2014–15 CS Universitatea Craiova season

The 2014–15 season was the 44th season of competitive football for Universitatea Craiova, and the first season for a team from Craiova in Liga I since 2011. Universitatea Craiova were promoted to the top league of the Romanian football league system after winning the 2013–14 Liga II season (Seria II).

Universitatea Craiova

2014–15 season
Chairman	Felix Grigore
Manager	Ionel Gane (July–August) Emil Săndoi (September–May)
Stadium	Ion Oblemenco Extensiv
Liga I	5th
Cupa României	Quarter-finals
Cupa Ligii	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Tha'er Bawab (9 goals) All: Tha'er Bawab (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	25,000 vs FCSB (December 4, 2014)
Lowest home attendance	1,000 vs CFR Cluj (May 30, 2015)
Average home league attendance	5,705
Biggest win	Craiova 3-0 U Cluj Craiova 3-0 CFR Cluj
Biggest defeat	Astra Giurgiu 5-0 Craiova
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	Liga II	1st
	Cupa României	Fifth round

Kit

Supplier: Joma / Sponsors: Sticky (back)

Universitatea Craiova signed a deal with manufacturer Joma after having used Macron in the previous season. The team presented the kit and the new signings on the 21st of June.[1]

Home

Away

Third Kit

Fourth kit

Goalkeeper

• Home: The home kit is stripped and in the traditional blue and white colors.[2] This kit used the stripped crest of the sports club until April, and then switched to the lion crest.[3]
• Away: The away kit was all white with blue trims on the shorts. This kit used the stripped crest for the entirety of the season.
• Third: The third kit had the same design as the home kit, but in black and yellow colors. It was unpopular with the fans, who wanted their team to play in blue or in white, and was used only once.
• Fourth: The fourth kit consisted of green shirts, black shorts and black socks. It was unpopular with the fans, who wanted their team to play in blue or in white, and was used only once.

Players

Squad information

No.	Player	Nat.	Pos.	Date of birth (Age)	Since	Signed from	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Bojan Brać		GK	28 February 1989 (aged 25)	2013	Hajduk Kula	-	-
12	Cătălin Straton		GK	9 October 1989 (aged 24)	2014	Vaslui	-	-
22	Ionuț Irimia		GK	17 May 1979 (aged 35)	2013	CSMS Iași	-	-
34	Cristian Bălgrădean		GK	21 March 1988 (aged 26)	2014	Dinamo București	-	-
Defenders
2	Sebastian Achim		DF	2 June 1986 (aged 27)	2014	Petrolul Ploiești	-	-
3	Stephane Acka		DF	11 October 1990 (aged 23)	2013	FC U Craiova	-	-
4	Cosmin Frăsinescu		DF	10 February 1985 (aged 29)	2014	Gaz Metan Mediaș	-	-
5	Bogdan Vătăjelu		DF	24 April 1993 (aged 21)	2014	Metalul Reșița	-	-
6	Kay		DF	5 January 1988 (aged 26)	2014	Belenenses	-	-
7	Gabriel Velcovici		DF	2 October 1984 (aged 29)	2013	Turnu Severin	-	-
7	Marius Briceag		DF	6 April 1992 (aged 22)	2015	Râmnicu Vâlcea	-	-
18	Ovidiu Dănănae		DF	26 August 1985 (aged 28)	2014	Apollon Limassol	-	-
19	Andrei Dumitraș		DF	23 January 1988 (aged 26)	2015	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	-	-
23	Andrei Sin		DF	26 October 1991 (aged 22)	2013	Delta Tulcea	-	-
23	Vlad Marcu		DF	5 March 1995 (aged 19)	2014	FC U Craiova	-	-
26	Adrian Avrămia		DF	31 January 1992 (aged 22)	2013	CSMS Iași	-	-
27	Nicușor Bancu		DF	18 September 1992 (aged 21)	2014	Olt Slatina	-	-
28	Madson		DF	9 May 1991 (aged 23)	2014	Vaslui	-	-
Midfielders
8	Alexandru Mateiu		MF	10 December 1989 (aged 24)	2014	Brașov	-	-
10	Viorel Ferfelea		MF	26 April 1985 (aged 29)	2013	Sportul Studențesc	-	-
11	Alexandru Neacșa		MF	3 September 1991 (aged 22)	2013	Corona Brașov	-	-
13	Alexandru Băluță		MF	13 September 1993 (aged 20)	2014	Viitorul Constanța	-	-
14	Pablo Brandán		MF	5 March 1983 (aged 31)	2014	Beitar Jerusalem	-	-
15	Nuno Rocha		MF	25 March 1992 (aged 22)	2014	Marítimo	-	-
19	Mihăiţă Pleşan (C)		MF	19 February 1983 (aged 31)	2013	Volga Nizhny Novgorod	-	-
21	Adrian Cîrstea		MF	27 March 1995 (aged 19)	2013	Academy	-	-
24	Ionuț Tîrnăcop		MF	22 April 1987 (aged 27)	2014	Universitatea Cluj	-	-
30	Silviu Izvoranu		MF	3 December 1982 (aged 31)	2013	Volyn Lutsk	-	-
40	Dacian Varga		MF	15 October 1984 (aged 29)	2013	Sportul Studențesc	-	-
Forwards
4	Costin Curelea		FW	11 July 1984 (aged 29)	2013	Sportul Studențesc	-	-
11	Tha'er Bawab		FW	1 March 1985 (aged 29)	2014	Gaz Metan Mediaș	-	-
16	Andrei Ivan		FW	4 January 1997 (aged 17)	2013	Sporting Pitești	-	-
17	Andrei Hergheligiu		FW	21 March 1992 (aged 22)	2014	CSMS Iași	-	-
21	Nerijus Valskis		FW	4 August 1987 (aged 26)	2013	Sūduva Marijampolė	-	-

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

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

27 June 2014 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	2–2	Vardar	Dravograd, Slovenia
17:00	Bancu  3' Ivan  90'	Report	4'  36'

1 July 2014 Friendly	Celje	4–6	Universitatea Craiova	Dravograd, Slovenia
17:00	23'  32'  85'  88'	Report	Curelea  4', 26' Pleșan  67' (pen) Nuno Rocha  73' Sin  78' Herghelegiu  83'

3 July 2014 Friendly	Slaven Belupo	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Dravograd, Slovenia
17:00		Report	Edson  65' (o.g.)

6 July 2014 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Olimpija Ljubljana	Dravograd, Slovenia
17:00		Report

9 July 2014 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	4–1	Šampion	Dravograd, Slovenia
17:30	Madson  22' Mateiu  59' Ivan  82' Kay  87'	Report	20'

6 September 2014 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	2–1	OFK Beograd	Craiova
17:00	Băluță  23' Pleșan  80'	Report	Jovanović  50'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 2,000

9 September 2014 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	3–2	Podari	Craiova
16:00	Izvoranu  12' Sin  20' Burlacu  47'	Report	Preda  84' Segărceanu  85'

11 October 2014 Friendly	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–3	Universitatea Craiova	Turnu Severin
15:00		Report	Ferfelea  36' Herghelegiu  54', 64'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 500

15 October 2014 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	5–0	Vișina Nouă	Craiova
16:00	Sin  2', 16' Cîrstea  19' Brandán  39' Avrămia  71'	Report

18 November 2014 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	11–0	Pandurii II Târgu Jiu	Craiova
14:00	Curelea  8', 12' Tîrnăcop  13' Acka  27' Vătăjelu  30', 38' Ferfelea  34' Herghelegiu  63' Velcovici  69' Ivan  78' Varga  81'	Report

