2018–19 Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe season

The 2018–19 season is Asociația Club Sportiv Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe's 8th season in existence and the 2nd season in Liga I. Sepsi will compete in the Liga I and Cupa României.

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
2018–19 season
ChairmanDávid Kertész
ManagerEugen Neagoe
(until May 2019)
Marin Barbu
(from May 2019)
StadiumStadionul Municipal
Liga I6th
Cupa RomânieiQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ibrahima Tandia (8)

All:
Ibrahima Tandia (8)
Highest home attendance4,500
Lowest home attendance2,000
Biggest winSfântu Gheorghe 5–0 Mioveni
All statistics correct as of 22 December 2018.

Previous season positions edit

Competition Position
  Liga I 9th
  Cupa României Round of 32

Players edit

Squad information edit

Players and squad numbers last updated on 7 October 2018.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Signed in Signed from Transfer Fee Notes
Goalkeepers
12 Relu Stoian   GK (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28) 2018   Daco-Getica București Free
33 Roland Niczuly   GK (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 28) 2016   Universitatea Cluj Free
95 Béla Fejér   GK (1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 28) 2016   Târgu Mureș Free
Defenders
2 Gabriel de Moura   RB (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 (age 35) 2018   Gil Vicente N/A
3 Ousmane Viera   CB (1986-12-21) 21 December 1986 (age 37) 2018 Unattached N/A
4 Adrián Rus   CB (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28) 2018   Balmazújváros Free
5 Igor Jovanović   CB / RB / LB (1989-05-03) 3 May 1989 (age 34) 2018   Lahti N/A
11 Daisuke Sato   LB (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 29) 2017   Horsens Free

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
Summer
20 June 2018 DF   Florin Ștefan 22   Daco-Getica București N/A [1]
27 June 2018 DF   Gabriel 30   Gil Vicente N/A [1]
1 July 2018 MF   István Fülöp 28   Diósgyőr N/A [1]
MF   Stefan Velev 29   Slavia Sofia Free [1]
MF   Gabriel Vașvari 31   Poli Timişoara Free [1]
DF   Igor Jovanović 29   Lahti N/A [1]
13 July 2018 DF   Adrián Rus 22   Balmazújváros Free [1]
31 July 2018 MF   Alyaksandr Karnitsky 29   Tosno Free [1]
5 September 2018 GK   Relu Stoian 22   Daco-Getica București Free [1][2]
Winter
3 January 2019 FW   Nicolae Carnat 20   Dunărea Călăraşi Free [1]

Loans in edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
Summer
15 June 2018 MF   Stephan Drăghici 20   Universitatea Craiova N/A [1]
FW   Gabriel Dodoi 19   CFR Cluj N/A [1]
1 July 2018 MF   Bryan Nouvier 23   CFR Cluj N/A [1]
10 July 2018 FW   Dániel Prosser 24   Puskás Akadémia N/A [1]

Out edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
Summer
20 June 2018 MF   Alex Rodriguez 24   Motherwell Free [3]
30 June 2018 FW   Benjamin Kuku 23   Botoșani N/A [1]
9 July 2018 DF   Florin Dumbravă 23   Poli Timișoara Free [1]
28 July 2018 MF   Jure Obšivač 28   Atyrau Free [1]
3 August 2018 DF   Albert Dalmau 26   Lleida Esportiu Free [1]
Autumn
16 October 2018 MF   Nick Ross 26   Brora Rangers Free Mid season transfer

Loans out edit

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source

Overall transfer activity edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 21 July 2018 20 May 2019 Matchday 1 6th 36 10 8 18 37 45 −8 027.78
Cupa României 25 September 2018 27 February 2019 Round of 32 Quarter-finals 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 033.33
Total 39 11 9 19 43 47 −4 028.21

Last updated: 20 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Liga I edit

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
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
6 Sepsi OSK 26 10 7 9 32 25 +7 37
7 Botoșani 26 9 9 8 31 33 −2 36 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Politehnica Iași 26 10 4 12 28 38 −10 34
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.[4]
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
26 10 7 9 32 25  +7 37 6 2 5 17 12  +5 4 5 4 15 13  +2

