1972–73 Cupa României - Misplaced Pages

Football tournament season

1972–73 Cupa României
Tournament details
Country	Romania
Final positions
Champions	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Runner-up	Constructorul Galați
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Cupa României was the 35th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

The title was won by Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea against Constructorul Galați.

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.

From 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 winner will be established at penalty kicks.

In the final, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, a replay will be played.

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



Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	1

Steagul Roșu Brașov	0
		Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	1

		CFR Cluj	0
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1

CFR Cluj (a.e.t.)	1
				Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2

				Argeș Pitești	1
CFR Pașcani	1

Argeș Pitești	2
		Argeș Pitești	2

		FC Constanța	1
CSM Sibiu	1

FC Constanța (a.e.t.)	1
						Chimia Rm. Vâlcea (p)	2 (5)

						Metalul București	2 (4)
Metalul București	4

Universitatea Craiova	0
		Metalul București (a.e.t.)	1

		UTA Arad	1
Autobuzul București	3

UTA Arad (a.e.t.)	3
				Metalul București (a.e.t.)	1

				Petrolul Ploiești	1
Progresul București	1

Petrolul Ploiești (a.e.t.)	1
		Petrolul Ploiești	2

		FC Galaţi	1
FC Galaţi	1

CSM Reșița	0
								Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	3

								Constructorul Galați	0
Constructorul Galați	1

Jiul Petroşani	0
		Constructorul Galați	1

		Dinamo București	0
Chimia Făgăraş	0

Dinamo București	7
				Constructorul Galați (a.e.t.)	1

				SC Bacău	1
Vagonul Arad	0

SC Bacău	4
		SC Bacău	2

		Rapid București	1
Carpați Sinaia	0

Rapid București (a.e.t.)	0
						Constructorul Galați (a.e.t.)	2

						Steaua București	2
Minerul Lupeni	0

Steaua București	1
		Steaua București	4

		Știința Petroșani	1
Știința Petroșani	2

ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	1
				Steaua București	1

				Universitatea Cluj	0
Metalul Oradea	1

Universitatea Cluj	4
		Universitatea Cluj (p)	1 (4)

		Sportul Studențesc	1 (3)
Bihor Oradea	0

Sportul Studențesc	1

First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
2 December 1972
Chimia Făgăraş (Div. D)	0–7	(Div. A) Dinamo București
Constructorul Galați (Div. C)	1–0	(Div. A) Jiul Petroşani
Metalul Oradea (Div. D)	1–4	(Div. A) Universitatea Cluj
3 December 1972
Vagonul Arad (Div. C)	0–4	(Div. A) SC Bacău
Metalul București (Div. B)	4–0	(Div. A) Universitatea Craiova
Autobuzul București (Div. C)	3–3 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) UTA Arad
Progresul București (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești
FC Galaţi (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) CSM Reșița
Minerul Lupeni (Div. C)	0–1	(Div. A) Steaua București
Bihor Oradea (Div. B)	0–1	(Div. A) Sportul Studențesc București
CFR Pașcani (Div. B)	1–2	(Div. A) Argeș Pitești
Știința Petroșani (Div. C)	2–1	(Div. A) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) CFR Cluj
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) Steagul Roșu Brașov
CSM Sibiu (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) FC Constanța
Carpați Sinaia (Div. C)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Rapid București

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
30 May 1973
Universitatea Cluj	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Sportul Studențesc București
Argeș Pitești	2–1	FC Constanța
Petrolul Ploiești	2–1	FC Galaţi
SC Bacău	2–1	Rapid București
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	1–0	CFR Cluj
Constructorul Galați	1–0	Dinamo București
Steaua București	4–1	Știința Petroșani
Metalul București	1–1 (a.e.t.)	UTA Arad

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
24 June 1973
Steaua București	1–0	Universitatea Cluj
Constructorul Galați	1–1 (a.e.t.)	SC Bacău
Metalul București	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Petrolul Ploiești
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2–1	Argeș Pitești

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
27 June 1973
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Metalul București
Constructorul Galați	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Steaua București

Final

Main article: 1973 Cupa României final 1 July 197317:30 EET

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Constructorul Galați
Şutru 39'	Report	Cernega 65'

23 August, BucharestAttendance: 8,000Referee: Aurel Bentu (Bucharest)

Replay

3 July 197317:30 EET

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	3–0	Constructorul Galați
Iordache 8' Gojgaru 54', 86'	Report

23 August, BucharestAttendance: 8,000Referee: Nicolae Petriceanu (Bucharest)

Cupa României 1972–73 winners
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 1st title

References

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

External links

v t e Cupa României
Seasons	1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Finals	1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Cupa României

Seasons

1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25
2025–26

Finals

1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

v t e 1972–73 in European football (UEFA)
« 1971–72 1973–74 »
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup

Categories: