2024–25 CS Universitatea Craiova season

CS Universitatea Craiova
2024–25 season
Manager	Constantin Gâlcă; (until 28 January); Mirel Rădoi; (from 29 January)
Stadium	Ion Oblemenco Stadium
Liga I	2nd
Cupa României	Quarter-finals
UEFA Conference League	Second qualifying round

The 2024–25 season is the 77th season in the history of CS Universitatea Craiova, and the club's 11th consecutive season in Liga I. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României and the UEFA Conference League.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Alexandru Cîmpanu	Universitatea Cluj	Loan return	30 June 2024
DF	Denis Benga	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Ante Roguljić	CFR Cluj	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Atanas Trică	CS Tunari	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Carlos Mora	Alajuelense	€300,000	1 July 2024
MF	Takuto Oshima	Cracovia	Free	1 July 2024
GK	Silviu Lung Jr.	Politehnica Iași	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Luis Paradela	Deportivo Saprissa	Loan	1 July 2024
DF	Grego	Burgos CF	Free	3 July 2024	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Atanas Trică		Contract termination	1 July 2024
MF	Zvonimir Kožulj	Široki Brijeg	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[3]
MF	Alexandru Mateiu	Petrolul Ploiești	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[4]
DF	Raúl Silva	Farense		1 July 2024
FW	Jalen Blesa	Dinamo Batumi	Loan	1 July 2024
DF	Pyry Soiri	Athens Kallithea		4 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Jovan Marković	Hermannstadt	Loan	17 July 2024

Friendlies

Pre-season

23 June 2024 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	Pafos FC	Wörgl, Austria
18:00	Koljić 6'		Pelágio 12' Twumasi 82'	Stadium: Sportstadion Wörgl

24 June 2024 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Jenbach, Austria
18:00			Căpățână 63'	Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

26 June 2024 Friendly

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29 June 2024 Friendly	Ludogorets Razgrad	4–1	Universitatea Craiova	Jenbach, Austria
18:00	Caio Vidal 31' Rick 37' Son 54' Chochev 62'		Mora 67'	Stadium: Stadion Jenbach

30 June 2024 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	St. Gallen	Kematen
17:00	Mitriță 11'		Geubbels 14' Neziri 52'	Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen

6 July 2024 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	CSC Dumbrăvița
17:00

11 January 2025 Friendly	Oțelul	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Buftea
13:00		Report		Stadium: Centrul de Fotbal Buftea Teren Sintetic

12 January 2025 Friendly	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Politehnica Iași	Buftea
11:00		Report		Stadium: Centrul de Fotbal Buftea Teren Sintetic

Competitions

Overall record

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 I	12 July 2024		Matchday 1		4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	050.00
Cupa României					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024	1 August	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
Total					6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	050.00

Last updated: 4 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Advances
1	FCSB	30	15	11	4	43	24	+19	56	Qualification for play-off round
2	CFR Cluj	30	14	12	4	56	32	+24	54
3	Universitatea Craiova	30	14	10	6	45	28	+17	52^[a]
4	Universitatea Cluj	30	14	10	6	43	27	+16	52^[a]
5	Dinamo București	30	13	12	5	41	26	+15	51

Source: LPF (in Romanian)
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.^[6]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Craiova (4); Universitatea Cluj (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
21	9	8	4	33	21	+12	35	5	4	1	19	9	+10	4	4	3	14	12	+2

Last updated: 21 December 2024.
Source:

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	W
Position	9	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.^[7]

12 July 2024 1	Hermannstadt	0–0	Universitatea Craiova	Sibiu
21:30	Balaure 90+4'		Paradela 25'	Stadium: Sibiu Municipal Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs

20 July 2024 2	Universitatea Craiova	4–2	UTA Arad	Craiova
19:00	Zajkov 35' Paradela 58' Baiaram 73' Mitriță 90+3'		Ezekiel 45' Benga 90+2'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete

28 July 2024 3	CFR Cluj	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3	Kamara 29' 45' Krešić 34' Ajeti 66'		Vlădoiu 47' Koljić 51' Crețu 57' Paradela 72' Mitriță 90+5', 90+6'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

4 August 2024 4	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Petrolul Ploiești	Craiova
19:00				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Referee: Ionuţ Coza

11 August 2024 5	Sepsi OSK	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Sfântu Gheorghe
19:00 EET	Mino 45+4' Debeljuh 69'	Report	Mitriță 32' 82' Basilio Ndong 38' Popescu 67' Crețu 68' 90+6' Bancu 78'	Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium Attendance: 4,732 Referee: Radu Petrescu

16 August 2024 6	Universitatea Craiova	5–1	Gloria Buzău	Craiova
22:00 EET	Paradela 32' Maldonado 35' 49' Bană 45' Mitriță 63' 77' Mekvabishvili 73' Căpățînă 84'	Report	Ricardo Matos 19' Ferraresso 52' Budescu 67' Dobrosavlevici 88'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Attendance: 8,250 Referee: George Cătălin Roman

24 August 2024 7	Dinamo București	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
22:00 EET	Bani 1' Gnahoré 42' Opruț 49' Sivis 58' Homawoo 80' 82' Licsandru 87' Mărginean 87' Golubović 90+4' Costin 90+6'	Report	Koljić 44' Vlădoiu 65' Houri 87'	Stadium: Arcul de Triumf Stadium Attendance: 7,126 Referee: Marian Barbu

31 August 2024 8	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Rapid București	Craiova
21:30 EET	Koljić 12' Grego 27' Mitriță 33' (pen.) Vlădoiu 52' Baiaram 53'	Report	Braun 18' Petrila 28' Săpunaru 32'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Attendance: 19,940 Referee: István Kovács

15 September 2024 9	Politehnica Iași	2–0	Universitatea Craiova	Iași
18:15 EET	Kamberi 30' Bordeianu 72' Tailson 89' 90+10' Ispas 90+5' Gheorghiță 90+9'	Report	Vlădoiu 89' Houri 90'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Stadium Attendance: 3,205 Referee: Rareș Vidican

22 September 2024 10	Universitatea Cluj	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EET	Thiam 38' Cristea 49' Berto 50' Simion 59' Boboc 78'	Report	Oshima 30' 68' Maldonado 40' Paradela 45+1'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 12,055 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

30 September 2024 11	Universitatea Craiova	3–0	Unirea Slobozia	Craiova
21:00 EET	Baiaram 38' 42' Lukić 72' Oshima 89' Mitriță 90+4'	Report	Ștefan Pacionel 33' Ionuț Dinu 65' 84'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Attendance: 5,834 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

5 October 2024 12	Oțelul	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Galați
21:30 EET	Jurić 5' João Lameira 38'	Report	Baiaram 14'	Stadium: Oțelul Stadium Referee: István Kovács

20 October 2024 13	Universitatea Craiova	0–0	Botoșani	Craiova
16:00 EET		Report	Mitrov 78' Álex Díez 89'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Attendance: 9,090 Referee: Ionuţ Coza

28 October 2024 14	Farul Constanța	3–2	Universitatea Craiova	Ovidiu
21:00 EET	Grigoryan 6' Alibec 12' Gustavo Marins 21' 59' Dican 31' Vînă 45+3' 48' Sîrbu 65' Buzbuchi 90+7'	Report	Maldonado 35' Houri 52' (pen.) Paradela 90+5' 90+5'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

3 November 2024 15	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	FCSB	Craiova
21:00 EET	Cicâldău 8' 62' (pen.) Vlădoiu 12' 41' Paradela 70' Screciu 90+10'	Report	Tănase 4' Miculescu 17' Radunović 69' Dawa 80' 90+10' Chiricheș 84' Alhassan 90+9'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Attendance: 23,123 Referee: Florin Andrei

9 November 2024 16	Universitatea Craiova	3–1	Hermannstadt	Craiova
18:15 EET	Koljić 19' (pen.) Maldonado 50' Bancu 65'	Report	Chițu 12'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Referee: Horia Mladinovici

25 November 2024 17	UTA Arad	1–2	Universitatea Craiova	Arad
20:30 EET	Fábry 18' Mabea 31' Costache 74' Mihai 83'	Report	Bancu 42' Lukić 68' Mitriță 74' 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Rareș Vidican

1 December 2024 18	Universitatea Craiova	0–2	CFR Cluj	Craiova
20:30 EET	Screciu 15' Bancu 40' Ivan 70'	Report	Ilie 5' Simão Rocha 10' Mogoș 58' Korenica 87' 89' Fică 90+2'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

7 December 2024 19	Petrolul Ploiești	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Ploiești
20:00 EET	Tudorie 25' Jyry 45' Papp 68' Dumitriu 88'	Report	Mora 49' Baiaram 73' Koljić 75'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Marian Barbu

14 December 2024 20	Universitatea Craiova	2–1	Sepsi OSK	Craiova
17:00 EET	Maldonado 27' Căpățînă 50' Baiaram 68' 77'	Report	Oberlin 39' Oteliță 43'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Attendance: 4,516 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

21 December 2024 21	Gloria Buzău	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Buzău
19:30 EET	Albu 84'	Report	Paradela 18' Bancu 58' Căpățînă 64' Mitriță 81' Baiaram 90+1'	Stadium: Buzău Municipal Stadium (Crâng Stadium) Referee: Andrei Moroiţă

19 January 2025 22	Universitatea Craiova	–	Dinamo București	Craiova
20:30 EET				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium

Cupa României

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MET	UCV	FCS	PET	DIN	AGR
1	Metalul Buzău	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	—	—	0–0	—
2	Universitatea Craiova	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	FCSB	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6		—	0–2	—	—	—	—
4	Petrolul Ploiești	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4		—	0–2	—	—	—	—
5	Dinamo București	3	0	2	1	0	4	−4	2		—	—	0–4	0–0	—	—
6	Agricola Borcea	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0		0–3	—	1–2	0–3	—	—

Source: FRF

31 October 2024	Metalul Buzău	1-0	Universitatea Craiova	Buzău
18:30 EET	Borțoneanu 31' Valentin Robu 83'	Report	Basilio Ndong 11' Căpățînă 78' Houri 90+6'	Stadium: Buzău Municipal Stadium Referee: Bogdan Dumitrache

4 December 2024	Petrolul Ploiești	0-2	Universitatea Craiova	Ploiești
20:00 EET	Roche 46'	Report	Oshima 51' Bană 56' Grego 68' Basilio Ndong 81' Houri 87'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

18 December 2024	FCSB	0-2	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:00 EET	Alhassan 45' Dawa 83'	Report	Bană 34' Mora 45+1' Mitriță 84' Oshima 88'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

1 April 2025 Quarter-finals	CFR Cluj	-	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
				Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.

25 July 2024 First leg	Maribor	2–0	Universitatea Craiova	Maribor, Slovenia
20:15 UTC+2	Repas 57' Jakupović 88'	Report	Maldonado 31'	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Mads Kristoffersen

1 August 2024 Second leg	Universitatea Craiova	3–2 (3–4 agg.)	Maribor	Craiova
20:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium

References

^ "OFICIAL | Silviu Lung Jr. a semnat cu o altă formație din Superliga". iamsport.ro.
^ Taina, Adrian (3 July 2024). "Exclusiv. Fundaș spaniol cu 6 goluri în Segunda Division transferat de Costel Gâlcă la Universitatea Craiova. Anunțul oficial al oltenilor". Fanatik.ro.
^ "BOMBA S PECARE Zvonimir Kožulj vratio se u Široki Brijeg". www.hercegovina.info. 26 June 2024.
^ "Alexandru Mateiu şi-a găsit echipă! Fotbalistul cu peste 300 de prezenţe în tricoul Universităţii Craiova semnează cu o echipă cu pretenţii". Orangesport. 10 June 2024.
^ "Pyry Soiri nu va mai juca la Universitatea Craiova. Oltenii au anunţat viitoarea sa echipă". PrimaSport.ro.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Preotu, Andrei (1 July 2024). "Programul complet al sezonului 2024 - 2025 din Superliga României, prezentat de LPF!".

[table_hth_UCV0.70471836426515-6] Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Craiova (4); Universitatea Cluj (1).

[1] "OFICIAL | Silviu Lung Jr. a semnat cu o altă formație din Superliga". iamsport.ro.

[2] Taina, Adrian (3 July 2024). "Exclusiv. Fundaș spaniol cu 6 goluri în Segunda Division transferat de Costel Gâlcă la Universitatea Craiova. Anunțul oficial al oltenilor". Fanatik.ro.

[3] "BOMBA S PECARE Zvonimir Kožulj vratio se u Široki Brijeg". www.hercegovina.info. 26 June 2024.

[4] "Alexandru Mateiu şi-a găsit echipă! Fotbalistul cu peste 300 de prezenţe în tricoul Universităţii Craiova semnează cu o echipă cu pretenţii". Orangesport. 10 June 2024.

[5] "Pyry Soiri nu va mai juca la Universitatea Craiova. Oltenii au anunţat viitoarea sa echipă". PrimaSport.ro.

[sw-7] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[8] Preotu, Andrei (1 July 2024). "Programul complet al sezonului 2024 - 2025 din Superliga României, prezentat de LPF!".

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