1933–34 Cupa României

1933–34 Cupa României

Ripensia Timişoara receiving the cup from Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Prime Minister of Romania
Tournament details
Country	Romania
Teams	68
Final positions
Champions	Ripensia Timișoara
Runner-up	Universitatea Cluj
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	174 (5.44 per match)

The 1933–34 Cupa României was the inaugural season of the Romania's most prestigious football (soccer) cup competition. In order to promote the competition and encourage clubs to register to the cup, no taxes were enforced on the participants. From the sixty-eight teams registered for the competition, fifty-two were not competing in the top-flight.

The competition started in the autumn of 1933. The first phases involved only teams coming from district leagues. The draws were made taking in account logistic difficulties, and sixteen of these clubs advanced to the first round proper, where they were joined by the sixteen teams from Diviza A. The results of the preliminary phase were not recorded.

The first winners were Ripensia Timișoara, who defeated Universitatea Cluj in the final. The trophy was handed by Alexandru Vaida-Voevod to the captain of Ripensia, Silviu Bindea.

First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
31 March 1934
Venus București (Diviza A)	7–0	(District) Unirea Mihai Viteazul Alba Iulia
1 April 1934
CA Timişoara (District)	9–0	(District) Sportul Studențesc
Şoimii Sibiu (Diviza A)	0–7	(Diviza A) Ripensia Timișoara
Crișana Oradea (Diviza A)	3–0	(District) Sticla Diciosânmartin
Chinezul Timișoara (Diviza A)	2–0	(District) Avântul Buzău
Jiul Petroșani (District)	0–1	(District) AS CFR Brașov
Unirea Tricolor București (Diviza A)	1–0	(Diviza A) CAO Oradea
Olympia CFR Satu Mare (District)	6–1	(Diviza A) Braşovia Braşov
Tricolor Ploiești (Divizia A)	6–1	(District) Electrica Timișoara
Mureşul Târgu Mureş (Divizia A)	2–4	(District) Phoenix Baia Mare
Vulturii Textila Lugoj (District)	1–2	(Divizia A) AMEFA Arad
România Cluj (Divizia A)	1–2	(Divizia A) CFR București
Transilvania Arad (District)	3–2	(Divizia A) Olympia București
22 April 1934
Franco-Româna Brăila (District)	1–2	(Divizia A) Gloria CFR Arad
Maccabi București (District)	0–4	(Divizia A) Universitatea Cluj
29 April 1934
UDR Reșița (District)	5–01	(Divizia A) Juventus București

Notes

• Note 1: The match was contested and it was replayed.

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
9 April 1934
Unirea Tricolor București	8–3	Transilvania Arad
29 March 1934
Phoenix Baia Mare	11–0	Tricolor Ploiești
CA Timișoara	2–4	Universitatea Cluj
1 May 1934
Venus București	7–5	Chinezul Timișoara
Olympia CFR Satu Mare	3–1	Crișana Oradea
CFR București	2–4	AMEFA Arad
6 May 1934
UDR Reșița	3–0	AS CFR Brașov
13 May 1934
Ripensia Timișoara	6–4	Gloria CFR Arad

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ripensia Timișoara	6–3	Venus București
Unirea Tricolor București	0–2	UDR Reșița
Universitatea Cluj	6–1	Olympia CFR Satu Mare
AMEFA Arad	1–0	Phoenix Baia Mare

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
AMEFA Arad	1–3	Ripensia Timișoara
UDR Reșița	2–3	Universitatea Cluj

Final

Main article: 1934 Cupa României Final

8 September 1934

Ripensia Timișoara	3 – 2	Universitatea Cluj
Schwartz 5' Dobay 29' Ciolac 85'		Ploeşteanu 18' Surlaşiu 64'

Electrica, Timișoara

Attendance: 3,000

Final replay

30 September 1933-34

15:30 EET

Ripensia Timișoara	5 – 0	Universitatea Cluj
Dobay 18' 20' Bindea 41' 48' Schwartz 85'

ONEF, Bucharest

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Denis Xifando

Cupa României 1933-34 Winners
Ripensia Timișoara 1st Title

External links

• romaniansoccer.ro