The Cupa României is a rugby union cup competition for Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1914 except for a couple of years where the cup was not held either because of World War II or other unknown reasons. It is the country's main cup competition, although not being open to all clubs affiliated with the Federaţia Română de Rugby (FRR) like in previous editions and only being open to the six teams competing in the Liga de Rugby Kaufland.
History The Cupa României, like the SuperLiga was set up in 1914 as the main cup competition in Romania and was only competed by two teams which were Tennis Club Român and Sporting Club, both from București. This two team competition continued until the 1920s and 1930s where the number of clubs in the capital had increased due to the popularity of the tournament in the capital especially. But the Cupa României was cancelled again (after the first two time in 1917 and 1918 which was due to World War One), in 1940 and 1942 because of the second World War caused by Nazi Germany at the time. After the war had ended, the birth of eternal rivals CSA Steaua Bucuresti and CS Dinamo București had arrived, consequently meaning the Cupa României was being dominated by the militarii (military) and poliţişti (police) respectively during the 1950s era with only one side standing in both of their ways, which was Energia ISP București.
However, despite the growth of interest from Romanian fans in the Cupa României, it was not held between 1960 and 1972 for unknown reasons yet during this time, Stadiul Român along with seventeen more teams were founded in București-only while outside of the capital, teams were being founded finally after years of rugby being dominant in București. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Cupa României started to become more national in terms of the fact that teams like Știința Petroșani, Rulmentul Bârlad, Farul Constanța and Sibiu were winning the cup and beating most of the teams in București with style and grace.
In recent years although, the Cupa României has been restricted to teams in the SuperLiga only instead of being open to all teams in Romania possibly in an attempt to improve the standard of the game in the whole country after the collapse of communism in Romania back in 1989 where the number of clubs and players had decreased significantly in the aftermath.
The current champions of the Cupa României are SCM Timișoara after defeating 18-11 arch-rivals Știința Baia Mare, in the final played 20 December 2025.
Teams
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality Team Manager Captain Stadium CapacityDinamo București Cosmin Rațiu Petru TambaStadionul Florea Dumitrache1,500Steaua București Dănuț Dumbravă Viorel LucaciStadionul Ghencea II2,000Știința Baia Mare Eugen Apjok Marius DănilăStadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor)1,000Timișoara Rugby Valentin Calafeteanu Eugen CăpățânăStadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu1,000Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Horea Hîmpea Vlad-Bogdan RotarStadionul Iuliu Hațieganu1,000
Winners Pos. Club Wins Winning years1Steaua București161950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1977, 1978, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2019, 20222Dinamo București141954, 1959, 1980, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2023, 20243Știința Baia Mare61981, 1990, 1999, 2010, 2012, 20203SCM Rugby Timișoara62011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 20254RC Grivița București51947, 1948, 1982, 1984, 19854Stadiul Român București51919, 1921, 1923, 1936, 19414Viforul Dacia București51934, 1939, 1942, 1945, 19468Sportul Studențesc București41937, 1949, 1975, 19769Știința Petroșani31983, 1991, 199310Tennis Club Român București21915, 191610Politehnica Iași21979, 200310Poșta Telegraf Telefon București21935, 194410Sibiu21994, 199510CSM București22017, 201810Rulmentul Bârlad21986, 198716Farul Constanța1199216Gloria Buzău1198816Energia ISP București1195716ȘEFS București1192016Sporting Club București11914
Winners by year
See also Rugby union in Romania
Notes
External links Cupa României history