Cupa României

The Cupa României (English: Romanian Cup) is an association football club tournament for Romanian teams. It has been held annually since 1933–34, except during World War II. All teams connected to the Romanian Football Federation can perform in the tournament. The winner of the cup is granted a place in the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

The most successful teams have been mainly from Bucharest, with Steaua București winning 22 titles, followed by Rapid București and Dinamo București with thirteen each.

 Format 

Since the 2009–10 season, the format has been as such:

The county phase begins the tournament and is organized by the county football associations. Forty-two teams (one from each county) advance to the next phase.

 First round – 140 teams (42 teams qualified from the county phase and 98 Liga III teams)
 Second round – 80 teams (70 winners from the first round and the remaining 10 Liga III teams)
 Third round – 40 teams (winners from the second round)
 Fourth round – 56 teams (20 winners from the third round and all 36 Liga II teams)
 Round of 32 – (14 winners from the fifth round and all 18 Liga I teams)
 Round of 16 (winners from the Round of 32)
 Quarter-finals
 Semi-finals
 Final

 Performances 

 Club Winners Runners-up Winning years Steaua București228 1948–49, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 2010–11, 2014–15 Dinamo București139 1958–59, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2011–12 Rapid București136 1934–35, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07 Universitatea Craiova65 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1990–91, 1992–93 CFR Cluj41 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015–16 Petrolul Ploiești31 1962–63, 1994–95, 2012–13 Politehnica Timișoara26 1957–58, 1979–80 Ripensia Timișoara22 1933–34, 1935–36 UTA Arad22 1947–48, 1953 Progresul București14 1959–60 Universitatea Cluj14 1964–65 Progresul Oradea11 1956 Jiul Petroșani11 1973–74 Gloria Bistrița11 1993–94 CFR Turnu Severin1— 1942–43 Metalul Reșița1— 1954 Arieșul Turda1— 1960–61 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea1— 1972–73 Astra Giurgiu1— 2013–14 Sportul Studențesc București—3— Unirea Tricolor București—2— FC Baia Mare—2— CAM Timișoara—1— Venus București—1— CFR Timișoara—1— Flacăra Mediaș—1— Energia Câmpia Turzii—1— Dinamo Obor București—1— Siderurgistul Galați—1— Dinamo Pitești—1— Foresta Fălticeni—1— Constructorul Galați—1— CSU Galați—1— Olimpia Satu Mare—1— FC Bacău—1— Dacia Unirea Brăila—1— Rocar București—1— Oțelul Galați—1— Farul Constanța—1— Unirea Urziceni—1— FC Vaslui—1—

 Other websites 

 Official site
 The Romanian Cup on the FRF's official site

 References 

Category:Football competitions in Europe
Category:Football in Romania
Category:1933 establishments in Europe
Category:1930s establishments in Romania