Football tournament season
2024–25 Cupa României Cupa României 2024–25 Country Romania Dates 31 July 2024 – 14 May 2025 Teams 171 (42 qualifying competition) 136 (main competition incl. 7 qualifiers) Defending champions Corvinul Hunedoara
The 2024–25 Cupa României is the 87th season of the annual Romanian football cup competition. It is sponsored by Betano and known as the Cupa României Betano for sponsorship purposes. The winner will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2025–26 edition of the UEFA Europa League . The main competition will face all teams from Liga I through Liga III , which will be joined by 7 play-off winners from Liga IV .
Schedule
The schedule[ 1] for this season of Cupa României was released on June 28.
Phase
Round
Clubs remaining
Clubs involved
From previous round
Entries in this round
Dates
Teams entering this round
Regional stage
Group stage
171
42
none
42
10, 13, 17 July 2024
42 2023–24 Liga IV teams
Finals
143
14
14
None
20 July 2024
None
National stage
First Round
136
76
7
69
31 July 2024
69 2023–24 Liga III teams[ a] [ 2]
Second round
98
68
38
30
7 August 2024
18 2024–25 Liga III teams 6 2023–24 Liga III teams[ b] 4 2023–24 Liga II teams[ c] 2 2024–25 Liga II teams[ 3]
Third round
64
48
34
14
14 August 2024
14 2024–25 Liga II teams
Play-off round
40
32
24
8
28 August 2024
8 2024–25 Liga I teams (9–16)
Group stage
24
24
16
8
30 October 2024 4 December 2024 18 December 2024
8 2024–25 Liga I teams (1–8)
Quarter-finals
8
8
8
None
2 April 2025
None
Semi-finals
4
4
4
None
23 April 2025
None
Final
2
2
2
None
14 May 2025
None
^ Of those 69 teams, 60 are still in Liga III, while 9 have moved to Liga IV (by relegation, choice or being demoted)
^ Liga III teams that have won promotion to 2024–25 Liga II
^ Liga II teams that relegated to 2024–25 Liga III
Regional stage
Finals
The finals of the regional stage were played on July 20.[ 4]
National stage
First round
With the exception of CSM Pașcani's match, all other matches were played on July 31.[ 5] Four of the seven regional stage winners made it through to the next stage: CSM Pașcani, Lupii Profa, Ștefăneștii de Jos and Voința Cudalbi.
Number of teams per tier still in competition
Liga I[ a]
Liga II[ b]
Liga III
Liga IV
Total
^ Liga I teams join the competition in the play-off round
^ Liga II teams join the competition in the second round
Second round
Matches are scheduled to be played on August 7–8.
Number of teams per tier still in competition
Liga I[ a]
Liga II
Liga III
Liga IV
Total
^ Liga I teams join the competition in the play-off round
Third round
The third round matches will be played on August 14, 15 and 21.
Number of teams per tier still in competition
Liga I[ a]
Liga II
Liga III
Liga IV
Total
^ Liga I teams join the competition in the play-off round
Play-off round
The play-off, scheduled for August 28, features a seeding system.
Seeding
In this round, 8 seeded teams will face off against 8 of the 24 unseeded teams, while the remaining 16 unseeded teams will compete against each other.
Matches
The draw took place on August 20, and matches are scheduled to be played on August 28.
Number of teams per tier still in competition
Liga I
Liga II
Liga III
Liga IV
Total
Group stage
The draw of the group stage took place on Septeber 25.[ 6]
Seeding
Seeding was determined based on the positions achieved in the previous league season.
Number of teams per tier still in competition
Liga I
Liga II
Liga III
Liga IV
Total
Group A
First match(es) will be played: 30 October 2024. Source:
FRF
Group B
First match(es) will be played: 30 October 2024. Source:
FRF
Group C
First match(es) will be played: 30 October 2024. Source:
FRF
Group D
First match(es) will be played: 30 October 2024. Source:
FRF
Knockout stage
Bracket
Final
Notes
^ Both teams agreed to play the match at Petrolul's ground
References
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