# 2018–19 Divizia Națională de Seniori season

The 2018–19 Divizia Națională de Seniori is the second premier Romanian rugby competition, reserved for club teams. The number of participating teams is decreased from initially twelve teams to just nine due to ACS Rugby Morometii Turnu Magurele, CS Manaştur and CS Sportul Studentesc București the three teams which had pulled out for financial reasons., with addition of the 2017-18 champions and runners-up of the second tier championship DNS-Divizia Nationala de Seniori. The eventual champions of the Divizia Națională de Seniori have the right to promote up to the SuperLiga with the relegating teams going down to Divizia A, Romania's 3rd level competition.

## Teams
### Group Centre-North

| Club | City/County | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach |
| CSM Bucovina Suceava | Suceava, Suceava | Stadionul Unirea | 7,000 | Coltuneac Marius |
| RC Gura Humorului | Gura Humorului, Suceava | Stadionul Tineretului | 5,000 | Andrei Varvaroi |
| CS Manaştur | Manaştur, Cluj | Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu | 1,000 | Roman Răzvan |
| CS Știința Petroșani | Petroșani, Hunedoara | Stadionul Știința | 1,000 | Emil Drumea |
| CSUAV Arad | Arad, Arad | Stadionul Sanicolau Mic | 1,000 | Marian Grindei |
| CSM Sibiu | Sibiu, Sibiu | Stadionul Bebe Boboc | 500 | Răzvan Borcan |

### Group Centre-South

| Club | City/County | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach | Captain |
| CS Năvodari | Năvodari, Constanța | Stadionul Flacăra | 5,000 | Cristian Husea | |
| RC Bărlad | Bărlad, Vaslui | Stadionul Rulmentul | 2,000 | Ioan Harnagea | |
| CS Sportul Studențesc București | București | Complexul Cultural Sportiv Studentesc Tei | 1,000 | Constantin Merca | |
| CSM Galați | Galați, Galați | Stadionul Municipal (Galați) | 1,000 | Marius Secuianu | |
| RC Grivița București | București | Stadionul Parcul Copilului | 1,000 | Alexandru Marin | |
| ACS Rugby Morometii Turnu Magurele | Turnu Magurele, Teleorman | Stadionul Botul Calului | 500 | Not known | Not known |

## Tables

This is the regular season league table for Group Centre-North:
Key to colours :
* Advances to play-offs.
* Advances to play-out.
* Automatic Relegation.
Regular Table :
| | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points difference | Bonus points | Points |
| 1 | CS Știința Petroșani | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 509 | 91 | +418 | 8 | 40 |
| 2 | CSM Bucovina Suceava | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 260 | 136 | +124 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | RC Gura Humorului | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 167 | 185 | -18 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | CSUAV Arad | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 125 | 276 | -151 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | CSM Sibiu | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 107 | 480 | -373 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | CS Manaştur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is the regular season league table for Group Centre-South:
Key to colours :
* Advances to play-offs.
* Advances to play-out.
* Automatic Relegation.
Regular Table :
| | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points difference | Bonus points | Points |
| 1 | CS Năvodari | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 41 | +182 | 5 | 29 |
| 2 | RC Bărlad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 123 | 155 | -32 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | RC Grivița București | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 134 | -60 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | CSM Galați | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 89 | 179 | -90 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | ACS Rugby Morometii Turnu Magurele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | CS Sportul Studențesc București | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Fixtures & Results
### Round 1

* 8 September 2018 11:00
| Timișoara Saracens (1 BP) | 51-6 | SCM Buzău |
* Gheorghe Rășcanu
* 8 September 2018 11:00
| CSM Baia Mare (1 BP) | 52–11 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța |
* Lascăr Ghineţ
* 8 September 2018 11:00
| CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 75-15 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
* Stadionul Ghencea II
* 8 September 2018 17:00
| CSM București (1 BP) | 38-9 | CS Dinamo București |
* Stadionul Olimpia

