2023–24 FC Universitatea Cluj season
FC Universitatea Cluj seasons
Universitatea Cluj 2023–24 football season
| 2023–24 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Cluj-Napoca Municipality Babeș-Bolyai University U Cluj Supporters Association | ||
| Chairman | Radu Constantea | ||
| Manager | Ioan Sabău | ||
| Stadium | Cluj Arena | ||
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← 2022–23 2024–25 → | |||
The 2023–24 season is the 98rd season of competitive football by Universitatea Cluj, and the 2nd in Liga I, after being promoted at the end of the 2021-22 Liga II season. Universitatea Cluj will compete in the Liga I and in Cupa României.
Season overview
Background
Previous season positions
| Competition | Position | |
|---|---|---|
 | Liga I | 10th |
| | Cupa României | Final |
First-team squad
- Last updated on 5 March 2024[1]
| Squad No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||
| 12 | Iustin Chirilă | | GK | (2006-05-21) 21 May 2006 (age 18) |
| 23 | Plamen Iliev |  | GK | (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 31) |
| 33 | Andrei Gorcea | | GK | (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 22) |
| Defenders | ||||
| 2 | Thalisson |  | CB | (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26) |
| 3 | Bogdan Mitrea | | CB | (1984-03-16) 16 March 1984 (age 40) |
| 17 | Andrei Pițian | | CB | (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31) |
| 25 | Lucas Masoero |  | CB | (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36) |
| 26 | Dorinel Oancea | | RB | (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27) |
| 41 | Alin Techereș | | LB | (2007-01-05) 5 January 2007 (age 17) |
| 43 | Alin Chinteș | | RB | (2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 (age 18) |
| 77 | Andrei Peteleu | | RB | August 20, 1992 (age 31) |
| 93 | Răzvan Călăgur | | LB | (2006-04-06) 6 April 2006 (age 18) |
| Midfielders | ||||
| 4 | Kevin Doukouré |  | CM | (1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25) |
| 8 | Roger | | AM | (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28) |
| 10 | Dan Nistor | | CM | (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 36) |
| 21 | Marco Fossati |  | DM | (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 28) |
| 24 | Ante Roguljić |  | AM | (1996-03-11) 11 March 1996 (age 28) |
| 42 | Alexandru Bota | | CM | (1982-09-03) 3 September 1982 (age 41) |
| 94 | Ovidiu Bic | | CM | (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25) |
| 96 | Robert Silaghi | | AM | (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 32) |
| 98 | Gabriel Simion | | DM | (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 26) |
| Forwards | ||||
| 9 | Filip Ilie | | CF | (2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 21) |
| 11 | Dragoș Tescan | | CF | (1999-09-15) 15 September 1999 (age 24) |
| 19 | Daniel Popa | | CF | (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 (age 28) |
| 20 | Valentin Gheorghe | | LW | (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27) |
| 27 | Alexandru Chipciu (captain) | | RW | (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 35) |
| 30 | Luca Nagy | | CF | (2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 (age 18) |
| 32 | Federico Anselmo | | CF | (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 30) |
| 71 | Ștefan Pănoiu | | RW | (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 21) |
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Pre-season and friendlies
Win Draw Loss
Competitions
Win Draw Loss
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Liga I | 16 July 2023 | Matchday 1 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 034.78 | ||
| Cupa României | August 2023 | – | Group stage | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 034.78 | ||||
Last updated: 2 February 2024
Source: Competitions
Liga I
The Liga I fixture list was announced on July 1, 2023.
League table
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 43[a] | Qualification to play-off round |
| 6 | Sepsi OSK | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 43[a] | |
| 7 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 42 | Qualification to play-out round |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 40[b] | |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 40[b] |
Source: [1] , Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[2]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[2]
Notes:
- ^ a b Head to head points: Farul Constanța 6, Sepsi OSK 0
- ^ a b Head to head points: UTA 3 (+1), Hermannstadt 3 (-1)
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FCS | CFR | UCV | FAR | SEP | RAP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FCSB (C) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 49 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | ||
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 46 | Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round | 0–1 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova (O) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 44 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Farul Constanța | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 36 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | |||
| 5 | Sepsi OSK | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |||
| 6 | Rapid București | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 32 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[3] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[3] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
| Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | UTA | OTE | HER | UCJ | PET | IAS | DIN | BOT | VOL | FCU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTA Arad | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 37 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | |||||||
| 2 | Oțelul Galați | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 36 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 34 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | |||||||
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 33 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 5 | Petrolul Ploiești | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 29 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | |||||||
| 6 | Politehnica Iași | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 27 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| 7 | Dinamo București (O) | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 25 | Qualification to relegation play-offs | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |||||||
| 8 | Botoșani (O) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | ||||||||
| 9 | Voluntari (R) | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 24 | Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |||||||
| 10 | FC U Craiova (R) | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 22 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[4] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[4] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 19 | +2 |
Last updated: 2 February 2024.
Source: [2]
Position by round
Matches
Win Draw Loss
Cupa României
Statistics
Appearances and goals
- As of 2 February 2024
| No. | Pos | Player | Liga I | Cupa României | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Squad statistics
| Liga I | Cupa României | Home | Away | Total Stats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games played | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games won | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games drawn | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games lost | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals conceded | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal difference | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal by Substitute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players used | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winning rate | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Last updated: 2 February 2024
Source: Competitive matches
Goalscorers
- As of 2 February 2024
| Rank | Position | Name | Liga I | Cupa României | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Goal minutes
| 1'–15' | 16'–30' | 31'–HT | 46'–60' | 61'–75' | 76'–FT | Extra time | Forfeit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percentage | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Last updated: 2024(UTC)
Source: Soccerway
Hat-tricks
| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
|---|
Clean sheets
- As of 2024
| Rank | Name | Liga II | Cupa României | Total | Games played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Disciplinary record
- As of 2024
| Rank | Position | Name | Liga II | Cupa României | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  | | | | | | | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Attendances
- As of 2024
| Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liga I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cupa României | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
See also
References
- ^ "Echipa". www.fcuniversitateacluj.ro. fcuniversitateacluj.ro. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
