2018–19 SuperLiga season
{{Infobox rugby union season
| name = 2018–19 CEC Bank SuperLiga
| image =
| Caption =
| countries = {{flag|Romania}}
| date = 8 September 2018 – 26 May 2019
| champions = Știința Baia Mare (6th title)Știința Baia Mare [https://www.super-liga.ro/2019/05/25/csm-stiinta-baia-mare-castiga-finala-superligii-cec-bank-dupa-aproape-cinci-ani/ Știința Baia Mare win their first title in five years against CSA Steaua București], SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
| runnersup = CSA Steaua București
| relegated =
| top point scorer = {{flagicon|ROU}} Luke Samoa (Timișoara Saracens)
163 pointsLuke Samoa [https://www.super-liga.ro/marcatori-superliga/ Luke Samoa is this seasons` top point scorer with 163 points], SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
| top try scorer = {{flagicon|TON}} Taliaʻuli Sikuea (CSM Baia Mare)
13 triesTaliaʻuli Sikuea [https://www.super-liga.ro/profil-jucator/?pj=3898 Talia`uli Siukea is this seasons` top try scorer with 13 tries], SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
| prevseason = 2017–18
| nextseason = 2019–20
| website = www.super-liga.ro
}}
The 2018–19 SuperLiga (also known as the CEC Bank SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 105th season of premier club rugby in Romania. Starting with this edition the number of participating teams is increased to eight, with addition of the 2017–18 champions and runners-up of the second tier championship DNS - Divizia Nationala de Seniori.{{cite web|url=https://www.super-liga.ro/2018/08/30/conferinta-de-presa-obiectivele-celor-opt-echipe-care-vor-participa-la-editia-2018-2019-a-superligii-cec-bank/| title=Objectives of the 8 teams that will participate in 2018–2019 edition of the CEC Bank SuperLiga|date= 30 August 2018| access-date= 24 September 2018}} The eventual champions of the SuperLiga which are CSM Știința Baia Mare have the right to participate in the European Rugby Continental Shield and no team will relegate to the Divizia Națională de Seniori, Romania's 2nd level rugby union competition as CS Năvodari didn't apply to play in the SuperLiga next season.
Teams
{{Location map+ |Romania |float=none |width=600 |caption=Locations of teams in the 2019-2020 SuperLiga. |places=
{{location map~ |Romania |lat=45.160581 |long=26.829482 |label=Gloria Buzău|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Romania |lat=44.199805 |long=28.638954 |label=Tomitanii Constanța|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Romania |lat=44.438683 |long=26.103516 |label=București |position=left}}
{{location map~ |Romania |lat=47.666667 |long=23.583333 |label=Știința Baia Mare}}
{{location map~ |Romania |lat=46.779139 |long=23.599663 |label=Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|position=left}}
{{location map~ |Romania |lat=45.758901 |long=21.237602 |label=Timișoara Saracens}}
{{Location map~ |Romania |mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=47.8 |long=20 |label=București teams
Dinamo
Steaua
CSM București}}
}}
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%; font-size:88%;"
!Club !City/County !Stadium !Capacity !Head Coach !Captain |
| Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
|Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu |align=center| 1,000 |{{flagicon|NZL}} Sosene Anesi |{{flagicon|ROU}} Eugen Căpățână |
| CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu |align=center| 1,000 |{{flagicon|ROU}} Horea Hîmpea |{{flagicon|ROU}} Vlad Tomă |
| CSA Steaua București
|align=center| 2,000 |{{flagicon|ROU}} Dănuț Dumbravă |{{flagicon|ROU}} Viorel Lucaci |
| CS Dinamo București
|align=center| 1,500 |{{flagicon|ROU}} Cristian Hîldan |{{flagicon|ROU}} Cosmin Manole |
| CSM Știința Baia Mare
|Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor) |align=center| 1,000 |{{flagicon|ARG}} Mario Alejandro Canale |{{flagicon|ROU}} Marius Dănilă |
| CSM București
|Stadionul Olimpia |align=center| 1,000 |{{flagicon|GEO}} Lasha Tavartkiladze |{{flagicon|ROU}} Adrian Ion |
| ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|Stadionul Mihail Naca |align=center| 1,000 |{{flagicon|ROU}} Cosmin Rațiu |{{flagicon|ROU}} Johnny Sola |
| SCM Gloria Buzău
|Stadionul Prinț Ghică |align=center| 1,000 |{{flagicon|ROU}} Mugur Preda |{{flagicon|RSA}} Michael Scheepers |
Table
This is the regular season league table:
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables |
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| style="background: #d0f0c0;" |
| Advances to play-off semifinals. |
| style="background: #ffcccc ;" |
| Advances to play-out semifinals. |
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!bgcolor="#efefef" width="10"| !bgcolor="#efefef" style="text-align:left" width="200"|Club !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Played !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Won !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Drawn !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Lost !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points for !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points against !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points difference !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Bonus points !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points | |||||||||||
| bgcolor=#d0f0c0 align=center | 1 | align=left|CSM București | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 462 | 198 | +264 | 10 | 58 |
| bgcolor=#d0f0c0 align=center | 2 | align=left|Timișoara Saracens | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 418 | 240 | +178 | 10 | 54 |
| bgcolor=#d0f0c0 align=center | 3 | align=left|Știința Baia Mare | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 488 | 201 | +284 | 11 | 53 |
| bgcolor=#d0f0c0 align=center | 4 | align=left|Steaua București | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 444 | 223 | +253 | 9 | 51 |
| bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 5 | align=left|Tomitanii Constanța | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 179 | 440 | -286 | 2 | 18 |
| bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 6 | align=left|Gloria Buzău | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 197 | 387 | -190 | 4 | 16 |
| bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 7 | align=left|Dinamo București | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 239 | 441 | -222 | 2 | 12 |
| bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center | 8 | align=left|U Cluj-Napoca | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 229 | 477 | -248 | 2 | 12 |
| bgcolor=#ffcccc align=center |
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Fixtures & Results
=Round 1=
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|score = 51–6
|away = SCM Buzău
|stadium = Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|score = 52–11
|away = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|stadium = Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
|score = 75–15
|away = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|stadium = Stadionul Ghencea II
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 8 September 2018
|time = 17:00
|home = CSM București (1 BP)
|score = 38–9
|away = CS Dinamo București
|stadium = Stadionul Olimpia
}}
=Round 2=
{{rugbybox
|date = 15 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = SCM Buzău (1 BP)
|score = 31–13
|away = CS Dinamo București
|stadium = Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 15 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|score = 13–49
|away = CSM București (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 15 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|score = 17–48
|away = CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Mihai Naca
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 15 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|score = 32–26
|away = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
}}
=Round 3=
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|score = 61–7
|away = SCM Buzău
|stadium = Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CSM București (1 BP)
|score = 50–5
|away = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|stadium = Stadionul Olimpia
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CS Dinamo București
|score = 25–25
|away = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|stadium = Stadionul Florea Dumitrache
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 22 September 2018
|time = 14:30
|home = CSA Steaua București
|score = 16–9
|away = Timișoara Saracens (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Ghencea II
}}
=Round 4=
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = SCM Buzău
|score = 12–7
|away = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
|score = 19–16
|away = CSM București (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 September 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|score = 15–19
|away = CSA Steaua București
|stadium = Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 29 September 2018
|time = 14:30
|home = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|score = 17–13
|away = CS Dinamo București (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Mihai Naca
}}
=Round 5=
{{rugbybox
|date = 6 October 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
|score = 31–10
|away = SCM Buzău
|stadium = Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 6 October 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CS Dinamo București
|score = 16–33
|away = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Florea Dumitrache
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 6 October 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|score = 9–3
|away = ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 6 October 2018
|time = 17:00
|home = CSM București
|score = 26–14
|away = CSM Știința Baia Mare
|stadium = Stadionul Olimpia
}}
=Round 6=
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 October 2018
|time = 14:00
|home = CS Dinamo București
|score = 15–27
|away = CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Florea Dumitrache
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 October 2018
|time = 16:00
|home = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|score = 7–42
|away = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 27 October 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
|score = 38–0
|away = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|stadium = Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 27 October 2018
|time = 13:00
|home = CSM București (1 BP)
|score = 40–14
|away = SCM Buzău
|stadium = Stadionul Olimpia
}}
=Round 7=
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 October 2018
|time = 11:00
|home = CS Dinamo București
|score = 17–53
|away = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Florea Dumitrache
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 October 2018
|time = 12:00
|home = SCM Buzău
|score = 20–6
|away = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|stadium = Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 October 2018
|time = 14:30
|home = CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
|score = 13–20
|away = CSM București
|stadium = Stadionul Ghencea II
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 9 March 2019
|time = 11:00
|home = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|score = 56–23
|away = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|stadium = Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
}}
=Round 8=
{{rugbybox
|date = 16 March 2019
|time = 10:00
|home = SCM Buzău (1 BP)
|score = 18–19
|away = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
|stadium = Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 March 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|score = 5–49
|away = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Mihai Naca
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 March 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|score = 18–36
|away = CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 30 March 2019
|time = 11:00
|home = CS Dinamo București
|score = 22–50
|away = CSM București (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Florea Dumitrache
}}
=Round 9=
{{rugbybox
|date = 6 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = CSM București
|score = 33–8
|away = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|stadium = Stadionul Olimpia
