2019–20 SuperLiga season

The 2019–20 SuperLiga (also known as the CEC Bank SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 106th season of premier club rugby in Romania. Starting with this edition, the number of participating teams has decreased from eight teams to seven, due to CSM București dissolving before the start of the new season.[6] At the end of April, Gloria Buzău announced that their senior team have dissolved due to financial issues concerning the COVID-19 pandemic leaving only 6 teams remaining in the SuperLiga for the remainder of the season.[7] During August 2020, it was announced that Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT will restart in the SuperLiga under the new name of SCM Timișoara Rugby.[8]

2019–20 CEC Bank SuperLiga
Countries Romania
Date31 August 2019[1] – 12 September 2020[2]
ChampionsCSM Știința Baia Mare (7th title)[3]
Runners-upTimișoara Saracens RCM UVT
Top point scorer Dorin Manole
(CSM Știința Baia Mare)
73 points[4]
Top try scorer Cristian-Marius Murgoci
(CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca)
11 tries[5]
Official website
www.super-liga.ro

Teams
Locations of teams in the 2019-2020 SuperLiga.
Club City/County Stadium Capacity
Timișoara Saracens SCM UVT Timișoara, Timiș Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu
Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu		 1,000
32,972
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca, Cluj Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
Cluj Arena		 1,000
31,479
CSA Steaua București București Stadionul Ghencea II 2,000
CS Dinamo București București Stadionul Florea Dumitrache 1,500
CSM Știința Baia Mare Baia Mare, Maramureș Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor) 1,000
ACS Tomitanii Constanța Constanța, Constanța Stadionul Mihai Naca 1,000
SCM Gloria Buzău Buzău, Buzău Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica 1,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Timișoara Saracens SCM UVT Valentin Calafeteanu Eugen Căpățână Macron Primăria Timișoara
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Horea Hîmpea Vlad Rotar O'Neills Prodvinalco
CSA Steaua București Dănuț Dumbravă Viorel Lucaci Peak Carpatina
CS Dinamo București Cosmin Rațiu Tudorel Bratu Joma Autoservice Iancului
CSM Știința Baia Mare Eugen Apjok Marius Dănilă Tall Ball Consiliul Local Baia Mare
ACS Tomitanii Constanța George Sava Adrian Ion Macron Primăria Constanța
SCM Gloria Buzău Mugur Preda Cristi Boboc O'Neills Primăria Buzău

Table

This is the regular season league table:

Key to colours
     Advances to semifinals.
     Advances to semifinal play-offs.
     Withdrawn from competition.
Regular Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points difference Bonus points Points
1Știința Baia Mare8800306128+178537
2Steaua București8602309132+177731
3Timișoara Saracens8503301153+148727
4Universitatea Cluj 8404202295-93218
5Dinamo București7205154233-79210
6Gloria Buzău*7205140238-98210
7Tomitanii Constanța8008167400-23311

Fixtures & Results

Round 1
31 August 2019
10:30 EET (UTC+2)
Știința Baia Mare (TBP) 42–17 Tomitanii Constanța
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț
31 August 2019
10:30 EET (UTC+2)
Steaua București (TBP) 33–17 Gloria Buzău
31 August 2019
10:30 EET (UTC+2)
Timișoara Saracens (TBP) 54–18 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca

Round 2
7 September 2019
10:30 EET (UTC+2)
Tomitanii Constanța 24–34 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (TBP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
7 September 2019
10:30 EET (UTC+2)
Știința Baia Mare 18–15 Steaua București (LBP)
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț
7 September 2019
12:30 EET (UTC+2)
Dinamo București 14–52 Timișoara Saracens (TBP)

Round 3
14 September 2019
10:30 EET (UTC+2)
Steaua București (TBP) 80–19 Tomitanii Constanța
14 September 2019
10:30 EET (UTC+2)
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 28–20 Dinamo București
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
14 September 2019
12:30 EET (UTC+2)
Timișoara Saracens (TBP) 38–10 Gloria Buzău

Round 4
21 September 2019
10:00 EET (UTC+2)
Tomitanii Constanța 26–36 Dinamo București (TBP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
21 September 2019
10:30 EET (UTC+2)
Gloria Buzău (TBP) 31–21 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
21 September 2019
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Știința Baia Mare 28–24 Timișoara Saracens (LBP)
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț

Round 5
28 September 2019
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 15–52 Știința Baia Mare (TBP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
28 September 2019
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Dinamo București 31–15 Gloria Buzău
28 September 2019
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Timișoara Saracens (LBP) 13–20 Steaua București

