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CS Universitatea Craiova

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PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS · ROMANIAN CLUB FORMULA

Success Index

Progression against expectations, match performance, points and Goal Balance. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the three owner-confirmed European Spring third rounds also earn a bonus point.

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18th position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

33.0/ 100

Competitions included in this score: Champions League · Europa League · Conference League.

21.8

Pv · Progression

48.8

P · Match performance

50.0

Pct · Points including bonuses

52.9

GB · Goal Balance

10 completed competition entries · 41 matches · 1 ongoing entry excluded until participation ends. No secondary competitions included.

Romanian club formula and competition-entry calculations

SI = 60% Pv + 20% P + 15% Pct + 5% GB. This differs from the country and opponent-team formula.

Pv is the average progression score across completed competition entries. Expectations depend on competition, season and entry point. Meeting the expectation earns 100; subsequent successful stages earn 10 each. When the expectation is already met at entry, the final is the target and PvE = 100 × Cal / TDis, with no bonuses. The European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup award 100 for a lost final and 110 for a win. Read expectations, entry rules and examples →

P = 100 × (wins + 0.5 × draws) / matches. Pct = 100 × (regular match points + round bonuses) / available regular match points in stages actually played. Qualifying wins/draws earn 1/0.5; main-stage wins/draws earn 2/1. Post-group play-offs are main stages. Bonuses: one per group phase and per eligible post-group round, quarter-final, semi-final or final played, regardless of its match count. Round of 32/16 bonuses apply only in group-based formats. Bonus points are excluded from the denominator and Pct is not capped.

GB = 100 × goals scored / (goals scored + goals conceded), using combined goals across included matches. A played record with no goals for either side receives 50. Shoot-out goals are excluded. Awarded match scores follow the archive’s recorded totals. The final weighted index is calculated without rounding its components or imposing a cap.

For the included entries: 22.5 regular points + 1 bonus points; 47 available regular points; 55 goals scored and 49 conceded. Transfers create separate competition entries. Ongoing campaigns and unresolved entries are listed below; an unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI.

Season / competitionExpectationCalTDisTExpPvEPoints / PdBonus
2017/18 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group0830.00 / 20
2018/19 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group0830.00.5 / 20
2019/20 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group210540.03.5 / 60
2020/21 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group01050.00 / 10
2021/22 · Conference LeaguePass group / unique group0940.00.5 / 20
2022/23 · Conference LeaguePass group / unique group29450.03.5 / 60
2024/25 · Conference LeaguePass group / unique group0940.01 / 20
2025/26 · Conference LeaguePass group / unique group39475.09 / 181
2026/27 · Champions LeaguePass group / unique group110520.02.5 / 40
2026/27 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group18333.32 / 40
2026/27 · Conference LeagueParticipation in progressPass group / unique group061———

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements
9Seasons
11Competition entries
29Opponent teams
25Present-day countries
25Opposition associations
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS
9qualifications to the next stage

9 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

2 group / unique group appearances
Competition entries11
Matches43
W15
D13
L15
GF59
GA51

First appearance: 2017/18 · Europa League

How these figures are counted

Secondary competitions are the Mitropa Cup, Balkans Cup and all Intertoto Cup editions, including UEFA editions. UEFA / non-UEFA labels still describe the organising body.

A season is counted once by its starting year, even when the club switches competitions. Calendar-year editions use their entry year. Each club in one competition in one season is a separate competition entry.

Qualifications follow the recorded whole-round outcomes: knockout ties, groups and league phases count once when progression is recorded. Switching competitions creates another competition entry; it does not add an extra qualification to the recorded round outcome. Finals and group-format titles are recorded as achievements instead.

Group / unique group appearances combine traditional small groups with the single league table introduced in 2024/25. Both count once per campaign phase. In secondary competitions, a group may simply be the tournament format.

Spring appearances follow the owner-confirmed stage tables. A marked stage counts as played, whether the club advanced or was eliminated. The Principal Competitions tile combines Round of 32 / play-offs and Round of 16 appearances as “Other”; a campaign reaching both contributes two stage appearances. Detailed match records retain each round’s full name. Round of 32 includes knockout phase play-offs. For other campaigns, a whole round must fall in January–June of one calendar year; rounds carried over from the preceding year are excluded. Steaua’s December 1986 Intercontinental final is an explicit exception. Both the 1986 Super Cup and Intercontinental final are attributed to the 1985/86 qualifying season, with actual match dates preserved.

W/D/L and goals include awarded scores. Match records below exclude awards. All figures describe the supplied archive.

