The Romanian Women's Cup (Romanian: Cupa României Fotbal Feminin) is the national women's football cup competition in Romania. The first edition of the cup was played out in the autumn of 2004, after the league season. The most titles are held by Olimpia Cluj, who won nine finals: five consecutive between 2011 and 2015, one in 2017 and three more as U Olimpia Cluj in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
Format As there are very few women's football teams listed in the country, the cup usually has a low number of entries. In the early years, along league teams, some non-league teams also participated. After the reintroduction of a second league in the Romanian women's football structure, starting with the 2013–14 season, second teams of clubs were allowed to play in the cup, up until the 2016–17 season. However, since the 2017–18 season, a club can only enter one team in the cup.
Some teams have to play preliminary matches, some start directly in the quarter-finals, depending on the league. Usually in the early rounds, the teams are paired by a geographical criterion, in order to minimize travel costs. Most games were played one-legged and are hosted by the team in the lowest league or with the weakest record in the previous season. In some years, the semifinals were played on neutral ground. The final always has been one-legged, but in 2011 the semi-finals were played with a home and away match.
List of finals The list of finals:
Ed.SeasonWinnerResultRunner-upFinal Venue/StadiumLosing SemifinalistsTeams 12004 CFF Clujana 4–0 Șantierul Naval Constanța IMGB, București Pandurii Târgu-Jiu and Crișul Aleșd 6? 22004–05 CFF Clujana 2–1 Smart Sport București Spiru Haret University, București Pandurii Târgu-Jiu and CSȘ Târgoviște 10 32005-06 CFF Clujana 3–2 Pandurii Târgu-Jiu Municipal, Târgu Jiu Motorul Oradea and Șantierul Naval Constanța 9? 42006–07 Pandurii Lignitul Târgu-Jiu 1–1 (6–5 p.) CFF Clujana Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara Smart Sport București and Ripensia 2000 Timișoara 9 52007–08 CFF Clujana 7–0 Smart Sport București Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț CSȘ Târgoviște and Motorul Oradea 10 62008–09 Ripensia 2000 Timișoara 4–0 CSȘ Târgoviște Municipal, Târgu-Jiu CFF Clujana and Șantierul Naval Constanța 10 72009–10 FCM Târgu Mureş 4–0 CFF Clujana Emil Alexandrescu, Iași Sporting Craiova and CSȘ Târgoviște 12 82010–11 Olimpia Cluj 2–0 FCM Târgu Mureş Forex, Brașov Real Craiova and Metalul Vlăhița 13 92011–12 Olimpia Cluj 1–0 FCM Târgu Mureş CNAF, Buftea CS Brazi and FC Alice&Tunes Pitești 20 102012–13 Olimpia Cluj 6–0 FCM Târgu Mureş Cetate, Alba-Iulia CSȘ Târgoviște and CFR Timișoara 20 112013–14 Olimpia Cluj 3–0 ASA Târgu Mureş Areni, Suceava CFR Timișoara and Olimpia 2 Cluj 21 122014–15 Olimpia Cluj 4–0 ASA Târgu Mureş Jean Pădureanu, Bistrița Olimpia 2 Cluj and Fair Play București 24 132015–16 ASA Târgu Mureş 2–1 Olimpia Cluj Michael Klein, Hunedoara Fair Play București and Real Craiova 29 142016–17 Olimpia Cluj 5–0 Navobi Iaşi Emil Alexandrescu, Iași Heniu Prundu Bârgăului and CSȘ Târgoviște 34 152017–18 CSȘ Târgoviște 3–0 Heniu Prundu Bârgăului Municipal, Sfântu Gheorghe Piroş Security Arad and Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc 33 162018–19 Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc 5–0 Fortuna Becicherecu Mic Trans-Sil, Târgu-Mureș Universitatea Galați and U Olimpia Cluj 37 172019–20 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic during the Third Round/Round of 16 40 182020–21 U Olimpia Cluj 1–0 (a.e.t.) Heniu Prundu Bârgăului Francisc von Neuman, Arad Piroş Security Arad and Vulpițele Galbene Roman 38 192021–22 U Olimpia Cluj 6–2 Heniu Prundu Bârgăului Arcul de Triumf, București Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc and Piroş Security Arad 36 202022–23 Carmen București 2–1 (a.e.t.) U Olimpia Cluj Arcul de Triumf, București Csíkszereda MC and CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud 44 212023–24 U Olimpia Cluj 3–1 (a.e.t.) Csíkszereda MC Arcul de Triumf, București Vasas Femina FC and CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud 46
Performances Performance by club No. Team Winners Runners-up Losing Semifinalists Total apps. in Last 41 Olimpia/U Olimpia Cluj921122 CFF Clujana42173 ASA/FCM Târgu Mureş25–74 CSȘ Târgoviște11575 Pandurii Târgu-Jiu11246 Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc/Metalul Vlăhița1–457 Ripensia 2000 Timișoara1–128 Carmen București1––19 Heniu Prundu Bârgăului–31410 Smart Sport București–21311 Șantierul Naval Constanța–12312 Csíkszereda MC–11213–14 Navobi Iaşi–1–1 Fortuna Becicherecu Mic–1–115 Piroş Security Arad––3316–21 Motorul Oradea––22 Real Craiova––22 CFR Timișoara––22 Olimpia 2 Cluj––22 Fair Play București––22 CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud––2222–27 Crișul Aleșd––11 Sporting Craiova––11 CS Brazi––11 FC Alice&Tunes Pitești––11 Universitatea Galați––11 Vulpițele Galbene Roman––11
Performance by city No. City Cups Winning clubs1 Cluj-Napoca12 Olimpia/U Olimpia Cluj (8), CFF Clujana (4)2 Târgu-Mureș2 FCM/ASA Târgu Mureş (2)3–6 Târgu-Jiu1 Pandurii Târgu-Jiu (1) Timișoara1 Ripensia 2000 Timișoara (1) Târgoviște1 CSȘ Târgoviște (1) Odorheiu Secuiesc1 Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc (1)
See also Romanian Cup, men's edition
References
External links Official website Cup at soccerway.com