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2019 Cupa României Final (women's football)

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2019 Cupa României Final
The match poster
Event2018–19 Cupa României
Date31 May 2019 (2019-05-31)
VenueStadionul Trans-Sil, Târgu Mureș
RefereeIuliana Demetrescu (Râmnicu Vâlcea)
Attendance400
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The 2019 Cupa României Final was the 16th Romanian football women's cup final, the final match of the 2018–19 Cupa României. It was played at Stadionul Trans-Sil in Târgu Mureș, on 31 May 2019, contested by Fortuna Becicherecu Mic and Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc. Vasas Femina won the match 5–0,[1] with a hat-trick from Carolina Țabur and one goal from each Rita Mitri and Krisztina Benő in only the fourth time a team has scored five goals or won by at least a five-goal margin in a cup final. The win brought Vasas its first major trophy, making it only the 7th club to win the Romanian Women's Cup.[2]

Route to the final

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Both teams had a similar road to the finals, a clear 8–0 win in the quarterfinals, and a surprising win in the semifinals against opponents they severely lost to in league matches, at just a few days distance.

Fortuna Bechicherecu Mic

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Round Opposition Score
2R Banat Girls Reșița (A) 3–0 (awd.)
3R/R16 Juventus Timișoara (A) 3–0 (awd.)
QF Heniu Prundu Bârgăului (H) 8–0
SF U Olimpia Cluj (H) 2–0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

The first two matches for Fortuna Becicherecu Mic in the competition were plagued by the inability of the opponents to field enough players on matchday. Scheduled mid-week on 31 October and 21 November, the second and third rounds against Banat Girls Reșița and Juventus Timișoara respectively, were both stopped early in the game at 2–0 for Fortuna, and subsequently awarded 3–0.

The first full match played by Fortuna in the 2018–19 edition of the cup was the quarter-final played at home on 24 March against Heniu Prundu Bârgăului and it finished at a clear and unprecedented 8–0 for Fortuna,[3] although Fortuna were to lose against Heniu 0–1 in the Liga I match played at less than a month distance, on 20 April.[4]

Fortuna met rivals U Olimpia Cluj in the semifinals. The match was played at home on 15 May and was won 2–0, due to the goals scored by Larisa Grigore.[5] With this win, Fortuna became the only Romanian team to ever beat Olimpia twice in the same season, with the first time being on 10 March, in an away Liga I match.[6] Still, Fortuna was to lose against Olimpia 0–7 just 4 days after the cup semifinal, in an away Liga I play-off match.

Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc

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Round Opposition Score
2R Csiksereda Miercurea Ciuc (A) 9–0
3R/R16 Navobi Iași (A) 4–0
QF Fair Play București (A) 8–0
SF Universitatea Galați (A) 4–1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue.

Vasas Femina did not play any of its cup matches at home in this edition.

Its first game was in the 2nd round on 28 October, where it met Csiksereda Miercurea Ciuc which it defeated with a clear 9–0.[7] The third round match was played on 18 November against Navobi Iași and won 4–0, with a hat-trick from Rita Mitri and another goal by Carolina Țabur.[8]

In the quarterfinals, it trashed Fair Play București 8–0 on 27 March,[9] while in the semifinals, Vasas traveled to Galați to play against Universitatea on 15 May and won the game by 4–1, even though they just lost a Liga I match 0–4 against the same team and on the same pitch a week before, on 8 May.[10]

Pre-game

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Neither team had won a major trophy before. Vasas previously reached only the semifinals of the Cup in the previous season, while Fortuna's best result was reaching the last 16 in the 2016–17 season. In the league, Vasas were the standing vice-champions, while Fortuna finished the previous Liga I on the eight place, just above the relegation line.

In the Liga I regular season, Fortuna played Vasas earlier in May, at Odorheiu Secuiesc, with Vasas winning 4–1. However, after the end of the regular league season, Fortuna qualified for the Championship play-offs (places 1–3), while Vasas only qualified for the Lower table round (places 4–6).

