2019–20 CEC Bank SuperLiga | |
Countries: | Romania |
Date: | 31 August 2019[1] – 12 September 2020[2] |
Champions: | CSM Știința Baia Mare (7th title)[3] |
Runnersup: | 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] |
Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
Website: | www.super-liga.ro |
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]
Club | City/County | Stadium | Capacity |
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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 |
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 | |
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Timișoara Saracens SCM UVT | Valentin Calafeteanu | Eugen Căpățână | Macron | Primăria Timișoara | |
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | Horea Hîmpea | Vlad Rotar | O'Neills | Prodvinalco | |
CSA Steaua București | Dănuț Dumbravă | Viorel Lucaci | Peak | Carpatina | |
CS Dinamo București | Cosmin Rațiu | Tudorel Bratu | Joma | Autoservice Iancului | |
CSM Știința Baia Mare | Eugen Apjok | Marius Dănilă | Tall Ball | Consiliul Local Baia Mare | |
ACS Tomitanii Constanța | George Sava | Adrian Ion | Macron | Primăria Constanța | |
SCM Gloria Buzău | Mugur Preda | Cristi Boboc | O'Neills | Primăria Buzău |
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 | |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
1 | Universitatea Cluj-Napoca | 23 | 29 | Tomitanii Constanța |
1 | Dinamo București | 13 | 33 | Steaua Bucuresti |
1 | Știința Baia Mare | 23 | 17 | Timișoara Saracens |