2018–19 FC Astra Giurgiu season

Astra Giurgiu
2018–19 season
Chairman	Dănuț Coman
Manager	Marius Măldărășanu
Stadium	Marin Anastasovici
Liga I	5th
Cupa României	Runners Up
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season will be the 48th season of competitive football by Astra Giurgiu. Astra Giurgiu will compete in the Liga I and in Cupa României.

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round
	Liga I	5th
	Cupa României	Quarter-finals

Competitive

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
2	FCSB	26	14	7	5	49	29	+20	49	Qualification for the Championship round
3	Universitatea Craiova	26	13	6	7	43	24	+19	45
4	Astra Giurgiu	26	11	9	6	36	23	+13	42
5	Viitorul Constanța	26	11	5	10	26	27	−1	38
6	Sepsi OSK	26	10	7	9	32	25	+7	37

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	11	9	6	36	23	+13	42	6	4	3	20	12	+8	5	5	3	16	11	+5

Last updated: 4 March 2019.
Source: Liga I

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

21 July 2018 (2018-07-21) 1	Astra Giurgiu	1–0	FCSB	Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Llullaku 43' 90+4' Mrzljak 50' L.Buş 73' Balaure 83'	Report	O.Popescu 19' Planić 63' J.Morais 90+1'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 3,500 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) 2	Politehnica Iași	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Iași
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	O.Mihalache 37' Frăsinescu 60' 78' Cioinac 66' D.Flores 73'	Report	Mrzljak 36' L.Buş 37' Iliev 56' Bejan 58' Llullaku 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 3	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Giurgiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	L.Buş 3' 52' A.Stan 83'	Report	Nouvier 31' Simonovski 61'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 500 Referee: Adrian Viorel Cojocaru

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

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 5	Astra Giurgiu	1–1	Dunărea Călărași	Giurgiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	N.Roșu 17' (pen.) 65' Bègue 30' Alibec 64' 74' R.Crișan 67'	Report	D.Ispas 16' Pană 22' 36' G.Simion 49' Gligorov 52' C.N.Pușcaș 64'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 200 Referee: Cătălin Ion Buşi

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 6	Concordia Chiajna	0–3	Astra Giurgiu	Chiajna
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Caparco 78' Gorobsov 90+3'	Report	Llullaku 17' Balaure 56' Biceanu 75' N.Roșu 80' (pen.), 78' Bègue 82'	Stadium: Concordia Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 7	Astra Giurgiu	0–0	FC Voluntari	Giurgiu
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Alibec 61' Erico 90+1'	Report	Căpățînă 44' Balaur 51' Răuță 80' Ricardinho 90+2'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 300 Referee: Florin Andrei

14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) 8	Dinamo București	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Nistor 40' V.Olteanu 58' Hanca 69' Corbu 85' Subotić 89'	Report	Alibec 13' Mrzljak 61' R.Moise 66' Llullaku 83' Iliev 90+2'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 1,500 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

24 September 2018 (2018-09-24) 9	Astra Giurgiu	3–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bahamboula 40' N.Roșu 63', 75' Radunović 90+1'	Report	D.Olaru 15' L.Aurélio 25' 56' Fofana 30' R.Romeo 72'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj)

30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 10	Viitorul Constanța	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Ovidiu
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	I.Vînă 21' de Nooijer 32' S.Mladen 38' V.Ghiță 45+2' T.Băluță 90+2' D.Drăguș 90+5'	Report	Erico 3' 34' Mrzljak 33'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) 11	Astra Giurgiu	1–2	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Belu-Iordache 24' Zoua 67' 89'	Report	Țucudean 45+1' T.Moutinho 55'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 12	Hermannstadt	0–2	Astra Giurgiu	Târgu Mureș
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Pamfile 30' Mijušković 79'	Report	Llullaku 60' (pen.) Erico 74' Alibec 86'	Stadium: Trans-Sil Attendance: 100 Referee: Radu Petrescu

26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) 13	Astra Giurgiu	0–3	Universitatea Craiova	Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Alibec 1'	Report	A.Mitriță 38' Cicâldău 62' Koljić 72'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 14	FCSB	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Bucharest
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	J.Morais 20' M.Roman 26' R.Benzar 44' Gnohéré 67' (pen.)	Report	Llullaku 21' V.Gheorghe 42'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 2,533 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Cluj)