25 November 2014 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Podari	Craiova
13:00		Report

17 January 2015 Friendly	Gençlerbirliği	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Belek, Turkey
16:00	Kaya  20'	Report	Herghelegiu  37'

21 January 2015 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	3–0	Khazar Lankaran	Belek, Turkey
16:00	Tîrnăcop  2' Băluță  59' Herghelegiu  82'	Report

25 January 2015 Friendly	Anzhi Makhachkala	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Belek, Turkey
16:00	Andreyev  60'	Report

31 January 2015 Friendly	Pogoń Szczecin	0–0	Universitatea Craiova	Belek, Turkey
16:00		Report

1 February 2015 Friendly	Kuban Krasnodar	0–0	Universitatea Craiova	Belek, Turkey
16:00		Report

4 February 2015 Friendly	Shanghai SIPG	2–2	Universitatea Craiova	Belek, Turkey
14:00	Hysén  28'  86'	Report	Briceag  22' Brandán  89' (pen)

6 February 2015 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	2–1	Jagiellonia Białystok	Belek, Turkey
16:00	Bawab  21' Mateiu  73'	Report	Gajos  28', pen'

8 February 2015 Friendly	Wisła Kraków	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Belek, Turkey
16:30	Guerrier  73'	Report	Brandán  49' Băluţă  71'

9 February 2015 Friendly	Pakhtakor Tashkent	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Belek, Turkey
16:00		Report	Kay  20' Ivan  54'

11 February 2015 Friendly	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Belek, Turkey
16:00	Macrițchii  70'	Report	Tîrnăcop  29' Nuno Rocha  44'

18 February 2015 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	2–1	FC Caransebeș	Turnu Severin
14:00	Vătăjelu  39' Herghelegiu  90'	Report	Stoica  47'	Stadium: Municipal

4 March 2015 Friendly	Olt Slatina	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Slatina
13:00	Curtuiuș  58'	Report	Herghelegiu  79' Băluță  89'	Attendance: 500

28 March 2015 Friendly	Metalul Reșița	0–4	Universitatea Craiova	Turnu Severin
13:00		Report	Băluță  35' Herghelegiu  42' (52) Cîrstea  65'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 200

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	25 July 2014	30 May 2015	Matchday 1	5th	34	14	11	9	40	34	+6	041.18
Cupa României	25 September 2014	4 December 2014	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	066.67
Cupa Ligii	16 July 2014	16 July 2014	Play-off	Play-off	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					38	16	11	11	44	38	+6	042.11

Last updated: 14 August 2018

Source: Competitions

Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced on 2 July 2014.[4]

Liga I table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	CFR Cluj[lower-alpha 1]	34	16	9	9	46	29	+17	57[lower-alpha 2]
4	Astra Giurgiu	34	15	12	7	53	27	+26	57[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 3]
5	Universitatea Craiova[lower-alpha 4]	34	14	11	9	40	34	+6	53
6	Petrolul Ploiești[lower-alpha 4]	34	14	10	10	42	30	+12	52
7	Dinamo București[lower-alpha 4]	34	13	9	12	47	44	+3	48

Source: Liga I (in Romanian) UEFA.com (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
Notes:

1. CFR Cluj were initially deducted 24 points due to financial reasons,[5] but the decision was adjourned by Court of Arbitration for Sport until the conclusion of the insolvency proceedings.[6] CFR Cluj were not eligible to play in Europe as they did not obtain an UEFA license[7] because they filed for insolvency.[8]
2. CFR Cluj ahead on head-to-head record; CFR Cluj–Astra Giurgiu 4–1, Astra Giurgiu–CFR Cluj 0–1
3. The Romanian Cup finalist Universitatea Cluj filed for insolvency, and the other one is Steaua București, so the European spot meant for cup winner will be filled up by the 3rd eligible team from the Liga I and the spot for the third-placed team will be given to the 4th eligible team from the Liga I.[9]
4. Teams who have not been given a UEFA license (Brașov, Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, CFR Cluj, Concordia Chiajna, Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo București, Oțelul Galați, Petrolul Ploiești, Rapid București and Universitatea Cluj) were not eligible to play in European competitions.[7] Petrolul Ploiești,[10] Dinamo București,[11] Rapid București,[12] FC Brașov,[13] Universitatea Cluj[9] and CFR Cluj[8] were not eligible to play in Europe because they filed for insolvency and Universitatea Craiova was not eligible because it was affiliated in 2013.[14]

