# 2023 Cupa României final

The 2023 Romanian Cup final was the final match of the 2022–23 Cupa României and the 85th final of the Cupa României, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 24 May 2023 at the Stadionul Municipal in Sibiu, between Sepsi OSK and Universitatea Cluj.
At the end of the 90 minutes, the score was 0–0, so extra time was needed. The score remained the same after the additional 30 minutes, and a penalty shootout was taken. Swiss player Ivan Martić missed the decisive penalty for Universitatea Cluj, sending the trophy to Sepsi OSK.

## Route to the final

| Sepsi OSK | Sepsi OSK | Round | Universitatea Cluj | Universitatea Cluj |
| Opponent | Results | | Opponent | Results |
| bye | — | Play-off round | Concordia Chiajna | 2–0 (A) |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 3–1 (A) | Group stage – Week 1 | CFR Cluj | 1–1 (H) |
| Dinamo București | 3–2 (A) | Group stage – Week 2 | CSM Alexandria | 4–0 (A) |
| FC Voluntari | 4–0 (H) | Group stage – Week 3 | Rapid București | 0–0 (H) |
| CS Mioveni | 4–1 (H) | Quarter-finals | FC Hermannstadt | 2–1 (A) |
| CFR Cluj | 3–0 (H) | Semi-finals | UTA Arad | 1–0 (H) |

## Match

| Sepsi OSK | Universitatea Cluj |
| GK | 33 | Roland Niczuly (c) | 90+4' |
| DF | 20 | Andres Dumitrescu | 92' |
| DF | 82 | Branislav Niňaj |
| DF | 45 | Denis Ciobotariu | | 85' |
| DF | 44 | Mihai Bălașa | | 85' |
| MF | 11 | Marius Ștefănescu | 45' |
| MF | 5 | Jonathan Rodríguez |
| MF | 6 | Nicolae Păun | | 111' |
| MF | 13 | Cosmin Matei | | 75' |
| FW | 18 | Pavol Šafranko | | 75' |
| FW | 99 | Mario Rondón | | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Răzvan Began |
| DF | 4 | Márk Tamás | | 85' |
| MF | 8 | Ion Gheorghe | | 75' |
| FW | 9 | Alexandru Tudorie | | 75' |
| MF | 22 | Francisco Júnior |
| DF | 27 | Rareș Ispas |
| MF | 77 | Adnan Aganović | | 46' |
| DF | 88 | Radoslav Dimitrov | | 85' |
| FW | 97 | Roland Varga | | 111' |
| Manager: ||
| Cristiano Bergodi ||
| GK | 33 | Andrei Gorcea |
| DF | 27 | Alexandru Chipciu (c) |
| DF | 17 | Andrei Pițian |
| DF | 6 | Andrei Miron |
| DF | 71 | Ivan Martić | 23' |
| MF | 98 | Gabriel Simion |
| MF | 94 | Ovidiu Bic |
| MF | 16 | Ioan Filip | | 80' |
| MF | 8 | Martin Remacle | | 100' |
| MF | 19 | Dan Nistor |
| FW | 93 | Mamadou Thiam | | 99' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 23 | Plamen Iliev |
| FW | 7 | Ianis Stoica |
| FW | 11 | Dragoș Tescan | | 99' |
| DF | 18 | Florin Ilie |
| FW | 21 | José Gomes | | 80' |
| DF | 22 | Ivan Goranov |
| DF | 26 | Dorinel Oancea |
| MF | 52 | Romário Pires |
| FW | 70 | Ely Fernandes | | 100' |
| Manager: ||
| Ioan Sabău ||
| MAN OF THE MATCH Roland Niczuly MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Daniel Mitruți (Craiova) Bogdan Gheorghe (Bucharest) Fourth official: Iulian Dima (Bucharest) Video assistant referee: István Kovács (Carei) Assistant video assistant referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest) | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time. |

## Note

* ↑ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time, and at half-time in extra time.