Cupa României (women's football)

The Romanian Women's Cup (Romanian: Cupa României Fotbal Feminin) is the national women's football cup competition in Romania. The first edition of the cup was played out in the autumn of 2004, after the league season.^[1] The most titles are held by Olimpia Cluj, who won eight finals: five consecutive between 2011 and 2015, one in 2017 and two more as U Olimpia Cluj in 2021 and 2022.

Cupa României Fotbal Feminin

Founded	2004
Region	Romania
Number of teams	36 (2021–22)
Current champions	U Olimpia Cluj (8th title)
Most successful club(s)	U Olimpia Cluj (8 titles)
Website	Official site (in Romanian)
2021–22

Format

As there are very few women's football teams listed in the country, the cup usually has a low number of entries. In the early years, along league teams, some non-league teams also participated. After the reintroduction of a second league in the Romanian women's football structure, starting with the 2013–14 season, second teams of clubs were allowed to play in the cup, up until the 2016–17 season. However, since the 2017–18 season, a club can only enter one team in the cup.

Some teams have to play preliminary matches, some start directly in the quarter-finals, depending on the league. Usually in the early rounds, the teams are paired by a geographical criterion, in order to minimize travel costs. Most games were played one-legged and are hosted by the team in the lowest league or with the weakest record in the previous season. In some years, the semifinals were played on neutral ground. The final always has been one-legged, but in 2011 the semi-finals were played with a home and away match.

List of finals

The list of finals:^[2]

Ed.	Season	Winner	Result	Runner-up	Final Venue/Stadium	Losing Semifinalists	Teams
1	2004^[3]	CFF Clujana	4–0	Șantierul Naval Constanța	IMGB, București	Pandurii Târgu-Jiu and Crișul Aleșd	6?
2	2004–05^[3]	CFF Clujana	2–1	Smart Sport București	Spiru Haret University, București	Pandurii Târgu-Jiu and CSȘ Târgoviște	10
3	2005-06^[3]	CFF Clujana	3–2	Pandurii Târgu-Jiu	Municipal, Târgu Jiu	Motorul Oradea and Șantierul Naval Constanța	9?
4	2006–07^[4]	Pandurii Lignitul Târgu-Jiu	1–1 (6–5 p.)	CFF Clujana	Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara	Smart Sport București and Ripensia 2000 Timișoara	9
5	2007–08^[5]	CFF Clujana	7–0	Smart Sport București	Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț	CSȘ Târgoviște and Motorul Oradea	10
6	2008–09^[6]	Ripensia 2000 Timișoara	4–0	CSȘ Târgoviște	Municipal, Târgu-Jiu	CFF Clujana and Șantierul Naval Constanța	10
7	2009–10^[7]	FCM Târgu Mureş	4–0	CFF Clujana	Emil Alexandrescu, Iași	Sporting Craiova and CSȘ Târgoviște	12
8	2010–11^[8]	Olimpia Cluj	2–0	FCM Târgu Mureş	Forex, Brașov	Real Craiova and Metalul Vlăhița	13
9	2011–12^[9]	Olimpia Cluj	1–0	FCM Târgu Mureş	CNAF, Buftea	CS Brazi and FC Alice&Tunes Pitești	20
10	2012–13^[10]	Olimpia Cluj	6–0	FCM Târgu Mureş	Cetate, Alba-Iulia	CSȘ Târgoviște and CFR Timișoara	20
11	2013–14	Olimpia Cluj	3–0	ASA Târgu Mureş	Areni, Suceava	CFR Timișoara and Olimpia 2 Cluj	21
12	2014–15	Olimpia Cluj	4–0	ASA Târgu Mureş	Jean Pădureanu, Bistrița	Olimpia 2 Cluj and Fair Play București	24
13	2015–16	ASA Târgu Mureş	2–1	Olimpia Cluj	Michael Klein, Hunedoara	Fair Play București and Real Craiova	29
14	2016–17^[11]	Olimpia Cluj	5–0	Navobi Iaşi	Emil Alexandrescu, Iași	Heniu Prundu Bârgăului and CSȘ Târgoviște	34
15	2017–18^[12]	CSȘ Târgoviște	3–0	Heniu Prundu Bârgăului	Municipal, Sfântu Gheorghe	Piroş Security Arad and Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc	33
16	2018–19	Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc	5–0	Fortuna Becicherecu Mic	Trans-Sil, Târgu-Mureș	Universitatea Galați and U Olimpia Cluj	37
17	2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic during the Third Round/Round of 16					40
18	2020–21	U Olimpia Cluj	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Heniu Prundu Bârgăului	Francisc von Neuman, Arad	Piroş Security Arad and Vulpițele Galbene Roman	38
19	2021–22	U Olimpia Cluj	6–2	Heniu Prundu Bârgăului	Arcul de Triumf, București	Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc and Piroş Security Arad	36

Performances

Performance by club

No.	Team	Winners	Runners-up	Losing Semifinalists	Total apps. in Last 4
1	Olimpia/U Olimpia Cluj	8	1	1	10
2	CFF Clujana	4	2	1	7
3	ASA/FCM Târgu Mureş	2	5	–	7
4	CSȘ Târgoviște	1	1	5	7
5	Pandurii Târgu-Jiu	1	1	2	4
6	Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc/Metalul Vlăhița	1	–	3	4
7	Ripensia 2000 Timișoara	1	–	1	2
8	Heniu Prundu Bârgăului	–	3	1	4
9	Smart Sport București	–	2	1	3
10	Șantierul Naval Constanța	–	1	2	3
11–12	Navobi Iaşi	–	1	–	1
	Fortuna Becicherecu Mic	–	1	–	1
13	Piroş Security Arad	–	–	3	3
14–18	Motorul Oradea	–	–	2	2
	Real Craiova	–	–	2	2
	CFR Timișoara	–	–	2	2
	Olimpia 2 Cluj	–	–	2	2
	Fair Play București	–	–	2	2
19–24	Crișul Aleșd	–	–	1	1
	Sporting Craiova	–	–	1	1
	CS Brazi	–	–	1	1
	FC Alice&Tunes Pitești	–	–	1	1
	Universitatea Galați	–	–	1	1
	Vulpițele Galbene Roman	–	–	1	1

Performance by city

No.	City	Cups	Winning clubs
1	Cluj-Napoca	12	Olimpia/U Olimpia Cluj (8), CFF Clujana (4)
2	Târgu-Mureș	2	FCM/ASA Târgu Mureş (2)
3–6	Târgu-Jiu	1	Pandurii Târgu-Jiu (1)
	Timișoara	1	Ripensia 2000 Timișoara (1)
	Târgoviște	1	CSȘ Târgoviște (1)
	Odorheiu Secuiesc	1	Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc (1)

See also

• Romanian Cup, men's edition

References

1. "Romania (Women) 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
2. "Romania - List of Women Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
3. "CFF Clujana cup finals". cffclujana.piczo.com. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
4. "2007 finals". cffclujana.piczo.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
5. "2008 finals". cffclujana.piczo.com. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
6. "2009 cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
7. "2009/10 cup". FRF. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
8. "Olimpia Cluj a castigat Cupa Romaniei la fotbal feminin" (in Romanian). ziare.com. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
9. "Olimpia Cluj wins 2012 cup" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
10. "Competitii Interne - FRF".
11. "FRF" (in Romanian). 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
12. "FRF" (in Romanian). 29 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

External links

• Official website
• Cup at soccerway.com