Fortuna Becicherecu Mic
OwnerBecicherecu Mic Commune
ChairmanCălin Pașca[1]
ManagersAndra Vela & Florin Pădurean
StadiumComunal
Liga ITBD
Romanian CupTBD
Top goalscorerLeague: Bianca Ienovan (4)
All: Bianca Ienovan (4)
2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season is Fortuna Becicherecu Mic's 4th season in existence, and their 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian women's football.

Season review

edit

Pre-season (July and August)

edit

Fortuna managed to sign Suvet and Bistrian, two of local rival team CFR Timișoara's stars, along with assistant coach Andra Vela

[2] [1]

September

edit

Fortuna's opening Liga I fixture suffered a delay due to the national team's program, and was played on 19 September, instead of on September 8. Fortuna received the visit of the reigning champions FC U Olimpia, which won the game by 5-0.

While Fortuna's 2nd round of the league game was also delayed, Fortuna was to play it's next game from the 3rd round on 26 September against local rivals CFR Timișoara. However, just a few days prior to the encounter, CFR Timișoara announced that it will fold, withdrawing after just two matches, and releasing all of its players. Most of the top CFR players (Șuveț, Ienovan, Grigore and Pavel) opted to join Fortuna, including the entire junior team.

Fortuna's match from the 2nd league round was finally played on 26 September (instead of the original 16 September), and Fortuna narrowly won at home against Universitatea Galați in a tense match where Universitatea's Bentoiu intentionally slapped Suvet on the back of the head when the game was stopped by the refferee. Bentoiu was promptly sent off, and Universitatea was forced to play in 10 the rest of the game.

October

edit

The 4th league round game was again delayed, so Fortuna went on to play in the 5th round on the 14th of October against newly promoted Independența Baia Mare. The away match was shockingly lost 4-5, even though Fortuna's squad was recently bolstered by the arrivals from CFR.

The 6th round of the league was played after a week on 21 October, on Fortuna's Comunal Stadium. A white tie, 0-0 was registered against Heniu.

On October 31, Fortuna went to Reșița mid-week for its debut cup game (2nd round) against local Banat Girls. Due to an injury and not being able to field enough players of the hosts, the game was stopped after a few minutes at the score of 2-0 (and subsequently ruled 3-0) for Fortuna and Fortuna progressed to the next round.

November

edit

In the 7th league round on November 4, Fortuna trashed Fair Play Bucharest in an away game 6-2.

After a week, in the 8th round on November 11, it tied 1-1 at home with Vasas.

After another week, Fortuna's 4th round league game was finally played on November 18 (delayed from October 7) and Fortuna made quick work, 4-0 against Universitatea Alexandria.

Mid-week, on Novermber 21 Fortuna played the 3rd round Cup game in Timișoara against 3rd League locals Juventus. On a very cold weather and again due to injury, the hosts abandoned the game at the score of 2-0 (and subsequently ruled 3-0), so Fortuna again progressed to the next round.

Finally, in the 9th league round, Fortuna visited CSS Targoviste on November 25, and won by 3-0, although at breaktime the score was 0-0, Fortuna finishing the first half of the championship on the 4th position out of the 9 remaining teams, with 4 victories, 2 ties and two defeats, for an overall of 18 points.

Winter break (December, January, February)

