2018–19 FC Dunărea Călărași season

The 2018–19 season was the 57th season of competitive football by Dunărea Călărași, and their first ever in Liga I. Dunărea Călărași competed in the Liga I and in Cupa României.

Dunărea Călărași

2018–19 season
Chairman	Florentin Brișan
Manager	Dan Alexa
Stadium	Ion Comșa
Cupa României	Quarter-finals
Home colours Away colours

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	Liga II	1st
	Cupa României	Fourth Round

Players

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
7 June 2018	FW	Mediop Ndiaye	27	Ripensia Timişoara	Undisclosed	Signed for three years.	[1]
13 June 2018	MID	Aitor Monroy	30	Dinamo București	Undisclosed	Signed for one year.	[2]
17 June 2018	DF	Filip Gligorov	24	Sileks	Undisclosed	Signed for two years.	[3]
20 June 2018	MID	Georgian Honciu	29	Șirineasa	Undisclosed	Signed for two years.	[4]
22 June 2018	MID	Stelian Cucu	28	Botoșani	Undisclosed	Signed for one year.	[5]
22 June 2018	GK	Cătălin Straton	28	ACS Poli Timișoara	Undisclosed	Signed for one year.	[6]
22 June 2018	DF	Alin Şeroni	31	ACS Poli Timișoara	Undisclosed	Signed for one year.	[7]
4 July 2018	MID	Hamidou Keyta	23	Chambly	Undisclosed	Signed for two years.	[8]
11 July 2018	DF	Ionuț Balaur	29	FC Voluntari	Undisclosed	Signed for two years.	[9]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
22 June 2018	MD	Lucian Buzan	19	Universitatea Craiova	–	Signed a season-long loan.	[10]
9 July 2018	MD	Gabriel Simion	20	FCSB	–	Signed a season-long loan.	[11]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced on 5 July 2018.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
10	Hermannstadt	26	9	5	12	25	28	−3	32	Qualification for the Relegation round
11	Gaz Metan Mediaș	26	7	10	9	25	32	−7	31
12	Dunărea Călărași	26	4	12	10	16	25	−9	24
13	Voluntari	26	4	9	13	30	46	−16	21
14	Concordia Chiajna	26	4	6	16	19	45	−26	18

Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[12]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	4	12	10	16	25	−9	24	3	5	5	11	15	−4	1	7	5	5	10	−5

Last updated: 2 March 2019.
Source: Liga I

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 July 2018 1	Viitorul Constanța	0–1	Dunărea Călărași	Ovidiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	S.Mladen  3' T.Băluță 39'  83' I.Hagi  45'	Report	Honciu  5' Straton  44'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Lucian Ruşandu

28 July 2018 2	Dunărea Călărași	0–0	CFR Cluj	Călărași
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	D.Ispas  21' B.Șandru  42' Monroy  90+2'	Report	Culio  38' C.Manea  62' Țucudean  84'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 7,300 Referee: Marius Avram

5 August 2018 3	Hermannstadt	1–1	Dunărea Călărași	Târgu Mureș
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Blănaru  24' I.Antonov  90'	Report	Dobrosavlevici  90+1'	Stadium: Trans-Sil Attendance: 200 Referee: Iulian Dima

12 August 2018 4	Dunărea Călărași	1–3	Universitatea Craiova	Călărași
15:30 EEST (UTC+3)	C.N.Pușcaș  7' Ndiaye  63'	Report	Kelić  5' Fedele  45' A.Mitriță  53' (pen.), 73' Cicâldău  67'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 7,530 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

18 August 2018 5	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	Dunărea Călărași	Giurgiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	N.Roșu  17' (pen.)  65' Bègue  30' Alibec 64'  74' R.Crișan  67'	Report	D.Ispas  16' Pană  22'  36' G.Simion  49' Gligorov  52' C.N.Pușcaș  64'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 200 Referee: Cătălin Ion Buşi

25 August 2018 6	Dunărea Călărași	2–0	Politehnica Iași	Călărași
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	D.Ispas  4' Pană  51' V.Alexandru  56' Kanda  80' Dobrosavlevici  89'	Report	Frăsinescu  7' Cioinac 21'  45+1'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Iulian Călin

31 August 2018 7	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	1–0	Dunărea Călărași	Sfântu Gheorghe
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Simonovski  3'  41' S.Drăghici  90+4'	Report	G.Simion  28' V.Alexandru  45' Dobrosavlevici  51' D.Ispas  73'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Sorin Andrei Antonie

15 September 2018 8	Dunărea Călărași	3–2	FC Botoșani	Călărași
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	G.Simion  10' Pană  21' Kanda  29' Dobrosavlevici  37'  49' Ndiaye  84' Straton  90+4'	Report	J.Rodríguez  12' (pen.), 51' (pen.) R.Oaidă  18'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa

23 September 2018 9	FCSB	2–0	Dunărea Călărași	Voluntari
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Man  8' F.Tănase  45' (pen.)	Report	Keyta  18' Kanda  56' D.Ispas  60' Dobrosavlevici  74' S.Cucu  86'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 700 Referee: Ionuţ Coza

1 October 2018 10	Concordia Chiajna	1–1	Dunărea Călărași	Chiajna
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Prepeliță  60'	Report	C.N.Pușcaș  41' Keyta  44' (pen.) B.Șandru  90+3' S.Cucu  90'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 150 Referee: Horia Gabriel Mladinovici

7 October 2018 11	Dunărea Călărași	1–1	FC Voluntari	Călărași
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ndiaye  34'  84' Walace  42'	Report	Răuță  7' Balaur  22' Ricardinho  79'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 2,840 Referee: Marius Avram

22 October 2018 12	Dinamo București	1–1	Dunărea Călărași	Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	D.Sorescu  46' D.Popa  56' Hanca  58'	Report	Pană  21' Ndiaye  22' Honciu  37' D.Ispas  53' Carnat  78' A.Munteanu 90+2'  90+2'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 2,710 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

28 October 2018 13	Dunărea Călărași	0–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Călărași
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dobrosavlevici  60'	Report	Fofana  40' Nasser Chamed  68' V.Crețu  90+4'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 2,550 Referee: George Cătălin Găman

4 November 2018 14	Dunărea Călărași	0–1	Viitorul Constanța	Călărași
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Șeroni  41' Dobrosavlevici  90+2'	Report	D.Drăguș  45'  88' T.Băluță  84' S.Mladen  90+3'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 4,130 Referee: Iulian Călin

10 November 2018 15	CFR Cluj	0–0	Dunărea Călărași	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Culio  90+6'	Report	Gligorov  55' S.Cucu  64' Straton  90+4'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

25 November 2018 16	Dunărea Călărași	0–1	Hermannstadt	Călărași
13:30 EET (UTC+2)	G.Mendy  31' Dobrosavlevici  45+5'	Report	C.Pîrvulescu  29' Dâlbea  53' L.M.Dumitriu  67'  90+4'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Adrian Viorel Cojocaru

2 December 2018 17	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Dunărea Călărași	Craiova
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mateiu  23' Bancu  34' Pigliacelli  57' Donkor  64' A.Mitriță  69' Cicâldău  82' Koljić  90+2'	Report	Ndiaye  60' Gligorov  87'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

6 December 2018 18	Dunărea Călărași	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Călărași
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ndiaye  71'	Report	Mrzljak  11'  90+2' Bègue  18' Zoua  57'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

9 December 2018 19	Politehnica Iași	1–0	Dunărea Călărași	Iași
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Platini  33' M.Sanoh  48'	Report		Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 1,500 Referee: George Rădulescu

16 December 2018 20	Dunărea Călărași	0–3	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Călărași
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	G.Simion  49' Dobrosavlevici  82'	Report	Nouvier  18'  72' Tandia  22' A.Rus  45+1' Simonovski  53', 57'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

20 December 2018 21	FC Botoșani	1–0	Dunărea Călărași	Botoșani
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ongenda  36' Patache  68'	Report	G.Mendy  65'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 300 Referee: Iulian Călin

2 February 2019 22	Dunărea Călărași	1–1	FCSB	Călărași
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ion Comșa

10 February 2019 23	Dunărea Călărași	2–1	Concordia Chiajna	Călărași
EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Ion Comșa

17 February 2019 24	FC Voluntari	0–0	Dunărea Călărași	Voluntari
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Armaș  19' Krasniqi  80'	Report	Vlădoiu  10'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 600 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

24 February 2019 25	Dunărea Călărași	0–0	Dinamo București	Călărași
14:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Ionu Coza

2 March 2019 26	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–0	Dunărea Călărași	Mediaș
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	David Caiado  58' Luís Aurélio  83'	Report	Ștefan Vlădoiu  1' Ndiaye  55' Bourceanu  90+2'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Lucian Ruşandu

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Gaz Metan Mediaș	14	10	2	2	25	9	+16	48
8	Botoșani	14	8	2	4	18	9	+9	44
9	Dinamo București	14	8	3	3	16	7	+9	43
10	Politehnica Iași	14	3	5	6	12	18	−6	31
11	Voluntari	14	5	5	4	14	16	−2	31
12	Hermannstadt (O)	14	2	5	7	9	19	−10	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Dunărea Călărași (R)	14	3	4	7	8	18	−10	25	Relegation to Liga II
14	Concordia Chiajna (R)	14	2	4	8	17	23	−6	19

