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2018–19 CFR Cluj season

This page covers all relevant details regarding CFR Cluj for all official competitions inside the 2018–19 season.

The 2018–19 season will be the 48th season of competitive football by CFR Cluj. CFR Cluj will compete in the Liga I, Cupa României and Champions League.

CFR Cluj
2018–19 season
ChairmanIuliu Mureșan
ManagerEdward Iordănescu

Toni Conceicao

Alin Minteuan

Dan Petrescu
StadiumDr. Constantin Rădulescu
Liga I1st
Cupa RomânieiSemi-finals
Supercupa RomânieiWinners
Champions League2nd qualifying round
Europa LeaguePlay-off round
Top goalscorerLeague: George Țucudean
(18 goals)
All: George Țucudean
(21 goals)

Season overview edit

Previous season positions edit

Competition Position
  Liga I 1st
  Cupa României Round of 32

Players edit

Squad information edit

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source

Loans in edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source

Out edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source

Loans out edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source

Overall transfer activity edit

Preseason and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 20 July 2018 – Matchday 1 – 36 22 11 3 54 20 +34 061.11
Cupa României October 2018 – Round of 32 Semi-finals 5 3 1 1 6 5 +1 060.00
Supercupa României 14 July 2018 14 July 2018 Final – 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Champions League 24 July 2018 1 August Second round Second round 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Europa League 9 August 2018 – Third round Play-off round 4 2 0 2 9 5 +4 050.00
Total 48 28 13 7 71 32 +39 058.33

Last updated: 8 August 2018
Source: Competitions

Liga I edit

Main article: 2018–19 Liga I

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

Regular season edit

Table edit

Pos Team
 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
3 Universitatea Craiova 26 13 6 7 43 24 +19 45
4 Astra Giurgiu 26 11 9 6 36 23 +13 42
5 Viitorul Constanța 26 11 5 10 26 27 −1 38
Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[1]
Results summary edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 18 10 2 44 17  +27 64 7 7 1 23 11  +12 11 3 1 21 6  +15

Last updated: 7 April 2019.
Source: Liga I

Results by round edit
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAH
ResultDDWWWDLDWDWWWWDWWWDWWDLWWW
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2018. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) 1 CFR Cluj 1–1 FC Botoșani Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)
28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) 2 Dunărea Călărași 0–0 CFR Cluj Călărași
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Ion Comșa
Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Marius Avram
4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 3 CFR Cluj 2–1 Concordia Chiajna Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 4,570
Referee: Sorin Andrei Antonie
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 4 FC Voluntari 1–2 CFR Cluj Voluntari
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
Attendance: 300
Referee: Cătălin Popa
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 5 CFR Cluj 3–1 Dinamo București Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 7,700
Referee: Radu Petrescu
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) 6 Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–0 CFR Cluj Mediaș
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Gaz Metan
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 7 CFR Cluj 1–2 Viitorul Constanța Cluj-Napoca
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) 8 CFR Cluj 1–1 FCSB Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Radu Petrescu
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9 Hermannstadt 0–1 CFR Cluj Târgu Mureș
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Trans-Sil
Attendance: 100
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)
1 October 2018 (2018-10-01) 10 CFR Cluj 0–0 Universitatea Craiova Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: István Kovács (Carei)
6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 11 Astra Giurgiu 1–2 CFR Cluj Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) 12 CFR Cluj 1–0 Politehnica Iași Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Cătălin Popa
28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 13 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–2 CFR Cluj Sfântu Gheorghe
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 14 FC Botoșani 1–5 CFR Cluj Botoșani
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)
10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 15 CFR Cluj 0–0 Dunărea Călărași Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 16 Concordia Chiajna 0–1 CFR Cluj Chiajna
18:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Concordia
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) 17 CFR Cluj 5–0 FC Voluntari Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: George Cătălin Găman
4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) 18 Dinamo București 0–3 CFR Cluj Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 500
Referee: Marius Avram
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 19 CFR Cluj 2–2 Gaz Metan Mediaș Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Radu Petrescu
17 December 2018 (2018-12-17) 20 Viitorul Constanța 0–1 CFR Cluj Ovidiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Report
Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: István Kovács (Carei)
22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 21 FCSB 0–2 CFR Cluj Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 22 CFR Cluj 1–1 Hermannstadt Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Deac   28'
Păun   47'
Țucudean   77'		 Summary Tătar   29'   81'
Dumitriu   53'
Tsoumou   78'
Petrescu   90+3'		 Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Marius Avram
10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 23 Universitatea Craiova 2–0 CFR Cluj Craiova
21:00 EET (UTC+2) Cristea   14'
Kelić   36'
Koljić   78'		 Summary Manea   59'
Arlauskis   86'
Omrani   88'
Lang   90+2'		 Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 24 CFR Cluj 1–1 Astra Giurgiu Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Djoković   14'
Omrani   34'
Paulo Vinícius   37'
Mureșan   53'
Lang   72'		 Summary Butean   14'
Bejan   30'
Romário   61'
Mrzljak   68'
Radunović   73'
Lazar   90+4'		 Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 25 Politehnica Iași 0–1 CFR Cluj Iași
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Gardoș   80'
Burlacu   90'		 Summary Culio   6'   17'
Deac   43'
Camora   88'
Thierry Moutinho   88'
Țucudean   90+3'		 Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Iulian Călin
3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 26 CFR Cluj 1–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Țucudean   15' Summary Rus   13' Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: George Rădulescu

