2018–19 FC Botoșani season

The 2018–19 season will be the xth season of competitive football by Botoșani, and the yth consecutive in Liga I. Botoșani will compete in the Liga I and in Cupa României.

This page covers all relevant details regarding Botoșani for all official competitions inside the 2018–19 season.

Botoșani

2018–19 season
Chairman	vacant
Manager	Costel Enache
Stadium	Municipal
Cupa României	Round of 32
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	Liga I	8th
	Cupa României	Semi-finals

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga I

Main article: 2018–19 Liga I

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

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Viitorul Constanța	26	11	5	10	26	27	−1	38	Qualification for the Championship round
6	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	26	10	7	9	32	25	+7	37
7	Botoșani	26	9	9	8	31	33	−2	36	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Politehnica Iași	26	10	4	12	28	38	−10	34
9	Dinamo București	26	8	8	10	29	37	−8	32

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
26	9	9	8	31	33	−2	36	5	3	5	14	17	−3	4	6	3	17	16	+1

Last updated: 3 March 2019.
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	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2019. 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)	Vinícius  26' D.Djoković  59'	Report	R.Oaidă  19' M.Roman  45' Fülöp  48' Soiledis  52' M.A.Roman  85' Patache  86' J.Rodríguez  87'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

FC Botoșani v Hermannstadt

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) 2	FC Botoșani	2–0	Hermannstadt	Botoșani
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	A.Dumitraș  44' M.A.Roman  67'  77' R.Oaidă  86'	Report	Dandea  51' A.Coman  86' D.Tătar  87'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ionuţ Coza

Universitatea Craiova v FC Botoșani

3 August 2018 (2018-08-03) 3	Universitatea Craiova	2–2	FC Botoșani	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	A.Burlacu  13' A.Mitriță  21' (pen.), 35'	Report	Fülöp  11'  45+2' M.A.Roman  17' G.Miron  54' E.Pap  70'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

FC Botoșani v Astra Giurgiu

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 4	FC Botoșani	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Botoșani
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ongenda  10' R.Oaidă  14' G.Miron  26' M.Roman  30' A.Dumitraș  82'	Report	Mrzljak  17' Alibec  31' Bejan  39'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Politehnica Iași v FC Botoșani

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 5	Politehnica Iași	2–1	FC Botoșani	Iași
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	M.Chelaru  28' A.Cristea  31', 35' D.Rusu  85' O.Mihalache  90+2'	Report	Brekalo  54' M.A.Roman  55'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: George Cătălin Găman

FC Botoșani v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) 6	FC Botoșani	0–0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Botoșani
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Soiledis  44'	Report	S.Drăghici  63' I.Jovanović  65'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Horia Gabriel Mladinovici

FCSB v FC Botoșani

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 7	FCSB	2–2	FC Botoșani	Voluntari
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Man  4'  67' Gnohéré  21' (pen.) J.Morais  29' Jakoliš  42' D.Nedelcu  45+1' Planić  84'	Report	Chitoșcă  23' E.Papa  43'  53' M.A.Roman  75'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj)

Dunărea Călărași v FC Botoșani

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Dunărea Călărași	3–2	FC Botoșani	Călărași
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	G.Simion  10' Pană  21' Kanda  29' Dobrosavlevici  37'  49' Ndiaye  84' Straton  90+4'	Report	J.Rodríguez  12' (pen.), 51' (pen.) R.Oaidă  18'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa

FC Botoșani v Concordia Chiajna

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	FC Botoșani	0–2	Concordia Chiajna	Botoșani
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	E.Papa  1' J.Rodríguez  44' Fabbrini  86' Golofca  90+2'	Report	A.Marc  32' G.Matei  43' Guessan  45' Gorobsov  57' Leca  67' Prepeliță  86' Greab  90'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lucian Ruşandu

