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	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Gustavo Vagenin; (9 goals); All: ; Alexandru Băluță; (11 goals)
Highest home attendance	29,000 vs FCSB; (May 14, 2018)
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
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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.

July

Previous season positions

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

Players

Squad information

As of 9 March 2018

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MDA	Nicolae Calancea
2	DF	POR	Tiago Ferreira
3	DF	ROU	Marius Briceag
4	DF	ROU	Răzvan Popa
5	MF	ROU	Vladimir Screciu
6	DF	CRO	Renato Kelić
7	MF	BRA	Gustavo
8	MF	ROU	Alexandru Mateiu
10	MF	ROU	Alexandru Băluță (Captain)
11	MF	ROU	Nicușor Bancu
14	FW	CRO	Dominik Glavina
16	FW	ROU	Jovan Marković
17	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Bic
18	DF	BUL	Apostol Popov
21	MF	ITA	Fausto Rossi
23	MF	BUL	Hristo Zlatinski (Vice-Captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	DF	ROU	Florin Gardoș (on loan from Southampton)
26	MF	POR	André Santos (on loan from Arouca)
27	DF	SUI	Ivan Martić
28	MF	ROU	Alexandru Mitriță
30	DF	BUL	Radoslav Dimitrov
36	FW	ROU	Andrei Burlacu
39	DF	ROU	Adrian Juncu
42	FW	ROU	Raoul Baicu
43	MF	ROU	Lucian Buzan
47	DF	ROU	Vasile Constantin
49	GK	ROU	Laurențiu Popescu
50	GK	ROU	Cristian Dică
51	GK	SUI	Miodrag Mitrović
52	DF	ROU	Ionuț Puțaru
56	FW	ROU	Valentin Mihăilă
77	MF	ROU	Cristian Bărbuț

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
9	FW	Mihai Roman	25	EU	NEC	Transfer	Summer	2020	€129,000	ucv1948.com
21	MF	Fausto Rossi	26	EU	Trapani	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	ucv1948.com
44	DF	Hrvoje Spahija	29	EU	Voluntari	Transfer	Summer	2019	Free	ucv1948.com
28	MF	Alexandru Mitriță	22	EU	Pescara	Loan	Summer	2018	—	ucv1948.com
2	DF	Tiago Ferreira	24	EU	União da Madeira	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free	ucv1948.com
77	MF	Cristian Bărbuț	22	EU	ACS Poli Timișoara	Transfer	Summer	2021	€100,000	ucv1948.com
51	GK	Miodrag Mitrović	25	EU	Lugano	Transfer	Summer	2021	Free
27	DF	Ivan Martić	26	EU	Rijeka	Transfer	Summer	2020	Free
20	DF	Niko Datković	24	EU	Spezia	Loan	Summer	2018	—
4	DF	Răzvan Popa	20	EU	Zaragoza	Free agent	Summer	2022	—
17	MF	Ovidiu Bic	23	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Transfer	Winter	2023	€205,000	ucv1948.com
14	MF	Dominik Glavina	25	EU	Rudar	Transfer	Winter	2018	Free	ucv1948.com
26	MF	André Santos	28	EU	Arouca	Transfer	Winter	2018	Free	ucv1948.com
24	DF	Florin Gardoș	29	EU	Southampton	Loan	Winter	2018	—	ucv1948.com
9	FW	Simon Măzărache	24	EU	Juventus București	Loan return	Winter	2018	—
77	MF	Alin Manea	20	EU	Sportul Snagov	Loan return	Winter	2019	—
9	MF	Stephan Drăghici	19	EU	Clinceni	Loan return	Winter	2018	—

Out

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

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Summer: €229,000

Winter: €945,000

Total: €2,174,000

Income

Summer: €3,400,000

Winter: €0

Total: €0

Net Totals

Summer: €3,171,000

Winter: €945,000

Total: €2,226,000

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

23 June 2017 (2017-06-23) Friendly	CSKA Sofia	4–2	Universitatea Craiova	Jenbach, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Angelov 31' Kolev 38', 72' Nedyalkov 88'	Report	Ivan 2', 19'	Stadium: Jenbach Sportplatz Attendance: 200

28 June 2017 (2017-06-28) Friendly	Ludogorets Razgrad	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Kirchbichl, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Moți 86' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: SVK Arena

7 January 2017 (2017-01-07) Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	Ufa	Volders, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mateiu 40'	Report	Safronidi 43' Sukhov 58'	Stadium: Volders Sports Complex Attendance: 50