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
34	14	11	9	40	34	+6	53	7	7	3	19	10	+9	7	4	6	21	24	−3

Last updated: 14 August 2018.
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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W
Position	7	14	15	13	17	18	16	13	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	4	6	5	5	6	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	5

Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 July 2014 1	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Craiova
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Achim  52' Madson  59' Kay  66' Curelea  86'	Report	Anton  41' Élton  51' Roman  62' Shalaj  73' Nistor  87'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

2 August 2014 2	Steaua București	3–1	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Popa  3' Sânmărtean  34' Râpă  45' Prepeliță  70' Arlauskis  80' Varela  90+4'	Report	Bancu  39' Kay  77' Băluță  79' Ivan  90+5'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galaţi)

8 August 2014 3	Universitatea Craiova	2–2	Viitorul Constanța	Craiova
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Vătăjelu  10' Curelea  23', 31' Acka  78' Madson  90+1'	Report	Mitrea  20' (pen) Nedelcu  43' Țîru  88'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

15 August 2014 4	Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Mediaş
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Figliomeni  35' Mujgradic  52' Todea  76'	Report		Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,000 Referee: George Rădulescu (Bucharest)

24 August 2014 5	Universitatea Craiova	0–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Craiova
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Madson  8' Frăsinescu  11' Brandán  60' Brać  67' Curelea  87'	Report	Albin  61'  68' Tamuz  82'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

31 August 2014 6	Astra Giurgiu	5–0	Universitatea Craiova	Giurgiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Oros  36' Budescu  45', 59', 84' (pen) Bukari  52' Enache  86'	Report	Brandán  42' Nuno Rocha  45+1' Kay  83'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

15 September 2014 7	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Craiova
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Kay  51' Madson  61'	Report	Miron  4' Murgoci  29' Milea  55' Karlík  64'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dragoş Istrate (Bucharest)

22 September 2014 8	Universitatea Cluj	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Costin  71' Neag  81' Nuno Viveiros  90+2'	Report	Mușat  49' (o.g.) Bancu  64' Brandán  82'  90+1' Nuno Rocha  85' Madson  89'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Adrian Comănescu (Râmnicu Vâlcea)

28 September 2014 9	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	ASA Târgu Mureș	Craiova
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Brandán  26' (pen)  86' Bălgrădean  90'	Report	Feussi  56' N'Doye  80' Axente  90+1'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

5 October 2014 10	Dinamo București	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:10 EEST (UTC+3)	Mansaly  19' Cordoș  29' Biliński  52' (pen)	Report	Băluță  8' Filip  25' (o.g.) Bawab  36' Madson  37'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

19 October 2014 11	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Concordia Chiajna	Craiova
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Varga  5' Ferfelea  90+1' (pen)	Report	Wellington  6' (pen) Cristea  23' Brlečić  64' Stan  68'  77'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest)

24 October 2014 12	Brașov	2–3	Universitatea Craiova	Braşov
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Diogo Santos  9' Țîră  10' Constantinescu  70' (pen) Ganea  80' Leko  90'	Report	Vătăjelu  32' Bawab  45' Madson  46' Bălgrădean  70' Nuno Rocha  74'  83'	Stadium: Silviu Ploeșteanu Attendance: 500 Referee: Paul Unimatan (Zalău)

