1998 Cupa României final

1998 Cupa României Final
Event1997–98 Cupa României
Date6 May 1998
VenueStadionul Naţional, Bucharest
RefereeMarcel Lică (Romania)
Attendance65,000

The 1998 Cupa României Final was the 60th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 6 May 1998 and was contested between Divizia A sides Rapid București and Universitatea Craiova. The cup was won by Rapid.

Route to the final

FC Rapid București

Round of 32 Midia Năvodari 0–1 Rapid București
Round of 16 Rapid București 2–1 Gaz Metan Mediaş
Quarter-finals Rapid București 1–0 Sportul Studențesc București
Semi-finals Rapid București 2–1 Dinamo București

FC Universitatea Craiova

Round of 32 Foresta Fălticeni 2–2 a.e.t. (3–4) pen. Universitatea Craiova
Round of 16 Universitatea Craiova 5–2 Farul Constanţa
Quarter-finals Universitatea Craiova 2–1 a.e.t. FCM Bacău
Semi-finals Argeş Piteşti 0–1 Universitatea Craiova

Match details [1]

Rapid București1–0Universitatea Craiova
Marinescu 68' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Marcel Lică (Romania)
Rapid București
Universitatea Craiova
RAPID BUCUREŞTI:
GK 1 Bogdan Lobonţ
DF 2 Nicolae Stanciu  78'
DF 3 Cristian Dulca (c)
DF 4 Ştefan Nanu  49'  73' 
DF 5 Mugur Bolohan
DF 6 Mircea Rednic
MF 7 Lucian Marinescu  2'
MF 8 Mario Bugeanu  27'  76'
FW 9 Marius Şumudică  64'
MF 10 Daniel Iftodi
FW 11 Daniel Pancu  64'
Substitutes:
MF 17 Zeno Bundea  76'
MF 15 Ovidiu Maier  64'
–– 14 Cătălin Popa  90'  64'
Manager:
Mircea Lucescu
UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA:
GK 1 Tiberiu Lung
DF 2 Nicu Năstăsie  4'  69' 
DF 3 Marius Iordache
MF 4 Robert Vancea  73'
MF 5 Eugen Trică
DF 6 Emil Săndoi (c)
DF 7 Tiberiu Curt
MF 8 Cornel Frăsineanu  71'
FW 9 Ionel Ganea
FW 10 Ionuţ Luţu  71'
MF 11 Silvian Cristescu  62'
Substitutes:
MF 17 Valentin Suciu  73'  62'
MF 15 Romulus Buia  71'
FW 14 Claudiu Niculescu  71'
Manager:
José Ramón Alexanko

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Patriţiu Abrudan
    • Nicolae Grigorescu
  • 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.

      Broadcasting

      The match was televised live in the United Kingdom on Channel 4, in anticipation of Romania's match against England in the World Cup that summer.

      References