FC Voluntari v FC Botoșani

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	FC Voluntari	1–1	FC Botoșani	Voluntari
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Bucurică  29' Laïdouni  36' (pen.)  44' Malfleury 38'  51' Răuță  90+4'	Report	Chindriș  26' Patache  35' A.Burcă  62' Chitoșcă  80'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 300 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

FC Botoșani v Dinamo București

8 October 2018 (2018-10-08) 11	FC Botoșani	2–0	Dinamo București	Botoșani
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	R.Oaidă  3' Chitoșcă  54' E.Pap  80' Fabbrini  90+1'	Report	Corbu  20' Penedo  54' Nistor  82'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Gaz Metan Mediaș v FC Botoșani

21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 12	Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–2	FC Botoșani	Mediaș
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Yazalde  15' V.Crețu  23'	Report	A.Dumitraș  69' M.A.Roman  73' J.Rodríguez  89' (pen.)  90+2'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,500 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

FC Botoșani v Viitorul Constanța

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 13	FC Botoșani	1–2	Viitorul Constanța	Botoșani
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	J.Rodríguez  73' Trujić  90+4'	Report	I.Vînă  60' Voduț  67' I.Hagi  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Marius Avram

FC Botoșani v CFR Cluj

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 14	FC Botoșani	1–5	CFR Cluj	Botoșani
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ongenda  83'	Report	Chitoșcă  10' (o.g.) Culio  28' A.Păun  54' C.Deac  69' Omrani  73'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

Hermannstadt v FC Botoșani

12 November 2018 (2018-11-12) 15	Hermannstadt	1–1	FC Botoșani	Târgu Mureș
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Serediuc  38' Mijušković  65' D.Tătar  77' Dandea  81' Tsoumou  90+3'	Report	J.Rodríguez  63' (pen.)  75' M.A.Roman  67'	Stadium: Trans-Sil Attendance: 200 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

FC Botoșani v Universitatea Craiova

26 November 2018 (2018-11-26) 16	FC Botoșani	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Botoșani
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Fabbrini  25' Fülöp  35' Patache  54' Golofca  65'	Report	V.Mihăilă  18' R.Dimitrov  34' C.Bărbuț  39' Kelić  46' Bancu  68' Mateiu  79'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Astra Giurgiu v FC Botoșani

3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 17	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	FC Botoșani	Giurgiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bejan  61' Belu-Iordache  71'  74' Cestor  78' Mrzljak  88'	Report	Fülöp  50' A.Burcă  55' Ongenda  84'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 300 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

FC Botoșani v Politehnica Iași

6 December 2018 (2018-12-06) 18	FC Botoșani	1–2	Politehnica Iași	Botoșani
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	G.Miron  6'	Report	A.Sin  22' Platini  34' D.Flores  45+2'  90' A.Cristea  51' P.Petre  67' D.Rusu  90+6'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v FC Botoșani

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) 19	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	0–1	FC Botoșani	Sfântu Gheorghe
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Tandia  66' Nouvier  79'	Report	Golofca  33' Fülöp  54' Fraisl  70' G.Miron  74' Soiledis  90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Adrian Viorel Cojocaru

FC Botoșani v FCSB

16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 20	FC Botoșani	1–3	FCSB	Botoșani
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Golofca  24' Fabbrini  28' G.Miron  40'	Report	Gnohéré  14' J.Morais  34' L.Filip  38' F.Coman  52' A.Stan  60' Man  85' Rusescu  86'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

FC Botoșani v Dunărea Călărași

20 December 2018 (2018-12-20) 21	FC Botoșani	1–0	Dunărea Călărași	Botoșani
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ongenda  36' Patache  68'	Report	G.Mendy  65'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 300 Referee: Iulian Călin

Concordia Chiajna v Botoșani

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 22	Concordia Chiajna	0–1	Botoșani	Chiajna
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Măzărache  29' Bărboianu  33' Tha'er Bawab  36' Ropotan  63' Radu  76' Guessan  78'	Summary	Rodríguez  52' Fabbrini  72' Târșă  73' Miron  77'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 300 Referee: George Cătălin Găman

