2018–19 FC Botoșani season

Botoșani 2018–19 football season

Botoșani

2018–19 season

Chairman

vacant

Manager

Costel Enache

Stadium

Municipal

Cupa României

Round of 32

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2018–19 season will be the xth season of competitive football by Botoșani, and the yth consecutive in Liga I. Botoșani will compete in the Liga I and in Cupa României.

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	Liga I	8th
	Cupa României	Semi-finals

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced on 5 July 2018.

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Viitorul Constanța	26	11	5	10	26	27	−1	38	Qualification for the Championship round
6	Sepsi OSK	26	10	7	9	32	25	+7	37	Qualification for the Championship round
7	Botoșani	26	9	9	8	31	33	−2	36	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Politehnica Iași	26	10	4	12	28	38	−10	34
9	Dinamo București	26	8	8	10	29	37	−8	32

Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
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.^[1]

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
26	9	9	8	31	33	−2	36	5	3	5	14	17	−3	4	6	3	17	16	+1

Last updated: 3 March 2019.
Source: Liga I

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 3 March 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

CFR Cluj v FC Botoșani

20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) 1	CFR Cluj	1–1	FC Botoșani	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Vinícius 26' D.Djoković 59'	Report	R.Oaidă 19' M.Roman 45' Fülöp 48' Soiledis 52' M.A.Roman 85' Patache 86' J.Rodríguez 87'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

FC Botoșani v Hermannstadt

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) 2	FC Botoșani	2–0	Hermannstadt	Botoșani
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	A.Dumitraș 44' M.A.Roman 67' 77' R.Oaidă 86'	Report	Dandea 51' A.Coman 86' D.Tătar 87'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ionuţ Coza

Universitatea Craiova v FC Botoșani

3 August 2018 (2018-08-03) 3	Universitatea Craiova	2–2	FC Botoșani	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	A.Burlacu 13' A.Mitriță 21' (pen.), 35'	Report	Fülöp 11' 45+2' M.A.Roman 17' G.Miron 54' E.Pap 70'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

FC Botoșani v Astra Giurgiu

10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 4	FC Botoșani	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Botoșani
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ongenda 10' R.Oaidă 14' G.Miron 26' M.Roman 30' A.Dumitraș 82'	Report	Mrzljak 17' Alibec 31' Bejan 39'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Politehnica Iași v FC Botoșani

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17) 5	Politehnica Iași	2–1	FC Botoșani	Iași
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	M.Chelaru 28' A.Cristea 31', 35' D.Rusu 85' O.Mihalache 90+2'	Report	Brekalo 54' M.A.Roman 55'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: George Cătălin Găman

FC Botoșani v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) 6	FC Botoșani	0–0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Botoșani
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Soiledis 44'	Report	S.Drăghici 63' I.Jovanović 65'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Horia Gabriel Mladinovici

FCSB v FC Botoșani

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02) 7	FCSB	2–2	FC Botoșani	Voluntari
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Man 4' 67' Gnohéré 21' (pen.) J.Morais 29' Jakoliš 42' D.Nedelcu 45+1' Planić 84'	Report	Chitoșcă 23' E.Papa 43' 53' M.A.Roman 75'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj)

Dunărea Călărași v FC Botoșani

15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 8	Dunărea Călărași	3–2	FC Botoșani	Călărași
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	G.Simion 10' Pană 21' Kanda 29' Dobrosavlevici 37' 49' Ndiaye 84' Straton 90+4'	Report	J.Rodríguez 12' (pen.), 51' (pen.) R.Oaidă 18'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa

FC Botoșani v Concordia Chiajna

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	FC Botoșani	0–2	Concordia Chiajna	Botoșani
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	E.Papa 1' J.Rodríguez 44' Fabbrini 86' Golofca 90+2'	Report	A.Marc 32' G.Matei 43' Guessan 45' Gorobsov 57' Leca 67' Prepeliță 86' Greab 90'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Lucian Ruşandu

