# 2024–25 Cupa României

The 2024–25 Cupa României is the 87th season of the annual Romanian football cup competition. It is sponsored by Betano and known as the Cupa României Betano for sponsorship purposes. The winner will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2025–26 edition of the UEFA Europa League. The main competition will face all teams from Liga I through Liga III, which will be joined by 7 play-off winners from Liga IV.

## Schedule

The schedule for this season of Cupa României was released on June 28.
| Phase | Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | From previous round | Entries in this round | Dates | Teams entering this round |
| Regional stage | Group stage | 171 | 42 | none | 42 | 10, 13, 17 July 2024 | 42 2023–24 Liga IV teams |
| Regional stage | Finals | 143 | 14 | 14 | None | 20 July 2024 | None |
| National stage | First Round | 136 | 76 | 7 | 69 | 31 July 2024 | 69 2023–24 Liga III teams |
| National stage | Second round | 98 | 68 | 38 | 30 | 7 August 2024 | 18 2024–25 Liga III teams 6 2023–24 Liga III teams 4 2023–24 Liga II teams 2 2024–25 Liga II teams |
| National stage | Third round | 64 | 48 | 34 | 14 | 14 August 2024 | 14 2024–25 Liga II teams |
| National stage | Play-off round | 40 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 28 August 2024 | 8 2024–25 Liga I teams (9–16) |
| National stage | Group stage | 24 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 30 October 2024 4 December 2024 18 December 2024 | 8 2024–25 Liga I teams (1–8) |
| National stage | Quarter-finals | 8 | 8 | 8 | None | 2 April 2025 | None |
| National stage | Semi-finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | None | 23 April 2025 | None |
| National stage | Final | 2 | 2 | 2 | None | 14 May 2025 | None |
* ↑ Of those 69 teams, 60 are still in Liga III, while 9 have moved to Liga IV (by relegation, choice or being demoted)
* ↑ Liga III teams that have won promotion to 2024–25 Liga II
* ↑ Liga II teams that relegated to 2024–25 Liga III

## Regional stage
### Finals

The finals of the regional stage were played on July 20.

## National stage
### First round

With the exception of CSM Pașcani's match, all other matches were played on July 31. Four of the seven regional stage winners made it through to the next stage: CSM Pașcani, Lupii Profa, Ștefăneștii de Jos and Voința Cudalbi.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Liga I | Liga II | Liga III | Liga IV | Total |
| 16 / 16 | 22 / 22 | 83 / 83 | 15 / 15 | 136 / 136 |
* ↑ Liga I teams join the competition in the play-off round
* ↑ Liga II teams join the competition in the second round

### Second round

Matches are scheduled to be played on August 7–8.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Liga I | Liga II | Liga III | Liga IV | Total |
| 16 / 16 | 22 / 22 | 55 / 83 | 5 / 15 | 98 / 136 |
* ↑ Liga I teams join the competition in the play-off round

### Third round

The third round matches will be played on August 14, 15 and 21.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Liga I | Liga II | Liga III | Liga IV | Total |
| 16 / 16 | 22 / 22 | 24 / 83 | 2 / 15 | 64 / 136 |
* ↑ Liga I teams join the competition in the play-off round

### Play-off round

The play-off, scheduled for August 28, features a seeding system.

#### Seeding

In this round, 8 seeded teams will face off against 8 of the 24 unseeded teams, while the remaining 16 unseeded teams will compete against each other.
| Seeded | Unseeded | Unseeded | Unseeded |
| Botoșani (1) Dinamo București (1) Gloria Buzău (1) Hermannstadt (1) Petrolul Ploiești (1) Politehnica Iași (1) Unirea Slobozia (1) Universitatea Cluj (1) | Afumați (2) Agricola Borcea (3) Alexandria (3) Argeș (2) Bihor Oradea (2) Câmpulung Muscel (2) Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (2) Concordia Chiajna (2) | Corvinul Hunedoara (2) Craiova 1948 (2) Csíkszereda (2) Dumbrăvița (2) Focșani (2) Metalul Buzău (2) Minaur Baia Mare (3) Pașcani (4) | Popești-Leordeni (3) Râmnicu Vâlcea (3) Reșița (2) Sănătatea Cluj (3) Slatina (2) Unirea Alba Iulia (3) Unirea Ungheni (2) Voluntari (2) |

#### Matches

The draw took place on August 20, and matches are scheduled to be played on August 28.
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Liga I | Liga II | Liga III | Liga IV | Total |
| 16 / 16 | 16 / 22 | 7 / 83 | 1 / 15 | 40 / 136 |

## Group stage

The draw of the group stage took place on September 25.

### Seeding

Seeding was determined based on the positions achieved in the previous league season.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| FCSB (1) CFR Cluj (1) Universitatea Craiova (1) Farul Constanța (1) Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe (1) Rapid București (1) UTA Arad (1) Oțelul Galați (1) | Hermannstadt (1) Petrolul Ploiești (1) Politehnica Iași (1) Dinamo București (1) Botoșani (1) Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc (2) CSM Reșița (2) Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (2) | Argeș Pitești (2) Afumați (2) Unirea Ungheni (2) Metalul Buzău (2) Agricola Borcea (3) Râmnicu Vâlcea (3) Sănătatea Cluj (3) Unirea Alba Iulia (3) |
Number of teams per tier still in competition :
| Liga I | Liga II | Liga III | Liga IV | Total |
| 13 / 16 | 7 / 22 | 4 / 83 | 0 / 15 | 24 / 136 |

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CFR | RAP | BOT | AFU | CEA | ARG |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| 2 | Rapid București | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Botoșani | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | | — | 0–2 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Afumați | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | | — | 0–3 | — | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Argeș Pitești | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | | 2–2 | — | 0–3 | — | — | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MET | UCV | FCS | PET | DIN | AGR |
| 1 | Metalul Buzău | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–0 | — | — | 0–0 | — |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | FCSB | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | | — | 0–2 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Petrolul Ploiești | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | | — | 0–2 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Dinamo București | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 2 | | — | — | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | — |
| 6 | Agricola Borcea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAR | IAS | HER | SAN | UNG | UTA |
| 1 | Farul Constanța | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Politehnica Iași | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to play-off | — | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–1 |
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to play-off | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Sănătatea Cluj | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | — | 1–1 | — |
| 5 | Unirea Ungheni | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | 1–1 |
| 6 | UTA Arad | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | | 1–5 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RES | ALB | CSI | OTE | SEP | VAL |
| 1 | CSM Reșița | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | — |
| 2 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | | — | — | — | 2–1 | — | — |
| 4 | Oțelul Galați | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | — |
| 5 | Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Râmnicu Vâlcea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | | 0–1 | — | — | 2–4 | — | — |

### Play-off

Four teams — from two groups, finished the group stage with identical records across all deciding criteria, including points, goal difference, goals scored, and head-to-head results. To determine which teams will advance to the quarterfinals, two play-off matches will be held: one for each group. The Romanian Football Federation has announced that the play-off matches will be scheduled at a later date, with further details to be provided.

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final |
| CFR Cluj | |
| Universitatea Craiova | |
| Universitatea Craiova | QF1 |
| | QF2 |
| Farul Constanța | QF2 |
| Unirea Alba Iulia | | |
| Unirea Alba Iulia | | SF1 |
| | | SF2 |
| Reșița | | SF2 |
| Hermannstadt | | |
| Hermannstadt | QF3 | |
| | QF4 |
| Metalul Buzău | QF4 |
| Rapid București | |