2019–20 Moldovan Cup

2019–20 Moldovan Cup

The Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău hosted the final
Country	Moldova
Dates	20 April 2019 – 30 June 2020
Teams	49
Champions	Petrocub-Hîncești
Runners-up	Sfîntul Gheorghe
Matches played	62
Goals scored	253 (4.08 per match)
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The 2019–20 Moldovan Cup (Romanian: Cupa Moldovei) was the 29th season of the annual Moldovan football cup competition. The competition started on 20 April 2019 with the preliminary round and concluded with the final on 30 June 2020. The winner qualifies for the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.

Format and Schedule[]

The preliminary round and the first two rounds proper are regionalised to reduce teams travel costs.^[1]

Round	Match dates	Fixtures	Clubs
Preliminary Round	20 April 2019	9	49 → 40
First Round	3–4 May 2019	16	40 → 24
Second Round	24–25 May 2019	8	24 → 16
Round of 16	25–26 June 2019 (1st leg) 5–7 July 2019 (2nd leg)	16	16 → 8
Quarter-Finals	24–25 September 2019 (1st leg) 29–30 October 2019 (2nd leg)	8	8 → 4
Semi-Finals	21–22 June 2020 (1st leg) 25 June 2020 (2nd leg)	4	4 → 2
Final	30 June 2020	1	2 → 1

Participating clubs[]

The following 49 teams qualified for the competition:^[2]

Divizia Națională the 8 teams of the 2019 season	Divizia A the 15 teams of the 2019 season	Divizia B the 26 teams of the 2019 season
Sheriff Tiraspol title holder Milsami Orhei Petrocub-Hîncești Speranța Nisporeni Zimbru Chișinău Dinamo-Auto Sfîntul Gheorghe Codru Lozova	Zaria Bălți Florești Sîngerei Victoria Bardar Grănicerul Glodeni Ungheni Cahul-2005 Sireți Real Succes Sparta Chișinău Iskra Rîbnița Speranța Drochia Tighina Spartanii Selemet Dacia Buiucani	Edineț FCM Ungheni Olimp Comrat Sucleia Maiak Chirsova Rîșcani Bogzești Sinteza Căușeni Slobozia Mare ARF Ialoveni

Preliminary Round[]

18 clubs from the Divizia B entered this round. Teams that finished higher on the league in the previous season played their ties away. 8 clubs from the Divizia B received a bye for the preliminary round. Matches were played on 20 April 2019.^[3][4]

First Round[]

17 clubs from the Divizia B and 15 clubs from the Divizia A entered this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. If two teams are from the same division, the team that finished higher on the league in the previous season played their tie away. Matches were played on 3 and 4 May 2019.^[5][6][4]

Second Round[]

The 16 winners from the previous round entered this round. In a match, the home advantage was granted to the team from the lower league. If two teams are from the same division, the team that finished higher on the league in the previous season played their tie away. Matches were played on 24 and 25 May 2019.^[7][8][9][4]

Final stage[]

Bracket[]

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Edineț	1	1	2
	Milsami Orhei	3	6	9
							Milsami Orhei	0	0	0
							Sfîntul Gheorghe	1	0	1
	Sfîntul Gheorghe	1	2	3
	FCM Ungheni	0	0	0
													Sfîntul Gheorghe	5	2	7
													Speranța Nisporeni	2	2	4
	Speranța Nisporeni	6	3	9
	Speranța Drochia	1	0	1
							Codru Lozova	2	0	2
							Speranța Nisporeni	2	5	7
	Codru Lozova	7	3	10
	Victoria Bardar	1	0	1
																			Petrocub-Hîncești (pen.)	0 (5)
																			Sfîntul Gheorghe	0 (3)
		2	1	3
	Zimbru Chișinău	4	5	9
							Zimbru Chișinău	1	1	2
							Petrocub-Hîncești	2	3	5
	Petrocub-Hîncești	7	2	9
	Tighina	0	0	0
													Petrocub-Hîncești (a)	1	1	2
													Sheriff Tiraspol	0	2	2
	Sheriff Tiraspol	12	15	27
	Sireți	0	0	0
							Sheriff Tiraspol	1	5	6
							Dinamo-Auto	0	0	0
	Dinamo-Auto	8	3	11
	Maiak Chirsova	0	0	0

