The 1998 Cupa României final was the 60th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 6 May 1998 and was contested between Divizia A sides Rapid București and Universitatea Craiova. The cup was won by Rapid.
Route to the final
FC Rapid București Round of 32Midia Năvodari0–1 Rapid BucureștiRound of 16Rapid București2–1Gaz Metan MediaşQuarter-finalsRapid București1–0Sportul Studențesc BucureștiSemi-finalsRapid București2–1Dinamo BucureștiFC Universitatea Craiova Round of 32Foresta Fălticeni2–2 a.e.t. (3–4) pen.Universitatea CraiovaRound of 16Universitatea Craiova5–2Farul ConstanţaQuarter-finalsUniversitatea Craiova2–1 a.e.t.FCM BacăuSemi-finalsArgeş Piteşti0–1Universitatea Craiova
Match details
RAPID BUCUREŞTI: GK 1 Bogdan LobonţDF 2 Nicolae Stanciu DF 3 Cristian Dulca (c)DF 4 Ştefan Nanu DF 5 Mugur BolohanDF 6 Mircea RednicMF 7 Lucian Marinescu MF 8 Mario Bugeanu FW 9 Marius Şumudică MF 10 Daniel IftodiFW 11 Daniel Pancu Substitutes:MF 17 Zeno Bundea MF 15 Ovidiu Maier –– 14 Cătălin Popa Manager: Mircea LucescuUNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA: GK 1 Tiberiu LungDF 2 Nicu Năstăsie DF 3 Marius IordacheMF 4 Robert Vancea MF 5 Eugen TricăDF 6 Emil Săndoi (c)DF 7 Tiberiu CurtMF 8 Cornel Frăsineanu FW 9 Ionel GaneaFW 10 Ionuţ Luţu MF 11 Silvian Cristescu Substitutes:MF 17 Valentin Suciu MF 15 Romulus Buia FW 14 Claudiu Niculescu Manager: José Ramón Alexanko MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Patriţiu Abrudan Nicolae Grigorescu Fourth official:
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.
Broadcasting The match was televised live in the United Kingdom on Channel 4, in anticipation of Romania's match against England in the World Cup that summer.
References
External links Official site