2005–06 Cupa României

2005–06 Cupa României

Tournament details
Country	Romania
Defending champions	FC Dinamo Bucureşti
Final positions
Champions	Rapid Bucureşti
Runner-up	Naţional Bucureşti

The 2005–06 Cupa României was the 68th season of the annual Romanian football knockout tournament.

The winners of the competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.

Round of 32

The matches took place on September 21, 2005.

Date	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Referee
September 20, 2005	Gaz Metan Mediaş	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0 - 0 aet, 2-4 pen	Oțelul Galați	Victor Stănişteanu Buzău
September 21, 2005	Areni Suceava	Cetatea Suceava	2 - 1	Sportul Studențesc București	Marius Martiş Focşani
September 21, 2005	Gloria Buzău	Gloria Buzău	1 - 2	Farul Constanţa	Alexandru Tudor Bucharest
September 21, 2005	Otopeni Otopeni	CS Otopeni	2 - 5	Politehnica Timișoara	Victor Berbecaru Râmnicu Vâlcea
September 21, 2005	CFR Timişoara	CFR Timişoara	1 - 3	Naţional Bucureşti	Sebastian Colţescu Craiova
September 21, 2005	Valentin Stănescu Bucharest	Rapid II Bucureşti	0 - 0 aet, 8-7 pen	Steaua Bucureşti	Robert Dumitru Braşov
September 21, 2005	Mircea Chivu Reşiţa	CSM Reşiţa	0 - 1	Rapid Bucureşti	Marian Salomir Cluj-Napoca
September 21, 2005	Dunărea Galaţi	Dunărea Galaţi	0 - 1	Dinamo Bucureşti	Augustus Constantin Râmnicu Vâlcea
September 21, 2005	Ion Oblemenco Craiova	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 0	CFR Cluj	Lucian Dan Aiud
September 21, 2005	Unirea Dej	Unirea Dej	0 - 2	Politehnica Iaşi	Aurelian Simion Piteşti
September 21, 2005	Municipal Oradea	Bihor Oradea	0 - 2	Jiul Petroşani	Orlando Trandu Timişoara
September 21, 2005	Eugen Popescu Târgovişte	FCM Târgoviște	3 - 2	Argeş Piteşti	Teodor Crăciunescu Râmnicu Vâlcea
September 21, 2005	Ilie Oană Ploieşti	Petrolul Ploieşti	2 - 1	Gloria Bistriţa	Adrian Stănescu Bucharest
September 21, 2005	Central Mangalia	Callatis Mangalia	0 - 2	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Marius Bocăneală Galaţi
September 21, 2005	Gloria Bistriţa	Gloria II Bistriţa	1 - 2	SC Vaslui	S. Bogdan Craiova
September 21, 2005	ICIM Braşov	FC Braşov	2 - 2 aet, 4-6 pen	FCM Bacău	Viorel Sandu Bucharest

Round of 16

The matches took place on October 25, 2006.

Home team	Score	Away team
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–2	Oţelul Galaţi
Cetatea Suceava	2–3	Rapid Bucureşti
Petrolul Ploieşti	2–1	Dinamo Bucureşti
Rapid II Bucureşti	3–4	Farul Constanţa
FCM Bacău	0–2	Jiul Petroşani
Politehnica Iaşi	2–1	SC Vaslui
FCM Târgovişte	1–3	Politehnica Timișoara
Naţional Bucureşti	0–0; 4–3 pen	Universitatea Craiova

Quarter-finals

The matches took place on December 7, 2005.

Home team	Score	Away team
Petrolul Ploieşti	3–2	Politehnica Timişoara
Politehnica Iaşi	0–1	Rapid Bucureşti
Jiul Petroşani	0–1	Farul Constanţa
Oţelul Galaţi	0–0; 3–4 pen	Naţional Bucureşti

Semi-finals

The 1st leg match took place on March 22, 2006. The 2nd on April 19, 2006.

Home team	Agg.	Away team	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Bucureşti	7–4	Petrolul Ploieşti	4–1	3–3
Farul Constanţa	2–4	Naţional Bucureşti	1–0	1–4

Final

Main article: 2006 Cupa României Final

17 May 2006

20:15 EEST

Rapid Bucureşti	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Naţional Bucureşti
Niculae 91'

Stadionul Naţional, Bucureşti

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean

Cupa României 2005–06 Winners
Rapid Bucureşti 12th Title

References

• Romanian Cup 2005/2006 (RomanianSoccer)