Round 6
4 October 2019
10:00 EET (UTC+2)
Timișoara Saracens (TBP) 69–7 Tomitanii Constanța
5 October 2019
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Gloria Buzău 3–48 Știința Baia Mare (TBP)
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
5 October 2019
15:30 EET (UTC+2)
Dinamo București 7–36 Steaua București (TBP)

Round 7
11 October 2019
15:00 EET (UTC+2)
Steaua București (TBP) 61–19 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
12 October 2019
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Tomitanii Constanța 22–45 Gloria Buzău (TBP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
12 October 2019
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Știința Baia Mare (TBP) 44–17 Dinamo București
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț

Round 8
16 October 2019
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 27–19 Timișoara Saracens
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
19 October 2019
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Tomitanii Constanța 18–54 Știința Baia Mare (TBP)
Stadionul Mihai Naca
19 October 2019
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Gloria Buzău 19–45 Steaua București (TBP)
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica

Round 9
24 October 2019
12:00 EET (UTC+2)
Timișoara Saracens (TBP) 32–29 Dinamo București (LBP)
26 October 2019
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (TBP) 40–34 Tomitanii Constanța (LBP)
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
26 October 2019
14:00 EET (UTC+2)
Steaua București (LBP) 19–20 Știința Baia Mare

Round 10
4 April 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Tomitanii Constanța Cancelled Steaua București
Stadionul Mihai Naca
4 April 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Gloria Buzău Cancelled Timișoara Saracens
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
4 April 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Dinamo București Cancelled Universitatea Cluj-Napoca

Round 11
11 April 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Dinamo București Cancelled Tomitanii Constanța
11 April 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Cancelled Gloria Buzău
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu
11 April 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Știința Baia Mare Cancelled Timișoara Saracens
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț

Round 12
25 April 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Steaua București Cancelled Timișoara Saracens
25 April 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Știința Baia Mare Cancelled Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț
25 April 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Gloria Buzău Cancelled Dinamo București
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica

Round 13
2 May 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Tomitanii Constanța Cancelled Timișoara Saracens
Stadionul Mihai Naca
2 May 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Steaua București Cancelled Dinamo București
2 May 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Știința Baia Mare Cancelled Gloria Buzău
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț

Round 14
9 May 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Gloria Buzău Cancelled Tomitanii Constanța
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica
9 May 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Dinamo București Cancelled Știința Baia Mare
9 May 2020
11:00 EET (UTC+2)
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca Cancelled Steaua București
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu

Play-off Semifinals

The play-off semifinals were held on 29 August 2020 at 15:30 Eastern European Time and 30 August 2020 at 15:30 Eastern European Time respectively at Stadionul Noua din Brașov.

1Timișoara Saracens5715Tomitanii Constanța
2Universitatea Cluj-Napoca1320Dinamo București

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on 5 September 2020 at 15:30 Eastern European Time and 6 September 2020 Eastern European Time at 15:30 at Stadionul Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț and Stadionul Ghencea II respectively.

1Știința Baia Mare7619Dinamo București
2Steaua Bucuresti2021Timișoara Saracens

Finals
Fifth/Sixth place final

The Fifth/Sixth place final was held on 5 September 2020 at 10:00 Eastern European Time at Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu, 6 days after the semi-final play-offs were held

1Universitatea Cluj-Napoca2329Tomitanii Constanța
Third/Fourth place final

The Third/Fourth place final was held on 12 September 2020 at 10;00 Eastern European Time at Stadionul Noua din Brașov, 1 week and 6 days after the semi-finals were held.

1Dinamo București1333Steaua Bucuresti
First/Second place final

The First/Second place final was held on 12 September 2020 at 15:30 Eastern European Time at Stadionul Noua din Brașov, 1 week and 6 days after the semi-finals were held.

1Știința Baia Mare2317Timișoara Saracens

References
  1. "The CEC Bank SuperLiga will debut on the 31st of August". 26 August 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. "The CEC Bank SuperLiga will restart this week-end". 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. "Baia Mare win the 2019-20 season of the CEC Bank SuperLiga". 12 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. Dorin Manole is this seasons` top point scorer with 73 points, SuperLiga, București, 12 September 2020. Retrieved on 12 September 2020.
  5. Cristian-Marius Murgoci is this seasons` top try scorer with 11 tries, SuperLiga, București, 12 September 2020. Retrieved on 12 September 2020.
  6. "Press release connected to CSM București`s rugby section". 14 August 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. "Press release connected to SCM Gloria Buzău`s rugby section". 29 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  8. "Timișoara Saracens have become SCM Timișoara Rugby". 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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