2011–12 Cupa României

The 2011–12 Cupa României was the seventy-fourth season of the annual Romanian football knockout tournament. The winner of the competition qualified for the play-off round of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.

2011–12 Cupa României

Tournament details
Country	Romania
Teams	202
Defending champions	Steaua București
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo București
Runner-up	Rapid București

Round of 32

The 14 winners of the fifth round entered in this round and were joined by the 18 teams from the 2011–12 Liga I.

Gaz Metan Severin v CS Mioveni

20 September 2011	Gaz Metan Severin	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	CS Mioveni	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
16:00	Trifu 17' Coţan 45'		Dina 34' Gheorghe 59'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Dragoş Istrate

FC Brașov v FCM Bacău

20 September 2011	FC Brașov	2–0 (a.e.t.)	FCM Bacău	Braşov
16:00	Buga 96' Machado 107'			Stadium: Silviu Ploeşteanu Referee: Adrian Ilyeş

Petrolul Ploiești v Concordia Chiajna

20 September 2011	Petrolul Ploiești	4–1	Concordia Chiajna	Strejnic
16:30	Melinte 19' Komazec 65' Negru 76' Mitea 83'		Popa 7'	Stadium: Conpet Referee: Radu Petrescu

Oțelul Galați v Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea

20 September 2011	Oțelul Galați	3–1	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	Galați
18:30	Punoševac 5', 38' Sârghi  28' Iorga 90'	(Report)	O. Marinescu 29' (pen.)	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dragoş Teodor

CF Brăila v Gaz Metan Mediaş

21 September 2011	CF Brăila	0–1	Gaz Metan Mediaş	Brăila
16:00		(Report)	Frăsinescu 48'	Stadium: Municipal (Brăila) Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Emil Voicu

Dunărea Galaţi v Sportul Studențesc București

21 September 2011	Dunărea Galaţi	1–0	Sportul Studențesc București	Galaţi
16:00	V. Munteanu 31'			Stadium: Dunărea Attendance: 300 Referee: Lucian Rusandu

Voința Sibiu v CS Otopeni

21 September 2011	Voința Sibiu	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	CS Otopeni	Sibiu
16:00				Stadium: Municipal (Sibiu) Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v CS Vișina Nouă

21 September 2011	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	5–0	CS Vișina Nouă	Târgu Jiu
16:00	Štromajer 7' Batin 14', 87' Vranješ 46' Grigoraş 75'			Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Referee: Cătălin Popa

Astra II Giurgiu v Universitatea Cluj

21 September 2011	Astra II Giurgiu	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Universitatea Cluj	Giurgiu
16:00	Budescu 108'			Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Referee: Claudiu Baboia

Politehnica Timișoara v Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

21 September 2011	Politehnica Timișoara	2–0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Timișoara
17:00	Goga 15' Curtean 75'			Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Referee: Florin Miron

Rapid București v Juventus București

21 September 2011	Rapid București	4–1	Juventus București	Bucharest
19:00	Roman 37', 45' Apostol 64', 79'		Zaharia 89'	Stadium: Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Astra Ploiești v CFR Cluj

21 September 2011	Astra Ploiești	1–0	CFR Cluj	Ploiești
21:30	Fatai 46'			Stadium: Astra Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

FCM Târgu Mureş v Viitorul Constanţa

22 September 2011	FCM Târgu Mureş	1–0	Viitorul Constanţa	Târgu Mureş
18:30	Ilyeş 2'			Stadium: Trans-Sil

SC Vaslui v Voința Livezile

22 September 2011	SC Vaslui	8–0	Voința Livezile	Vaslui
20:00	Gheorghiu 8' Bello 23', 42', 83' Buhăescu 40' Costin 80' Wesley 81', 86'			Stadium: Municipal (Vaslui)

Steaua București v Sănătatea Cluj

22 September 2011	Steaua București	4–0	Sănătatea Cluj	Buzău
20:30	Nikolić 2' Prepeliță 31' Martinović 50' Popa 87'			Stadium: Municipal (Buzău)

Dinamo București v Luceafărul Oradea

22 September 2011	Dinamo București	1–0	Luceafărul Oradea	Bucharest
21:15	Luchin 31'			Stadium: Dinamo

Round of 16

The 16 winners of the fifth phase entered in this round.

