1974–75 Cupa României

The 1974–75 Cupa României was the 37th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

1974–75 Cupa României

Tournament details
Country	Romania
Final positions
Champions	Rapid București
Runners-up	Universitatea Craiova
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The title was won by Rapid București against Universitatea Craiova.

Format

The competition is an annual knockout tournament.

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.

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 winner will be established at penalty kicks.

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

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Bracket

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Rapid București	2
	Dinamo București	1
					Rapid București	1
					Jiul Petroşani	0
	Olimpia Giurgiu	0
	Jiul Petroşani	2
									Rapid București	1
									Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	0
	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	2
	Politehnica Iaşi	0
					Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	2
					Bihoreana Marghita	1
	Viitorul Aluniş	2
	Bihoreana Marghita	4
													Rapid București (p)	1 (6)
													Steaua București	1 (5)
	Rapid Piatra Olt	2
	Steaua București	6
					Steaua București (p)	0 (5)
					Politehnica Timişoara	0 (4)
	Sportul Studenţesc	0
	Politehnica Timişoara	2
									Steaua București	5
									Steagul Roşu Braşov	4
	IS Câmpia Turzii	1 (4)
	Steagul Roşu Braşov (p)	1 (5)
					Steagul Roşu Braşov	2
					CFR Cluj	0
	Gloria Reşiţa	0
	CFR Cluj	3
																	Rapid București	2
																	Universitatea Craiova	1
	Energia Oneşti	1
	Universitatea Craiova	3
					Universitatea Craiova	1
					UTA Arad	0
	Constructorul Bistriţa	0
	UTA Arad	2
									Universitatea Craiova	5
									Universitatea Cluj	1
	Universitatea Cluj	5
	Argeş Piteşti	1
					Universitatea Cluj	1
					Ştiinţa Petroşani	0
	Ştiinţa Petroşani	1
	FC Galaţi	0
													Universitatea Craiova (p)	1 (4)
													ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	1 (2)
	ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	2
	FC Constanţa	1
					ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	3
					CS Botoşani	1
	CS Botoşani	1
	Chimia Găeşti	0
									ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	1
									FCM Reșița	0
	FCM Reșița	1
	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	0
					FCM Reșița	5
					Progresul Brăila	3
	Progresul Brăila	1
	Olimpia Satu Mare	0

First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
13 November 1974
Viitorul Aluniş (Div. D)	2–4	(Div. C) Bihoreana Marghita
Constructorul Bistriţa (Div. D)	0–2	(Div. A) UTA Arad
CS Botoşani (Div. C)	1–0	(Div. C) Chimia Găeşti
Progresul Brăila (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) Olimpia Satu Mare
Rapid București (Div. B)	2–1	(Div. A) Dinamo București
Sportul Studenţesc București (Div. A)	0–2	(Div. A) Politehnica Timişoara
IS Câmpia Turzii (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	(Div. A) Steagul Roşu Braşov
Universitatea Cluj (Div. A)	5–1	(Div. A) Argeş Piteşti
Energia Oneşti (Div. C)	1–3	(Div. A) Universitatea Craiova
Olimpia Giurgiu (Div. C)	0–2	(Div. A) Jiul Petroşani
Ştiinţa Petroşani (Div. C)	1–0	(Div. A) FC Galaţi
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (Div. B)	2–0	(Div. A) Politehnica Iaşi
Rapid Piatra Olt (Div. D)	2–6	(Div. A) Steaua București
FCM Reșița (Div. A)	1–0	(Div. A) Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Gloria Reşiţa (Div. D)	0–3	(Div. A) CFR Cluj
ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș (Div. A)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) FC Constanţa

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
27 November 1974
Rapid București	1–0	Jiul Petroşani
FCM Reșița	5–3	Progresul Brăila
Steaua București	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Politehnica Timişoara
Steagul Roşu Braşov	2–0	CFR Cluj
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bihoreana Marghita
Universitatea Cluj	1–0	Ştiinţa Petroşani
ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	3–1	CS Botoşani
Universitatea Craiova	1–0	UTA Arad

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
11 December 1974
ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș	1–0 (a.e.t.)	FCM Reșița
Rapid București	1–0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Steaua București	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Steagul Roşu Braşov
Universitatea Craiova	5–1	Universitatea Cluj

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
25 June 1975
Rapid București	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Steaua București
Universitatea Craiova	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș

Final

Main article: 1975 Cupa României final

12 July 1975

20:00 EET

Rapid București	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Universitatea Craiova
Manea 70', 100'	Report	Oblemenco 54'

23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Bârlad)

Cupa României 1974–75 winners
Rapid București 9th title