2018–19 FC Astra Giurgiu season

This page covers all relevant details regarding Astra Giurgiu for all official competitions inside the 2018–19 season.

Astra Giurgiu

2018–19 season
Chairman	Dănuț Coman
Manager	Marius Măldărășanu
Stadium	Marin Anastasovici
Liga I	5th
Cupa României	Runners Up
Home colours Away colours

The 2018–19 season will be the 48th season of competitive football by Astra Giurgiu. Astra Giurgiu will compete in the Liga I and in Cupa României.

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
	Liga I	5th
	Cupa României	Quarter-finals

Competitive

Liga I

Main article: 2018–19 Liga I

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

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	FCSB	26	14	7	5	49	29	+20	49	Qualification for the Championship round
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
6	Sepsi OSK	26	10	7	9	32	25	+7	37

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.

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	11	9	6	36	23	+13	42	6	4	3	20	12	+8	5	5	3	16	11	+5

Last updated: 4 March 2019.
Source: Liga I

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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Astra Giurgiu v FCSB

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) 1	Astra Giurgiu	1–0	FCSB	Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Llullaku 43'  90+4' Mrzljak  50' L.Buş  73' Balaure  83'	Report	O.Popescu  19' Planić  63' J.Morais  90+1'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 3,500 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Politehnica Iași v Astra Giurgiu

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) 2	Politehnica Iași	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Iași
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	O.Mihalache  37' Frăsinescu 60'  78' Cioinac  66' D.Flores  73'	Report	Mrzljak  36' L.Buş  37' Iliev  56' Bejan  58' Llullaku 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa

Astra Giurgiu v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 3	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Giurgiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	L.Buş 3'  52' A.Stan  83'	Report	Nouvier  31' Simonovski 61'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 500 Referee: Adrian Viorel Cojocaru

FC Botoșani v Astra Giurgiu

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 4	FC Botoșani	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Botoșani
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ongenda 10' R.Oaidă  14' G.Miron  26' M.Roman  30' A.Dumitraș  82'	Report	Mrzljak  17' Alibec  31' Bejan 39'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Astra Giurgiu v Dunărea Călărași

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 5	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	Dunărea Călărași	Giurgiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	N.Roșu 17' (pen.)  65' Bègue  30' Alibec 64'  74' R.Crișan  67'	Report	D.Ispas  16' Pană 22'  36' G.Simion  49' Gligorov  52' C.N.Pușcaș  64'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 200 Referee: Cătălin Ion Buşi

Concordia Chiajna v Astra Giurgiu

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 6	Concordia Chiajna	0–3	Astra Giurgiu	Chiajna
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Caparco  78' Gorobsov  90+3'	Report	Llullaku  17' Balaure 56' Biceanu  75' N.Roșu 80' (pen.), 78' Bègue 82'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

Astra Giurgiu v FC Voluntari

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 7	Astra Giurgiu	0–0	FC Voluntari	Giurgiu
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Alibec  61' Erico  90+1'	Report	Căpățînă  44' Balaur  51' Răuță  80' Ricardinho  90+2'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 300 Referee: Florin Andrei

Dinamo București v Astra Giurgiu

14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) 8	Dinamo București	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nistor  40' V.Olteanu  58' Hanca  69' Corbu  85' Subotić 89'	Report	Alibec 13' Mrzljak  61' R.Moise 66' Llullaku  83' Iliev  90+2'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 1,500 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Astra Giurgiu v Gaz Metan Mediaș

24 September 2018 (2018-09-24) 9	Astra Giurgiu	3–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bahamboula 40' N.Roșu 63', 75' Radunović  90+1'	Report	D.Olaru  15' L.Aurélio 25'  56' Fofana  30' R.Romeo  72'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj)

Viitorul Constanța v Astra Giurgiu

30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 10	Viitorul Constanța	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Ovidiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	I.Vînă  21' de Nooijer  32' S.Mladen  38' V.Ghiță  45+2' T.Băluță 90+2' D.Drăguș  90+5'	Report	Erico 3'  34' Mrzljak  33'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

Astra Giurgiu v CFR Cluj

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 11	Astra Giurgiu	1–2	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Belu-Iordache  24' Zoua  67' 89'	Report	Țucudean 45+1' T.Moutinho 55'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Hermannstadt v Astra Giurgiu

