2018–19 FC UTA Arad season

UTA Arad
2018–19 season
Owner	UTA Supporters Association
Chairman	Florian Voinea
Manager	Ionuț Popa
Stadium	Motorul
Cupa României	Round of 32

The 2018–19 season will be the 72nd season of competitive football by UTA Arad, and the 4th consecutive in Liga II. UTA Arad will compete in the Liga II and in Cupa României.

Season overview

Background

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	Liga II	12th
	Cupa României	Round of 32

Players

First team squad

As of 20 December 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ROU	Marinel Creța
12	GK	ROU	Rafael Zamfir
22	GK	ROU	Roberto Bodea
93	GK	AUT	Miroslav Orlic

2	DF	SEN	Benga Samba
4	DF	TUN	Oualid El Hasni
5	DF	ROU	Alexandru Manea
8	DF	ROU	Paul Copaci
21	DF	ROU	Adrian Suslak
27	DF	ROU	Rafael Iuga


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	ROU	Albert Stahl
17	MF	ROU	Andrei Enescu (Vice-captain)
18	MF	ROU	Cătălin Vulturar
20	MF	CIV	Stephan Coulibaly
77	MF	ROU	Denis Hrezdac
97	MF	ROU	Damian Isac
98	MF	ROU	Cristian Costin

9	FW	ROU	David Popa
19	FW	ROU	Ciprian Rus (Captain)
24	FW	ROU	David Miculescu

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

7 July 2018 Friendly	UTA Arad	2–2	Békéscsaba Előre	Arad, Romania
11:00 UTC+3	János 55' Al.Pop 86'	Report		Stadium: Sânnicolau Mic

10 July 2018 Friendly	Ripensia Timișoara	0–2	UTA Arad	Békéscsaba, Hungary
17:00 UTC+3		Report	Al.Manea 60' D.Popa 65'	Stadium: Kórház utcai

13 July 2018 Friendly	Debrecen	1–0	UTA Arad	Debrecen, Hungary
17:30 UTC+3	Takács 50'	Report

16 July 2018 Friendly	UTA Arad	1–0	Szeged	Arad, Romania
11:00 UTC+3	Al.Manea 80'	Report		Stadium: Sânnicolau Mic

19 July 2018 Friendly	Békéscsaba Előre	1–2	UTA Arad	Békéscsaba, Hungary
17:00 UTC+3	Hursán 30'	Report	Copaci 68' Cubleșan 90'	Stadium: Kórház utcai

21 July 2018 Friendly	Național Sebiș	1–5	UTA Arad	Sebiș, Romania
11:00 UTC+3	Susan 11'	Report	D.Popa 5', 16' Matei 14' Al.Pop 64' Al.Manea 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Crișana

25 July 2018 Friendly	Szeged	2–1	UTA Arad	Gyula, Hungary
11:00 UTC+3	Oláh 11' Zádori 32'	Report	Vădrariu 76'	Stadium: Grosics Akadémia

28 July 2018 Friendly	UTA Arad	2–1	Șoimii Lipova	Arad, Romania
11:00 UTC+3	Cubleșan 22' Copaci 32'	Report	C.Rus 68'	Stadium: Sânnicolau Mic

1 August 2018 Friendly	Avântul Periam	0–1	UTA Arad	Periam, Romania
17:05 UTC+3		Report	Duku 30'	Stadium: Comunal

16 January 2019 Friendly	UTA Arad	2–3	Békéscsaba Előre	Arad, Romania
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Alvarenga 21' Cr.Matei 77' (pen.)	Report	Sinanovic 18' Serpiu 38' Urbin 78'	Stadium: Motorul

29 January 2019 Friendly	Szeged	0–0	UTA Arad	Gyula, Hungary
12:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Grosics Akadémia

31 January 2019 Friendly	UTA Arad	1–1	Szeged	Arad, Romania
12:00 EET (UTC+2)	Kanda 8'	Report	Orosz 89'	Stadium: Motorul

5 February 2019 Friendly	UTA Arad	3–1	Gloria Lunca-Teuz Cermei	Arad, Romania
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Isac 7' Cr.Matei 64' Kanda 72'	Report	Mihuța 89'	Stadium: Motorul

