| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Romania | 
| Teams | 14 | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | FCSB | 
| Runner-up | Concordia Chiajna | 
The 2015–16 Cupa Ligii was the second official season of the Cupa Ligii.[1] Steaua București won the tournament for the second time in a row after defeating Concordia Chiajna in the final.
Schedule
- Qualifying Round: 9–10 September 2015
- Quarter-finals: 14–15 October 2015
- First leg of semi-finals: 9–10 March 2016
- Second leg of semi-finals: 13–14 April 2016
- Final: 17 July 2016
Prize money
- Winner: €265,000
- Runner-up: €165,000
- Semi-final: €50,000
- Quarter-final: €25,000
- Qualifying Round: €20,000
Qualifying round
At this stage, all teams participate in 2015–16 Liga I season except for No. 1 (FC Steaua București) and 2 (ASA Târgu Mureș) 2014–15 Liga I season which directly qualified for the quarterfinals. Thus in this phase will be 12 teams will be divided in 6 games. The winners of those matches will qualify for the quarterfinals.
The teams qualified in this phase are:
- CFR Cluj
All matches were played on 9–10 September 2015[3]
| 9 September 2015 | Concordia Chiajna | 3–0 | FC Botoșani | Stadionul Concordia, Chiajna | 
| 16:30 | Cristescu  1' Răducanu  81' Purece  90+1' | Referee: Gabriel Mladinovici (Bucharest) | 
| 9 September 2015 | ACS Poli Timișoara | 1–0 | Petrolul Ploiești | Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara | 
| 19:00 | Elek  67' | Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galati) | 
| 9 September 2015 | CSM Studențesc Iași | 0–1 | CFR Cluj | Emil Alexandrescu, Iași | 
| 21:45 | López  44' | Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest) | 
| 10 September 2015 | FC Voluntari | 0–2 | Astra Giurgiu | Dinamo, Bucharest | 
| 16:30 | Gouriye  6' Alibec  73' | Referee: George Radulescu (Bucharest) | 
| 10 September 2015 | Viitorul Constanța | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (9–8 p) | Universitatea Craiova | Orășenesc, Ovidiu | 
| 19:00 | Referee: Marian Balaci (Drobeta-Turnu Severin) | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| Benzar  Chițu  Achim  Casap  Aganović  Nicolița  Filip  Boli  Gavra  Ganea  Albuț  | Ivan  Popov  Zlatinski  Ferfelea  Tîrnăcop  Madson  Herghelegiu  Kay  Bancu  Măzărache  Straton  | |||
| 10 September 2015 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 0–2 | Dinamo București | Municipal, Drobeta-Turnu Severin | 
| 21:45 | Palić  60' Filipetto  62' (o.g.) | Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest) | 
Quarter-finals
At this stage, 8 teams qualified:
FC Steaua București – 1st place 2014–15 Liga I season
ASA Târgu Mureș – 2nd place 2014–15 Liga I season
the 6 teams that won in Qualifying Round
- CFR Cluj
These teams will be divided in four matches. The winners of those matches will qualify for the semifinals. All matches were played on 14–15 October 2015[4][5]
| 14 October 2015 | Concordia Chiajna | 1–0 | ASA Târgu Mureș | Stadionul Concordia, Chiajna | 
| 18:15 | Balaur  38' (o.g.) | Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați) | 
| 14 October 2015 | Dinamo București | 2–0 | CFR Cluj | Dinamo, Bucharest | 
| 21:00 | Essombé  22' Rotariu  55' | Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest) | 
| 15 October 2015 | Viitorul Constanța | 0–3 | Astra Giurgiu | Orășenesc, Ovidiu | 
| 18:15 | Teixeira  37' Alibec  66' Ioniță  90+4' | Referee: Rusandru Lucian (Sfantu Gheorghe) | 
| 15 October 2015 | Steaua București | 1–0 | ACS Poli Timișoara | Arena Națională, Bucharest | 
| 21:00 | Chipciu  32' | Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete (Bucharest) | 
Semi-finals
In the semifinals qualified 4 teams, namely the winners of the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals winners are:
These teams will be divided in two matches. Matches will be played roundtrip. The winners of those matches will qualify for the League Cup final.
1st leg
| 9 March 2016 | Steaua București | 1–0 | Astra Giurgiu | Nicolae Dobrin, Pitești | 
| 17:00 | Tadé  63' | Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest) | 
| 10 March 2016 | Concordia Chiajna | 3–0 | Dinamo București | Stadionul Concordia, Chiajna | 
| 18:00 | Milevskyi  5' Obodo  52' Pena  87' | Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galati) | 
2nd leg
| 13 April 2016 | Astra Giurgiu | 0–2 (0–3 agg.) | Steaua București | Marin Anastasovici, Giurgiu | 
| 17:30 | Bawab  5', 51' | Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad) | 
| 14 April 2016 | Dinamo București | 1–1 (1–4 agg.) | Concordia Chiajna | Dinamo, Bucharest | 
| 18:00 | Gnohéré  14' | Bucurică  77' | Referee: George Găman (Craiova) | 
Final
| 17 July 2016 Final | Steaua București | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Concordia Chiajna | Bucharest | 
| 20:00 EET (UTC+02) | Momčilović  61' Hamroun  111' (pen.) | Report | Pena  88' | Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Marius Avram | 
References
- ↑ "Structure of the Cupa Ligii for the 2014–15 season". Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ↑  "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ Programul optimilor Cupei Ligii României
- ↑ Tragerea la sorti a sferturilor si semifinalelor Cupei Ligii României
- ↑ Programul sferturlor Cupei Ligii României