1998–99 Cupa României

The 1998–99 Cupa României was the 61st edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

1998–99 Cupa României
CountryRomania
ChampionsSteaua București
Runners-upRapid București
1999–00 →

The title was won by Steaua București against Rapid București.

Format

The competition is an annual knockout tournament.

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.

If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes into extra time. If the match is still tied, the result is decided by penalty kicks.

In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is played as a two legs.

From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.

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First round proper
Team 1  Score  Team 2
21 October 1998
Crişul Aleşd (Div. C) 0–5 (Div. A) Oțelul Galați
Unirea Botoşani (Div. C) 1–2 (Div. A) Gloria Bistrița
Rocar București (Div. B) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (2-3 p) (Div. A) CSM Reșița
Sportul Studențesc București (Div. B) 2–0 (Div. A) Olimpia Satu Mare
Universitatea Cluj (Div. A) 3–2 (Div. A) Foresta Suceava
Farul Constanța (Div. A) 1–4 (Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești
Unirea Dej (Div. B) 2–3 (Div. A) FC U Craiova
Nitramonia Făgăraş (Div. B) 0–3 (Div. A) FC Onești
Cimentul Fieni (Div. B) 1–0 (Div. A) Argeș Pitești
Diplomatic Focșani (Div. C) 1–4 (Div. A) Rapid București
Flacăra Horezu (Div. D) 0–1 (Div. A) Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Midia Năvodari (Div. B) 0–3 (Div. A) Steaua București
UM Timișoara (Div. C) 2–0 (Div. A) Astra Ploieşti
ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș (Div. B) 0–1 (Div. A) Dinamo București
FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Div. B) 1–2 (Div. A) FCM Bacău
Minaur Zlatna (Div. C) 0–3 (Div. A) Naţional București

Second round proper
Team 1  Score  Team 2
18 November 1998
CSM Reșița 0–2 Gloria Bistrița
Steaua București 3–0 Universitatea Cluj
Oțelul Galați 1–0 Sportul Studenţesc București
Rapid București 3–0 Cimentul Fieni
Dinamo București 3–0 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Petrolul Ploiești 3–2 FC U Craiova
FCM Bacău 4–3 FC Onești
Naţional București 0–2 UM Timișoara

Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 2 December and 9 December 1998.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FCM Bacău 2–1 Oțelul Galați||2–00–1
Gloria Bistrița 2–3 Rapid București||1–11–2
Steaua București 6–2 Petrolul Ploiești||5–11–1
UM Timișoara 0–3 Dinamo București||0–10–2

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 14 April and 5 May 1999.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rapid București 2–2 FCM Bacău||1–01–2
Dinamo București 2–5 Steaua București||1–21–3

Final
Main article: 1999 Cupa României Final
Steaua București2–2 (a.e.t.)Rapid București
Ciocoiu  68'
Belodedici  90'		 Report Barbu  71', 81'
Penalties
Roșu
Militaru
Trică
Lincar 		4–2 Șumudică
Iencsi
Bundea
Pancu
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Marc Batta (France)

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