7 February 2019 Friendly	UTA Arad	1–1	Crișul Chișineu-Criș	Arad, Romania
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Șeroni 27'	Report	Piț 19'	Stadium: Motorul

9 February 2019 Friendly	UTA Arad	1–1	Luceafărul Oradea	Arad, Romania
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	D.Popa 86'	Report	F.Drăgan 89'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 100 Referee: Mircea Ardelean (Arad)

13 February 2019 Friendly	Ripensia Timișoara	1–0	UTA Arad	Timișoara, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mansour 44'	Report		Stadium: Știința 2

16 February 2019 Friendly	UTA Arad	2–0	Șoimii Lipova	Arad, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2)	El Hasni 10' Melinte 42'	Report		Stadium: Motorul Referee: Tudor Jurcă (Arad)

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga II	5 August 2018	–	Matchday 1	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Cupa României	August 2018	–	Fourth Round	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 13 July 2018

Source: Competitions

Liga II

The Liga II fixture list was announced on 19 July 2018.[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Daco-Getica București	38	11	14	13	54	55	−1	47[lower-alpha 1]
12	Ripensia Timișoara	38	12	11	15	44	54	−10	47[lower-alpha 1]
13	UTA Arad	38	13	8	17	55	64	−9	47[lower-alpha 1]
14	Farul Constanța	38	14	5	19	46	60	−14	47[lower-alpha 1]
15	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	38	12	8	18	57	65	−8	44

Source: FRF (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) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[2]
Notes:

Head-to-head points: Daco-Getica București 10 pts, Ripensia Timișoara 9 pts, UTA Arad 8pts, Farul Constanța 3 pts

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
38	13	8	17	55	64	−9	47	8	4	7	34	33	+1	5	4	10	21	31	−10

Last updated: 31 May 2019.
Source:

Position 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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	12	13

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

Matches

Win Draw Loss

5 August 2018 1	Daco-Getica București	2–0	UTA Arad	Bucharest
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	A.Voicu 10' R.Stănescu 32'	Report		Stadium: Colentina Attendance: 300 Referee: Eduard Ioniță (Galați)

11 August 2018 2	UTA Arad	4–2	Farul Constanța	Arad
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	C.Rus 8' Copaci 39' 57' Petra 79'	Report	Tudorică 49' Doumbia 74'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 700 Referee: Paul Unimătan (Zalău)

18 August 2018 3	Dacia Unirea Brăila	0–0	UTA Arad	Brăila
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 700 Referee: Claudiu Marcu (Constanța)

25 August 2018 4	UTA Arad	2–1	Ripensia Timișoara	Arad
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Samba 34' Al.Pop 80'	Report	C.Toma 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Rareș Vidican (Satu Mare)

1 September 2018 5	ACS Poli Timișoara	0–3	UTA Arad	Timișoara
13:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Cubleșan 36' Costin 75' Rus 86'	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 250 Referee: Marian Balaci (Turnu Severin)

8 September 2018 6	Luceafărul Oradea	0–1	UTA Arad	Sânmartin
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Cr.Matei 76'	Stadium: Luceafărul Attendance: 300 Referee: Florin Mazilu (Satu Mare)

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 7	UTA Arad	0–1	Academica Clinceni	Arad
EEST (UTC+3)		Report	B.Barbu 76'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Cătălin Buși (Rm. Vâlcea

20 September 2018 8	Sportul Snagov	2–1	UTA Arad	Ghermănești
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Buia 61' Dănălache 90+4'	Report	C.Rus 66'	Stadium: Voința Attendance: 300 Referee: Mihai Amorăriței (Câmpina)

29 September 2018 9	UTA Arad	0–2	Balotești	Arad
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Gojnea 56' V.Nicolae 63'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Ionela Peșu (Craiova)

5 October 2018 10	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–2	UTA Arad	Târgu Jiu
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	D.Pârvulescu 55'	Report	Cubleșan 73' Oprea 90'	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Denis Haidiner (Hunedoara)

10 October 2018 11	UTA Arad	6–1	Metaloglobus București	Arad
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Al.Manea 27' Al.Pop 33' 50' Cubleșan 39' 85' D.Popa 83'	Report	Herea 7'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 600 Referee: Cristian Codrea (Baia Mare)

