2008–09 Cupa României

2008–09 Cupa României
Country Romania
Teams 32
Defending champions Rapid București
Champions CFR Cluj
Runners-up Politehnica Timișoara

The 2008–09 Cupa României was the 71st season of the Romanian football knockout tournament. It began on 30 July 2008 and the final was played on 13 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions and succeeded in keeping the cup for one more year at Cluj-Napoca.

Round of 32

In this round entered the 14 winners of the Phase V and the 18 teams from the 2008–09 Liga I season.

The matches were played on October 14, 15 and 16, 2008.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Târgu Mureș 1–2 Dinamo București
Râmnicu Vâlcea 0–1 Otopeni
Minerul Lupeni 0–4 Unirea Urziceni
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 3–3aet 10–11p CFR Cluj
Sportul Studențesc București 2–0 Steaua București
Petrolul Ploiești 2–3aet Rapid București
CFR II Cluj 0–1 Politehnica Timișoara
Internațional Curtea de Argeș 2–1 Argeș Pitești
Tricolorul Breaza 1–2 Oțelul Galați
Dunărea Galați 0–0aet 4–2p Gaz Metan Mediaș
FC Ploiești 1–3 FC U Craiova
CFR Timișoara 1–4 Gloria Bistrița
Botoșani 0–0aet 4–3p Gloria Buzău
FCM Bacău 0–1 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Farul Constanța 0–1 Brașov
Vaslui 3–0 Politehnica Iași

Round of 16

The matches were played on 12 November 2008.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Rapid București 3–0 Internațional Curtea de Argeș
Sportul Studențesc București 0–1 CFR Cluj
Dunărea Galați 1–2 Politehnica Timișoara
Botoșani 1–3 Dinamo București
Unirea Urziceni 1–0 Oțelul Galați
Gloria Bistrița 1–1aet 5–3p Brașov
FC U Craiova 1–4 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Otopeni 1–2 Vaslui

Quarterfinals

The matches were played on 14 and 15 April 2009.

CFR Cluj 1–0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Peralta  44' (pen.)
Unirea Urziceni 0–2 Vaslui
Wesley  32'
Genchev  79'
Dinamo București 4–2 Rapid București
Perjă  19' (o.g.)
Boștină  37'
Niculae  67', 79'		 Lazăr  10'
Andrade  90'

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 28 and 29 April 2009.

CFR Cluj 2–0 Vaslui
Ruiz  10'
Pereira  90+2'

Final

Cupa României 2008–09 Winners
CFR Cluj
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