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FCU Craiova 1948

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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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30th position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

18.5/ 100

Competitions included in this score: European Cup · UEFA Cup · Cup Winners’ Cup.

8.3

Pv · Progression

32.1

P · Match performance

34.1

Pct · Points including bonuses

40.0

GB · Goal Balance

6 completed competition entries · 14 matches. 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: 7.5 regular points + 0 bonus points; 22 available regular points; 12 goals scored and 18 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
1991/92 · European CupReach group0420.02 / 40
1992/93 · UEFA CupReach quarter-final0630.00 / 40
1993/94 · Cup Winners’ CupReach quarter-final15250.04 / 80
1994/95 · UEFA CupReach quarter-final0740.00 / 20
1995/96 · UEFA CupReach quarter-final0740.01 / 20
2000/01 · UEFA CupReach round of 160840.00.5 / 20

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements
8Seasons
8Competition entries
13Opponent teams
12Present-day countries
13Opposition associations
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS
1qualifications to the next stage

1 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

Competition entries6
Matches14
W3
D3
L8
GF12
GA18

First appearance: 1991/92 · European Cup

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS
1qualifications to the next stage
Competition entries2
Matches8
W4
D2
L2
GF15
GA11

First appearance: 1996 · Intertoto Cup

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 HB Tórshavn1993/94 · Cup Winners’ Cup

3–0 HB Tórshavn1993/94 · Cup Winners’ Cup

2–0 Apollon Limassol1991/92 · European Cup

Top 3 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

0–4 Paris Saint-Germain1993/94 · Cup Winners’ Cup

0–3 Apollon Limassol1991/92 · European Cup

0–2 Paris Saint-Germain1993/94 · Cup Winners’ Cup

0–2 Dinamo Tbilisi1994/95 · UEFA Cup

1–2 Sigma Olomouc1992/93 · UEFA Cup

1–2 Dinamo Tbilisi1994/95 · UEFA Cup

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

Longest competition entry · matches

4 Cup Winners’ Cup1993/94

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

3–0 Daugava Riga1996 · Intertoto Cup

2–1 Spartak Trnava1996 · Intertoto Cup

2–1 FK Čukarički Stankom1996 · Intertoto Cup

1–0 KF Bylis2001 · Intertoto Cup

Top 4 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

2–3 FC Synot2001 · Intertoto Cup

0–1 Karlsruher SC1996 · Intertoto Cup

Top 2 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

4 Intertoto Cup1996

4 Intertoto Cup2001

Busiest season · 4 matches: 1993/94 (1 competition entry) · 1996 (1 competition entry) · 2001 (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-outs1010
After extra time (a.e.t.)1010

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

Competitive status uncertain after exclusion

The FCU profile covers the archive’s post-1991 campaigns, distinct from the original Universitatea and the club established in 2013.

Founded
1991 · reorganised 2013 and 2017
City
Craiova
Colours
White · Blue
Home ground
FCU Football Park

The football department separated from the sports club in 1991. The later organisation underwent several reorganisations, including a restart in 2017. Its source reports exclusion and uncertainty over its current competitive status. Historical succession claims do not merge the three Craiova profiles here.

Club background · Wikipedia ↗ · Reviewed October 2026

Former names & archive names

FC U Craiova · FC Universitatea Craiova · U Craiova 1948

Club crests · 1
Match archive22 matches with recorded scores · filters and season order

Principal competitions

14 matches with recorded scores

2000/01

1995/96

1994/95

1993/94

First roundHB Tórshavn (Faroe Islands)Aggregate 7–0Qualified⌄
Home15 September 1993CraiovaFCU Craiova 1948
QualifiedRomania
4–0HB TórshavnFaroe Islands
Away29 September 1993ToftirFCU Craiova 1948
QualifiedRomania
3–0HB TórshavnFaroe Islands
Second roundParis Saint-Germain (France)Aggregate 0–6Eliminated⌄

1992/93

1991/92

Secondary competitions

8 matches with recorded scores

2001

1996

Group stage⌄

Grupa 9

Eliminated
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1Karlsruher SCGermany431072510
2FCU Craiova 1948Romania43017349
3Spartak TrnavaSlovakia421111387
4Daugava RigaLatvia4103412-83
5Čukarički StankomYugoslavia4004211-90

3 points per win · 1 point per draw.

Owner-supplied Intertoto workbook · Clasamente, checked against Raw data

Romanian club’s matches · 4
Opposition associations13 associations recorded in the archive
Opponent teams13 opponents · explore the profiles