2005 Cupa României final

2005 Cupa României Final
Event2004–05 Cupa României
Date11 May 2005
VenueStadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest
RefereeLaurent Duhamel (France)
Attendance15,000

The 2005 Cupa României Final was the 67th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Cotroceni Stadium in Bucharest on 11 May 2005 and was contested between Divizia A sides Dinamo București and Farul Constanța. Ștefan Grigorie scored the only goal of the match as Dinamo București won the match 1–0.

Background

Dinamo București had won the Cupa României on 11 previous occasions, joint-second only to Steaua București and equal with Dinamo București. Their most recent win was in 2003–04.[1]

Farul Constanța had never previously played in a Cupa României final.[1]

Route to the final

Dinamo București

Dinamo București began the competition in the round of 32. They faced Olimpia Satu Mare at the Daniel Prodan Stadium in Satu Mare on 13 October 2004. The match finished 1–1 after extra time and Dinamo București won 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out. In the round of 16, Dinamo București faced Gaz Metan Mediaș at Dinamo Stadium in Bucharest on 27 October 2004. They won 1–0 to progress to the two-legged quarter-finals. The first leg of the quarter-finals took place at Dinamo Stadium against Dacia Unirea Brăila on 10 November 2004 and Dinamo București won 1–0. They then won the second leg at Brăila Municipal Stadium in Brăila 2–0 (3–0 on aggregate) to advance to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were also played over two legs and Dinamo București lost the first leg 2–1 against Național București at the Cotroceni Stadium in Bucharest on 16 March 2005. However, they won the second leg at Dinamo Stadium on 13 April 2005 4–0 to advance to the final 5–2 on aggregate.[2]

Farul Constanța

Farul Constanța defeated FCM Bacău II 2–0 in the round of 32 before winning 2–1 against CFR Cluj to advance to the quarter-finals. They defeated Oțelul Galați home and away, 4–1 on aggregate, to reach the semi-finals. After winning the first leg 1–0, they lost the second leg of their semi-final 2–1 against U Craiova (2–2 on aggregate) and advanced to the final on away goals.[2]

Dinamo București
Round Home team Score Away team
Round of 32 Olimpia Satu Mare 1–1 (aet, p. 2–5) Dinamo București
Round of 16 Dinamo București 1–0 Gaz Metan Mediaș
Quarter-finals 1st Leg Dinamo București 1–0 Dacia Unirea Brăila
Quarter-finals 2nd Leg Dacia Unirea Brăila 0–2 Dinamo București
Semi-finals 1st Leg FC Național București 2–1 Dinamo București
Semi-finals 2nd Leg Dinamo București 4–0 Național București
Farul Constanța
Round Home team Score Away team
Round of 32 FCM Bacău II 0–2 Farul Constanța
Round of 16 Farul Constanța 2–1 CFR Cluj
Quarter-finals 1st Leg Oțelul Galați 1–2 Farul Constanța
Quarter-finals 2nd Leg Farul Constanța 2–0 Oțelul Galați
Semi-finals 1st Leg Farul Constanța 1–0 Universitatea Craiova
Semi-finals 2nd Leg Universitatea Craiova 2–1 Farul Constanța

Match details

Dinamo București1–0Farul Constanța
Grigorie 6' [3]
Dinamo București
Farul Constanța
DINAMO BUCUREŞTI:
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GK 1 Bogdan Stelea
DF 15 George Galamaz
DF 22 Angelo Alistar
DF 30 Gabriel Tamaș
MF 8 Florentin Petre (c)  75'
MF 6 Andrei Mărgăritescu
MF 25 Ovidiu Burcă  53'  56'
MF 29 Cristian Pulhac
MF 10 Ștefan Grigorie
FW 18 Adrian Mihalcea  42'  70'
FW 9 Claudiu Niculescu
Substitutes:
GK 12 Vladimir Gaev
DF 27 Ionuț Bălan  70'
DF 26 Ştefan Radu
MF 20 Adrian Cristea
MF 7 Ianis Zicu  56'
FW 17 Alexandru Bălțoi  75'
FW 19 Tibor Moldovan
Manager:
Ioan Andone
FARUL CONSTANŢA:
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GK 1 George Curcă
DF 7 Răzvan Farmache
DF 6 Ion Barbu (c)
DF 2 Cristian Șchiopu
DF 3 Cosmin Pașcovici  65'  75'
MF 4 Florin Lungu  67'
DF 5 Adrian Senin
MF 8 Dinu Todoran  85'
FW 11 Mihai Guriță
MF 10 Vasilică Cristocea  10'
FW 9 Liviu Mihai
Substitutes:
GK 12 Adrian Vlas
DF 13 Laurențiu Florea  85'
MF 14 Iulian Apostol  10'
MF 15 Mihai Baicu  75'
MF 16 George Ușurelu
FW 17 Radu Doicaru
FW 18 Viorel Gheorghe
Manager:
Petre Grigoraș

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Patrick Reinbold
    • Jean-Paul Chaudre
  • Fourth official:
    • Pascal Vileo

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

    1. ^ a b Stokkermans, Karel (25 April 2025). "Romania Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
    2. ^ a b Arotaritei, Sorin; Siminiceanu, Radu (17 August 2005). "Romania 2004/05". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
    3. ^ "Romanian Cup 2004 2005 - statistics" (in Romanian). Romanian Soccer. Retrieved 26 April 2025.