2007 Cupa României final

2007 Cupa României Final
Event	Cupa României 2006–07
Date	26 May 2007
Venue	Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara
Man of the Match	Ianis Zicu (Rapid București)
Referee	Augustus Constantin (Romania)
Attendance	40,000
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The 2007 Cupa României Final was the 69th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu in Timișoara on 26 May 2007 and was contested between Liga I sides FCU Politehnica Timișoara and Rapid București. The cup was won by Rapid after goals from Buga and Zicu with the latter winning the Man Of The Match Award.

Route to the final edit

Politehnica Timișoara

Round of 32	Politehnica II Timișoara	1–3	Politehnica Timișoara
Round of 16	Politehnica Timișoara	2–0	CFR Cluj
Quarter-finals	Politehnica Timișoara	2–1	Politehnica Iaşi
Semi-finals	Politehnica Timișoara	1–0	Steaua București

Rapid București

Round of 32	CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea	0–4	Rapid București
Round of 16	Rapid București	1–0	Universitatea Craiova
Quarter-finals	Rapid București	2–0	Argeş Piteşti
Semi-finals	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–2	Rapid București

Match details edit

26 May 2007

20:45 EEST

Politehnica Timișoara	0–2	Rapid București
	Report	Buga 15' Zicu 48'

Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Augustus Constantin (Romania)

Politehnica Timișoara

Rapid București


Politehnica Timișoara:
GK	29	Costel Pantilimon
DF	14	Sorin Rădoi
DF	4	Jonathan McKain
DF	23	Gabriel Cânu	66'
DF	13	Ifeanyi Emeghara
MF	31	Abiodun Agunbiade
MF	5	Dan Alexa	(c) 83'
MF	10	Mihăiţă Pleşan	26'	58'
MF	25	Gabriel Torje
FW	24	Gueye Mansour	51'	55'
FW	18	Gheorghe Bucur
Substitutes:
GK	12	Marius Popa
DF	6	Silviu Izvoranu
MF	7	Ştefan Grigorie
MF	17	Peter Omoduemuke	61'	58'
MF	30	Wayne Srhoj
FW	15	Andrei Cristea		55'
FW	77	Artavazd Karamyan
Manager:
Valentin Velcea


Rapid București:
GK	1	Dănuţ Coman
DF	23	Marius Constantin	9'
DF	24	Vasile Maftei	(c) 60'
DF	6	Ionuţ Rada	51'
MF	9	Valentin Bădoi		70'
MF	17	Marius Măldărăşanu	28'
MF	18	Nicolae Grigore	74'
DF	14	Dănuț Perjă
FW	7	Ianis Zicu
FW	29	Mugurel Buga		76'
FW	27	Ionuţ Mazilu		82'
Substitutes:
GK	32	Mihai Mincă
DF	5	Ionuţ Stancu
DF	21	Cristian Săpunaru
MF	10	Emil Dică		76'
MF	15	Costin Lazăr		70'
FW	19	Ionel Ganea
FW	99	Viorel Moldovan		82'
Manager:
Răzvan Lucescu

Match Officials

Assistant referees:
- Adrian Vidan
- Corneliu Fecioru
Fourth official:
- Cristian Balaj

Man of the match

Ianis Zicu (Rapid București)

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.

References edit

External links edit

Official site (in Romanian)