1997 Cupa României final

The 1997 Cupa României Final was the 59th final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 4 June 1997 and was contested between Divizia A sides Steaua București and Naţional București. The cup was won by Steaua.

1997 Cupa României Final

Event	1996–97 Cupa României
Steaua București Naţional București Divizia A Divizia A 4 2
Date	4 June 1997
Venue	Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest
Man of the Match	Sabin Ilie
Referee	Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
Attendance	25,000
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Route to the final

See also: 1996–97 Cupa României

CSA Steaua București Round of 32 FC Oneşti 0–2 Steaua București Round of 16 Steaua București 5–0 Midia Năvodari Quarter-finals Steaua București 3–2 (a.e.t) Petrolul Ploieşti Semi-finals Steaua București 2–1 Universitatea Craiova

FC Naţional București Round of 32 ASA Târgu Mureş 1–3 Naţional București Round of 16 Naţional București 1–0 (a.e.t) Inter Sibiu Quarter-finals Naţional București 3–1 U Cluj Semi-finals Naţional București 2–1 Dinamo București

Match details

4 June 1997

21:00 EEST

Steaua București	4–2	Naţional București
Ilie 2', 5', 30' (pen.) Ciocoiu 86'	Report	Dună 10' Petre 89'

Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

Steaua București

Naţional București

STEAUA BUCUREŞTI: GK 12 Bogdan Stelea RWB 2 Laurenţiu Reghecampf CD 4 Adrian Matei CD 6 Valeriu Răchită CD 11 Marius Baciu LWB 3 Iulian Miu RM 10 Dennis Şerban  75' CM 5 Iosif Rotariu LM 8 Damian Militaru FW 7 Marius Lăcătuş (c)  80' FW 9 Sabin Ilie  84' Substitutes: MF 15 Cătălin Munteanu  84' MF 14 Laurenţiu Roşu  75' FW 16 Cristian Ciocoiu  80' Manager: Dumitru Dumitriu	NAŢIONAL BUCUREŞTI: GK 1 Răzvan Lucescu DF 2 Dorel Zegrean  60' DF 3 Liviu Ciobotariu DF 5 Cătălin Necula DF 4 Ion Sburlea DF 7 Petre Marin MF 6 Adrian Pigulea  46' MF 8 Dănuţ Moisescu  67' MF 10 Cristian Vasc FW 11 Marin Dună (c) FW 9 Radu Niculescu Substitutes: MF 16 Cătălin Liță  46' MF 14 Tinel Petre  60' FW 15 Cristian Albeanu  67' Manager: Florin Halagian

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Vasile Avram Ion Constantinescu Fourth official: MAN OF THE MATCH Sabin Ilie

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time (15-minute intervals) Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.