2018–19 CS Universitatea Craiova season

Universitatea Craiova 2018–19 football season

Universitatea Craiova

2018–19 season

Chairman

Marcel Popescu

Manager

Devis Mangia

Stadium

Ion Oblemenco

Liga I

4th

Cupa României

Semi-finals

Supercupa României

Runners-up

Europa League

Third qualifying round

Top goalscorer

League: Elvir Koljić
Alexandru Mitriță
(13 each)
All: Elvir Koljić (14)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2018–19 season was the 48th season of competitive football by Universitatea Craiova. Craiova competed in the Liga I, Cupa României and Europa League.

Season overview

Background

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
	Liga I	3rd
	Cupa României	Winners

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
4 June 2018	DF	Florin Gardoș	29	Southampton	Free agent	Previously on loan. Signed for two years.	^[1]
6 July 2018	MF	Alexandru Cicâldău	20	Viitorul Constanța	€750.000	Signed for four years.	^[2]
25 July 2018	DF	Isaac Donkor	22	Cesena	Free agent	Signed for three years.	^[3]
23 August 2018	GK	Eduard Stăncioiu	37	FCSB	Undisclosed.	Signed for one year.	^[4]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Income

Net Totals

Preseason and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Universitatea Craiova v

V-Varen Nagasaki

24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	V-Varen Nagasaki	Fulpmes, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Nakamura 26'	Stadium: Sportplatz Fulpmes

Universitatea Craiova v

FC Ufa

30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	2–3	FC Ufa	Kirchdorf in Tirol, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mitriță 11' Marković 69'	Report	Paurević 44' Krotov 73' Icboun 89'	Stadium: Kirchdorf Sportplatz

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	23 July 2018	–	Matchday 1	–	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Cupa României	October 2018	–	Round of 32	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Supercupa României	14 July 2018	–	Final	Final	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Europa League	9 August 2018	16 August 2018	Third round	Third round	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total					4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	000.00

Last updated: 13 July 2018
Source: Competitions

Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced on 5 July 2018.

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj	26	15	9	2	39	16	+23	54	Qualification for the Championship round
2	FCSB	26	14	7	5	49	29	+20	49
3	Universitatea Craiova	26	13	6	7	43	24	+19	45
4	Astra Giurgiu	26	11	9	6	36	23	+13	42
5	Viitorul Constanța	26	11	5	10	26	27	−1	38

Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[5]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	13	6	7	43	24	+19	45	7	4	2	20	9	+11	6	2	5	23	15	+8

Last updated: 4 March 2019.
Source: Liga I

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2018. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Universitatea Craiova v Politehnica Iași

23 July 2018 (2018-07-23) 1	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Politehnica Iași	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	M.Chelaru 16' Cioinac 39' Panțîru 69' D.Rusu 82'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj)

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v Universitatea Craiova

29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) 2	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Sfântu Gheorghe
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	O.Viera 9' S.Drăghici 34' Vașvari 45' Tandia 61' G.de Moura 83'	Report	A.Mitriță 67'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Iulian Călin

Universitatea Craiova v FC Botoșani

3 August 2018 (2018-08-03) 3	Universitatea Craiova	2–2	FC Botoșani	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	A.Burlacu 13' A.Mitriță 21' (pen.), 35'	Report	Fülöp 11' 45+2' M.A.Roman 17' G.Miron 54' E.Pap 70'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Dunărea Călărași v Universitatea Craiova

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 4	Dunărea Călărași	1–3	Universitatea Craiova	Călărași
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	C.N.Pușcaș 7' Ndiaye 63'	Report	Kelić 5' Fedele 45' A.Mitriță 53' (pen.), 73' Cicâldău 67'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 7,530 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Universitatea Craiova v Concordia Chiajna

20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) 5	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	Concordia Chiajna	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Donkor 19' A.Mitriță 23' Mateiu 53' Bancu 59'	Report	Guessan 21' Grădinaru 33' Batin 36' G.Matei 67' Gorobsov 81' 82'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ionuţ Coza

FC Voluntari v Universitatea Craiova

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) 6	FC Voluntari	1–5	Universitatea Craiova	Voluntari
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ricardinho 67' Laïdouni 86' (pen.) Căpățînă 90+1'	Report	Bancu 24', 42', 88' (pen.) Kelić 28' A.Mitriță 40' Cicâldău 84'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Marius Avram

Universitatea Craiova v Dinamo București

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 7	Universitatea Craiova	3–0	Dinamo București	Craiova
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Fedele 32' A.Mitriță 42' 70', 76' Bancu 45' Koljić 45+2' Briceag 81'	Report	Cooper 38'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Universitatea Craiova

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Gaz Metan Mediaș	3–2	Universitatea Craiova	Mediaș
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	V.Crețu 5' Fortes 7' 26' M.Constantin 11' (pen.) I.Cristea 42' 82' Pleșca 70' Fofana 75'	Report	A.Mitriță 6' 8' (pen.), 63' C.Bărbuț 35' Kelić 64' Koljić 75' (pen.) Fedele 90'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Universitatea Craiova v Viitorul Constanța

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	Viitorul Constanța	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Koljić 5', 48' Kelić 69' Pigliacelli 82'	Report	Țîru 47' I.Hagi 56' S.Mladen 79' T.Băluță 88'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

CFR Cluj v Universitatea Craiova

1 October 2018 (2018-10-01) 10	CFR Cluj	0–0	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Culio 67' Camora 85'	Report	Briceag 38' V.Mihăilă 45' Cicâldău 55' Donkor 57' A.Mitriță 90'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 3,500 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Universitatea Craiova v Hermannstadt

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 11	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Hermannstadt	Craiova
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cicâldău 27' Koljić 45+2' (pen.) Donkor 90+2'	Report	Blănaru 7' Dandea 40' D.Tătar 45+1' Căbuz 90+3'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Iulian Călin

Universitatea Craiova v FCSB

21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 12	Universitatea Craiova	2–1	FCSB	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mateiu 44' Fedele 45+3' 72' Koljić 50', 88' I.Martić 90+4'	Report	Kelić 8' (o.g.) F.Tănase 31' D.Nedelcu 45+3' J.Morais 87' R.Benzar 90+2'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

Astra Giurgiu v Universitatea Craiova

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 13	Astra Giurgiu	0–3	Universitatea Craiova	Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alibec 1'	Report	A.Mitriță 38' Cicâldău 62' Koljić 72'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

Politehnica Iași v Universitatea Craiova

2 November 2018 (2018-11-02) 14	Politehnica Iași	0–3	Universitatea Craiova	Iași
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	L.Rus 10' Qaka 81' Cioinac 90'	Report	Bancu 24' A.Mitriță 40' 53' Mateiu 47' Koljić 70'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Universitatea Craiova v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) 15	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Craiova
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Fedele 28' C.Bărbuț 34' I.Martić 46' 90+4' A.Mitriță 52' 57' A.Burlacu 83' Donkor 87'	Report	G.de Moura 29' Karnitsky 36' D.Sato 86' I.Jovanović 90+1'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

FC Botoșani v Universitatea Craiova

26 November 2018 (2018-11-26) 16	FC Botoșani	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Botoșani
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Fabbrini 25' Fülöp 35' Patache 54' Golofca 65'	Report	V.Mihăilă 18' R.Dimitrov 34' C.Bărbuț 39' Kelić 46' Bancu 68' Mateiu 79'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Universitatea Craiova v Dunărea Călărași

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 17	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Dunărea Călărași	Craiova
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mateiu 23' Bancu 34' Pigliacelli 57' Donkor 64' A.Mitriță 69' Cicâldău 82' Koljić 90+2'	Report	Ndiaye 60' Gligorov 87'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Concordia Chiajna v Universitatea Craiova

