1963 Cupa României final

The 1963 Cupa României Final was the 25th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Petrolul Ploiești and Siderurgistul Galați, and was won by Petrolul Ploiești after a game with 7 goals. It was the 1st cup for Petrolul Ploiești.^[1][2] One week ago in a championship match against Dinamo Bacău, Petrolul's player Constantin Tabarcea died on the field. In his memory before the Cup final, at the team photo, the place from the down row in front of goalkeeper Mihai Ionescu was left free.^[3][4]

1963 Cupa României final

Petrolul Ploiești posing with the trophy
Event	1962–63 Cupa României
Petrolul Ploiești Siderurgistul Galați 6 1
Date	21 July 1963
Venue	23 August, Bucharest
Referee	Mircea Cruţescu (Bucharest)
Attendance	45,000
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Siderurgistul Galați was the eighth club representing Divizia B which reached the Romanian Cup final.^[5][6]

Match details

21 July 1963

17:30 EET

Petrolul Ploiești	6–1	Siderurgistul Galați
Munteanu 14' Dridea 30', 69', 77' Moldoveanu 35', 49'	Report	Zgardan 10'

23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Mircea Cruţescu (Bucharest)

GK 1 Vasile Sfetcu  85' DF 2 Gheorghe Pahonțu (c) DF 3 Dumitru Nicolae DF 4 Gheorghe Florea  85' MF 5 Nicolae Ivan MF 6 Marcel Marin FW 7 Alexandru Badea FW 8 Dumitru Munteanu FW 9 Mircea Dridea FW 10 Anton Munteanu FW 11 Constantin Moldoveanu Substitutions: GK 12 Mihai Ionescu  85' DF 13 Alexandru Pal  85' Manager: Ilie Oană

GK 1 Victor Câmpeanu  53' DF 2 Ion Voicu DF 3 Constantin Coman DF 4 Cristian Stătescu MF 5 Petre Dragomir MF 6 Dumitru Oprea  69' FW 7 Gheorghe Militaru FW 8 Gheorghe Ion FW 9 Radu Matei FW 10 Adrian Zgardan FW 11 Zoltan David Substitutions: GK 12 Emil Dan  53' MF 13 Traian Coman I  69' Manager: Traian Tomescu

See also

• List of Cupa României finals