FC U Craiova 1948

For the other club which claims the record of the original Universitatea Craiova and is recognised by LPF, a Romanian football governing body, to be its successor, see CS Universitatea Craiova. For other uses, see Universitatea Craiova.

FC U Craiova

Full name	FCU 1948 Craiova Fotbal Club SA
Nickname(s)	Alb-albaștrii (the White-Blues) (the White-Blues) Studenții (the Students) Juveții (the Oltenia People) Leii din Bănie (the Craiova Lions)
Short name	FC U
Founded	1991; 34 years ago (1991) as FC Universitatea Craiova 2013; 12 years ago (2013) as FC U Craiova 2017; 8 years ago (2017) as U Craiova 1948
Ground	Complex Sportiv Craiova
Capacity	30,983
Owner	Adrian Mititelu
Chairman	Adrian Mititelu
Head coach	Valentin David (caretaker)
League	Liga II
2023–24	Liga I, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Website	fcuniversitatea.ro
Home colours Away colours

FCU 1948 Craiova Fotbal Club, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or simply FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, that competes in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian league system.

FC U Craiova is—along with CS Universitatea Craiova—one of the two entities asserting the history of the original Universitatea Craiova football team, which between 1948 and 1991 won four national titles and five national cups. During the latter year, the sports club dissolved its football department and FC Universitatea Craiova took its berth in the top flight. Generally considered the same entity with the old club, FC U continued its tradition for the next two decades, but was reorganised several times and retroactively deemed an unofficial successor. In 2012, it retired from every competition following their temporary banishment since 2011.

After starting over from the lower leagues, FC U Craiova returned to the Liga I in the 2021–22 season. To the same degree with CS U, FC U claims all the trophies and records of the original club, but according to court orders, its only major honour would be the 1992–93 Cupa României.^{[note 1]} The two sides currently share the Ion Oblemenco Stadium.

History

Main article: History of Universitatea Craiova (football)

1991–2011: Ups and downs

Ilie Balaci, a member of both Universitatea golden teams and manager in 1998

In 1991, Universitatea Craiova conquered its last national title and Romanian Cup, under the management of Sorin Cârțu. However, in the same year, the CS Universitatea Craiova sports club dissolved its football section^[4] and Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova continued its tradition until the early 2010s (until 1994, the club was still controlled by the Ministry of National Education). After disappointing results in the 1991–92 European Cup and 1992–93 UEFA Cup campaigns Universitatea Craiova saw domestic glory by winning the 1992–93 Cupa României and finishing on the podium the same year. After that they will go on the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign where they will be eliminated by French side Paris Saint-Germain. The next seasons Craiova will finish second in the league in 1993–94 and 1994–95 respectively and will lose two cup finals in 1993–94 and 1997–98, also participating in 1994–95 UEFA Cup and 1995–96 Intertoto Cup.

Universitatea Craiova started the 2000s playing a Cup final in 2000 and with participations in the 2000–01 UEFA Cup and 2001 Intertoto Cup. The next 5 seasons saw Craiova finishing between 4th and 8th places but relegating in 2005. The team will go back up after one season in Divizia B. The next three seasons saw Craiova between the 9th and 7th places. During these years in the 2008–09 Liga 1 with Nicolò Napoli as manager and players like Costea brothers (Florin Costea and Mihai Costea), Andrei Prepeliță or Julius Wobay, Craiova had a decent run winning against rivals Dinamo and defending champions CFR Cluj and almost qualifying for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. The next year Craiova relegated again and legal problems started to appear.

2011–2013: Decline and legal problems

On 20 July 2011, the club was temporarily excluded by the Romanian Football Federation^[5] for failing to withdraw their dispute with former coach Victor Piţurcă from a civil court, as per article 57 of the FRF statute which states that the Football Federation solves all the sports lawsuits.^[6] However, the article allows disputes regarding employment contracts to be adjudicated in civil court.^[7] The exclusion decision was approved by the FRF General Assembly on 14 May 2012.^[8] All of the squad players were declared free agents and signed with other clubs.

