2018–19 CFR Cluj season

CFR Cluj 2018–19 football season
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)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2017–18

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.

Season overview

Previous season positions

Competition Position
Romania Liga I 1st
Romania Cupa României Round of 32

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source

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

Expenditure
Income
Net Totals

Preseason and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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

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

Regular season

Table

Pos Team
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  • e
 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
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
Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2018. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

CFR Cluj v FC Botoșani
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)
Dunărea Călărași v CFR Cluj
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
CFR Cluj v Concordia Chiajna
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
FC Voluntari v CFR Cluj
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
CFR Cluj v Dinamo București
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
Gaz Metan Mediaș v CFR Cluj
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
CFR Cluj v Viitorul Constanța
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
CFR Cluj v FCSB
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
Hermannstadt v CFR Cluj
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)
CFR Cluj v Universitatea Craiova
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)
Astra Giurgiu v CFR Cluj
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
CFR Cluj v Politehnica Iași
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
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v CFR Cluj
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
FC Botoșani v CFR Cluj
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)
CFR Cluj v Dunărea Călărași
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)
Concordia Chiajna v CFR Cluj
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
CFR Cluj v FC Voluntari
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
Dinamo București v CFR Cluj
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
CFR Cluj v Gaz Metan Mediaș
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
Viitorul Constanța v CFR Cluj
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)
FCSB v CFR Cluj
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
CFR Cluj v Hermannstadt
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 22 CFR Cluj 1–1 Hermannstadt Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Deac Yellow card 28'
Păun Yellow card 47'
Țucudean 77'		 Summary Tătar 29' Yellow card 81'
Dumitriu Yellow card 53'
Tsoumou Yellow card 78'
Petrescu Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Marius Avram
Universitatea Craiova v CFR Cluj
10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 23 Universitatea Craiova 2–0 CFR Cluj Craiova
21:00 EET (UTC+2) Cristea 14'
Kelić Yellow card 36'
Koljić 78'		 Summary Manea Yellow card 59'
Arlauskis Yellow card 86'
Omrani Yellow card 88'
Lang Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
CFR Cluj v Astra Giurgiu
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 24 CFR Cluj 1–1 Astra Giurgiu Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Djoković Yellow card 14'
Omrani Yellow card 34'
Paulo Vinícius Yellow card 37'
Mureșan 53'
Lang Yellow card 72'		 Summary Butean Yellow card 14'
Bejan Red card 30'
Romário Yellow card 61'
Mrzljak Yellow card 68'
Radunović 73'
Lazar Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
Politehnica Iași v CFR Cluj
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 25 Politehnica Iași 0–1 CFR Cluj Iași
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Gardoș Yellow card 80'
Burlacu Yellow card 90'		 Summary Culio Yellow card 6' Yellow-red card 17'
Deac Yellow card 43'
Camora Yellow card 88'
Thierry Moutinho Yellow card 88'
Țucudean 90+3'		 Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Iulian Călin
CFR Cluj v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
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 Yellow card 13' Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: George Rădulescu

Championship round

Table

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 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
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
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Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

CFR Cluj v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
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
Viitorul Constanța v CFR Cluj
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 2 Viitorul Constanța 0–1 CFR Cluj Ovidiu
Summary
Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Marius Avram
CFR Cluj v Astra Giurgiu
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
Universitatea Craiova v CFR Cluj
7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 4 Universitatea Craiova 0–0 CFR Cluj Craiova
 Summary
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Marius Avram
CFR Cluj v FCSB
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)
Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v CFR Cluj
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
CFR Cluj v Viitorul Constanța
29 April 2019 (2019-04-29) 7 CFR Cluj 3–1 Viitorul Constanța Cluj-Napoca
  • Camora 57'
  • Culio 67' (pen.)
  • Paulo Vinícius 74'
 Summary
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 8,412
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
Astra Giurgiu v CFR Cluj
6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 8 Astra Giurgiu 1–5 CFR Cluj Giurgiu
 Summary
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 800
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru
CFR Cluj v Universitatea Craiova
12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 9 CFR Cluj 1–0 Universitatea Craiova Cluj-Napoca
 Summary
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
FCSB v CFR Cluj
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

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

Round of 32

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

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Astra Giurgiu v CFR Cluj
24 April 2019 Second leg Astra Giurgiu 2–2
(5–3 agg.)		 CFR Cluj Giurgiu
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici

Supercupa României

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

CFR Cluj v 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

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

Second qualifying round

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

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

UEFA Europa League

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

Third qualifying round

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

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

Play-off Round

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.

CFR Cluj Romania v Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
30 August 2018 2nd Leg CFR Cluj Romania 2–3
(2–5 agg.)		 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange Cluj-Napoca
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

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

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

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

Player Against Result Date Competition

Clean sheets

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

As of 2018
Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Champions League Europa League Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Attendances

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

References

  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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