6 December 2018 (2018-12-06) 18	Concordia Chiajna	1–3	Universitatea Craiova	Chiajna
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ropotan 27' 84' Gorobsov 63'	Report	Koljić 24' (pen.) 67' C.Bărbuț 32' Cicâldău 39' T.Ferreira 58'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 800 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

Universitatea Craiova v FC Voluntari

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) 19	Universitatea Craiova	3–1	FC Voluntari	Craiova
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Koljić 26' A.Mitriță 40' 45+2' (pen.) Nuno Rocha 90+1'	Report	Laïdouni 7' 89' Gadze 11' Răuță 33'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Adrian Comănescu

Dinamo București v Universitatea Craiova

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 20	Dinamo București	3–0	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Montini 30', 48', 53' Corbu 47' Hanca 61' Pešić 65' Salomão 84'	Report		Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 500 Referee: Marius Avram

Universitatea Craiova v Gaz Metan Mediaș

19 December 2018 (2018-12-19) 21	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Craiova
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mateiu 25' A.Mitriță 52', 87' (pen.)	Report	Fofana 24' 32' Nasser Chamed 76'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj)

Viitorul Constanța v Universitatea Craiova

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) 22	Viitorul Constanța	0–0	Universitatea Craiova	Ovidiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Houri 9' Kuipers 30' Vînă 90+3'	Summary	Donkor 2' Kelić 33' Dimitrov 45'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Universitatea Craiova v CFR Cluj

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 23	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	CFR Cluj	Craiova
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Cristea 14' Kelić 36' Koljić 78'	Summary	Manea 59' Arlauskis 86' Omrani 88' Lang 90+2'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Hermannstadt v Universitatea Craiova

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 24	Hermannstadt	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Pitești
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Stoica 29'	Summary	Nuno Rocha 67' Mateiu 75' Pigliacelli 90+2'	Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Radu Petrescu

FCSB v Universitatea Craiova

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 25	FCSB	3–2	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Júnior Morais 24' Hora 27' 84' (pen.) Filip 49' Bălașa 72' Man 86'	Summary	Fedele 26' Pigliacelli 39' (pen.) Carlos Fortes 41' Briceag 44' Bărbuț 46' Koljić 53' Bancu 68' Kelić 82'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 18.576 Referee: Marius Avram

Universitatea Craiova v Astra Giurgiu

4 March 2019 (2019-03-04) 26	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Craiova
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Koljić 49'	Summary	Llullaku 76' Belu-Iordache 86' Donkor 87' (o.g.) Radunović 90+1' Cestor 90+2' Bejan 90+4'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Iulian Călin

Championship round

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj (C)	10	7	2	1	15	4	+11	50	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	FCSB	10	7	2	1	18	6	+12	48	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Viitorul Constanța	10	6	2	2	18	10	+8	39	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Universitatea Craiova	10	4	1	5	8	10	−2	36	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Astra Giurgiu	10	2	0	8	6	20	−14	27
6	Sepsi OSK	10	0	1	9	5	20	−15	20

Source: Soccerway, Romanian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[6]
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	1	5	8	10	−2	13	2	1	2	3	4	−1	2	0	3	5	6	−1

Last updated: 18 May 2019.
Source: Liga I

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L
Position	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Universitatea Craiova v Astra Giurgiu

10 March 2019 (2019-03-10) 1	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Craiova
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Koljić 18' Martić 43' Kelić 73' Mihăilă 80' Drăghici 84'	Summary	Bègue 27' Zoua 60' Radunović 79' Romário 90+2'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 14,000 Referee: István Kovács (referee)

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v Universitatea Craiova

15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 2	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Sfântu Gheorghe
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Hamed 90+2'	Summary	Mateiu 20' Tiago Ferreira 45' Bărbuț 71'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete

FCSB v Universitatea Craiova

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 3	FCSB	3–2	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
	Hora 8' Man 30' Gnohéré 70' Planić 90+1'	Summary	Bancu 14' 23' (pen.) Cicâldău 45+2' Mateiu 53' Bărbuț 90+2'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 21,730 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Universitatea Craiova v CFR Cluj

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 4	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	CFR Cluj	Craiova
	Bancu 8' Kelić 46'	Summary	Deac 29' Manea 90+2'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Marius Avram

Viitorul Constanța v Universitatea Craiova

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 5	Viitorul Constanța	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Ovidiu
	hagi 43' Ghiță 56' Rivaldinho 57' Ganea 63'	Summary	Mihăilă 7' Bărbuț 9' Carlos Fortes 62' Martić 90+4'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Radu Petrescu

Astra Giurgiu v Universitatea Craiova

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 6	Astra Giurgiu	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Giurgiu
	Alibec 57'	Summary	Carlos Fortes 33' Bancu 63' Mihăilă 68' Martić 90+2'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 800 Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete

Universitatea Craiova v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

29 April 2019 (2019-04-29) 7	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Craiova
	Cicâldău 57' Mihăilă 78'	Report	Tandia 15' Fejér 48' Flores 52'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Horia Gabriel Mladinovici

Universitatea Craiova v FCSB

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 8	Universitatea Craiova	0–2	FCSB	Craiova
	Dimmitrov 11' Donkor 32' Kelić 33' Pigliacelli 35' Bancu 63' Mihăilă 86'	Report	Planić 20' Hora 33' Tănase 35' (pen.) Benzar 36' Coman 58' Júnior Morais 69' Filip 88' Man 90+6'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 27,000 Referee: István Kovács (referee)

CFR Cluj v Universitatea Craiova

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 9	CFR Cluj	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
	Culio 12' (pen.) Djoković 34' Boli 71'	Summary	Donkor 37' Kelić 48'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Universitatea Craiova v Viitorul Constanța

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 10	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	Viitorul Constanța	Craiova
	Martić 15' 51' Bancu 71' Tiago Ferreira 73' Carlos Fortes 90+4'	Report	Mihăilă 70' (o.g.) Ghiță 72' Tîrcoveanu 72' Rivaldinho 81' Drăguș 90+3'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Cupa României

Universitatea Craiova will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

Round of 32

Sportul Snagov v Universitatea Craiova

25 September 2018 Round of 32	Sportul Snagov	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Craiova
18:45	Ayoub Tazouti 78' Vlad Bărbulescu 90+3'	Summary	Gardoș 36' Marković 74'	Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Horia Mladinovici

Round of 16

Turris Turnu Măgurele v Universitatea Craiova

30 October 2018 Round of 16	Turris Turnu Măgurele	1–4	Universitatea Craiova	Turnu Măgurele
19:00	Gabriel Mărioara 2' Juncănaru 28' Alexandru Fotescu 33' 33'	Summary	Donkor 49' Bancu 51' Mateiu 75' Burlacu 79' Briceag 83' Cicâldău 88'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Eduard Ioniţă

Quarter-finals

Miercurea Ciuc v Universitatea Craiova

28 February 2019 Quarter-finals	Miercurea Ciuc	0–3	Universitatea Craiova	Miercurea Ciuc
19:00	Lalić 57' Vereș 86'	Summary	Donkor 14' Dimitrov 27' Bic 78' Bărbuț 80' Koljić 90+2'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Iulian Dima

Semi-finals

Universitatea Craiova v Viitorul Constanța

4 April 2019 First leg	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	Viitorul Constanța	Craiova
19:00	Bancu 5' Mateiu 39' Briceag 40' Cicâldău 81' Kelić 86'	Summary	Iacob 63' Houri 77' Hagi 79' Mladen 83' Rivaldinho 89' 89'	Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Horatiu Mircea Fesnic

Viitorul Constanța v Universitatea Craiova

25 April 2019 Second leg	Viitorul Constanța	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Universitatea Craiova	Ovidiu
18:45	Hagi 6' 86' Boboc 30'	Summary	Cicâldău 7' Bărbuț 57' Carlos Fortes 66' Bancu 90'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

Supercupa României

Universitatea Craiova will play in the Romanian supercup as winners of the Cupa României.

