2012 Cupa României final

The Cupa României Final was the final match of the 2011–12 Cupa României, played between Rapid București and Dinamo București. The match was played on 23 May 2012 at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. Dinamo won the match 1–0, triumphing for the 13th time in this competition while Rapid lost its 6th final.

2012 Cupa României Final

Event	2011–12 Cupa României
Rapid București Dinamo București 0 1
Date	23 May 2012
Venue	Arena Națională, Bucharest
Man of the Match	Djakaridja Koné (Dinamo)
Referee	Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Attendance	40,000

It was the first final played on the new Arena Națională and the first in Bucharest since 2006. Adrian Scarlatache scored the only goal of the match in the 58th minute while Djakaridja Koné was named Man of the Match. Winners Dinamo faced Romanian Champions CFR Cluj, on the same stadium on 17 July in the Romanian Supercup.

Route to the final

See also: 2011–12 Cupa României

Dinamo București Round of 32 Dinamo București 1–0 Luceafărul Oradea Round of 16 Dinamo București 5–0 Gaz Metan Severin Quarter-finals Dinamo București 2–1 Petrolul Ploiești Semifinals 1st Leg Dinamo București 1–0 Gaz Metan Mediaș Semifinals 2nd Leg Gaz Metan Mediaș 2 – 1 agg.: 2–2 (a) Dinamo București

Rapid București Round of 32 Rapid București 4–1 Juventus București Round of 16 Rapid București 5–0 CS Otopeni Quarter-finals Rapid București 2–0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Semifinals 1st Leg FC Vaslui 0–1 Rapid București Semifinals 2nd Leg Rapid București 3 – 2 agg.: 4 – 2 FC Vaslui

Match

23 May 2012

21:00 EEST

Rapid București	0–1	Dinamo București
Grigorie  70' Oros  90 1'		58' Scarlatache  68' Niculae  90 5' Naumovski

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

RAPID: GK 01 Dănuț Coman RB 14 Mihai Roman CB 04 Marcos António (c) CB 15 Cristian Oros  90 2' LB 19 Vladimir Božović DM 05 Dan Alexa  79' CM 80 Filipe Teixeira CM 08 Nicolae Grigore RW 24 Romeo Surdu  59' LW 07 Ciprian Deac FW 10 Ovidiu Herea  74' Substitutes: GK 82 Cosmin Vâtcă FW 09 Alexandru Ioniță  79' FW 11 Daniel Pancu  74' CB 16 Ovidiu Burcă RB 17 Valentin Crețu CM 20 Ștefan Grigorie  70'  59' DM 23 Miloš Pavlović Manager: Răzvan Lucescu

DINAMO: GK 23 Kristijan Naumovski  90 5' RB 24 Srdjan Luchin CB 21 Dragoș Grigore CB 30 Cosmin Moți LB 15 Adrian Scarlatache RW 20 Alexandru Curtean DM 05 Djakaridja Koné DM 26 Laurențiu Rus LW 10 Marius Alexe  67' FW 09 Marius Niculae (c)  68'  81' FW 25 Ionel Dănciulescu  71' Substitutes: GK 34 Cristian Bălgrădean LB 03 Cristian Pulhac  67' CM 07 Cătălin Munteanu  71' CM 19 Iulian Tameș RW 22 Sorin Strătilă FW 29 George Țucudean  81' LM 32 Nicolae Mușat Manager: Dario Bonetti

MAN OF THE MATCH Djakaridja Koné (Dinamo) MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Nicola Andrea Nicoletti Massimiliano Grilli Fourth official:

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

External links

• Official site (in Romanian)