The 2005–06 Cupa României was the 68th season of the annual Romania

Romania

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n football knockout tournament.

The winners of the competition qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup.

Round of 32

The matches took place on September 21, 2005.

Date	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Referee
September 20, 2005	Gaz Metan Mediaş Medias Mediaș is the second largest city in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania.-Geographic location:Mediaș is located in the middle basin of Târnava Mare River, at 39 km from Sighișoara and 41 km from Blaj. The health resort Bazna, officially recognized for the first time in 1302, is...	Gaz Metan Mediaş	0 - 0 aet, 2-4 pen	Oţelul Galaţi	Victor Stănişteanu Buzău Buzau The city of Buzău is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian Mountains and the lowlands of Bărăgan Plain.The city's name dates back to 376 AD when the name...
September 21, 2005	Areni Suceava Suceava Suceava is the Suceava County seat in Bukovina, Moldavia region, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565.-History:...	Cetatea Suceava Cetatea Suceava Cetatea Suceava was a professional football club from Romania, based in Suceava and founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2010.-History:The club was founded in the summer of 2004, to continue the city's football tradition after Foresta was moved back to Fălticeni and after CSM Suceava was dissolved a...	2 - 1	Sportul Studenţesc Sportul Studentesc Sportul Studenţesc is a Romanian football club that was established in 1916 . The Bucharest club has won the Balkans Cup once and its best result in the Romanian league is a 2nd place in 1986...	Marius Martiş Focşani Focsani Focşani is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the shores the Milcov river, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population of 101,854.-Geography:...
September 21, 2005	Gloria Buzău Buzau The city of Buzău is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian Mountains and the lowlands of Bărăgan Plain.The city's name dates back to 376 AD when the name...	Gloria Buzău	1 - 2	Farul Constanţa FC Farul Constanta FC Farul Constanţa is a professional football club from Constanţa, Romania. Established in 1949, Farul is currently competing in Liga II ,after being relegated at the end of Liga I 2008-09. The club has yet to win a Romanian title...	Alexandru Tudor Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
September 21, 2005	Otopeni Otopeni Otopeni Otopeni is a town in Ilfov County, Romania, some north of Bucharest along the road to Ploieşti. It has 10,215 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the town....	CS Otopeni CS Otopeni CS Otopeni is a Romanian professional football club from Otopeni, Ilfov county. They currently play in Liga II, after finishing 17th last season in their first Liga I season in history.-Getting Started:...	2 - 5	Politehnica Timişoara	Victor Berbecaru Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea is the capital city of Vâlcea County, Romania .-Geography and climate:Râmnicu Vâlcea is situated in the central-south area of Romania...
September 21, 2005	CFR Stadionul CFR (Timisoara) CFR Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Timişoara, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of CFR Timişoara. The stadium holds 7,000 people.... Timişoara Timisoara Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...	CFR Timişoara CFR Timisoara CFR Timişoara is a Romanian football team from Timişoara, Timiş County founded in 1919. It currently plays in the Liga V in the 2010-11 season....	1 - 3	Naţional Bucureşti FC National Bucuresti Fotbal Club Progresul Bucureşti is a Romanian football club from Bucharest, founded in 1944...	Sebastian Colţescu Craiova Craiova Craiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief...
September 21, 2005	Valentin Stănescu Giulesti Stadium Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu Stadium is a football stadium in Bucharest, Romania and is the home stadium of Rapid Bucureşti.The stadium is named after Valentin Stănescu, the coach that helped Rapid to win its first title, but it is still commonly known as the "Giuleşti Stadium", after the name of the... Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....	Rapid Bucureşti II	0 - 0 aet, 8-7 pen	Steaua Bucureşti	Robert Dumitru Braşov Brasov Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....
September 21, 2005	Mircea Chivu Mircea Chivu Stadium Mircea Chivu Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in Reşiţa, Romania. It has a capacity of 12,500 people. Is the home ground of Şcolar Reşiţa. The stadium is named after Mircea Chivu, the father of the famous soccer player, Cristian Chivu, current captain of the Romanian national team .... Reşiţa Resita ' is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraş-Severin County, in the Banat region. Its 2004 population was 83,985.- Etymology :The name of Reşiţa, might comes from the Latin recitia, meaning "cold spring", as the great historian Nicolae Iorga once suggested, presuming that the Romans...	CSM Reşiţa	0 - 1	Rapid Bucureşti	Marian Salomir Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade...
September 21, 2005	Dunărea Galaţi Galati Galați is a city and municipality in Romania, the capital of Galați County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, in the close vicinity of Brăila, Galați is the largest port and sea port on the Danube River and the second largest Romanian port....	Dunărea Galaţi	0 - 1	Dinamo Bucureşti	Augustus Constantin Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea is the capital city of Vâlcea County, Romania .-Geography and climate:Râmnicu Vâlcea is situated in the central-south area of Romania...
September 21, 2005	Ion Oblemenco Craiova Craiova Craiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief...	Universitatea Craiova FC Universitatea Craiova Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...	1 - 0	CFR Ecomax Cluj CFR Cluj CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...	Lucian Dan Aiud Aiud Aiud is a city located in Alba county, Transylvania, Romania. The city has a population of 28,934 people. It has the status of municipality and is the second-largest city in the county, after county seat Alba Iulia. The Aiud administrative region is 142.2 square kilometres in area.- Administration...