5 July 2017 (2017-07-05) Friendly	Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	Universitatea Craiova	Schwaz, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mbokani 68' Yarmolenko 74'	Report		Stadium: Silberstadt-Arena

14 January 2018 (2018-01-14) Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	2–4	SV Meppen	Belek, Turkey
11:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Mitriță 24' Burlacu 74'	Report	54' 55' 56' 75'	Stadium: Papillon Sports Complex

21 January 2018 (2018-01-21) Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Lechia Gdańsk	Belek, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Gustavo 32'	Report		Stadium: Papillon Sports Complex Attendance: 100

25 January 2018 (2018-01-25) Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	Zagłębie Lubin	Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Bărbuț 34' 82'	Report		Stadium: Papillon Sports Complex

25 January 2018 (2018-01-25) Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	0–2	Ludogorets Razgrad	Belek, Turkey
18:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report	João Paulo 66' 70'	Stadium: Papillon Sports Complex

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	14 July 2017	15 May 2018	Matchday 1	3rd	36	17	12	7	51	36	+15	047.22
Cupa României	24 October 2017	27 May 2018	Round of 32	Winners	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	083.33
Europa League	27 July 2017	3 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


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
5	Viitorul Constanța	26	13	5	8	34	21	+13	44^[a]

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:

^ ^a ^b Astra is ahead of Viitorul on head-to-head results: Astra–Viitorul 3–1, Viitorul–Astra 1–1.

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D
Position	3	2	6	6	6	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

14 July 2017 (2017-07-14) 1	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	CSM Politehnica Iași	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Băluță 42' Gustavo 50'	Report	Platini 59' Spătaru 69' Sin 86'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 2	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Concordia Chiajna	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Băluță 13' 55' Zlatinski 32'	Report	Cristescu 23' 89' Pena 28' Grădinaru 49' Costin 51' Bălgrădean 90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 600 Referee: Lucian Rusandu

30 July 2017 (2017-07-30) 3	FCSB	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pintilii 39' Morais 55' Gnohéré 62' Larie 87' Bălașa 90+4'	Report	Băluță 28' 55' Mitriță 45' Spahija 61' Gustavo 90' Dimitrov 90+2'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 11,500 (1,000 away fans) Referee: István Kovács

6 August 2017 (2017-08-06) 4	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kelić 26' Mitriță 51' 74' Barthe 67' Gustavo 80' Ferreira 90+1'	Report	Balaure 9' 51' Dandea 26' Erico 86' Le Tallec 90+1'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

9 August 2017 (2017-08-09) 5	Juventus București	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Ploiești
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Călințaru 45+2' Stoenac 65' Băjenaru 88'	Report	Spahija 12' Gustavo 45'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 600 (100 away fans) Referee: Cătălin Popa

13 August 2017 (2017-08-13) 6	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	FC Botoșani	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Briceag 35' Barthe 52' Roman 69' Zlatinski 79'	Report	Serediuc 53' Bordeianu 56' Roman 72'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,525 Referee: István Kovács

20 August 2017 (2017-08-20) 7	Viitorul Constanța	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Ovidiu
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Boli 3' Herea 9' Coman 51'	Report	Dimitrov 9' Mitriță 28', 71' Spahija 39' Mateiu 60'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 1,500 (200 away fans) Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

25 August 2017 (2017-08-25) 8	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Spahija 14' Mitriță 35' Gustavo 56' Burlacu 86' 90+2'	Report	Mitić 14' Danci 32' Olaru 46' Sîrghi 83'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10) 9	CFR Cluj	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mureșan 29' Vera 32' Culio 40' Deac 45+3' Baldé 64'	Report	Ferreira 37' Băluță 48' Gustavo 81' 90+1' Popov 83' Kelić 89'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Adrian Comănescu

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16) 10	Universitatea Craiova	2–2	Dinamo București	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Zlatinski 29' Băluță 31' 75' Burlacu 82' 89' Screciu 87'	Report	Rivaldinho 19' Mahlangu 30' Romera 45' Costache 45' Salomão 49' Oliva 84' Penedo 90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 11	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	2–3	Universitatea Craiova	Brașov
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Hadnagy 60' Astafei 70'	Report	Mitriță 7' Burlacu 19' Screciu 56' Bancu 57' 80' Gustavo 68'	Stadium: Silviu Ploeșteanu Referee: Marius Avram

