2002–03 Cupa României

2002–03 Cupa României

Tournament details
Country	Romania
Final positions
Champions	Dinamo Bucureşti
Runner-up	Naţional București

The 2002–03 Cupa României was the 65th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

The title was won by Dinamo Bucureşti against Naţional București.

Format

The competition is an annual knockout tournament.

First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.

If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes into extra time, where it works golden goal rule. If the match is still tied, the result is decided by penalty kicks.

In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is played as a two legs.

From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.

First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
6 November 2002
IS Câmpia Turzii (Div. B)	3–0	(Div. A) Oțelul Galați
CFR Cluj (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) Sportul Studențesc București
FC Oradea (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	(Div. A) Gloria Bistrița
Progresul Caracal (Div. C)	0–3	(Div. A) Naţional București
Petrolul Ploiești (Div. B)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Steaua Bucureşti
Midia Năvodari (Div. B)	3–2	(Div. A) Universitatea Craiova
Unirea Focșani (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) Politehnica AEK Timișoara
Politehnica Iași (Div. B)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Laminorul Roman (Div. C)	0–3	(Div. A) Astra Ploieşti
Minerul Motru (Div. C)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	(Div. A) FCM Bacău
CF Predeal (Div. C)	1–6	(Div. A) Farul Constanța
FC Baia Mare (Div. B)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) FC Brașov
CSM Reşiţa (Div. B)	1–3	(Div. A) Argeș Pitești
UM Timișoara (Div. B)	0–1	(Div. A) Dinamo Bucureşti
Inter Gaz București (Div. B)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) UTA Arad
Electromagnetica București (Div. B)	1–5	(Div. A) Rapid București

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
27 November 2002
Argeș Pitești	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Rapid București
CFR Cluj	2–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Brașov
Naţional București	3–0	Midia Năvodari
Farul Constanța	2–1	FC Oradea
Unirea Focșani	0–1	Astra Ploieşti
Politehnica Iași	1–0 (a.e.t.)	UTA Arad
IS Câmpia Turzii	1–3	FCM Bacău
Steaua Bucureşti	0–3	Dinamo Bucureşti

Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 12 March and 2 April 2003.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Naţional București	5–0	CFR Cluj	4–0	1–0
Politehnica Iași	1–3	Astra Ploieşti	1–2	0–1
Farul Constanța	2–3	Dinamo Bucureşti	0–1	2–2
Argeș Pitești	5–1	FCM Bacău	5–1	0–0

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 23 April and 14 May 2003.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Naţional București	5–2	Argeș Pitești	4–0	1–2
Astra Ploieşti	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Dinamo Bucureşti	2–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)

Final

Main article: 2003 Cupa României Final

31 May 2003

20:00 EET

Dinamo Bucureşti	1 – 0	Naţional București
Tameș 30'	Report

Național, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Cupa României 2002–03 Winners
Dinamo Bucureşti 10th Title

External links

• romaniansoccer.ro
• Official site
• The Romanian Cup on the FRF's official site