The 2016–17 Cupa României was the seventy-ninth season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament.

The winner, Voluntari should qualify for the third qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, but failed to obtain UEFA licence.

The following 155 teams qualified for the competition: The first rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues.

[4] The matches were to be played on 4, 5 and 6 October 2016.

[8] The semi-final matches are played in a round-trip system.