The 2020–21 Cupa României was the 83rd season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament. The winner qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League. Times up to 26 October 2020 and from 29 March 2021 are EEST (UTC+3). Times between 27 October 2020 and 28 March 2021 are EET (UTC+2).
Participating clubs The following 128 teams qualified for the competition:
2019–20 Liga Iall clubs (14) 2019–20 Liga IIWithout dissolved clubs (18) 2019–20 Liga IIIWithout second teams and some dissolved clubs (72) CFR Cluj Universitatea Craiova Astra Giurgiu Botoșani FCSB Gaz Metan Mediaș Viitorul Constanța Hermannstadt Sepsi OSK Academica Clinceni Voluntari Politehnica Iași Dinamo București Chindia Târgoviște UTA Arad Argeș Pitești Mioveni Petrolul Ploiești Turris Turnu Măgurele Rapid București Metaloglobus București SCM Gloria Buzău Farul Constanța Viitorul Târgu Jiu ASU Politehnica Timișoara Dunărea Călărași Ripensia Timișoara Universitatea Cluj CSM Reșița Concordia Chiajna Miercurea Ciuc Pandurii Târgu Jiu Aerostar Bacău Unirea Slobozia CSM Slatina FC U Craiova Comuna Recea Progresul Spartac București Mostiștea Ulmu Minaur Baia Mare Foresta Suceava Șoimii Lipova Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Afumați Flacăra Moreni Crișul Chișineu-Criș Viitorul Șelimbăr Bucovina Rădăuți Tunari Alexandria Flacăra Horezu Cugir Focșani Înainte Modelu Progresul Pecica Luceafărul Oradea Oțelul Galați Popești-Leordeni Vedița Colonești Dumbrăvița Sânmartin Știința Miroslava Viitorul Ianca Unirea Bascov Hunedoara 1. FC Gloria Ozana Târgu Neamț Făurei Blejoi Ghiroda Avântul Reghin Șomuz Fălticeni Agricola Borcea Olimpic Cetate Râșnov Gloria Lunca-Teuz Cermei Sticla Arieșul Turda Sporting Liești Poseidon Limanu-2 Mai Fortuna Becicherecu Mic Unirea Dej KSE Târgu Secuiesc Metalul Buzău SR Brașov SR Brașov Viitorul Dăești Sănătatea Cluj Hușana Huși Medgidia Pucioasa Deva Unirea Alba Iulia Axiopolis Cernavodă Filiași Dacia Unirea Brăila Balotești Poli Timișoara Industria Galda CSM Bacău Odorheiu Secuiesc Pașcani Recolta Gheorghe Doja Sporting Roșiori Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești SCM Zalău 24 out of 42 representatives of regional associations1 Universitatea Alba Iulia (Alba) None (Arad) None (Argeș) Viitorul Curița (Bacău) None (Bihor) None (Bistrița-Năsăud) Dante Botoșani (Botoșani) Olimpic Zărnești (Brașov) Victoria Traian (Brăila) CSA Steaua București (Bucharest) Râmnicu Sărat (Buzău) None (Caraș-Severin) Oltenița (Călărași) Arieşul Mihai Viteazu (Cluj) Victoria Cumpăna (Constanța) None (Covasna) Gloria Cornești (Dâmbovița) None (Dolj) None (Galați) Dunărea Giurgiu (Giurgiu) Jiul Rovinari (Gorj) None (Harghita) Jiul Petroșani (Hunedoara) Înfrățirea Jilavele (Ialomița) None (Iași) None (Ilfov) Sighetu Marmației (Maramureș) None (Mehedinți) Unirea Ungheni (Mureș) None (Neamț) None (Olt) None (Prahova) Olimpia MCMXXI (Satu Mare) Sportul Şimleu Silvaniei (Sălaj) None (Sibiu) None (Suceava) None (Teleorman) Pobeda Star Bisnov (Timiș) Flacăra Mihail Kogălniceanu (Tulcea) CSM Vaslui (Vaslui) Minerul Costești (Vâlcea) Victoria Gugești (Vrancea)
Round and draw dates
Source:
RoundDraw dateFirst match dateFirst Round26 August 20209 September 2020Second Round16 September 202022 September 2020Third Round30 September 20206 October 2020Fourth Round12 October 202020 October 2020Round of 32 9 November 2020 27 November 2020Round of 16 12 January 2021 9 February 2021Quarter-finals 15 February 2021 2 March 2021Semi-finals 16 March 2021 13 April 2021Final - 22 May 2021
Preliminary rounds
The first rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues.
First round All matches were played on 9 September 2020.First Round matches. liga2.prosport.ro First Round results. liga2.prosport.ro
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|9 September 2020
Second round All matches were played on 22 September 2020.Second Round matches. liga2.prosport.ro Second Round results. liga2.prosport.ro
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|22 September 2020
Third round The matches were played on 6,7 and 8 October 2020.Third Round matches. liga2.prosport.ro Third Round results. liga2.prosport.ro
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|6 October 2020
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|7 October 2020
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|8 October 2020
Fourth round The matches were played on 20 and 21 October 2020.Third Round matches. liga2.prosport.ro Third Round results. liga2.prosport.ro
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|20 October 2020
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|21 October 2020
Round of 32 The matches were played on 27, 28, 29 and 30 November 2020.Third Round matches. liga2.prosport.ro Third Round results. liga2.prosport.ro
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|27 November 2020
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|28 November 2020
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|29 November 2020
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|30 November 2020
Round of 16 The matches were played on 9, 10 and 11 February 2021.
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|9 February 2021
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|10 February 2021
|colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF"|11 February 2021
Quarter-finals The matches were played on 2, 3 and 4 March 2021.
Semi-finals The semi-final matches are played in a two-legged system. The first legs were played 13 and 14 April 2021 and the second legs were played on 11 May 2021.Semi-finals matches
Final
References