1972–73 Cupa României

The 1972–73 Cupa României was the 35th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

1972–73 Cupa României

Tournament details
Country	Romania
Final positions
Champions	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Runner-up	Constructorul Galați

The title was won by Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea against Constructorul Galați.

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, the winner will be established at penalty kicks.

In the final, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, 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
	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	1
	Steagul Roșu Brașov	0
					Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	1
					CFR Cluj	0
	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1
	CFR Cluj (a.e.t.)	1
									Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2
									Argeș Pitești	1
	CFR Pașcani	1
	Argeș Pitești	2
					Argeș Pitești	2
					FC Constanța	1
	CSM Sibiu	1
	FC Constanța (a.e.t.)	1
													Chimia Rm. Vâlcea (p)	2 (5)
													Metalul București	2 (4)
	Metalul București	4
	Universitatea Craiova	0
					Metalul București (a.e.t.)	1
					UTA Arad	1
	Autobuzul București	3
	UTA Arad (a.e.t.)	3
									Metalul București (a.e.t.)	1
									Petrolul Ploiești	1
	Progresul București	1
	Petrolul Ploiești (a.e.t.)	1
					Petrolul Ploiești	2
					FC Galaţi	1
	FC Galaţi	1
	CSM Reșița	0
																	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	3
																	Constructorul Galați	0
	Constructorul Galați	1
	Jiul Petroşani	0
					Constructorul Galați	1
					Dinamo București	0
	Chimia Făgăraş	0
	Dinamo București	7
									Constructorul Galați (a.e.t.)	1
									SC Bacău	1
	Vagonul Arad	0
	SC Bacău	4
					SC Bacău	2
					Rapid București	1
	Carpați Sinaia	0
	Rapid București (a.e.t.)	0
													Constructorul Galați (a.e.t.)	2
													Steaua București	2
	Minerul Lupeni	0
	Steaua București	1
					Steaua București	4
					Știința Petroșani	1
	Știința Petroșani	2
	ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	1
									Steaua București	1
									Universitatea Cluj	0
	Metalul Oradea	1
	Universitatea Cluj	4
					Universitatea Cluj (p)	1 (4)
					Sportul Studențesc	1 (3)
	Bihor Oradea	0
	Sportul Studențesc	1

First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 December 1972
Chimia Făgăraş (Div. D)	0–7	(Div. A) Dinamo București
Constructorul Galați (Div. C)	1–0	(Div. A) Jiul Petroşani
Metalul Oradea (Div. D)	1–4	(Div. A) Universitatea Cluj
3 December 1972
Vagonul Arad (Div. C)	0–4	(Div. A) SC Bacău
Metalul București (Div. B)	4–0	(Div. A) Universitatea Craiova
Autobuzul București (Div. C)	3–3 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) UTA Arad
Progresul București (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești
FC Galaţi (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) CSM Reșița
Minerul Lupeni (Div. C)	0–1	(Div. A) Steaua București
Bihor Oradea (Div. B)	0–1	(Div. A) Sportul Studențesc București
CFR Pașcani (Div. B)	1–2	(Div. A) Argeș Pitești
Știința Petroșani (Div. C)	2–1	(Div. A) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) CFR Cluj
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) Steagul Roșu Brașov
CSM Sibiu (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) FC Constanța
Carpați Sinaia (Div. C)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Rapid București

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
30 May 1973
Universitatea Cluj	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Sportul Studențesc București
Argeș Pitești	2–1	FC Constanța
Petrolul Ploiești	2–1	FC Galaţi
SC Bacău	2–1	Rapid București
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	1–0	CFR Cluj
Constructorul Galați	1–0	Dinamo București
Steaua București	4–1	Știința Petroșani
Metalul București	1–1 (a.e.t.)	UTA Arad

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
24 June 1973
Steaua București	1–0	Universitatea Cluj
Constructorul Galați	1–1 (a.e.t.)	SC Bacău
Metalul București	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Petrolul Ploiești
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2–1	Argeș Pitești

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
27 June 1973
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Metalul București
Constructorul Galați	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Steaua București

Final

Main article: 1973 Cupa României final

1 July 1973

17:30 EET

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Constructorul Galați
Şutru 39'	Report	Cernega 65'

23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Aurel Bentu (Bucharest)

Replay

3 July 1973

17:30 EET

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	3–0	Constructorul Galați
Iordache 8' Gojgaru 54', 86'	Report

23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Nicolae Petriceanu (Bucharest)

Cupa României 1972–73 winners
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 1st title

External links

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