The 2011 Cupa României final was the 11th final of the Cupa României between the archrivals Dinamo București and Steaua București. The match took place on 25 May 2011 at the Silviu Ploeşteanu stadium in Brașov. Steaua won the 21st cup in the club's history after beating Dinamo 2–1.
Pre-match
Opening ceremony Start of the match was given by the winner fan of "Drumul Mingii" (The Road of the Ball), including Romanian football legends like Ilie Balaci, Adrian Bumbescu, Rodion Cămătaru and Sorin Cârțu.
Route to the final
Dinamo București Round of 32Dinamo București2–0Ceahlăul Piatra NeamțRound of 16Dinamo București3–1Alro SlatinaQuarter-finalsDinamo București1 – 1Universitatea CraiovaSemifinals 1st LegGloria Bistrița0–2Dinamo BucureștiSemifinals 2nd LegDinamo București5 – 1 Gloria BistrițaSteaua București Round of 32Gaz Metan CFR Craiova0–1Steaua BucureștiRound of 16Steaua București1 – 1 Sportul StudențescQuarter-finalsRapid București0–1Steaua BucureștiSemifinals 1st LegSteaua București0–0BrașovSemifinals 2nd LegBrașov1 – 1 Steaua București
Match
Details
DINAMO: GK 34 Cristian BălgrădeanRB 18 Ștefan BărboianuCB 21 Dragoș GrigoreCB 4 Cosmin Moți LB 16 Valeriu BordeanuRW22 Gabriel Torje DM5 Djakaridja Koné CM6 Andrei Mărgăritescu CM7 Cătălin MunteanuLW10 Marius AlexeFW25 Ionel Dănciulescu (c) Substitutes:GK 23 Kristijan NaumovskiDM8 Bogdan PătrașcuFW9 George Țucudean RB17 Eugen CrăciunFW19 Liviu Ganea FW20 Elis Bakaj CB24 Valerică GămanManager: Ioan AndoneSTEAUA: GK 12 Ciprian Tătărușanu (c)RB 2 Ifeanyi EmegharaCB 6 Florin GardoșCB 22 George GalamazLB 14 Iasmin LatovleviciRW16 Bănel Nicoliță DM5 Pablo BrandánAM10 Cristian Tănase LW24 Romeo SurduFW20 Nicolae Dică FW17 Marius Bilașco Substitutes:GK 1 Răzvan StancaCB 4 Valentin Iliev RW7 János Székely AM8 Mihai RăduțRW11 Marius OnofrașCM26 Eric Bicfalvi FW99 MaiconManager: Gabriel Caramarin MAN OF THE MATCH Nicolae Dică (Steaua) MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Micloș Nagy Sebastian Gheorghe Fourth official: Robert DumitruMATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
See also List of Cupa României finals Eternal derby (Romania)
References
External links Official site