# 1981–82 Cupa României

The 1981–82 Cupa României was the 44th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.
The title was won by Dinamo București against FC Baia Mare.

## Format

The competition is an annual knockout tournament.
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, if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, the team who played away will qualify, if the teams are from the same league, then the winner will be established at penalty kicks.
From the second round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then the winner will be established at penalty kicks.
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 |
| 25 November 1981 |||
| Rapid Arad (Div. B) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) FC Constanţa |
| 2 December 1981 |||
| Progresul Băileşti (Div. D) | 0–3 | (Div. A) Steaua București |
| Gloria Bistrița (Div. B) | 2–0 | (Div. A) Politehnica Timişoara |
| Progresul Brăila (Div. B) | 1–2 | (Div. A) Universitatea Cluj |
| Rapid București (Div. B) | 3–0 | (Div. A) Progresul Vulcan București |
| Gloria Buzău (Div. B) | 2–1 | (Div. A) UTA Arad |
| Minerul Certej (Div. C) | 1–0 | (Div. A) Jiul Petroşani |
| Muscelul Câmpulung (Div. C) | 1–2 | (Div. A) Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea |
| Cimentul Medgidia (Div. C) | 1–4 | (Div. A) Dinamo București |
| Carpaţi Mârşa (Div. B) | 2–1 | (Div. A) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș |
| Înfrăţirea Oradea (Div. B) | 0–1 | (Div. A) Universitatea Craiova |
| Olt Scornicești (Div. A) | 0–0 (a.e.t.)(7–8 p) | (Div. A) CS Târgovişte |
| FCM Brașov (Div. A) | 3–1 | (Div. A) SC Bacău |
| CSM Suceava (Div. B) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Argeş Piteşti |
| Victoria Tecuci (Div. B) | 2–4 | (Div. A) Corvinul Hunedoara |
| 3 December 1981 |||
| FC Baia Mare (Div. B) | 2–0 | (Div. A) Sportul Studenţesc București |

## Second round proper

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 31 March 1982 |||
| Gloria Bistrița | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | CS Târgovişte |
| Gloria Buzău | 0–1 | Rapid București |
| Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 4–0 | Carpaţi Mârşa |
| Dinamo București | 1–0 | FC Constanţa |
| FCM Brașov | 1–2 | Corvinul Hunedoara |
| Argeş Piteşti | 1–0 | Steaua București |
| Universitatea Cluj | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | FC Baia Mare |
| Minerul Certej | 3–0 (forfait) | Universitatea Craiova ‡ |
Notes:
* ‡ The match was won by Universitatea Craiova with 5–0, but then homologated with 0–3.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 26 May 1982 |||
| Corvinul Hunedoara | 3–4 | Dinamo București |
| Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 1–2 | FC Baia Mare |
| Gloria Bistrița | 3–0 | Minerul Certej |
| Argeş Piteşti | 2–1 | Rapid București |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 16 June 1982 |||
| Gloria Bistrița | 0–1 | Dinamo București |
| FC Baia Mare | 1–1 (a.e.t.)(5-3 p) | Argeş Piteşti |

## Final

* Cupa României 1981–82 winners
* Dinamo București 4th title