The 2014–15 Cupa Ligii was the first official season of the Cupa Ligii.[1] The winner, Steaua București, was not granted a place in the UEFA Europa League, but received 265,000.[2]

2014–15 Cupa Ligii
National Arena in Bucharest will host the final.
Tournament details
Country Romania
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsSteaua București
Runner-upPandurii Târgu Jiu
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored53 (2.79 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Kehinde Fatai (3 goals)
← 2000

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Schedule edit

  • Play-off round: 16 July 2014
  • Round of 16: 18–21 July 2014
  • Quarter-finals: 12–14 December 2014
  • First leg of semi-finals: 17–18 February 2015
  • Second leg of semi-finals: 10–11 March 2015
  • Final: 20 May 2015

Prize money edit

  • Winner: 265.000
  • Runner-up: €165.000
  • Semi-final: €50.000
  • Quarter-final: €25.000
  • Round of 16: €20.000
  • Play-off round: €10.000

Play-off round edit

16 July 2014 Rapid București 1–0Universitatea CraiovaBucharest
17:00 Ciolacu   52' Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Radulescu George (Bucharest)
16 July 2014 Târgu Mureș0–2 Studențesc Iași Târgu Mureş
20:00 Crețu   39'
Mihai   86'
Stadium: Stadionul Trans-Sil
Referee: Iulian Dima (Bucharest)

Round of 16 edit

18 July 2014 Viitorul Constanța 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
BotoșaniBucharest
17:00 Mitriță   38'
Daminuță   67' (pen.)
Patache   95' (o.g.)
Hadnagy   20'
Fülöp   72'
Acsinte   120+1'
Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Attendance: 200
Referee: Adrian Ilyes (Ploiești)
Penalties
Mitrea  
Tănase  
Puțanu  
Cârstocea  
Daminuță  
Ianc  
Vașvari  
Fülöp  
Ivanovici  
18 July 2014 Brașov1–4 Astra Giurgiu Brașov
20:00 Buga   48' (pen.) Fatai   13', 28'
Takayuki   64'
Budescu   67'
Stadium: Stadionul Silviu Ploeșteanu
Attendance: 400
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova)
19 July 2014 Rapid București1–2 Steaua București Bucharest
20:00 Selagea   24' Keșerü   8', 49' (pen.) Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)
20 July 2014 Studențesc Iași 4–2CFR ClujIași
17:00 Mihai   5'
Mihalache   13'
Pălimaru   58'
Olah   80' (pen.)
Japonês   38' (pen.)
Păun   45'
Stadium: Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)
20 July 2014 Universitatea Cluj 1–0Petrolul PloieștiCluj-Napoca
20:00 Kovács   31' Stadium: Cluj Arena
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lucian Rusandu (Covasna)
21 July 2014 Gaz Metan Mediaș0–1 (a.e.t.) Pandurii Târgu Jiu Mediaş
17:00 Christou   94' Stadium: Stadionul Gaz Metan
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Florin Miron (Bucharest)
21 July 2014 Concordia Chiajna1–3 Dinamo București Chiajna
20:00 Olberdam   19' Biliński   27'
Lazăr   51'
Boubacar   78' (pen.)
Stadium: Stadionul Concordia
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marcel Bârsan (Bucharest)

Quarter-finals edit

12 December 2014 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2–0Oțelul GalațiTârgu Jiu
19:00 Nistor   9'
Buleică   88'
Stadium: Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu
Attendance: 500
Referee: Marian Balaci (Drobeta Turnu-Severin)
14 December 2014 Astra Giurgiu 3–1ViitorulGiurgiu
15:30 Alibec   2', 16'
Budescu   9'
Tănase   64' Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici
Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)
14 December 2014 Studențesc Iași0–3 Steaua București Iași
19:00 Breeveld   13'
Rusescu   29'
Toșca   64'
Stadium: Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 500
Referee: Robert Dumitru George (Brașov)

Semi-finals edit

1st leg edit

17 February 2015 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2–1 Dinamo București Târgu Jiu
19:00 Roman   6'
Eric   85'
[3] Filip   78' Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)
18 February 2015 Steaua București 3–0 Astra Giurgiu București
19:00 Tănase   3'
Țucudean   32'
Rusescu   86'
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 4,189
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

2nd leg edit

10 March 2015 Dinamo București1–3
(2–5 agg.)
Pandurii Târgu Jiu București
18:30 Grozav   84' Matulevičius   65' (pen.)
Pleașcă   71'
Răduț  89'
Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: George Găman (Craiova)
11 March 2015 Astra Giurgiu2–0
(2–3 agg.)
Steaua București Giurgiu
19:00 Fatai   70'
Enache   90+3'
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

Final edit

20 May 2015 Steaua București 3–0Pandurii Târgu JiuBucharest
20:00 Iancu   3' (pen.)
Chipciu   54'
Țucudean   67'
Report Stadium: National Arena
Attendance: 15,560
Referee: Adrian Comănescu
Assistant referees: Radu Ghinguleac, Mircea Grigoriu
Fourth official: Alexandru Cerei
Goal-line assistants: Marcel Bârsan, Andrei Chivulete

References edit

  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. ^ "O firma cu fabrica langa Ploiesti, noul sponsor al Cupei Ligii de Fotbal". Max-media.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  3. ^ Report