1971–72 Cupa României

Cupa României 1971–72 Romania Rapid București Jiul Petroşani 1970–71 1972–73 The 1970–71 Cupa României was the 34th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. The title was won by Rapid București against Jiul Petroşani. Format The competition is an annual knockout tournament. In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. Each tie is played as a single leg. First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location. In the first round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, the team who played away will qualify. In the second round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then the team from the lower division will qualify. If the teams are from the same division, the younger team will qualify. In the semi-finals, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, the winner will be established at penalty kicks. From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.http://www.ripensia-sport-magazin.ro/istoria-fotbalului/lista-tuturor-finalelor-cupei-romaniei/ Lista tuturor finalelor Cupei României – Ripensia Sport Magazin ripensia-sport-magazin.ro 2015-10-21 Bracket no Unirea Drăgăşani 2 UTA Arad 0 Minaur Zlatna 0 Rapid București 0 FC Galaţi 2 Farul Constanța 1 Minerul Baia Mare 0 Universitatea Cluj 0 Metalul București 1 Steagul Roşu Braşov 0 Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat 0 Argeș Pitești 3 Olimpia Satu Mare 2 Universitatea Craiova 1 Petrolistul Boldeşti 1 ASA Tg. Mureș 2 Textila Odorhei 0 Jiul Petroşani 3 CFR Timișoara 0 SC Bacău 1 Dunărea Calafat 1 Petrolul Ploiești 0 Cimentul Medgidia 0 CFR Cluj 2 Tractorul Brașov 3 Politehnica Iași 0 Petrolul Moineşti 1 Dinamo București 4 Politehnica Timișoara 2 Steaua București 0 Metalul Plopeni 1 ASA Crişul Oradea 2 Unirea Drăgăşani 0 Rapid București 2 FC Galaţi 0 Universitatea Cluj 0 Metalul București 3 Argeș Pitești 1 Olimpia Satu Mare 0 ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș 2 Jiul Petroşani 1 SC Bacău 0 Dunărea Calafat 0 CFR Cluj 2 Tractorul Brașov 2 Dinamo București 3 Politehnica Timișoara 1 ASA Crişul Oradea 1 Rapid București 1 FC Galaţi 0 Metalul București 4 ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș 1 Jiul Petroşani 4 CFR Cluj 1 Dinamo București 2 Politehnica Timișoara 0 Rapid București 3 Metalul București 2 Jiul Petroşani 2(7) Dinamo București 2(6) Rapid București 2 Jiul Petroşani 0 First round proper |colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|1 March 1972 Politehnica Timișoara (Div. B) 2–0 (Div. A) Steaua București |- |colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|5 March 1972 Petrolistul Boldești (Div. C) 1–2 (Div. A) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș Tractorul Brașov (Div. C) 3–0 (Div. A) Politehnica Iași Metalul București (Div. B) 1–0 (Div. A) Steagul Roșu Brașov Dunărea Calafat (Div. C) 1–0 (Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești Unirea Drăgășani (Div. C) 2–0 (Div. A) UTA Arad FC Galați (Div. B) 2–1 (Div. A) Farul Constanța Cimentul Medgidia (Div. C) 0–2 (Div. A) CFR Cluj Petrolul Moinești (Div. C) 1–4 (Div. A) Dinamo București Textila Odorheiu Secuiesc (Div. C) 0–3 (Div. A) Jiul Petroșani Metalul Plopeni (Div. B) 1–2 (Div. A) ASA Crișul Oradea Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat (Div. C) 0–3 (Div. A) Argeș Pitești Olimpia Satu Mare (Div. B) 2–1 (Div. A) Universitatea Craiova CFR Timișoara (Div. B) 0–1 (Div. A) SC Bacău Minaur Zlatna (Div. C) 0–0 (Div. A) Rapid București |- |colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|9 March 1972 Minerul Baia Mare (Div. B) 0–0 (Div. A) Universitatea Cluj |} Second round proper |colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|15 March 1972 Politehnica Timișoara 1–1 ASA Crişul Oradea Jiul Petroșani 1–0 SC Bacău Metalul București 3–1 Argeș Pitești Olimpia Satu Mare 0–2 ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș FC Galați 0–0 Universitatea Cluj Unirea Drăgășani 0–2 Rapid București Tractorul Brașov 2–3 Dinamo București Dunărea Calafat 0–2 CFR Cluj |} Quarter-finals |colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|29 March 1972 Rapid București 1–0 FC Galați Jiul Petroșani 4–1 CFR Cluj Metalul București 4–1 ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș Dinamo București 2–0 Politehnica Timișoara |} Semi-finals |colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|28 June 1972 Rapid București 3–2 Metalul București Jiul Petroșani 2–2 7–6 Dinamo București |} Notes: Jiul Petroşani vs. Dinamo București is first match from Romanian Cup finished after penalty kicks. Final 1972 Cupa României final Cupa României 1971–72 winners 60pxRapid București 8th References External links romaniansoccer.ro Official site The Romanian Cup on the FRF's official site Category:Cupa României seasons Category:1971–72 in Romanian football Romania