2017–18 CS Universitatea Craiova season

Universitatea Craiova
2017–18 season
Chairman Marcel Popescu
Manager Devis Mangia
Stadium Ion Oblemenco
Liga I 3rd
Cupa României Winners
Europa League 3rd qualifying round
Top goalscorer League:
Gustavo
(9 goals)

All:
Băluță
(11 goals)
Highest home attendance 29,000 vs FCSB
(May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14))
Lowest home attendance 600
Average home league attendance 8,280
Biggest win U Craiova 5-1 FC Botoșani
Biggest defeat U Craiova 2-5 FCSB
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2017–18 CS Universitatea Craiova season is the 66th season in the football club's history and 4th consecutive and 51st overall season in the top flight of Romanian football, the Liga I, having been promoted from the Liga II in 2014. Universitatea Craiova also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup Cupa României, and the UEFA Europa League. This is the 1st season for Universitatea in the rebuilt Ion Oblemenco stadium, located in Craiova, Romania. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Season overview

Background

In the previous season, Universitatea finished in the fifth position and qualified for European football for the first time since the 1992–93 UEFA Cup. They were knocked out of the Romanian Cup in the semi-finals by FC Voluntari.

Previous season positions

Competition Position
Romania Liga I 5th
Romania Cupa României Semifinals
Romania Cupa Ligii Qualifying Round

Players

Squad information

As of 9 March 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Moldova GK Nicolae Calancea
2 Portugal DF Tiago Ferreira
3 Romania DF Marius Briceag
4 Romania DF Răzvan Popa
5 Romania MF Vladimir Screciu
6 Croatia DF Renato Kelić
7 Brazil MF Gustavo
8 Romania MF Alexandru Mateiu
10 Romania MF Alexandru Băluță (Captain)
11 Romania MF Nicușor Bancu
14 Croatia FW Dominik Glavina
16 Romania FW Jovan Marković
17 Romania MF Ovidiu Bic
18 Bulgaria DF Apostol Popov
21 Italy MF Fausto Rossi
23 Bulgaria MF Hristo Zlatinski (Vice-Captain)
No. Position Player
24 Romania DF Florin Gardoș (on loan from Southampton)
26 Portugal MF André Santos (on loan from Arouca)
27 Switzerland DF Ivan Martić
28 Romania MF Alexandru Mitriță
30 Bulgaria DF Radoslav Dimitrov
36 Romania FW Andrei Burlacu
39 Romania DF Adrian Juncu
42 Romania FW Raoul Baicu
43 Romania MF Lucian Buzan
47 Romania DF Vasile Constantin
49 Romania GK Laurențiu Popescu
50 Romania GK Cristian Dică
51 Switzerland GK Miodrag Mitrović
52 Romania DF Ionuț Puțaru
56 Romania FW Valentin Mihăilă
77 Romania MF Cristian Bărbuț

Transfers

In

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
9 FW Romania Mihai Roman 25EU NEC Netherlands Transfer Summer 2020 €129,000 ucv1948.com
21 MF Italy Fausto Rossi 26EU Trapani Italy Transfer Summer 2019 Free ucv1948.com
44 DF Croatia Hrvoje Spahija 29EU Voluntari Transfer Summer 2019 Free ucv1948.com
28 MF Romania Alexandru Mitriță 22EU Pescara Italy Loan Summer 2018 ucv1948.com
2 DF Portugal Tiago Ferreira 24EU União da Madeira Portugal Transfer Summer 2020 Free ucv1948.com
77 MF Romania Cristian Bărbuț 22EU ACS Poli Timișoara Transfer Summer 2021 €100,000 ucv1948.com
51 GK Switzerland Miodrag Mitrović 25EU Lugano Switzerland Transfer Summer 2021 Free
27 DF Switzerland Ivan Martić 26EU Rijeka Croatia Transfer Summer 2020 Free
20 DF Croatia Niko Datković 24EU Spezia Italy Loan Summer 2018
4 DF Romania Răzvan Popa 20EU Zaragoza Spain Free agent Summer 2022
17 MF Romania Ovidiu Bic 23EU Gaz Metan Mediaș Transfer Winter 2023 €205,000 ucv1948.com
14 MF Croatia Dominik Glavina 25EU Rudar Slovenia Transfer Winter 2018 Free ucv1948.com
26 MF Portugal André Santos 28EU Arouca Portugal Transfer Winter 2018 Free ucv1948.com
24 DF Romania Florin Gardoș 29EU Southampton England Loan Winter 2018 ucv1948.com
9 FW Romania Simon Măzărache 24EU Juventus București Loan return Winter 2018
77 MF Romania Alin Manea 20EU Sportul Snagov Loan return Winter 2019
9 MF Romania Stephan Drăghici 19EU Clinceni Loan return Winter 2018

