The 2020 Cupa României Final is the final match of the

2019–20 Cupa României The 2019–20 Cupa României was the 82nd season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament. The winner will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Times up to 26 October 2019 and from 29 March ...

and the 82nd final of the

Cupa României The Cupa României () 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. It is the Romania ...

, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 22 July 2020 between Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe and

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. Sepsi reached their first cup final in the club's existence. The club from

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was founded in 2011, this being the biggest achievement in their 9 years of club history. On the other hand,

were playing their 32nd

final, having won the trophy 22 times. The winner qualified for the

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. They also earned the right to play against

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champions for the

2020 Supercupa României The 2020 Supercupa României was the 22nd edition of the Supercupa României, an annual football super cup contested by the winners of the previous season's Liga I and Cupa României competitions. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was po ...

won the game thanks to a goal scored by Dennis Man in the 65th minute. The game was hosted by the Ilie Oană Stadium in

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. Due to the

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, the game was played behind closed doors.

Route to the final

Match

Notes

References

External links

Official site
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