Country Romania Runners-up Universitatea Craiova | Champions Rapid București | |
The 1997–98 Cupa României was the 60th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.
The title was won by Rapid București against Universitatea Craiova.
Format
The competition is an annual knockout tournament.
First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.
If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes into extra time. If the match is still tied, the result is decided by penalty kicks.
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.
References
1997–98 Cupa României Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA