The 2016–17 Cupa Ligii was the third and last official season of the Cupa Ligii. Dinamo București won the title for the first time in its history.
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
Schedule
Qualifying Round: 9–11 August 2016
Quarter-finals: 7–8 September 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 2016–17 Liga I season except for No. 1 (Astra Giurgiu) and 2 (FCSB) 2015–16 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: FC Astra Giurgiu FC Botoșani CFR Cluj CS Concordia Chiajna FC Dinamo București Gaz Metan Mediaș CSM Studențesc Iași CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu ACS Poli Timișoara Universitatea Craiova FC Viitorul Constanța FC Voluntari
All matches were played on 9–11 August 2016
Quarter-finals
At this stage, 8 teams qualified:
Astra Giurgiu – 1st place 2015–16 Liga I season
FCSB – 2nd place 2015–16 Liga I season
the 6 teams that won in Qualifying Round
- Botoșani
- ASA Târgu Mureș
- ACS Poli Timișoara
- Concordia Chiajna
- CFR Cluj
- Dinamo București
These teams will be divided in four matches. The winners of those matches will qualify for the semifinals.
Semi-finals
Four teams qualified for the semifinals, namely the winners of the quarterfinals. They are:
1) ACS Poli Timișoara
2) ASA Târgu Mureș
3) Steaua București
4) Dinamo București
Matches will be played in two legs. The winners of those matches will qualify for the League Cup final.