edit

First-team squad

edit
Last updated on 9 January 2019[3]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
13 Alisstron   GK (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32)
22 Simon Mignolet   GK (1988-03-06) 6 March 1988 (age 36)
62 Caoimhin Kelleher   GK (1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 25)
Defenders
4 Virgil van Dijk (3rd captain)   CB (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33)
6 Dejan Lovren   CB (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 35)
12 Joe Gomez   CB/RB (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 27)
18 Alberto Moreno   LB/LWB (1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 (age 32)
26 Andrew Robertson   LB/LWB (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 (age 30)
32 Joël Matip   CB (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 33)
47 Nathaniel Phillips   CB (1997-03-21) 21 March 1997 (age 27)
51 Ki-Jana Hoever   RB/CB (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22)
56 Connor Randall   RB (1995-10-21) 21 October 1995 (age 29)
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold   RB/RWB (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 26)
Midfielders
3 Fabinho   DM/RB/CB (1993-10-23) 23 October 1993 (age 31)
5 Georginio Wijnaldum (4th captain)   CM/AM/DM (1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 33)
7 James Milner (vice-captain)   CM/LB (1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 38)
8 Naby Keïta   CM/AM (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995 (age 29)
14 Jordan Henderson (captain)   DM/CM (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34)
20 Adam Lallana   CM/AM (1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 36)
21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain   CM/AM/RM (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 31)
23 Xherdan Shaqiri   RM/RW/LW/AM (1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 33)
48 Curtis Jones   CM/RW (2001-01-30)30 January 2001 (aged 17)
50 Lazar Markovic   RW/RM (1994-03-02)2 March 1994 (aged 24)
64 Rafael Camacho   RM/AM/RB (2000-05-22)22 May 2000 (aged 18)
68 Pedro Chirivella   CM/DM (1997-05-23)23 May 1997 (aged 21)
Forwards
9 Roberto Firmino   CF/ST/LW/AM (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 33)
10 Sadio Mané   LW/RW/CF (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)
11 Mohamed Salah   RW/ST (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 32)
15 Daniel Sturridge   ST (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35)
24 Rhian Brewster   ST (2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 24)
27 Divock Origi   ST/LW (1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 29)

Friendlies

edit

Pre-season

edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly Chester   0–7   Liverpool Chester, England
15:00 BST Report Wilson   38', 45'
Milner   48' (pen.)
Sturridge   54', 89'
Kent   56'
Ings   79'
Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 4,396
Referee: Robert Jones
10 July 2018 (2018-07-10) Friendly Tranmere Rovers   2–3   Liverpool Birkenhead, England
19:30 BST Smith   72'
Soukouna   81'
Report Camacho   7'
Ojo   27'
Lallana   33'
Stadium: Prenton Park
Referee: Mike Dean
14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly Bury   0–0   Liverpool Bury, England
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 6,852
Referee: Darren Handley
19 July 2018 (2018-07-19) Friendly Blackburn Rovers   0–2   Liverpool Blackburn, England
19:45 BST Report Marković   64'
Sturridge   73'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 14,620
Referee: Jonathan Moss
4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) Friendly Liverpool   5–0   Napoli Dublin, Republic of Ireland
18:00 BST Milner   4'
Wijnaldum   9'
Salah   58'
Sturridge   73'
Moreno   77'
Report Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 51,512
Referee: Robert Hennessy (Ireland)
7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) Friendly Liverpool   3–1   Torino Liverpool, England
19:30 BST Firmino   21'
Wijnaldum   24'
Sturridge   87'
Report Belotti   31' Stadium: Anfield
Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

League

edit

League table

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester City (C) 38 32 2 4 95 23 +72 98 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Liverpool 38 30 7 1 89 22 +67 97
3 Chelsea 38 21 9 8 63 39 +24 72
4 Tottenham Hotspur 38 23 2 13 67 39 +28 71
5 Arsenal 38 21 7 10 73 51 +22 70 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the winners of the EFL Cup and the FA Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results summary

edit
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 18 3 1 50 10  +40 57 9 1 0 27 3  +24 9 2 1 23 7  +16

Last updated: 12 January 2019.
Source: Premier League

Matches

edit

On 14 June 2018, the Premier League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[4][5]