Round of 16[]

The 8 winners from the previous round and 8 clubs from the Divizia Națională entered this round. The home teams in the first legs and the pairs were determined in a draw held on 3 June 2019.^[10] The first legs were played on 25 and 26 June 2019 and the second legs on 5, 6 and 7 July 2019.^{[11][12][13][14][15][4]}

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Edineț	2–9	Milsami Orhei	1–3	1–6
Sfîntul Gheorghe	3–0	FCM Ungheni	1–0	2–0
Speranța Nisporeni	9–1[A]	Speranța Drochia	6–1	3–0
Codru Lozova	10–1	Victoria Bardar	7–1	3–0
	3–9	Zimbru Chișinău	2–4	1–5
Petrocub-Hîncești	9–0	Tighina	7–0	2–0
Sheriff Tiraspol	27–0	Sireți	12–0	15–0
Dinamo-Auto	11–0	Maiak Chirsova	8–0	3–0

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Quarter-Finals[]

The 8 winners from the previous round entered the quarter-finals. The home teams in the first legs were determined in a draw held on 9 July 2019.^[16] The first legs were played on 24 and 25 September 2019 and the second legs on 29 and 30 October 2019.^{[17][18][19][20][4]}

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milsami Orhei	0–1	Sfîntul Gheorghe	0–1	0–0
Codru Lozova	2–7	Speranța Nisporeni	2–2	0–5
Zimbru Chișinău	2–5	Petrocub-Hîncești	1–2	1–3
Sheriff Tiraspol	6–0	Dinamo-Auto	1–0	5–0

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Semi-Finals[]

The 4 winners from the previous round entered the semi-finals. The home teams in the first legs were determined in a draw held on 1 November 2019.^[21] The first legs were played on 21 and 22 June 2020 and the second legs on 25 June 2020.^{[22][23][24][4]}

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sfîntul Gheorghe	7–4	Speranța Nisporeni	5–2	2–2
Petrocub-Hîncești	2–2 (a)	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–0	1–2

First leg[]

The match was abandoned after 28 minutes due to heavy rain, and was resumed on Monday 22 June 2020 at the Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău, 20:00 EEST, from the point of abandonment.^[25][26]

Second leg[]

Final[]

The final was played on Tuesday 30 June 2020 at the Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 26 June 2020.^[27]

Petrocub

Sf. Gheorghe

GK 29 Cristian Avram DF 2 Jacques Onana DF 4 Petru Racu  45+1'  58' DF 20 Douanla Melachio DF 22 Ștefan Efros  46' DF 90 Ion Jardan MF 8 Iaser Țurcan MF 27 Artiom Rozgoniuc  63' MF 84 Alexandru Onica  67' FW 9 Vladimir Ambros (c)  90+3' FW 11 Sergiu Plătică Substitutes: GK 99 Igor Mostovei DF 5 Arcadie Rusu  108' MF 13 Vlad Oprea MF 17 Victor Bogaciuc  90+3' FW 7 Ilie Damașcan  67' FW 10 Alexandru Bejan  98'  46' FW 18 Vadim Gulceac  72'  58'  108' Head Coach: Lilian Popescu

GK 28 Nicolai Cebotari DF 4 Andrei Novicov DF 17 Petru Ojog  56'  114' DF 18 Yevhen Smirnov DF 19 Serghei Svinarenco  72' MF 5 Vitalie Plămădeală (c) MF 7 Alexandru Suvorov  75' MF 8 Renat Mochulyak  87' MF 21 Eugen Slivca  65'  75' FW 9 Roman Volkov  80'  91' FW 14 Maxim Iurcu  67' Substitutes: GK 1 Maxim Railean DF 16 Igor Bondarenco  114' MF 11 Mihail Ghecev  90+3'  67' MF 15 Victor Stînă  91' MF 22 Dmitri Mandrîcenco  75' MF 24 Sidy Sagna  75' FW 10 Sergiu Istrati  87' Head Coach: Serghei Cebotari

Assistant referees: Yury Khomchanka (Belarus) Siarhei Kasavets (Belarus) Fourth official: Andrei Breguța (Moldova)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if score is still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 2]

Notes[]

References[]

Notes

External links[]

• Cupa Moldovei on soccerway