1998 Cupa României final

1998 Cupa României Final
Event	1997–98 Cupa României
Date	6 May 1998
Venue	Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest
Referee	Marcel Lică (Romania)
Attendance	65,000
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The 1998 Cupa României Final was the 60th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 6 May 1998 and was contested between Divizia A sides Rapid București and Universitatea Craiova. The cup was won by Rapid.

Route to the final edit

FC Rapid București

Round of 32	Midia Năvodari	0–1	Rapid București
Round of 16	Rapid București	2–1	Gaz Metan Mediaş
Quarter-finals	Rapid București	1–0	Sportul Studențesc București
Semi-finals	Rapid București	2–1	Dinamo București

FC Universitatea Craiova

Round of 32	Foresta Fălticeni	2–2 a.e.t. (3–4) pen.	Universitatea Craiova
Round of 16	Universitatea Craiova	5–2	Farul Constanţa
Quarter-finals	Universitatea Craiova	2–1 a.e.t.	FCM Bacău
Semi-finals	Argeş Piteşti	0–1	Universitatea Craiova

Match details [1] edit

6 May 1998

21:00 EEST

Rapid București	1–0	Universitatea Craiova
Marinescu 68' (pen.)	Report

Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Marcel Lică (Romania)

Rapid București

Universitatea Craiova


RAPID BUCUREŞTI:
GK	1	Bogdan Lobonţ
DF	2	Nicolae Stanciu	78'
DF	3	Cristian Dulca (c)
DF	4	Ştefan Nanu	49'	73'
DF	5	Mugur Bolohan
DF	6	Mircea Rednic
MF	7	Lucian Marinescu	2'
MF	8	Mario Bugeanu	27'	76'
FW	9	Marius Şumudică		64'
MF	10	Daniel Iftodi
FW	11	Daniel Pancu		64'
Substitutes:
MF	17	Zeno Bundea		76'
MF	15	Ovidiu Maier		64'
––	14	Cătălin Popa	90'	64'
Manager:
Mircea Lucescu


UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA:
GK	1	Tiberiu Lung
DF	2	Nicu Năstăsie	4'	69'
DF	3	Marius Iordache
MF	4	Robert Vancea	73'
MF	5	Eugen Trică
DF	6	Emil Săndoi (c)
DF	7	Tiberiu Curt
MF	8	Cornel Frăsineanu		71'
FW	9	Ionel Ganea
FW	10	Ionuţ Luţu		71'
MF	11	Silvian Cristescu		62'
Substitutes:
MF	17	Valentin Suciu	73'	62'
MF	15	Romulus Buia		71'
FW	14	Claudiu Niculescu		71'
Manager:
José Ramón Alexanko

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Patriţiu Abrudan
- Nicolae Grigorescu
Fourth official:

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes extra-time (15-minute intervals)
Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time.
Seven named substitutes
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Broadcasting edit

The match was televised live in the United Kingdom on Channel 4, in anticipation of Romania's match against England in the World Cup that summer.

References edit

External links edit

Official site (in Romanian)

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