# 2017–18 CS Luceafărul Oradea season

The 2017–18 season was Luceafărul Oradea's 12th season in the Romanian football league system, and their 4th season in the Liga II. The club started the season with Ioan Blidaru as owner, Cornel Țălnar as coach and with Liga I promotion ambitions. After a very bad start and some tensions in the squad and leadership of the team Blidaru retired and the club was one step away from the dissolution. Shortly the team was bought by Nicolae Sarcină and saved from disappearance, but most of the players left the club and a squad reconstruction in the middle of the season was not easy, so Luceafărul has had oscillating evolutions.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 9 March 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Alin Goia |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Ionuț Poiană |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Lucian Asanache |
| 2 | MF | ROU | Marius Cioiu |
| 2 | DF | NED | Calvin Valies |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Daniel Ciobanu |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Cristian Oroş |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Andrei Tânc |
| 7 | DF | ROU | Adrian Balea |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Andrei Dragu |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Vasile Pop |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Marius Matei |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Vlad Rusu (Vice-Captain) |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Claudiu Codoban (Captain) |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Sergiu Neacșa (on loan from Hermannstadt) |
| 12 | GK | GRE | Giorgios Gakos |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Răzvan Began |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Alexandru Gudea |
| 13 | MF | ROU | Marius Feher (Vice-Captain) |
| 14 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Dulca |
| 14 | FW | ROU | Andrei Herghelegiu |
| 15 | MF | ROU | Denis Băban |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | ROU | Andrei Antohi |
| 16 | DF | ROU | Daniel Groza |
| 17 | MF | POR | Bruno Luz |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Florian Pârvu |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Iacob |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Cătălin Toriște |
| 19 | DF | ROU | Andrei Cordoș |
| 19 | DF | ROU | Alin Mutu |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Alin Ţegle |
| 21 | MF | ROU | Adrian Bedea |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Răzvan Trif |
| 22 | DF | ROU | Ionuţ Ban |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Paul Păcurar |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Darius Covaci |
| 23 | FW | ROU | Andrei Ludușan |
| 24 | MF | ROU | Paul Chiş-Toie |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Alin Bărîcă (on loan from Astra) |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Darius Lukács |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Paul Chiorean |
| 31 | FW | ROU | Constantin Roșu (Vice-Captain) |
| 33 | MF | ROU | Iulian Cuc |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ROU | Flaviu Drăgan (at Crișul Chișineu-Criș) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Competitions
### Liga II
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Academica Clinceni | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 54 | +9 | 58 |
| 7 | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 57 |
| 8 | Luceafărul Oradea | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 53 |
| 9 | Mioveni | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 52 |
| 10 | Sportul Snagov | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 51 |
* ↑ ASU Politehnica Timișoara were deducted 3 points because the team withdrew from the pitch in the match played on 24 April 2018 against UTA Arad. Also it lost the match by forfeit.

### Result round 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 |