CFR Cluj v Universitatea Craiova

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Final	CFR Cluj	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Ion Oblemenco, Craiova
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Culio 78' (pen.)

UEFA Europa League

As winners of the 2017–18 Cupa României, Universitatea Craiova will enter the Europa League at the third qualifying round.

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third round took place on 23 July. Universitatea was drawn to play against the winners from the second qualifying round match between RB Leipzig and Häcken. Universitatea Craiova will play on 9 August and on 16 August 2018. On 2 August, RB Leipzig was confirmed as Craiova's opponent after their 5–1 aggregate win over Häcken.

RB Leipzig

Universitatea Craiova

9 August 2018 1st Leg	RB Leipzig	3–1	Universitatea Craiova	Leipzig, Germany
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Konaté 25' Orban 30' Matheus Cunha 77' Poulsen 87'	Report	Kelić 86' Martić 90+4'	Stadium: RB Arena Attendance: 16,648 Referee: Paweł Gil

Universitatea Craiova

RB Leipzig

16 August 2018 2nd Leg	Universitatea Craiova	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	RB Leipzig	Craiova, Romania
	Mitriță 23' Baicu 31' 85' Bancu 70' Cicâldău 90+3'	Summary	Sabitzer 19' 39' Demme 23' Saracchi 74' Kampl 84' Augustin 90+1'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 12,050 Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 1 July 2018

No.	Pos	Player	Liga I		Cupa României		Supercupa României		Europa League		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Squad statistics

	Liga I	Cupa României	Supercupa României	Europa League	Home	Away	Total Stats
Games played	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Games won	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Games drawn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Games lost	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals scored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goals conceded	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goal difference	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clean sheets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Goal by Substitute	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total shots	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shots on target	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Corners	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Players used	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Offsides	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fouls suffered	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fouls committed	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yellow cards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red cards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Winning rate	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Last updated: 13 July 2018
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

As of 13 July 2018

R	No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Supercupa României	Europa League	Total
Total					0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 1 July 2018

Goal minutes

	1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT	Extra time	Forfeit
Goals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Percentage	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Last updated: 2018 (UTC)
Source: UCV1948 (in Romanian)

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition

Clean sheets

As of July 2018

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Supercupa României	Europa League	Total	Played Games
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

As of July 2018

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Universitatea Craiova first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name																Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Supercupa României			Europa League			Total			Notes

Last updated: 1 July 2018
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Attendances

As of match played 1 July 2018

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Liga I	0	0	0	0	0
Cupa României	0	0	0	0	0
Supercupa României	0	0	0	0	0
Europa League	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Gardoș a semnat cu Știința pe doi ani!".
^ "Alexandru Cicâldău, jucătorul Științei pentru 4 ani!".
^ "Știința cooptează un fundaș crescut de Inter Milano".
^ "Are nouă trofee în palmares și azi a semnat cu Știința: Bun venit, Edi Stăncioiu!".
^ "Liga I 2017/2018 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. page 29-30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

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1940s	1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92
2010s	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

2018–19 in Romanian football

Club football
Domestic leagues	Liga I Liga II Liga III Liga IV Women's Liga I
Domestic cups	Cupa României (Final) Supercupa României
European	Champions League (Men Women) Europa League Youth League
Other	Summer transfers Winter transfers Foreign players

Club seasons
Liga I	Astra Botoșani CFR Cluj Concordia Dinamo Dunărea FCSB Gaz Metan Hermannstadt Politehnica Sepsi Universitatea Craiova Viitorul Voluntari
Liga II	Academica Chindia Luceafărul Universitatea Cluj