2014–15 Cupa Ligii

The 2014–15 Cupa Ligii was the first official season of the Cupa Ligii.^[1] The winner, Steaua București, was not granted a place in the UEFA Europa League, but received €265,000.^[2]

2014–15 Cupa Ligii

National Arena in Bucharest will host the final.
Tournament details
Country	Romania
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Steaua București
Runners-up	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	53 (2.79 per match)
Top goal scorer	Kehinde Fatai (3 goals)
← 2000 2015–16 →

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Schedule

• Play-off round: 16 July 2014
• Round of 16: 18–21 July 2014
• Quarter-finals: 12–14 December 2014
• First leg of semi-finals: 17–18 February 2015
• Second leg of semi-finals: 10–11 March 2015
• Final: 20 May 2015

Prize money

• Winner: 265.000€
• Runner-up: €165.000
• Semi-final: €50.000
• Quarter-final: €25.000
• Round of 16: €20.000
• Play-off round: €10.000

Play-off round

Rapid București v Universitatea Craiova

16 July 2014	Rapid București	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
17:00	Ciolacu 52'			Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Radulescu George (Bucharest)

Târgu Mureș v Studențesc Iași

16 July 2014	Târgu Mureș	0–2	Studențesc Iași	Târgu Mureş
20:00			Crețu 39' Mihai 86'	Stadium: Stadionul Trans-Sil Referee: Iulian Dima (Bucharest)

Round of 16

Viitorul Constanța v Botoșani

18 July 2014	Viitorul Constanța	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Botoșani	Bucharest
17:00	Mitriță 38' Daminuță 67' (pen.) Patache 95' (o.g.)		Hadnagy 20' Fülöp 72' Acsinte 120+1'	Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 200 Referee: Adrian Ilyes (Ploiești)
	Penalties
	Mitrea Tănase Puțanu Cârstocea Daminuță		Ianc Vașvari Fülöp Ivanovici

Brașov v Astra Giurgiu

18 July 2014	Brașov	1–4	Astra Giurgiu	Brașov
20:00	Buga 48' (pen.)		Fatai 13', 28' Takayuki 64' Budescu 67'	Stadium: Stadionul Silviu Ploeșteanu Attendance: 400 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova)

Oțelul Galați v Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

19 July 2014	Oțelul Galați	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Galați
17:00				Stadium: Stadionul Oțelul Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dragoș Istrate (Bucharest)
	Penalties
	Mișelăricu Zaharia Jović Stoian		Țepeș Achim Chitoșcă Ștefănescu Marc

Rapid București v Steaua București

19 July 2014	Rapid București	1–2	Steaua București	Bucharest
20:00	Selagea 24'		Keșerü 8', 49' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)

Studențesc Iași v CFR Cluj

20 July 2014	Studențesc Iași	4–2	CFR Cluj	Iași
17:00	Mihai 5' Mihalache 13' Pălimaru 58' Olah 80' (pen.)		Japonês 38' (pen.) Păun 45'	Stadium: Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)

Universitatea Cluj v Petrolul Ploiești

20 July 2014	Universitatea Cluj	1–0	Petrolul Ploiești	Cluj-Napoca
20:00	Kovács 31'			Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lucian Rusandu (Covasna)

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

21 July 2014	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Mediaş
17:00			Christou 94'	Stadium: Stadionul Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Florin Miron (Bucharest)

Concordia Chiajna v Dinamo București

21 July 2014	Concordia Chiajna	1–3	Dinamo București	Chiajna
20:00	Olberdam 19'		Biliński 27' Lazăr 51' Boubacar 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul Concordia Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Marcel Bârsan (Bucharest)

Quarter-finals

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Oțelul Galați

12 December 2014	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–0	Oțelul Galați	Târgu Jiu
19:00	Nistor 9' Buleică 88'			Stadium: Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 500 Referee: Marian Balaci (Drobeta Turnu-Severin)

Dinamo București v Universitatea Cluj

13 December 2014	Dinamo București	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Universitatea Cluj	Bucharest
19:00				Stadium: Stadionul Dinamo Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova)
	Penalties
	Matei Elton Nedelcearu Boubacar Lazăr		Ceppelini R. Costin Stojanović Škvorc L. Kovács

Astra Giurgiu v Viitorul

14 December 2014	Astra Giurgiu	3–1	Viitorul	Giurgiu
15:30	Alibec 2', 16' Budescu 9'		Tănase 64'	Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)

Studențesc Iași v Steaua București

14 December 2014	Studențesc Iași	0–3	Steaua București	Iași
19:00			Breeveld 13' Rusescu 29' Toșca 64'	Stadium: Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 500 Referee: Robert Dumitru George (Brașov)

Semi-finals

1st leg

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Dinamo București

17 February 2015	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–1	Dinamo București	Târgu Jiu
19:00	Roman 6' Eric 85'	[3]	Filip 78'	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

Steaua București v Astra Giurgiu

18 February 2015	Steaua București	3–0	Astra Giurgiu	București
19:00	Tănase 3' Țucudean 32' Rusescu 86'			Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 4,189 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

2nd leg

Dinamo București v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

10 March 2015	Dinamo București	1–3 (2–5 agg.)	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	București
18:30	Grozav 84'		Matulevičius 65' (pen.) Pleașcă 71' Răduț 89'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 3,000 Referee: George Găman (Craiova)

Astra Giurgiu v Steaua București

11 March 2015	Astra Giurgiu	2–0 (2–3 agg.)	Steaua București	Giurgiu
19:00	Fatai 70' Enache 90+3'			Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

Final

Main article: 2015 Cupa Ligii final

Steaua București v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

20 May 2015	Steaua București	3–0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Bucharest
20:00	Iancu 3' (pen.) Chipciu 54' Țucudean 67'	Report		Stadium: National Arena Attendance: 15,560 Referee: Adrian Comănescu Assistant referees: Radu Ghinguleac, Mircea Grigoriu Fourth official: Alexandru Cerei Goal-line assistants: Marcel Bârsan, Andrei Chivulete