2018–19 CEC Bank SuperLiga |
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Countries | Romania |
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Date | 8 September 2018 – 26 May 2019 |
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Champions | Știința Baia Mare (6th title)[1] |
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Runners-up | CSA Steaua București |
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Top point scorer | Luke Samoa (Timișoara Saracens) 163 points[2] |
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Top try scorer | Taliaʻuli Sikuea (CSM Baia Mare) 13 tries[3] |
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Official website |
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www.super-liga.ro |
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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, Romania's 2nd level rugby union competition as CS Năvodari didn't apply to play in the SuperLiga next season.
Teams
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
București teams
Dinamo
Steaua
CSM București
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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 Rațiu | 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 |
1 | CSM București | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 462 | 198 | +264 | 10 | 58 |
2 | Timișoara Saracens | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 418 | 240 | +178 | 10 | 54 |
3 | Știința Baia Mare | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 488 | 201 | +284 | 11 | 53 |
4 | Steaua București | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 444 | 223 | +253 | 9 | 51 |
5 | Tomitanii Constanța | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 179 | 440 | -286 | 2 | 18 |
6 | Gloria Buzău | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 197 | 387 | -190 | 4 | 16 |
7 | Dinamo București | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 239 | 441 | -222 | 2 | 12 |
8 | U Cluj-Napoca | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 229 | 477 | -248 | 2 | 12 |
Fixtures & Results
Round 1
CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 75–15 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
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CSM București (1 BP) | 38–9 | CS Dinamo București |
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Round 2
SCM Buzău (1 BP) | 31–13 | CS Dinamo București |
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Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica |
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 13–49 | CSM București (1 BP) |
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Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu |
Round 3
CS Dinamo București | 25–25 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
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Round 4
SCM Buzău | 12–7 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (1 BP) |
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Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica |
Round 5
CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 31–10 | SCM Buzău |
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Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu |
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu |
Round 6
CS Dinamo București | 15–27 | CSA Steaua București (1 BP) |
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Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu |
CSM București (1 BP) | 40–14 | SCM Buzău |
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Round 7
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica |
CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 13–20 | CSM București |
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Round 8
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica |
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 18–36 | CSA Steaua București (1 BP) |
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Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu |
CS Dinamo București | 22–50 | CSM București (1 BP) |
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Round 9
CSM București | 33–8 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
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CS Dinamo București | 13–12 | SCM Buzău (1 BP) |
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Round 10
Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica |
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 13–24 | CS Dinamo București |
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Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu |
Round 11
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 26–16 | SCM Buzău |
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Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu |
Round 12
SCM Buzău | 16–31 | CSA Steaua București (1 BP) |
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Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica |
Round 13
SCM Buzău | 14–33 | CSM București (1 BP) |
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CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 54–19 | CS Dinamo București |
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Round 14
Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu |
CSM București (1 BP) | 28–12 | CSA Steaua București |
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Play-off semifinals
The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 at Stadionul Olimpia and Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu respectively.
Third place final Both finals were held on 25 May 2019, 1 week after the semi-finals at Stadionul Rulmental.
First place final
Play-out semifinals
The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 at Stadionul Mihai Naca and Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica respectively.
Seventh place final Both finals were held on 26 May 2019, 1 week and 1 day after the semi-finals at Stadionul Olimpia.
Fifth place final
1 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 22 | 17 | CS Dinamo București |
External links
- (in Romanian) www.super-liga.ro [1] – Official website
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Luke Samoa Luke Samoa is this seasons` top point scorer with 163 points, SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
- ^ Taliaʻuli Sikuea Talia`uli Siukea is this seasons` top try scorer with 13 tries, SuperLiga, București, 26 May 2019. Retrieved on 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Objectives of the 8 teams that will participate in 2018–2019 edition of the CEC Bank SuperLiga". 30 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.