1960–61 Cupa României

The 1960–61 Cupa României was the 23rd edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.

The title was won by Arieșul Turda against Rapid București.

Format
The competition is an annual knockout tournament.

In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. Each tie is played as a single leg.

It is the fourth season in the history of Cupa României when all the games are played on a neutral location.

If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then a replay will be played. In case the game is still tight after the replay, then the team from lower division will qualify for the next round.

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

First round proper

 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|18 April 1961


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|19 April 1961
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|19 April 1961


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|20 April 1961
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 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|24 May 1961
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 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|25 June 1961
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|25 June 1961


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|24 May 1961 — Replay
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|24 May 1961 — Replay


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|31 May 1961 — Replay
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|31 May 1961 — Replay


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Second round proper

 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|21 June 1961


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|25 June 1961
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|25 June 1961


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|28 June 1961
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|28 June 1961


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|13 August 1961
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|13 August 1961


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|30 August 1961
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|30 August 1961


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Quarter-finals

 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|12 October 1961


 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|18 October 1961
 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|18 October 1961


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Semi-finals

 * colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"|22 October 1961


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