This team provided a sense of national pride during a post-communist transition era.

. "Social Impact of the 1994 World Cup Success in Romania" .

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The peak of this era was reaching the quarter-finals in the USA, defeating Argentina and Colombia before losing to Sweden on penalties [3].

"Generația de Aur" (The Golden Generation) refers to the legendary era of Romanian football, primarily spanning the 1990s and early 2000s, peaking around the 1994 FIFA World Cup.