The 1990–91

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 53rd edition of Romania's most prestigious

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cup competition. The title was won by Universitatea Craiova against FC Bacău.

Format

The competition is an annual

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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

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, if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then the winner will be established at

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. In the semi-finals, each tie is played as a two legs. From the first edition, the teams from

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entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained until today.

First round proper

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Second round proper

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Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 13 March and 1 May 1991. , , 1–0, , 0–2 (

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) , , 0–3, , 2-1 , , 2–1, , 0–1 , , 2–1, , 0–2 Notes: * Steaua București lost the match (0-3) by decision of Romanian Federation of Footaball for fielding a suspended player (

Basarab Panduru Basarab Nică Panduru (born 11 July 1970) is a Romanian retired footballer and currently television pundit for Telekom Sport. Playing career Born in Mârzănești, Romania, Panduru started his professional career with CSM Reşiţa where he pla ...

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 8 May and 29 May 1991. , , 4–0, , 0–3 , , 0–0, , 0–1

Final

References

External links

romaniansoccer.ro

Official site

The Romanian Cup on the FRF's official site
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