2009–10 Cupa României

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 qualified 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 on 22–24 September 2009. frf.ro reference

Home team Score Away team FCM Bacău 0–2 Steaua București Unirea Urziceni 3–0 Chimia Brazi 0–5 FC Vaslui Dunărea Galaţi 0–2 CFR Cluj Politehnica Timișoara 7–0 Sănătatea Cluj 0–5 Dinamo București 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 Brașov 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 București FC U 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 București 1–0 Oţelul Galaţi Gaz Metan Mediaş 0–1 FC Vaslui Unirea Urziceni 0–1 FC Brașov Gloria Bistriţa 0–0 (aet), 5–4 (pen) Steaua București Politehnica Iaşi 0–3 FC U Craiova Internaţional Curtea de Argeş 2–1 Rapid București 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 November 17, 2009 19:00 EST FC Brașov 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 November 18, 2009 20:15 EST FC U Craiova 0–1 CFR Cluj Bădoi  57' (Report) Dubarbier 24',  61' Traoré  31' Panin  65' Culio  73' Tony  75' Ion Oblemenco, Craiova Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor November 19, 2009 20:15 EST Astra Ploieşti 1–2 Dinamo București 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 First leg[] March 24, 2010 20:15 Dinamo București 1–1 CFR Cluj Goian 14' D. Koné  88',  90'  (Report) Y. Koné 25' Culio  50' Mureşan  63' N. Dică  88' Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan March 25, 2010 20:15 FC Brașov 1–0 FC Vaslui Ilyeş 5',  66' Grigore  40' Nuno Diogo  59' Măldărăşanu  70' Rui Duarte  87' Coman  90' (Report) L. Sânmărtean  19' Delgado  58' Milanov  82' Stadionul Tineretului, Braşov Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marius Avram Second leg[] April 14, 2010 20:15 CFR Cluj 2–1 Dinamo București Edimar  46' N. Dică 51' Traoré 77' Culio  58' (Report) An. Cristea  60' An. Cristea 72' Niculescu  86' Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Attendance: 12,800 Referee: Alexandru Tudor CFR Cluj won 3–2 on aggregate. April 15, 2010 20:15 FC Vaslui 4–0 FC Brașov Costin 28' Wesley 29' L. Sânmărtean 53' Pavlović  59' Costly 73' Papp  74' Zaharia  26' Ionescu  39' Nuno Diogo  45' Abrudan  56' Stadionul Municipal, Vaslui Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Marius Avram FC Vaslui won 4–1 on aggregate. Final[] Main article: 2010 Cupa României Final 26 May 2010 21:00 CFR Cluj 0–0 (5–4 pen.) FC Vaslui Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu, Iaşi External links[] Cupa Romaniei – Sezon 2009-2010 (FRF)