Last updated: 3 March 2019.
Source: Liga I

Results by round edit
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDWLDWWDDLWLLDWDWLWWLLWDL
Position126936753457677766575456556
Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) 1 Hermannstadt 1–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Târgu Mureș
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Trans-Sil
Attendance: 400
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) 2 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–0 Universitatea Craiova Sfântu Gheorghe
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Iulian Călin
4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 3 Astra Giurgiu 1–1 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Giurgiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 500
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru
12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 4 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 3–0 Politehnica Iași Sfântu Gheorghe
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) 5 Steaua București 2–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Bucharest
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 3,583
Referee: George Rădulescu
27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) 6 Botoșani 0–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Botoșani
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Horia Mladinovici
31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) 7 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–0 Dunărea Călărași Sfântu Gheorghe
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Sorin Antonie
14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) 8 Concordia Chiajna 0–3 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Chiajna
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Concordia
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) 9 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–1 Voluntari Sfântu Gheorghe
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: George Găman
28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) 10 Dinamo București 0–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Marius Avram
7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 11 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–2 Gaz Metan Mediaș Sfântu Gheorghe
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Radu Petrescu
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 12 Viitorul Constanța 2–3 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Ovidiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 13 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–2 CFR Cluj Sfântu Gheorghe
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 14 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–3 Hermannstadt Sfântu Gheorghe
18:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Marian Barbu
9 November 2018 (2018-11-09) 15 Universitatea Craiova 1–1 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Craiova
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Radu Petrescu
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 16 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–0 Astra Giurgiu Sfântu Gheorghe
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
30 November 2018 (2018-11-30) 17 Politehnica Iași 1–1 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Iași
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) 18 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 4–2 FCSB Sfântu Gheorghe
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Horațiu Fesnic
10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) 19 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–1 Botoșani Sfântu Gheorghe
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Adrian Cojucaru
16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 20 Dunărea Călărași 0–3 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Călărași
14:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Ion Comșa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
20 December 2018 (2018-12-20) 21 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 3–0 Concordia Chiajna Sfântu Gheorghe
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Referee: Sorin Antonie
3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) 22 Voluntari 4–2 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Voluntari
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Summary
Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
Attendance: 500
Referee: Iulian Călin
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 23 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–1 Dinamo București Sfântu Gheorghe
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Summary
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Constantin Sebastian Colțescu
17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 24 Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–1 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Mediaș
17:30 EET (UTC+2)
Summary
Stadium: Gaz Metan
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: István Kovács (referee)
22 February 2019 (2019-02-22) 25 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–0 Viitorul Constanța Sfântu Gheorghe
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Summary
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 26 CFR Cluj 1–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Summary
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.)[5]
(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 0 1 9 5 20  −15 1 0 1 4 1 8  −7 0 0 5 4 12  −8

Last updated: 20 May 2019.
Source: Liga I

Position by round edit
Round12345678910
GroundAHHAHHAAHA
ResultLLDLLLLLLL
Position6666666666
Updated to match(es) played on 20 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
15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 2 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–1 Universitatea Craiova Sfântu Gheorghe
Summary
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete
1 April 2019 (2019-04-01) 3 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–0 Viitorul Constanța Sfântu Gheorghe
Summary
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Constantin Sebastian Colțescu
8 April 2019 (2019-04-08) 4 FCSB 2–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Bucharest
Summary
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 4,233
Referee: Radu Petrescu
15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) 5 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–1 Astra Giurgiu Sfântu Gheorghe
Summary
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: George Rădulescu
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 Universitatea Craiova 1–0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Craiova
Report
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Horia Mladinovici
4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 8 Viitorul Constanța 3–1 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Ovidiu
Report
Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Marian Barbu
11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 9 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 1–5 FCSB Sfântu Gheorghe
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) 10 Astra Giurgiu 3–2 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Giurgiu
Report
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Referee: Ionuţ Coza

Cupa României edit

25 September 2018 Round of 32 ASU Politehnica Timișoara 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Timișoara
19:00 EEST
  • Bilia   22'
  • Ignea   43'
  • Murariu   118'
Report
Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Marian Balaci
Penalties
Bănică  
Coadă  
Bozian  
Cojocaru  
Hadnagy  
Nouvier  
Rus  
Drăghici  
31 October 2018 Round of 16 Mioveni 0–5 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Mioveni
16:30 EEST
  • Burnea   82'
Report
Stadium: Orășenesc
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Iulian Dima
27 February 2019 Quarter Final Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0–1 CFR Cluj Sfântu Gheorghe
20:00 EEST
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Municipal
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: George Găman