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 15	Astra Giurgiu	1–2	Politehnica Iași	Giurgiu
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	N.Roșu 33' V.Gheorghe 45' 50' Bègue 49' Bejan 88'	Report	A.Sin 33' 41' Platini 51' A.Cristea 59' (pen.) Qaka 83'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 200 Referee: George Rădulescu

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 16	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Sfântu Gheorghe
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	S.Drăghici 24' Vașvari 69' Tandia 78' I.Jovanović 90+1'	Report	Belu-Iordache 71' Radunović 87'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)

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

6 December 2018 (2018-12-06) 18	Dunărea Călărași	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Călărași
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ndiaye 71'	Report	Mrzljak 11' 90+2' Bègue 18' Zoua 57'	Stadium: Ion Comșa Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Bucharest)

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 19	Astra Giurgiu	3–1	Concordia Chiajna	Giurgiu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bègue 49' Alibec 76' (pen.) 90+2' Llullaku 88' Radunović 90+1'	Report	Leca 37' 73' P.Ivanovici 56'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 200 Referee: Iulian Dima

15 December 2018 (2018-12-15) 20	FC Voluntari	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Voluntari
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Hodorogea 50' Ricardinho 79'	Report	Zoua 19' Mrzljak 77' Belu-Iordache 85' Alibec 90+3'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 30 Referee: Ionuţ Coza

20 December 2018 (2018-12-20) 21	Astra Giurgiu	4–1	Dinamo București	Giurgiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mrzljak 4' Llullaku 7' L.Buş 36' M.Butean 41' Bègue 63' V.Gheorghe 68' N.Roșu 71'	Report	Zenke 33' Hanca 77'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) 22	Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Mediaș
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Chamed 45+1' Ivanov 69' Constantin 82' Olaru 83'	Summary	Lazar 22' Erico 22' Cestor 24' Bejan 64' Butean 66' Radunović 72'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Constantin Sebastian Colțescu

8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) 23	Astra Giurgiu	3–0	Viitorul Constanța	Giurgiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bègue 28' Zoua 32' Alibec 51' 65' Erico 59' Cestor 90+2'	Summary	Hagi 4' Kuipers 30' 43' de Nooijer 34' Drăguș 86'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 500 Referee: István Kovács (referee)

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 24	CFR Cluj	1–1	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Djoković 14' Omrani 34' Paulo Vinícius 37' Mureșan 53' Lang 72'	Summary	Butean 14' Bejan 30' Romário 61' Mrzljak 68' Radunović 73' Lazar 90+4'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 25	Astra Giurgiu	1–0	Hermannstadt	Giurgiu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Butean 49' Biceanu 90+1'	Summary	Mățel 28' Mijušković 34'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete

4 March 2019 (2019-03-04) 26	Universitatea Craiova	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Craiova
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Koljić 49'	Summary	Llullaku 76' Belu-Iordache 86' Donkor 87' (o.g.) Radunović 90+1' Cestor 90+2' Bejan 90+4'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Iulian Călin

Championship round

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj (C)	10	7	2	1	15	4	+11	50	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	FCSB	10	7	2	1	18	6	+12	48	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Viitorul Constanța	10	6	2	2	18	10	+8	39	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
4	Universitatea Craiova	10	4	1	5	8	10	−2	36	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	Astra Giurgiu	10	2	0	8	6	20	−14	27
6	Sepsi OSK	10	0	1	9	5	20	−15	20

Source: Soccerway, Romanian Football Federation
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 champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[2]
(C) Champions

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
10	2	0	8	6	20	−14	6	1	0	4	5	14	−9	1	0	4	1	6	−5

Last updated: 20 May 2019.
Source: Liga I

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W
Position	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

10 March 2019 (2019-03-10) 1	Universitatea Craiova	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Craiova
	Koljić 18' Martić 43' Kelić 73' Mihăilă 80' Drăghici 84'	Summary	Bègue 27' Zoua 60' Radunović 79' Romário 90+2'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 14,000 Referee: István Kovács (referee)

