Cupa României (women's football)

The Romanian Women's Cup (Romanian: Cupa României Fotbal Feminin) is the national women's football cup competition in Romania. The first edition of the cup was played out in the autumn of 2004, after the league season.[1] The most titles are held by Olimpia Cluj, who won nine finals: five consecutive between 2011 and 2015, one in 2017 and three more as U Olimpia Cluj in 2021, 2022 and 2024.

Cupa României Fotbal Feminin
Founded2004
Region Romania
Number of teams36
Current championsU Olimpia Cluj (9th title)
Most successful club(s)U Olimpia Cluj
(9 titles)
WebsiteOfficial site (in Romanian)
2024–25

Format

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As there are very few women's football teams listed in the country, the cup usually has a low number of entries. In the early years, along league teams, some non-league teams also participated. After the reintroduction of a second league in the Romanian women's football structure, starting with the 2013–14 season, second teams of clubs were allowed to play in the cup, up until the 2016–17 season. However, since the 2017–18 season, a club can only enter one team in the cup.

Some teams have to play preliminary matches, some start directly in the quarter-finals, depending on the league. Usually in the early rounds, the teams are paired by a geographical criterion, in order to minimize travel costs. Most games were played one-legged and are hosted by the team in the lowest league or with the weakest record in the previous season. In some years, the semifinals were played on neutral ground. The final always has been one-legged, but in 2011 the semi-finals were played with a home and away match.

List of finals

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The list of finals:[2]

Ed. Season Winner Result Runner-up Final Venue/Stadium Losing Semifinalists Teams
1 2004[3] CFF Clujana 4–0 Șantierul Naval Constanța IMGB, București Pandurii Târgu-Jiu and Crișul Aleșd 6?
2 2004–05[3] CFF Clujana 2–1 Smart Sport București Spiru Haret University, București Pandurii Târgu-Jiu and CSȘ Târgoviște 10
3 2005-06[3] CFF Clujana 3–2 Pandurii Târgu-Jiu Municipal, Târgu Jiu Motorul Oradea and Șantierul Naval Constanța 9?
4 2006–07[4] Pandurii Lignitul Târgu-Jiu 1–1
(6–5 p.)
CFF Clujana Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara Smart Sport București and Ripensia 2000 Timișoara 9
5 2007–08[5] CFF Clujana 7–0 Smart Sport București Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț CSȘ Târgoviște and Motorul Oradea 10
6 2008–09[6] Ripensia 2000 Timișoara 4–0 CSȘ Târgoviște Municipal, Târgu-Jiu CFF Clujana and Șantierul Naval Constanța 10
7 2009–10[7] FCM Târgu Mureş 4–0 CFF Clujana Emil Alexandrescu, Iași Sporting Craiova and CSȘ Târgoviște 12
8 2010–11[8] Olimpia Cluj 2–0 FCM Târgu Mureş Forex, Brașov Real Craiova and Metalul Vlăhița 13
9 2011–12[9] Olimpia Cluj 1–0 FCM Târgu Mureş CNAF, Buftea CS Brazi and FC Alice&Tunes Pitești 20
10 2012–13[10] Olimpia Cluj 6–0 FCM Târgu Mureş Cetate, Alba-Iulia CSȘ Târgoviște and CFR Timișoara 20
11 2013–14 Olimpia Cluj 3–0 ASA Târgu Mureş Areni, Suceava CFR Timișoara and Olimpia 2 Cluj 21
12 2014–15 Olimpia Cluj 4–0 ASA Târgu Mureş Jean Pădureanu, Bistrița Olimpia 2 Cluj and Fair Play București 24
13 2015–16 ASA Târgu Mureş 2–1 Olimpia Cluj Michael Klein, Hunedoara Fair Play București and Real Craiova 29
14 2016–17[11] Olimpia Cluj 5–0 Navobi Iaşi Emil Alexandrescu, Iași Heniu Prundu Bârgăului and CSȘ Târgoviște 34
15 2017–18[12] CSȘ Târgoviște 3–0 Heniu Prundu Bârgăului Municipal, Sfântu Gheorghe Piroş Security Arad and Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc 33
16 2018–19 Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc 5–0 Fortuna Becicherecu Mic Trans-Sil, Târgu-Mureș Universitatea Galați and U Olimpia Cluj 37
17 2019–20 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic during the Third Round/Round of 16 40
18 2020–21 U Olimpia Cluj 1–0
(a.e.t.)
Heniu Prundu Bârgăului Francisc von Neuman, Arad Piroş Security Arad and Vulpițele Galbene Roman 38
19 2021–22 U Olimpia Cluj 6–2 Heniu Prundu Bârgăului Arcul de Triumf, București Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc and Piroş Security Arad 36
20 2022-23 Carmen București 2–1 (a.e.t.) U Olimpia Cluj Arcul de Triumf, București Csíkszereda MC and CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud 44
21 2023-24 U Olimpia Cluj 3–1 (a.e.t.) Csíkszereda MC Arcul de Triumf, București Vasas Femina FC and CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud 46

Performances

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Performance by club

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No. Team Winners Runners-up Losing Semifinalists Total apps. in Last 4
1 Olimpia/U Olimpia Cluj 9 2 1 12
2 CFF Clujana 4 2 1 7
3 ASA/FCM Târgu Mureş 2 5 7
4 CSȘ Târgoviște 1 1 5 7
5 Pandurii Târgu-Jiu 1 1 2 4
6 Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc/Metalul Vlăhița 1 4 5
7 Ripensia 2000 Timișoara 1 1 2
8 Carmen București 1 1
9 Heniu Prundu Bârgăului 3 1 4
10 Smart Sport București 2 1 3
11 Șantierul Naval Constanța 1 2 3
12 Csíkszereda MC 1 1 2
13–14 Navobi Iaşi 1 1
Fortuna Becicherecu Mic 1 1
15 Piroş Security Arad 3 3
16–21 Motorul Oradea 2 2
Real Craiova 2 2
CFR Timișoara 2 2
Olimpia 2 Cluj 2 2
Fair Play București 2 2
CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud 2 2
22–27 Crișul Aleșd 1 1
Sporting Craiova 1 1
CS Brazi 1 1
FC Alice&Tunes Pitești 1 1
Universitatea Galați 1 1
Vulpițele Galbene Roman 1 1

Performance by city

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No. City Cups Winning clubs
1   Cluj-Napoca 12 Olimpia/U Olimpia Cluj (8), CFF Clujana (4)
2   Târgu-Mureș 2 FCM/ASA Târgu Mureş (2)
3–6   Târgu-Jiu 1 Pandurii Târgu-Jiu (1)
  Timișoara 1 Ripensia 2000 Timișoara (1)
  Târgoviște 1 CSȘ Târgoviște (1)
  Odorheiu Secuiesc 1 Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc (1)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Romania (Women) 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Romania - List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "CFF Clujana cup finals". cffclujana.piczo.com. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  4. ^ "2007 finals". cffclujana.piczo.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  5. ^ "2008 finals". cffclujana.piczo.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  6. ^ "2009 cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  7. ^ "2009/10 cup". FRF. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Olimpia Cluj a castigat Cupa Romaniei la fotbal feminin" (in Romanian). ziare.com. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Olimpia Cluj wins 2012 cup" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  10. ^ "Competitii Interne - FRF".
  11. ^ "FRF" (in Romanian). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  12. ^ "FRF" (in Romanian). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
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