2018 Supercupa României

2018 Supercupa României
Event	2018 Supercupa României
Date	14 July 2018
Venue	Stadionul Ion Oblemenco, Craiova
Man of the Match	Ciprian Deac; (CFR Cluj)
Referee	Radu Petrescu
Attendance	25,852
Weather	Cloudy
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The 2018 Supercupa României was the 20th edition of the Supercupa României, the annual super cup in Romania.

The game was contested by the winners of the previous season's Liga I and Cupa României competitions, CFR Cluj and Universitatea Craiova respectively. It was played at the Ion Oblemenco Stadium in Craiova, on 14 July 2018.^[2]

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 (2009, 2010) and being runners-up two times (2012, 2016); U Craiova had never took part in the contest.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participations (bold indicates winners)
CFR Cluj	Winners of the 2017–18 Liga I	4 (2009, 2010, 2012, 2016)
Universitatea Craiova	Winners of the 2017–18 Cupa României	None

Venue

The Stadionul Ion Oblemenco was announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the Romanian Football Federation Executive Committee meeting on 7 May 2018.^[2] This was the first Supercupa României hosted in Craiova.^[3] 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

14 July 2018

20:30 EEST (UTC+03)

CFR Cluj	1–0	Universitatea Craiova
Culio 78' (pen.)	Report

Ion Oblemenco, Craiova

Attendance: 25,852

Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

CFR Cluj

Universitatea Craiova



GK	87	Giedrius Arlauskis
RB	77	Andrei Peteleu		46'
CB	55	Paulo Vinícius
CB	30	Andrei Mureșan	31'
LB	45	Camora (c)	36'
RCM	19	Emmanuel Culio
CM	28	Ovidiu Hoban
LCM	8	Damjan Djoković
RW	10	Ciprian Deac	90+4'
CF	20	George Țucudean		87'
LW	27	Sebastian Mailat		55'
Substitutes:
RB	6	Cristian Manea		46'
CF	9	Billel Omrani		55'
CAM	18	Valentin Costache		87'
Manager:
Edward Iordănescu



GK	13	Mirko Pigliacelli
CB	4	Răzvan Popa	76'	80'
CB	24	Florin Gardoș
CB	2	Tiago Ferreira
RM	30	Radoslav Dimitrov	72'
CM	8	Alexandru Mateiu
CM	23	Hristo Zlatinski
LM	11	Nicușor Bancu
RW	14	Dominik Glavina		65'
CF	10	Alexandru Cicâldău
LW	28	Alexandru Mitriță (c)	29'
Substitutes:
RW	9	Andrei Burlacu		65'
CF	16	Jovan Marković		80'
Manager:
Devis Mangia

MAN OF THE MATCH

Ciprian Deac^[1]

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Ovidiu Artene
- Vladimir Urzică
Fourth official:
- Marius Avram
Additional assistant referees:

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Overall^[4]
Statistic	CFR Cluj	Universitatea Craiova
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	5	8
Shots on target	2	4
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	6	6
Fouls committed	19	13
Offsides	0	0
Yellow cards	3	3
Red cards	0	0

Post-match

Edward Iordănescu won his first trophy as a manager.^[5] The penalty netted by Emmanuel Culio was the first to be awarded in the competition, despite being played intermittently since 1994.^[3]

CFR Cluj's Ciprian Deac won the player of the match award,^[1] a distinction he had also received at the 2010 edition.