# 2018–19 FC Universitatea Cluj season

The 2018–19 season was the 93rd season of competitive football by Universitatea Cluj, and the 1st in Liga II, after two years of absence, being promoted at the end of the previous season of Liga III. Universitatea Cluj will compete in the Liga II and in Cupa României.

## Previous season positions

| Competition | Position |
| Liga III | 1st |
| Cupa României | Round of 16 |

## First-team squad

    Last updated on 8 February 2019
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 12 | Iulian Dinu | GK | (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 26) |
| 21 | Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă | GK | (1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 27) |
| 33 | Andrei Gorcea | GK | (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 23) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Dan Berci | LB | (1999-01-15) 15 January 1999 (age 26) |
| 4 | Octavian Abrudan (vice-captain) | CB | (1984-03-16) 16 March 1984 (age 40) |
| 6 | László Sepsi | LB | (1987-06-07) 7 June 1987 (age 37) |
| 13 | Carol Taub | LB | (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 32) |
| 17 | Andrei Cordoș | CB | (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36) |
| 22 | Tiberiu Căpușă | RB | (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 26) |
| 27 | Jevrem Kosnić | CB | (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31) |
| — | Răzvan Prodan | CB | (1999-07-18) 18 July 1999 (age 25) |
| — | Ionuț Ursu | CB | (1989-03-21) 21 March 1989 (age 35) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Rareș Takács | RM / RB | (1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 33) |
| 10 | George Florescu | DM | (1984-05-21) 21 May 1984 (age 40) |
| 16 | Kofi Twumasi | DM | (1996-08-30) 30 August 1996 (age 28) |
| 20 | Doru Dumitrescu | CM | (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 26) |
| 23 | Răzvan Greu | LM | (1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 29) |
| 29 | Gabriel Giurgiu (captain) | CM | (1982-09-03) 3 September 1982 (age 42) |
| 77 | Denis Hordouan | RW | (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 26) |
| 91 | Alexandru Coman | RW / RB | (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) |
| — | Norbert János | RW | (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 26) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | Octavian Ursu | CF | (1994-11-15) 15 November 1994 (age 30) |
| 11 | Marius Coman | CF / ST | (1996-07-31) 31 July 1996 (age 28) |
| 18 | Dorin Goga (vice-captain) | CF / ST | (1984-07-02) 2 July 1984 (age 40) |
| 30 | Iuliu Hațiegan | CF / AM | (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26) |
| 93 | Cristian Gavra | CF / ST | (1997-07-20) 20 July 1997 (age 27) |
| — | Mircea Axente | CF / ST | (1987-03-14) 14 March 1987 (age 37) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | 21 | Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă | Viitorul Constanța | Loan |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | 22 | Tiberiu Căpușă | Viitorul Constanța | Loan |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | 27 | Jevrem Kosnić | Vojvodina | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | 20 | Doru Dumitrescu | Viitorul Constanța | Loan |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | 16 | Kofi Twumasi | Viitorul Constanța | Loan |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | 13 | Carol Taub | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF / AM | | Florin Burghele | CNP Timișoara | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF / ST | 11 | Marius Coman | CFR Cluj | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF / ST | 9 | Cristian Ene | Viitorul Constanța | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF / ST | 93 | Cristian Gavra | Viitorul Constanța | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2018 | CB | 3 | Dan Berci | Perugia | Free transfer |
| 28 August 2018 | LB | 6 | László Sepsi | 1. FC Nürnberg | Free transfer |
| 7 September 2018 | RB / RW | 91 | Alexandru Coman | Hermannstadt | Free transfer |
| 10 January 2019 | CB | | Răzvan Prodan | Viitorul Constanța | Loan |
| 10 January 2019 | RW | | Norbert János | Ferencváros | Loan |
| 14 January 2019 | CB | | Ionuț Ursu | Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe | Loan |
| 21 January 2019 | CM | | Daniel Pârvulescu | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | €10,000 |
| 25 January 2019 | CF / ST | | Mircea Axente | Dinamo București | Free transfer |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | €10,000 | €10,000 |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | 2 | Paul Chiș | Sticla Arieșul Turda | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | 16 | Tudor Telcean | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | | Iustin Ardelean | Ripensia Timișoara | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | AM | | Alexandru Trancă | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF / ST | 11 | Valentin Lemnaru | Sticla Arieșul Turda | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF / ST | | Adrian Pintea | Sănătatea Cluj | Free transfer |
| 13 July 2018 | CF / ST | | Brian Lemac | Metalurgistul Cugir | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2018 | DM | 25 | Mihai Onicaș | Sticla Arieșul Turda | Free transfer |
| 2 September 2018 | LB | 13 | Victor Manu | Dacia Unirea Brăila | Free transfer |
| 31 December 2018 | CF / ST | 9 | Cristian Ene | Viitorul Constanța | End of loan |
| 1 January 2019 | GK | 1 | Călin Albuț | Retired | — |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | €0 | €0 |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 28 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 | GK | 22 | Rareș Pop | Sticla Arieșul Turda | None |
| 24 September 2018 | 30 June 2019 | CM | 14 | Adrian Micaș | Comuna Recea | None |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 II | 3 August 2018 | – | Matchday 1 | – | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 85 | 26 | +59 | 065.79 |
| Cupa României | August 2018 | – | Fourth Round | – | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 94 | 32 | +62 | 066.67 |
Last updated: 13 July 2018 Source: Competitions

### Liga II

The Liga II fixture list was announced on 19 July 2018.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Chindia Târgoviște (C, P) | 38 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 79 | 33 | +46 | 88 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 2 | Academica Clinceni (P) | 38 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 77 | 24 | +53 | 87 | Promotion to Liga I |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj | 38 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 85 | 26 | +59 | 82 | Qualification to promotion play-off |
| 4 | Petrolul Ploiești | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 77 | |
| 5 | Sportul Snagov | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 70 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 June 2019. Source:

#### Position 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Promotion Play Off

As Universitatea Cluj lost the Promotion play-off on aggregate 2–1, Universitatea Cluj remained in Liga II for another season.

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

    As of 1 July 2018
| No. | Pos | Player | Liga II | Liga II | Cupa României | Cupa României | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |

### Squad statistics

| | Liga II | Cupa României | Home | Away | Total Stats |
| Games played | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games drawn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games lost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal difference | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal by Substitute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players used | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winning rate | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Last updated: 13 July 2018 Source: Competitive matches

### Goalscorers

    As of 24 June 2018
| Rank | Position | Name | Liga II | Cupa României | Total |
| Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### 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: Soccerway

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |

### Clean sheets

    As of 2018
| Rank | Name | Liga II | Cupa României | Total | Games played |
| Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of 2018
| Rank | Position | Name | Liga II | Liga II | Liga II | Cupa României | Cupa României | Cupa României | Total | Total | Total |
| Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Attendances

    As of 2018
| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Liga II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cupa României | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |