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1971–72 Cupa României
Tournament details
Country	Romania
Final positions
Champions	Rapid București
Runner-up	Jiul Petroşani
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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.

Bracket

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Unirea Drăgăşani	2

UTA Arad	0
		Unirea Drăgăşani	0

		Rapid București	2
Minaur Zlatna	0

Rapid București (a.e.t.)	0
				Rapid București	1

				FC Galaţi	0
FC Galaţi	2

Farul Constanța	1
		FC Galaţi (a.e.t.)	0

		Universitatea Cluj	0
Minerul Baia Mare	0

Universitatea Cluj (a.e.t.)	0
						Rapid București	3

						Metalul București	2
Metalul București	1

Steagul Roşu Braşov	0
		Metalul București	3

		Argeș Pitești	1
Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat	0

Argeș Pitești	3
				Metalul București	4

				ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	1
Olimpia Satu Mare	2

Universitatea Craiova	1
		Olimpia Satu Mare	0

		ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	2
Petrolistul Boldeşti	1

ASA Tg. Mureș (a.e.t.)	2
								Rapid București	2

								Jiul Petroşani	0
Textila Odorhei	0

Jiul Petroşani	3
		Jiul Petroşani	1

		SC Bacău	0
CFR Timișoara	0

SC Bacău	1
				Jiul Petroşani	4

				CFR Cluj	1
Dunărea Calafat	1

Petrolul Ploiești	0
		Dunărea Calafat	0

		CFR Cluj	2
Cimentul Medgidia	0

CFR Cluj	2
						Jiul Petroşani (p)	2 (7)

						Dinamo București	2 (6)
Tractorul Brașov	3

Politehnica Iași	0
		Tractorul Brașov	2

		Dinamo București	3
Petrolul Moineşti	1

Dinamo București	4
				Dinamo București	2

				Politehnica Timișoara	0
Politehnica Timișoara	2

Steaua București	0
		Politehnica Timișoara (a.e.t.)	1

		ASA Crişul Oradea	1
Metalul Plopeni	1

ASA Crişul Oradea	2

First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1 March 1972
Politehnica Timișoara (Div. B)	2–0	(Div. A) Steaua București
5 March 1972
Petrolistul Boldești (Div. C)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	(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 (a.e.t.)	(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 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) SC Bacău
Minaur Zlatna (Div. C)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Rapid București
9 March 1972
Minerul Baia Mare (Div. B)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Universitatea Cluj

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 March 1972
Politehnica Timișoara	1–1 (a.e.t.)	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 (a.e.t.)	Universitatea Cluj
Unirea Drăgășani	0–2	Rapid București
Tractorul Brașov	2–3	Dinamo București
Dunărea Calafat	0–2	CFR Cluj

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
29 March 1972
Rapid București	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FC Galați
Jiul Petroșani	4–1	CFR Cluj
Metalul București	4–1	ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș
Dinamo București	2–0	Politehnica Timișoara

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
28 June 1972
Rapid București	3–2	Metalul București
Jiul Petroșani	2–2 (a.e.t.)(7–6 p)	Dinamo București‡

Notes:

‡ Jiul Petroşani vs. Dinamo București is first match from Romanian Cup finished after penalty kicks.

Final

Main article: 1972 Cupa României final 2 July 197217:30 EET

Rapid București	2–0	Jiul Petroșani
Marin 3' Neagu 27'	Report

23 August, BucharestAttendance: 30,000Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Bucharest)

Cupa României 1971–72 winners
Rapid București 8th title

References

"Lista tuturor finalelor Cupei României – Ripensia Sport Magazin". ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. Retrieved 2015-10-21.

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