1965–66 Cupa României

1965–66 Cupa României
Country Romania
Champions Steaua București
Runners-up UTA Arad

The 1965–66 Cupa României was the 28th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

The title was won by Steaua București against UTA Arad.

Format

The competition is an annual knockout tournament.

In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. Each tie is played as a single leg.

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.

In the first round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, the team who played away will qualify.

From the second round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then the younger team (the lower average of players age) will qualify.

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

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First round proper

Team 1  Score  Team 2
9 March 1966
Victoria Călan (Div. C) 0–3 (Div. A) Steaua București
13 March 1966
AS Aiud (Div. C) 3–1 (Div. A) Ştiinţa Craiova
Vagonul Arad (Div. B) 1–2 (Div. A) Dinamo București
Dinamo Bacău (Div. B) 0–1 (Div. A) CSMS Iaşi
Minerul Baia Mare (Div. B) 2–2 (a.e.t.) (Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești
Metalurgistul Bucureşti (Div. B) 1–2 (Div. A) Steagul Roşu Braşov
Dunărea Calafat (Div. D) 0–4 (Div. A) Universitatea Cluj
Clujeana Cluj (Div. B) 3–1 (Div. B) Progresul București
Foresta Fălticeni (Div. C) 0–3 (Div. A) Farul Constanța
Fructexport Focşani (Div. C) 0–4 (Div. A) Siderurgistul Galați
Cimentul Medgidia (Div. D) 3–1 (Div. A) Ştiinţa Timişoara
Petrolul Moineşti (Div. C) 0–1 (Div. C) Soda Ocna Mureş
Jiul Petrila (Div. B) 1–1 (a.e.t.) (Div. A) Rapid București
Metalul Plopeni (Div. D) 1–0 (Div. A) Dinamo Piteşti
CSM Sibiu (Div. B) 0–2 (Div. A) UTA Arad
Ştiinţa Târgu Mureş (Div. D) 1–3 (Div. A) ASA Crişul Oradea

Second round proper

Team 1  Score  Team 2
11 May 1966
Rapid București 2–0 CSMS Iaşi
UTA Arad 2–0 Cimentul Medgidia
Farul Constanța 3–2 (a.e.t.) Metalul Plopeni
ASA Crişul Oradea 3–2 AS Aiud
Steagul Roşu Braşov 1–0 Clujeana Cluj
Dinamo București 3–1 (a.e.t.) Universitatea Cluj
Petrolul Ploiești 1–0 (a.e.t.) Siderurgistul Galați
Steaua București 2–0 Soda Ocna Mureş

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
22 June 1966
Farul Constanța 2–1 Steagul Roşu Braşov
Steaua București 2–0 Dinamo București
UTA Arad 2–1 ASA Crişul Oradea
Rapid București 2–0 Petrolul Ploiești

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
13 July 1966
Steaua București 3–0 Rapid București
UTA Arad 3–2 Farul Constanța

Final

17 July 1966
17:30 EET
Steaua București 4 – 0 UTA Arad
Raksi  63', 70'
Voinea  75'
Sătmăreanu  88'
Report
23 August, Bucharest
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erwin Vetter (GDR)
Cupa României 1965–66 Winners

Steaua București
7th Title

References

  1. "Lista tuturor finalelor Cupei României - Ripensia Sport Magazin". ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. Retrieved 2015-10-21.

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