2023 Cupa României final

2023 Cupa României final
	The match took place at Municipal, Sibiu
Event	2022–23 Cupa României
	Sepsi OSK won 5–4 after penalties
Date	24 May 2023 (2023-05-24)
Venue	Municipal, Sibiu
Man of the Match	Roland Niczuly
Referee	Cătălin Popa (Pitești)
Attendance	11,813
Weather	Clear
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Football match

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.

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

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

^ 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.

References

^ "Niczuly, Man of the Match după prestațoia din finala Cupei". sportclasic.ro. 5 June 2023.
^ "Eroul Niczuly! Sepsi CÂȘTIGĂ Cupa României Betano, ediția 2023 » Dramatism total: victorie după 14 penalty-uri". gsp.ro. 24 May 2024.
^ a b c d "FRF a anunțat arbitrul finalei Cupei României dintre Sepsi și Universitatea Cluj". digisport.ro. 22 May 2023.

External links

Official site (in Romanian)

[4] 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.

[1] "Niczuly, Man of the Match după prestațoia din finala Cupei". sportclasic.ro. 5 June 2023.

[2] "Eroul Niczuly! Sepsi CÂȘTIGĂ Cupa României Betano, ediția 2023 » Dramatism total: victorie după 14 penalty-uri". gsp.ro. 24 May 2024.

[oficiali-3] "FRF a anunțat arbitrul finalei Cupei României dintre Sepsi și Universitatea Cluj". digisport.ro. 22 May 2023.