The 2018 Supercupa României was the 20th edition of the

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 ...

, the annual

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. The game was contested by the winners of the previous season's

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and Cupa României competitions,

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club'', wh ...

and Universitatea Craiova respectively. It was played at the Ion Oblemenco Stadium in

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, on 14 July 2018. CFR Cluj claimed the trophy after defeating Universitatea Craiova 1–0, with Emmanuel Culio scoring the only goal of the game. Before the match, CFR had reached the Supercupa României four times, winning two (

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) and being runners-up two times (

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, 2016); U Craiova had never took part in the contest.

Teams

Venue

The

Stadionul Ion Oblemenco The Stadionul Ion Oblemenco is a football stadium in Craiova, Romania. The all-seater stadium opened in 2017 and has a capacity of 30,983, the fourth largest football ground in Romania. It is in the immediate vicinity of the new Sala Polivalen ...

was announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the

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Executive Committee meeting on 7 May 2018. This was the first Supercupa României hosted in

. The new Ion Oblemenco Stadium opened in November 2017. It is the home stadium of Universitatea Craiova. The venue was chosen before the two participants were known. By winning the Romanian Cup, Universitatea Craiova earned the opportunity to play for the Supercup in their home stadium.

Match

Details

Statistics

Post-match

Edward Iordănescu won his first trophy as a manager. The

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netted by Emmanuel Culio was the first to be awarded in the competition, despite being played intermittently since 1994. CFR Cluj's

Ciprian Deac Ciprian Ioan Deac (; born 16 February 1986) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Liga I club CFR Cluj. After starting out at Unirea Dej, he spent most of his professional career at CFR Cluj, ...

won the

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award, a distinction he had also received at the 2010 edition.

References

External links

Romania - List of Super Cup Finals
RSSSF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Supercupa Romaniei 2018 2018–19 in Romanian football Supercupa României CFR Cluj matches CS Universitatea Craiova matches Craiova July 2018 sports events in Europe