2023 Cupa României final

The 2023 Romanian Cup final was the final match of the 2022–23 Cupa României and the 85th final of the Cupa României, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 24 May 2023 at the Stadionul Municipal in Sibiu, between Sepsi OSK and Universitatea Cluj.

2023 Cupa României final

The match took place at Municipal, Sibiu
Event	2022–23 Cupa României
Sepsi OSK Universitatea Cluj 0 0
Sepsi OSK won 5–4 after penalties
Date	24 May 2023 (2023-05-24)
Venue	Municipal, Sibiu
Man of the Match	Roland Niczuly[1]
Referee	Cătălin Popa (Pitești)
Attendance	11,813[2]
Weather	Clear
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At the end of the 90 minutes, the score was 0–0, so extra time was needed. The score remained the same after the additional 30 minutes, and a penalty shootout was taken. Swiss player Ivan Martić missed the decisive penalty for Universitatea Cluj, sending the trophy to Sepsi OSK.

Route to the final

See also: 2022–23 Cupa României

Sepsi OSK		Round	Universitatea Cluj
Opponent	Results		Opponent	Results
bye	—	Play-off round	Concordia Chiajna	2–0 (A)
Petrolul Ploiești	3–1 (A)	Group stage – Week 1	CFR Cluj	1–1 (H)
Dinamo București	3–2 (A)	Group stage – Week 2	CSM Alexandria	4–0 (A)
FC Voluntari	4–0 (H)	Group stage – Week 3	Rapid București	0–0 (H)
CS Mioveni	4–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	FC Hermannstadt	2–1 (A)
CFR Cluj	3–0 (H)	Semi-finals	UTA Arad	1–0 (H)

Match

24 May 2023 (2023-05-24)

20:30 EEST (UTC+3)

Sepsi OSK	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Universitatea Cluj
	Detalii
Penalties
Varga Rodríguez Tudorie Gheorghe Ștefănescu Aganović Márk Tamás	5–4	Chipciu Bic Tescan Fernandes Nistor Gomes Martić

Municipal, Sibiu

Attendance: 11,813

Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)

Sepsi OSK

Universitatea Cluj

GK 33 Roland Niczuly (c)  90+4' DF 20 Andres Dumitrescu  92' DF 82 Branislav Niňaj DF 45 Denis Ciobotariu  85' DF 44 Mihai Bălașa  85' MF 11 Marius Ștefănescu  45' MF 5 Jonathan Rodríguez MF 6 Nicolae Păun  111' MF 13 Cosmin Matei  75' FW 18 Pavol Šafranko  75' FW 99 Mario Rondón  46' Substitutes: GK 12 Răzvan Began DF 4 Márk Tamás  85' MF 8 Ion Gheorghe  75' FW 9 Alexandru Tudorie  75' MF 22 Francisco Júnior DF 27 Rareș Ispas MF 77 Adnan Aganović  46' DF 88 Radoslav Dimitrov  85' FW 97 Roland Varga  111' Manager: Cristiano Bergodi

GK 33 Andrei Gorcea DF 27 Alexandru Chipciu (c) DF 17 Andrei Pițian DF 6 Andrei Miron DF 71 Ivan Martić  23' MF 98 Gabriel Simion MF 94 Ovidiu Bic MF 16 Ioan Filip  80' MF 8 Martin Remacle  100' MF 19 Dan Nistor FW 93 Mamadou Thiam  99' Substitutes: GK 23 Plamen Iliev FW 7 Ianis Stoica FW 11 Dragoș Tescan  99' DF 18 Florin Ilie FW 21 José Gomes  80' DF 22 Ivan Goranov DF 26 Dorinel Oancea MF 52 Romário Pires FW 70 Ely Fernandes  100' Manager: Ioan Sabău

MAN OF THE MATCH Roland Niczuly MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees:[3] Daniel Mitruți (Craiova) Bogdan Gheorghe (Bucharest) Fourth official:[3] Iulian Dima (Bucharest) Video assistant referee:[3] István Kovács (Carei) Assistant video assistant referee:[3] Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest)

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Note

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time, and at half-time in extra time.