1998 Cupa României final

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The 1998 Cupa României Final was the 60th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 6 May 1998 and was contested between Divizia A sides Rapid București and Universitatea Craiova. The cup was won by Rapid.

1998 Cupa României Final
Event1997–98 Cupa României
Date6 May 1998
VenueStadionul Naţional, Bucharest
RefereeMarcel Lică (Romania)
Attendance65,000
1997
1999

Route to the final

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FC Rapid București

Round of 32 Midia Năvodari 0–1 Rapid București
Round of 16 Rapid București 2–1 Gaz Metan Mediaş
Quarter-finals Rapid București 1–0 Sportul Studențesc București
Semi-finals Rapid București 2–1 Dinamo București

FC Universitatea Craiova

Round of 32 Foresta Fălticeni 2–2 a.e.t. (3–4) pen. Universitatea Craiova
Round of 16 Universitatea Craiova 5–2 Farul Constanţa
Quarter-finals Universitatea Craiova 2–1 a.e.t. FCM Bacău
Semi-finals Argeş Piteşti 0–1 Universitatea Craiova

Match details [1]

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Rapid București1–0Universitatea Craiova
Marinescu   68' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 65,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rapid București
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Universitatea Craiova
RAPID BUCUREŞTI:
GK 1   Bogdan Lobonţ
DF 2   Nicolae Stanciu   78'
DF 3   Cristian Dulca (c)
DF 4   Ştefan Nanu   49'   73'  
DF 5   Mugur Bolohan
DF 6   Mircea Rednic
MF 7   Lucian Marinescu   2'
MF 8   Mario Bugeanu   27'   76'
FW 9   Marius Şumudică   64'
MF 10   Daniel Iftodi
FW 11   Daniel Pancu   64'
Substitutes:
MF 17   Zeno Bundea   76'
MF 15   Ovidiu Maier   64'
–– 14   Cătălin Popa   90'   64'
Manager:
  Mircea Lucescu
UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA:
GK 1   Tiberiu Lung
DF 2   Nicu Năstăsie   4'   69'  
DF 3   Marius Iordache
MF 4   Robert Vancea   73'
MF 5   Eugen Trică
DF 6   Emil Săndoi (c)
DF 7   Tiberiu Curt
MF 8   Cornel Frăsineanu   71'
FW 9   Ionel Ganea
FW 10   Ionuţ Luţu   71'
MF 11   Silvian Cristescu   62'
Substitutes:
MF 17   Valentin Suciu   73'   62'
MF 15   Romulus Buia   71'
FW 14   Claudiu Niculescu   71'
Manager:
  José Ramón Alexanko

MATCH OFFICIALS

MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes extra-time (15-minute intervals)
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Broadcasting

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The match was televised live in the United Kingdom on Channel 4, in anticipation of Romania's match against England in the World Cup that summer.

References

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