Cupa României (rugby union)

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Cupa României
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The Cupa României is a

CEC Bank SuperLiga. In late March, it was announced that Tomitanii Constanța
would not participate in the Cupa României for the 2021 season due to financial reasons.

History

The Cupa României, like the SuperLiga was set up in 1914 as the main cup competition in

CS Dinamo București
had arrived, consequently meaning the Cupa României was being dominated by the militarii (military) and poliţişti (police) respectively during the 1950s era with only one side standing in both of their ways, which was Energia ISP București.

However, despite the growth of interest from Romanian fans in the Cupa României, it was not held between 1960 and 1972 for unknown reasons yet during this time, Stadiul Român along with seventeen more teams were founded in București-only while outside of the capital, teams were being founded finally after years of rugby being dominant in București. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Cupa României started to become more national in terms of the fact that teams like Știința Petroșani, Rulmentul Bârlad, Farul Constanța and Sibiu were winning the cup and beating most of the teams in București with style and grace.

In recent years although, the Cupa României has been restricted to teams in the SuperLiga only instead of being open to all teams in Romania possibly in an attempt to improve the standard of the game in the whole country after the collapse of communism in Romania back in 1989 where the number of clubs and players had decreased significantly in the aftermath. The current champions of the Cupa României are

SCM Timișoara in a close 25–23 game in December 2022.[1]

Teams

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Location of clubs in the 2021 Cupa României.

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality

Team Manager Captain Stadium Capacity
Dinamo București Romania Cosmin Rațiu Romania Petru Tamba Stadionul Florea Dumitrache 1,500
Steaua București Romania Dănuț Dumbravă Romania Viorel Lucaci Stadionul Ghencea II 2,000
Știința Baia Mare Romania Eugen Apjok Romania Marius Dănilă Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor) 1,000
Timișoara Rugby
 Romania Valentin Calafeteanu
Eugen Căpățână
 Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu 1,000
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
 Romania Horea Hîmpea Romania Vlad-Bogdan Rotar Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu 1,000

Champions

Pos. Club Wins Winning Years
1 Steaua București 16 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1974, 1977, 1978, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2019, 2022
2 Dinamo București 13 1954, 1959, 1980, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2023
3 Știința Baia Mare 6 1981, 1990, 1999, 2010, 2012, 2020
4 RC Grivița București 5 1947, 1948, 1982, 1984, 1985
4 Stadiul Român București 5 1919, 1921, 1923, 1936, 1941
4 Viforul Dacia București 5 1934, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1946
4
SCM Rugby Timișoara
 5 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021
8 Sportul Studențesc București 4 1937, 1949, 1975, 1976
9 Știința Petroșani 3 1983, 1991, 1993
10 Tennis Club Român București 2 1915, 1916
10 Politehnica Iași 2 1979, 2003
10 Poșta Telegraf Telefon București 2 1935, 1944
10 Sibiu 2 1994, 1995
10 CSM București 2 2017, 2018
10 Rulmentul Bârlad 2 1986, 1987
16 Farul Constanța 1 1992
16 Gloria Buzău 1 1988
16 Energia ISP București 1 1957
16 ȘEFS București 1 1920
16 Sporting Club București 1 1914

Winners by year

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "CSA Steaua București a câştigat Cupa României ediția 2022". 11 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

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