Romania national football team results (1922–1939)
The Romania national football team represents Romania in international association football and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation. Between their first official match in 1922 and 1939, when competitive football stopped for the Second World War, Romania played in 82 matches, resulting in 36 victories, 14 draws and 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 King Alexander's Cup | Yugoslavia ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
17:00 | Šifer ![]() |
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Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
1923
10 June 1923 1923 King Alexander's Cup | Romania ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Rónnay ![]() |
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Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
1 July 1923 Friendly | Romania ![]() | 0 – 6 | ![]() | ![]() |
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Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
1924
20 May 1924 Friendly | Austria ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Kanhäuser ![]() Häusler ![]() |
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Attendance: 7,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 May 1924 1924 Olympic Games | 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 ![]() |
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Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
7 May 1926 Friendly | Turkey ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
Peykoğlu ![]() |
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Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
3 October 1926 1926 King Alexander's Cup | Yugoslavia ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
Percl ![]() |
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Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
1927
10 May 1927 1927 King Alexander's Cup | Romania ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
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Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
1928
15 April 1928 Friendly | Romania ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Wetzer ![]() Uluğ ![]() Sepi ![]() Nagy-Csomag ![]() |
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Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
6 May 1928 1928 King Alexander's Cup | Yugoslavia ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Sotirović ![]() Marjanović ![]() |
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Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
1929
21 April 1929 Friendly | Romania ![]() | 3 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Ciolac ![]() |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
10 May 1929 1929 King Alexander's Cup | Romania ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
Subășeanu ![]() Boros ![]() |
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Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
15 September 1929 Friendly | Bulgaria ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
Staykov ![]() |
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Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
6 October 1929 1929-31 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Sepi ![]() Ciolac ![]() |
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Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
1930
4 May 1930 1930 King Alexander's Cup | Yugoslavia ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Premerl ![]() Bonačić ![]() |
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Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 May 1930 1929-31 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 8 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Wetzer ![]() Vogl ![]() Raffinsky ![]() Dobay ![]() |
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Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
14 July 1930 1930 World Cup group stage | Romania ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Deșu ![]() Stanciu ![]() Kovács ![]() |
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Attendance: 300 Referee: ![]() |
21 July 1930 1930 World Cup group stage | Uruguay ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Dorado ![]() Scarone ![]() Anselmo ![]() Cea ![]() |
(Report) | Attendance: 80,000 Referee: ![]() |
1931
10 May 1931 1929-31 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 5 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Sepi ![]() Bodola ![]() Stanciu ![]() |
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Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
28 June 1931 1929-31 Balkan Cup | Yugoslavia ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() | ![]() |
Zečević ![]() Marjanović ![]() |
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Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
23 August 1931 Friendly | Poland ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
Nawrot ![]() Wypijewski ![]() |
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Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 August 1931 Friendly | Lithuania ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() | ![]() |
Raclauskas ![]() Trumpjonas ![]() |
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Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
20 September 1931 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs | Romania ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Stanciu ![]() Kocsis ![]() Glanzmann ![]() |
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Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 October 1931 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs | Hungary B ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Károly ![]() Vogl ![]() Engelhardt ![]() |
(Report) | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 November 1931 1929-31 Balkan Cup | Greece ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() | ![]() |
Aggelakis ![]() |
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Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
1932
8 May 1932 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs | Romania ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Kovács ![]() Kocsis ![]() Bodola ![]() |
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Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
12 June 1932 Friendly | Romania ![]() | 6 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
Bodola ![]() Wetzer ![]() Schwartz ![]() |
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Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
26 June 1932 1932 Balkan Cup | Bulgaria ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Peshev ![]() |
(Report) | Attendance: 5,000 Referee: ![]() |
28 June 1932 1932 Balkan Cup | Greece ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
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Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
3 July 1932 1932 Balkan Cup | Yugoslavia ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Zečević ![]() Živković ![]() Vujadinović ![]() |
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Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
2 October 1932 Friendly | Romania ![]() | 0 – 5 | ![]() | ![]() |
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Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
16 October 1932 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs | Austria B ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
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Attendance: 4,000 Referee: ![]() |