A criminal investigation was started by the National Anticorruption Directorate on 22 October 2011, against the heads of the Romanian Professional Football League and of the Football Federation, as well as against the executive committee members of the FRF, on charges of official misconduct in the case of the exclusion.^[9][10] On 14 May 2012, the executive committee validated the temporary exclusion decision taken on 20 July 2011.^[11]

In April 2014 the High Court of Cassation and Justice confirmed that the Romanian Football Federation "acted in accordance with regulations and statutes in force when members voted to exclude the club".^[12] The criminal case against the president of the FRF was also dismissed in 2017.^[13] On 22 June 2012, the Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled that the exclusion of FC U Craiova from FRF was illegal.^[14] On 15 November 2012, the Court ruled that the validation decision was also illegal.^[11] Although the club was invited to sign up in the Liga II for the 2012–13 season,^[15] the owner of the club refused this invitation.^[16]

However, I think that FC U Craiova is the real team (Universitea Craiova), the one patronized by Adrian Mititelu.

– Ilie Blaci, The symbol of Craiova Maxima era, on 14 October 2013^[17]

On 2 March 2013, the club announced that it filed a request to rejoin the competitions, starting from the 2013–14 season,^[18] in Liga II. However, at the same time, the local authorities from the city of Craiova created another football team, called CS Universitatea Craiova, claiming the right to continue the team that was removed from Liga I in 2011. A new legal battle soon started between the two. Eventually CS Universitatea was acknowledged as owner of the "Universitatea Craiova" brand and was allowed to list the record of Universitatea Craiova between 1948 and 1991,^[19] but not with the record for the next 20 years, that Universitatea is now allowed to claim.^[20]

In the meantime, in the summer of 2013, both Universitatea and CS Universitatea officially rejoined the Liga II competition, Series II. The first match of this team was the victory against SCM Argeşul Piteşti in the fourth round of the Romanian Cup, qualifying to the fifth round of the competition. Universitatea and CS Universitatea competed in the same league and met in two games that year, both ended 0–0.^[21] With a more stable and sustainable financing, CS Universitatea promoted to Liga I that year, while Universitatea withdrew from the competition.^[22][23] The company operating the team went bankrupt, so Universitatea no longer appeared in any competition.^[24]

2017–present: Rebirth

In 2017, Adrian Mititelu created a new company and his team was allowed to participate in the top regional tier of Dolj County. The team consisted of a lot of young prospects and experienced players that played for the team in the past like Ovidiu Dănănae and Mihai Dina and Nicolò Napoli in his fifth spell as a manager.^[25][26] The team managed to win the county championship without a single defeat and the Dolj County phase of the Romanian Cup achieving the double at the county level. By winning the championship FC U Craiova qualified for the Liga IV 2017–2018 promotion play-offs to Liga III which they won by forfeit because the team they were drawn against could not play the match.^[27]

In the 2018–2019 season, U Craiova 1948 now in Liga III, former player Mădălin Ciucă returned as team captain until his retiring after the season. Unfortunately the team failed to gain promotion to Liga II after finishing on second place. FC U Craiova tried again to promote to Liga II during the 2019–20 season of Liga III after they were drawn in a series IV consisting of teams from south-west region of Romania and Eugen Trică being appointed as manager. The team were leading the table by 13 point from the second place with 13 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats but the season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 16 rounds, due to COVID-19 pandemic. On 11 May 2020, the Romanian Football Federation announced that the season was discontinued and the best-ranked teams from each series (after 16 rounds) were promoted to Liga II.

