2019–20 SuperLiga season

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2019–20 CEC Bank SuperLiga
Countries	Romania
Date	31 August 2019[1] – 12 September 2020[2]
Champions	CSM Știința Baia Mare (7th title)[3]
Runners-up	Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT
Top point scorer	Dorin Manole (CSM Știința Baia Mare) 73 points[4]
Top try scorer	Cristian-Marius Murgoci (CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca) 11 tries[5]
Official website
www.super-liga.ro
← 2018–19 2021 →

The 2019–20 SuperLiga (also known as the CEC Bank SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 106th season of premier club rugby in Romania. Starting with this edition, the number of participating teams has decreased from eight teams to seven, due to CSM București dissolving before the start of the new season.^[6] At the end of April, Gloria Buzău announced that their senior team have dissolved due to financial issues concerning the COVID-19 pandemic leaving only 6 teams remaining in the SuperLiga for the remainder of the season.^[7] During August 2020, it was announced that Timișoara Saracens RCM UVT will restart in the SuperLiga under the new name of SCM Timișoara Rugby.^[8]

Teams[]

Club	City/County	Stadium	Capacity
Timișoara Saracens SCM UVT	Timișoara, Timiș	Stadionul Gheorghe Rășcanu Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu	1,000 32,972
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca	Cluj-Napoca, Cluj	Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu Cluj Arena	1,000 31,479
CSA Steaua București	București	Stadionul Ghencea II	2,000
CS Dinamo București	București	Stadionul Florea Dumitrache	1,500
CSM Știința Baia Mare	Baia Mare, Maramureș	Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor)	1,000
ACS Tomitanii Constanța	Constanța, Constanța	Stadionul Mihai Naca	1,000
SCM Gloria Buzău	Buzău, Buzău	Stadionul Prințul Șerban Ghica	1,000

Personnel and kits[]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Timișoara Saracens SCM UVT	Valentin Calafeteanu	Eugen Căpățână	Macron	Primăria Timișoara
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca			O'Neills
CSA Steaua București	Dănuț Dumbravă	Viorel Lucaci	Peak
CS Dinamo București	Cosmin Rațiu	Tudorel Bratu	Joma
CSM Știința Baia Mare	Eugen Apjok	Marius Dănilă		Consiliul Local Baia Mare
ACS Tomitanii Constanța		Adrian Ion	Macron	Primăria Constanța
SCM Gloria Buzău		Cristi Boboc	O'Neills	Primăria Buzău

Table[]

This is the regular season league table:

Key to colours
	Advances to semifinals.
	Advances to semifinal play-offs.
	Withdrawn from competition.

Regular Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points difference	Bonus points	Points
1	Știința Baia Mare	8	8	0	0	306	128	+178	5	37
2	Steaua București	8	6	0	2	309	132	+177	7	31
3	Timișoara Saracens	8	5	0	3	301	153	+148	7	27
4	Universitatea Cluj	8	4	0	4	202	295	-93	2	18
5	Dinamo București	7	2	0	5	154	233	-79	2	10
6	Gloria Buzău*	7	2	0	5	140	238	-98	2	10
7	Tomitanii Constanța	8	0	0	8	167	400	-233	1	1

• Note – Due to financial complications caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Gloria Buzău have dissolved halfway through the season therefore giving their final play-off spot to Tomitanii Constanța

Fixtures & Results[]

Round 1[]

Round 2[]

Round 3[]

Round 4[]

Round 5[]

Round 6[]

Round 7[]

Round 8[]

Round 9[]

Round 10[]

Round 11[]

Round 12[]

Round 13[]

Round 14[]

Play-off Semifinals[]

The play-off semifinals were held on 29 August 2020 at 15:30 Eastern European Time and 30 August 2020 at 15:30 Eastern European Time respectively at Stadionul Noua din Brașov.

1	Timișoara Saracens	57	15	Tomitanii Constanța
2	Universitatea Cluj-Napoca	13	20	Dinamo București

Semifinals[]

The semi-finals were held on 5 September 2020 at 15:30 Eastern European Time and 6 September 2020 Eastern European Time at 15:30 at Stadionul Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț and Stadionul Ghencea II respectively.

1	Știința Baia Mare	76	19	Dinamo București
2	Steaua Bucuresti	20	21	Timișoara Saracens

Finals[]

Fifth/Sixth place final

The Fifth/Sixth place final was held on 5 September 2020 at 10:00 Eastern European Time at Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu, 6 days after the semi-final play-offs were held

1

Universitatea Cluj-Napoca

23

29

Tomitanii Constanța

Third/Fourth place final

The Third/Fourth place final was held on 12 September 2020 at 10;00 Eastern European Time at Stadionul Noua din Brașov, 1 week and 6 days after the semi-finals were held.

1

Dinamo București

13

33

Steaua Bucuresti

First/Second place final

The First/Second place final was held on 12 September 2020 at 15:30 Eastern European Time at Stadionul Noua din Brașov, 1 week and 6 days after the semi-finals were held.

1

Știința Baia Mare

23

17

Timișoara Saracens

External links[]

• www.super-liga.ro – Official website (in Romanian)

References[]