The 2019 Cupa României final is the final match of the 2018–19 Cupa României and the 81st final of the Cupa României, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 25 May 2019 between Astra Giurgiu and Viitorul Constanța.
Astra Giurgiu reached their third cup final in the club's existence. The club from Giurgiu won the cup in 2014 and lost the final in 2017, when the match was played on the same Ilie Oană Stadium, the home ground of Astra's bitter rival, Petrolul Ploiești. It should be mentioned that Astra was a football club originally from Ploiești until it was relocated in 2012 to Giurgiu.
On the other hand, this was the first Romanian Cup final for Viitorul. The champions of Romania in 2017, Hagi's Kids were in front of the second big achievement in the 10 years history of the club located on the seaside of the Black Sea.
The winner qualified for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. They also earned the right to play against 2018–19 Liga I champions for the 2019 Supercupa României.
Viitorul Constanța won the game dramatically by scoring in the extra-time.
The game was hosted by the Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești.
Route to the final
Astra GiurgiuRoundViitorul ConstanțaOpponentResultsOpponentResultsLuceafărul Oradea 5–1 (A)Last 32Concordia Chiajna3–0 (A)Universitatea Cluj4–3 (A)Last 16Politehnica Iași2–2 (A)Dunărea Călărași2–1 (A)Quarter-finalsHermannstadt3–2 (A)CFR Cluj 3–1 (A) and 2–2 (H)Semi-finalsUniversitatea Craiova2–1 (A) and 2–0 (H)
Match
GK 1 David LazarRB 19 Mihai Butean CB 25 Mike Cestor CB 6 Florin Bejan LB 3 Risto Radunović DM24 Filip Mrzljak (c) DM52 Romário Pires RM95 Romario Moise AM10 Azdren Llullaku LM11 Valentin Gheorghe FW7 Denis Alibec Substitutes:MF 8 Ciprian Biceanu MF 13 Neluț RoșuGK 18 Miguel Santos DF 21 Erico FW 88 Julien Bègue FW 90 Vahid Hambo MF 96 Silviu Balaure Manager: Costel Enache GK 12 Valentin Cojocaru RB 5 Sebastian Mladen CB 15 Bogdan Țîru CB 2 Virgil Ghiță LB 6 Bradley de Nooijer CM96 Lyes Houri DM99 Tudor Băluță CM11 Ionuț Vînă RW10 Ianis Hagi (c)LW9 Rivaldinho FW13 Denis Drăguș Substitutes:GK1 Árpád Tordai MF16 Vlad Achim MF17 Andrei Ciobanu FW18 George Ganea MF24 Eric MF30 Andreias Calcan MF93 Andrei Artean Manager: Gheorghe Hagi
MAN OF THE MATCH Virgil Ghiță MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mircea Orbuleț Marius Nicoară Fourth official: Andrei Chivulete 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. Plus one available substitution if overtime.
References
External links Official site