The 2024–25
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 ...
was the 87th season of the annual Romanian
football
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cup competition. It is sponsored by Betano and known as the Cupa României Betano for sponsorship purposes. The winner will qualify for the first qualifying round of the
2025–26 edition of the
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...
. The main competition will face all teams from
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 ...
through
Liga III
The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...
, which will be joined by 7 play-off winners from
Liga IV
Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system and is run in all 41 counties and in the Municipality of Bucharest. It was known as the Regional Championship, County Championship, Divizia C – County Phase and Divizia D. Its ...
.
Schedule
The schedule for this season of Cupa României was released on June 28.
Regional stage
Finals
The finals of the regional stage were played on July 20.
National stage
First round
With the exception of CSM Pașcani's match, all other matches were played on July 31. Four of the seven regional stage winners made it through to the next stage: CSM Pașcani, Lupii Profa, Ștefăneștii de Jos and Voința Cudalbi.
Second round
Matches are scheduled to be played on August 7–8.
Third round
The third round matches will be played on August 14, 15 and 21.
Play-off round
The play-off, scheduled for August 28, features a seeding system.
Seeding
In this round, 8 seeded teams will face off against 8 of the 24 unseeded teams, while the remaining 16 unseeded teams will compete against each other.
Matches
The draw took place on August 20, and matches are scheduled to be played on August 28.
Group stage
The draw of the group stage took place on September 25.
Seeding
Seeding was determined based on the positions achieved in the previous league season.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Play-off
Four teams — from two groups, finished the group stage with identical records across all deciding criteria, including points, goal difference, goals scored, and head-to-head results. To determine which teams will advance to the quarterfinals, two play-off matches will be held: one for each group. The Romanian Football Federation has announced that the play-off matches will be scheduled at a later date, with further details to be provided.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Notes
References
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Romania
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Cupa României seasons
2024–25 in Romanian football