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2015–16 Cupa Ligii

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2015–16 Cupa Ligii
Tournament details
CountryRomania
Teams14
Final positions
ChampionsFCSB
Runner-upConcordia Chiajna

The 2015–16 Cupa Ligii was the second official season of the Cupa Ligii.[1] Steaua București won the tournament for the second time in a row after defeating Concordia Chiajna in the final.

All times are CEST (UTC+2). [2]

Schedule

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  • Qualifying Round: 9–10 September 2015
  • Quarter-finals: 14–15 October 2015
  • First leg of semi-finals: 9–10 March 2016
  • Second leg of semi-finals: 13–14 April 2016
  • Final: 17 July 2016

Prize money

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  • Winner: 265,000
  • Runner-up: €165,000
  • Semi-final: €50,000
  • Quarter-final: €25,000
  • Qualifying Round: €20,000

Qualifying round

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At this stage, all teams participate in 2015–16 Liga I season except for No. 1 (FC Steaua București) and 2 (ASA Târgu Mureș) 2014–15 Liga I season which directly qualified for the quarterfinals. Thus in this phase will be 12 teams will be divided in 6 games. The winners of those matches will qualify for the quarterfinals.

The teams qualified in this phase are:

- FC Astra Giurgiu

- FC Botoșani

- CFR Cluj

- CS Concordia Chiajna

- FC Dinamo București

- CSM Studențesc Iași

- CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu

- FC Petrolul Ploiești

- ACS Poli Timișoara

- Universitatea Craiova

- FC Viitorul Constanța

- FC Voluntari

All matches were played on 9–10 September 2015[3]

9 September 2015 Concordia Chiajna 3–0FC BotoșaniStadionul Concordia, Chiajna
16:30 Cristescu 1'
Răducanu 81'
Purece 90+1'
Referee: Gabriel Mladinovici (Bucharest)
9 September 2015 CSM Studențesc Iași0–1 CFR Cluj Emil Alexandrescu, Iași
21:45 López 44' Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)
10 September 2015 FC Voluntari0–2 Astra Giurgiu Dinamo, Bucharest
16:30 Gouriye 6'
Alibec 73'
Referee: George Radulescu (Bucharest)

Quarter-finals

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At this stage, 8 teams qualified:

FC Steaua București – 1st place 2014–15 Liga I season

ASA Târgu Mureș – 2nd place 2014–15 Liga I season

the 6 teams that won in Qualifying Round

- FC Astra Giurgiu

- CS Concordia Chiajna

- CFR Cluj

- ACS Poli Timișoara

- FC Viitorul Constanța

- FC Dinamo București

These teams will be divided in four matches. The winners of those matches will qualify for the semifinals. All matches were played on 14–15 October 2015[4][5]

14 October 2015 Dinamo București 2–0CFR ClujDinamo, Bucharest
21:00 Essombé 22'
Rotariu 55'
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

Semi-finals

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In the semifinals qualified 4 teams, namely the winners of the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals winners are:

1) CS Concordia Chiajna

2) FC Dinamo București

3) FC Astra Giurgiu

4) FC Steaua București

These teams will be divided in two matches. Matches will be played roundtrip. The winners of those matches will qualify for the League Cup final.

1st leg

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2nd leg

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14 April 2016 Dinamo București1–1
(1–4 agg.)
Concordia Chiajna Dinamo, Bucharest
18:00 Gnohéré 14' Bucurică 77' Referee: George Găman (Craiova)

Final

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References

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  1. ^ "Structure of the Cupa Ligii for the 2014–15 season". Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Programul optimilor Cupei Ligii României
  4. ^ Tragerea la sorti a sferturilor si semifinalelor Cupei Ligii României
  5. ^ Programul sferturlor Cupei Ligii României