2005–06 Cupa României

The 2005–06 Cupa României was the 68th season of the annual Romanian football knockout tournament.

For other uses, see 2005–06 Cupa României (women's football).

2005–06 Cupa României

Country	Romania
Defending champions	FC Dinamo București
Champions	Rapid București
Runners-up	Naţional București
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The winners of the competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.

Round of 32

The matches took place on September 21, 2005.

Date	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Referee
September 20, 2005	Gaz Metan Mediaş	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–0 aet, 2–4 pen	Oțelul Galați	Victor Stănişteanu Buzău
September 21, 2005	Areni Suceava	Cetatea Suceava	2–1	Sportul Studențesc București	Marius Martiş Focşani
September 21, 2005	Gloria Buzău	Gloria Buzău	1–2	Farul Constanţa	Alexandru Tudor Bucharest
September 21, 2005	Otopeni Otopeni	CS Otopeni	2–5	Politehnica Timișoara	Victor Berbecaru Râmnicu Vâlcea
September 21, 2005	CFR Timișoara	CFR Timișoara	1–3	Naţional București	Sebastian Colţescu Craiova
September 21, 2005	Valentin Stănescu Bucharest	Rapid II București	0–0 aet, 8–7 pen	Steaua București	Robert Dumitru Braşov
September 21, 2005	Mircea Chivu Reşiţa	CSM Reşiţa	0–1	Rapid București	Marian Salomir Cluj-Napoca
September 21, 2005	Dunărea Galaţi	Dunărea Galaţi	0–1	Dinamo București	Augustus Constantin Râmnicu Vâlcea
September 21, 2005	Ion Oblemenco Craiova	FC U Craiova	1–0	CFR Cluj	Lucian Dan Aiud
September 21, 2005	Unirea Dej	Unirea Dej	0–2	Politehnica Iaşi	Aurelian Simion Piteşti
September 21, 2005	Municipal Oradea	Bihor Oradea	0–2	Jiul Petroşani	Orlando Trandu Timișoara
September 21, 2005	Eugen Popescu Târgovişte	FCM Târgoviște	3–2	Argeş Piteşti	Teodor Crăciunescu Râmnicu Vâlcea
September 21, 2005	Ilie Oană Ploieşti	Petrolul Ploieşti	2–1	Gloria Bistriţa	Adrian Stănescu Bucharest
September 21, 2005	Central Mangalia	Callatis Mangalia	0–2	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Marius Bocăneală Galaţi
September 21, 2005	Gloria Bistriţa	Gloria II Bistriţa	1–2	SC Vaslui	S. Bogdan Craiova
September 21, 2005	ICIM Braşov	FC Braşov	2–2 aet, 4–6 pen	FCM Bacău	Viorel Sandu Bucharest

Round of 16

The matches took place on October 25, 2006.

Home team	Score	Away team
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–2	Oţelul Galaţi
Cetatea Suceava	2–3	Rapid București
Petrolul Ploieşti	2–1	Dinamo București
Rapid II București	3–4	Farul Constanţa
FCM Bacău	0–2	Jiul Petroşani
Politehnica Iaşi	2–1	SC Vaslui
FCM Târgovişte	1–3	Politehnica Timișoara
Naţional București	0–0; 4–3 pen	FC U Craiova

Quarter-finals

The matches took place on December 7, 2005.

Home team	Score	Away team
Petrolul Ploieşti	3–2	Politehnica Timișoara
Politehnica Iaşi	0–1	Rapid București
Jiul Petroşani	0–1	Farul Constanţa
Oţelul Galaţi	0–0; 3–4 pen	Naţional București

Semi-finals

The 1st leg match took place on March 22, 2006. The 2nd on April 19, 2006.

Home team	Agg.	Away team	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid București	7–4	Petrolul Ploieşti	4–1	3–3
Farul Constanţa	2–4	Naţional București	1–0	1–4

Final

Main article: 2006 Cupa României Final

17 May 2006

20:15 EEST

Rapid București	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Naţional București
Niculae  91'

Stadionul Naţional, București

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean

Cupa României 2005–06 Winners
Rapid București 12th title

References

• Romanian Cup 2005/2006 (RomanianSoccer)