22 September 2017 (2017-09-22) 12	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	FC Voluntari	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Screciu 42' Băluță 69'	Report	Filipov 2' Tudorie 56' Răuță 90+1'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

29 September 2017 (2017-09-29) 13	ACS Poli Timișoara	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Timișoara
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ţigănaşu 34' Doman 63'	Report	Datković 18' Martić 26' Burlacu 85' 89' Gustavo 90+2'	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Referee: István Kovács

14 October 2017 (2017-10-14) 14	CSM Politehnica Iași	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Iași
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Cristea 15' Bădic 24' Sin 64' Qaka 70' Ștefănescu 90+3'	Report	Gustavo 16' Mateiu 32' Băluță 77' 86' Calancea 90+3'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Referee: Cătălin Popa

20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) 15	Concordia Chiajna	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Chiajna
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Bucșa 58' Marc 89'	Report	Briceag 24' Băluță 32' Martić 90+2' 90+3'	Stadium: Concordia Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

29 October 2017 (2017-10-29) 16	Universitatea Craiova	2–5	FCSB	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Kelić 27' 72' Larie 66' (o.g.)	Report	Gnohéré 1' Larie 17' Teixeira 33' Tănase 62' Kelić 69' (o.g.) Coman 83' Pintilii 89'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 10,000 Referee: István Kovács

3 November 2017 (2017-11-03) 17	Astra Giurgiu	2–2	Universitatea Craiova	Giurgiu
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Ioniță 8' 68' Dandea 46' 79' Iliev 73'	Report	Gustavo 5', 48' Spahija 73' Datković 90+5'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

18 November 2017 (2017-11-18) 18	Universitatea Craiova	3–1	Juventus București	Craiova
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mitriță 39', 45' Martić 50' Gustavo 63' Bancu 89'	Report	Țîră 80' Morariu 82' Bărbulescu 86'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 17,854 Referee: Iulian Călin

24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) 19	FC Botoșani	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Botoșani
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Tincu 4' Roman 41' Miron 45' Popa 88' Ungurușan 89' Dumitraș 90+1'	Report	Gustavo 19' Zlatinski 90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Hațegan

2 December 2017 (2017-12-02) 20	Universitatea Craiova	3–1	Viitorul Constanța	Craiova
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Mitriță 35' 58' Bancu 62' Martić 74' Bărbuț 77'	Report	Țîru 24' 57' Mladen 26' Țucudean 42' Băluță 86'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 17,763 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

10 December 2017 (2017-12-10) 21	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–0	Universitatea Craiova	Mediaș
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Constantin 63' Chamed 90+6' Danci 90+9'	Report		Stadium: Gaz Metan Referee: George Rădulescu

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16) 22	Universitatea Craiova	2–1	CFR Cluj	Craiova
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kelić 42' Băluță 45' 65' 81' Alexandru Mitriță 51' Calancea 73' Bancu 89'	Report	Deac 45' Rus 51' Vera 61'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 26,834 Referee: István Kovács

4 February 2018 (2018-02-04) 23	Dinamo București	2–2	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Monroy 37' Nemec 45+1' Nedelcearu 57' Popa 85'		Gustavo 22' Bărbuț 51' 55' Bancu 61'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 8,000 (600 away fans) Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

11 February 2018 (2018-02-11) 24	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Craiova
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Zlatinski 24' Ferreira 31' Gustavo 62' Mateiu 70' Kelić 84'	Report	Viera 13' Oliveira 24' Petrovikj 85' Fülöp 90+1'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Antonie Andrei

16 February 2018 (2018-02-16) 25	FC Voluntari	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Voluntari
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Căpățînă 10' Voicu 72' Cernat 89'	Report	Mitriță 17' Bancu 33' Popa 90'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24) 26	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	ACS Poli Timișoara	Craiova
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Bancu 42' Dimitrov 16' 57' Băluță 90+4'	Report	Vașvari 44' Enescu 50' Maxi Oliva 84'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 9,000 Referee: George Rădulescu

Championship round


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj (C)	10	5	5	0	12	6	+6	50	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	FCSB	10	6	3	1	14	6	+8	49	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3	Universitatea Craiova	10	3	3	4	10	10	0	38	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]
4	Viitorul Constanța	10	3	4	3	13	11	+2	35	Qualification for the 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) Champions
Notes:

^ Universitatea Craiova qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Cupa României.

