2009 Cupa României final

The 2009 Cupa României Final was the 71st final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu in Târgu Jiu on 13 June 2009 and was contested between Liga I sides FC Timişoara and the defending champions CFR Cluj. The final whistle saw CFR Cluj winning the cup after a three goals to nill margin and also defending last season trophy.

2009 Cupa României Final

Event	Cupa României 2008–09
Politehnica Timişoara CFR Cluj Liga I Liga I 0 3
Date	13 June 2009
Venue	Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu, Târgu Jiu
Man of the Match	Emmanuel Culio (CFR Cluj)
Referee	Cristian Balaj (Romania)
Attendance	9,000
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Route to the final

See also: Cupa României 2008–09

Politehnica Timişoara Round of 32 CFR II Cluj 0–1 Politehnica Timişoara Round of 16 Dunărea Galaţi 1–2 Politehnica Timişoara Quarter-finals Politehnica Timişoara 2–0 Gloria Bistriţa Semi-finals Dinamo București 1–4 Politehnica Timişoara

CFR Cluj Round of 32 U Cluj 3–3 (aet, p. 10 – 11) CFR Cluj Round of 16 Sportul Studenţesc 0–1 CFR Cluj Quarter-finals CFR Cluj 1–0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu Semi-finals CFR Cluj 2–0 SC Vaslui

Match details

13 June 2009

21:00 EEST

Politehnica Timişoara	0–3	CFR Cluj
	Report	Deac 7' Peralta 29' (pen.) Culio 54'

Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu, Târgu Jiu

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

POLITEHNICA TIMIŞOARA

CFR Cluj

POLITEHNICA TIMIŞOARA: GK 29 Costel Pantilimon LB 3 Iasmin Latovlevici CM 5 Dan Alexa (c)  35' CB 6 Daré Nibombé  76' RM 7 Stelian Stancu CF 9 Winston Parks LM 10 Artavazd Karamyan CM 17 Balázs Borbély  37'  58' CF 18 Gheorghe Bucur CB 28 Marián Čišovský  76' RB 30 Valentin Badoi  46' Substitutes: GK 99 Pedro Taborda CF 8 Dare Vršič  58' CF 11 Arman Karamyan  46' CB 16 Srdjan Luchin  76' CM 20 Florin Maxim CF 27 Lukáš Magera CM 31 Abiodun Agunbiade Manager: Valentin Velcea

CFR CLUJ: GK 1 Nuno Claro RB 2 Tony (c) LB 4 Cristian Panin CB 6 Gabriel Mureşan CM 8 Sixto Peralta  36'  58' CB 15 Hugo Alcântara CF 17 Yssouf Koné  42' CM 19 Emmanuel Culio  54' RM 23 Bogdan Mara  81' DM 31 Dani LM 77 Ciprian Deac  69' Substitutes: GK 44 Eduard Stăncioiu CM 7 Sebastián Dubarbier  69' CF 9 Lacina Traoré CD 16 Darío Flores CD 27 André Galiassi LM 33 Álvaro Pereira  58' CF 99 Diego Ruiz  81' Manager: Toni

MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Cristian Nica Aurel Oniţa Fourth official: Marius Avram MAN OF THE MATCH Emmanuel Culio

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.