2008–09 Cupa României

2008–09 Cupa României

Country	Romania
Teams	32
Champions	CFR Cluj
Runner-up	FC Timişoara
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The 2008–09 Cupa României is the seventy-first season of the Romanian football knockout tournament. It started on July 30, 2008 and the final was played on June 13, 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions and succeeded in keeping the cup for one more year at Cluj-Napoca.

Round of 32

In this round entered the 14 winners of the Phase V and the 18 teams from the 2008–09 Liga I season.

The matches were played on October 14, 15 and 16, 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FCM Târgu Mureş	1–2	Dinamo Bucureşti
CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea	0–1	CS Otopeni
Minerul Lupeni	0–4	Unirea Urziceni
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca	3–3 (aet, p. 10–11)	CFR Cluj-Napoca
Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti	2–0	Steaua Bucureşti
Petrolul Ploieşti	2–3 (aet)	Rapid Bucureşti
CFR II Cluj	0–1	FC Timişoara
Internaţional Curtea de Argeş	2–1	Argeş Piteşti
Tricolorul Breaza	1–2	Oţelul Galaţi
Dunărea Galaţi	0–0 (aet, p. 4–2)	Gaz Metan Mediaş
FC Ploieşti	1–3	Universitatea Craiova
CFR Timişoara	1–4	Gloria 1922 Bistriţa
FC Botoşani	0–0 (aet, p. 4–3)	Gloria Buzău
FCM Bacău	0–1	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Farul Constanţa	0–1	FC Braşov
SC Vaslui	3–0	Politehnica Iaşi

Round of 16

The matches were played on November 12, 2008.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Rapid Bucureşti	3–0	Internaţional Curtea de Argeş
Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti	0–1	CFR Cluj-Napoca
Dunărea Galaţi	1–2	FC Timişoara
FC Botoşani	1–3	Dinamo Bucureşti
Unirea Urziceni	1–0	Oţelul Galaţi
Gloria 1922 Bistriţa	1–1 (aet, p. 5–3)	FC Braşov
Universitatea Craiova	1–4	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
CS Otopeni	1–2	SC Vaslui

Quarterfinals

The matches were played on April 14 and 15, 2009.

April 14, 2009 15:00 EEST	CFR Cluj-Napoca	1 – 0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Dinamo Stadium, Bucharest
	Peralta  44' (pen.)

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April 14, 2009 20:45 EEST	Unirea Urziceni	0 – 2	SC Vaslui	Municipal Stadium, Buzău
			Wesley  32' Genchev  79'

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April 15, 2009 15:00 EEST	FC Timişoara	2 – 0	Gloria 1922 Bistriţa	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium, Cluj-Napoca
	Magera  90' Curtean  90+1'

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April 15, 2009 20:45 EEST	Dinamo Bucureşti	4 – 2	Rapid Bucureşti	Nicolae Dobrin Stadium, Piteşti
	Perjă  19' (o.g.) Boştină  37' Niculae  67'  79'		Lazăr  10' Andrade  90'

Semifinals

The matches were played on April 28 and 29, 2009.

28 April 2009 20:45 EEST	Dinamo Bucureşti	1 – 4	FC Timişoara	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium, Cluj-Napoca
	Ad. Cristea  71'		Magera  25' Agunbiade  60' Bucur  81' Nibombé  86'

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29 April 2009 20:45 EEST	CFR Cluj-Napoca	2 – 0	SC Vaslui	Tineretului Stadium, Urziceni
	Ruiz  10' Pereira  90+2'

Final

Main article: Cupa României Final 2009

13 June 2009 21:00	FC Timişoara	0 – 3	CFR Cluj-Napoca	Tudor Vladimirescu Stadium, Târgu Jiu
			Deac  7' Peralta  29' (pen.) Culio  54'

External links

• Official site (Romanian)

Romanian football portal