1998–99 Cupa României

1998–99 Cupa României
Tournament details
Country	Romania
Final positions
Champions	AFC Steaua București
Runners-up	Rapid București
	← 1997–98 1999–00 →

The 1998–99 Cupa României was the 61st edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

The title was won by AFC Steaua București against Rapid București.

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.

In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie is played as a two legs.

From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.

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First round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
21 October 1998
Crişul Aleşd (Div. C)	0–5	(Div. A) Oțelul Galați
Unirea Botoşani (Div. C)	1–2	(Div. A) Gloria Bistrița
Rocar București (Div. B)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2-3 p)	(Div. A) CSM Reșița
Sportul Studențesc București (Div. B)	2–0	(Div. A) Olimpia Satu Mare
Universitatea Cluj (Div. A)	3–2	(Div. A) Foresta Suceava
Farul Constanța (Div. A)	1–4	(Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești
Unirea Dej (Div. B)	2–3	(Div. A) FC U Craiova
Nitramonia Făgăraş (Div. B)	0–3	(Div. A) FC Onești
Cimentul Fieni (Div. B)	1–0	(Div. A) Argeș Pitești
Diplomatic Focșani (Div. C)	1–4	(Div. A) Rapid București
Flacăra Horezu (Div. C)	0–1	(Div. A) Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Midia Năvodari (Div. B)	0–3	(Div. A) AFC Steaua București
UM Timișoara (Div. C)	2–0	(Div. A) Astra Ploieşti
ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș (Div. B)	0–1	(Div. A) Dinamo București
FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Div. B)	1–2	(Div. A) FCM Bacău
Minaur Zlatna (Div. C)	0–3	(Div. A) Naţional București

Second round proper

Team 1	Score	Team 2
18 November 1998
CSM Reșița	0–2	Gloria Bistrița
AFC Steaua București	3–0	Universitatea Cluj
Oțelul Galați	1–0	Sportul Studenţesc București
Rapid București	3–0	Cimentul Fieni
Dinamo București	3–0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Petrolul Ploiești	3–2	FC U Craiova
FCM Bacău	4–3	FC Onești
Naţional București	0–2	UM Timișoara

Quarter-finals

The matches were played on 2 December and 9 December 1998.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FCM Bacău	2–1	Oțelul Galați	2–0	0–1
Gloria Bistrița	2–3	Rapid București	1–1	1–2
AFC Steaua București	6–2	Petrolul Ploiești	5–1	1–1
UM Timișoara	0–3	Dinamo București	0–1	0–2