The 2016–17 Cupa Ligii was the third and last official season of the Cupa Ligii.[1] Dinamo București won the title for the first time in its history.

2016–17 Cupa Ligii
Tournament details
CountryRomania
Teams14
Defending championsFCSB
Final positions
ChampionsDinamo București
Runner-upACS Poli Timișoara
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored46 (3.07 per match)

All times are CEST (UTC+2). [2]

Schedule edit

  • Qualifying Round: 9–11 August 2016
  • Quarter-finals: 7–8 September 2016

Prize money edit

  • Winner: 265,000
  • Runner-up: €165,000
  • Semi-final: €50,000
  • Quarter-final: €25,000
  • Qualifying Round: €20,000

Qualifying round edit

At this stage, all teams participate in 2016–17 Liga I season except for No. 1 (Astra Giurgiu) and 2 (FCSB) 2015–16 Liga I season which directly qualified for the quarterfinals. Thus in this phase will be 12 teams will be divided in 6 games. The winners of those matches will qualify for the quarterfinals.

The teams qualified in this phase are:

All matches were played on 9–11 August 2016[3]

9 August 2016 Botoșani 1–0CSM Politehnica IașiMunicipal, Botoșani
19:00 Fülöp   9'
11 August 2016 Voluntari1–2 Dinamo București Dinamo, Bucharest
21:00 Ivanovici   53' Popa   13', 25'

Quarter-finals edit

At this stage, 8 teams qualified:

Astra Giurgiu – 1st place 2015–16 Liga I season

FCSB – 2nd place 2015–16 Liga I season

the 6 teams that won in Qualifying Round

- Botoșani

- ASA Târgu Mureș

- ACS Poli Timișoara

- Concordia Chiajna

- CFR Cluj

- Dinamo București

These teams will be divided in four matches. The winners of those matches will qualify for the semifinals.[4]

17 November 2016 Astra Giurgiu2–5 (a.e.t.) Dinamo București Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu
20:30 Alibec   48'
Budescu   70'
Gnohéré   13'
Palić   52' (pen.)
Popa   91'
Hanca   104' (pen.)
Hanca   115'
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Semi-finals edit

Four teams qualified for the semifinals, namely the winners of the quarterfinals. They are:

1) ACS Poli Timișoara

2) ASA Târgu Mureș

3) Steaua București

4) Dinamo București

Matches will be played in two legs. The winners of those matches will qualify for the League Cup final.

1st leg edit

22 December 2016 Dinamo București 4–1Steaua BucureștiBucharest
20:30 Mahlangu   19'
Nistor   65'
Lazăr   79'
Rotariu   90'
Aganovic   78' Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 9,276
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

2nd leg edit

28 February 2017 ACS Poli Timișoara 3–1
(7–3 agg.)
ASA Târgu MureșTimișoara
20:00 Almeida   17', 21'
Cânu   65'
Sin   48' Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Referee: Cătălin Popa

Final edit

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) Final Dinamo București 2–0ACS Poli TimișoaraBucharest
20:00 Nemec   6', 26' Stadium: Arena Națională
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Ciprian Danșa, Daniel Mitruți

References edit

  1. ^ "CUPA LIGII ADEPLAST". Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal (in Romanian). Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Programul și observatorii LPF ai optimilor de finală din Cupa Ligii Adeplast
  4. ^ Programul și televizările sferturilor de finală ale Cupei Ligii Adeplast