The 1989–90
Cupa României
The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...
was the 52nd edition of
Romania
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's most prestigious
football
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cup competition
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.
The title was won by
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Places
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* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...
against
Steaua București.
Format
The competition is an annual
knockout
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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 in
extra time
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, if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then the winner will be established at
penalty kicks.
From the first edition, the teams from
Divizia A
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entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.
First round proper
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Notes:
* Because the fixture was wrong, in this leg of competition played 7 teams from inferior divisions.
Second round proper
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, -
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Quarter-finals
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, -
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Semi-finals
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Final
References
External links
romaniansoccer.roOfficial siteThe Romanian Cup on the FRF's official site
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Cupa României seasons
1989–90 in Romanian football
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...