The 2017–18 SuperLiga (also known as the CEC Bank SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the 104th season of premier club rugby in Romania. The current champions are Timișoara Saracens who managed to defend their title by defeating Știința Baia Mare. Since Politehnica Iași have faced financial issues, they will relegate to Divizia Națională de Seniori which means that both Tomitanii Constanța and Gloria Buzău will replace them next season. Also Timișoara Saracens, the winners of the CEC Bank SuperLiga will participate in the European Rugby Continental Shield.
Teams
ClubCity/CountyStadiumCapacityHead CoachCaptainTimișoara SaracensTimișoara, TimișDan Păltinișanu 32,972 Sosene Anesi Vasile Sorin RusUniversitatea Cluj-NapocaCluj-Napoca, ClujCluj Arena 31,479 Horea Hîmpea Rotar Vlad BogdanSteaua BucureștiBucureștiGhencea II 3,000 Dănuț Dumbravă Viorel LucaciDinamo BucureștiBucureștiFlorea Dumitrache 1,500 Cristian Hîldan Laurențiu MelinteȘtiința Baia MareBaia Mare, MaramureșLascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor) 1,000 Mario Alejandro Canale Bidzina SamkharadzeCSM BucureștiBucureștiStadionul Olimpia 1,000 Eugen Apjok Adrian IonPolitehnica IașiIași, IașiTepro-Tineretului (Veneția) 1,000 Cosmin Rațiu Daniel Plai
Table This is the regular season league table: {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" |- !colspan=2|Key to colours |- | style="background: #d0f0c0;" | |Advances to Semi-Finals. |- | style="background: #ffcccc;" | |Relegates to Divizia Naţională de Seniori.
ClubPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints differenceBonus pointsPoints 1 CSA Steaua București 12 9 1 2 313 203 110 6 44 2 CSM București 12 8 1 3 373 185 188 8 42 3 Timișoara Saracens 12 8 2 2 318 193 125 6 42 4 CSM Știința Baia Mare 12 8 0 4 386 194 192 7 39 5 CS Dinamo București 12 4 1 7 272 322 –50 5 23 6 CS U Cluj 12 2 0 10 169 483 –314 2 10 7 CS Politehnica Iași 12 0 1 11 95 346 –251 0 –3
Semifinals The semi-finals were held on 19 May 2018. 1CSA Steaua București1920CSM Știința Baia Mare2CSM București1326Timișoara Saracens
Knock-out Stage Third place final Both finals were held on 26 May 2018, one week after the semi-finals. 1CSA Steaua București2322CSM București
First place final 1CSM Știința Baia Mare1521Timișoara Saracens
External links www.super-liga.ro – Official website
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