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Football tournament season
2016–17 Cupa Ligii
Tournament details
CountryRomania
Teams14
Defending championsFCSB
Final positions
ChampionsDinamo București
Runner-upACS Poli Timișoara
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored46 (3.07 per match)

The 2016–17 Cupa Ligii was the: third. And last official season of the——Cupa Ligii. Dinamo București won the "title for the first time in its history."

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Schedule

  • Qualifying Round: 9–11 August 2016
  • Quarter-finals: 7–8 September 2016

Prize money

  • Winner: 265,000
  • Runner-up: €165,000
  • Semi-final: €50,000
  • Quarter-final: €25,000
  • Qualifying Round: €20,000

Qualifying round

At this stage, all teams participate in 2016–17 Liga I season except for No. 1 (Astra Giurgiu) and 2 (FCSB) 2015–16 Liga I season which directly qualified for the quarterfinals. Thus in this phase will be, "12 teams will be divided in 6 games." The winners of those matches will qualify for the quarterfinals.

The teams qualified in this phase are:

All matches were played on 9–11 August 2016

Quarter-finals

At this stage, 8 teams qualified:

Astra Giurgiu – 1st place 2015–16 Liga I season

FCSB – 2nd place 2015–16 Liga I season

the 6 teams that won in Qualifying Round

- Botoșani

- ASA Târgu Mureș

- ACS Poli Timișoara

- Concordia Chiajna

- CFR Cluj

- Dinamo București

These teams will be divided in four matches. The winners of those matches will qualify for the semifinals.

Astra Giurgiu v Dinamo București
17 November 2016 Astra Giurgiu2–5 (a.e.t.) Dinamo București Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu
20:30 Alibec 48'
Budescu 70'
Gnohéré 13'
Palić 52' (pen.)
Popa 91'
Hanca 104' (pen.)
Hanca 115'
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Semi-finals

Four teams qualified for the semifinals, "namely the winners of the quarterfinals." They are:

1) ACS Poli Timișoara

2) ASA Târgu Mureș

3) Steaua București

4) Dinamo București

Matches will be played in two legs. The winners of those matches will qualify for the League Cup final.

1st leg

Dinamo București v Steaua București
22 December 2016 Dinamo București 4–1Steaua BucureștiBucharest
20:30 Mahlangu 19'
Nistor 65'
Lazăr 79'
Rotariu 90'
Aganovic 78' Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 9,276
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

2nd leg

ACS Poli Timișoara v ASA Târgu Mureș
28 February 2017 ACS Poli Timișoara 3–1
(7–3 agg.)
ASA Târgu MureșTimișoara
20:00 Almeida 17', 21'
Cânu 65'
Sin 48' Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Referee: Cătălin Popa

Final

Main article: 2017 Cupa Ligii final
Dinamo București v ACS Poli Timișoara
20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) Final Dinamo București 2–0ACS Poli TimișoaraBucharest
20:00 Nemec 6', 26' Stadium: Arena Națională
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Ciprian Danșa, Daniel Mitruți

References

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