2007–08 FC Steaua București season
2007–08 season | |||
President | Valeriu Argăseală | ||
---|---|---|---|
Manager |
Gheorghe Hagi Massimo Pedrazzini Marius Lăcătuș | ||
Liga I | 2nd | ||
Cupa României | Round of 16 | ||
UEFA Champions League | Group stage, 4th | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Nicolae Dică (9) All: Nicolae Dică (10) | ||
|
This page covers all relevant details regarding FC Steaua București for all official competitions inside the 2007–08 season.
Players
Transfers
In
Out
Total income: €5,06M | ||
---|---|---|
Player | New team | Fee |
Daniel Oprița | Dinamo București | Free |
Stelian Stancu | Politehnica Știința Timișoara | €0.2M |
Sorin Paraschiv | Rimini | €0.5M |
Élton | Al-Nasr | €0.5M |
Cyril Théréau | Anderlecht | €2.9M |
Klemi Saban | Maccabi Netanya | Free |
Gigel Coman | Universitatea Cluj | €0.1M |
Gabriel Boștină | Dinamo București | €0.1M |
Mihai Guriță | Farul Constanța | Free |
Andrey | Cruzeiro | Released |
Valentin Bădoi | Politehnica Știința Timișoara | Free |
Dorel Zaharia | UTA Arad | €0.26M |
Victoraș Iacob | Kaiserslautern | €0.5M |
Vasilică Cristocea | Steaua II București | Second team |
Marius Croitoru | Steaua II București | Second team |
Alexandru Iacob | Steaua II București | Second team |
Loan out
Statistics
Player stats
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Liga I | Cupa României | UEFA Champions League | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Róbinson Zapata | 42 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Dorin Goian | 31 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
4 | DF | Paweł Golański | 27 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Ionuț Rada | 28 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Mirel Rădoi | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Ovidiu Petre | 35 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
9 | FW | Valentin Badea | 24 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |
10 | FW | Nicolae Dică | 40 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
11 | FW | Habib Habibou | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | GK | Cornel Cernea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
13 | DF | Ifeanyi Emeghara | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Mihai Neșu | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Bănel Nicoliță | 35 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
17 | DF | Eugen Baciu | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
18 | DF | Petre Marin | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
20 | MF | Florin Lovin | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
21 | FW | Răzvan Ochiroșii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | FW | Pepe Moreno | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | MF | Mihăiță Pleșan[1] | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
24 | DF | Sorin Ghionea | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | FW | Adrian Neaga | 35 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
27 | FW | Dayro Moreno | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | FW | Andrés Mendoza | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
82 | GK | Cosmin Vâtcă | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
84 | FW | Romeo Surdu | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Players sold or loaned out during the season | |||||||||||
2 | DF | Emil Ninu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Eric Bicfalvi | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Gabriel Boștină | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Vasilică Cristocea | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Victoraș Iacob | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
26 | MF | Marius Croitoru | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
26 | FW | Dino Eze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | MF | Valentin Bădoi | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
30 | FW | Dorel Zaharia | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
31 | DF | Alexandru Iacob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
34 | FW | Mihai Guriță[2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Competitions
Liga I
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation | Head-to-head |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 76 | 2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage | |
2 | Steaua București | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 75 | 2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round | |
3 | Rapid București | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 61 | 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round | RAP: 7 pts DIN: 5 pts UNI: 3 pts |
4 | Dinamo București | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 61 | ||
5 | Unirea Urziceni | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 61 |
Source: (Romanian)
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) number of goals scored
notes
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Results
27 July 2007 Round 1 | Steaua București | 2 – 1 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Dică 14' (pen.), 62' | 12' (pen.) Vranjković | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 (closed doors)[3] Referee: Sebastian Colțescu |
3 August 2007 Round 2 | Farul Constanța | 0 – 1 | Steaua București | Constanța |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | 62' Dică | Stadium: Farul Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
11 August 2007 Round 3 | Steaua București | 1 – 0 | Politehnica Iași | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Bicfalvi 79' | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj |
