The 2018–19 Divizia Națională de Seniori is the second premier Romanian rugby competition, reserved for club teams. The number of participating teams is decreased from initially twelve teams to just nine due to ACS Rugby Morometii Turnu Magurele, CS Manaştur and CS Sportul Studentesc București the three teams which had pulled out for financial reasons., with addition of the 2017-18 champions and runners-up of the second tier championship DNS-Divizia Nationala de Seniori. The eventual champions of the Divizia Națională de Seniori have the right to promote up to the SuperLiga with the relegating teams going down to Divizia A, Romania's 3rd level competition.
Teams
Group Centre-North
ClubCity/CountyStadiumCapacityHead CoachCaptainCSM Bucovina SuceavaSuceava, SuceavaStadionul Unirea 7,000 Coltuneac MariusRC Gura HumoruluiGura Humorului, SuceavaStadionul Tineretului 5,000 Andrei VarvaroiCS ManaşturManaştur, ClujStadionul Iuliu Hațieganu 1,000 Roman RăzvanCS Știința PetroșaniPetroșani, HunedoaraStadionul Știința 1,000 Emil DrumeaCSUAV AradArad, AradStadionul Sanicolau Mic 1,000 Marian GrindeiCSM SibiuSibiu, SibiuStadionul Bebe Boboc 500 Răzvan Borcan
Group Centre-South
ClubCity/CountyStadiumCapacityHead CoachCaptainCS NăvodariNăvodari, ConstanțaStadionul Flacăra 5,000 Cristian HuseaRC BărladBărlad, VasluiStadionul Rulmentul 2,000 Ioan HarnageaCS Sportul Studențesc BucureștiBucureștiComplexul Cultural Sportiv Studentesc Tei 1,000 Constantin MercaCSM GalațiGalați, GalațiStadionul Municipal (Galați) 1,000 Marius SecuianuRC Grivița BucureștiBucureștiStadionul Parcul Copilului 1,000 Alexandru MarinACS Rugby Morometii Turnu MagureleTurnu Magurele, TeleormanStadionul Botul Calului 500 Not known Not known
Tables This is the regular season league table for Group Centre-North: Key to colours Advances to play-offs. Advances to play-out. Automatic Relegation.
Regular TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints differenceBonus pointsPoints 1 CS Știința Petroșani 8 8 0 0 509 91 +418 8 40 2 CSM Bucovina Suceava 8 6 0 2 260 136 +124 6 30 3 RC Gura Humorului 8 4 0 4 167 185 -18 2 18 4 CSUAV Arad 8 2 0 6 125 276 -151 3 11 5 CSM Sibiu 8 0 0 8 107 480 -373 1 1 6 CS Manaştur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is the regular season league table for Group Centre-South: Key to colours Advances to play-offs. Advances to play-out. Automatic Relegation.
Regular TableClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints differenceBonus pointsPoints 1 CS Năvodari 6 6 0 0 223 41 +182 5 29 2 RC Bărlad 6 2 1 3 123 155 -32 3 13 3 RC Grivița București 6 2 0 4 74 134 -60 1 9 4 CSM Galați 6 1 1 4 89 179 -90 3 7 5 ACS Rugby Morometii Turnu Magurele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 CS Sportul Studențesc București 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fixtures & Results Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Play-off Semifinals The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 12:00 and 14:30 at Olimpia and Dan Păltinișanu respectively. 1CSM București1722CSA Steaua București2Timișoara Saracens3035CSM Știința Baia Mare
Third/Fourth place final Both finals were held on 25 May 2019, 1 week after the semi-finals at Stadionul Fepa 74. 1CSM București2019Timișoara Saracens
First / Second place final 1CSA Steaua București2224CSM Știința Baia Mare
Play-out Semifinals The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 09:00 at Mihail Naca and Prinț Ghică respectively. 1ACS Tomitanii Constanța2240CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca2SCM Buzău1116CS Dinamo București
Seventh/Eighth place final Both finals were held on 26 May 2019, 1 week and 1 day after the semi-finals at Stadionul Olimpia. 1ACS Tomitanii Constanța1214SCM Buzău
Fifth/Sixth place final 1CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca2217CS Dinamo București
References
External links www.super-liga.ro – Official website