The 2005 Cupa României final was the 67th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Cotroceni Stadium in Bucharest on 11 May 2005 and was contested between Divizia A sides Dinamo București and Farul Constanța. Ștefan Grigorie scored the only goal of the match as Dinamo București won the match 1–0.
Background Dinamo București had won the Cupa României on 11 previous occasions, joint-second only to Steaua București and equal with Dinamo București. 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 Olimpia Satu Mare at the Daniel Prodan Stadium in Satu Mare on 13 October 2004. The match finished 1–1 after extra time and Dinamo București won 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out. In the round of 16, Dinamo București faced Gaz Metan Mediaș at Dinamo Stadium in Bucharest on 27 October 2004. They won 1–0 to progress to the two-legged 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 Brăila 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 Cotroceni Stadium 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 CFR Cluj 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 away goals.
+Dinamo BucureștiRoundHome teamScoreAway teamRound of 32Olimpia Satu Mare1–1 (aet, p. 2–5)Dinamo BucureștiRound of 16Dinamo București1–0Gaz Metan MediașQuarter-finals 1st LegDinamo București1–0Dacia Unirea BrăilaQuarter-finals 2nd LegDacia Unirea Brăila0–2Dinamo BucureștiSemi-finals 1st LegFC Național București2–1Dinamo BucureștiSemi-finals 2nd LegDinamo București4–0Național București+Farul ConstanțaRoundHome teamScoreAway teamRound of 32FCM Bacău II0–2Farul ConstanțaRound of 16Farul Constanța2–1 CFR ClujQuarter-finals 1st LegOțelul Galați1–2 Farul ConstanțaQuarter-finals 2nd LegFarul Constanța2–0Oțelul GalațiSemi-finals 1st LegFarul Constanța1–0Universitatea CraiovaSemi-finals 2nd LegUniversitatea Craiova2–1Farul Constanța
Match details
DINAMO BUCUREŞTI:GK 1 Bogdan SteleaDF 15 George GalamazDF 22 Angelo AlistarDF 30 Gabriel TamașMF 8 Florentin Petre (c) MF 6 Andrei MărgăritescuMF 25 Ovidiu Burcă MF 29 Cristian PulhacMF 10 Ștefan GrigorieFW 18 Adrian Mihalcea FW 9 Claudiu NiculescuSubstitutes:GK 12 Vladimir GaevDF 27 Ionuț Bălan DF 26 Ştefan RaduMF 20 Adrian CristeaMF 7 Ianis ZicuFW 17 Alexandru Bălțoi FW 19 Tibor MoldovanManager: Ioan AndoneFARUL CONSTANŢA:GK 1 George CurcăDF 7 Răzvan FarmacheDF 6 Ion Barbu (c)DF 2 Cristian ȘchiopuDF 3 Cosmin Pașcovici MF 4 Florin Lungu DF 5 Adrian SeninMF 8 Dinu Todoran FW 11 Mihai GurițăMF 10 Vasilică Cristocea FW 9 Liviu MihaiSubstitutes:GK 12 Adrian VlasDF 13 Laurențiu Florea MF 14 Iulian Apostol MF 15 Mihai Baicu MF 16 George UșureluFW 17 Radu DoicaruFW 18 Viorel GheorgheManager: Petre Grigoraș MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Patrick Reinbold Jean-Paul Chaudre Fourth official: Pascal Vileo
MAN OF THE MATCHMATCH 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