2018 Cupa României final

The 2018 Cupa României Final was the final match of the 2017–18 Cupa României and the 80th final of the Cupa României, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 27 May 2018 between Hermannstadt and Universitatea Craiova.

2018 Cupa României Final

Event	2017–18 Cupa României
Hermannstadt Universitatea Craiova 0 2
Date	27 May 2018
Venue	Arena Națională, Bucharest
Referee	Marcel Bîrsan
Attendance	30,642
Weather	Clear
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Hermannstadt reached their first ever cup final in the third year of the club's existence. They are the 14th team, and the first in 36 years, to reach the final while not playing in the top league.^[1][2]

This was the first final for Universitatea since 1991, and the first for a team from Craiova in 18 years.

The winner qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. They also earned the right to play against 2017–18 Liga I champions for the 2018 Supercupa României.

The game was hosted by the Arena Națională stadium in Bucharest.^[3]

Route to the final

See also: 2017–18 Cupa României

Hermannstadt		Round	Universitatea Craiova
Opponent	Results		Opponent	Results
Industria Galda	3–1 (A)	Fourth Round	N/A	N/A
Voluntari	1–0 (a.e.t.) (H)	Last 32	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	2–0 (A)
Juventus București	2–0 (H)	Last 16	Afumați	3–2 (a.e.t.) (A)
FCSB	3–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Dinamo București	1–0 (H)
Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–0 (H) and 3–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Botoșani	5–1 (H) and 1–2 (A)

Match

Hermannstadt (2)	0–2	Universitatea Craiova (1)
		Gustavo 30' Mitriță 58'

27 May 2018

21:00 EEST (UTC+3)

Arena Națională, Bucharest

Attendance: 30,642

Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)^[4]

Hermannstadt

Universitatea Craiova

GK 01 Cătălin Căbuz RB 91 Alexandru Coman  73' CB 27 Radu Crișan  71' CB 04 Ionuț Stoica  26' LB 17 Daniel Tătar DM 05 Răzvan Dâlbea (c)  64' DM 15 Robert Boboc  78' RM 14 Andrei Hergheligiu  61'  69' AM 90 Bogdan Rusu LM 07 Petrișor Petrescu FW 89 Ștefan Blănaru  77' Substitutes: AM 08 Alexandru Curtean  64' AM 10 Cosmin Neagu  69' CM 44 Lucian Dumitriu  77' Manager: Alexandru Pelici		GK 51 Miodrag Mitrović CB 02 Tiago Ferreira CB 04 Răzvan Popa  2' CB 06 Renato Kelić  61' RM 27 Ivan Martić CM 08 Alexandru Mateiu CM 23 Hristo Zlatinski (c)  42' LM 11 Nicușor Bancu  55' RW 07 Gustavo  74' FW 10 Alexandru Băluță  73'  90' LW 28 Alexandru Mitriță  84' Substitutes: FW 14 Dominik Glavina  74' LW 36 Andrei Burlacu  84' RM 30 Radoslav Dimitrov  90' Manager: Devis Mangia

MAN OF THE MATCH Alexandru Mitriță[5] MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Radu Ghinguleac Ciprian Danșa Fourth official: Cătălin Popa Additional assistant referees:

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.