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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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7th position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

42.0/ 100

Competitions included in this score: European Cup · UEFA Cup · Cup Winners’ Cup · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

34.0

Pv · Progression

53.2

P · Match performance

55.6

Pct · Points including bonuses

52.1

GB · Goal Balance

16 completed competition entries · 62 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: 66 regular points + 3 bonus points; 124 available regular points; 75 goals scored and 69 conceded. Transfers create separate competition entries. Ongoing campaigns and unresolved entries are listed below; an unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI.

Season / competition	Expectation	Cal	TDis	TExp	PvE	Points / Pd	Bonus
1970/71 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	6	3	0.0	2 / 4	0
1973/74 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	1	6	3	33.3	4 / 8	0
1974/75 · European Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	5	2	0.0	2 / 4	0
1975/76 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	6	3	0.0	1 / 4	0
1977/78 · Cup Winners’ Cup	Reach quarter-final	1	5	2	50.0	6 / 8	0
1978/79 · Cup Winners’ Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	5	2	0.0	1 / 4	0
1979/80 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	2	6	3	66.7	9 / 12	0
1980/81 · European Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	5	2	0.0	1 / 4	0
1981/82 · European Cup	Reach quarter-final	2	5	2	100.0	5 / 12	1
1982/83 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	4	6	3	110.0	12 / 20	2
1983/84 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	6	3	0.0	2 / 4	0
1984/85 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	2	6	3	66.7	8 / 12	0
1985/86 · Cup Winners’ Cup	Reach quarter-final	1	5	2	50.0	3 / 8	0
1986/87 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	1	6	3	33.3	4 / 8	0
1987/88 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	0	6	3	0.0	2 / 4	0
1990/91 · UEFA Cup	Reach quarter-final	1	6	3	33.3	4 / 8	0

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements

18Seasons

19Competition entries

34Opponent teams

23Present-day countries

20Opposition associations

PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

15qualifications to the next stage

15 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

2 competition entries in the spring

Spring rounds · January–June + final exception

2Quarter-finals1Semi-finals

Competition entries16

Matches62

W28

D10

L24

GF75

GA69

First appearance: 1970/71 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Semi-finalists · UEFA Cup · 1982/83

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

0qualifications to the next stage

Competition entries3

Matches12

GF13

GA12

First appearance: 1969 · Balkans 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

6–1 Olympiakos Nicosia1977/78 · Cup Winners’ Cup

4–1 FC Copenhagen1981/82 · European Cup

3–0 Olympiacos1981/82 · European Cup

3–0 Shamrock Rovers1982/83 · UEFA Cup

3–0 AS Monaco1985/86 · Cup Winners’ Cup

3–1 Wiener Sportklub1979/80 · UEFA Cup

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

Heaviest defeat

0–4 Željezničar Sarajevo1984/85 · UEFA Cup

0–3 Pécsi Dózsa1970/71 · Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

0–3 Dynamo Kyiv1985/86 · Cup Winners’ Cup

0–3 Dundee United1986/87 · UEFA Cup

0–3 Borussia Dortmund1990/91 · UEFA Cup

1–3 Åtvidabergs FF1974/75 · European Cup

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

Longest competition entry · matches

10 UEFA Cup1982/83

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

5–0 OFK Bor1969 · Balkans Cup

3–1 Dinamo Tirana1969 · Balkans Cup

1–0 Radnički Niš1988/89 · Balkans Cup

1–0 Lokomotiv Sofia1988/89 · Balkans Cup

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

Heaviest defeat

0–2 OFK Bor1969 · Balkans Cup

0–2 Dinamo Tirana1969 · Balkans Cup

0–2 Lokomotiv Sofia1988/89 · Balkans Cup

0–1 Partizani Tirana1970 · Balkans Cup

Top 5 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

4 Balkans Cup1969

4 Balkans Cup1970

4 Balkans Cup1988/89

Busiest season · 10 matches: 1982/83 (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

Decision	Times	Won	Lost
Away goals	3	1	2
Penalty shoot-outs	3	1	2
After extra time (a.e.t.)	4	2	2

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

Historical milestonesNotable moments in the club’s European history

1982/83

So close to a European final

Universitatea Craiova reached the 1982/83 UEFA Cup semi-finals, the first Romanian club to reach a UEFA competition’s last four.

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Decade highlights

First appeared in Principal Competitions in the 1970s and finished second by points that decade.

Positions follow the decade tables: points, goal difference, goals scored, then club name.

Club identity & historyBackground, former names and crests

Club identity

Historical football section · separated in 1991

Craiova Maxima reached the European Cup quarter-finals in 1981/82 and became Romania’s first UEFA semi-finalist in 1982/83.

Founded: 5 September 1948
City: Craiova
Colours: White · Blue
Historic home ground: Stadionul Central (later Ion Oblemenco)

This profile describes the original sports club’s football section from 1948 to 1991. Following the 1991 separation, later European campaigns are retained in the separate FCU profile. The modern CS Universitatea club also has its own page.

Club background · Wikipedia ↗ · Reviewed October 2026