# 2022–23 Cupa României

The 2022–23 Cupa României was the 85th season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament. The winner qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League. It was the first season in which the Round of 16 was replaced by a play-off, immediately followed by a group stage, in which the best 8 teams from Liga 1 were qualified directly.

## Group stage

The draw was held on 30 September 2022.
The teams that finished 1st and 2nd in each group qualified for the Quarter-Finals.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEP | FCU | VOL | DIN | USZ | PET |
| 1 | Sepsi OSK (1) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Qualification for quarter-finals | — | — | 4–0 | — | — | — |
| 2 | FCU Craiova (1) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 7 | Qualification for quarter-finals | — | — | 1–0 | — | — | — |
| 3 | FC Voluntari (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Dinamo București (2) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Unirea Slobozia (2) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | | — | — | 0–1 | 3–3 | — | 0–0 |
| 6 | Petrolul Ploiești (1) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | — | — | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UTA | MIO | FCS | BOT | GBZ | OTE |
| 1 | UTA Arad (1) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Qualification for quarter-finals | — | — | 2–2 | — | — | — |
| 2 | CS Mioveni (1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | Qualification for quarter-finals | 0–3 | — | — | 1–0 | — | — |
| 3 | FCSB (1) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | FC Botoșani (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | | — | — | 0–2 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Gloria Buzău (2) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | | 1–3 | — | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| 6 | Oțelul Galați (2) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CFR | UCJ | FAR | RAP | DUM | ALX |
| 1 | CFR Cluj (1) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | Qualification for quarter-finals | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Universitatea Cluj (1) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 | Qualification for quarter-finals | 1–1 | — | — | 0–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Farul Constanța (1) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Rapid București (1) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | | — | — | 0–2 | — | — | — |
| 5 | CSC Dumbrăvița (2) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | | 0–5 | — | — | 1–4 | — | — |
| 6 | CSM Alexandria (3) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | | — | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 0–4 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HER | ARG | MIN | UCV | OCN | CHI |
| 1 | FC Hermannstadt (1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Qualification for quarter-finals | — | — | — | 0–2 | — | 4–1 |
| 2 | FC Argeș Pitești (1) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Qualification for quarter-finals | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Minaur Baia Mare (2) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova (1) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | CS Ocna Mureș (3) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 4 | | — | — | 0–6 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Chindia Târgoviște (1) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | | — | 1–1 | — | — | — | — |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Sepsi OSK | 4 | | |
| CS Mioveni | 1 | | |
| CS Mioveni | 1 | Sepsi OSK | 3 |
| | | CFR Cluj | 0 |
| CFR Cluj | 1 | CFR Cluj | 0 |
| Argeș Pitești | 0 | | | | |
| Argeș Pitești | 0 | | | Sepsi OSK (p) | 0 (5) |
| | | | | Universitatea Cluj | 0 (4) |
| Hermannstadt | 1 | | | Universitatea Cluj | 0 (4) |
| Universitatea Cluj | 2 | | | | |
| Universitatea Cluj | 2 | Universitatea Cluj | 1 | | |
| | | UTA Arad | 0 |
| UTA Arad | 1 | UTA Arad | 0 |
| FCU Craiova | 0 | | |

### Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 4, 5 and 6 April 2023.

### Semi-finals

The matches were played on 26 and 27 April 2023.