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[13]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	3	4	7	8	18	−10	13	2	2	3	5	6	−1	1	2	4	3	12	−9

Last updated: 2 June 2019.
Source: Liga I

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L
Position	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	13

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 March 2019 1	Dinamo București	2–0	Dunărea Călărași	Bucharest
	Nistor  24' Zenke  70' Popa  82' Montini  90+4'	Report	Filip  71' Iancu  84'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 963 Referee: Marius Avram

16 March 2019 2	Dunărea Călărași	1–2	Politehnica Iași	Călărași
	Iancu  69'	Report	Mihalache  59' Gardoș  79'  87' Platini  81'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,500 Referee: George Găman

1 April 2019 3	Botoșani	1–2	Dunărea Călărași	Botoșani
	Buș  7' Fülöp  45' Roman  80' Fabbrini  90+2' Ongenda  90+6' Pap  90+6'	Report	Iancu  33' Souda  42' Mendy  49' Ammari  57' Dobrosavlevici  65'  87' Luchin  90+2' Ndiaye  90+4' Keyta  90+6'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

6 April 2019 4	Dunărea Călărași	1–1	Voluntari	Călărași
	Ben Djemia  29' Souda  41' Simion  45+3' Ammari  52' Sîrghi  73'  88' Benzar  76' Straton  90+3'	report	Răuță  10' Signorelli  61' Armaș  90+3' Deac  90+5'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,000 Referee: István Kovács (referee)

12 April 2019 5	Concordia Chiajna	3–0	Dunărea Călărași	Chiajna
	Marc  21'  45+1' Dobrosavlevici  27' (o.g.) Nivaldo  69' Koutroubis  86'	Report		Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 485 Referee: Horaiu Fesnic

21 April 2019 6	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–0	Dunărea Călărași	Mediaș
	Ivanov  44' Chamed  60'	Report	Filip  48'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sorin Antonie

27 April 2019 7	Dunărea Călărași	0–0	Hermannstadt	Călărași
	Filip  20'	Report	Petrescu  65'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

4 May 2019 8	Dunărea Călărași	1–0	Dinamo București	Călărași
	Luchin  43' Dobrosavlevici  59' Ammari  70'  70' Simion  76' Enache  82' Benzar  90+1' Straton  90+3'	Report	N'Diaye  75' Dussaut  79' Grigore  82' Aliji  83'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

11 May 2019 9	Politehnica Iași	4–0	Dunărea Călărași	Iași
	Platini  39' João Teixeira  71' (pen.) Cioinac  73' Petre  86'  90+2'	Report	Ammari  44' Souda  46' Benzar  61' Keyta  85'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Radu Petrescu

14 May 2019 10	Dunărea Călărași	0–2	Botoșani	Călărași
	Iancu  33' Luchin  45' Ammari  84'	Report	Fülöp  29' (pen.)  79' Golofca  45' Roman  69' Buș  86' Fraisl  89' Burcă  90+3'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,000 Referee: István Kovács (referee)

19 May 2019 11	Voluntari	0–0	Dunărea Călărași	Voluntari
	Bălan  58'	Report	Honciu  28' Souda  70'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Horaiu Fesnic

22 May 2019 12	Dunărea Călărași	2–0	Concordia Chiajna	Călărași
	Mendy  52' Luchin  76' Bourceanu  80' Ammari  90+4'  90+5'	Report	Moussa  45+1'  87' Ropotan  52' Cadamuro  73' Gorobsov  90'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

26 May 2019 13	Dunărea Călărași	0–1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Călărași
	Bourceanu  33' Iancu  54'  77' Ammari  57'	[https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2019/05/26/romania/liga-i/sc-fc-dunarea-calarasi/gaz-metan-medias/2994858/ Report[	Rondón  10' André Micael  21' Ivanov  59' Bușu  73' Yazalde  87'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

2 June 2019 14	Hermannstadt	2–1	Dunărea Călărași	Sibiu
	Tsoumou  85' Blănaru  90+2' Lendrić  90+6' Popovici  90+8'	Report	Enache  53' Gligorov  57' Bourceanu  58' Filip  77'  90+2' Honciu  81' Dobrosavlevici  82'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Cupa României

26 September 2018 Round of 32	Slatina	0–2	Dunărea Călărași	Slatina
				Stadium: 1 Mai

1 November 2018 Round of 16	Dunărea Călărași	2–1	FCSB	Călărași
				Stadium: Ion Comșa

27 February 2019 Quarterfinal	Dunărea Călărași	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Călărași
				Stadium: Ion Comșa

See also

• 2018–19 Cupa României
• 2018–19 Liga I

References

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