2018 Supercupa României

The 2018 Supercupa României was the 20th edition of the Supercupa României, the annual super cup in Romania.

2018 Supercupa României

Event	2018 Supercupa României
CFR Cluj Universitatea Craiova 1 0
Date	14 July 2018
Venue	Stadionul Ion Oblemenco, Craiova
Man of the Match	Ciprian Deac (CFR Cluj)[1]
Referee	Radu Petrescu
Attendance	25,852
Weather	Cloudy
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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 in Craiova, Dolj County, hosted the match.

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

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

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14)

20:30 EEST (UTC+03)

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 08 Damjan Djoković RW 10 Ciprian Deac  90+4' CF 20 George Țucudean  87' LW 27 Sebastian Mailat  55' Substitutes: RB 06 Cristian Manea  46' CF 09 Billel Omrani  55' CAM 18 Valentin Costache  87' Manager: Edward Iordănescu		GK 13 Mirko Pigliacelli CB 04 Răzvan Popa  76'  80' CB 24 Florin Gardoș CB 02 Tiago Ferreira RM 30 Radoslav Dimitrov  72' CM 08 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 09 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.