Both teams organized buses for the fans to attend the final in Târgu Mureș.[11] Just before the kickoff, a ceremony was held, and the local municipal team CSM Târgu Mureș was awarded with the trophy for winning Liga III, Seria III.[12]

Match

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Team selection

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Fortuna had a selection of footballers who spent most of their careers in the western part of Romania, notably at CFR Timișoara, who folded in early autumn, meaning that Fortuna had received at the start of the season an influx of new young players who played well with the already existing squad. A notable additional presence was former Romania national team member and top youth national team goalscorer Alexandra Lunca, who joined the team this season. An important absence for Fortuna was goalkeeper Mihaela Durlă, who defended Fortuna's goal for the first part of the season. Youth national team player Bianca Ienovan was uncertain for the match due to a recent injury, but eventually she was benched for the final. Other available players on matchday, that could have been included were Rebeca Pavel (#17) who had been announced for the final,[13] Andrada Rusu (#22) and Cristina Costa (#8), the latter having had injury problems this season.

Vasas[14] had a core of 4 players from the Moldova women's national football team (Violeta Mițul, Nadejda Colesnicenco, Margarita Panova and Carolina Țabur), Romania national youth team star Ana Maria Vlădulescu, in addition to a large base of local homegrown players of Hungarian ethnicity, a lot of which have been previously selected for Romania's youth national squads. Coach Andrași did not field Mădălina Marinescu, who was previously announced for the final.[15]

Details

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Fortuna Becicherecu Mic0–5Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc
Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Râmnicu Vâlcea)
Assistants: Roxana Ivanov, Bianca Florea,
Fourth official: Roxana Recorean
Observer: Teodora Albon
Fortuna Becicherecu Mic
Vasas Femina Odorheiu Secuiesc
GK 12 Romania Cosmina Roșu
DF 15 Romania Denisa Hațegan
DF 7 Romania Claudia Bistrian
DF 10 Romania Cristina Codrescu (c)
DF 6 Romania Denisa Heisu
MF 3 Romania Lidia Șuveț downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF 19 Romania Monica Tomesc downward-facing red arrow 67'
MF 24 Romania Cristina Sucilă
MF 11 Romania Larisa Grigore
FW 14 Romania Alexandra Lunca
FW 23 Romania Melisa Șodincă downward-facing red arrow 77'
Substitutes:
DF 4 Romania Sabina Scurtu upward-facing green arrow 67'
DF 13 Romania Oana Stoianov upward-facing green arrow 77'
DF 18 Romania Florina Abrudan
MF 5 Romania Anca Dobai
FW 9 Romania Mariana Voinea upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 16 Romania Bianca Ienovan
FW 20 Romania Teodora Țirtea
Managers:
Romania Florin Pădurean
Romania Andra Vela
GK 1 Romania Linda Kajtár (c)
DF 5 Romania Péter Kata downward-facing red arrow 71'
DF 6 Romania Anita Kis
DF 3 Romania Brigitta Szász-Bencze
DF 13 Moldova Violeta Mițul
MF 17 Moldova Nadejda Colesnicenco
MF 18 Romania Kinga Barabási
MF 8 Romania Krisztina Benő
MF 10 Romania Ana Maria Vlădulescu
CF 11 Moldova Carolina Țabur downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 9 Romania Rita Mitri downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutes:
GK Romania Barbara Sándor
Romania Anna Bíró
14 Romania Viktória Balázs upward-facing green arrow 71'
DF 4 Romania Tímea Krall upward-facing green arrow 86'
Romania Dakó Katalin
15 Romania Márta Dávid upward-facing green arrow 81'
FW Moldova Margarita Panova
Manager:
Romania Sandu Andrași

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, with a fourth allowed in extra time

Post-match

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Vasas won its first major trophy after 7 years of existence, becoming the 7th team to win the Cupa României.[16] However, the team finished the League in 6th place. On the other hand, after this severe defeat,[17] Fortuna went on to also become league vice-champions.

References

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  6. ^ "Fortuna Becicherecu Mic, în finala Cupei României! Timişencele au repetat figura şi au învins „U" Olimpia Cluj pentru a doua oară în 2019" [Fortuna Becicherecu Mic, in the final of the Romanian Cup! The girls from Timiș repeated the feat and defeated „U” Olimpia Cluj]. pressalert.ro (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Kilencig meg sem állt a Vasas Femina Csíkszeredában" [Vasas Femina didn't stop in Miercurea Ciuc until it scored nine”]. szekelyhon.ro (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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  9. ^ "Bukarestben juthat tovább a kupában a Vasas Femina" [In Bucharest, Vasas Femina can advance in the cup”]. szekelyhon.ro (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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  11. ^ "Szurkolói busz indul a női kupadöntőre" [Fan bus leaves for the women's cup final”]. szekelyhon.ro (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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  14. ^ "Magasba emelné a kupát a Vasas Femina" [Vasas would rase the cup high”]. szekelyhon.ro (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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