For the 2020–21 U Craiova 1948 brought a lot of reinforcement like Jérémy Huyghebaert, Andrea Compagno^[28] and the representative of the youth nationals teams Dragoș Albu who would later become team's captain in order to get the promotion in the first year. The season saw U Craiova on top of the league most of the time but during it, there were five managerial changes. Eugen Trică will get sacked in the pre-season in favor of former manager Nicolò Napoli who was in his sixth spell at the club. He left with a high profile win against Bucharest rivals Rapid București, only to be replaced by Dan Vasilică who was the caretaker for the team until Ovidiu Stîngă was appointed. Eventually after poor results from Stîngă, Trică returned once again. Ultimately U Craiova reached the play-offs of the competition and got the promotion to Liga 1 after a draw against FK Miercurea Ciuc, and later secured the title after a win over Rapid. This promotion meant that after a lot of ups and downs over the last 10 years, U Craiova 1948 got in to the first tier of Romanian football for the first time since 2011.^[29]

Liga I return (2021–2024)

For the first year in Liga I, after a 10 years absence, U Craiova changed a lot in the squad; with a lot of players no longer needed, many foreigners were brought to the club, most notably Juan Bauza, Samuel Asamoah, and Dominik Kovačić. Also brought as a coach was a former national for Romania with a joint record of 35 goals (alongside Gheorghe Hagi) Adrian Mutu. Like the previous season, U Craiova went through managerial changes, Adrian Mutu will get sacked and will be followed by Eugen Trică and Flavius Stoican with Dan Vasilică acting as a caretaker in between those changes, only for Nicolò Napoli to return to Craiova for the 7th time. Napoli revitalized the entire squad but being to far away from the play-offs at the time of his spell Craiova went to the play-out round of the competition and managed to achieve the goal of avoiding relegation finishing on the 10th place.

The 2022–23 season of Liga I was rebranded as Superliga, making U Craiova 1948 a founding member of the new branded Romanian first tier league like England's Premier League which started in 1992 or the Bundesliga who started in 1963. This season was approached by U Craiova again with an addition of new players to the team, among whom the most notable throughout the season were André Duarte, who logged the most minutes of a player in the entire season (4066 minutes) and Yassine Bahassa who was named the best dribbler of the season and with Marius Croitoru being namend as the coach. The season had a lot of ups and downs, with Marius Croitoru being sacked at the half of the regular season only for Nicolò Napoli to be brought back for a record ninth spell at the club. During this time Napoli was close to getting the team into the play-off round, finishing the regular season on the 7th place 2 points away from the 6th place. Craiova was then going to win the play-out round, qualifying for the European play-offs. In the European play-offs Craiova beat in semi-finals FC Voluntari only to lose to CFR Cluj in the final after a very close match, with some refereeing mistakes.

The 2023–24 season marked a challenging period for FC U Craiova 1948, characterized by instability in the managerial position. The campaign began with the appointment of Giovanni Costantino, who was relieved of his duties after a tenure of five months. His departure led to the brief return of Nicolo Napoli, marking his tenth term at the helm, which lasted for four matches before being succeeded by Eugen Trică. Despite these changes, the team was unable to secure its position in Liga 1, culminating in relegation after a three-year stint in the top flight. This season stands as a stark contrast to the club's previous successes following its promotion.

Stadium

Main articles: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco and Ion Oblemenco Stadium

Stadionul Ion Oblemenco (1967)

Ion Oblemenco Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Craiova, and was originally named Central Stadium. It was used mostly for football matches and would hold up to 25,252 people before it was demolished. The stadium was opened on 29 October 1967, with the national teams of Romania and Poland drawing after scoring two goals each. Following the death of Universitatea Craiova legend Ion Oblemenco in 1996, the stadium was renamed in his honour. In 1991 the nocturnal facility was built (non-functional until 2002 ), in 2002 the wooden benches were replaced with plastic seats. The 2002–2003 season remains imprinted in capital letters in the history of the "Ion Oblemenco" stadium. 28 November 2002 is the day when the first training session of the University of Craiova took place under the spotlight, which was attended by around 2000 spectators. On 29 November 2002, the official opening of the nocturne took place in front of 15,000 spectators, and on 30 November 2002, the first night match was played: U Craiova -Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamț, a match attended by about 40,000 spectators. At the beginning of the 2007–2008 season the official stand and the changing rooms of the stadium were renovated, as well as the athletics track . In the return of the same season, other works were started to modernize the arena, consisting in the purchase and installation of 25,000 new seats, the purchase and installation of an ultra-modern table, and also the replacement of the lawn, and in 2015 was entirely demolished.

