1969–70 Cupa României

The 1969–70 Cupa României was the 32nd edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

1969–70 Cupa României

Tournament details
Country	Romania
Final positions
Champions	Steaua București
Runner-up	Dinamo București

The title was won by Steaua București against Dinamo București.

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.

From 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 a replay will be played.

From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.

Bracket

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Sportul Studențesc	1
	ASA Crişul Oradea	0
					Sportul Studențesc	1
					Steaua București	4
	Rulmentul Bârlad	0
	Steaua București	4
									Steaua București	1
									UTA Arad	0
	Metalul București	0
	UTA Arad (a.e.t.)	1
					UTA Arad (a.e.t.)	1
					ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	0
	Portul Constanța	0
	ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	1
													Steaua București	3
													Argeș Pitești	1
	Minerul Moldova Nouă	1
	Argeș Pitești	2
					Argeș Pitești	3
					Metalul Turnu Severin	1
	Metalul Turnu Severin (a.e.t.)	5
	CFR Cluj	2
									Argeș Pitești (a.e.t.)	0
									Farul Constanța	0
	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	0
	Farul Constanța	1
					Farul Constanța	3
					CFR Paşcani	1
	CFR Paşcani	2
	Universitatea Craiova	1
																	Steaua București	2
																	Dinamo București	1
	Politehnica Timișoara	0
	Dinamo București	1
					Dinamo București	3
					Tractorul Brașov	0
	Tractorul Brașov	3
	Politehnica Iași	1
									Dinamo București	2
									Jiul Petroşani	1
	CIL Gherla	4
	Rapid București	3
					CIL Gherla	1
					Jiul Petroşani (a.e.t.)	2
	Minerul Ghelar	0
	Jiul Petroşani (a.e.t.)	0
													Dinamo București	3
													Steagul Roşu Braşov	1
	CSM Sibiu	2
	Universitatea Cluj	3
					Universitatea Cluj	1
					Steagul Roşu Braşov	2
	Victoria Moreni	0
	Steagul Roşu Braşov	4
									Steagul Roşu Braşov	4
									Petrolul Ploiești	2
	Minaur Zlatna	1
	Petrolul Ploiești (a.e.t.)	2
					Petrolul Ploiești	2
					Dinamo Bacău	0
	Victoria Roman	1
	Dinamo Bacău	2

First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
16 May 1970
Sportul Studențesc București (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) ASA Crişul Oradea
17 May 1970
Rulmentul Bârlad (Div. C)	0–4	(Div. A) Steaua București
Tractorul Brașov (Div. C)	3–1	(Div. A) Politehnica Iași
Metalul București (Div. B)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) UTA Arad
Minerul Ghelar (Div. C)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Jiul Petroşani
Minerul Moldova Nouă (Div. D)	1–2	(Div. A) Argeș Pitești
Victoria Moreni (Div. D)	0–4	(Div. A) Steagul Roşu Braşov
CFR Paşcani (Div. C)	2–1	(Div. A) Universitatea Craiova
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (Div. B)	0–1	(Div. A) Farul Constanța
Victoria Roman (Div. C)	1–2	(Div. A) Dinamo Bacău
Politehnica Timișoara (Div. B)	0–1	(Div. A) Dinamo București
24 May 1970
Portul Constanța (Div. B)	0–1	(Div. A) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș
CSM Sibiu (Div. B)	2–3	(Div. A) Universitatea Cluj
Metalul Turnu Severin (Div. B)	5–2 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) CFR Cluj
25 May 1970
Minaur Zlatna (Div. C)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești
27 May 1970
CIL Gherla (Div. C)	4–3	(Div. A) Rapid București

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
30 May 1970
Sportul Studențesc București	1–4	Steaua București
Universitatea Cluj	1–2	Steagul Roşu Braşov
31 May 1970
Petrolul Ploiești	2–0	Dinamo Bacău
CIL Gherla	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Jiul Petroşani
Dinamo București	3–0	Tractorul Brașov
UTA Arad	1–0 (a.e.t.)	ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș
Argeș Pitești	3–1	Metalul Turnu Severin
Farul Constanța	3–1	CFR Paşcani

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
13 June 1970
Dinamo București	2–1	Jiul Petroşani
17 June 1970
Argeș Pitești ‡	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Farul Constanța
18 June 1970
Steagul Roşu Braşov	4–2	Petrolul Ploiești
20 June 1970
Steaua București	1–0	UTA Arad

Notes:

• ‡ Because the lack of time in the competition format, no replay were played, Argeș Pitești won after coin toss and qualified in the Semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
24 June 1970
Dinamo București	3–1	Steagul Roşu Braşov
Steaua București	3–1	Argeș Pitești

Final

Main article: 1970 Cupa României final

26 July 1970

17:30 EET

Steaua București	2–1	Dinamo București
Voinea 7', 56'	Report	Dumitrache 79'

23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Bucharest)

External links

• romaniansoccer.ro
• Official site
• The Romanian Cup on the FRF's official site