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Liga I Cupa României
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
12 GK   ROU Relu Stoian 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK   ROU Roland Niczuly 24 0 24 0 0 0
95 GK   ROU Béla Fejér 15 0 12 0 3 0
Defenders
2 DF   BRA Gabriel 35 0 34 0 1 0
3 DF   CIV Ousmane Viera 31 1 31 1 0 0
4 DF   ROU Adrián Rus 17 1 14 0 3 1
5 DF   GER Igor Jovanović 35 1 34 1 1 0
11 DF   PHI Daisuke Sato 29 0 24+4 0 1 0
16 DF   POL Sebastian Rudol 7 0 6 0 1 0
20 DF   KEN Aboud Omar 9 0 8 0 1 0
96 DF   ROU Florin Ștefan 30 4 27 3 3 1
Midfielders
7 MF   CRC Dylan Flores 10 0 9 0 1 0
8 MF   ROU Gabriel Vașvari 34 3 31 3 3 0
9 MF   FRA Bryan Nouvier 23 4 21 3 2 1
10 MF   MLI Birahima Tandia 34 11 34 11 0 0
14 MF   BLR Alyaksandr Karnitsky 26 1 24 1 2 0
17 MF   ROU Călin Popescu 3 0 3 0 0 0
18 MF   ROU Etele Baláska 1 0 1 0 0 0
21 MF   ROU Yasin Hamed 30 4 27 4 3 0
23 MF   GHA Joseph Mensah 29 3 26 3 3 0
24 MF   ROU István Fülöp 15 0 15 0 0 0
77 MF   BUL Stefan Velev 37 1 34 1 3 0
Forwards
27 FW   ROU Nicolae Carnat 4 0 4 0 0 0
70 FW   MKD Marko Simonovski 22 6 20 5 2 1
80 FW   ROU Attila Hadnagy 9 0 7 0 2 0
99 FW   ROU Andrei Sîntean 2 0 2 0 0 0
Transferred in mid-season
DF   ROU Ionuț Ursu 5 0 3 0 2 0
MF   ROU Stephan Drăghici 22 1 20 1 2 0
FW   ROU Zsombor Veress 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ROU Gabriel Dodoi 3 0 1 0 2 0
FW   HUN Dániel Prosser 4 2 2 0 2 2

Last updated: 20 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Goalscorers edit

As of 22 December 2018
Rank Nat Position Name Liga I Cupa României Total
1   MF Birahima Tandia 8 0 8
2   FW Marko Simonovski 5 1 6
3   DF Florin Ștefan 3 1 4
  MF Bryan Nouvier 3 1 4
5   MF Yasin Hamed 2 0 2
  FW Dániel Prosser 0 2 2
  MF Gabriel Vașvari 2 0 2
  MF Joseph Mensah 2 0 2
9   DF Ousmane Viera 1 0 1
  MF Stefan Velev 1 0 1
  DF Igor Jovanović 1 0 1
  DF Adrián Rus 0 1 1
  MF Alyaksandr Karnitsky 1 0 1
Total 29 6 35

Clean sheets edit

As of 22 December 2018
Rank Nat Name Liga I Cupa României Total
1   Roland Niczuly 8 0 8
2   Béla Fejér 1 1 2
Total 9 1 10

Disciplinary record edit

N P Nat. Name Liga I Cupa României Total Notes
                 
7 MF   Stephan Drăghici 7 7
2 DF   Gabriel 5 5
3 DF   Ousmane Viera 5 5
5 DF   Igor Jovanović 4 4
10 MF   Birahima Tandia 4 4
14 MF   Alyaksandr Karnitsky 3 1 4
23 MF   Joseph Mensah 4 4
8 MF   Gabriel Vașvari 3 1 4
9 MF   Bryan Nouvier 3 3
11 DF   Daisuke Sato 3 3
21 MF   Yasin Hamed 2 1 3
70 FW   Marko Simonovski 3 3
77 MF   Stefan Velev 3 3
96 DF   Florin Ștefan 2 1 3
33 GK   Roland Niczuly 2 2
4 DF   Adrián Rus 1 1 2
24 MF   István Fülöp 1 1

Last updated: 22 December 2018
Source: 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.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Liga I transfers". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Portar nou la Sepsi OSK!". Sepsi OSK (in Romanian). 11 September 2018. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Alex Rodríguez Gorrín joins Motherwell". Motherwell Football Club. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Liga I 2017/2018 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. ^ "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.