14 October 2018 12	Chindia Târgoviște	4–2	UTA Arad	Târgoviște
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Neguț 33' 83' Novac 40' A.Șerban 53'	Report	Rus 12' 66'	Stadium: Eugen Popescu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Claudiu Marcu (Constanța)

20 October 2018 13	UTA Arad	1–1	Energeticianul	Arad
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Al.Manea 85'	Report	R.Enache 40'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 700 Referee: Florin Mazilu (Satu Mare)

27 October 2018 14	ASU Politehnica Timișoara	1–3	UTA Arad	Timișoara
12:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bozian 67' (pen.)	Report	N.János 14' 40' C.Rus 87'	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Mihai Amorăriței (Câmpina)

4 November 2018 15	UTA Arad	0–4	Universitatea Cluj	Arad
12:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Giurgiu 17' Coman 38' Gavra 62' Coman 70'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 2,500 Referee: George Găman (Craiova)

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 16	Aerostar Bacău	1–0	UTA Arad	Bacău
EET (UTC+2)	Căinari 45'	Report		Stadium: Aerostar Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marius Omuț (Satu Mare)

18 November 2018 17	UTA Arad	1–2	Argeș Pitești	Arad
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	D.Popa 70'	Report	Buhăescu 23' C.Stan 73'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andrei Moroiță (Ploiești)

22 November 2018 18	Petrolul Ploiești	2–2	UTA Arad	Ploiești
19:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ștefănescu 12' Arnăutu 71' (pen.)	Report	C.Rus 36' (pen.), 49'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Florin Miron (Bucharest)

28 November 2018 19	UTA Arad	2–1	Mioveni	Arad
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	C.Rus 31' 78'	Report	V.Balint 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 250 Referee: Vladimir Nagy (Aiud)

1 December 2018 20	UTA Arad	1–1	Daco-Getica București	Arad
11:00 EET (UTC+2)	Costin 48'	Report	Călințaru 31'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 400 Referee: Cristian Codrea (Baia Mare)

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 21	Farul Constanța	1–1	UTA Arad	Constanța
11:30 EET (UTC+2)	Dumitrașcu 81'	Report	Rus 66'	Stadium: Farul Attendance: 350 Referee: Adrian Illyeș (Ploiești)

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 22	UTA Arad	3–0	Dacia Unirea Brăila	Arad
11:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rus 4' 26' Melinte 86'	Summary		Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 650 Referee: Sergiu Popa

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 23	Ripensia Timișoara	1–0	UTA Arad	Timișoara
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gueye 47'	Summary		Stadium: Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 400 Referee: Marius Chițu

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 24	UTA Arad	2–1	ACS Poli Timișoara	Arad
11:00 EET (UTC+2)	David Miculescu 54' Ciucur 76'	Summary	Dănuț Bilia 3'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Cătălin Ion Buşi

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 25	UTA Arad	0–3	Luceafărul Oradea	Arad
11:00 EET (UTC+2)		Summary	Pop 22' 39' (pen.) Daniel Paraschiv 90+3'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 500 Referee: Cristian Răzvan Codrea

23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) 26	Academica Clinceni	2–0	UTA Arad	Clinceni
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bogdan Barbu 76' (pen.) Paul Pațurcă 88'	Summary		Stadium: Clinceni Attendance: 200 Referee: Horia Gabriel Mladinovici

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 27	UTA Arad	3–1	Sportul Snagov	Arad
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Paul Copaci 31' Rus 53' (pen.) Șeroni 79' (pen.)	Summary	Huiban 13'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Cristian Omar Dumitrică

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 28	Balotești	1–3	UTA Arad	Balotești
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Marius Cocîrlă 80'	Summary	Marian Ghiță 28' (o.g.) Paul Copaci 66' Kanda 87'	Stadium: Central Attendance: 150 Referee: Claudiu Marcu

10 April 2019 (2019-04-10) 29	UTA Arad	3–3	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Arad
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Popa 57' Ciucur 59' Rus 71'	Summary	Patrick Popescu 7' Blejdea 25' Dodoi 82'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 30	Metaloglobus București	3–0	UTA Arad	Bucharest
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Valentin Ghenovici 24' Herea 25' Herea 76'	Summary		Stadium: Metaloglobus Attendance: 300 Referee: Adrian Illyeş

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 31	UTA Arad	2–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Arad
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	El Hasni 42' Paul Copaci 65'	Summary	Mihai 64' Leca 80'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sergiu Popa

