2009–10 Cupa României

2009–10 Cupa României
Country	Romania
Teams	98
Champions	CFR Cluj
Runners-up	Vaslui
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The 2009–10 Cupa României was the seventy-second season of the annual Romanian football knockout tournament. It began on 15 July 2009 with the matches of Phase 1 and ended with the Final on 6 June 2010. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.

The winners of the competition qualifyd for the play-off round of the 2010–11 Europa League.

Round of 32

The 14 winners of Phase V entered in this round and were joined by 18 teams from the 2009–10 Liga I season. The matches were played from 22–24 September 2009. frf.ro reference

Home team	Score	Away team
FCM Bacău	0–2	Steaua Bucureşti
Unirea Urziceni	3–0	Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti
Chimia Brazi	0–5	FC Vaslui
Dunărea Galaţi	0–2	CFR Cluj
Politehnica Timișoara	7–0	Sănătatea Cluj
CS Zlatna	0–5	Dinamo Bucureşti
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	1–1 (aet), 2–3 (pen)	Gaz Metan CFR Craiova
Gaz Metan Mediaş	1–1 (aet), 5–4 (pen)	CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
FC Braşov	0–0, 4–0 (aet)	CS Otopeni
Astra Ploieşti	1–1, 2–1 (aet)	Farul Constanţa
Gloria Bistriţa	3–0	Dunărea Giurgiu
Minerul Valea Copcii	1–1 (aet), 3–5 (pen)	Internaţional Curtea de Argeş
Bihor Oradea	0–2	Rapid Bucureşti
Universitatea Craiova	4–0	Gloria II Bistriţa
Oţelul Galaţi	1–1 (aet), 4–3 (pen)	Unirea Alba Iulia
Politehnica Iaşi	3–1	Pandurii Târgu Jiu

Round of 16

The 16 winners from the previous round competed in this round. The matches were played on 27, 28 and 29 October 2009. frf.ro reference

Home team	Score	Away team
Gaz Metan CFR Craiova	0–1	CFR Cluj
Astra Ploieşti	2–2 (aet), 6–5 (pen)	Politehnica Timișoara
Dinamo Bucureşti	1–0	Oţelul Galaţi
Gaz Metan Mediaş	0–1	FC Vaslui
Unirea Urziceni	0–1	FC Braşov
Gloria Bistriţa	0–0 (aet), 5–4 (pen)	Steaua Bucureşti
Politehnica Iaşi	0–3	Universitatea Craiova
Internaţional Curtea de Argeş	2–1	Rapid Bucureşti

Quarter-finals

Eight winners from the previous round competed in this round. The matches were played on 17, 18 and 19 November 2009 in a one leg tie. http://www.frfotbal.ro/index.php?competition_id=8&season=46&serie_id=285&etapa_id=2709

FC Braşov v Gloria Bistriţa

November 17, 2009
19:00 EST

FC Braşov	3 – 0	Gloria Bistriţa
Hadnagy 4' Zaharia 30' Roman 39' Abrudan 52' Ilyeş 60', 67'	(Report)	Ciucă 62' Iodi 77'

Stadionul Tineretului, Braşov
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marius Avram

November 18, 2009
18:15 EST

FC Vaslui	1 – 0	Internaţional Curtea de Argeş
Farkaš 70' Burdujan 87'	(Report)	Matei 31', 43' Neagu 40' Arčaba 64' Voiculeţ 68'

Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan

Universitatea Craiova v CFR Cluj

November 18, 2009
20:15 EST

Universitatea Craiova	0 – 1	CFR Cluj
Bădoi 57'	(Report)	Dubarbier 24', 61' Traoré 31' Panin 65' Culio 73' Tony 75'

Stadionul Ion Oblemenco, Craiova
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Astra Ploieşti v Dinamo Bucureşti

November 19, 2009
20:15 EST

Astra Ploieşti	1 – 2	Dinamo Bucureşti
Păun (pen.) Strătilă 68'	(Report)	An. Cristea 10', 54' N'Doye 38' Molinero 45' Moţi 65' Rus 83'

Stadionul Astra, Ploieşti
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

Semifinals

The semifinals were played in two legs. The first leg was played on 24 and 25 March 2010 while the second leg on 14 and 15 April 2010. http://www.frfotbal.ro/index.php?competition_id=8&season=46&serie_id=285&etapa_id=3224