1971–72 Cupa României

Football tournament season
1971–72 Cupa României
Tournament details
CountryRomania
Final positions
ChampionsRapid București
Runner-upJiul Petroşani

The 1970–71 Cupa României was the 34th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

The title was won by Rapid București against Jiul Petroşani.

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.

In 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, the younger team will qualify.

In the semi-finals, 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 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.

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Bracket

 
Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                  
 
 
 
 
Unirea Drăgăşani2
 
 
 
UTA Arad0
 
Unirea Drăgăşani0
 
 
 
Rapid București2
 
Minaur Zlatna0
 
 
 
Rapid București (a.e.t.)0
 
Rapid București1
 
 
 
FC Galaţi0
 
FC Galaţi2
 
 
 
Farul Constanța1
 
FC Galaţi (a.e.t.)0
 
 
 
Universitatea Cluj0
 
Minerul Baia Mare0
 
 
 
Universitatea Cluj (a.e.t.)0
 
Rapid București3
 
 
 
Metalul București2
 
Metalul București1
 
 
 
Steagul Roşu Braşov0
 
Metalul București3
 
 
 
Argeș Pitești1
 
Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat0
 
 
 
Argeș Pitești3
 
Metalul București4
 
 
 
ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș1
 
Olimpia Satu Mare2
 
 
 
Universitatea Craiova1
 
Olimpia Satu Mare0
 
 
 
ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș2
 
Petrolistul Boldeşti1
 
 
 
ASA Tg. Mureș (a.e.t.)2
 
Rapid București2
 
 
 
Jiul Petroşani0
 
Textila Odorhei0
 
 
 
Jiul Petroşani3
 
Jiul Petroşani1
 
 
 
SC Bacău0
 
CFR Timișoara0
 
 
 
SC Bacău1
 
Jiul Petroşani4
 
 
 
CFR Cluj1
 
Dunărea Calafat1
 
 
 
Petrolul Ploiești0
 
Dunărea Calafat0
 
 
 
CFR Cluj2
 
Cimentul Medgidia0
 
 
 
CFR Cluj2
 
Jiul Petroşani (p) 2 (7) 
 
 
 
Dinamo București 2 (6) 
 
Tractorul Brașov3
 
 
 
Politehnica Iași0
 
Tractorul Brașov2
 
 
 
Dinamo București3
 
Petrolul Moineşti1
 
 
 
Dinamo București4
 
Dinamo București2
 
 
 
Politehnica Timișoara0
 
Politehnica Timișoara2
 
 
 
Steaua București0
 
Politehnica Timișoara (a.e.t.)1
 
 
 
ASA Crişul Oradea1
 
Metalul Plopeni1
 
 
ASA Crişul Oradea2
 

First round proper

Team 1  Score  Team 2
1 March 1972
Politehnica Timișoara (Div. B) 2–0 (Div. A) Steaua București
5 March 1972
Petrolistul Boldești (Div. C) 1–2 (a.e.t.) (Div. A) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș
Tractorul Brașov (Div. C) 3–0 (Div. A) Politehnica Iași
Metalul București (Div. B) 1–0 (Div. A) Steagul Roșu Brașov
Dunărea Calafat (Div. C) 1–0 (Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești
Unirea Drăgășani (Div. C) 2–0 (Div. A) UTA Arad
FC Galați (Div. B) 2–1 (a.e.t.) (Div. A) Farul Constanța
Cimentul Medgidia (Div. C) 0–2 (Div. A) CFR Cluj
Petrolul Moinești (Div. C) 1–4 (Div. A) Dinamo București
Textila Odorheiu Secuiesc (Div. C) 0–3 (Div. A) Jiul Petroșani
Metalul Plopeni (Div. B) 1–2 (Div. A) ASA Crișul Oradea
Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat (Div. C) 0–3 (Div. A) Argeș Pitești
Olimpia Satu Mare (Div. B) 2–1 (Div. A) Universitatea Craiova
CFR Timișoara (Div. B) 0–1 (a.e.t.) (Div. A) SC Bacău
Minaur Zlatna (Div. C) 0–0 (a.e.t.) (Div. A) Rapid București
9 March 1972
Minerul Baia Mare (Div. B) 0–0 (a.e.t.) (Div. A) Universitatea Cluj

Second round proper

Team 1  Score  Team 2
15 March 1972
Politehnica Timișoara 1–1 (a.e.t.) ASA Crişul Oradea
Jiul Petroșani 1–0 SC Bacău
Metalul București 3–1 Argeș Pitești
Olimpia Satu Mare 0–2 ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș
FC Galați 0–0 (a.e.t.) Universitatea Cluj
Unirea Drăgășani 0–2 Rapid București
Tractorul Brașov 2–3 Dinamo București
Dunărea Calafat 0–2 CFR Cluj

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
29 March 1972
Rapid București 1–0 (a.e.t.) FC Galați
Jiul Petroșani 4–1 CFR Cluj
Metalul București 4–1 ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș
Dinamo București 2–0 Politehnica Timișoara

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
28 June 1972
Rapid București 3–2 Metalul București
Jiul Petroșani 2–2 (a.e.t.)(7–6 p) Dinamo București

Notes:

Final

Rapid București2–0Jiul Petroşani
Marin 3'
Neagu 27'
Report
23 August, Bucharest
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Bucharest)


 Cupa României 1971–72 winners 

Rapid București
8th title

References

  1. ^ "Lista tuturor finalelor Cupei României – Ripensia Sport Magazin". ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. Retrieved 2015-10-21.

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