Botoșani v Voluntari

11 February 2019 (2019-02-11) 23	Botoșani	1–0	Voluntari	Botoșani
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Roman  45'  57' Ongenda  54' Dumitraș  59' Soiledis  90+3' Pap  90+6'	Summary	Laïdouni  56' Tudorie  90+3' Petrariu  90+3'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,500 Referee: George Rădulescu

Dinamo București v Botoșani

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 24	Dinamo București	1–2	Botoșani	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Montini  24' Aït-Atmane  31' Grigore  33' Filip  45' Aliji  54' Popa  70'	Summary	Golofca  28' Fabbrini  75' Burcă  81' Rodríguez  90+2' Fraisl  90+4'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 5,728 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Botoșani v Gaz Metan Mediaș

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 25	Botoșani	1–1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Botoșani
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Fülöp  42'  43' Golofca  43' Soiledis  60' Dumitraș  62' Roman  79' Burcă  86'	Summary	Cristea  37'  61' Olaru  52' Fofana  82' Chamed  90+1' Diallo  90+3'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Constantin Sebastian Colțescu

Viitorul Constanța v Botoșani

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 26	Viitorul Constanța	1–0	Botoșani	Ovidiu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hagi  18' Houri  26' Băluță  36' Boboc  88'	Summary	Ongenda  8' Oaidă  28' Rodríguez  44' Miron  51' Roman  82' Fabbrini  84' Târșă  89'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Relegation round

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Gaz Metan Mediaș	14	10	2	2	25	9	+16	48
8	Botoșani	14	8	2	4	18	9	+9	44
9	Dinamo București	14	8	3	3	16	7	+9	43
10	Politehnica Iași	14	3	5	6	12	18	−6	31
11	Voluntari	14	5	5	4	14	16	−2	31
12	Hermannstadt (O)	14	2	5	7	9	19	−10	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Dunărea Călărași (R)	14	3	4	7	8	18	−10	25	Relegation to Liga II
14	Concordia Chiajna (R)	14	2	4	8	17	23	−6	19

Source: Soccerway
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 teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[2]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

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
14	8	2	4	18	9	+9	26	5	1	1	9	2	+7	3	1	3	9	7	+2

Last updated: 31 May 2019.
Source: Liga I

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	9	10	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Botoșani v Concordia Chiajna

11 March 2019 (2019-03-11) 1	Botoșani	0–0	Concordia Chiajna	Botoșani
17:30 EEST	Fabbrini  39' Golofca  84' Dumitraș  88'	Summary	Gorobsov  33' Grădinaru  39' Fota  52' Albu  67' Marc  75' Rîmniceanu  79' Cadamuro  90+1'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Sorin Andrei Antonie

Voluntari v Botoșani

18 March 2019 (2019-03-18) 2	Voluntari	2–1	Botoșani	Voluntari
20:30 EEST	Signorelli  13' Laïdouni  31' Armaș  67' Hodorogea  71' Căpățînă  79' Tudorie  89'  90+3'	Summary	Fülöp  64' Burcă  67' Miron  72' Golofca  77' Karaboué  90+3'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 450 Referee: Iulian Călin

Botoșani v Dunărea Călărași

1 April 2019 (2019-04-01) 3	Botoșani	1–2	Dunărea Călărași	Botoșani
17:30 EEST	Buș  7' Fülöp  45' Roman  80' Fabbrini  90+2' Ongenda  90+6' Pap  90+6'	Summary	Iancu  33' Souda  42' Mendy  49' Ammari  57' Dobrosavlevici  65'  87' Luchin  90+2' Ndiaye  90+4' Keyta  90+6'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Adrian Viorel Cojocaru

