The 2005 Cupa României Final was the 67th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the

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on 11 May 2005 and was contested between Divizia A sides

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and Farul Constanța. Ștefan Grigorie scored the only goal of the match as Dinamo București won the match 1–0.

Background

had won the

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on 11 previous occasions, joint-second only to Steaua București and equal with

. Their most recent win was in 2003–04. Farul Constanța had never previously played in a Cupa României final.

Route to the final

Dinamo București

Dinamo București began the competition in the round of 32. They faced

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at the Daniel Prodan Stadium in

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on 13 October 2004. The match finished 1–1

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and Dinamo București won 5–3 in a

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. In the round of 16, Dinamo București faced

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at Dinamo Stadium in

on 27 October 2004. They won 1–0 to progress to the

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quarter-finals. The first leg of the quarter-finals took place at Dinamo Stadium against Dacia Unirea Brăila on 10 November 2004 and Dinamo București won 1–0. They then won the second leg at Brăila Municipal Stadium in

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2–0 (3–0 on aggregate) to advance to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were also played over two legs and Dinamo București lost the first leg 2–1 against Național București at the

in Bucharest on 16 March 2005. However, they won the second leg at Dinamo Stadium on 13 April 2005 4–0 to advance to the final 5–2 on aggregate.

Farul Constanța

Farul Constanța defeated FCM Bacău II 2–0 in the round of 32 before winning 2–1 against

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to advance to the quarter-finals. They defeated Oțelul Galați home and away, 4–1 on aggregate, to reach the semi-finals. After winning the first leg 1–0, they lost the second leg of their semi-final 2–1 against U Craiova (2–2 on aggregate) and advanced to the final on

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Match details

References

External links

Official site
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