Position by round

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

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

10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) 1	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Craiova
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Marius Briceag 27' Kelić 33' Mitriță 82' Martić 90+2'	Report	Moise 86' Belu 88'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

16 March 2018 (2018-03-16) 2	Viitorul Constanța	0–0	Universitatea Craiova	Ovidiu
20:45 EET (UTC+2)	Ionuț Vînă 56' 82' Mladen 58'	Report	Burlacu 14' Mitriță 35' Băluță 72' Martić 90+3'	Stadium: Viitorul Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

31 March 2018 (2018-03-31) 3	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	CFR Cluj	Craiova
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Kelić 7' Santos 26' Martić 84' Bancu 86'	Report	Culio 83'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Marius Avram

9 April 2018 (2018-04-09) 4	FCSB	2–0	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Momčilović 6' Popescu 28' Budescu 36' Tănase 51' Man 73'		Mateiu 70' Băluță 72'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 22,800 Referee: István Kovács

14 April 2018 (2018-04-14) 5	Universitatea Craiova	4–1	CSM Politehnica Iași	Craiova
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Mitriță 18', 45', 55' Dimitrov 90+1' Bancu 62' Burlacu 77'	Report	Frăsinescu 17' Mihalache 21' Koșelev 29' Danale 72'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

23 April 2018 (2018-04-23) 6	Astra Giurgiu	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Giurgiu
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Bejan 34' Radunović 63' Seto 74' 79'		Santos 12' Burlacu 35' Zlatinski 90+2'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Referee: Cătălin Popa

28 April 2018 (2018-04-28) 7	Universitatea Craiova	3–3	Viitorul Constanța	Craiova
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Mitriță 24' 53' Băluță 45', 57'	Report	Cicâldău 15' de Nooijer 31' Ganea 46', 55' Hodorogea 62'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 8	CFR Cluj	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Țucudean 9' Mailat 27' Culio 60' Camora 76' Boli 83'		Mateiu 15' Mitriță 61' Gustavo 70'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Marius Avram

14 May 2018 (2018-05-14) 9	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	FCSB	Craiova
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Băluță 26' Popa 45' Bancu 52' Ferreira 55' Zlatinski 56' Kelić 90+6'		Popescu 31' Coman 35' Morais 64' 90+6' Teixeira 74' Teixeira 86' Pintilii 90+1' Tănase 90+6' Bălgrădean 90+7'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

20 May 2018 (2018-05-20) 10	CSM Politehnica Iași	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Iași
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Kizito 16' Jô 66' Frăsinescu 75'	Report	Mateiu 28' Băluță 35' 87' Zlatinski 39' Martić 40' Glavina 45+3'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: George Rădulescu

Cupa României

24 October 2017 Round of 32	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Brașov
20:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Mitriță 27' Băluță 88'	Stadium: Silviu Ploeșteanu Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest)

28 November 2017 Round of 16	Afumați	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Universitatea Craiova	Ploiești
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Burlacu 10' Vlada 93'	Report	Gustavo 66' Băluță 101', 105'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 460 Referee: Florin Andrei (Târgu Mureș)

6 March 2018 Quarter-finals	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Dinamo București	Craiova
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bancu 56'	Report		Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj-Napoca)

19 April 2018 Semi-finals	Universitatea Craiova	5–1	FC Botoșani	Craiova
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Băluță 12', 30', 82' 84' Gustavo 45+4' Băluță 65' Gardoș 78'		Acsinte 35' Miron 45+2' Mihai Roman 67'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj-Napoca)

9 May 2018 Semi-finals	FC Botoșani	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Botoșani
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Mircea Axente 13' Burcă 26' Rodríguez 56' Roman 64' Golubović 66' Plămadă 72'	Report	Mitrović 35' Popa 52' Briceag 59' Mitriță 61'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Marcel Bîrsan, (Bucharest)

27 May 2018 Final	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	Hermannstadt	Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Popa 2' Gustavo 30' Zlatinski 42' Bancu 55' Mitriță 58' Kelić 61' Băluță 73'		Stoica 26' Hergheligiu 61' Crișan 71' Coman 73' Boboc 78'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 30,642 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan Man of the Match: Alexandru Mitriță

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

27 July 2017 First leg	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	Milan	Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania
20:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Briceag 90+2'	Report	Rodríguez 44' Kessié 77'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

3 August 2017 Second leg	Milan	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Universitatea Craiova	Milan, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bonaventura 9' Rodríguez 45' Cutrone 52' Zapata 62'	Report	Băluță 49'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 65,763 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 5 February 2018