1 November 2014 13	Universitatea Craiova	2–1	Botoșani	Craiova
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Băluță  27' Brandán  72' Vătăjelu  90+4'	Report	Vașvari  31' (pen) Tincu  32' Ngadeu-Ngadjui  45'  52' Homei  69'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

9 November 2014 14	CSMS Iași	1–3	Universitatea Craiova	Iaşi
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Bőle  82' Plămadă  85'	Report	Nuno Rocha  3', 33' Tîrnăcop  78' Bălgrădean  90'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Lucian Rusandu (Sfântu Gheorghe)

24 November 2014 15	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	Rapid București	Craiova
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Brandán  42' Bawab  90+3'	Report	Dică  35' Iacob  73' Martin  90+1'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Iulian Călin (Ștefănești)

29 November 2014 16	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Craiova
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Bawab  4' Hergheligiu  59'	Report	Marc  26'  87'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa (Piteşti)

7 December 2014 17	CFR Cluj	0–0	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Chanturia  78'	Report	Izvoranu  68' Tîrnăcop  85'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

23 February 2015 18	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Târgu Jiu
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Brata  29' Anton  45' Ungurușan  62' Nicoară  87'	Report	Tîrnăcop  35' Vătăjelu  40' Bawab  57' Băluță  63'	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

1 March 2015 19	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Steaua București	Craiova
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Brandán  24'  50' Madson  41'	Report	Râpă  26' Prepeliță  42' Popa  81'	Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

8 March 2015 20	Viitorul Constanța	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Chiajna
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mitriță  1'	Report	Nuno Rocha  24' Madson  36' Băluță  45' Vătăjelu  63'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 800 Referee: George Rădulescu (Bucharest)

14 March 2015 21	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Craiova
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Tîrnăcop  16' Achim  58' Mateiu  79'	Report	Abrudan  9' Élton  34' Velázquez  52' Llullaku  65'	Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Dragoş Istrate (Bucharest)

17 March 2015 22	Petrolul Ploiești	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Ploieşti
18:30 EET (UTC+2)	Filip  19' Astafei  49' Ipša  51' Alcénat  58'	Report	Nuno Rocha  6'  45+1' Mateiu  41' Brandán  51' (pen) Achim  83' Tîrnăcop  90+4'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

21 March 2015 23	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Astra Giurgiu	Craiova
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Madson  54' Kay  79'	Report	Yahaya  62' Seto  69' Lung  87'	Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

4 April 2015 24	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Galaţi
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Hamroun  11' Solomou  23' Cucu  64' Hotoboc  66'	Report	Mateiu  56' Bawab  57'  58' Tîrnăcop  66'	Stadium: Oţelul Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

7 April 2015 25	Universitatea Craiova	3–0	Universitatea Cluj	Craiova
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bawab  23' Nuno Rocha  41', 71' Vătăjelu  68'	Report	Ceppelini  9' Škvorc  60' Nuno Viveiros  67' Neag  89'	Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Robert Dumitru (Sfântu Gheorghe)

11 April 2015 26	ASA Târgu Mureș	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Târgu Mureş
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Bejan  29' Gorobsov  38' Zicu  45+1' N'Doye  67'	Report	Achim  40' Madson  66' Hergheligiu  90+1' Brandán  90+6'	Stadium: Trans-Sil Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

19 April 2015 27	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Dinamo București	Craiova
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Brandán  41' Izvoranu  59'	Report	Filip  36'  76' Grigore  41'	Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Baia Mare)

24 April 2015 28	Concordia Chiajna	2–2	Universitatea Craiova	Chiajna
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alves  32' Maftei  37' Boldrin  72' Dina  80'	Report	Vătăjelu  32' Frăsinescu  36' Tîrnăcop  41' Bawab  56' Bălgrădean  81'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galaţi)

29 April 2015 29	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	Brașov	Craiova
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bawab  42'	Report	Matei  35' Goian  76' Bencun  80' Străuț  81'	Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Cătălin Popa (Piteşti)

