Cupa Ligii


The Cupa Ligii was Romania's secondary club football tournament. Like the Cupa României, it was played on a knockout basis.

History

It is unclear when the competition was first created, as there are no official recordings. It started in 1994, but there may already have been an edition as early as 1978. Cupa Ligii was meant to shorten the break between the end of the league season and the start of a major international competition.
The competition under the name of Samsung Cup was Gheorghe Copos' idea and was
held at the end of the 1993-94 season with the 18 teams of the Romanian first division and Rapid Bucharest being the winner and received a financial reward of $100,000.
In April 2014, it was decided to re-establish the competition, this time with official character, starting with the 2014–15 edition. Managed by the Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal, only teams from the Romanian top division were allowed to take part. FCSB and Dinamo București were winners of the cup before being abolished again in 2017.

Finals (1994–2000)

SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upVenue
1994FC Rapid BucureștiUTA Arad?
1998FCM BacăuUniversitatea ClujANEFS Stadium, Bucharest
2000Gloria BistrițaFCM BacăuCotroceni Stadium, Bucharest

Finals (2014-2017)

There were three previous, cups held in 1994, 1998 and 2000. Those were won by Rapid București, FCM Bacău and Gloria Bistrița.
SeasonWinnerScoreRunner-upVenue
2014–15Steaua BucureștiPandurii Târgu JiuArena Națională, Bucharest
2015–16Steaua BucureștiConcordia ChiajnaArena Națională, Bucharest
2016–17Dinamo București2–0ACS Poli TimișoaraArena Națională, Bucharest

Broadcasters

From the 2014–15 season to the 2018–19 season, sister channels Look TV and Look Plus were meant to broadcast Cupa Ligii. The matches could have also been viewed on Digi Sport and Dolce Sport.