2018 Supercupa României
# 2018 Supercupa României

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.

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. This was the first Supercupa României hosted in Craiova. 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 | Universitatea Craiova |
| - | - |

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 ||||

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 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 :

| 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. The penalty netted by Emmanuel Culio was the first to be awarded in the competition, despite being played intermittently since 1994.

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