The new Stadionul Ion Oblemenco

Construction of the new Stadionul Ion Oblemenco, with a capacity of 30,983, started on 7 September 2015, after the demolition of the old Stadionul Ion Oblemenco. On 10 November 2017, the arena, which cost €52 million, was inaugurated.^[30] The first official match was in Liga I on 18 November 2017, between CSU Craiova and Juventus București, attended by 17,854 fans.

Support

FC U Craiova has many fans in Craiova and especially in the region of Oltenia, but also in Romania.

Many ultras groups exist, but in 2013 a strong division among the fans occurred due to the uncertainty regarding the true identities of the two clubs which claim the record of Universitatea. Sezione Ultra' 2000 and Utopia from Peluza Nord chose to support CS U Craiova, while Praetoria and Ultras 2004 from Peluza Sud 97 chose FC U Craiova. Later in 2017, Ultras Craiova 2004 left the club and decided to remain neutral. In March 2018, FC U Craiova supporters attending a friendly game between Romania and Sweden at the Stadionul Ion Oblemenco booed CS U player Alexandru Mitriță upon being substituted out. They also broke chairs, and as a response CS U fans symbolically used insecticide to "get rid of the stench" left over by Peluza Sud 97 ultras.^[31]

Rivalries

FC U's main rival is Dinamo București. The rivalry was amplified in 2002 and 2005 when Dinamo transferred an important group of players from Craiova.^{[citation needed]} Other rivalries of FC U are with Steaua București and CSU Craiova, the latter rivalry because FC U claims the history of Universitatea.

Honours

Note: As of November 2017, LPF attributes all Universitatea Craiova trophies won between 1948 and 1991 to CS Universitatea Craiova. Another court order from 2018 suggested that neither of the current clubs actually hold the original honours. On 10 July 2023, the Timișoara Court of Appeal established that the historical record achieved until the end of 1990–91 season belongs to CS U Craiova.^[32]

Domestic

Leagues

• Liga I
  • Runners-up (2): 1993–94, 1994–95
• Liga II
  • Winners (2): 2005–06, 2020–21
• Liga III
  • Winners (1): 2019–20
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
• Liga IV Dolj
  • Winners (1): 2017–18

Cups

• Cupa României
  • Winners (1): 1992–93
  • Runners-up (3): 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–2000
• Cupa României – Dolj County
  • Winners (1): 2017–18

Friendly

• Norcia Winter Cup Italy
  • Winners (1): 2003

Players

First-team squad

As of 10 December 2024^[33][34]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Sorin Mogoșanu 2 DF  ROU Radu Negru (3rd captain) 3 DF  LTU Rokas Lekiatas 4 MF  ROU Vlad Achim 6 MF  FRA Idris Bounaas 7 DF  ROU Andrei Dragu 9 FW  ROU Claudiu Bălan (4th captain) 11 FW  NGA Jibril Ibrahim 15 MF  ROU Alexandru Blidar 17 MF  ROU Alexandru Raicea 18 MF  ROU Cătălin Albu 19 MF  ROU Matei Moraru (on loan from Universitatea Cluj) 20 MF  GHA Moses Abbey 21 GK  ROU Codruț Sandu (on loan from Rapid București) 22 MF  ROU Darius Ghindovean

