The 2018 Cupa României final was the final match of the 2017–18 Cupa României and the 80th final of the Cupa României, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 27 May 2018 between Hermannstadt and Universitatea Craiova.
Hermannstadt reached their first ever cup final in the third year of the club's existence. They are the 14th team, and the first in 36 years, to reach the final while not playing in the top league.
This was the first final for Universitatea since 1991, and the first for a team from Craiova in 18 years.
The winner qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. They also earned the right to play against 2017–18 Liga I champions for the 2018 Supercupa României.
The game was hosted by the Arena Națională stadium in Bucharest.
Route to the final
HermannstadtRoundUniversitatea CraiovaOpponentResultsOpponentResultsIndustria Galda 3–1 (A)Fourth RoundN/AN/AVoluntari1–0 (H)Last 32Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe2–0 (A)Juventus București2–0 (H)Last 16Afumați3–2 (A)FCSB3–0 (H)Quarter-finalsDinamo București1–0 (H)Gaz Metan Mediaș 1–0 (H) and 3–2 (A)Semi-finalsBotoșani5–1 (H) and 1–2 (A)
Match
GK 1 Cătălin CăbuzRB 91 Alexandru Coman CB 27 Radu Crișan CB 4 Ionuț Stoica LB 17 Daniel Tătar DM5 Răzvan Dâlbea (c) DM15 Robert Boboc RM14 Andrei Hergheligiu AM90 Bogdan Rusu LM7 Petrișor Petrescu FW89 Ștefan Blănaru Substitutes:AM8 Alexandru Curtean AM10 Cosmin Neagu CM44 Lucian Dumitriu Manager: Alexandru Pelici GK 51 Miodrag MitrovićCB 2 Tiago FerreiraCB 4 Răzvan Popa CB 6 Renato Kelić RM 27 Ivan Martić CM8 Alexandru Mateiu CM23 Hristo Zlatinski (c) LM11 Nicușor Bancu RW7 Gustavo FW10 Alexandru Băluță LW28 Alexandru Mitriță Substitutes:FW14 Dominik Glavina LW36 Andrei Burlacu RM30 Radoslav Dimitrov Manager: Devis Mangia MAN OF THE MATCH Alexandru Mitriță MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Radu Ghinguleac Ciprian Danșa Fourth official: Cătălin Popa Additional assistant referees:
MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
References
External links Official site