Romania national football team
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The Romania men's national football team (Romanian: Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation (Romanian: Federația Română de Fotbal), also known as FRF. They are colloquially known as Tricolorii (The Tricolours).
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| Nickname(s) | Tricolorii (The Tricolours) | |||
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| Association | Federația Română de Fotbal (FRF) | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Head coach | Edward Iordănescu | |||
| Captain | Vlad Chiricheș | |||
| Most caps | Dorinel Munteanu (134) | |||
| Top scorer | Gheorghe Hagi Adrian Mutu (35) | |||
| Home stadium | Various | |||
| FIFA code | ROU | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 47  1 (21 September 2023)[1] | |||
| Highest | 3 (September 1997) | |||
| Lowest | 57 (February 2011, September 2012) | |||
| First international | ||||
.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_(1918–1941).svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of SCS 1–2 Romania  (Belgrade, Kingdom of SCS; 8 June 1922) | ||||
| Biggest win | ||||
.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_(1965–1989).svg.png){kind=small} Romania 9–0 Finland  (Bucharest, Romania; 14 October 1973) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary_(1946-1949%2C_1956-1957%3B_1-2_aspect_ratio).svg.png){kind=small} Hungary 9–0 Romania .svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania_(1948–1952).svg.png){kind=small} (Budapest, Hungary; 6 June 1948) | ||||
| World Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1930) | |||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (1994) | |||
| European Championship | ||||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1984) | |||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2000) | |||
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Romania is one of only four national teams from Europe—the other three being Belgium, France, and Yugoslavia—that took part in the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930. Including that participation, Romania has qualified for seven World Cup editions, the latest in 1998. The national team's finest hour came in 1994, when led by playmaker Gheorghe Hagi it defeated Argentina 3–2 in the round of 16, before being eliminated by Sweden on a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals.
At the European Championships, Romania's best performance was in 2000 when they advanced to the quarter-finals from a group with Germany, Portugal, and England, before falling to eventual runners-up Italy. They also reached the last eight in 1960, 1972 and 1984, and have qualified for a total of five tournaments.