Championship round edit

Table edit

Pos Team
 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
Source: Soccerway, Romanian Football Federation
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[2]
(C) Champions
Results summary edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 7 2 1 15 4  +11 23 4 1 0 8 2  +6 3 1 1 7 2  +5

Last updated: 19 May 2019.
Source: Liga I

Position by round edit
Round12345678910
GroundHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWWWDDWWWWL
Position1111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 1 CFR Cluj 3–1 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Cluj-Napoca
 Summary
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Constantin Sebastian Colțescu
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 2 Viitorul Constanța 0–1 CFR Cluj Ovidiu
Summary
Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Marius Avram
30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 3 CFR Cluj 1–0 Astra Giurgiu Cluj-Napoca
 Summary
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Radu Petrescu
7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 4 Universitatea Craiova 0–0 CFR Cluj Craiova
 Summary
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Marius Avram
14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 5 CFR Cluj 0–0 FCSB Cluj-Napoca
 Summary
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: István Kovács (referee)
20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 6 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–1 CFR Cluj Sfântu Gheorghe
 Summary
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: George Cătălin Găman
29 April 2019 (2019-04-29) 7 CFR Cluj 3–1 Viitorul Constanța Cluj-Napoca
 Summary
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 8,412
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 8 Astra Giurgiu 1–5 CFR Cluj Giurgiu
 Summary
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 800
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru
12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 9 CFR Cluj 1–0 Universitatea Craiova Cluj-Napoca
 Summary
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
19 May 2019 (2019-05-19) 10 FCSB 1–0 CFR Cluj Bucharest
 Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 3,274
Referee: Iulian Călin

Cupa României edit

Main article: 2018–19 Cupa României

CFR Cluj will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

Round of 32 edit

26 September 2018 Round of 32 Chindia Târgoviște 0–1 CFR Cluj Ploiești
 Stadium: Ilie Oană

Round of 16 edit

31 October 2018 Round of 16 Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–1 CFR Cluj Mediaș
 Stadium: Gaz Metan

Quarter-finals edit

27 February 2019 Quarter-finals Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–1 CFR Cluj Sfântu Gheorghe
 Stadium: Municipal

Semi-finals edit

3 April 2019 First leg CFR Cluj 1–3 Astra Giurgiu Cluj-Napoca
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
24 April 2019 Second leg Astra Giurgiu 2–2
(5–3 agg.)		 CFR Cluj Giurgiu
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici

Supercupa României edit

Main article: 2018 Supercupa României

CFR Cluj will play in the Romanian Supercup as winners of the Liga I against Cupa României winners Universitatea Craiova.

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Final CFR Cluj 1–0 Universitatea Craiova Craiova
20:30 EET (UTC+02)
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

UEFA Champions League edit

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League

As winners of the 2017-18 Liga I, CFR Cluj entered the Champions League at the second qualifying round.

Second qualifying round edit

The draw for the second round took place on 19 June. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Swedish champions Malmö.

24 July 2018 1st Leg CFR Cluj   0–1   Malmö Cluj-Napoca
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
31 July 2018 2nd Leg Malmö   1–1
(2–1 agg.)		   CFR Cluj Malmö
 Report
Stadium: Malmö

UEFA Europa League edit

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

After losing to Swedish champions Malmö, CFR Cluj progressed to the Europa League Third Qualifying Round.

Third qualifying round edit

The draw for the third round took place on 23 July. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against losing Armenian champions Alashkert.

9 August 2018 1st Leg Alashkert   0–2   CFR Cluj Yerevan
 Stadium: Alashkert
16 August 2018 2nd Leg CFR Cluj   5–0
(7–0 agg.)		   Alashkert Cluj-Napoca
 Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

Play-off Round edit

After emphatically beating Alashkert, CFR Cluj advanced to the play-off round. The draw for the play-off round took place on 6 August. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Luxembourg champions F91 Dudelange.

23 August 2018 1st Leg F91 Dudelange   2–0   CFR Cluj Dudelange
 Stadium: Jos Nosbaum
30 August 2018 2nd Leg CFR Cluj   2–3
(2–5 agg.)		   F91 Dudelange Cluj-Napoca
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

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

Squad statistics edit

Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Champions League Europa League Home Away Total Stats
Games played 36 5 1 2 4 0 0 0
Games won 22 3 1 0 2 0 0 0
Games drawn 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Games lost 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0
Goals scored 54 6 1 1 9 0 0 0
Goals conceded 20 5 0 2 5 0 0 0
Goal difference 34 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0
Clean sheets 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0
Goal by Substitute 0 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 0
Red cards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Winning rate 61.11% 60.00% 100% 0% 50.00% 0% 0% 0%

Last updated: 13 July 2018
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers edit

As of 24 June 2018
Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Champions League Europa League Total
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goal minutes edit

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: cfr1907 (in Romanian)

Hat-tricks edit

Player Against Result Date Competition

Clean sheets edit

As of 2018
Rank Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Champions League Europa League Total Games played
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record edit

As of 2018
Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Champions League Europa League Total
                                               
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Attendances edit

As of 2018
Matches Attendances Average High Low
Liga I 0 0 0 0 0
Cupa României 0 0 0 0 0
Champions League 0 0 0 0 0
Europa League 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Liga I 2017/2018 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ^ "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. page 29-30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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