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
EU
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
9 FW Romania Andrei Ivan 20EU Krasnodar Russia Transfer Summer €3,000,000 ucv1948.com
84 DF France Alexandre Barthe 31EU CSKA Sofia Bulgaria Mutual termination Summer ucv1948.com
52 GK Romania Andrei Vlad 18EU Steaua București Transfer Summer €400,000 steauafc.com
73 MF Romania Radu Bîrzan 17EU Argeș Pitești Loan Summer
73 MF Romania Stephan Drăghici 19EU Juventus Bucureşti Loan Winter
80 GK Portugal Pedro Mingote 36EU Juventus Bucureşti Transfer Summer Free
21 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Nusmir Fajic 30EU Krupa Bosnia and Herzegovina Mutual termination Summer Free ucv1948.com
19 DF Romania Andrei Dumitraş 29EU Viitorul Constanța Transfer Summer Free
31 DF Romania Bogdan Bucurică 31EU Concordia Chiajna Transfer Summer Free
14 FW Croatia Filip Jazvic 26EU Arka Gdynia Poland Transfer Summer Free
44 DF Croatia Hrvoje Spahija 29EU Ordabasy Kazakhstan Transfer Winter Free
20 DF Croatia Niko Datković 24EU Spezia Italy End of loan Winter

Overall transfer activity

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 14 July 201715 May 2018 Matchday 1 3rd 36 17 12 7 51 36 +15 047.22
Cupa României 24 October 201727 May 2018 Round of 32 Winners 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 083.33
Europa League 27 July 20173 August 2017 Third round Third round 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 000.00
Total 44 22 12 10 65 44 +21 050.00

Last updated: 27 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Liga I

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CFR Cluj 26 18 5 3 42 13 +29 59 Qualification for the Championship round
2 FCSB 26 16 7 3 52 18 +34 55
3 Universitatea Craiova 26 14 9 3 41 26 +15 51
4 Astra Giurgiu 26 12 8 6 38 27 +11 44[lower-alpha 1]
5 Viitorul Constanța 26 13 5 8 34 21 +13 44[lower-alpha 1]
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.[1]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Astra is ahead of Viitorul on head-to-head results: Astra–Viitorul 3–1, Viitorul–Astra 1–1.

Regular seasons results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 14 9 3 41 26  +15 51 7 5 1 22 14  +8 7 4 2 19 12  +7

Last updated: 23 February 2018.
Source: Liga I

Regular season results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDDDWWWWLDWDWWWLDWLWDWDWWD
Position32666332344333333333333333

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2018. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Championship round table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CFR Cluj (C) 10 5 5 0 12 6 +6 50 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 FCSB 10 6 3 1 14 6 +8 49 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3 Universitatea Craiova 10 3 3 4 10 10 0 38 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Viitorul Constanța 10 3 4 3 13 11 +2 35 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5 Astra Giurgiu 10 3 2 5 9 11 2 33
6 CSM Politehnica Iași 10 1 1 8 5 19 14 24
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.)[2]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

Championship round results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
10 3 3 4 10 10  0 12 2 2 1 8 5  +3 1 1 3 2 5  −3

Last updated: 20 May 2018.
Source: Liga I

Championship round position by round

Round12345678910
GroundHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDDLWLDLLW
Position3333333343

