2009 Cupa României final
# 2009 Cupa României final

The 2009 Cupa României Final was the 71st final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Stadionul Tudor Vladimirescu in Târgu Jiu on 13 June 2009 and was contested between Liga I sides FC Timişoara and the defending champions CFR Cluj. The final whistle saw CFR Cluj winning the cup after a three goals to nill margin and also defending last season trophy.

## Route to the final

| Round of 32 | CFR II Cluj | 0–1 | Politehnica Timişoara |
| - | - | - | - |
| Round of 16 | Dunărea Galaţi | 1–2 | Politehnica Timişoara |
| Quarter-finals | Politehnica Timişoara | 2–0 | Gloria Bistriţa |
| Semi-finals | Dinamo București | 1–4 | Politehnica Timişoara |
| Round of 32 | U Cluj | 3–3 (aet, p. 10 – 11) | CFR Cluj |
| Round of 16 | Sportul Studenţesc | 0–1 | CFR Cluj |
| Quarter-finals | CFR Cluj | 1–0 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
| Semi-finals | CFR Cluj | 2–0 | SC Vaslui |

## Match details

| POLITEHNICA TIMIŞOARA | CFR Cluj |
| - | - |

POLITEHNICA TIMIŞOARA: :

| GK | 29 | Costel Pantilimon |
| - | - | - |
| LB | 3 | Iasmin Latovlevici |
| CM | 5 | Dan Alexa (c) | 35' |
| CB | 6 | Daré Nibombé | | 76' |
| RM | 7 | Stelian Stancu |
| CF | 9 | Winston Parks |
| LM | 10 | Artavazd Karamyan |
| CM | 17 | Balázs Borbély | 37' | 58' |
| CF | 18 | Gheorghe Bucur |
| CB | 28 | Marián Čišovský | 76' |
| RB | 30 | Valentin Badoi | | 46' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 99 | Pedro Taborda |
| CF | 8 | Dare Vršič | | 58' |
| CF | 11 | Arman Karamyan | | 46' |
| CB | 16 | Srdjan Luchin | | 76' |
| CM | 20 | Florin Maxim |
| CF | 27 | Lukáš Magera |
| CM | 31 | Abiodun Agunbiade |
| Manager: |||
| Valentin Velcea ||||

CFR CLUJ: :

| GK | 1 | Nuno Claro |
| - | - | - |
| RB | 2 | Tony (c) |
| LB | 4 | Cristian Panin |
| CB | 6 | Gabriel Mureşan |
| CM | 8 | Sixto Peralta | 36' | 58' |
| CB | 15 | Hugo Alcântara |
| CF | 17 | Yssouf Koné | 42' |
| CM | 19 | Emmanuel Culio | 54' |
| RM | 23 | Bogdan Mara | | 81' |
| DM | 31 | Dani |
| LM | 77 | Ciprian Deac | | 69' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 44 | Eduard Stăncioiu |
| CM | 7 | Sebastián Dubarbier | | 69' |
| CF | 9 | Lacina Traoré |
| CD | 16 | Darío Flores |
| CD | 27 | André Galiassi |
| LM | 33 | Álvaro Pereira | | 58' |
| CF | 99 | Diego Ruiz | | 81' |
| Manager: |||
| Toni ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Cristian Nica Aurel Oniţa Fourth official: Marius Avram MAN OF THE MATCH Emmanuel Culio | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra-time (15 minute intervals) Penalty shoot-out if scores level after extra time. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions. |
