2025–26 CS Universitatea Craiova season

Universitatea Craiova
2025–26 season
PresidentMihai Rotaru
ManagerMirel Rădoi
StadiumIon Oblemenco Stadium
SuperligaRegular season: 1st
Cupa RomânieiGroup stage
UEFA Conference LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steven Nsimba (4)
All:
Assad Al Hamlawi (6)
Highest home attendance22,664 vs Spartak Trnava
Lowest home attendance10,054 vs Argeș Pitești
Biggest winUniversitatea Craiova 4–0 Sarajevo
Biggest defeatSarajevo 2–1 Universitatea Craiova

The 2025–26 season is the 78th in the history of Clubul Sportiv Universitatea Craiova and their 12th consecutive season in the Romanian top flight, Liga I. The club is also participating in the Cupa României and the UEFA Conference League.

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
GK Romania David Lazar Romania Gloria Buzău Loan return 30 June 2025
MF Romania Alexandru Ișfan Romania Gloria Buzău Loan return 30 June 2025
FW Spain Jalen Blesa Georgia (country) Dinamo Batumi Loan return 30 June 2025
FW Romania Jovan Marković Romania Hermannstadt Loan return 30 June 2025
FW Romania Andrei Ivan Turkey Adanaspor Loan return 30 June 2025
MF Romania David Matei Romania Steaua București €100,000 1 July 2025 [1]
MF Romania Alexandru Crețu Saudi Arabia Al Wehda Free 1 July 2025
MF Romania Mihnea Rădulescu Romania Petrolul Ploiești €400,000 1 July 2025
MF Romania Tudor Băluță Poland Śląsk Wrocław Free 1 July 2025
MF Portugal Samuel Teles Romania Oțelul Galați Free 1 July 2025
DF Serbia Nikola Stevanović Romania Oțelul Galați Undisclosed 3 July 2025 [2]
DF Ukraine Oleksandr Romanchuk Ukraine Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Undisclosed 7 July 2025 [3]
DF Romania Darius Fălcușan Italy Empoli U20 €300,000 8 July 2025 [4]
FW Palestine Assad Al Hamlawi Poland Śląsk Wrocław €700,000 8 July 2025 [5]
GK Ukraine Pavlo Isenko Ukraine Vorskla Poltava Free 14 July 2025 [6]
FW France Steven Nsimba France Aubagne Free 26 July 2025 [7]
DF Romania Florin Ștefan Romania Sepsi OSK Undisclosed 2 August 2025 [8]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
FW Brazil Alisson Safira Portugal Santa Clara Loan return 4 June 2025
MF Romania Mihai Căpățînă Kazakhstan Ordabasy Released 30 June 2025 [9]
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Jovo Lukić Romania Universitatea Cluj Released 1 July 2025 [10]
GK Romania David Lazar Romania Argeș Pitești Free 1 July 2025
MF Romania Ștefan Bană Romania Oțelul Galați Loan 1 July 2025
MF Japan Takuto Oshima Armenia FC Noah €500,000 1 July 2025
DF North Macedonia Gjoko Zajkov United Arab Emirates Ajman Free 1 July 2025
MF Romania Alexandru Mitriță China Zhejiang €2,000,000 1 July 2025 [11]
FW Romania Alexandru Ișfan Romania Farul Constanta Free 9 July 2025 [12]
DF Honduras Denil Maldonado Russia Rubin Kazan €1,600,000 10 July 2025 [13]
GK Romania Relu Stoian Romania Metalul Buzău Released 13 July 2025 [14]
FW Romania Andrei Ivan Greece Panserraikos Contract terminated 21 July 2025 [15]
DF Spain Iago López Spain Lugo Contract terminated 28 July 2025 [16]
FW Spain Jalen Blesa Italy Cesena Undisclosed 2 August 2025 [17]
DF Romania Florin Gașpar Romania CSM Reșița Loan 8 August 2025
DF Equatorial Guinea Basilio Ndong Contract terminated 12 August 2025 [18]
FW Romania Jovan Marković Romania Farul Constanța Free 14 August 2025 [19]

Friendlies

On 15 June, the team returned to training at the Ilie Balaci Complex, with players absent due to national team schedules. On 22 June, the team traveled to the Bad Radkersburg Resort in Austria to continue preparations.[20]

