2018–19 FC Viitorul Constanța season

The 2018–19 season was the 10th season of competitive football by Viitorul Constanța, and the 7th consecutive in the Liga I. Viitorul Constanța competed in the Liga I, Cupa României and Europa League. The club won their first Romanian Cup on 25 May 2019, defeating Astra Giurgiu in the final.

Viitorul Constanța
2018–19 season
ChairmanPavel Peniu
ManagerGheorghe Hagi
StadiumViitorul
Liga I3rd
Cupa RomânieiWinners
Europa League2nd qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ianis Hagi (10)

All:
Ianis Hagi (14)

Season overview

Background

Previous season positions

Competition Position
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
UEFA Europa League Play-off round
Liga I 4th
Cupa României Round of 16

Players

Squad information

First team squad

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 Árpád Tordai
2 DF  ROU Virgil Ghiță
3 MF  ESP Dani López
4 DF  NED Bas Kuipers
5 MF  ROU Sebastian Mladen
6 DF  NED Bradley de Nooijer
7 MF  ROU Alexandru Mățan
8 MF  ROU Carlo Casap
9 FW  BRA Rivaldinho (on loan from Levski Sofia)
10 MF  ROU Ianis Hagi (Captain)
11 MF  ROU Ionuț Vînă
12 GK  ROU Valentin Cojocaru
13 FW  ROU Denis Drăguș
14 MF  ROU Roberto Mălăele
15 DF  ROU Bogdan Țîru (Vice-Captain)
16 MF  ROU Vlad Achim
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  ROU Andrei Ciobanu
18 FW  ROU George Ganea
20 MF  ROU Andrei Tîrcoveanu
21 MF  ROU Paul Iacob
24 MF  BRA Eric
27 DF  ROU Radu Boboc
30 MF  ROU Andreias Calcan
31 GK  ROU Alexandru Buzbuchi
43 GK  ROU Paul Șerban
91 MF  ROU Alexi Pitu
93 MF  ROU Andrei Artean
96 MF  FRA Lyes Houri
98 DF  ROU Marius Leca
99 MF  ROU Tudor Băluță (on loan from Brighton)

Transfers

In:

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  ROU Paul Iacob (loan return from Dunărea Călărași)
MF  ROU Florin Nicolescu (loan return from Afumați)
FW  ROU Alexandru Stoica (loan return from Dunărea Călărași)
DF  ROU Robert Băjan (from Pandurii Târgu Jiu)
DF  ROU Srdjan Luchin (from CFR Cluj)
MF  ROU Vlad Achim (from FCSB, previously on loan at Botoșani)
MF  ROU Andrei Artean (from ACS Poli Timișoara)
MF  ROU Eduard Florescu (from Mioveni)
MF  FRA Lyes Houri (from Lens B)
MF  RUS Amir Natkho (from Lokomotiv Moscow)
FW  ROU Robert Răducanu (from Concordia Chiajna, previously on loan)
FW  ROU Cătălin Țîră (from Energeticianul)
DF  ROU Constantin Dima (from FC Dinamo București)
MF  ROU Andrei Tîrcoveanu (from Dinamo București)
DF  NED Bas Kuipers (from Ado Den Haag)
MF  BRA Eric Pereira (from Al-Markhiya SC)
FW  BRA Rivaldinho (on loan from Levski Sofia)
MF  ROU Andreas Calcan (from Almere City)
MF  ROU Tudor Băluță (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion, previously signed)
GK  ROU Árpád Tordai (loan return from Petrolul Ploiești)
FW  ROU George Ganea (from CFR Cluj)

Out:

