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
Dinamo București Round of 32Dinamo București1–0Luceafărul OradeaRound of 16Dinamo București5–0Gaz Metan SeverinQuarter-finalsDinamo București2–1Petrolul PloieștiSemifinals 1st LegDinamo București1–0Gaz Metan MediașSemifinals 2nd LegGaz Metan Mediaș2 – 1 Dinamo BucureștiRapid București Round of 32Rapid București4–1Juventus BucureștiRound of 16Rapid București5–0CS OtopeniQuarter-finalsRapid București2–0Pandurii Târgu JiuSemifinals 1st LegFC Vaslui0–1Rapid BucureștiSemifinals 2nd LegRapid București3 – 2 FC Vaslui
Match
RAPID: GK 1 Dănuț ComanRB 14 Mihai RomanCB 4 Marcos António (c)CB 15 Cristian Oros LB 19 Vladimir BožovićDM5 Dan Alexa CM80 Filipe TeixeiraCM8 Nicolae GrigoreRW24 Romeo Surdu LW7 Ciprian DeacFW10 Ovidiu Herea Substitutes:GK 82 Cosmin VâtcăFW9 Alexandru Ioniță FW11 Daniel Pancu CB16 Ovidiu BurcăRB17 Valentin CrețuCM20 Ștefan Grigorie DM23 Miloš PavlovićManager: Răzvan LucescuDINAMO: GK 23 Kristijan Naumovski RB 24 Srdjan LuchinCB 21 Dragoș GrigoreCB 30 Cosmin MoțiLB 15 Adrian ScarlatacheRW20 Alexandru CurteanDM5 Djakaridja KonéDM26 Laurențiu RusLW10 Marius Alexe FW9 Marius Niculae (c) FW25 Ionel Dănciulescu Substitutes:GK34 Cristian BălgrădeanLB3 Cristian Pulhac CM7 Cătălin Munteanu CM19 Iulian TameșRW22 Sorin StrătilăFW29 George Țucudean LM32 Nicolae MușatManager: 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.
References
External links Official site