2018–19 CS Universitatea Craiova season

Universitatea Craiova
2018–19 season
Chairman	Marcel Popescu
Manager	Devis Mangia
Stadium	Ion Oblemenco
Cupa României	Round of 32
Supercupa României	Final
Europa League	3rd qualifying round
	← 2017–18

The 2018–19 season will be the 48th season of competitive football by Universitatea Craiova. Craiova will compete 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

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

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

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	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Europa League	9 August 2017	–	Third round	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	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

Template:2018–19 Liga I Regular Season table

Regular seasons 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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 July 2018.
Source: Liga I

Regular season results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D
Position	9

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

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) 1	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Politehnica Iași	Craiova
21:50 EEST (UTC+3)	Jovan Marković 90+3'	Report	Chelaru 16' Cioinac 39' Panțîru 69' Rusu 82'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
Note: The game was originally scheduled to start at 21:00, but it was postponed by 50 minutes because of problems with the floodlights

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) 2	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	v	Universitatea Craiova	Sfântu Gheorghe
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Municipal

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 3	Universitatea Craiova	v	Botoșani	Craiova
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 4	Dunărea Călărași	v	Universitatea Craiova	Călărași
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ion Comșa

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 5	Universitatea Craiova	v	Concordia Chiajna	Craiova
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 6	Voluntari	v	Universitatea Craiova	Voluntari
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 7	Universitatea Craiova	v	Dinamo București	Craiova
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Gaz Metan Mediaș	v	Universitatea Craiova	Mediaș
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Gaz Metan

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	Universitatea Craiova	v	Viitorul Constanța	Craiova
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	CFR Cluj	v	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 11	Universitatea Craiova	v	Hermannstadt	Craiova
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 12	Universitatea Craiova	v	FCSB	Craiova
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 13	Astra Giurgiu	v	Universitatea Craiova	Giurgiu
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Marin Anastasovici

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 14	Politehnica Iași	v	Universitatea Craiova	Iași
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 15	Universitatea Craiova	v	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Craiova
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 16	Botoșani	v	Universitatea Craiova	Botoșani
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Municipal

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 17	Universitatea Craiova	v	Dunărea Călărași	Craiova
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) 18	Concordia Chiajna	v	Universitatea Craiova	Chiajna
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Concordia

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 19	Universitatea Craiova	v	Voluntari	Craiova
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 20	Dinamo București	v	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Dinamo

20 December 2018 (2018-12-20) 21	Universitatea Craiova	v	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Craiova
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 22	Viitorul Constanța	v	Universitatea Craiova	Ovidiu
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Viitorul

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 23	Universitatea Craiova	v	CFR Cluj	Craiova
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 24	Hermannstadt	v	Universitatea Craiova	Sibiu
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Municipal

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 25	FCSB	v	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Arena Națională

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 26	Universitatea Craiova	v	Astra Giurgiu	Craiova
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

Cupa României

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

Supercupa României

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

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Final	CFR Cluj	–	Universitatea Craiova	Ion Oblemenco, Craiova
20:30 EET (UTC+02)

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.

9 August 2018 1st Leg	RB Leipzig	v	Universitatea Craiova	Leipzig, Germany
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: RB Arena

16 August 2018 2nd Leg	Universitatea Craiova	v	RB Leipzig	Craiova, Romania
				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

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 Template:Ro icon

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

[1] ttp://www.ucv1948.ro/Gardos-a-semnat-cu-Stiinta-pe-doi-ani

[2] ttp://www.ucv1948.ro/Alexandru-Cicaldau-jucatorul-Stiintei-pentru-4-ani

[3] ttp://www.ucv1948.ro/Stiinta-coopteaza-un-fundas-crescut-de-Inter-Milano

[4] ttp://www.ucv1948.ro/Are-noua-trofee-in-palmares-si-azi-a-semnat-cu-Stiinta-bun-venit-Edi-Stancioiu

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Season overview

Background

Previous season positions

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Income

Net Totals

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Liga I

Regular season table

Regular seasons results summary

Regular season results by round

Matches

Cupa României

Supercupa României

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying Round

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Goal minutes

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Attendances

See also

References