# 2018–19 CS Universitatea Craiova season

The 2018–19 season was the 48th season of competitive football by Universitatea Craiova. Craiova competed in the Liga I, Cupa României and Europa League.

## Previous season positions

| Competition | Position |
| UEFA Europa League | Third qualifying round |
| Liga I | 3rd |
| Cupa României | Winners |

## Players
### Transfers
#### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 4 June 2018 | DF | Florin Gardoș | 29 | Southampton | Free agent | Previously on loan. Signed for two years. |
| 6 July 2018 | MF | Alexandru Cicâldău | 20 | Viitorul Constanța | €750.000 | Signed for four years. |
| 25 July 2018 | DF | Isaac Donkor | 22 | Cesena | Free agent | Signed for three years. |
| 23 August 2018 | GK | Eduard Stăncioiu | 37 | FCSB | Undisclosed. | Signed for one year. |

#### Loans in

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

#### Out

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

#### Loans out

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

#### Overall transfer activity
## Preseason 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 I | 23 July 2018 | – | Matchday 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Cupa României | October 2018 | – | Round of 32 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Supercupa României | 14 July 2018 | – | Final | Final | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Europa League | 9 August 2018 | 16 August 2018 | Third round | Third round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 000.00 |
Last updated: 13 July 2018 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 |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 54 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | FCSB | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 49 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 45 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 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 |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |

##### 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: 18 May 2019. Source: Liga I

##### Position by round

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

##### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Cupa României

Universitatea Craiova will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

#### Semi-finals
### Supercupa României

Universitatea Craiova will play in the Romanian supercup as winners of the Cupa României.

### UEFA Europa League

As winners of the 2017–18 Cupa României, Universitatea Craiova will enter the Europa League at the third qualifying round.

#### Third qualifying round

The draw for the third round took place on 23 July. Universitatea was drawn to play against the winners from the second qualifying round match between RB Leipzig and Häcken. Universitatea Craiova will play on 9 August and on 16 August 2018. On 2 August, RB Leipzig was confirmed as Craiova's opponent after their 5–1 aggregate win over Häcken.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 1 July 2018
| No. | Pos | Player | Liga I | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa României | Supercupa României | Supercupa României | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |

### Squad statistics

| | Liga I | Cupa României | Supercupa României | Europa League | Home | Away | Total Stats |
| Games played | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games drawn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games lost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal difference | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal by Substitute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total shots | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shots on target | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Corners | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Players used | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Offsides | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls suffered | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fouls committed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winning rate | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Last updated: 13 July 2018 Source: Competitive matches

### Goalscorers

    As of 13 July 2018
| R | No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Liga I | Cupa României | Supercupa României | Europa League | Total |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 1 July 2018

### 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: UCV1948 (in Romanian)

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |

### Clean sheets

    As of July 2018
| Rank | Name | Liga I | Cupa României | Supercupa României | Europa League | Total | Played Games |
| Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of July 2018
Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Universitatea Craiova first squad during the season.
| N | P | Nat. | Name | Liga I | Liga I | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa României | Cupa României | Supercupa României | Supercupa României | Supercupa României | Europa League | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total | Total | Notes |
Last updated: 1 July 2018 Source: Competitive 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.

### Attendances

    As of match played 1 July 2018
| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Liga I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cupa României | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supercupa României | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Europa League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |