Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Romania ndeimwe yezvikwata zvina chete zvemunyika kubva kuEurope - mamwe matatu ari Belgium, France, Yugoslavia - iyo yakatora chikamu muFirst FIFA World Cup muna 1930. Kubvira pakuita ikoko, Romania yakazokwanisa kupinda mumakwikwi e1934
, 1938, 1970, 1990, 1994, uye 1998. Richitungamirirwa nomutambi mukuru Gheorghe Hagi, nguva yakanakisisa yechikwata yakauya muna 1994 apo yakasvika kumaquarter-finals. Ivo vakabviswa neSweden pakurova kwechirango mushure mekunge vambokunda Argentina.