# 1968–69 Cupa României

The 1968–69 Cupa României was the 31st edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.
The title was won by Steaua București against Dinamo București.

## 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. Each tie is played as a single leg.
First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.
In the first round proper, 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 played away will qualify.
From the second round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then the team from the lower division will qualify. If the teams are from the same division a replay will be played.
In the semi-finals, each tie is played as a two legs.
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 |
| 4 March 1969 |||
| Oțelul Galați (Div. B) | 0–1 | (Div. A) Progresul București |
| 5 March 1969 |||
| Minerul Anina (Div. C) | 3–1 | (Div. A) Politehnica Iași |
| Minerul Baia Mare (Div. B) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Universitatea Cluj |
| Steagul Roşu Braşov (Div. B) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești |
| Metalul București (Div. B) | 2–1 | (Div. A) Dinamo Bacău |
| Arieşul Câmpia Turzii (Div. C) | 2–4 | (Div. A) Steaua București |
| Politehnica Galaţi (Div. B) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Vagonul Arad |
| Dunărea Giurgiu (Div. B) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Rapid București |
| Metalul Hunedoara (Div. B) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) ASA Crişul Oradea |
| Soda Ocna Mureş (Div. C) | 0–2 | (Div. A) UTA Arad |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (Div. B) | 0–4 | (Div. A) Dinamo București |
| CSM Reșița (Div. B) | 0–2 | (Div. A) Argeș Pitești |
| Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (Div. B) | 1–3 | (Div. A) Farul Constanța |
| Muncitorul Schela Mare (Div. D) | 0–1 | (Div. A) Jiul Petroşani |
| Chimia Suceava (Div. B) | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Universitatea Craiova |
| Chimica Târnăveni (Div. C) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș |

## Second round proper

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 12 March 1969 |||
| UTA Arad | 5–1 (a.e.t.) | Metalul București |
| ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Chimia Suceava |
| Farul Constanța | 3–1 | ASA Crişul Oradea |
| Steaua București | 2–1 | Minerul Anina |
| Progresul București | 1–0 | Politehnica Galaţi |
| Rapid București | 2–0 | Jiul Petroşani |
| Universitatea Cluj | 3–0 | Steagul Roşu Braşov |
| Dinamo București | 1–0 | Argeș Pitești |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 21 May 1969 |||
| Dinamo București | 3–0 | UTA Arad |
| Farul Constanța | 3–0 | Progresul București |
| Steaua București | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Rapid București |
| Chimia Suceava | 2–1 | Universitatea Cluj |

## Semi-finals

The matches were played on 28 May and 4 June 1969.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Dinamo București | 8–2 | Chimia Suceava||5–1||3–1 |
| Farul Constanța | 5–7 | Steaua București | 3–2 | 2–5 |