The 2018 Supercupa României was the 20th edition of the Supercupa României, the annual super cup in Romania.
The game was contested by the winners of the previous season's Liga I and Cupa României competitions, CFR Cluj and Universitatea Craiova respectively. It was played at the Ion Oblemenco Stadium in Craiova, on 14 July 2018.
CFR Cluj claimed the trophy after defeating Universitatea Craiova 1–0, with Emmanuel Culio scoring the only goal of the game. Before the match, CFR had reached the Supercupa României four times, winning two (2009, 2010) and being runners-up two times (2012, 2016); U Craiova had never took part in the contest.
Teams TeamQualificationPrevious participations (bold indicates winners)CFR ClujWinners of the 2017–18 Liga I4 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2016)Universitatea CraiovaWinners of the 2017–18 Cupa RomânieiNone
Venue
The Stadionul Ion Oblemenco was announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the Romanian Football Federation Executive Committee meeting on 7 May 2018. This was the first Supercupa României hosted in Craiova. The new Ion Oblemenco Stadium opened in November 2017. It is the home stadium of Universitatea Craiova.
The venue was chosen before the two participants were known. By winning the Romanian Cup, Universitatea Craiova earned the opportunity to play for the Supercup in their home stadium.
Match
Details
GK 87 Giedrius ArlauskisRB 77 Andrei Peteleu CB 55 Paulo Vinícius CB 30 Andrei Mureșan LB 45 Camora (c) RCM19 Emmanuel Culio CM28 Ovidiu Hoban LCM8 Damjan Djoković RW10 Ciprian Deac CF20 George Țucudean LW27 Sebastian Mailat Substitutes:RB6 Cristian Manea CF9 Billel Omrani CAM18 Valentin Costache Manager: Edward Iordănescu GK 13 Mirko PigliacelliCB 4 Răzvan Popa CB 24 Florin Gardoș CB 2 Tiago FerreiraRM 30 Radoslav Dimitrov CM8 Alexandru Mateiu CM23 Hristo Zlatinski LM11 Nicușor Bancu RW14 Dominik Glavina CF10 Alexandru Cicâldău LW28 Alexandru Mitriță (c) Substitutes:RW9 Andrei Burlacu CF16 Jovan Marković Manager: Devis Mangia
MAN OF THE MATCH Ciprian Deac MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Ovidiu Artene Vladimir Urzică Fourth official: Marius Avram Additional assistant referees:
MATCH RULES 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Statistics + OverallStatisticCFR ClujUniversitatea CraiovaGoals scored 1 0Total shots 5 8Shots on target 2 4Ball possession 50% 50%Corner kicks 6 6Fouls committed 19 13Offsides 0 0Yellow cards 3 3Red cards 0 0
Post-match Edward Iordănescu won his first trophy as a manager. The penalty netted by Emmanuel Culio was the first to be awarded in the competition, despite being played intermittently since 1994.
CFR Cluj's Ciprian Deac won the player of the match award, a distinction he had also received at the 2010 edition.
See also 2018–19 Liga I 2018–19 Cupa României
References
External links Romania - List of Super Cup Finals, RSSSF.com