1997 Cupa României final

1997 Cupa României Final

Event	1996–97 Cupa României
Steaua București Naţional București Divizia A Divizia A 4 2
Date	4 June 1997
Venue	Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest
Man of the Match	Sabin Ilie
Referee	Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
Attendance	25,000

The 1997 Cupa României Final was the 59th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 4 June 1997 and was contested between Divizia A sides Steaua București and Naţional București. The cup was won by Steaua.

Route to the final

See also: 1996–97 Cupa României

CSA Steaua București Round of 32 FC Oneşti 0–2 Steaua București Round of 16 Steaua București 5–0 Midia Năvodari Quarter-finals Steaua București 3–2 (a.e.t) Petrolul Ploieşti Semi-finals Steaua București 2–1 Universitatea Craiova

FC Naţional București Round of 32 ASA Târgu Mureş 1–3 Naţional București Round of 16 Naţional București 1–0 (a.e.t) Inter Sibiu Quarter-finals Naţional București 3–1 U Cluj Semi-finals Naţional București 2–1 Dinamo București

Match details [1]

4 June 1997

21:00 EEST

Steaua București	4–2	Naţional București
Ilie 2', 5', 30' (pen.) Ciocoiu 86'	Report	Dună 10' Petre 89'

Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

Steaua București

Naţional București

STEAUA BUCUREŞTI: GK 12 Bogdan Stelea RWB 2 Laurenţiu Reghecampf CD 4 Adrian Matei CD 6 Valeriu Răchită CD 11 Marius Baciu LWB 3 Iulian Miu RM 10 Dennis Şerban  75' CM 5 Iosif Rotariu LM 8 Damian Militaru FW 7 Marius Lăcătuş (c)  80' FW 9 Sabin Ilie  84' Substitutes: MF 15 Cătălin Munteanu  84' MF 14 Laurenţiu Roşu  75' FW 16 Cristian Ciocoiu  80' Manager: Dumitru Dumitriu

NAŢIONAL BUCUREŞTI: GK 1 Răzvan Lucescu DF 2 Dorel Zegrean  60' DF 3 Liviu Ciobotariu DF 5 Cătălin Necula DF 4 Ion Sburlea DF 7 Petre Marin MF 6 Adrian Pigulea  46' MF 8 Dănuţ Moisescu  67' MF 10 Cristian Vasc FW 11 Marin Dună (c) FW 9 Radu Niculescu Substitutes: MF 16 Cătălin Liță  46' MF 14 Tinel Petre  60' FW 15 Cristian Albeanu  67' Manager: Florin Halagian

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Vasile Avram Ion Constantinescu Fourth official: MAN OF THE MATCH Sabin Ilie

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.

External links

• Official site (in Romanian)