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ROU Vlad Pop (Vice-captain) 26 DF  FRA Nestorly Lumbu 27 MF  ROU Mario Ilie 29 MF  ROU Lucian Duță 30 MF  ROU Robert Biosan 44 DF  ROU Răzvan Bălașa 50 GK  ROU Ionuț Gurău 55 DF  FRA Aboubacar Camara 72 DF  ITA Andrea Padula (Captain) 77 DF  ROU Tudor Oltean 88 MF  ROU Traian Ciubotaru 90 MF  ROU Mihai Răduț 91 FW  NED Stijn Meijer 99 FW  SWE Marokhy Ndione — DF  MAR Amine Ghazoini

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  ROU Dragoș Albu (to Gloria Buzău) 10 MF  ARG Juan Bauza (to Baniyas)

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK  ROU Robert Popa (to UTA Arad) — FW  ROU Vladislav Blănuță (to Universitatea Cluj)

Club officials

Board of directors Role Name Owner Adrian Mititelu President Adrian Mititelu Sporting director Florin Costea Delegate Robert Săceanu Youth Centre Manager Ovidiu Turcu Marketing & Sales Director Lucian Mitu Ticketing Department Dan Sorin Communications Department Daniel Burchel Digital Content Creator Ștefan Călin Press Officer Nicoleta Anghel Responsibles for Order and Safety Cătălin Rizan Photographer George Uce Cameraman Ionuț Tudorache Last updated: 20 September 2024 Source: Board of Directors

Current technical staff Role Name Head coach Valentin David (caretaker) Assistant coach Valentin David Goalkeeping coach Eugen Anghel Fitness coach Dan Bratu Club doctor Andrei Tudora Kinetotherapist Mihai Smaranda Physiotherapist Liviu Nedelcu Masseur Mihai Ciobanu Genel Cernitu Storeman Constantin Băzăvan Last updated: 29 October 2024 Source: Board of Directors

European record

Main article: FC U Craiova 1948 in European football

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League / European Cup	1	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	1	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	4	8	0	3	5	3	9	−6
UEFA Intertoto Cup	2	8	4	2	2	15	11	+4
Total	8	22	7	5	10	27	29	–2

UEFA Champions League / European Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1991–92	1R	Apollon Limassol	2–0	0–3	2–3

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	1R	HB Tórshavn	4–0	3–0	7–0
	2R	PSG	0–2	0–4	0–6

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1992–93	1R	Sigma Olomouc	1–2	0–1	1–3
1994–95	PR	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–2	0–2	1–4
1995–96	PR	Dinamo Minsk	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)	0–0 (1–3 p)
2000–01	QR	Pobeda Prilep	1–1	0–1	1–2

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996	Group stage (9)	Daugava	3–0	—	2nd place
		Karlsruher SC	—	0–1
		Spartak Trnava	2–1	—
		Čukarički	—	2–1
2001	1R	Bylis	3–3	1–0	4–3
	2R	Slovácko	2–2	2–3	4–5

League history

Season Tier Division Place National Cup 2024–25 2 Liga II TBD Play-off round 2023–24 1 Liga I 16th (R) Quarter-finals 2022–23 1 Liga I 7th Quarter-finals 2021–22 1 Liga I 10th Round of 16 2020–21 2 Liga II 1st (C, P) Round of 32 2019–20 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 1st (C, P) Round of 32 2018–19 3 Liga III (Seria III) 2nd Second round 2017–18 4 Liga IV (DJ) 1st (C, P) (winners of county phase) 2014–17 DNP N/A N/A DNP 2013–14 2 Liga II 12th (R) Round of 32 2011–13 DNP N/A N/A DNP (disaffiliated) 2010–11 1 Liga I 15th (R) Quarter-finals 2009–10 1 Liga I 13th Quarter-finals 2008–09 1 Liga I 7th Round of 16 2007–08 1 Liga I 9th Round of 32 2006–07 1 Liga I 9th Round of 16