2 May 2015 30	Botoșani	2–0	Universitatea Craiova	Botoşani
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Acsinte  25' Vașvari  58' Batin  86'	Report	Madson  30' Băluță  40'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Iulian Călin (Ștefănești)

9 May 2015 31	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	CSMS Iași	Craiova
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Ciucă  53' Bădic  60' Mitić  72' Crețu  77' Grahovac  90+5'	Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

17 May 2015 32	Rapid București	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Niculae  23' Sapina  65' Josl  78'	Report	Bawab  59' Mateiu  72' Nuno Rocha  74' Frăsinescu  84'	Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 8,000 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

24 May 2015 33	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Piatra Neamţ
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Căruță  26' Sialmas  69' Achim  90' Buden  90'	Report	Hergheligiu  37'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest)

30 May 2015 34	Universitatea Craiova	3–0	CFR Cluj	Craiova
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bawab  49', 82' Nuno Rocha  62' Băluță  65' Mateiu  67'	Report	Larie  21' Lopes  31' Vereș  35' Carp  69' Petrucci  80'	Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa (Piteşti)

Cupa României

Universitatea Craiova entered the Romanian Cup at the Round of 32.

Their first opponents were second division side FC Caransebeș. Playing with several second string players, Craiova started the game brightly and missed two early chances. Ferfelea's free-kick almost hit the target and Herghelegiu was unable to tap in the ball from inside the six-yard box. In the 25th minute Ferfelea's cross-shot was deflected in the goal by Caransebeș defender Goşa, and Craiova opened the score. After the goal, Craiova's players relaxed and Lupu equalized after a hesitation from the central defenders. The Students were unfazed by the goal and continued to attack, but they were unable to find the net. The numerical equilibrium was broken after Lupu was sent off in the 67th minute. Soon after, Ferfelea received a pass in the middle of the penalty area and scored the winning goal.[15]

In the Round of 16 Universitatea was drawn to play at home against Viitorul Constanța. Craiova created a few early chances through Băluță and Ferfelea, but they were unable to score. Viitorul replied through ex-Craiova player Neacșa, who escaped in a one on one situation with the goalkeeper, but his weak shot was unable to threaten the goal and the first half ended scoreless. Craiova started the second half on the offensive, and their efforts were rewarded when a Curelea volley was boxed by Viitorul's goalkeeper to Băluță, who scored from close range. Despite playing in 10 men after the sending off of Puțanu, Viitorul equalized in stoppage time after a corner and sent the game into extra-time. In the 97th minute, Craiova winger Bancu suffered a double leg fracture that sidelined him for most of the remaining of the season. Mateiu scored the winning goal in the 112th minute and sent Craiova through to the quarter-finals.[16]

25 September 2014	FC Caransebeș	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Caransebeș
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lupu  25'	Report	Goşa  20' (o.g.) Băluță  63' Ferfelea  71'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Marian Balaci (Drobeta-Turnu Severin)

29 October 2014	Universitatea Craiova	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Viitorul Constanța	Craiova
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Băluță  54' Brandán  72' Mateiu  112' Curelea  120+11'	Report	Pană  29' Puțanu  32'  80' Șeroni  76'  97' Țîru  90+2' Nikolov  93'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Florin Miron (Bucharest)

4 December 2014	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	Steaua București	Craiova
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Breeveld  30' Rusescu  69' (pen) Cojocaru  84' Latovlevici  90+2'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

Cupa Ligii

Universitatea Craiova entered the League Cup at the Play-off round.

16 July 2014	Rapid București	1–0	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
17:00	Săndulescu  35' Ciolacu  52' Păun  54'	Report	Mateiu  29' Dănănae  58'  90+2' Frăsinescu  60' Kay  84' Madson  86'	Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 6,000 Referee: George Rădulescu (Bucharest)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 8 August 2018

No	Pos	Player	Liga I		Cupa României		Cupa Ligii		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	GK	Cătălin Straton	2 + 0	-	1 + 0	-	-	-	3 + 0	-
22	GK	Ionuț Irimia	1 + 0	-	-	-	-	-	1 + 0	-
34	GK	Cristian Bălgrădean	27 + 0	-	2 + 0	-	-	-	29 + 0	-
Defenders
2	DF	Sebastian Achim	26 + 0	-	1 + 0	-	-	-	27 + 0	-
3	DF	Stephane Acka	26 + 1	-	2 + 0	-	-	-	28 + 1	-
4	DF	Cosmin Frăsinescu	27 + 1	-	3 + 0	-	1 + 0	-	31 + 1	-
5	DF	Bogdan Vătăjelu	33 + 0	1	2 + 0	-	1 + 0	-	36 + 0	1
6	DF	Kay	10 + 5	-	-	-	1 + 0	-	11 + 5	-
7	DF	Gabriel Velcovici	0 + 3	-	1 + 0	-	-	-	1 + 3	-
7	DF	Marius Briceag	2 + 6	-	-	-	-	-	2 + 6	-
18	DF	Ovidiu Dănănae	1 + 0	-	1 + 0	-	1 + 0	-	3 + 0	-
19	DF	Andrei Dumitraș	4 + 4	-	-	-	-	-	4 + 4	-
23	DF	Andrei Sin	-	-	0 + 1	-	-	-	0 + 1	-
26	DF	Adrian Avrămia	0 + 1	-	0 + 1	-	-	-	0 + 2	-
27	DF	Nicușor Bancu	11 + 2	1	1 + 1	-	1 + 0	-	13 + 3	1
28	DF	Madson	26 + 1	1	2 + 0	-	1 + 0	-	29 + 1	1
Midfielders
8	MF	Alexandru Mateiu	18 + 4	1	2 + 0	1	1 + 0	-	21 + 4	2
10	MF	Viorel Ferfelea	6 + 6	1	3 + 0	1	-	-	9 + 6	2
11	MF	Alexandru Neacșa	1 + 2	-	-	-	0 + 1	-	1 + 3	-
13	MF	Alexandru Băluță	25 + 5	2	3 + 0	1	1 + 0	-	29 + 5	3
14	MF	Pablo Brandán	20 + 2	4	2 + 0	-	-	-	22 + 2	4
15	MF	Nuno Rocha	27 + 3	8	0 + 1	-	-	-	27 + 4	8
19	MF	Mihăiţă Pleşan (C)	1 + 8	-	0 + 1	-	-	-	1 + 9	-
21	MF	Adrian Cîrstea	1 + 6	-	0 + 2	-	-	-	1 + 8	-
24	MF	Ionuț Tîrnăcop	23 + 2	3	1 + 0	-	-	-	24 + 2	3
30	MF	Silviu Izvoranu	7 + 2	-	1 + 0	-	-	-	8 + 2	-
40	MF	Dacian Varga	1 + 3	-	1 + 0	-	-	-	2 + 3	-
Forwards
4	FW	Costin Curelea	10 + 5	3	1 + 0	-	1 + 0	-	12 + 5	3
11	FW	Tha'er Bawab	25 + 0	9	1 + 1	-	-	-	26 + 1	9
16	FW	Andrei Ivan	3 + 14	1	1 + 0	-	1 + 0	-	5 + 14	1
17	FW	Andrei Hergheligiu	6 + 14	3	1 + 1	-	0 + 1	-	7 + 16	3
21	FW	Nerijus Valskis	0 + 1	-	-	-	-	-	0 + 1	-

Squad statistics

	Liga I	Cupa României	Cupa Ligii	Home	Away	Total Stats
Games played	34	3	1	19	19	38
Games won	14	2	0	8	8	16
Games drawn	11	0	0	7	4	11
Games lost	9	1	1	4	7	11
Goals scored	40	4	0	21	23	44
Goals conceded	34	3	1	12	26	38
Goal difference	+6	+1	-1	+9	-3	+6
Clean sheets	13	0	0	9	4	13
Goal by Substitute	3	0	0	1	2	3
Total shots	339	22	8	210	159	369
Shots on target	121	10	4	68	67	135
Corners	177	11	6	116	78	194
Players used	32	26	13	29	29	33
Offsides	91	2	1	41	53	94
Fouls suffered	537	22	17	285	291	576
Fouls committed	484	19	16	255	264	519
Yellow cards	67	2	5	28	46	74
Red cards	4	0	1	3	2	5
Average possession	48.97%	21.0%	60.0%	50.0%	44.11%	47.05%
Winning rate	41.18%	66.67%	0.0%	42.11%	42.11%	42.11%

Last updated: 20 August 2018
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

As of 20 August 2018

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Cupa Ligii	Total
1	FW	Tha'er Bawab	9	-	-	9
2	MF	Nuno Rocha	8	-	-	8
3	MF	Pablo Brandán	4	-	-	4
4	MF	Ionuț Tîrnăcop	3	-	-	3
	MF	Alexandru Băluță	2	1	-	3
	FW	Costin Curelea	3	-	-	3
	FW	Andrei Hergheligiu	3	-	-	3
8	MF	Alexandru Mateiu	1	1	-	2
	MF	Viorel Ferfelea	1	1	-	2
10	FW	Andrei Ivan	1	-	-	1
	DF	Nicușor Bancu	1	-	-	1
	DF	Bogdan Vătăjelu	1	-	-	1
	DF	Madson	1	-	-	1
Total			38	3	0	41

Last updated: 20 August 2018
Source: Competitive matches

Goal minutes

As of 14 August 2018

	1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT	Extra time	Forfeit
Goals	3	8	8	8	8	8	1	0
Percentage	6.82%	18.18%	18.18%	18.18%	18.18%	18.18%	2.27%	%

Source: Competitive matches

Clean sheets

As of 20 August 2018

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Cupa Ligii	Total	Games played
1	Cristian Bălgrădean	13	-	-	13	29
2	Bojan Brać	-	-	-	0	5
	Ionuț Irimia	-	-	-	0	1
	Cătălin Straton	-	-	-	0	3
Total		13	0	0	13	38

Last updated: 20 August 2018
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

As of 20 August 2018

N	P	Nat.	Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Cupa Ligii			Total			Notes
28	DF		Madson	11	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	12	-	-
14	MF		Pablo Brandán	6	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	1
6	DF		Kay	4	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	1
5	DF		Bogdan Vătăjelu	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
13	MF		Alexandru Băluță	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
8	MF		Alexandru Mateiu	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	-	-
15	MF		Nuno Rocha	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
34	GK		Cristian Bălgrădean	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
4	DF		Cosmin Frăsinescu	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-	-
11	FW		Tha'er Bawab	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
24	MF		Ionuț Tîrnăcop	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
2	DF		Sebastian Achim	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
18	DF		Ovidiu Dănănae	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-
30	MF		Silviu Izvoranu	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
4	FW		Costin Curelea	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
27	DF		Nicușor Bancu	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
40	MF		Dacian Varga	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
1	GK		Bojan Brać	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
3	DF		Stephane Acka	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Total				67	2	2	3	0	0	5	1	0	75	3	2

Last updated: 20 August 2018
Source: Competitive matches

Attendances

As of 14 August 2018

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Liga I	17	97,000	5,705	14,000	1,000
Cupa României	2	28,500	14,250	25,000	3,500
Cupa Ligii	0	0	0	0	0
Total	19	125,500	6,605	25,000	1,000

Last updated: 20 August 2018
Source: Competitive matches

See also

• 2014–15 Liga I
• 2014–15 Cupa României
• 2014–15 Cupa Ligii

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