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 12	Hermannstadt	0–2	Astra Giurgiu	Târgu Mureș
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pamfile  30' Mijušković  79'	Report	Llullaku 60' (pen.) Erico 74' Alibec  86'	Stadium: Trans-Sil Attendance: 100 Referee: Radu Petrescu

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)

FCSB v Astra Giurgiu

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 14	FCSB	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Bucharest
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	J.Morais  20' M.Roman  26' R.Benzar  44' Gnohéré 67' (pen.)	Report	Llullaku 21' V.Gheorghe  42'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 2,533 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj)

Astra Giurgiu v Politehnica Iași

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 15	Astra Giurgiu	1–2	Politehnica Iași	Giurgiu
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	N.Roșu  33' V.Gheorghe 45'  50' Bègue  49' Bejan  88'	Report	A.Sin 33'  41' Platini 51' A.Cristea 59' (pen.) Qaka  83'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 200 Referee: George Rădulescu

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v Astra Giurgiu

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 16	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Sfântu Gheorghe
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	S.Drăghici  24' Vașvari  69' Tandia 78' I.Jovanović  90+1'	Report	Belu-Iordache  71' Radunović  87'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

Astra Giurgiu v FC Botoșani

3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 17	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	FC Botoșani	Giurgiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bejan  61' Belu-Iordache  71' 74' Cestor  78' Mrzljak  88'	Report	Fülöp  50' A.Burcă 55' Ongenda  84'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 300 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Dunărea Călărași v Astra Giurgiu

6 December 2018 (2018-12-06) 18	Dunărea Călărași	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Călărași
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ndiaye 71'	Report	Mrzljak 11'  90+2' Bègue 18' Zoua  57'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

Astra Giurgiu v Concordia Chiajna

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 19	Astra Giurgiu	3–1	Concordia Chiajna	Giurgiu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bègue 49' Alibec 76' (pen.)  90+2' Llullaku 88' Radunović  90+1'	Report	Leca  37' 73' P.Ivanovici  56'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 200 Referee: Iulian Dima

FC Voluntari v Astra Giurgiu

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 20	FC Voluntari	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Voluntari
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hodorogea 50' Ricardinho  79'	Report	Zoua  19' Mrzljak  77' Belu-Iordache 85' Alibec  90+3'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 30 Referee: Ionuţ Coza

Astra Giurgiu v Dinamo București

20 December 2018 (2018-12-20) 21	Astra Giurgiu	4–1	Dinamo București	Giurgiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mrzljak  4' Llullaku 7' L.Buş 36' M.Butean  41' Bègue  63' V.Gheorghe 68' N.Roșu 71'	Report	Zenke  33' Hanca 77'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Astra Giurgiu

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 22	Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Mediaș
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Chamed 45+1' Ivanov  69' Constantin  82' Olaru  83'	Summary	Lazar  22' Erico  22' Cestor  24' Bejan  64' Butean 66' Radunović  72'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Constantin Sebastian Colțescu

Astra Giurgiu v Viitorul Constanța

8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) 23	Astra Giurgiu	3–0	Viitorul Constanța	Giurgiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bègue 28' Zoua  32' Alibec 51' 65' Erico  59' Cestor  90+2'	Summary	Hagi  4' Kuipers  30'  43' de Nooijer  34' Drăguș  86'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 500 Referee: István Kovács (referee)

CFR Cluj v Astra Giurgiu

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 24	CFR Cluj	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Djoković  14' Omrani  34' Paulo Vinícius  37' Mureșan 53' Lang  72'	Summary	Butean  14' Bejan  30' Romário  61' Mrzljak  68' Radunović 73' Lazar  90+4'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Astra Giurgiu v Hermannstadt

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 25	Astra Giurgiu	1–0	Hermannstadt	Giurgiu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Butean 49' Biceanu  90+1'	Summary	Mățel  28' Mijušković  34'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete

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	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.)
(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	2	0	8	6	20	−14	6	1	0	4	5	14	−9	1	0	4	1	6	−5

Last updated: 20 May 2019.
Source: Liga I

Position by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 20 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
	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)

Astra Giurgiu v FCSB

17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 2	Astra Giurgiu	0–2	FCSB	Giurgiu
	Bejan  7'  74' Romário  20' Butean  47'	Report	Júnior Morais  13' Gnohéré 30' Cristea 32' Tănase  76' Roman  77'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Horațiu Mircea Fesnic

