The 2009 Cupa României final was the 71st final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu in Târgu Jiu on 13 June 2009 and was contested between Liga I sides FC Timişoara and the defending champions CFR Cluj. The final whistle saw CFR Cluj winning the cup after a three goals to nill margin and also defending last season trophy.
Route to the final
Politehnica Timişoara Round of 32CFR II Cluj0–1Politehnica TimişoaraRound of 16Dunărea Galaţi1–2Politehnica TimişoaraQuarter-finalsPolitehnica Timişoara2–0Gloria BistriţaSemi-finalsDinamo București1–4Politehnica TimişoaraCFR Cluj Round of 32U Cluj3–3 (aet, p. 10 – 11)CFR ClujRound of 16Sportul Studenţesc0–1CFR ClujQuarter-finalsCFR Cluj1–0Pandurii Târgu JiuSemi-finalsCFR Cluj2–0SC Vaslui
Match details
POLITEHNICA TIMIŞOARA: GK 29 Costel PantilimonLB 3 Iasmin LatovleviciCM 5 Dan Alexa (c) CB 6 Daré Nibombé RM 7 Stelian StancuCF 9 Winston ParksLM 10 Artavazd KaramyanCM 17 Balázs Borbély CF 18 Gheorghe BucurCB 28 Marián Čišovský RB 30 Valentin Badoi Substitutes:GK 99 Pedro TabordaCF 8 Dare Vršič CF 11 Arman Karamyan CB 16 Srdjan Luchin CM 20 Florin MaximCF 27 Lukáš MageraCM 31 Abiodun AgunbiadeManager: Valentin VelceaCFR CLUJ: GK 1 Nuno ClaroRB 2 Tony (c)LB 4 Cristian PaninCB 6 Gabriel MureşanCM 8 Sixto Peralta CB 15 Hugo AlcântaraCF 17 Yssouf Koné CM 19 Emmanuel Culio RM 23 Bogdan Mara DM 31 DaniLM 77 Ciprian Deac Substitutes:GK 44 Eduard StăncioiuCM 7 Sebastián Dubarbier CF 9 Lacina TraoréCD 16 Darío FloresCD 27 André GaliassiLM 33 Álvaro Pereira CF 99 Diego Ruiz Manager: Toni MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Cristian Nica Aurel Oniţa Fourth official: Marius Avram
MAN OF THE MATCH Emmanuel CulioMATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time (15 minute intervals) Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.
References
External links Official site