1997 Cupa României final

1997 Cupa României Final
Event1996–97 Cupa României
Date4 June 1997
VenueStadionul Naţional, Bucharest
Man of the Match Sabin Ilie
RefereeSorin Corpodean (Romania)
Attendance25,000

The 1997 Cupa României Final was the 59th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 4 June 1997 and was contested between Divizia A sides Steaua București and Naţional București. The cup was won by Steaua.

Route to the final

CSA Steaua București

Round of 32 FC Oneşti 0–2 Steaua București
Round of 16 Steaua București 5–0 Midia Năvodari
Quarter-finals Steaua București 3–2 (a.e.t) Petrolul Ploieşti
Semi-finals Steaua București 2–1 Universitatea Craiova

FC Naţional București

Round of 32 ASA Târgu Mureş 1–3 Naţional București
Round of 16 Naţional București 1–0 (a.e.t) Inter Sibiu
Quarter-finals Naţional București 3–1 U Cluj
Semi-finals Naţional București 2–1 Dinamo București

Match details [1]

Steaua București4–2Naţional București
Ilie 2', 5', 30' (pen.)
Ciocoiu 86'
Report Dună 10'
Petre 89'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
Steaua București
Naţional București
STEAUA BUCUREŞTI:
GK 12 Bogdan Stelea
RWB 2 Laurenţiu Reghecampf
CD 4 Adrian Matei
CD 6 Valeriu Răchită
CD 11 Marius Baciu
LWB 3 Iulian Miu
RM 10 Dennis Şerban  75'
CM 5 Iosif Rotariu
LM 8 Damian Militaru
FW 7 Marius Lăcătuş (c)  80'
FW 9 Sabin Ilie  84'
Substitutes:
MF 15 Cătălin Munteanu  84'
MF 14 Laurenţiu Roşu  75'
FW 16 Cristian Ciocoiu  80'
Manager:
Dumitru Dumitriu
NAŢIONAL BUCUREŞTI:
GK 1 Răzvan Lucescu
DF 2 Dorel Zegrean  60'
DF 3 Liviu Ciobotariu
DF 5 Cătălin Necula
DF 4 Ion Sburlea
DF 7 Petre Marin
MF 6 Adrian Pigulea  46'
MF 8 Dănuţ Moisescu  67'
MF 10 Cristian Vasc
FW 11 Marin Dună (c)
FW 9 Radu Niculescu
Substitutes:
MF 16 Cătălin Liță  46'
MF 14 Tinel Petre  60'
FW 15 Cristian Albeanu  67'
Manager:
Florin Halagian

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Vasile Avram
    • Ion Constantinescu
  • Fourth official:

    MAN OF THE MATCH

    MATCH RULES

    • 90 minutes.
    • 30 minutes extra-time (15-minute intervals)
    • Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time.
    • Seven named substitutes
    • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

    References