2018–19 Divizia Națională de Seniori season
The 2018–19 Divizia Națională de Seniori is the second premier Romanian rugby competition, reserved for club teams. The number of participating teams is decreased from initially twelve teams to just nine due to ACS Rugby Morometii Turnu Magurele, CS Manaştur and CS Sportul Studentesc București the three teams which had pulled out for financial reasons., with addition of the 2017-18 champions and runners-up of the second tier championship DNS-Divizia Nationala de Seniori.[1] The eventual champions of the Divizia Națională de Seniori have the right to promote up to the SuperLiga with the relegating teams going down to Divizia A, Romania's 3rd level competition.
| 2018-19 Divizia Națională de Seniori | |
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| Countries |  Romania |
| Date | 15 September 2018 – 18 May 2019 |
| Champions | CS Năvodari |
| Runners-up | CS Știința Petroșani |
| Relegated | ACS Rugby Morometii Turnu Magurele CS Manaştur CS Sportul Studentesc București |
| Official website | |
| www | |
Teams
Group Centre-North
| Club | City/County | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach | Captain |
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| CSM Bucovina Suceava | Suceava, Suceava | Stadionul Unirea | 7,000 | Coltuneac Marius |
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| RC Gura Humorului | Gura Humorului, Suceava | Stadionul Tineretului | 5,000 | Andrei Varvaroi |
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| CS Manaştur | Manaştur, Cluj | Stadionul Iuliu Hațieganu | 1,000 | Roman Răzvan |
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| CS Știința Petroșani | Petroșani, Hunedoara | Stadionul Știința | 1,000 | Emil Drumea |
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| CSUAV Arad | Arad, Arad | Stadionul Sanicolau Mic | 1,000 | Marian Grindei |
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| CSM Sibiu | Sibiu, Sibiu | Stadionul Bebe Boboc | 500 | Răzvan Borcan |
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Group Centre-South
| Club | City/County | Stadium | Capacity | Head Coach | Captain |
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| CS Năvodari | Năvodari, Constanța | Stadionul Flacăra | 5,000 | Cristian Husea |
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| RC Bărlad | Bărlad, Vaslui | Stadionul Rulmentul | 2,000 | Ioan Harnagea |
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| CS Sportul Studențesc București | București | Complexul Cultural Sportiv Studentesc Tei | 1,000 | Constantin Merca |
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| CSM Galați | Galați, Galați | Stadionul Municipal (Galați) | 1,000 | Marius Secuianu |
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| RC Grivița București | București | Stadionul Parcul Copilului | 1,000 | Alexandru Marin |
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| ACS Rugby Morometii Turnu Magurele | Turnu Magurele, Teleorman | Stadionul Botul Calului | 500 | Not known |
Not known |
Tables
This is the regular season league table for Group Centre-North:
| Key to colours | |
| Advances to play-offs. | |
| Advances to play-out. | |
| Automatic Relegation. | |
| Regular Table | ||||||||||
| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points difference | Bonus points | Points | |
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| 1 | CS Știința Petroșani | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 509 | 91 | +418 | 8 | 40 |
| 2 | CSM Bucovina Suceava | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 260 | 136 | +124 | 6 | 30 |
| 3 | RC Gura Humorului | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 167 | 185 | -18 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | CSUAV Arad | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 125 | 276 | -151 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | CSM Sibiu | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 107 | 480 | -373 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | CS Manaştur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This is the regular season league table for Group Centre-South:
| Key to colours | |
| Advances to play-offs. | |
| Advances to play-out. | |
| Automatic Relegation. | |
| Regular Table | ||||||||||
| Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points for | Points against | Points difference | Bonus points | Points | |
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| 1 | CS Năvodari | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 41 | +182 | 5 | 29 |
| 2 | RC Bărlad | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 123 | 155 | -32 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | RC Grivița București | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 134 | -60 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | CSM Galați | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 89 | 179 | -90 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | ACS Rugby Morometii Turnu Magurele | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | CS Sportul Studențesc București | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fixtures & Results
Round 1
| 08 September 2018 11:00 |
| CSA Steaua București (1 BP) | 75-15 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
| Stadionul Ghencea II |
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 semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 12:00 and 14:30 at Olimpia and Dan Păltinișanu respectively.
| 1 | CSM București | 17 | 22 | CSA Steaua București |
| 2 | Timișoara Saracens | 30 | 35 | CSM Știința Baia Mare |
- Third/Fourth place final
Both finals were held on 25 May 2019, 1 week after the semi-finals at Stadionul Fepa 74.
| 1 | CSM București | 20 | 19 | Timișoara Saracens |
- First / Second place final
| 1 | CSA Steaua București | 22 | 24 | CSM Știința Baia Mare |
Play-out Semifinals
The semi-finals were held on 18 May 2019 09:00 at Mihail Naca and Prinț Ghică respectively.
| 1 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 22 | 40 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca |
| 2 | SCM Buzău | 11 | 16 | CS Dinamo București |
- Seventh/Eighth place final
Both finals were held on 26 May 2019, 1 week and 1 day after the semi-finals at Stadionul Olimpia.
| 1 | ACS Tomitanii Constanța | 12 | 14 | SCM Buzău |
- Fifth/Sixth place final
| 1 | CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 22 | 17 | CS Dinamo București |
References
- "Obiectivele celor 8 echipe care vor participa la editia 2018-2019 a SuperLigii CEC Bank". 30 August 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2018.