CFR Cluj v Astra Giurgiu

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 3	CFR Cluj	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
	Bordeianu 60' Thierry Moutinho  90+3'	Summary	Llullaku  45'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

Astra Giurgiu v Viitorul Constanța

8 April 2019 (2019-04-08) 4	Astra Giurgiu	1–4	Viitorul Constanța	Giurgiu
	Romário  14'  38' Alibec 34' Llullaku  66' Biceanu  84' Roșu  90+2'	Summary	Iacob  16' Ganea 21' 70' Casap 28' Mladen  50' Eric 60' Tîrcoveanu  63'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Iulian Călin

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v Astra Giurgiu

15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) 5	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	0–1	Astra Giurgiu	Sfântu Gheorghe
	Vașvari  72' Omar  79'	Summary	Mrzljak  56' Llullaku  60' Moise  73' Cestor 88'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: George Rădulescu

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

FCSB v Astra Giurgiu

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 7	FCSB	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Bucharest
	Tănase  45+1' 55' Cristea  49' Filipe Teixeira  77' Bălgrădean  90+3'	Summary	Moise  48'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 3,514 Referee: Radu Petrescu

Astra Giurgiu v CFR Cluj

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 8	Astra Giurgiu	1–5	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
	Llullaku 66' (pen.) Roșu  89'	Summary	Omrani 15' Djoković 59' 73' Culio  65' Bejan 80' (o.g.) Hoban 87'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 800 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

Viitorul Constanța v Astra Giurgiu

13 May 2019 (2019-05-13) 9	Viitorul Constanța	3–0	Astra Giurgiu	Ovidiu
	Achim  41' Eric 44' (pen.) Calcan 66' Drăguș 74'  85' Kuipers  86'	Report	Llullaku  39' Cestor  49' Radunović  57'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sorin Antonie

Astra Giurgiu v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) 10	Astra Giurgiu	3–2	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Giurgiu
	Mrzljak 13' Balaure 27' Moise 63'	Report	Tandia 43' Sîntean  45' Omar  60' Hamed  65' Rudol  76' Erico 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 100 Referee: Ionu Coza

Cupa României

Main article: 2018–19 Cupa României

Astra Giurgiu will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

Luceafărul Oradea v Astra Giurgiu

27 September 2018 Round of 32	Luceafărul Oradea	1–5	Astra Giurgiu	Sânmartin
16:00	Vlad Opriș  57' Pop 79'	Summary	Buș  45' Cestor  49' Bègue 64' Zoua 66' Gheorghe 70' 81' 90'	Stadium: Baza Sportivă Luceafărul Felix Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Lucian Ruşandu

Universitatea Cluj v Astra Giurgiu

31 October 2018 Round of 16	Universitatea Cluj	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
19:00	Abrudan 2'  12'  88' Carol Taub 5' 8' Dumitrescu  67' Ursu  90+2'	Summary	Llullaku 14' (pen.) 75' Cordoș 24' (o.g.) Alibec  29' Bejan 99' Lazar  119'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 6,244 Referee: Horia Gabriel Mladinovici

Dunărea Călărași v Astra Giurgiu

27 February 2019 Quarter Final	Dunărea Călărași	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Giurgiu
17:00	Sîrghi  18' Filip  38' Mapuku  45' Munteanu 89'	Summary	Hambo 5' 7'  61' Butean  86'	Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 600 Referee: Cătălin Popa

CFR Cluj v Astra Giurgiu

3 April 2019 Semi Final First Leg	CFR Cluj	1–3	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
20:00	Bud 15' Maleš  52' Deac  69'	Summary	Gheorghe 4' Bègue 35' Butean 52' Mrzljak  69'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete

Astra Giurgiu v CFR Cluj

24 April 2019 Semi Final Second Leg	Astra Giurgiu	2–2 (5–3 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
19:45	Butean 34' Alibec 37' (pen.)	Summary	Peteleu  16' Costache  35' 42' 66' Maleš  68'	Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Astra Giurgiu v Viitorul Constanța

25 May 2019 Final	Astra Giurgiu	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Viitorul Constanța	Ploiești
20:00	Mrzljak  32' Alibec 41' Romário  44'  81' Llullaku  68' Erico  108'	Report	Ghiță 76' Eric  90+1' 105+1' Mladen  99'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Attendance: 11,968 Referee: Radu Petrescu

See also

• 2018–19 Cupa României
• 2018–19 Liga I