No.	Pos	Player	Liga I		Cupa României		Europa League		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Nicolae Calancea	21	0	1	0	2	0	24	0
2	DF	Tiago Ferreira	13 + 1	0	1	0	1	0	16	0
3	DF	Marius Briceag	16 + 3	0	2	0	1	0	22	0
4	DF	Răzvan Popa	0 + 4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
5	MF	Vladimir Screciu	17 + 3	0	2	0	0	0	22	0
6	DF	Renato Kelić	15 + 1	1	1	0	2	0	19	1
7	MF	Gustavo	18 + 4	10	1	1	2	0	25	11
8	MF	Alexandru Mateiu	17 + 1	0	2	0	0 + 2	0	22	0
10	MF	Alexandru Băluță	19	8	2	3	2	0	23	11
11	MF	Nicușor Bancu	20 + 3	2	1	0	2	0	26	2
16	FW	Jovan Marković	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Ovidiu Bic	0 + 1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	DF	Apostol Popov	2 + 2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20	DF	Niko Datković	10	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
21	MF	Fausto Rossi	2 + 3	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
23	MF	Hristo Zlatinski	16 + 1	1	1	0	2	0	20	1
27	DF	Ivan Martić	13	2	0	0	0	0	13	2
28	MF	Alexandru Mitriță	17 + 1	7	1	1	2	0	21	8
30	DF	Radoslav Dimitrov	10 + 3	0	2	0	2	0	17	0
36	FW	Andrei Burlacu	8 + 10	4	1	0	0	0	19	4
38	FW	Alexandru Popescu	0 + 1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
40	DF	Robert Petre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	Remus Enache	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF	Lucian Buzan	0 + 1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	DF	Hrvoje Spahija	8 + 1	0	2	0	2	0	13	0
45	MF	Raul Hreniuc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	FW	Valentin Mihăilă	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
49	GK	Laurențiu Popescu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK	Cristian Dică	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	GK	Miodrag Mitrović	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
70	FW	Mihai Roman	6 + 11	0	2	0	0 + 2	0	21	0
77	MF	Cristian Bărbuț	2 + 6	2	2	0	0 + 2	0	12	2
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW	Andrei Ivan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 5 February 2018

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Total
1	MF	Alexandru Băluță	8	3	11
2	MF	Gustavo	10	1	11
3	MF	Alexandru Mitriță	7	1	8
4	FW	Andrei Burlacu	4	0	4
5	MF	Nicușor Bancu	2	0	2
	DF	Ivan Martić	2	0	2
	MF	Cristian Bărbuț	2	0	2
7	DF	Renato Kelić	1	0	1
7	MF	Hristo Zlatinski	1	0	1
Own goal			1	0	1
Total			36	5	41

Clean sheets

As of 16 March 2018

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Total
1	Nicolae Calancea	7	1	8
2	Miodrag Mitrović	4	1	5
Total		11	2	13

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2018

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Europa League			Total
Rank	Position	Name
1	MF	Alexandru Băluță	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0
3	MF	Alexandru Mitriță	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	DF	Hrvoje Spahija	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	MF	Gustavo	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	DF	Renato Kelić	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	MF	Nicușor Bancu	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
7	FW	Andrei Burlacu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	MF	Vladimir Screciu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	DF	Ivan Martić	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	DF	Marius Briceag	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	MF	Hristo Zlatinski	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
12	DF	Radoslav Dimitrov	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	DF	Alexandre Barthe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	MF	Alexandru Mateiu	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	DF	Niko Datković	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	GK	Nicolae Calancea	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	DF	Tiago Ferreira	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
18	FW	Mihai Roman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	Apostol Popov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MD	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 I	18	210,576	11,699	29,000	600
Cupa României	1	26,000	26,000	26,000	26,000
Europa League	1	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000
Total	20	256,576	12,828	29,000	600

References

^ "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.

[table_hth_AST0.31152146556951-1] Astra is ahead of Viitorul on head-to-head results: Astra–Viitorul 3–1, Viitorul–Astra 1–1.

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.81962097334658-3] Universitatea Craiova qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Cupa României.

[2] "Liga I 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.

[4] "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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Season overview

Background

July

Previous season positions

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Out

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure

Income

Net Totals

Friendly matches

Competitions

Overview

Liga I

Regular season

Table

Results by round

Matches

Championship round

Table

Position by round

Matches

Cupa României

UEFA Europa League

Third qualifying round

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Attendances

See also

References