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 6 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = CSM Știința Baia Mare
|score = 20–16
|away = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 6 April 2019
|time = 11:00
|home = CS Dinamo București
|score = 13–12
|away = SCM Buzău (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Florea Dumitrache
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 6 April 2019
|time = 11:00
|home = CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
|score = 52–0
|away = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|stadium = Stadionul Ghencea II
}}
=Round 10=
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = SCM Buzău
|score = 6–36
|away = CSM Știința Baia Mare
|stadium = Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|score = 27–17
|away = CSA Steaua București
|stadium = Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|score = 8–39
|away = CSM București
|stadium = Stadionul Mihail Naca
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 13 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|score = 13–24
|away = CS Dinamo București
|stadium = Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
}}
=Round 11=
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|score = 26–16
|away = SCM Buzău
|stadium = Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = CS Dinamo București (1 BP)
|score = 25–27
|away = ACS Tomitanii Constanța
|stadium = Stadionul Florea Dumitrache
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 20 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = CSA Steaua București
|score = 13–13
|away = CSM Știința Baia Mare
|stadium = Stadionul Ghencea II
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 1 May 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = CSM București
|score = 21–16
|away = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Olimpia
}}
=Round 12=
{{rugbybox
|date = 25 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP)
|score = 35–30
|away = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Mihai Naca
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 26 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = SCM Buzău
|score = 16–31
|away = CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 26 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|score = 31–19
|away = CSM București
|stadium = Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 26 April 2019
|time = 09:00
|home = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|score = 36–14
|away = CS Dinamo București
|stadium = Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
}}
=Round 13=
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 May 2019
|time = 12:00
|home = SCM Buzău
|score = 14–33
|away = CSM București (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Prinț Ghică
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 May 2019
|time = 12:00
|home = CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
|score = 54–19
|away = CS Dinamo București
|stadium = Stadionul Ghencea II
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 May 2019
|time = 12:00
|home = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|score = 31–12
|away = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|stadium = Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 4 May 2019
|time = 12:00
|home = ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP)
|score = 25–26
|away = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
}}
=Round 14=
{{rugbybox
|date = 11 May 2019
|time = 12:00
|home = ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP)
|score = 20–15
|away = SCM Buzău (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Mihai Naca
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 11 May 2019
|time = 12:00
|home = CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
|score = 22–40
|away = Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
|stadium = Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 11 May 2019
|time = 12:00
|home = CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
|score = 45–14
|away = CS Dinamo București
|stadium = Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
}}
{{rugbybox
|date = 11 May 2019
|time = 12:00
|home = CSM București (1 BP)
|score = 28–12
|away = CSA Steaua București
|stadium = Stadionul Olimpia
}}
=Play-off semifinals=
The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 at Stadionul Olimpia and Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu respectively.
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| 1 | CSM București | 17 | 22 | width="100" |CSA Steaua București |
| 2 | Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT | 30 | 35 | CSM Știința Baia Mare |
Third place final
Both finals were held on 25 May 2019, 1 week after the semi-finals at Stadionul Rulmental.
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| 1 | CSM București | 20 | 19 | width="100" |Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT |
First place final
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| 1 | width="100" |CSA Steaua București | 22 | 24 | CSM Știința Baia Mare |
=Play-out semifinals=
The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 at Stadionul Mihai Naca and Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica respectively.
| class="wikitable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%;" | ||||
| 1 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 22 | 40 | width="100" |CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
| 2 | SCM Buzău | 11 | 16 | CS Dinamo București |
Seventh place final
Both finals were held on 26 May 2019, 1 week and 1 day after the semi-finals at Stadionul Olimpia.
| class="wikitable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%;" | ||||
| 1 | width="100" |ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 12 | 14 | SCM Buzău |
Fifth place final
| class="wikitable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%;" | ||||
| 1 | width="100" |CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 22 | 17 | CS Dinamo București |
External links
- {{in lang|ro}} www.super-liga.ro [https://www.super-liga.ro/] – Official website
References
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