28 June 2025 Bohemians 1905 Czech Republic 3–3 Romania Universitatea Craiova Austria
18:00
  • Matoušek 22'
  • Drchal 86'
  • Čermák 87'
 Report
4 July 2025 MTK Budapest Hungary 0–1 Romania Universitatea Craiova Austria
11:00 Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Superliga 12 July 2025 Matchday 1 6 5 1 0 14 8 +6 083.33
Cupa României 29 October 2025 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Conference League 24 July 2025 Second qualifying round 4 2 0 2 11 6 +5 050.00
Total 10 7 1 2 25 14 +11 070.00

Last updated: 17 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Superliga

Main article: 2025–26 Liga I

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitatea Craiova 6 5 1 0 14 8 +6 16 Advances to Play-off
2 UTA Arad 6 3 3 0 10 7 +3 12
3 Rapid București 6 3 3 0 10 5 +5 12
4 Unirea Slobozia 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
5 Farul Constanța 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
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.


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
6 5 1 0 14 8  +6 16 3 0 0 6 2  +4 2 1 0 8 6  +2

Last updated: 17 August 2025.
Source:

Results by round

Round1234567
GroundAHHAHAH
ResultDWWWWW
Position4222111
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The competition schedule was drawn on 25 June 2025.[21]

12 July 2025 1 UTA Arad 3–3 Universitatea Craiova Arad
18:30 UTC+3
Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium
Attendance: 7,348
Referee: Marian Barbu
18 July 2025 2 Universitatea Craiova 3–1 Argeș Pitești Craiova
21:30 UTC+3
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium
Attendance: 10,054
Referee: Ionuț Coza
28 July 2025 3 Universitatea Craiova 2–1 Universitatea Cluj Craiova
21:30 UTC+3
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium
Attendance: 10,302
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
3 August 2025 4 CFR Cluj 2–3 Universitatea Craiova Cluj-Napoca
21:30 UTC+3
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Attendance: 3,633
Referee: Rareş Vidican
10 August 2025 5 Universitatea Craiova 1–0 Hermannstadt Craiova
18:30 UTC+3
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium
Attendance: 13,459
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
17 August 2025 6 Csíkszereda 1–2 Universitatea Craiova Miercurea Ciuc
16:15 UTC+3
Stadium: Miercurea Ciuc Municipal Stadium
Referee: Baban Vlad
24 August 2025 7 Universitatea Craiova v Petrolul Ploiești Craiova
18:30 UTC+3 Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2025–26 UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

24 July 2025 First leg Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–1 Romania Universitatea Craiova Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
21:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium
Attendance: 20,897
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Ukraine)
31 July 2025 Second leg Universitatea Craiova Romania 4–0
(5–2 agg.)		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Craiova
20:37 UTC+3
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium
Attendance: 19,600
Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)
Note: The match was delayed due to technical reasons.[22]

Third qualifying round

7 August 2025 First leg Universitatea Craiova Romania 3–0 Slovakia Spartak Trnava Craiova
21:30 UTC+3
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium
Attendance: 22,664
Referee: Joonas Jaanovits (Estonia)
14 August 2025 Second leg Spartak Trnava Slovakia 4–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–6 agg.)		 Romania Universitatea Craiova Trnava, Slovakia
20:30 UTC+2
Stadium: Anton Malatinský Stadium
Attendance: 9,337
Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

Play-off round

21 August 2025 First leg İstanbul Başakşehir Turkey v Romania Universitatea Craiova Başakşehir, Turkey
20:45 UTC+3 Stadium: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium
28 August 2025 Second leg Universitatea Craiova Romania v Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir Craiova
20:30 UTC+3 Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Pos Player Superliga Cupa României Conference League Total
1 FW Palestine Assad Al Hamlawi 2 0 4 6
2 FW France Steven Nsimba 4 0 1 5
3 MF Romania Ștefan Baiaram 2 0 2 4
4 DF Ukraine Oleksandr Romanchuk 2 0 1 3
5 MF Romania Mihnea Rădulescu 2 0 0 2
6 DF Romania Tudor Băluță 0 0 1 1
MF Romania Alexandru Cicâldău 0 0 1 1
FW Romania Andrei Ivan 1 0 0 1
DF Costa Rica Carlos Mora 0 0 1 1
Own goals 1 0 0 1

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