FC Voluntari v FC Botoșani

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	FC Voluntari	1–1	FC Botoșani	Voluntari
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Bucurică 29' Laïdouni 36' (pen.) 44' Malfleury 38' 51' Răuță 90+4'	Report	Chindriș 26' Patache 35' A.Burcă 62' Chitoșcă 80'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 300 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

FC Botoșani v Dinamo București

8 October 2018 (2018-10-08) 11	FC Botoșani	2–0	Dinamo București	Botoșani
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	R.Oaidă 3' Chitoșcă 54' E.Pap 80' Fabbrini 90+1'	Report	Corbu 20' Penedo 54' Nistor 82'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Gaz Metan Mediaș v FC Botoșani

21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 12	Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–2	FC Botoșani	Mediaș
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Yazalde 15' V.Crețu 23'	Report	A.Dumitraș 69' M.A.Roman 73' J.Rodríguez 89' (pen.) 90+2'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,500 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

FC Botoșani v Viitorul Constanța

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 13	FC Botoșani	1–2	Viitorul Constanța	Botoșani
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	J.Rodríguez 73' Trujić 90+4'	Report	I.Vînă 60' Voduț 67' I.Hagi 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Marius Avram

FC Botoșani v CFR Cluj

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 14	FC Botoșani	1–5	CFR Cluj	Botoșani
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ongenda 83'	Report	Chitoșcă 10' (o.g.) Culio 28' A.Păun 54' C.Deac 69' Omrani 73'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

Hermannstadt v FC Botoșani

12 November 2018 (2018-11-12) 15	Hermannstadt	1–1	FC Botoșani	Târgu Mureș
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Serediuc 38' Mijušković 65' D.Tătar 77' Dandea 81' Tsoumou 90+3'	Report	J.Rodríguez 63' (pen.) 75' M.A.Roman 67'	Stadium: Trans-Sil Attendance: 200 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

FC Botoșani v Universitatea Craiova

26 November 2018 (2018-11-26) 16	FC Botoșani	2–1	Universitatea Craiova	Botoșani
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Fabbrini 25' Fülöp 35' Patache 54' Golofca 65'	Report	V.Mihăilă 18' R.Dimitrov 34' C.Bărbuț 39' Kelić 46' Bancu 68' Mateiu 79'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,000 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Astra Giurgiu v FC Botoșani

3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 17	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	FC Botoșani	Giurgiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bejan 61' Belu-Iordache 71' 74' Cestor 78' Mrzljak 88'	Report	Fülöp 50' A.Burcă 55' Ongenda 84'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 300 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

FC Botoșani v Politehnica Iași

6 December 2018 (2018-12-06) 18	FC Botoșani	1–2	Politehnica Iași	Botoșani
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	G.Miron 6'	Report	A.Sin 22' Platini 34' D.Flores 45+2' 90' A.Cristea 51' P.Petre 67' D.Rusu 90+6'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marian Alexandru Barbu

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v FC Botoșani

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) 19	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	0–1	FC Botoșani	Sfântu Gheorghe
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Tandia 66' Nouvier 79'	Report	Golofca 33' Fülöp 54' Fraisl 70' G.Miron 74' Soiledis 90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Adrian Viorel Cojocaru

FC Botoșani v FCSB

16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 20	FC Botoșani	1–3	FCSB	Botoșani
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Golofca 24' Fabbrini 28' G.Miron 40'	Report	Gnohéré 14' J.Morais 34' L.Filip 38' F.Coman 52' A.Stan 60' Man 85' Rusescu 86'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

FC Botoșani v Dunărea Călărași

20 December 2018 (2018-12-20) 21	FC Botoșani	1–0	Dunărea Călărași	Botoșani
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Ongenda 36' Patache 68'	Report	G.Mendy 65'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 300 Referee: Iulian Călin

Concordia Chiajna v Botoșani

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 22	Concordia Chiajna	0–1	Botoșani	Chiajna
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Măzărache 29' Bărboianu 33' Tha'er Bawab 36' Ropotan 63' Radu 76' Guessan 78'	Summary	Rodríguez 52' Fabbrini 72' Târșă 73' Miron 77'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 300 Referee: George Cătălin Găman

