The –CupaRomâ2023–24 Cupa României is the 86th season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament. The winner will qualify for the first qualifying round of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. It is the second season in which the Round of 16 was replaced by a play-off, immediately followed by a group stage. After the group stage, the clasic Quarter-Finals format continues.
Round dates
First Stage
Second Round
The draw for the 2nd round took place on August 3, with the matches taking place on August 9.
Third Round
The draw for the 3rd round took place on August 10, with the matches taking place on August 16 and 17.
Play-off round
Pot 1 contains 4 teams that finished 9-12 in the play-out stage of the 2022–23 Liga I season, 2 teams that won the Promotion/relegation play-offs and 2 teams that won direct promotion (places 1 and 3 as Steaua București were ineligible) at the end of the 2022–23 Liga II season. Pot 2 contains the teams that won the Third qualifying round.
Pot 1
FC Voluntari
Universitatea Cluj
FC Botoșani
FC Hermannstadt
Oțelul Galați
Politehnica Iași
UTA Arad
Dinamo București
Pot 2
Argeș Pitești
Chindia Târgoviște
CS Mioveni
Steaua București
Gloria Buzău
Unirea Dej
Concordia Chiajna
FK Miercurea Ciuc
CSC 1599 Șelimbăr
Unirea Slobozia
CSC Dumbrăvița
Metaloglobus București
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
CS Tunari
CSM Alexandria
Corvinul Hunedoara
FC Bacău
Viitorul Ianca
CSM Deva
Viitorul Șimian
Progresul Pecica
Phoenix Buziaș
Bihor Oradea
SCM Zalău
The draw for the play-off round took place on the 23rd of August.
Group stage
The 6 teams from the play-off stage of the 2022–23 Liga I season and the 2 teams that finished 7-8 in the play-out stage of the 2022–23 Liga I season will be joined in the group stage by the 16 teams that will win the Play-Off round.
The 24 teams will be divided into 3 pots, which will form 4 groups of 6 teams each, with 2 teams from each pot added into every group. Each team will play 3 matches, once against a team from each of the 3 pots.
The teams that finish 1st and 2nd in each group advance to the Quarter-Finals.
The qualified teams were divided into 3 pots.
Times are EET or EEST.