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Botoșani

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 4	Gaz Metan Mediaș	2–0	Botoșani	Mediaș
17:30 EEST	Larie  12' Constantin  25' Chamed  50' Luís Aurélio  73' Bușu  77' Olaru  90+3'	Summary	Papa  60' Miron  85'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Botoșani v Hermannstadt

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 5	Botoșani	1–0	Hermannstadt	Botoșani
18:30 EEST	Roman  90' Fabbrini  90+3'	Summary	Dandea  7' Stoica  39' Dâlbea  65' Tătar  68'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Dinamo București v Botoșani

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 6	Dinamo București	1–0	Botoșani	Bucharest
21:00 EEST	Sorescu  9' N'Diaye  36'  88' Papazoglou  37'	Summary	Miron  23' Papa  86' Fraisl  88'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 1,280 Referee: Iulian Dima

Botoșani v Politehnica Iași

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 7	Botoșani	3–0	Politehnica Iași	Botoșani
18:00 EEST	Fülöp  31' (pen.)  45' Patache  35' Rodríguez  53' Holzmann  80' Karaboué  86' Golofca  90+4'	Summary	Gardoș  29' Platini  30' Semedo  46' Mihăescu  57' Rus  80' Panțîru  90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Horaiu Fesnic

Concordia Chiajna v Botoșani

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03) 8	Concordia Chiajna	2–2	Botoșani	Chiajna
18:00 EEST	Moussa  9' João Meira  23' Ropotan  27' Cadamuro  69'	Summary	Pițian  61' João Meira  64' (o.g.) Roman  71'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 150 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Botoșani v Voluntari

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10) 9	Botoșani	2–0	Voluntari	Botoșani
18:00 EEST	Papa  2' Roman  9'  70' Golofca  45+2' Rodríguez  57'	Summary	Popadiuc  22'  34' Russo  31' Căpățînă  64'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Marius Avram

Dunărea Călărași v Botoșani

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) 10	Dunărea Călărași	0–2	Botoșani	Călărași
18:15 EEST	Iancu  33' Luchin  45' Ammari  84'	Report	Fülöp  29' (pen.)  79' Golofca  45' Roman  69' Buș  86' Fraisl  89' Burcă  90+3'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

Botoșani v Gaz Metan Mediaș

17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) 11	Botoșani	1–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Botoșani
20:00 EEST	Rodríguez  44' (pen.) Pițian  69' Golofca  73' Patache  78' Miron  86'	Report	Constantin  66'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Horia Mladinovici

Hermannstadt v Botoșani

21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) 12	Hermannstadt	0–2	Botoșani	Sibiu
18:30 EEST	Tsoumou  23'	Report	Rodríguez  69' Oaidă  80'  81' Roman  85' Golofca  90+3'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,500 Referee: George Găman

Botoșani v Dinamo București

27 May 2019 (2019-05-27) 13	Botoșani	1–0	Dinamo București	Botoșani
21:00 EEST	Roman  8' Golofca  57'	Report	Grigore  41' Zenke  50'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ionu Coza

Politehnica Iași v Botoșani

31 May 2019 (2019-05-31) 14	Politehnica Iași	0–2	Botoșani	Iași
18:30 EEST	Rus  54' Pipoș  78'	Report	Holzmann  35'  68' Papa  36' Piftor  45+1' Burcă  48'  87'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 200 Referee: Eduard Ioniţă

Cupa României

Main article: 2018–19 Cupa României

Botoșani will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

Voluntari v Botoșani

25 September 2018 Round of 32	Voluntari	2–1	Botoșani	Voluntari
16:00	Zgrablić  34' Belahmeur  38' Tudorie  41' Laïdouni  42' Răuță  48' Vlad  58'	Summary	Karaboué  10' Oaidă  23' Miron  33'  54' Piftor  45+2'  52' Chitoșcă  46' Chindriș  72'	Stadium: Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 100 Referee: Sorin Andrei Antonie

See also

• 2018–19 Cupa României
• 2018–19 Liga I

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.