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  MDA Sebastian Agachi (on loan to Pucioasa)
GK  ROU Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă (on loan to Universitatea Cluj, previously on loan at ASU Politehnica Timișoara)
GK  ROU Ionuț Gurău (on loan to Gloria Buzău, previously on loan at Farul Constanța)
GK  ROU Rareș Micu (on loan to Medgidia)
GK  ROU Haralambie Mociu (on loan to Medgidia)
GK  ROU Rareș Murariu (on loan to ASU Politehnica Timișoara)
GK  ROU Mihai Popa (to Farul Constanța)
GK  ROU Árpád Tordai (on loan to Petrolul Ploiești)
DF  ROU Paul Acasandrei (on loan to Axiopolis Cernavodă)
DF  ROU Mădălin Androne (on loan to Gloria Buzău, previously on loan at Farul Constanța)
DF  ROU Tiberiu Căpușă (on loan to Universitatea Cluj)
DF  ROU Cristian Ganea (to Athletic Bilbao)
DF  ROU Darius Grosu (on loan to Afumați)
DF  ROU Robert Hodorogea (on loan to Voluntari)
DF  ROU Răzvan Horj (to Újpest, previously on loan at Voluntari)
DF  ROU Szabolcs Kilyen (on loan to Mioveni, previously on loan at Miercurea Ciuc)
DF  ROU Cosmin Piciu (to Sporting Roșiori, previously on loan at Metalul Buzău)
DF  ROU Răzvan Prodan (on loan to Farul Constanța)
DF  ROU Sorin Rădoi (Retired)
DF  ROU Andrei Rusu (on loan to Medgidia)
DF  ROU Alexandru Sabangeanu (on loan to Farul Constanța)
DF  ROU Nicholas Suflaru (on loan to Medgidia)
MF  ROU Alexandru Cicâldău (to CS U Craiova)
MF  ROU Antonio Cruceru (to Petrolul Ploiești)
MF  ROU Doru Dumitrescu (on loan to Universitatea Cluj)
MF  ROU Mihai Ene (on loan to Petrolul Ploiești)
MF  ROU Eduard Florescu (to Botoșani, previously signed from Mioveni)
MF  ROU Giani Gherghiceanu (on loan to Alexandria)
MF  ROU Robert Grecu (on loan to Petrolul Ploiești, previously on loan at Argeș Pitești)
MF  ROU Florin Nicolescu (to Free agent, previously on loan at Afumați)
MF  ROU Rareș Oană (on loan to Sporting Liești)
MF  GHA Kofi Twumasi (to Universitatea Cluj)
MF  ROU Raul Vidrășan (on loan to ASU Politehnica Timișoara)
FW  ROU Romeo Bănică (on loan to ASU Politehnica Timișoara)
FW  ROU Cristian Ene (to Universitatea Cluj)
FW  ROU Cristian Gavra (to Universitatea Cluj)
FW  ROU Mircea Manole (to Rapid București, previously on loan at Afumați)
FW  ROU Cezar Mihalache (on loan to Argeș Pitești, previously on loan at Chindia Târgoviște)
FW  ROU Cătălin Țîră (to Luceafărul Oradea, previously signed from Energeticianul)
DF  ROU Robert Băjan (to Rapid București)
DF  ROU Constantin Dima (to Astra Giurgiu)
DF  ROU Srdjan Luchin (to Dunărea Călărași)
DF  ROU Răzvan Prodan (on loan to Daco-Getica București, previously on loan at Farul Constanța)
FW  ROU Robert Răducanu (to FC U Craiova)
FW  ROU Alexandru Stoica (on loan to Petrolul Ploiești)
MF  ROU Robert Grecu (on loan to Daco-Getica București, previously on loan at Petrolul Ploiești)
MF  ROU Mihai Ene (on loan to ASU Politehnica Timișoara, previously on loan at Petrolul Ploiești)
FW  ROU Mihai Voduț (to Beitar Jerusalem)
DF  ROU Dan Panait (on loan to Chindia Târgoviște, previously on loan at Concordia Chiajna)
FW  ROU Cristian Ene (on loan to ASU Politehnica Timișoara, previously on loan at Universitatea Cluj)
DF  ROU Robert Neciu (on loan to Farul Constanța)
MF  CPV Mailson Lima (to Ararat-Armenia)
MF  ROU Vlad Chera (on loan to Ripensia Timișoara)
MF  RUS Amir Natkho (to FC BATE Borisov)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 June 2018 (2018-06-20) Viitorul Constanța5-0FC Zimbru ChisinauOvidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Viitorul
24 June 2018 (2018-06-24) Viitorul Constanța7-0Daleszyce SpartacusKielce, Poland
EEST (UTC+3)
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) Viitorul Constanța2-1Jagiellonia BiałystokKielce, Poland
  • Runje  11'
30 June 2018 (2018-06-30) Viitorul Constanța3-2Podbeskidzie Bielsko-BiałaKielce, Poland
EEST (UTC+3)
4 July 2018 Legia Warsaw5 - 2Viitorul ConstanțaWarsaw, Poland
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Hagi  21'
  • Voduţ  90'
Stadium: Polish Army Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Warsaw)
5 July 2018 (2018-07-05) Viitorul Constanța3-1Radomiak RadomWarka, Poland
EEST (UTC+3)
  • ?  ?'
15 November 2018 Ludogorets Razgrad0-2Viitorul ConstanțaRazgrad,Bulgaria
EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Ludogorets Arena
14 January 2019 (2019-01-14) Viitorul Constanța2-1Ferencvárosi TCBelek, Turkey
Stadium: Rixos Belek
17 January 2019 (2019-01-17) Viitorul Constanța2-2FC Rubin KazanBelek, Turkey
Stadium: Belis Belek
17 January 2019 (2019-01-17) Viitorul Constanța0-5VfR AalenBelek, Turkey
Stadium: Sueno Belek
21 January 2019 (2019-01-21) Viitorul Constanța0-1Vejle BoldklubBelek, Turkey
Stadium: Sueno Belek
24 January 2019 (2019-01-24) Viitorul Constanța0-3Yenisey KrasnoyarskBelek, Turkey
Stadium: Sueno Belek
24 January 2019 (2019-01-24) Viitorul Constanța1-2FC Saburtalo TbilisiBelek, Turkey
Stadium: Sueno Belek
16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) Viitorul Constanța4-0Axiopolis CernavodăOvidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Complexul Academiei Hagi
23 March 2019 (2019-03-23) Viitorul Constanța3-0FC Zimbru ChisinauOvidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Viitorul
Referee: Antonio Pascu

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

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
3 Universitatea Craiova 26 13 6 7 43 24 +19 45 Qualification for the Championship round
4 Astra Giurgiu 26 11 9 6 36 23 +13 42
5 Viitorul Constanța 26 11 5 10 26 27 1 38
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
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]
Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 3Viitorul Constanta0-2Fc VoluntariOvidiu
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Viitorul
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) 6Viitorul Constanța1–4FCSBOvidiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+03) Ghiță  5'
Mățan  14'
Vînă  71'
Houri  86'
Filip  8'
Coman  45'
Nedelcu  45+4'
Man  52'
Popescu  69'
Qaka  78'
Júnior Morais  78'
D. Benzar  82'
Rusescu  89'
Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: István Kovács
Assistant referees: Vasile Marinescu, Ovidiu Artene
Fourth official: Florin Andrei
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8Viitorul Constanța1-0Hermannstadt SibiuOvidiu
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Viitorul
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 12Viitorul Constanța2-3Sepsi Sfântu GheorgheOvidiu
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Viitorul
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 13Botoșani1-2Viitorul ConstanțaBotoșani
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Municipal
25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 16Voluntari1-2Viitorul ConstanțaVoluntari
EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 17Viitorul Constanța4-1Dinamo BucureștiOvidiu
EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Viitorul
5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) 18Gaz Metan Mediaș2-2Viitorul ConstanțaMediaș
EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Gaz Metan
10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) 19FCSB2–0Viitorul ConstanțaPitești
20:00 EEST (UTC+02) Nedelcu  19'
Tănase  41',  55'
Filip  76'
Júnior Morais  80'
Achim  46'
Ghiță  70'
Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Marius Avram
Assistant referees: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu, Marius Nicoară
Fourth official: Andrei Florin Chivulete
15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 20Viitorul Constanța0-1CFR ClujOvidiu
EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Viitorul
20 December 2018 (2018-12-20) 21Hermannstadt Sibiu1-0Viitorul ConstanțaCluj
EET (UTC+2)
  • Dumitru  12'
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 23Astra Giurgiu3-0Viitorul ConstanțaGiurgiu
EET (UTC+2)
*Alibec  51' 65'
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 25Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe0-0Viitorul ConstanțaSfântu Gheorghe
EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Municipal
3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 26Viitorul Constanța1-0BotoșaniOvidiu
EET (UTC+2)
Stadium: Viitorul

Championship round

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CFR Cluj (C) 10 7 2 1 15 4 +11 50 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 FCSB 10 7 2 1 18 6 +12 48 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Viitorul Constanța 10 6 2 2 18 10 +8 39 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4 Universitatea Craiova 10 4 1 5 8 10 2 36 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5 Astra Giurgiu 10 2 0 8 6 20 14 27
6 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 10 0 1 9 5 20 15 20
Source: Soccerway, Romanian Football Federation
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 champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[2]
(C) Champion.
Position by round
Round12345678910
GroundAHAAHHAHHA
ResultWLDWWDLWWW
Position4444444433
Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 March 2019 (2019-03-11) 1FCSB1–2Viitorul ConstanțaBucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+02) Bălașa  17'
Coman  40'
Filip  50'
Benzar  64'
Coman  76'
Calcan  15'
Mladen  30'
Hagi  65' (pen.)
Artean  88'
Vînă  88'
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 8,783
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Alexandru Cerei, Ciprian Florin Danşa
Fourth official: Marian Barbu
15 March 2019 (2019-03-15) 2Viitorul Constanța0-1CFR ClujOvidiu
Alexandru Păun  73' Stadium: Viitorul
5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) 4Astra Giurgiu1-4Viitorul ConstanțaGiurgiu
Alibec  34' Ganea  21' 70'

Casap  28'

Eric  60'
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 6Viitorul Constanța1–1FCSBOvidiu
Summary
Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Marius Avram
29 April 2019 (2019-04-29) 7CFR Cluj3-1Viitorul ConstanțaCluj-Napoca
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova), Ovidiu Artene (Vaslui) și Adrian Popescu (Craiova)
3 May 2019 (2019-05-03) 8Viitorul Constanța3-1Sepsi Sfântu GheorgheOvidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
Referee: Marian Barbu (Făgăraș-Brașov), Daniel Mitruți (Craiova-Dolj), Alexandru Vodă (Alba Iulia-Alba)
10 May 2019 (2019-05-10) 9Viitorul Constanța3-0Astra GiurgiuOvidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
Referee: Andrei Antonie (București) , George Neacșu (Câmpulung Muscel - Argeș), Marius Marchidanu (Brăila)

Cupa României

Round of 32

26 September 2018 (2018-09-26) Concordia Chiajna0-3Viitorul ConstanțaChiajna
Ghiță  14'

Leca* 65' (o.g.)

Ciobanu  90'
Stadium: Concordia

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) Hermannstadt Sibiu2-3Viitorul ConstanțaPitești
EET (UTC+2)
*Juvhel Tsoumou  72'
Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin

Semi-finals

4 April 2019 1Universitatea Craiova1-2Viitorul ConstanțaCraiova
EEST (UTC+3) Bancu  5' Houri  77'
Rivaldinho  89'
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj-Napoca)
25 April 2019 2Viitorul Constanța2–0
(4–1 agg.)
Universitatea CraiovaOvidiu
19:45 EET (UTC+2)
Summary
Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Radu Pettrescu

Final

25 May 2019 FinalAstra Giurgiu1-2Viitorul ConstanțaPloiești
Alibec  41' Ghiță  76'
Eric  105+2'
Stadium: Ilie Oană
Attendance: 11,968
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

UEFA Europa League

After finishing fourth in the 2017-18 Liga I, Viitorul Constanța entered the Europa League at the first qualifying round.

First qualifying Round

12 July 2018 (2018-07-12) 1st LegRacing FC 0–2 Viitorul ConstanțaStade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City[note 1]
20:00 Report
Attendance: 1,383[3]
19 July 2018 (2018-07-19) 2nd LegViitorul Constanța 0–0
(2–0 agg.)
Racing FCStadionul Viitorul, Ovidiu
17:00 (18:00 EEST) Report
Second qualifying round
21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) 1st LegViitorul Constanța 2–2 VitesseStadionul Viitorul, Ovidiu
17:00 (18:00 EEST) Drăguș  44', 49'
Artean  79'
Report Foor  37'
Matavž  54'
Linssen  72'
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 2nd LegVitesse3–1
(5–3 agg.)
Viitorul ConstanțaGelreDome, Arnhem
17:00 (21:00 EEST) Matavž  23'
Büttner  41'
Linssen  48'
Beerens  77',  87'
Report De Nooijer  18'
Houri  39'
Drăguș  50'
Referee: Kevin Clancy (Scotland)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Europa League Total
1 MF Ianis Hagi 10 3 1 14
2 FW Denis Drăguș 7 0 4 11
3 MF Eric 3 2 0 5
3 FW Lyes Houri 3 1 0 4
FW Rivaldinho 2 2 0 4
MF Andreas Calcan 4 0 0 4
DF Virgil Ghiță 1 2 0 3
4 MF Ionuț Vînă 2 0 0 2
MF Tudor Băluță 2 0 0 2
FW Mihai Voduț 2 0 0 2
MF Andrei Ciobanu 1 1 0 2
MF Vlad Achim 1 1 0 2
FW George Ganea 2 0 0 2
5 MF Srdjan Luchin 1 0 0 1
MF Sebastian Mladen 1 0 0 1
MF Carlo Casap 1 0 0 1
MF Alexandru Mățan 0 1 0 1

Clean sheets

As of 2019
Rank Name Liga I Cupa României Europa League Total
1 Valentin Cojocaru 7 2 2 11
2 Árpád Tordai 2 0 0 2
3 Alexandru Buzbuchi 1 0 0 1
Total 10 2 2 14

Disciplinary record

As of 2019
  • Most yellow cards:

Sebastian Mladen(11 cards)

  • Most red cards:

Tudor Băluță(2 cards)

UEFA Club rankings

RankTeamPointsMvmnt
252 Stabæk Fotball4.040
253 Tromsø IL4.040
254 FC Viitorul Constanța 4.000
255 CS Fola Esch4.000
256 Víkingur4.000
257 FC Vaduz4.000
258 FC Santa Coloma4.000
259 Jagiellonia Białystok3.350
gollark: Presumably the idea is to just remove/backdoor the encryption stuff which is easily used and accessible to consumers (encrypted messaging, full disk encryption on phones), which is not going to stop anyone who is doing evilness but will definitely allow widespread surveillance on most people.
gollark: They obviously can't actually stop people from using encryption in general. Encryption is very widely distributed maths and code. Even if all the code ceased to exist you could reconstruct working stuff from even just the Wikipedia pages.
gollark: And the many times the UK and other places have insisted that end to end encryption is bad because something something terrorism think of the children everything will be awful if we can't spy on all messages ever.
gollark: There was that fun time when the UK Home Secretary talked about "getting people who understand the necessary hashtags" talking when yet again demanding an impossible magic backdoor.
gollark: I was going to write a blog post on my highly active™ website about this but it turns out that writing is hard and other people did it better.

See also

Notes

  1. Racing FC played their home matches at Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, instead of their regular stadium Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg City.

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.
  3. "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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