September 21, 2005	Unirea Stadionul Unirea (Dej) Unirea Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Dej, Romania. It is the home ground of Unirea Dej. It holds 8,000 people.-See also:... Dej Dej Dej is a city in northwestern Romania, 60 km north of Cluj-Napoca, in Cluj County. It lies where the Someşul Mic River meets the river Someşul Mare River...	Unirea Dej	0 - 2	Politehnica Iaşi FC Politehnica Iasi Fotbal Club Politehnica Iaşi was a football club from Iaşi, Romania. Its colours were blue and white. Its home stadium was the Emil Alexandrescu Stadium. It was founded in 1945 and dissolved in 2010.-History:...	Aurelian Simion Piteşti Pitesti Pitești is a city in Romania, located on the Argeș River. The capital and largest city of Argeș County, it is an important commercial and industrial center, as well as the home of two universities. Pitești is situated on the A1 freeway connecting it directly to the national capital Bucharest,...
September 21, 2005	Municipal Oradea Oradea Oradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...	Bihor Oradea FC Bihor Oradea Fotbal Club Bihor Oradea is a Romanian football club based in Oradea, founded in 1958, currently playing in the Liga II.-Current squad:-Famous players:...	0 - 2	Jiul Petroşani Jiul Petrosani Jiul Petroşani is a Romanian professional football club from Petroşani, Hunedoara county, Romania, founded in 1919.-History:The history of Jiul Petroşani goes back to 1919, when the club was founded as Clubul Atletic al Minerilor din Petroşani .In 1925 Jiul was runners-up in the Liga I.Most of its...	Orlando Trandu Timişoara Timisoara Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...
September 21, 2005	Eugen Popescu Târgovişte Târgoviste Târgoviște is a city in the Dâmbovița county of Romania. It is situated on the right bank of the Ialomiţa River. , it had an estimated population of 89,000. One village, Priseaca, is administered by the city.-Name:...	Târgovişte FCM Târgoviste FCM Târgovişte is a Romanian football team from Târgovişte, Dâmboviţa County founded in 1950. They are now playing in the Liga II.-History:The clubs has a long history, and the most important moments were, when it played for 9 seasons in the Liga I....	3 - 2	Argeş Piteşti FC Arges Pitesti FC Argeş Piteşti is a Romanian professional football club from Piteşti, Argeş county.FC Argeş was one of the most successful Romanian clubs in the 1970s, when it won the national championship twice: in 1972 and 1979, and finished twice as runner-up...	Teodor Crăciunescu Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea Râmnicu Vâlcea is the capital city of Vâlcea County, Romania .-Geography and climate:Râmnicu Vâlcea is situated in the central-south area of Romania...
September 21, 2005	Ilie Oană Ploieşti Ploiesti Ploiești is the county seat of Prahova County and lies in the historical region of Wallachia in Romania. The city is located north of Bucharest....	Petrolul Ploieşti Petrolul Ploiesti Fotbal Club Petrolul Ploiești is a Romanian professional football club based in Ploiești, Prahova County, currently playing in the Liga I.-History:...	2 - 1	Gloria Bistriţa Gloria Bistrita Gloria Bistriţa is a Romanian professional football club from Bistriţa, Bistriţa-Năsăud County.-History:The club was founded on July 6, 1922 and among the founding staff members there were: Simion Sbârcea as the club's president, Teofil Moldovan as the club's secretary, Ion Bota, Dumitru Hara,...	Adrian Stănescu Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
September 21, 2005	Central Stadionul Central (Mangalia) Central Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Mangalia. It is the home ground of Callatis Mangalia. It can hold 5,000 people.... Mangalia Mangalia Mangalia , is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanţa County, Romania.The municipality of Mangalia also administers several summer time seaside resorts: Cap Aurora, Jupiter, Neptun, Olimp, Saturn, Venus.-History:...	Callatis Mangalia	0 - 2	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Marius Bocăneală Galaţi Galati Galați is a city and municipality in Romania, the capital of Galați County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, in the close vicinity of Brăila, Galați is the largest port and sea port on the Danube River and the second largest Romanian port....
September 21, 2005	Gloria Bistriţa Bistrita Bistrița is the capital city of Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is situated on the Bistriţa River. The city has a population of approximately 80,000 inhabitants, and it administers six villages: Ghinda, Sărata, Sigmir, Slătiniţa, Unirea and Viişoara.-History:The earliest sign of...	Gloria Bistriţa II Gloria Bistrita Gloria Bistriţa is a Romanian professional football club from Bistriţa, Bistriţa-Năsăud County.-History:The club was founded on July 6, 1922 and among the founding staff members there were: Simion Sbârcea as the club's president, Teofil Moldovan as the club's secretary, Ion Bota, Dumitru Hara,...	1 - 2	Vaslui FC Vaslui FC Vaslui is a professional football club from Vaslui, Romania. The club plays in Liga I and was founded in 2002. The best league finishes were achieved in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, when they managed to end up third. Since foundation, they finished each season in a higher rank than in the...	S. Bogdan Craiova Craiova Craiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief...
September 21, 2005	ICIM Braşov Brasov Brașov is a city in Romania and the capital of Brașov County.According to the last Romanian census, from 2002, there were 284,596 people living within the city of Brașov, making it the 8th most populated city in Romania....	Braşov FC Brasov Fotbal Club Brașov is a professional football club based in the city of Brașov, Romania. They were founded in 1936, and since then they have spent 41 season in the top-flight. Brașov kits are yellow-black, and they play their home matches on the Silviu Ploeșteanu stadium.-Early modern football in...	2 - 2 aet, 4-6 pen	Bacău FCM Bacau FCM Bacău is a Romanian football club, founded in 1950, currently playing in the Liga II. It's the best placed Moldovan team in the Liga I All-Time Table, ranking 9th with 42 seasons played.-History:...	Viorel Sandu Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....