Club recordsBiggest victories, heaviest defeats and longest campaigns
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

4–0 FK Sarajevo2025/26 · Conference League

4–1 FC Maxline Vitebsk2026/27 · Champions League

3–0 Vllaznia Shkodër2022/23 · Conference League

3–0 Zorya Luhansk2022/23 · Conference League

3–0 Spartak Trnava2025/26 · Conference League

3–1 Istanbul Başakşehir2025/26 · Conference League

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

1–3 RB Leipzig2018/19 · Europa League

0–2 AC Milan2017/18 · Europa League

0–2 AEK Athens2019/20 · Europa League

0–2 NK Maribor2024/25 · Conference League

0–2 Raków Częstochowa2025/26 · Conference League

3–4 Spartak Trnava2025/26 · Conference League

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

12 Conference League2025/26

Busiest season · 12 matches: 2025/26 (1 competition entry)

Records use scored, played matches; awarded results are excluded. A competition entry means one club in one competition in one season. A season can include more than one competition.

Deciding momentsAway goals, penalties, extra time and additional matches

All outcomes are from the Romanian club’s perspective: Won means the Romanian club progressed or won the final; Lost means its opponent did. Away goals, shoot-outs and replays count once per tie. The a.e.t. row counts individual matches requiring extra time, including those later decided on penalties. Its Won / Lost columns show the eventual tie or final outcome.

Principal competitions

DecisionTimesWonLostUnconfirmed
Penalty shoot-outs2110
After extra time (a.e.t.)3210

Only recorded decision methods are shown. An omitted method has no recorded instances in this archive; it does not prove that it never occurred.

Club identity & historyBackground, former names and crests

Club identity

Active

The club returned Craiova to European competition in 2017/18 and won its first Romanian Cup in 2018.

Founded
2013
City
Craiova
Colours
White · Blue
Home ground
Stadionul Ion Oblemenco

This profile covers the club established in 2013. Its European campaigns remain separate from the archive’s older Universitatea Craiova and FC U Craiova profiles. The supplied source discusses disputed succession and historical honours; those are not used to merge their match records.

Club background · Wikipedia ↗ · Reviewed October 2026

Former names & archive names

CSU Craiova · U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv

Club crests · 2
Match archive43 matches with recorded scores · 4 with unspecified scores · filters and season order

Principal competitions

43 matches with recorded scores · 4 with unspecified scores

2026/27

First qualifying roundFC Maxline Vitebsk (Belarus)Aggregate 5–1Qualified⌄
Second qualifying roundLevski Sofia (Bulgaria)Aggregate 2–3Eliminated⌄
Third qualifying roundKuPS (Finland)Aggregate 3–2Qualified⌄
Away6 August 2026KuopioCS Universitatea Craiova
QualifiedRomania
1–1KuPSFinland
Home13 August 2026CraiovaCS Universitatea Craiova
QualifiedRomania
2–1KuPSFinland
Play-off roundFC Ararat-Armenia (Armenia)Aggregate 1–2Eliminated⌄
League phase⌄

League phase · Romanian club

In progress

Provisional standings · 22 October 2026. Currently in a knockout phase play-off position; qualification is not yet secured.

PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
11CS Universitatea CraiovaRomania21104224

Owner-supplied standings screenshot · after 22 October 2026

Romanian club’s matches · 6
Home15 October 2026CraiovaCS Universitatea CraiovaRomania1–1Getafe CFSpain
Away22 October 2026EncampCS Universitatea CraiovaRomania3–1Inter Club d’EscaldesAndorra

Scheduled fixture

Home5 November 2026CraiovaCS Universitatea CraiovaRomania—EgnatiaAlbania

Scheduled fixture

Away26 November 2026Brighton and HoveCS Universitatea CraiovaRomania—Brighton & Hove Albion FCEngland

Scheduled fixture

Away10 December 2026AlmatyCS Universitatea CraiovaRomania—KairatKazakhstan

Scheduled fixture

Home17 December 2026CraiovaCS Universitatea CraiovaRomania—FC CopenhagenDenmark

Scheduled fixture

2025/26

Second qualifying roundFK Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina)Aggregate 5–2Qualified⌄
Third qualifying roundSpartak Trnava (Slovakia)Aggregate 6–4Qualified⌄
Home7 August 2025CraiovaCS Universitatea Craiova
QualifiedRomania
3–0Spartak TrnavaSlovakia
Away14 August 2025TrnavaCS Universitatea Craiova
QualifiedRomania
3–4Spartak TrnavaSlovakia
After extra time
Qualified
Play-off roundIstanbul Başakşehir (Turkey)Aggregate 5–2Qualified⌄
League phase⌄

League phase · Romanian club

Eliminated
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
25CS Universitatea CraiovaRomania621368-27

Owner-supplied full league-phase table

Romanian club’s matches · 6

2024/25

2022/23

Second qualifying roundVllaznia Shkodër (Albania)Aggregate 4–1Qualified⌄
Third qualifying roundZorya Luhansk (Ukraine)Aggregate 3–1Qualified⌄
Play-off roundHapoel Be'er Sheva (Israel)Aggregate 2–2Eliminated⌄
Home18 August 2022Drobeta-Turnu SeverinCS Universitatea CraiovaRomania1–1Hapoel Be'er ShevaIsrael
After extra time
Penalties 3–4
Eliminated
47 entries · 11 competition entriesPage 1 of 2
Opposition associations25 associations recorded in the archive
Opponent teams29 opponents · explore the profiles