1998 Cupa României final

1998 Cupa României Final

Event	1997–98 Cupa României
Rapid București Universitatea Craiova Divizia A Divizia A 1 0
Date	6 May 1998
Venue	Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest
Referee	Marcel Lică (Romania)
Attendance	65,000

The 1998 Cupa României Final was the 60th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 6 May 1998 and was contested between Divizia A sides Rapid București and Universitatea Craiova. The cup was won by Rapid.

Route to the final

See also: 1997–98 Cupa României

FC Rapid București Round of 32 Midia Năvodari 0–1 Rapid București Round of 16 Rapid București 2–1 Gaz Metan Mediaş Quarter-finals Rapid București 1–0 Sportul Studențesc București Semi-finals Rapid București 2–1 Dinamo București

FC Universitatea Craiova Round of 32 Foresta Fălticeni 2–2 a.e.t. (3–4) pen. Universitatea Craiova Round of 16 Universitatea Craiova 5–2 Farul Constanţa Quarter-finals Universitatea Craiova 2–1 a.e.t. FCM Bacău Semi-finals Argeş Piteşti 0–1 Universitatea Craiova

Match details [1]

6 May 1998

21:00 EEST

Rapid București	1–0	Universitatea Craiova
Marinescu File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' (pen.)	Report

Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Marcel Lică (Romania)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Rapid București

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Universitatea Craiova

RAPID BUCUREŞTI: GK 1 Bogdan Lobonţ DF 2 Nicolae Stanciu Yellow card 78' DF 3 Cristian Dulca (c) DF 4 Ştefan Nanu Yellow card 49' Yellow card 73' Red card DF 5 Mugur Bolohan DF 6 Mircea Rednic MF 7 Lucian Marinescu Yellow card 2' MF 8 Mario Bugeanu Yellow card 27' downward-facing red arrow 76' FW 9 Marius Şumudică downward-facing red arrow 64' MF 10 Daniel Iftodi FW 11 Daniel Pancu downward-facing red arrow 64' Substitutes: MF 17 Zeno Bundea upward-facing green arrow 76' MF 15 Ovidiu Maier upward-facing green arrow 64' –– 14 Cătălin Popa Yellow card 90' upward-facing green arrow 64' Manager: Mircea Lucescu

UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA: GK 1 Tiberiu Lung DF 2 Nicu Năstăsie Yellow card 4' Yellow card 69' Red card DF 3 Marius Iordache MF 4 Robert Vancea Yellow card 73' MF 5 Eugen Trică DF 6 Emil Săndoi (c) DF 7 Tiberiu Curt MF 8 Cornel Frăsineanu downward-facing red arrow 71' FW 9 Ionel Ganea FW 10 Ionuţ Luţu downward-facing red arrow 71' MF 11 Silvian Cristescu downward-facing red arrow 62' Substitutes: MF 17 Valentin Suciu Red card 73' upward-facing green arrow 62' MF 15 Romulus Buia upward-facing green arrow 71' FW 14 Claudiu Niculescu upward-facing green arrow 71' Manager: José Ramón Alexanko

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Patriţiu Abrudan Nicolae Grigorescu Fourth official: MAN OF THE MATCH

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time (15-minute intervals) Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Broadcasting

The match was televised live in the United Kingdom on Channel 4, in anticipation of Romania's match against England in the World Cup that summer.

External links

• Official site (in Romanian)