# 2018–19 Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe season

The 2018–19 season is Asociația Club Sportiv Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe's 8th season in existence and the 2nd season in Liga I. Sepsi will compete in the Liga I and Cupa României.

## Previous season positions

| Competition | Position |
| Liga I | 9th |
| Cupa României | Round of 32 |

## Players
### Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 7 October 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Signed in | Signed from | Transfer Fee |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 12 | Relu Stoian | GK | (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | Daco-Getica București | Free |
| 33 | Roland Niczuly | GK | (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29) | 2016 | Universitatea Cluj | Free |
| 95 | Béla Fejér | GK | (1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 29) | 2016 | Târgu Mureș | Free |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Gabriel de Moura | RB | (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 (age 36) | 2018 | Gil Vicente | N/A |
| 3 | Ousmane Viera | CB | (1986-12-21) 21 December 1986 (age 37) | 2018 | Unattached | N/A |
| 4 | Adrián Rus | CB | (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28) | 2018 | Balmazújváros | Free |
| 5 | Igor Jovanović | CB / RB / LB | (1989-05-03) 3 May 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | Lahti | N/A |
| 11 | Daisuke Sato | LB | (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 30) | 2017 | Horsens | Free |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 20 June 2018 | DF | Florin Ștefan | 22 | Daco-Getica București | N/A |
| 27 June 2018 | DF | Gabriel | 30 | Gil Vicente | N/A |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | István Fülöp | 28 | Diósgyőr | N/A |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Stefan Velev | 29 | Slavia Sofia | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Gabriel Vașvari | 31 | Poli Timişoara | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | DF | Igor Jovanović | 29 | Lahti | N/A |
| 13 July 2018 | DF | Adrián Rus | 22 | Balmazújváros | Free |
| 31 July 2018 | MF | Alyaksandr Karnitsky | 29 | Tosno | Free |
| 5 September 2018 | GK | Relu Stoian | 22 | Daco-Getica București | Free |
| Winter ||||||||
| 3 January 2019 | FW | Nicolae Carnat | 20 | Dunărea Călăraşi | Free |

#### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee |
| Summer ||||||||
| 15 June 2018 | MF | Stephan Drăghici | 20 | Universitatea Craiova | N/A |
| 15 June 2018 | FW | Gabriel Dodoi | 19 | CFR Cluj | N/A |
| 1 July 2018 | MF | Bryan Nouvier | 23 | CFR Cluj | N/A |
| 10 July 2018 | FW | Dániel Prosser | 24 | Puskás Akadémia | N/A |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| Summer ||||||||
| 20 June 2018 | MF | Alex Rodriguez | 24 | Motherwell | Free | |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Benjamin Kuku | 23 | Botoșani | N/A | |
| 9 July 2018 | DF | Florin Dumbravă | 23 | Poli Timișoara | Free | |
| 28 July 2018 | MF | Jure Obšivač | 28 | Atyrau | Free | |
| 3 August 2018 | DF | Albert Dalmau | 26 | Lleida Esportiu | Free | |
| Autumn ||||||||
| 16 October 2018 | MF | Nick Ross | 26 | Brora Rangers | Free | Mid season transfer |

#### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes | Source |

#### Overall transfer activity
## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Liga I | 21 July 2018 | 20 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 027.78 |
| Cupa României | 25 September 2018 | 27 February 2019 | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 028.21 |
Last updated: 20 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Liga I

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

#### Regular season
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Astra Giurgiu | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Viitorul Constanța | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Sepsi OSK | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Botoșani | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Politehnica Iași | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 34 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Championship round
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Cupa României
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga I | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa României |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | GK | ROU | Relu Stoian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ROU | Roland Niczuly | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | ROU | Béla Fejér | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | BRA | Gabriel | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Ousmane Viera | 31 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Adrián Rus | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Igor Jovanović | 35 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | PHI | Daisuke Sato | 29 | 0 | 24+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | POL | Sebastian Rudol | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KEN | Aboud Omar | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | ROU | Florin Ștefan | 30 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | CRC | Dylan Flores | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Vașvari | 34 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | FRA | Bryan Nouvier | 23 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Birahima Tandia | 34 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | BLR | Alyaksandr Karnitsky | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ROU | Călin Popescu | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Etele Baláska | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ROU | Yasin Hamed | 30 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | GHA | Joseph Mensah | 29 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ROU | István Fülöp | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | BUL | Stefan Velev | 37 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 27 | FW | ROU | Nicolae Carnat | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | MKD | Marko Simonovski | 22 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 80 | FW | ROU | Attila Hadnagy | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | ROU | Andrei Sîntean | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Transferred in mid-season ||||||||||
| | DF | ROU | Ionuț Ursu | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | ROU | Stephan Drăghici | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | ROU | Zsombor Veress | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ROU | Gabriel Dodoi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | HUN | Dániel Prosser | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Last updated: 20 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of 22 December 2018
| Rank | Nat | Position | Name | Liga I | Cupa României | Total |
| 1 | | MF | Birahima Tandia | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | | FW | Marko Simonovski | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | | DF | Florin Ștefan | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | | MF | Bryan Nouvier | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | | MF | Yasin Hamed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | FW | Dániel Prosser | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | | MF | Gabriel Vașvari | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | | MF | Joseph Mensah | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | DF | Ousmane Viera | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | MF | Stefan Velev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | DF | Igor Jovanović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | DF | Adrián Rus | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | MF | Alyaksandr Karnitsky | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 6 | 35 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 22 December 2018
| Rank | Nat | Name | Liga I | Cupa României | Total |
| 1 | | Roland Niczuly | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | | Béla Fejér | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | 1 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Liga I | Cupa României | Total |
| 7 | MF | Stephan Drăghici | 7 | | 7 |
| 2 | DF | Gabriel | 5 | | 5 |
| 3 | DF | Ousmane Viera | 5 | | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Igor Jovanović | 4 | | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Birahima Tandia | 4 | | 4 |
| 14 | MF | Alyaksandr Karnitsky | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 23 | MF | Joseph Mensah | 4 | | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Gabriel Vașvari | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | Bryan Nouvier | 3 | | 3 |
| 11 | DF | Daisuke Sato | 3 | | 3 |
| 21 | MF | Yasin Hamed | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 70 | FW | Marko Simonovski | 3 | | 3 |
| 77 | MF | Stefan Velev | 3 | | 3 |
| 96 | DF | Florin Ștefan | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | GK | Roland Niczuly | 2 | | 2 |
| 4 | DF | Adrián Rus | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | István Fülöp | 1 | | 1 |
Last updated: 22 December 2018 Source: 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.