2009–10 Cupa României

2009–10 Cupa României
Tournament details
CountryRomania
Teams98
Defending championsCFR Cluj
Final positions
ChampionsCFR Cluj
Runners-upVaslui

The 2009–10 Cupa României was the seventy-second season of the annual Romanian football knockout tournament. It began on 15 July 2009 with the matches of Phase 1 and ended with the Final on 6 June 2010. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.

The winners of the competition qualified for the play-off round of the 2010–11 Europa League.

Round of 32

The 14 winners of Phase V entered in this round and were joined by 18 teams from the 2009–10 Liga I season. The matches were played on 22–24 September 2009. frf.ro reference

Team 1  Score  Team 2
FCM Bacău 0–2 Steaua București
Unirea Urziceni 3–0 Sportul Studențesc București
Chimia Brazi 0–5 FC Vaslui
Dunărea Galaţi 0–2 CFR Cluj
Politehnica Timișoara 7–0 Sănătatea Cluj
CS Zlatna 0–5 Dinamo București
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p) Gaz Metan CFR Craiova
Gaz Metan Mediaş 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
FC Brașov 4–0 (a.e.t.) CS Otopeni
Astra Ploieşti 2–1 (a.e.t.) Farul Constanţa
Gloria Bistriţa 3–0 Dunărea Giurgiu
Minerul Valea Copcii 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p) Internaţional Curtea de Argeş
Bihor Oradea 0–2 Rapid București
FC U Craiova 4–0 Gloria II Bistriţa
Oţelul Galaţi 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) Unirea Alba Iulia
Politehnica Iaşi 3–1 Pandurii Târgu Jiu

Round of 16

The 16 winners from the previous round competed in this round. The matches were played on 27, 28 and 29 October 2009. frf.ro reference

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Gaz Metan CFR Craiova 0–1 CFR Cluj
Astra Ploieşti 2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) Politehnica Timișoara
Dinamo București 1–0 Oţelul Galaţi
Gaz Metan Mediaş 0–1 FC Vaslui
Unirea Urziceni 0–1 FC Brașov
Gloria Bistriţa 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) Steaua București
Politehnica Iaşi 0–3 FC U Craiova
Internaţional Curtea de Argeş 2–1 Rapid București

Quarter-finals

Eight winners from the previous round competed in this round. The matches were played on 17, 18 and 19 November 2009 in a one leg tie. http://www.frfotbal.ro/index.php?competition_id=8&season=46&serie_id=285&etapa_id=2709

17 November 2009 FC Brașov 3–0Gloria BistriţaBraşov
19:00 EET Hadnagy 4'
Zaharia 30'
Roman  39'
Abrudan  52'
Ilyeş 60',  67'
Report Ciucă  62'
Iodi  77'
Stadium: Stadionul Tineretului
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marius Avram
18 November 2009 FC Vaslui 1–0Internaţional Curtea de ArgeşVaslui
18:15 EET Farkaš  70'
Burdujan 87'
Report Matei  31',  43' 
Neagu  40'
Arčaba  64'
Voiculeţ  68'
Stadium: Stadionul Municipal
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan
18 November 2009 FC U Craiova0–1 CFR Cluj Craiova
20:15 EET Bădoi  57' Report Dubarbier 24',  61'
Traoré  31'
Panin  65'
Culio  73'
Tony  75'
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
19 November 2009 Astra Ploieşti1–2 Dinamo București Ploieşti
20:15 EET Păun 16' (pen.)
Strătilă  68'
Report An. Cristea 10', 54'
N'Doye  38'
Molinero  45'
Moţi  65'
Rus  83'
Stadium: Stadionul Astra
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

Semi-finals

The semifinals were played in two legs. The first leg was played on 24 and 25 March 2010 while the second leg on 14 and 15 April 2010. http://www.frfotbal.ro/index.php?competition_id=8&season=46&serie_id=285&etapa_id=3224

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo București 2–3 CFR Cluj 1–1 1–2
FC Brașov 1–4 FC Vaslui 1–0 0–4

First leg

24 March 2010 Dinamo București 1–1 CFR Cluj Bucharest
20:15 EET Goian 14'
D. Koné  88',  90' 
Report Y. Koné 25'
Culio  50'
Mureşan  63'
N. Dică  88'
Stadium: Stadionul Dinamo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan
25 March 2010 FC Brașov 1–0 FC Vaslui Braşov
20:15 EET Ilyeş 5',  66'
Grigore  40'
Nuno Diogo  59'
Măldărăşanu  70'
Rui Duarte  87'
Coman  90'
Report L. Sânmărtean  19'
Delgado  58'
Milanov  82'
Stadium: Stadionul Tineretului
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Marius Avram

Second leg

15 April 2010 FC Vaslui 4–0
(4–1 agg.)
FC BrașovVaslui
20:15 EEST Costin 28'
Wesley 29'
L. Sânmărtean 53'
Pavlović  59'
Costly 73'
Papp  74'
Report Zaharia  26'
Ionescu  39'
Nuno Diogo  45'
Abrudan  56'
Stadium: Stadionul Municipal
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Marius Avram

Final