Gaz Metan Mediaş v Astra II Giurgiu

25 October 2011	Gaz Metan Mediaş	1–0	Astra II Giurgiu	Mediaş
16:00	Medeiros 67'			Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1000 Referee: Crăciunescu

Oțelul Galați v FCM Târgu Mureş

25 October 2011	Oțelul Galați	2–1	FCM Târgu Mureş	Galați
19:00	Paraschiv 51' Antal 87'		Subotić 81'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 3000 Referee: Dumitru

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v FC Brașov

26 October 2011	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	FC Brașov	Târgu Jiu
16:00				Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 4000 Referee: Petrescu

Dinamo București v Gaz Metan Severin

26 October 2011	Dinamo București	5–0	Gaz Metan Severin	Bucharest
21:30	Ganea 37' 60' Luchin 42' Ţucudean 73' Păun 83'			Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 200 Referee: Unimatan

SC Vaslui v Dunărea Galaţi

27 October 2011	SC Vaslui	4–1	Dunărea Galaţi	Vaslui
16:00	Lopes 38' Neagu 55' Adaílton 56' 70'		19' Chelaru	Stadium: Municipal (Vaslui) Attendance: 4000 Referee: Colțescu

Astra Ploiești v Petrolul Ploiești

27 October 2011	Astra Ploiești	0–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Ploiești
17:30			21' Buhuşi	Stadium: Astra Attendance: 4500 Referee: Comănescu

Rapid București v CS Otopeni

27 October 2011	Rapid București	5–0	CS Otopeni	Bucharest
19:00	Grigore 32' Cássio 37' Burcă 55' Deac 67' Gângioveanu 89'			Stadium: Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 1500 Referee: Cojocaru

Politehnica Timișoara v Steaua București

27 October 2011	Politehnica Timișoara	2–0	Steaua București	Timișoara
20:45	Ricketts 28' Goga 52'			Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 20000 Referee: Balaj

Quarterfinals

The 8 winners of the fifth phase entered in this round.

Rapid București v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

7 December 2011	Rapid București	2–0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Bucharest
18:30	António 59' Grigorie 79'	Report		Stadium: Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

Politehnica Timișoara v Gaz Metan Mediaş

8 December 2011	Politehnica Timișoara	0–1	Gaz Metan Mediaş	Timișoara
18:00		Report	Bud 8'	Stadium: Dan Păltinişanu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

Dinamo București v Petrolul Ploiești

8 December 2011	Dinamo București	2–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest
20:30	Dănciulescu 14' Ganea 56'	Report	Borza 48' (pen.)	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 800 Referee: Ovidiu Alin Haţegan

Oțelul Galați v SC Vaslui

15 March 2012	Oțelul Galați	2–3	SC Vaslui	Galați
21:30	Antal 65' Iorga 67'	Report	Wesley 45', 62' N'Doye 84'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Catalin Popa

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg+
SC Vaslui	2–4	Rapid București	0–1	2–3
Dinamo București	2–2	Gaz Metan Mediaş	1–0	1–2

First leg

SC Vaslui v Rapid București

28 March 2012	SC Vaslui	0–1	Rapid București	Vaslui
20:00 EET		Report	Herea 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Marius Avram

Dinamo București v Gaz Metan Mediaş

29 March 2012	Dinamo București	1–0	Gaz Metan Mediaş	Bucharest
20:00 EET	Rus 88'	Report		Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Radu Petrescu

Second leg

Rapid București v SC Vaslui

11 April 2012	Rapid București	3–2 (4–2 agg.)	SC Vaslui	Bucharest
21:30 EET	Grigore 1' Alexa 64' Roman 88'	Report	Wesley 6', 47'	Stadium: Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Marius Avram

Gaz Metan Mediaş v Dinamo București

12 April 2012	Gaz Metan Mediaş	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	Dinamo București	Mediaș
21:30 EET	Marković 8' Issa Ba 79'		Stoica 58'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

Final

Main article: 2012 Cupa României final

23 May 2012

21:00 EEST

Rapid București	0–1	Dinamo București
Grigorie  70' Oros  90+1'		58' Scarlatache  68' Niculae  90+5' Naumovski

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Cupa României 2011–12 winners
Dinamo București 13th title