2016–17 Cupa Ligii

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2016–17 Cupa Ligii
Tournament details
CountryRomania
Teams14
Defending champions
FCSB
Final positions
ChampionsDinamo București
Runner-upACS Poli Timișoara
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored46 (3.07 per match)

The 2016–17 Cupa Ligii was the third and last official season of the Cupa Ligii.[1] Dinamo București won the title for the first time in its history.

All times are CEST (UTC+2). [2]

Schedule

  • Qualifying Round: 9–11 August 2016
  • Quarter-finals: 7–8 September 2016

Prize money

  • Winner: 265,000
  • Runner-up: €165,000
  • Semi-final: €50,000
  • Quarter-final: €25,000
  • Qualifying Round: €20,000

Qualifying round

At this stage, all teams participate in 2016–17 Liga I season except for No. 1 (Astra Giurgiu) and 2 (FCSB) 2015–16 Liga I season which directly qualified for the quarterfinals. Thus in this phase will be 12 teams will be divided in 6 games. The winners of those matches will qualify for the quarterfinals.

The teams qualified in this phase are:

All matches were played on 9–11 August 2016[3]

9 August 2016
Municipal, Botoșani
19:00 Fülöp 9'
10 August 2016
Municipal Gaz Metan, Mediaș
16:30 Zicu 74'
Feketics 80'
10 August 2016
Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara
19:00 Artean 16'
Croitoru 81'
Cioablă 3'
10 August 2016
Concordia, Chiajna
21:30 Serediuc 14' Alexandru 34'
11 August 2016
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca
18:00
11 August 2016
Dinamo, Bucharest
21:00 Ivanovici 53' Popa 13', 25'

Quarter-finals

At this stage, 8 teams qualified:

Astra Giurgiu – 1st place 2015–16 Liga I season

FCSB – 2nd place 2015–16 Liga I season

the 6 teams that won in Qualifying Round

- Botoșani

- ASA Târgu Mureș

- ACS Poli Timișoara

- Concordia Chiajna

- CFR Cluj

- Dinamo București

These teams will be divided in four matches. The winners of those matches will qualify for the semifinals.[4]

7 September 2016
Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara
18:00 Artean 13'
Croitoru 78'
Albu
74'
7 September 2016
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca
21:00 Bud 83' Kuku 64'
8 September 2016
Municipal, Botoșani
20:30 Tudorie 45+2'
Popescu 49'
17 November 2016
Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu
20:30 Alibec 48'
Budescu 70'
Gnohéré 13'
Palić 52' (pen.)
Popa 91'
Hanca 104' (pen.)
Hanca 115'
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Semi-finals

Four teams qualified for the semifinals, namely the winners of the quarterfinals. They are:

1) ACS Poli Timișoara

2) ASA Târgu Mureș

3)

Steaua București

4) Dinamo București

Matches will be played in two legs. The winners of those matches will qualify for the League Cup final.

1st leg

21 December 2016 ASA Târgu Mureș2–4 ACS Poli Timișoara Târgu Mureș
20:30 Ciolacu 26'
Rus 77'
Popovici
90'
Stadium:
Trans-Sil
22 December 2016
Steaua București
Bucharest
20:30 Mahlangu 19'
Nistor 65'
Lazăr 79'
Rotariu 90'
Aganovic
78'
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 9,276
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

2nd leg

28 February 2017 ACS Poli Timișoara 3–1
(7–3 agg.)
ASA Târgu MureșTimișoara
20:00
Almeida 17', 21'
Cânu
65'
Sin 48' Stadium:
Dan Păltinișanu

Referee: Cătălin Popa

Final

20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) Final Dinamo București 2–0ACS Poli TimișoaraBucharest
20:00 Nemec 6', 26' Stadium:
Radu Petrescu

Assistant referees: Ciprian Danșa, Daniel Mitruți

References

  1. ^ "CUPA LIGII ADEPLAST". Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal (in Romanian). Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Programul și observatorii LPF ai optimilor de finală din Cupa Ligii Adeplast
  4. ^ Programul și televizările sferturilor de finală ale Cupei Ligii Adeplast