FC U Craiova 1948
| Full name | FCU 1948 Craiova Fotbal Club SA | ||
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| Short name | FCU | ||
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| Ground | Municipal / Complex Sportiv Craiova | ||
| Capacity | 20,054 / 30,983 | ||
| Owner | Adrian Mititelu | ||
| League | Liga III | ||
| 2025–26 | Liga III, 12th of 12 (excluded) | ||
| Website | fcuniversitatea | ||
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FCU 1948 Craiova Fotbal Club, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or simply FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County. The club was excluded from the Romanian league system ahead of the 2025–26 season, and its divisional status remains currently uncertain.
FC U Craiova is—along with CS Universitatea Craiova—one of the two entities asserting the history of the original Universitatea Craiova football team, which between 1948 and 1991 won four national titles and five national cups. During the latter year, the sports club dissolved its football department and FC Universitatea Craiova took its berth in the top flight. Generally considered the same entity with the old club, FC U continued its tradition for the next two decades, but was reorganised several times and retroactively deemed an unofficial successor. In 2012, it retired from every competition following their temporary banishment since 2011.
After starting over from the lower leagues, FC U Craiova returned to the Liga I in the 2021–22 season. To the same degree with CS U, FC U claims all the trophies and records of the original club, but according to court orders, its only major honour would be the 1992–93 Cupa României. The two sides currently share the Ion Oblemenco Stadium.