26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 32	Energeticianul	2–2	UTA Arad	Petroșani
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Tudorache 5' Popescu 90+4'	Summary	Kanda 56' Rus 70'	Stadium: Jiul Attendance: 250 Referee: Andrei Lucian Ţiţii

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 33	UTA Arad	0–2	ASU Politehnica Timișoara	Arad
13:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Summary	Ignea 10' Manea 71'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Florin Ovidiu Mazilu

12 May 2019 (2019-05-12) 34	Universitatea Cluj	3–0	UTA Arad	Cluj-Napoca
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Goga 9' 62' Florescu 90+3'	Summary		Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Viorel Flueran

15 May 2019 (2019-05-15) 35	UTA Arad	2–1	Aerostar Bacău	Arad
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Neagu 51' Rus 71'	Report	Vraciu 26'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 500 Referee: Mihai Amoraritei

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 36	Argeș Pitești	2–1	UTA Arad	Pitești
11:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Buhăescu 26' Vișa 74'	Report	Alexandru Oroian 90+3'	Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Attendance: 500 Referee: Claudiu Marcu

26 May 2019 (2019-05-26) 37	UTA Arad	2–4	Petrolul Ploiești	Arad
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alexandru Oroian 31' Șeroni 43'	Report	Arnăutu 44' 88' (pen.) Marinescu 65' Rusu 78'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 1,500 Referee: George Găman

31 May 2019 (2019-05-31) 38	Mioveni	3–0	UTA Arad	Mioveni
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Măzărache 18' Hergheligiu 35' 43'	Report		Stadium: Orășenesc Attendance: 200 Referee: Bogdan Anghelinei

Cupa României

12 September 2018 Fourth Round	UTA Arad	2–1	ACS Poli Timișoara	Arad
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	N.János 58' Al.Pop 78'	Report	O.Drăghici 35'	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 200 Referee: Denis Haidiner (Hunedoara)

26 September 2018 Round of 32	UTA Arad	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Politehnica Iași	Arad
16:00	C.Rus 3' Cr.Matei 67' Al.Pop 116' (pen.)	Report	Bekui 45+2' Aguinaldo 82' Enoh 97' (pen.)	Stadium: Motorul Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Robert Dumitru (Sfântu Gheorghe)
	Penalties
	Al.Manea Cubleșan D.Popa Al.Pop		Cioinac Enoh L.Rus Al.Zaharia Gallego

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 1 July 2018

No.	Pos	Player	Liga II		Cupa României		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Squad statistics

	Liga II	Cupa României	Home	Away	Total Stats
Games played	0	0	0	0	0
Games won	0	0	0	0	0
Games drawn	0	0	0	0	0
Games lost	0	0	0	0	0
Goals scored	0	0	0	0	0
Goals conceded	0	0	0	0	0
Goal difference	0	0	0	0	0
Clean sheets	0	0	0	0	0
Goal by Substitute	0	0	0	0	0
Players used	–	–	–	–	–
Yellow cards	0	0	0	0	0
Red cards	0	0	0	0	0
Winning rate	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Last updated: 13 July 2018
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

As of 24 June 2018

Rank	Position	Name	Liga II	Cupa României	Total
Total			0	0	0

Goal minutes

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

Last updated: 2018 (UTC)
Source: [Source: Soccerway]

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition

Clean sheets

As of 2018

Rank	Name	Liga II	Cupa României	Total	Games played
Total		0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

As of 2018

Rank	Position	Name	Liga II			Cupa României			Total
Rank	Position	Name
Total			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Attendances

As of 2018

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Liga II	0	0	0	0	0
Cupa României	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0

References

"Liga II schedule for the upcoming season". Romanian Football Federation. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
"Liga I 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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[table_hth_DGB0.56347596019668-2] Head-to-head points: Daco-Getica București 10 pts, Ripensia Timișoara 9 pts, UTA Arad 8pts, Farul Constanța 3 pts

[1] "Liga II schedule for the upcoming season". Romanian Football Federation. 19 July 2018. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[3] "Liga I 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

2018–19 FC UTA Arad season

Season overview

Background

Previous season positions

Players

First team squad

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Liga II

League table

Results summary

Position by round

Matches

Cupa României

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Goal minutes

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

Attendances

See also

References