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Cupa României

UEFA Europa League

Third Qualifying Round

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 February 2018
No.PosPlayerLiga ICupa RomânieiEuropa League Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Moldova Nicolae Calancea 2101020 240
2DF Portugal Tiago Ferreira 13 + 101010 160
3DF Romania Marius Briceag 16 + 302010 220
4DF Romania Răzvan Popa 0 + 401000 50
5MF Romania Vladimir Screciu 17 + 302000 220
6DF Croatia Renato Kelić 15 + 111020 191
7MF Brazil Gustavo 18 + 4101120 2511
8MF Romania Alexandru Mateiu 17 + 10200 + 20 220
10MF Romania Alexandru Băluță 1982320 2311
11MF Romania Nicușor Bancu 20 + 321020 262
16FW Romania Jovan Marković 000000 00
17MF Romania Ovidiu Bic 0 + 100000 10
18DF Bulgaria Apostol Popov 2 + 200000 40
20DF Croatia Niko Datković 1001000 110
21MF Italy Fausto Rossi 2 + 300020 70
23MF Bulgaria Hristo Zlatinski 16 + 111020 201
27DF Switzerland Ivan Martić 1320000 132
28MF Romania Alexandru Mitriță 17 + 171120 218
30DF Bulgaria Radoslav Dimitrov 10 + 302020 170
36FW Romania Andrei Burlacu 8 + 1041000 194
38FW Romania Alexandru Popescu 0 + 100000 10
40DF Romania Robert Petre 000000 00
41DF Romania Remus Enache 000000 00
43MF Romania Lucian Buzan 0 + 100000 10
44DF Croatia Hrvoje Spahija 8 + 102020 130
45MF Romania Raul Hreniuc 000000 00
46FW Romania Valentin Mihăilă 001000 10
49GK Romania Laurențiu Popescu 000000 00
50GK Romania Cristian Dică 000000 00
51GK Switzerland Miodrag Mitrović 201000 30
70FW Romania Mihai Roman 6 + 110200 + 20 210
77MF Romania Cristian Bărbuț 2 + 62200 + 20 122
Players transferred out during the season
9FW Romania Andrei Ivan 100000 10

Goalscorers

As of 5 February 2018
Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Europa League Total
1 MF Romania Alexandru Băluță 8 3 0 11
2 MF Brazil Gustavo 10 1 0 11
3 MF Romania Alexandru Mitriță 7 1 0 8
4 FW Romania Andrei Burlacu 4 0 0 4
5 MF Romania Nicușor Bancu 2 0 0 2
DF Switzerland Ivan Martić 2 0 0 2
MF Romania Cristian Bărbuț 2 0 0 2
7 DF Croatia Renato Kelić 1 0 0 1
MF Bulgaria Hristo Zlatinski 1 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
Total 36 5 0 41

Clean sheets

As of 16 March 2018
Rank Name Liga I Cupa României Europa League Total
1 Moldova Nicolae Calancea 7 1 0 8
2 Switzerland Miodrag Mitrović 4 1 0 5
Total 11 2 0 13

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2018
Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Europa League Total
Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card Yellow card Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
1 MF Romania Alexandru Băluță 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0
3 MF Romania Alexandru Mitriță 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
DF Croatia Hrvoje Spahija 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
MF Brazil Gustavo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
5 DF Croatia Renato Kelić 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
MF Romania Nicușor Bancu 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
7 FW Romania Andrei Burlacu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
MF Romania Vladimir Screciu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
DF Switzerland Ivan Martić 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
DF Romania Marius Briceag 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
MF Bulgaria Hristo Zlatinski 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
12 DF Bulgaria Radoslav Dimitrov 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
DF France Alexandre Barthe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
MF Romania Alexandru Mateiu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
DF Croatia Niko Datković 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
GK Moldova Nicolae Calancea 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
DF Portugal Tiago Ferreira 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
18 FW Romania Mihai Roman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
DF Bulgaria Apostol Popov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MD Romania Cristian Bărbuț 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 56 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 58 1 1

Attendances

As of match played 16 March 2018

Matches Attendances Average High Low
Liga I18210,57611,69929,000600
Cupa României126,00026,00026,00026,000
Europa League120,00020,00020,00020,000
Total20256,57612,82829,000600

See also

References

  1. "Liga I 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. page 29-30, article 27. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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