Botoșani v Voluntari

11 February 2019 (2019-02-11) 23	Botoșani	1–0	Voluntari	Botoșani
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Roman 45' 57' Ongenda 54' Dumitraș 59' Soiledis 90+3' Pap 90+6'	Summary	Laïdouni 56' Tudorie 90+3' Petrariu 90+3'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,500 Referee: George Rădulescu

Dinamo București v Botoșani

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 24	Dinamo București	1–2	Botoșani	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Montini 24' Aït-Atmane 31' Grigore 33' Filip 45' Aliji 54' Popa 70'	Summary	Golofca 28' Fabbrini 75' Burcă 81' Rodríguez 90+2' Fraisl 90+4'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 5,728 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Botoșani v Gaz Metan Mediaș

24 February 2019 (2019-02-24) 25	Botoșani	1–1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Botoșani
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Fülöp 42' 43' Golofca 43' Soiledis 60' Dumitraș 62' Roman 79' Burcă 86'	Summary	Cristea 37' 61' Olaru 52' Fofana 82' Chamed 90+1' Diallo 90+3'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Constantin Sebastian Colțescu

Viitorul Constanța v Botoșani

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 26	Viitorul Constanța	1–0	Botoșani	Ovidiu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hagi 18' Houri 26' Băluță 36' Boboc 88'	Summary	Ongenda 8' Oaidă 28' Rodríguez 44' Miron 51' Roman 82' Fabbrini 84' Târșă 89'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Relegation round

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Gaz Metan Mediaș	14	10	2	2	25	9	+16	48
8	Botoșani	14	8	2	4	18	9	+9	44
9	Dinamo București	14	8	3	3	16	7	+9	43
10	Politehnica Iași	14	3	5	6	12	18	−6	31
11	Voluntari	14	5	5	4	14	16	−2	31
12	Hermannstadt (O)	14	2	5	7	9	19	−10	27	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Dunărea Călărași (R)	14	3	4	7	8	18	−10	25	Relegation to Liga II
14	Concordia Chiajna (R)	14	2	4	8	17	23	−6	19	Relegation to Liga II

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
14	8	2	4	18	9	+9	26	5	1	1	9	2	+7	3	1	3	9	7	+2

Last updated: 31 May 2019.
Source: Liga I

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	9	10	11	11	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Botoșani v Concordia Chiajna

11 March 2019 (2019-03-11) 1	Botoșani	0–0	Concordia Chiajna	Botoșani
17:30 EEST	Fabbrini 39' Golofca 84' Dumitraș 88'	Summary	Gorobsov 33' Grădinaru 39' Fota 52' Albu 67' Marc 75' Rîmniceanu 79' Cadamuro 90+1'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Sorin Andrei Antonie

Voluntari v Botoșani

18 March 2019 (2019-03-18) 2	Voluntari	2–1	Botoșani	Voluntari
20:30 EEST	Signorelli 13' Laïdouni 31' Armaș 67' Hodorogea 71' Căpățînă 79' Tudorie 89' 90+3'	Summary	Fülöp 64' Burcă 67' Miron 72' Golofca 77' Karaboué 90+3'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 450 Referee: Iulian Călin

Botoșani v Dunărea Călărași

1 April 2019 (2019-04-01) 3	Botoșani	1–2	Dunărea Călărași	Botoșani
17:30 EEST	Buș 7' Fülöp 45' Roman 80' Fabbrini 90+2' Ongenda 90+6' Pap 90+6'	Summary	Iancu 33' Souda 42' Mendy 49' Ammari 57' Dobrosavlevici 65' 87' Luchin 90+2' Ndiaye 90+4' Keyta 90+6'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Adrian Viorel Cojocaru

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Botoșani

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 4	Gaz Metan Mediaș	2–0	Botoșani	Mediaș
17:30 EEST	Larie 12' Constantin 25' Chamed 50' Luís Aurélio 73' Bușu 77' Olaru 90+3'	Summary	Papa 60' Miron 85'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Botoșani v Hermannstadt

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 5	Botoșani	1–0	Hermannstadt	Botoșani
18:30 EEST	Roman 90' Fabbrini 90+3'	Summary	Dandea 7' Stoica 39' Dâlbea 65' Tătar 68'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Dinamo București v Botoșani

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 6	Dinamo București	1–0	Botoșani	Bucharest
21:00 EEST	Sorescu 9' N'Diaye 36' 88' Papazoglou 37'	Summary	Miron 23' Papa 86' Fraisl 88'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 1,280 Referee: Iulian Dima

Botoșani v Politehnica Iași

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 7	Botoșani	3–0	Politehnica Iași	Botoșani
18:00 EEST	Fülöp 31' (pen.) 45' Patache 35' Rodríguez 53' Holzmann 80' Karaboué 86' Golofca 90+4'	Summary	Gardoș 29' Platini 30' Semedo 46' Mihăescu 57' Rus 80' Panțîru 90+2'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Horaiu Fesnic

Concordia Chiajna v Botoșani

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03) 8	Concordia Chiajna	2–2	Botoșani	Chiajna
18:00 EEST	Moussa 9' João Meira 23' Ropotan 27' Cadamuro 69'	Summary	Pițian 61' João Meira 64' (o.g.) Roman 71'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 150 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Botoșani v Voluntari

10 May 2019 (2019-05-10) 9	Botoșani	2–0	Voluntari	Botoșani
18:00 EEST	Papa 2' Roman 9' 70' Golofca 45+2' Rodríguez 57'	Summary	Popadiuc 22' 34' Russo 31' Căpățînă 64'	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Marius Avram

Dunărea Călărași v Botoșani

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) 10	Dunărea Călărași	0–2	Botoșani	Călărași
18:15 EEST	Iancu 33' Luchin 45' Ammari 84'	Report	Fülöp 29' (pen.) 79' Golofca 45' Roman 69' Buș 86' Fraisl 89' Burcă 90+3'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Istvan Kovacs

Botoșani v Gaz Metan Mediaș

17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) 11	Botoșani	1–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Botoșani
20:00 EEST	Rodríguez 44' (pen.) Pițian 69' Golofca 73' Patache 78' Miron 86'	Report	Constantin 66'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Horia Mladinovici

Hermannstadt v Botoșani

21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) 12	Hermannstadt	0–2	Botoșani	Sibiu
18:30 EEST	Tsoumou 23'	Report	Rodríguez 69' Oaidă 80' 81' Roman 85' Golofca 90+3'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,500 Referee: George Găman

Botoșani v Dinamo București

27 May 2019 (2019-05-27) 13	Botoșani	1–0	Dinamo București	Botoșani
21:00 EEST	Roman 8' Golofca 57'	Report	Grigore 41' Zenke 50'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ionu Coza

Politehnica Iași v Botoșani

31 May 2019 (2019-05-31) 14	Politehnica Iași	0–2	Botoșani	Iași
18:30 EEST	Rus 54' Pipoș 78'	Report	Holzmann 35' 68' Papa 36' Piftor 45+1' Burcă 48' 87'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 200 Referee: Eduard Ioniţă

Cupa României

Botoșani will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

Voluntari v Botoșani

25 September 2018 Round of 32	Voluntari	2–1	Botoșani	Voluntari
16:00	Zgrablić 34' Belahmeur 38' Tudorie 41' Laïdouni 42' Răuță 48' Vlad 58'	Summary	Karaboué 10' Oaidă 23' Miron 33' 54' Piftor 45+2' 52' Chitoșcă 46' Chindriș 72'	Stadium: Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 100 Referee: Sorin Andrei Antonie

References

^ "Liga I 2017/2018 – Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
^ "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. page 29-30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

2018–19 in Romanian football

Club football
Domestic leagues	Liga I Liga II Liga III Liga IV Women's Liga I
Domestic cups	Cupa României (Final) Supercupa României
European	Champions League (Men Women) Europa League Youth League
Other	Summer transfers Winter transfers Foreign players

Club seasons
Liga I	Astra Botoșani CFR Cluj Concordia Dinamo Dunărea FCSB Gaz Metan Hermannstadt Politehnica Sepsi Universitatea Craiova Viitorul Voluntari
Liga II	Academica Chindia Luceafărul Universitatea Cluj