17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 2	Astra Giurgiu	0–2	FCSB	Giurgiu
	Bejan 7' 74' Romário 20' Butean 47'	Report	Júnior Morais 13' Gnohéré 30' Cristea 32' Tănase 76' Roman 77'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Horațiu Mircea Fesnic

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 3	CFR Cluj	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
	Bordeianu 60' Thierry Moutinho 90+3'	Summary	Llullaku 45'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

8 April 2019 (2019-04-08) 4	Astra Giurgiu	1–4	Viitorul Constanța	Giurgiu
	Romário 14' 38' Alibec 34' Llullaku 66' Biceanu 84' Roșu 90+2'	Summary	Iacob 16' Ganea 21' 70' Casap 28' Mladen 50' Eric 60' Tîrcoveanu 63'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Iulian Călin

15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) 5	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	0–1	Astra Giurgiu	Sfântu Gheorghe
	Vașvari 72' Omar 79'	Summary	Mrzljak 56' Llullaku 60' Moise 73' Cestor 88'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,500 Referee: George Rădulescu

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 6	Astra Giurgiu	0–1	Universitatea Craiova	Giurgiu
	Alibec 57'	Summary	Carlos Fortes 33' Bancu 63' Mihăilă 68' Martić 90+2'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 800 Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 7	FCSB	1–0	Astra Giurgiu	Bucharest
	Tănase 45+1' 55' Cristea 49' Filipe Teixeira 77' Bălgrădean 90+3'	Summary	Moise 48'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 3,514 Referee: Radu Petrescu

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 8	Astra Giurgiu	1–5	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
	Llullaku 66' (pen.) Roșu 89'	Summary	Omrani 15' Djoković 59' 73' Culio 65' Bejan 80' (o.g.) Hoban 87'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 800 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

13 May 2019 (2019-05-13) 9	Viitorul Constanța	3–0	Astra Giurgiu	Ovidiu
	Achim 41' Eric 44' (pen.) Calcan 66' Drăguș 74' 85' Kuipers 86'	Report	Llullaku 39' Cestor 49' Radunović 57'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Sorin Antonie

20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) 10	Astra Giurgiu	3–2	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Giurgiu
	Mrzljak 13' Balaure 27' Moise 63'	Report	Tandia 43' Sîntean 45' Omar 60' Hamed 65' Rudol 76' Erico 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 100 Referee: Ionu Coza

Cupa României

Astra Giurgiu will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

27 September 2018 Round of 32	Luceafărul Oradea	1–5	Astra Giurgiu	Sânmartin
16:00	Vlad Opriș 57' Pop 79'	Summary	Buș 45' Cestor 49' Bègue 64' Zoua 66' Gheorghe 70' 81' 90'	Stadium: Baza Sportivă Luceafărul Felix Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Lucian Ruşandu

31 October 2018 Round of 16	Universitatea Cluj	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
19:00	Abrudan 2' 12' 88' Carol Taub 5' 8' Dumitrescu 67' Ursu 90+2'	Summary	Llullaku 14' (pen.) 75' Cordoș 24' (o.g.) Alibec 29' Bejan 99' Lazar 119'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 6,244 Referee: Horia Gabriel Mladinovici

27 February 2019 Quarter Final	Dunărea Călărași	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	Giurgiu
17:00	Sîrghi 18' Filip 38' Mapuku 45' Munteanu 89'	Summary	Hambo 5' 7' 61' Butean 86'	Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 600 Referee: Cătălin Popa

3 April 2019 Semi Final First Leg	CFR Cluj	1–3	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
20:00	Bud 15' Maleš 52' Deac 69'	Summary	Gheorghe 4' Bègue 35' Butean 52' Mrzljak 69'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Andrei Florin Chivulete

24 April 2019 Semi Final Second Leg	Astra Giurgiu	2–2 (5–3 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
19:45	Butean 34' Alibec 37' (pen.)	Summary	Peteleu 16' Costache 35' 42' 66' Maleš 68'	Stadium: Stadionul Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

25 May 2019 Final	Astra Giurgiu	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Viitorul Constanța	Ploiești
20:00	Mrzljak 32' Alibec 41' Romário 44' 81' Llullaku 68' Erico 108'	Report	Ghiță 76' Eric 90+1' 105+1' Mladen 99'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Attendance: 11,968 Referee: Radu Petrescu

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.