadion Attendance: 6000 Referee: |
6 September 1937 King Carol II Cup 1937 | Yugoslavia | 2 – 1 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | |
Vujadinović Lešnik |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadion Beogradski Attendance: 12,000 Referee: |
1938
8 May 1938 Eduard Benes Cup | Romania | 0 – 1 | Bucharest, Romania | |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 35,000 Referee: |
5 June 1938 FIFA World Cup 1938 | Romania | 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) | Toulouse, France | |
Bindea Barátky Dobay |
(Report) | Stadium: Stade du T.O.E.C. Attendance: 6,707 Referee: |
9 June 1938 FIFA World Cup 1938 | Romania | 1 – 2 | Toulouse, France | |
Dobay |
(Report) (Report 2) |
Stadium: Stade du T.O.E.C. Attendance: 7,536 Referee: |
6 September 1938 Eduard Benes Cup 1937-1938 | 1 – 1 | Romania | Beograd, Yugoslavia | |
Petrović |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadion Beogradski Attendance: 8,000 Referee: |
25 September 1938 Friendly | Romania | 1 – 4 | Bucharest, Romania | |
Orza |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 30,000 Referee: |
4 December 1938 Neighbours Cup (Eduard Benes Cup) 1937-1938 | Czechoslovakia | 6 – 2 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | |
Bican Ludl Kopecký |
(Report) | Stadium: Letenský Stadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: |
1939
7 May 1939 King Carol II Cup 1939 | Romania | 1 – 0 | Bucharest, Romania | |
Dobay |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
18 May 1939 Friendly | Romania | 4 – 0 | Bucharest, Romania | |
Bodola Dobay Laumanis |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadionul Venus Attendance: 2,000 Referee: |
24 May 1939 Friendly | Romania | 0 – 2 | Bucharest, Romania | |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 40,000 Referee: |
11 June 1939 Friendly | Romania | 0 – 1 | Bucharest, Romania | |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 28,000 Referee: |
22 October 1939 Friendly | Romania | 1 – 1 | Bucharest, Romania | |
Spielmann |
(Report) | Stadium: Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 25,000 Referee: |
References
All details are sourced to the match reports cited, unless otherwise specified: