The 2017–18 CS Universitatea Craiova season is the 66th season in the football club's history and 4th consecutive and 51st overall season in the top flight of Romanian football, the Liga I, having been promoted from the Liga II in 2014. Universitatea Craiova also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup Cupa României, and the UEFA Europa League. This is the 1st season for Universitatea in the rebuilt Ion Oblemenco stadium, located in Craiova, Romania. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Season overview
Background In the previous season, Universitatea finished in the fifth position and qualified for European football for the first time since the 1992–93 UEFA Cup. They were knocked out of the Romanian Cup in the semi-finals by FC Voluntari.
July
Previous season positions Competition Position Liga I5th Cupa RomânieiSemifinals Cupa LigiiQualifying Round
Players
Squad information
Transfers
In
Out
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: €229,000
Winter: €945,000
Total: €2,174,000
Income Summer: €3,400,000
Winter: €0
Total: €0
Net Totals Summer: €3,171,000
Winter: €945,000
Total: €2,226,000
Friendly matches
Competitions
Overview
Liga I
Regular season
Table
Results by round
Matches
Championship round
Table
Position by round
Matches
Cupa României
UEFA Europa League
Third qualifying round
Statistics Appearances and goals
! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers
Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Europa League Total 1 MF Alexandru Băluță 8 3 0 11 2 MF Gustavo 10 1 0 11 3 MF Alexandru Mitriță 7 1 0 8 4 FW Andrei Burlacu 4 0 0 4 5 MF Nicușor Bancu 2 0 0 2 DF Ivan Martić 2 0 0 2 MF Cristian Bărbuț 2 0 0 2 7 DF Renato Kelić 1 0 0 1 MF Hristo Zlatinski 1 0 0 1 Own goal 1 0 0 1 Total 36 5 0 41
Clean sheets
Rank Name Liga I Cupa României Europa League Total 1 Nicolae Calancea 7 1 0 8 2 Miodrag Mitrović 4 1 0 5 Total 11 2 0 13
Disciplinary record
Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Europa League Total 1 MF Alexandru Băluță 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 3 MF Alexandru Mitriță 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 DF Hrvoje Spahija 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 MF Gustavo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 DF Renato Kelić 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 MF Nicușor Bancu 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 FW Andrei Burlacu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 MF Vladimir Screciu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 DF Ivan Martić 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 DF Marius Briceag 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 MF Hristo Zlatinski 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 12 DF Radoslav Dimitrov 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 DF Alexandre Barthe 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 MF Alexandru Mateiu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 DF Niko Datković 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 GK Nicolae Calancea 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 DF Tiago Ferreira 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 18 FW Mihai Roman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 DF Apostol Popov 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 MD Cristian Bărbuț 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total 56 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 58 1 1
Attendances
Liga I18210,57611,69929,000600Cupa României126,00026,00026,00026,000Europa League120,00020,00020,00020,000Total20256,57612,82829,000600
See also
2017–18 Cupa României 2017–18 Liga I 2017–18 UEFA Europa League
References