# 1956 Cupa României

The 1956 Cupa României was the 19th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.
The title was won by Progresul Oradea against Energia Câmpia Turzii.

## Format

The competition is an annual knockout tournament.
In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. First pot teams will play Away. Each tie is played as a single leg.
If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, the team who plays away will qualify.
In case the teams are from same city, there a replay will be played.
In case the teams play in the final, there a replay will be played.
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.

## First round proper

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 13 September 1956 |||
| Locomotiva Arad (Div. B) | 2–5 | (Div. A) Locomotiva Timișoara |
| Progresul Bistriţa (Div. C) | 1–2 | (Div. B) Energia Câmpia Turzii |
| Dinamo Bârlad (Div. B) | 0–4 | (Div. A) CCA București |
| Dinamo 6 București (Div. B) | 2–0 | (Div. B) Progresul CPCS București |
| Locomotiva Cluj (Div. B) | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Progresul Oradea |
| Locomotiva Constanța (Div. B) | 0–1 | (Div. A) Progresul București |
| Energia Metalul Galaţi (Div. C) | 1–0 | (Div. B) Progresul Focşani |
| Energia Mediaş (Div. B) | 0–1 | (Div. A) Energia Ploiești |
| Flacăra Moreni (Div. B) | 0–5 | (Div. A) Locomotiva București |
| Energia 1 Mai Ploieşti (Div. B) | 1–5 | (Div. A) Dinamo București |
| Energia Reșița (Div. C) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Flamura Roșie Arad |
| Progresul Sibiu (Div. B) | 2–0 | (Div. A) Energia Petroșani |
| Steagul Roșu Orașul Stalin (Div. B) | 2–1 | (Div. A) Dinamo Orașul Stalin |
| Recolta Târgu Mureș (Div. B) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Știința Cluj |
| Locomotiva Turnu Severin (Div. B) | 3–1 | (Div. A) Ştiinţa Timişoara |
| 20 September 1956 |||
| Flamura Roşie Burdujeni (Div. B) | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Dinamo Bacău |

## Second round proper

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 18 October 1956 |||
| Dinamo 6 București | 0–5 | Locomotiva București |
| Energia Câmpia Turzii | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Progresul București |
| Energia Metalul Galaţi | 3–0 | Dinamo Bacău |
| Progresul Sibiu | 1–3 | Energia Ploiești |
| Locomotiva Timișoara | 2–1 | Flamura Roșie Arad |
| Locomotiva Turnu Severin | 1–3 | Progresul Oradea |
| 15 November 1956 |||
| Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin | 4–3 | Dinamo București |
| 22 November 1956 |||
| Știința Cluj | 1–5 | CCA București |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 25 November 1956 |||
| Steagul Roşu Oraşul Stalin | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Progresul Oradea |
| Locomotiva București | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Energia Ploiești |
| Energia Câmpia Turzii | 1–0 | Locomotiva Timișoara |
| Energia Metalul Galaţi | 1–8 | CCA București |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 2 December 1956 |||
| CCA București | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Progresul Oradea |
| 6 December 1956 |||
| Energia Câmpia Turzii | 2–0 | Locomotiva București |

## Final

* Cupa României 1956 winners
* Progresul Oradea 1st title