### Round 2

* 15 September 2018 11:00
| SCM Buzău (1 BP) | 31-13 | CS Dinamo București |
* Prinț Ghică
* 15 September 2018 11:00
| CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 13-49 | CSM București (1 BP) |
* Iuliu Hațieganu
* 15 September 2018 11:00
| ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 17-48 | CSA Steaua București (1 BP) |
* Mihail Naca
* 15 September 2018 11:00
| Timișoara Saracens (1 BP) | 32-26 | CSM Baia Mare (1 BP) |
* Gheorghe Rășcanu

### Round 3

* 22 September 2018 11:00
| CSM Baia Mare (1 BP) | 61-7 | SCM Buzău |
* Lascăr Ghineţ
* 22 September 2018 11:00
| CSM București (1 BP) | 50-5 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța |
* Olimpia
* 22 September 2018 11:00
| CS Dinamo București | 25-25 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
* Floreă Dumitrache
* 22 September 2018 14:30
| CSA Steaua București | 16-9 | Timișoara Saracens (1 BP) |
* Stadionul Ghencea II

### Round 4

* 29 September 2018 11:00
| SCM Buzău | 12-7 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1 BP) |
* Prinț Ghică
* 29 September 2018 11:00
| Timișoara Saracens | 19-16 | CSM București (1 BP) |
* Gheorghe Rășcanu
* 29 September 2018 11:00
| CSM Baia Mare (1 BP) | 15-19 | CSA Steaua București |
* Lascăr Ghineţ
* 29 September 2018 14:30
| ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 17-13 | CS Dinamo București (1 BP) |
* Mihail Naca

### Round 5

* 6 October 2018 11:00
| CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 31-10 | SCM Buzău |
* Gheorghe Rășcanu
* 6 October 2018 11:00
| CS Dinamo București | 16–33 | Timișoara Saracens (1 BP) |
* Floreă Dumitrache
* 6 October 2018 11:00
| CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 9-3 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP) |
* Iuliu Hațieganu
* 6 October 2018 17:00
| CSM București | 26-14 | CSM Baia Mare |
* Olimpia

### Round 6

* 13 October 2018 14:00
| CS Dinamo București | 15-27 | CSA Steaua București (1 BP) |
* Floreă Dumitrache
* 13 October 2018 16:00
| CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 7–42 | CSM Baia Mare (1 BP) |
* Iuliu Hațieganu
* 27 October 2018 11:00
| Timișoara Saracens | 38-0 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța |
* Gheorghe Rășcanu
* 27 October 2018 13:00
| CSM București (1 BP) | 40-14 | SCM Buzău |
* Olimpia

### Round 7

* 20 October 2018 11:00
| CS Dinamo București | 17-53 | CSM Baia Mare (1 BP) |
* Floreă Dumitrache
* 20 October 2018 12:00
| SCM Buzău | 20–6 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța |
* Prinț Ghică
* 20 October 2018 14:30
| CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 13-20 | CSM București |
* Stadionul Ghencea II
* 9 March 2018 11:00
| Timișoara Saracens(1 BP) | 56-23 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
* Dan Păltinișanu

### Round 8

* 16 March 2019 10:00
| SCM Buzău (1 BP) | 18-19 | Timișoara Saracens |
* Prinț Ghică
* 30 March 2019 09:00
| ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 5-49 | CSM Baia Mare (1 BP) |
* Mihail Naca
* 30 March 2019 09:00
| CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 18-36 | CSA Steaua București (1 BP) |
* Iuliu Hațieganu
* 30 March 2019 11:00
| CS Dinamo București | 22-50 | CSM București (1 BP) |
* Floreă Dumitrache

