2012 Cupa României final
# 2012 Cupa României final

The Cupa României Final was the final match of the 2011–12 Cupa României, played between Rapid București and Dinamo București. The match was played on 23 May 2012 at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. Dinamo won the match 1–0, triumphing for the 13th time in this competition while Rapid lost its 6th final.

It was the first final played on the new Arena Națională and the first in Bucharest since 2006. Adrian Scarlatache scored the only goal of the match in the 58th minute while Djakaridja Koné was named Man of the Match. Winners Dinamo faced Romanian Champions CFR Cluj, on the same stadium on 17 July in the Romanian Supercup.

## Route to the final

| Round of 32 | Dinamo București | 1–0 | Luceafărul Oradea |
| - | - | - | - |
| Round of 16 | Dinamo București | 5–0 | Gaz Metan Severin |
| Quarter-finals | Dinamo București | 2–1 | Petrolul Ploiești |
| Semifinals 1st Leg | Dinamo București | 1–0 | Gaz Metan Mediaș |
| Semifinals 2nd Leg | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 2 – 1 agg.: 2–2 (a) | Dinamo București |
| Round of 32 | Rapid București | 4–1 | Juventus București |
| Round of 16 | Rapid București | 5–0 | CS Otopeni |
| Quarter-finals | Rapid București | 2–0 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu |
| Semifinals 1st Leg | FC Vaslui | 0–1 | Rapid București |
| Semifinals 2nd Leg | Rapid București | 3 – 2 agg.: 4 – 2 | FC Vaslui |

## Match

RAPID: :

| GK | 01 | Dănuț Coman |
| - | - | - |
| RB | 14 | Mihai Roman |
| CB | 04 | Marcos António (c) |
| CB | 15 | Cristian Oros | 90+2' |
| LB | 19 | Vladimir Božović |
| DM | 05 | Dan Alexa | | 79' |
| CM | 80 | Filipe Teixeira |
| CM | 08 | Nicolae Grigore |
| RW | 24 | Romeo Surdu | | 59' |
| LW | 07 | Ciprian Deac |
| FW | 10 | Ovidiu Herea | | 74' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 82 | Cosmin Vâtcă |
| FW | 09 | Alexandru Ioniță | | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Daniel Pancu | | 74' |
| CB | 16 | Ovidiu Burcă |
| RB | 17 | Valentin Crețu |
| CM | 20 | Ștefan Grigorie | 70' | 59' |
| DM | 23 | Miloš Pavlović |
| Manager: |||
| Răzvan Lucescu ||||

DINAMO: :

| GK | 23 | Kristijan Naumovski | 90+5' |
| - | - | - | - |
| RB | 24 | Srdjan Luchin |
| CB | 21 | Dragoș Grigore |
| CB | 30 | Cosmin Moți |
| LB | 15 | Adrian Scarlatache |
| RW | 20 | Alexandru Curtean |
| DM | 05 | Djakaridja Koné |
| DM | 26 | Laurențiu Rus |
| LW | 10 | Marius Alexe | | 67' |
| FW | 09 | Marius Niculae (c) | 68' | 81' |
| FW | 25 | Ionel Dănciulescu | | 71' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 34 | Cristian Bălgrădean |
| LB | 03 | Cristian Pulhac | | 67' |
| CM | 07 | Cătălin Munteanu | | 71' |
| CM | 19 | Iulian Tameș |
| RW | 22 | Sorin Strătilă |
| FW | 29 | George Țucudean | | 81' |
| LM | 32 | Nicolae Mușat |
| Manager: |||
| Dario Bonetti ||||
| MAN OF THE MATCH Djakaridja Koné (Dinamo) MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Nicola Andrea Nicoletti Massimiliano Grilli Fourth official: | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. |