Round of 16

The matches took place on October 25, 2006.

Home team	Score	Away team
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–2	Oţelul Galaţi
Cetatea Suceava	2–3	Rapid Bucureşti
Petrolul Ploieşti	2–1	Dinamo Bucureşti
Rapid II Bucureşti	3–4	Farul Constanţa
Bacău	0–2	Jiul Petroşani
Politehnica Iaşi	2–1	Vaslui
Târgovişte	1–3	Politehnica Timişoara
Naţional Bucureşti	0–0; 4–3 pen Penalty shootout (football) A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...	Universitatea Craiova

Quarter-finals

The matches took place on December 7, 2005.

Home team	Score	Away team
Petrolul Ploieşti	3–2	Politehnica Timişoara
Politehnica Iaşi	0–1	Rapid Bucureşti
Jiul Petroşani	0–1	Farul Constanţa
Oţelul Galaţi	0–0; 3–4 pen Penalty shootout (football) A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...	Naţional Bucureşti

Semi-finals

The 1st leg match took place on March 22, 2006. The 2nd on April 19, 2006.

Home team	Agg.	Away team	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Bucureşti	7–4	Petrolul Ploieşti	4–1	3–3
Farul Constanţa	2–4	Naţional Bucureşti	1–0	1–4

Final

Cupa României 2005–06 Winners
Rapid Bucureşti 12th Title

Reference

• Romanian Cup 2005/2006 (RomanianSoccer)