The 2012 Supercupa României was the 14th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The game was contested between
Liga I
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
title holders,
CFR Cluj
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, and
Romanian Cup
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winners,
Dinamo București. For the first time in history, the Supercup was played at
Arena Națională
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, the newly stadium built in Bucharest.
Dinamo won the game after
penalties. After regular time the game ended 1–1 after goals of
Diogo Valente, who opened the score for Cluj, and
George Țucudean, who equalised in the second half. CFR had their captain
Cadú sent off in the 65th minute. In
extra time
Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...
, Țucudean scored again, but CFR answered only one minute later with a goal by
Pantelis Kapetanos
Pantelis Kapetanos (; born 8 June 1983) is a former Greek professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker and is known for his last minute goals and for his tendency to score them wit ...
. At the penalty shootout, two players from CFR missed, only one player from Dinamo failed to score, thus the white-and-reds won the trophy for the second time in history.
Match
Details
See also
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2012–13 Liga I
The 2012–13 Liga I was the ninety-fifth season of Liga I, the top-level Association football, football league of Romania. The season began on 21 July 2012 and ended on 30 May 2013. CFR Cluj were the defending champions.
Since Romania dropped ...
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2012–13 Cupa României
The 2012–13 Cupa României was the seventy-fifth season of the annual Romanian Association football, football knockout tournament. The winner of the competition qualifies for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round, second quali ...
References
External links
Romania - List of Super Cup Finals RSSSF.com
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2012
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CFR Cluj matches
Supercupa României
July 2012 sports events in Romania
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Football competitions in Bucharest