1976–77 Cupa României

The 1976–77 Cupa României was the 39th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

1976–77 Cupa României

Tournament details
Country	Romania
Final positions
Champions	Universitatea Craiova
Runners-up	Steaua București
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The title was won by Universitatea Craiova against Steaua București.

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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First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1 December 1976
CS Botoşani (Div. C)	1–1 (a.e.t.)(3–2 p)	(Div. B) Petrolul Ploiești
8 December 1976
Constructorul Alba Iulia (Div. C)	0–2 (a.e.t.)	(Div. A) Bihor Oradea
ICIM Braşov (Div. C)	1–0	(Div. B) Olimpia Satu Mare
Automecanica București (Div. C)	1–0	(Div. A) Politehnica Iaşi
Dinamo București (Div. A)	1–4	(Div. A) Steaua București
Rapid București (Div. A)	2–1	(Div. A) FC Constanţa
Sportul Studenţesc București (Div. A)	0–0 (a.e.t.)(3–4 p)	(Div. A) UTA Arad
Universitatea Craiova (Div. A)	1–0	(Div. A) Corvinul Hunedoara
CSU Galaţi (Div. B)	1–1 (a.e.t.)(4–2 p)	(Div. A) FCM Galaţi
Rapid Jibou (Div. D)	0–1	(Div. C) Progresul Corabia
AS Miercurea Ciuc (Div. D)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	(Div. B) Metalul București
Minerul Motru (Div. C)	2–1	(Div. A) Politehnica Timişoara
Dierna Orşova (Div. C)	0–5	(Div. A) SC Bacău
Arges Pitești (Div. A)	3–2	(Div. A) Progresul București
FCM Reșița (Div. A)	3–2	(Div. A) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș
Cetatea Târgu Neamț (Div. C)	0–3	(Div. A) Jiul Petroşani

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
27 February 1977
Universitatea Craiova	3–0	Jiul Petroşani
Rapid București	2–1	ICIM Braşov
UTA Arad	3–1	Bihor Oradea
SC Bacău	1–1 (a.e.t.)(3–2 p)	CSU Galaţi
Steaua București	6–0	Minerul Motru
Metalul București	1–0	Argeş Piteşti
FCM Reșița	2–0 (a.e.t.)	CS Botoşani
Automecanica București	1–1 (a.e.t.)(3–1 p)	Progresul Corabia

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
1 June 1977
Steaua București	3–2 (a.e.t.)	SC Bacău
Rapid București	6–1	Automecanica București
Metalul București	1–0	FCM Reșița
Universitatea Craiova	5–0	UTA Arad

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
15 June 1977
Steaua București	4–2	Metalul București
Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Rapid București

Final

Main article: 1977 Cupa României final

3 July 1977

17:15 EET

Universitatea Craiova	2–1	Steaua București
Balaci 50' Cârțu 64'	Report	Marin 78'

Republicii, Bucharest

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Ioan Igna (Timișoara)

Cupa României 1976–77 winners
Universitatea Craiova 1st title