The 2010 Supercupa României was the 12th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The match was played in Cluj-Napoca at Dr. Constantin Rădulescu on 18 July 2010, and was contested between Liga I title holders and Supercup defending champions, CFR Cluj and Liga I runners-up, FC Unirea Urziceni. This was the first edition of the Supercup to face the Liga I winners and the league's runners-up, since CFR won the double in 2010. The new format of the competition, in which the double winner plays the league runner-up at home ground was proposed and adopted by Romanian Football Federation the same year.
Cluj won the game after penalties. After regular time the game ended 1–1 after goals of Dominique Kivuvu and again Kivuvu, but this time in the wrong goal. In Extra time Urziceni had the edge early after Laurenţiu Marinescu scored a goal to give them a one-goal lead. In injury time of the 1st half of the extra time Ciprian Deac scored the equalizer to send the game in penalties. In those penalty shootout no player of Urziceni was able to score. Also 2 player of Cluj missed but because Felice Piccolo and Emil Dică scored, Cluj won the trophy which was handed to them by Cluj-Napoca's mayor, Sorin Apostu.
Match
Details
CFR CLUJ: GK 1 Nuno Claro LB 66 Edimar CB 13 Felice Piccolo CB 20 Cadú (c) RB 4 Cristian Panin LM22 Ioan Hora DM 6 Gabriel Mureşan CM 19 Emmanuel Culio RM 8 Dominique Kivuvu FW 32 Saša Bjelanović FW 10 Ciprian DeacSubstitutes:GK 44 Eduard StăncioiuRB 2 Tony CB 15 Hugo AlcântaraCM 7 Emil Dică DM 31 DaniCF 9 Lacina Traoré CF 85 Cristian BudManager: Andrea MandorliniUNIREA URZICENI: GK 1 Giedrius Arlauskis LB 36 Petre MarinCB 24 Vasile MafteiCB 6 George Galamaz (c) RB 19 Pablo BrandánDM 8 Sorin Paraschiv DM 26 Dan Matei LW 11 Marius Onofraş AM 20 Laurenţiu MarinescuRW 25 Adrian Neaga CF 7 Marius Bilaşco Substitutes:GK 77 Cătălin Grigore CB 17 Bruno FernandesLB 23 Valeriu BordeanuAM 10 Răzvan Pădureţu LM 30 Sorin FrunzăCF 9 Maurice Dalé RW 22 António Semedo Manager: Ronny Levy MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mircea Orbuleţ Octavian Șovre Fourth official: Istvan Kovacs
MAN OF THE MATCH Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj)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.
See also 2010–11 Liga I 2010–11 Cupa României
References
External links Romania - List of Super Cup Finals, RSSSF.com