# 2023–24 Cupa României

The 2023–24 Cupa României is the 86th season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament. The winner will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. It is the second season in which the Round of 16 was replaced by a play-off, immediately followed by a group stage. After the group stage, the classic Quarter-Finals format continues.

## Round dates

| Phase | Round | Clubs remaining | Clubs involved | From previous round | Entries in this round | Dates | Teams entering this round |
| First stage | Regional qualifiers | 167 | 42 | none | 42 | Group Stage 12, 15, 19 July 2023 Finals 22 July 2023 | 42 Liga IV teams |
| First stage | First Round | 132 | 76 | 7 | 69 | 2 August 2023 | 69 Liga III teams |
| First stage | Second Round | 94 | 60 | 38 | 22 | 9 August 2023 | 16 Liga III teams 4 Liga II relegated teams 2 Liga II current teams |
| First stage | Third Round | 64 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 16–17 August 2023 | 18 Liga II teams |
| First stage | Play-off Round | 40 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 30 August 2023 | 8 Liga I teams (9-16) |
| Second stage | Group Stage | 24 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 27 September 2023 1 November 2023 6 December 2023 | 8 Liga I teams (1-8) |
| Third stage | Quarter-finals | 8 | 8 | 8 | None | 3 April 2024 | None |
| Third stage | Semi-finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | None | 24 April 2024 | None |
| Third stage | Final | 2 | 2 | 2 | None | 15 May 2024 | None |

## First Stage
### Second Round

The draw for the 2nd round took place on August 3, with the matches taking place on August 9.

### Third Round

The draw for the 3rd round took place on August 10, with the matches taking place on August 16 and 17.

### Play-off round

* Pot 1 contains 4 teams that finished 9–12 in the play-out stage of the 2022–23 Liga I season, 2 teams that won the Promotion/relegation play-offs and 2 teams that won direct promotion (places 1 and 3 as Steaua București were ineligible) at the end of the 2022–23 Liga II season.
* Pot 2 contains the teams that won the Third qualifying round.
The draw for the play-off round took place on the 23rd of August.

## Group stage

The 6 teams from the play-off stage of the 2022–23 Liga I season and the 2 teams that finished 7–8 in the play-out stage of the 2022–23 Liga I season will be joined in the group stage by the 16 teams that will win the Play-Off round.
The 24 teams will be divided into 3 pots, which will form 4 groups of 6 teams each, with 2 teams from each pot added into every group. Each team will play 3 matches, once against a team from each of the 3 pots.
The teams that finish 1st and 2nd in each group advance to the Quarter-Finals.
The qualified teams were divided into 3 pots.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| CFR Cluj (1) Farul Constanța (1) FC U Craiova 1948 (1) FCSB (1) Petrolul Ploiești (1) Rapid București (1) Sepsi OSK (1) Universitatea Craiova (1) | Chindia Târgoviște (2) Dinamo București (1) FC Botoșani (1) FC Hermannstadt (1) FC Voluntari (1) Oțelul Galați (1) Universitatea Cluj (1) UTA Arad (1) | Bihor Oradea (3) Corvinul Hunedoara (2) CS Tunari (2) CSM Alexandria (2) Gloria Buzău (2) Progresul Pecica (3) Steaua București (2) SCM Zalău (3) |
Times are EET or EEST.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | COR | HER | PET | SEP | CHI | PRO |
| 1 | Corvinul Hunedoara (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | FC Hermannstadt (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | — | 1–1 | — | — |
| 3 | Petrolul Ploiești (E) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | | — | — | — | 2–2 | — | — |
| 4 | Sepsi OSK (E) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Chindia Târgoviște (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | | — | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Progresul Pecica (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | | 0–6 | 0–6 | 1–2 | — | — | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UCJ | CFR | RAP | STE | ALE | BOT |
| 1 | Universitatea Cluj (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | CFR Cluj (Q) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Rapid București (E) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | | — | 0–0 | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | CSA Steaua București (E) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | | 1–3 | — | 0–0 | — | — | — |
| 5 | CSM Alexandria (E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | | — | 1–3 | — | 2–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | FC Botoșani (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | | 0–4 | — | 1–3 | — | — | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FCU | OTE | FCS | DIN | ZAL | BIH |
| 1 | FC U Craiova 1948 (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | 2–0 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Oțelul Galați (Q) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 3 | FCSB (E) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Dinamo București (E) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | SCM Zalău (E) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | — | — | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | Bihor Oradea (E) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | | — | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | UCV | VOL | BUZ | UTA | TUN | FAR |
| 1 | Universitatea Craiova (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | — | — | — | 4–0 |
| 2 | FC Voluntari (Q) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout phase | — | — | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Gloria Buzău (E) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | | — | — | — | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | UTA Arad (E) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | CS Tunari (E) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Farul Constanța (E) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Third Stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Corvinul Hunedoara | 4 | | |
| CFR Cluj | 0 | | |
| CFR Cluj | 0 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 3 |
| | | FC Voluntari | 1 |
| FCU Craiova | 0 (2) | FC Voluntari | 1 |
| FC Voluntari (p) | 0 (4) | | | | |
| FC Voluntari (p) | 0 (4) | | | Corvinul Hunedoara (p) | 2 (3) |
| | | | | Oțelul Galați | 2 (2) |
| Universitatea Craiova | 0 | | | Oțelul Galați | 2 (2) |
| Oțelul Galați (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | |
| Oțelul Galați (a.e.t.) | 1 | Oțelul Galați | 2 | | |
| | | Universitatea Cluj | 1 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 1 | Universitatea Cluj | 1 |
| Hermannstadt | 0 | | |