### Round 9

* 6 April 2019 09:00
| CSM București | 33-8 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
* Olimpia
* 6 April 2019 09:00
| CSM Baia Mare | 20-16 | Timișoara Saracens (1 BP) |
* Lascăr Ghineţ
* 6 April 2019 11:00
| CS Dinamo București | 13-12 | SCM Buzău (1 BP) |
* Floreă Dumitrache
* 6 April 2019 11:00
| CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 52-0 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța |
* Stadionul Ghencea II

### Round 10

* 13 April 2019 09:00
| SCM Buzău | 6-36 | CSM Baia Mare |
* Prinț Ghică
* 13 April 2019 09:00
| Timișoara Saracens (1 BP) | 27-17 | CSA Steaua București |
* Dan Păltinișanu
* 13 April 2019 09:00
| ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 8-39 | CSM București |
* Mihail Naca
* 13 April 2019 09:00
| CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 13-24 | CS Dinamo București |
* Iuliu Hațieganu

### Round 11

* 20 April 2019 09:00
| CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 26-16 | SCM Buzău |
* Iuliu Hațieganu
* 20 April 2019 09:00
| CS Dinamo București (1 BP) | 25-27 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța |
* Floreă Dumitrache
* 20 April 2019 09:00
| CSA Steaua București | 13-13 | CSM Baia Mare |
* Stadionul Ghencea II
* 1 May 2019 09:00
| CSM București | 21-16 | Timișoara Saracens (1 BP) |
* Olimpia

### Round 12

* 25 April 2019 09:00
| ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP) | 35-30 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
* Mihail Naca
* 26 April 2019 09:00
| SCM Buzău | 16-31 | CSA Steaua București (1 BP) |
* Prinț Ghică
* 26 April 2019 09:00
| CSM Baia Mare (1 BP) | 31-19 | CSM București |
* Lascăr Ghineţ
* 26 April 2019 09:00
| Timișoara Saracens (1 BP) | 36-14 | CS Dinamo București |
* Dan Păltinișanu

### Round 13

* 4 May 2019 12:00
| SCM Buzău | 14-33 | CSM București (1 BP) |
* Prinț Ghică
* 4 May 2019 12:00
| CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 54-19 | CS Dinamo București |
* Stadionul Ghencea II
* 4 May 2019 12:00
| CSM Baia Mare (1 BP) | 31-12 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
* Lascăr Ghineţ
* 4 May 2019 12:00
| ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 25-26 | Timișoara Saracens (1 BP) |
* Gheorghe Rășcanu

### Round 14

* 11 May 2019 12:00
| ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP) | 20-15 | SCM Buzău |
* Mihail Naca
* 11 May 2019 12:00
| CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 22-40 | Timișoara Saracens |
* Iuliu Hațieganu
* 11 May 2019 12:00
| CSM Baia Mare | 45-14 | CS Dinamo București |
* Lascăr Ghineţ
* 11 May 2019 12:00
| CSM București | 28-12 | CSA Steaua București |
* Olimpia

### Play-off Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 12:00 and 14:30 at Olimpia and Dan Păltinișanu respectively.
| 1 | CSM București | 17 | 22 | CSA Steaua București |
| 2 | Timișoara Saracens | 30 | 35 | CSM Știința Baia Mare |

   #### Third/Fourth place final

Both finals were held on 25 May 2019, 1 week after the semi-finals at Stadionul Fepa 74.
| 1 | CSM București | 20 | 19 | Timișoara Saracens |

   #### First / Second place final

| 1 | CSA Steaua București | 22 | 24 | CSM Știința Baia Mare |

### Play-out Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 09:00 at Mihail Naca and Prinț Ghică respectively.
| 1 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 22 | 40 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
| 2 | SCM Buzău | 11 | 16 | CS Dinamo București |

   #### Seventh/Eighth place final

Both finals were held on 26 May 2019, 1 week and 1 day after the semi-finals at Stadionul Olimpia.
| 1 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 12 | 14 | SCM Buzău |

   #### Fifth/Sixth place final

| 1 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 22 | 17 | CS Dinamo București |