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) 1 Liverpool 4–0 West Ham United Liverpool
13:30 BST Salah   19'
Alexander-Arnold   21'
Mané   45+2', 53'
Sturridge   88'
Report Antonio   52'
Balbuena   55'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,235
Referee: Anthony Taylor
20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) 2 Crystal Palace 0–2 Liverpool Selhurst, London
20:00 BST Van Aanholt   42'
Wan-Bissaka   75'
Report Milner   45' (pen.)
Alexander-Arnold   52'
Mané   90+3'
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 25,750
Referee: Michael Oliver
25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) 3 Liverpool 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Liverpool
17:30 BST Salah   23'
Alexander-Arnold   77'
Report Balogun   59' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,294
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 4 Leicester City 1–2 Liverpool Leicester
12:30 BST Ghezzal   61',   63'
Mendy   88'
Ndidi   90+5'
Report Mané   10'
Firmino   45'
Van Dijk   55'
Milner   90+3'
Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,149
Referee: Paul Tierney
15 September 2018 (2018-09-15) 5 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Liverpool Wembley, London
12:30 BST Lamela   90+3' Report Wijnaldum   39'
Firmino   54'
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 80,188
Referee: Michael Oliver
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6 Liverpool 3–0 Southampton Liverpool
15:00 BST Hoedt   10' (o.g.)
Matip   21'
Salah   45+3'
Report Romeu   34'
Lemina   56'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,457
Referee: Paul Tierney
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 7 Chelsea 1–1 Liverpool Fulham, London
17:30 BST Hazard   25' Report Mané   39'
Milner   77'
Sturridge   89'
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,625
Referee: Andre Marriner
7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) 8 Liverpool 0–0 Manchester City Liverpool
16:30 BST Wijnaldum   90' Report B. Silva   21'
Agüero   56'
Mendy   64'
Mahrez   86'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,117
Referee: Martin Atkinson
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 9 Huddersfield Town 0–1 Liverpool Huddersfield
17:30 BST Report Salah   24'
Lallana   36'
Sturridge   76'
Stadium: John Smith's Stadium
Attendance: 24,263
Referee: Michael Oliver
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 10 Liverpool 4–1 Cardiff City Liverpool
15:00 BST Salah   10'
Mané   66', 87'
Shaqiri   84'
Report Paterson   77' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,373
Referee: Stuart Attwell
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 11 Arsenal 1–1 Liverpool Holloway, London
17:30 GMT Lacazette   82',   83' Report Fabinho   52'
Milner   61'
Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 59,993
Referee: Andre Marriner
11 November 2018 (2018-11-11) 12 Liverpool 2–0 Fulham Liverpool
12:00 GMT Salah   41'
Shaqiri   53'
Gomez   77'
Report Chambers   59' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,128
Referee: Paul Tierney
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 13 Watford 0–3 Liverpool Watford
15:00 GMT Report Henderson   60'   82'
Salah   67'
Alexander-Arnold   76'
Firmino   89'
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,540
Referee: Jonathan Moss
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 14 Liverpool 1–0 Everton Liverpool
16:15 GMT Shaqiri   33'
Fabinho   77'
Gomez   80'
Origi   90+6'
Report Gomes   88'
Sigurðsson   90'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 51,756
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) 15 Burnley 1–3 Liverpool Burnley
19:45 GMT Cork   54'
Vydra   86'
Report Milner   62'
Firmino   69'
Shaqiri   90+1'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 21,741
Referee: Stuart Attwell
8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 16 Bournemouth 0–4 Liverpool Bournemouth
12:30 GMT Aké   12'
Lerma   15'
Report Salah   25', 48', 77'
S. Cook   68' (o.g.)
Fabinho   70'
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 10,752
Referee: Lee Mason
16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 17 Liverpool 3–1 Manchester United Liverpool
16:00 GMT Mané   24'
Shaqiri   73', 80'
Report Dalot   26'
Lingard   33'
Lukaku   40'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,908
Referee: Martin Atkinson
21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) 18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Liverpool Wolverhampton
20:00 GMT Report Salah   18'
Van Dijk   68'
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 31,358
Referee: Craig Pawson
26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 19 Liverpool 4–0 Newcastle United Liverpool
15:00 GMT Lovren   11'
Salah   47' (pen.)
Shaqiri   79'
Fabinho   85'
Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,318
Referee: Graham Scott
29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 20 Liverpool 5–1 Arsenal Liverpool
17:30 GMT Firmino   14', 16', 65' (pen.)
Robertson   26'
Mané   32'
Salah   45+2' (pen.)
Report Maitland-Niles   11'
Xhaka   33'
Papastathopoulos   90+2'
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,326
Referee: Michael Oliver
3 January 2019 (2019-01-03) 21 Manchester City 2–1 Liverpool Manchester
20:00 GMT Kompany   31'
Agüero   40'
Laporte   45+2'
Sané   72'
B. Silva   89'
Ederson   90+5'
Report Lovren   20'
Wijnaldum   38'
Firmino   64'
Stadium: Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 54,511
Referee: Anthony Taylor
12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 22 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Liverpool Brighton
15:00 GMT Report Salah   50' (pen.) Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 30,682
Referee: Kevin Friend
19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 23 Liverpool v Crystal Palace Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield

FA Cup

edit


  Win   Draw   Loss

7 January 2019 Third round Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Liverpool Wolverhampton
19:45 GMT Jiménez   38'
Neves   55'
Report Milner   15'
Origi   51'
Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 25,849
Referee: Paul Tierney


Squad statistics

edit

Appearances

edit
Players with no appearances not included in the list.
As of match played 12 January 2019
Sortable table
No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup UCL Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
3 MF   Fabinho 13 9 1 1 1 1 4 1 19 12
4 DF   Virgil van Dijk 22 22 0 0 0 0 6 6 28 28
5 MF   Georginio Wijnaldum 21 19 0 0 0 0 6 6 27 25
6 DF   Dejan Lovren 9 9 1 1 1 1 2 1 13 12
7 MF   James Milner 18 13 1 1 1 1 5 5 25 20
8 MF   Naby Keïta 15 8 1 1 1 1 3 1 20 11
9 FW   Roberto Firmino 22 20 1 0 1 0 6 4 30 24
10 FW   Sadio Mané 20 19 0 0 1 1 6 6 27 26
11 FW   Mohamed Salah 22 21 1 0 1 0 6 6 30 27
12 DF   Joe Gomez 13 12 0 0 0 0 5 4 18 16
13 GK   Alisson 22 22 0 0 0 0 6 6 28 28
14 MF   Jordan Henderson 19 11 0 0 1 0 4 3 24 14
15 FW   Daniel Sturridge 11 2 1 1 1 1 5 2 18 6
18 DF   Alberto Moreno 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 4
20 MF   Adam Lallana 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 8 3
22 GK   Simon Mignolet 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2
23 MF   Xherdan Shaqiri 17 10 1 1 1 1 3 1 22 13
26 DF   Andrew Robertson 20 20 0 0 0 0 6 6 26 26
27 FW   Divock Origi 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 2
32 DF   Joël Matip 8 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 11 6
48 MF   Curtis Jones 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
51 DF   Ki-Jana Hoever 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
64 DF   Rafael Camacho 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
66 DF   Trent Alexander-Arnold 17 16 0 0 0 0 5 5 22 21
Players who are on loan/left Liverpool that have appeared this season
2 DF   Nathaniel Clyne 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2

Goalscorers

edit

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 12 January 2019
Rank Pos. No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Champions League Total
1 FW 11   Mohamed Salah 14 0 0 3 17
2 FW 9   Roberto Firmino 8 0 0 2 10
3 FW 10   Sadio Mané 8 0 0 1 9
4 MF 23   Xherdan Shaqiri 6 0 0 0 6
5 MF 7   James Milner 3 0 0 2 5
6 FW 15   Daniel Sturridge 2 0 1 1 4
7 FW 27   Divock Origi 1 1 0 0 2
8 MF 3   Fabinho 1 0 0 0 1
DF 4   Virgil van Dijk 1 0 0 0 1
MF 5   Georginio Wijnaldum 1 0 0 0 1
DF 6   Dejan Lovren 1 0 0 0 1
DF 32   Joël Matip 1 0 0 0 1
DF 66   Trent Alexander-Arnold 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 0 0 2
Total 50 1 1 9 61


References

edit
  1. ^ a b Performanță notabilă în sportul timișean - ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic, în Superliga națională de fotbal feminin. ziarultimisoara.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "Reds agree deal to sign Fabinho". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. ^ "First Team". www.liverpoolfc.com. Liverpool FC Official Club Website. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Man City visit Arsenal on first weekend". BBC. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Liverpool Scores & Fixtures". BBC. Retrieved 14 June 2018.