1933
4 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 7 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Vâlcov ![]() Dobay ![]() Ciolac ![]() |
(Report) | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Dobay ![]() |
(Report) | Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
11 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Bindea ![]() Ciolac ![]() Bodola ![]() Dobay ![]() |
(Report) | Attendance: 28,000 Referee: ![]() |
24 September 1933 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs | Romania ![]() | 5 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Sepi ![]() Bindea ![]() |
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Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 October 1933 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification | 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 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs | Czechoslovakia B ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Habelt ![]() Kalocsay ![]() |
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Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
29 April 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup qualification | Romania ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Schwartz ![]() Dobay ![]() |
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Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 May 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Puč ![]() Nejedlý ![]() |
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Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
14 October 1934 Friendly | Poland ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
Martyna ![]() Urban ![]() |
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Attendance: 6,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 December 1934 1934-35 Balkan Cup | Greece ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Andrianopoulos ![]() Choumis ![]() |
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Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
30 December 1934 1934-35 Balkan Cup | Bulgaria ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
Angelov ![]() |
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Attendance: 2,500 Referee: ![]() |
1935
1 January 1935 1934-35 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 0 – 4 | ![]() | ![]() |
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Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
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Attendance: 3,000 Referee: ![]() |
19 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup | Bulgaria ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
Lozanov ![]() Yordanov ![]() Peshev ![]() Sucitulescu ![]() |
(Report) | Attendance: 10,000 Referee: ![]() |
24 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup | Greece ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Choumis ![]() |
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Attendance: 1,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 August 1935 Friendly | Germany ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Rasselnberg ![]() Lenz ![]() Simetsreiter ![]() Hohmann ![]() |
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Attendance: 35,000 Referee: ![]() |
1936
10 May 1936 1936 King Carol II Cup | Romania ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Bodola ![]() |
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Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
17 May 1936 1936 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 5 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Bodola ![]() Schwartz ![]() Dobay ![]() |
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Attendance: 15,000 Referee: ![]() |
24 May 1936 1936 Balkan Cup | Romania ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Schwartz ![]() Ciolac ![]() Dobay ![]() |
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Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 October 1936 Friendly | Romania ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Bindea ![]() |
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Attendance: 35,000 Referee: ![]() |
1937
18 April 1937 1937-1938 Eduard Benes' Cup | Romania ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Bodola ![]() |
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Attendance: 40,000 Referee: ![]() |
10 June 1937 Friendly | Romania ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
Barátky ![]() |
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Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
27 June 1937 Friendly | Romania ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | ![]() |
Barátky ![]() |
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Attendance: 25,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 July 1937 Friendly | Poland ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() | ![]() |
Piontek ![]() Matyas ![]() |
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Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ![]() |
8 July 1937 Friendly | Lithuania ![]() | 0 – 2 | ![]() | Kaunas, Lithuania |
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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 ![]() |
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Stadium: Kadrioru Staadion Attendance: 6000 Referee: ![]() |
6 September 1937 1937 King Carol II Cup | Yugoslavia ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
Vujadinović ![]() Lešnik ![]() |
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Stadium: Stadion Beogradski Attendance: 12,000 Referee: ![]() |
1938
8 May 1938 1937-1938 Eduard Benes' Cup | Romania ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Bucharest, Romania |
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Stadium: Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 35,000 Referee: ![]() |
5 June 1938 FIFA World Cup 1938 Round of 16 | Romania ![]() | 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() | Toulouse, France |
Bindea ![]() Barátky ![]() Dobay ![]() |
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Stadium: Stade du T.O.E.C. Attendance: 6,707 Referee: ![]() |
9 June 1938 FIFA World Cup 1938 Round of 16 replay | Romania ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Toulouse, France |
Dobay ![]() |
(Report) (Report 2) |
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Stadium: Stade du T.O.E.C. Attendance: 7,536 Referee: ![]() |
6 September 1938 1937-1938 Eduard Benes' Cup | Yugoslavia ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Beograd, Yugoslavia |
Petrović ![]() |
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Stadium: Stadion Beogradski Attendance: 8,000 Referee: ![]() |
25 September 1938 Friendly | Romania ![]() | 1 – 4 | ![]() | Bucharest, Romania |
Orza ![]() |
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Stadium: Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 30,000 Referee: ![]() |
4 December 1938 1937-1938 Eduard Benes' Cup | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 6 – 2 | ![]() | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Bican ![]() Ludl ![]() Kopecký ![]() |
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Stadium: Letenský Stadion Attendance: 13,000 Referee: ![]() |
1939
7 May 1939 1939 King Carol II Cup | 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 |
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Stadium: Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică Attendance: 40,000 Referee: ![]() |
References
All details are sourced to the match reports cited, unless otherwise specified: