2018–19 SuperLiga season

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.[4] 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, Romiania's 2nd level rugby union competition as CS Năvodari didn't apply to play in the SuperLiga next season.

2018–19 CEC Bank SuperLiga
Countries Romania
Date8 September 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsȘtiința Baia Mare (6th title)[1]
Runners-upCSA Steaua București
Top point scorer Luke Samoa (Timișoara Saracens)
163 points[2]
Top try scorer Talia`uli Sikuea (CSM Baia Mare)
13 tries[3]
Official website
www.super-liga.ro

Teams
Locations of teams in the 2019-2020 SuperLiga.
Club City/County Stadium Capacity Head Coach Captain
Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT Timișoara, Timiș Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
Dan Păltinișanu		 1,000
32,972		 Sosene Anesi Eugen Căpățână
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca, Cluj Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
Cluj Arena		 1,000
31,479		 Horea Hîmpea Vlad Tomă
CSA Steaua București București Stadionul Ghencea II 2,000 Dănuț Dumbravă Viorel Lucaci
CS Dinamo București București Florea Dumitrache 1,500 Cristian Hîldan Cosmin Manole
CSM Știința Baia Mare Baia Mare, Maramureș Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor) 1,000 Mario Alejandro Canale Marius Dănilă
CSM București București Stadionul Olimpia 1,000 Lasha Tavartkiladze Adrian Ion
ACS Tomitanii Constanța Constanța, Constanța Stadionul Mihail Naca 1,000 Cosmin Raţiu Johnny Sola
SCM Gloria Buzău Buzău, Buzău Stadionul Prinț Ghică 1,000 Mugur Preda Michael Scheepers

Table

This is the regular season league table:

Key to colours in group tables
     Advances to play-off semifinals.
     Advances to play-out semifinals.
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus points Points
1CSM București141202462198+2641058
2Timișoara Saracens141103418240+1781054
3Știința Baia Mare141013488201+2841153
4Steaua București141013444223+253951
5Tomitanii Constanța144010179440-286218
6Gloria Buzău143011197387-190416
7Dinamo București142111239441-222212
8U Cluj-Napoca142111229477-248212

Fixtures & Results

Round 1
8 September 2018
11:00
Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP) 51–6 SCM Buzău
8 September 2018
11:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP) 52–11 ACS Tomitanii Constanța
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
8 September 2018
11:00
CSA Steaua București (1 BP) 75–15 CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
8 September 2018
17:00
CSM București (1 BP) 38–9 CS Dinamo București
Stadionul Olimpia

Round 2
15 September 2018
11:00
SCM Buzău (1 BP) 31–13 CS Dinamo București
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
15 September 2018
11:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 13–49 CSM București (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
15 September 2018
11:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța 17–48 CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
15 September 2018
11:00
Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP) 32–26 CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)

Round 3
22 September 2018
11:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP) 61–7 SCM Buzău
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
22 September 2018
11:00
CSM București (1 BP) 50–5 ACS Tomitanii Constanța
Stadionul Olimpia
22 September 2018
11:00
CS Dinamo București 25–25 CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
22 September 2018
14:30
CSA Steaua București 16–9 Timișoara Saracens (1 BP)

Round 4
29 September 2018
11:00
SCM Buzău 12–7 CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1 BP)
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
29 September 2018
11:00
Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT 19–16 CSM București (1 BP)
29 September 2018
11:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP) 15–19 CSA Steaua București
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
29 September 2018
14:30
ACS Tomitanii Constanța 17–13 CS Dinamo București (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca

Round 5
6 October 2018
11:00
CSA Steaua București (1 BP) 31–10 SCM Buzău
Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
6 October 2018
11:00
CS Dinamo București 16–33 Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
6 October 2018
11:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 9–3 ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
6 October 2018
17:00
CSM București 26–14 CSM Știința Baia Mare
Stadionul Olimpia

Round 6
13 October 2018
14:00
CS Dinamo București 15–27 CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
13 October 2018
16:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 7–42 CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
27 October 2018
11:00
Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT 38–0 ACS Tomitanii Constanța
27 October 2018
13:00
CSM București (1 BP) 40–14 SCM Buzău
Stadionul Olimpia

Round 7
20 October 2018
11:00
CS Dinamo București 17–53 CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
20 October 2018
12:00
SCM Buzău 20–6 ACS Tomitanii Constanța
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
20 October 2018
14:30
CSA Steaua București (1 BP) 13–20 CSM București
9 March 2019
11:00
Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP) 56–23 CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca

Round 8
16 March 2019
10:00
SCM Buzău (1 BP) 18–19 Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
30 March 2019
09:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța 5–49 CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
30 March 2019
09:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 18–36 CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
30 March 2019
11:00
CS Dinamo București 22–50 CSM București (1 BP)

Round 9
6 April 2019
09:00
CSM București 33–8 CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
Stadionul Olimpia
6 April 2019
09:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare 20–16 Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
6 April 2019
11:00
CS Dinamo București 13–12 SCM Buzău (1 BP)
6 April 2019
11:00
CSA Steaua București (1 BP) 52–0 ACS Tomitanii Constanța

Round 10
13 April 2019
09:00
SCM Buzău 6–36 CSM Știința Baia Mare
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
13 April 2019
09:00
Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP) 27–17 CSA Steaua București
13 April 2019
09:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța 8–39 CSM București
Stadionul Mihail Naca
13 April 2019
09:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 13–24 CS Dinamo București
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu

Round 11
20 April 2019
09:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 26–16 SCM Buzău
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
20 April 2019
09:00
CS Dinamo București (1 BP) 25–27 ACS Tomitanii Constanța
20 April 2019
09:00
CSA Steaua București 13–13 CSM Știința Baia Mare
01 May 2019
09:00
CSM București 21–16 Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
Stadionul Olimpia

Round 12
25 April 2019
09:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP) 35–30 CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
26 April 2019
09:00
SCM Buzău 16–31 CSA Steaua București (1 BP)
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
26 April 2019
09:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP) 31–19 CSM București
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
26 April 2019
09:00
Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP) 36–14 CS Dinamo București

Round 13
4 May 2019
12:00
SCM Buzău 14–33 CSM București (1 BP)
Stadionul Prinț Ghică
4 May 2019
12:00
CSA Steaua București (1 BP) 54–19 CS Dinamo București
4 May 2019
12:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP) 31–12 CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
4 May 2019
12:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP) 25–26 Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)

Round 14
11 May 2019
12:00
ACS Tomitanii Constanța (1 BP) 20–15 SCM Buzău (1 BP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
11 May 2019
12:00
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 22–40 Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT (1 BP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
11 May 2019
12:00
CSM Știința Baia Mare (1 BP) 45–14 CS Dinamo București
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineţ
11 May 2019
12:00
CSM București (1 BP) 28–12 CSA Steaua București
Stadionul Olimpia

Play-off Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 12:00 and 14:30 at Stadionul Olimpia and Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu respectively.

1CSM București1722CSA Steaua București
2Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT3035CSM Știința Baia Mare
Third place final

Both finals were held on 25 May 2019, 1 week after the semi-finals at Stadionul Rulmental.

1CSM București2019Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
First place final
1CSA Steaua București2224CSM Știința Baia Mare

Play-out Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 09:00 at Stadionul Mihai Naca and Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica respectively.

1ACS Tomitanii Constanța2240CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
2SCM Buzău1116CS 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.

1ACS Tomitanii Constanța1214SCM Buzău
Fifth place final
1CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca2217CS Dinamo București
  • (in Romanian) www.super-liga.ro – Official website

References
  1. Știința Baia Mare Știința Baia Mare win their first title in five years against CSA Steaua București, SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
  2. Luke Samoa Luke Samoa is this seasons` top point scorer with 163 points, SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
  3. Talia`uli Sikuea Talia`uli Siukea is this seasons` top try scorer with 13 tries, SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
  4. "Objectives of the 8 teams that will participate in 2018–2019 edition of the CEC Bank SuperLiga". 30 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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