Season Tier Division Place National Cup 2005–06 2 Divizia B (Seria II) 1st (C, P) Round of 16 2004–05 1 Divizia A 16th (R) Semi-finals 2003–04 1 Divizia A 4th Round of 32 2002–03 1 Divizia A 7th Round of 32 2001–02 1 Divizia A 7th Round of 32 2000–01 1 Divizia A 8th Round of 16 1999–00 1 Divizia A 13th Final 1998–99 1 Divizia A 13th Round of 16 1997–98 1 Divizia A 8th Final 1996–97 1 Divizia A 11th Semi-finals 1995–96 1 Divizia A 4th Round of 32 1994–95 1 Divizia A 2nd Semi-finals 1993–94 1 Divizia A 2nd Final 1992–93 1 Divizia A 3rd Winners 1991–92 1 Divizia A 4th Semi-finals

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had a significant number of caps and goals accumulated throughout a certain number of seasons for the club and the players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries at junior and/or senior level while they played for the club.

For a list of all former and current FC U Craiova 1948 players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FC U Craiova 1948 players.

Romania

• Dragoș Albu
• Claudiu Bălan
• Ștefan Bărboianu
• Mircea Bornescu
• Aurelian Chițu
• Cristian Chivu
• Mădălin Ciucă
• Florin Costea
• Mihai Costea
• Gheorghe Craioveanu
• Cătălin Crăciunescu
• Silvian Cristescu
• Ovidiu Dănănae
• Mihai Dina
• Dragoș Firțulescu
• Cornel Frăsineanu
• Ionel Gane
• Ionel Ganea
• Valerică Găman
• Constantin Gângioveanu
• Silviu Lung Jr.
• Ionuț Luțu
• Corneliu Papură
• Gabriel Popescu
• Andrei Prepeliță
• Marius Sava
• Robert Săceanu
• Ovidiu Stîngă
• Ovidiu Stoianof
• Dorel Stoica
• Eugen Trică
• Adrian Ungur

Argentina

• Juan Bauza

Australia

• Michael Baird
• Spase Dilevski
• Josh Mitchell
• Joshua Rose

Belgium

• William Baeten
• Jérémy Huyghebaert
• Benjamin Van Durmen
• Sekou Sidibe

France

• Yassine Bahassa

Italy

• Andrea Compagno
• Lorenzo Paramatti

Portugal

• André Duarte

Togo

• Samuel Asamoah

Sierra Leone

• Julius Wobay

Player of the Year

Each season since 2021 the fans have voted through a poll on the U Craiova official Facebook page the player on the team they feel is the most worthy of recognition for his performances during that season.

Year Winner 2020–21 Andrea Compagno 2021–22 Andrea Compagno 2022–23 André Duarte 2023–24 Not awarded

Continental competition players

The following players have been selected by their country in various continental tournaments, while playing for U Craiova 1948. Players listed in bold are current U Craiova 1948 players.

• Dragoș Albu (2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship)
• Cornel Frăsineanu (1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship)
• Marius Iordache (1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship)
• Tiberiu Lung (1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship)
• Ionuț Luțu (1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship)
• Ionuț Mișu (2011 UEFA European Under-17 Championship)
• Corneliu Papură (1994 FIFA World Cup)
• Vlad Pop (2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship)
• Robert Popa (2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship)
• Florin Prunea (UEFA Euro 2000)
• Ovidiu Stîngă (1994 FIFA World Cup)
• Eugen Trică (1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship)
• Robert Vancea (1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship)

Notable former coaches

For a list of all former and current FC U Craiova 1948 managers with a Wikipedia article, see Category:FC U Craiova 1948 managers.

• Ilie Balaci
• Marian Bondrea
• Sorin Cârţu
• Emerich Jenei
• Nicolò Napoli
• Ion Oblemenco
• Constantin Oţet
• Aurel Țicleanu
• Victor Piţurcă
• Mircea Rădulescu
• Emil Sandoi
• Silviu Stănescu
• José Ramón Alexanko

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