19 August 2007 Round 4 | CFR Cluj | 0 – 0 | Steaua București | Cluj-Napoca |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin |
2 September 2007 Round 6 | Unirea Urziceni | 1 – 0 | Steaua București | Urziceni |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:00 | Galamaz 90+1' | Stadium: Tineretului Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Tiberiu Lajos |
16 September 2007 Round 7 | Steaua București | 0 – 0 | Rapid București | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu |
22 September 2007 Round 8 | UTA Arad | 1 – 1 | Steaua București | Arad |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:00 | Edson 82' (pen.) | 57' Nicoliță | Stadium: Francisc von Neumann Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu |
29 September 2007 Round 9 | Steaua București | 1 – 0 | Vaslui | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Rada 65' | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 7,472 Referee: Aurel Bogaciu |
7 October 2007 Round 10 | Dacia Mioveni | 1 – 2 | Steaua București | Mioveni |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Rada 35' (o.g.) | 45+2', 90' Iacob | Stadium: Dacia Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Victor Berbecaru |
27 October 2007 Round 12 | Universitatea Cluj | 2 – 1 | Steaua București | Cluj-Napoca |
---|---|---|---|---|
15:00 | Jovanović 34' Goga 85' |
21' Nicoliță | Stadium: Ion Moina Attendance: 7,000 Referee: István Kovács |
31 October 2007 Round 13 | Steaua București | 3 – 1 | Oțelul Galați | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Dică 7' (65), pen.' Semeghin 32' (o.g.) |
52' Székely | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Ionel Ivan |
4 November 2007 Round 14 | Politehnica Știința Timișoara | 2 – 0 | Steaua București | Timișoara |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Rušič 13' Mansour 90+1' |
Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin |
10 November 2007 Round 15 | Steaua București | 1 – 0 | Universitatea Craiova | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Nicoliță 27' | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
12 November 2007 Round 5 (P) | Steaua București | 0 – 0 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 7,249 Referee: Alexandru Ioniță |
24 November 2007 Round 16 | Steaua București | 1 – 0 | Dinamo București | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Neaga 67' | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 23,552 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu |
30 November 2007 Round 17 | Gloria Buzău | 1 – 1 | Steaua București | Buzău |
---|---|---|---|---|
13:00 | Bunică 90+1' | 78' Dică | Stadium: Crâng Attendance: 11,000 Referee: ștefan Erdei |
3 December 2007 Round 11 (P) | Steaua București | 1 – 0 | Gloria Bistrița | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Toma 78' (o.g.) | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Marius Avram |
9 December 2007 Round 18 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 0 – 1 | Steaua București | Piatra Neamț |
---|---|---|---|---|
19:00 | 19' Badea | Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Aurelian Bogaciu |
16 December 2007 Round 19 | Steaua București | 3 – 0 | Farul Constanța | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:00 | Zaharia 17' Dică 78' Șchiopu 84' (o.g.) |
Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ionel Ivan |
24 February 2008 Round 20 | Politehnica Iași | 2 – 1 | Steaua București | Iași |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Nicoliță 3' (o.g.) Onuț 60' |
47' Mendoza | Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu |
2 March 2008 Round 21 | Steaua București | 3 – 1 | CFR Cluj | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Hirschfeld 26' (o.g.) Dayro Moreno 56' Ov. Petre 90+1' |
4' Trică | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
8 March 2008 Round 22 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 0 – 1 | Steaua București | Târgu Jiu |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | 64' Ov. Petre | Stadium: Municipal Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu |
16 March 2008 Round 23 | Steaua București | 1 – 0 | Unirea Urziceni | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Habibou 82' | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 21,126 Referee: Ionel Ivan |
20 March 2008 Round 24 | Rapid București | 0 – 3 Match awarded 3 – 0 to Steaua București due to forfeiture. |
Steaua București | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Stadium: Giulești Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu |
23 March 2008 Round 25 | Steaua București | 2 – 1 | UTA Arad | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Pepe Moreno 65' Badea 90+1' |
7' Mihuț | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Lucian Dan |
30 March 2008 Round 26 | Vaslui | 0 – 1 | Steaua București | Vaslui |
---|---|---|---|---|
16:00 | 66' Pepe Moreno | Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 10,000 Referee: István Kovács |
6 April 2008 Round 27 | Steaua București | 2 – 0 | Dacia Mioveni | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Goian 49' Pepe Moreno 56' |
Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Victor Berbecaru |
10 April 2008 Round 28 | Gloria Bistrița | 1 – 3 | Steaua București | Reghin |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:00 | Toma 44' | 19', 24' Dică 62' (o.g.) Hadzibulic |
Stadium: Avântul Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Tiberiu Lajos |
14 April 2008 Round 29 | Steaua București | 4 – 0 | Universitatea Cluj | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Pleșan 7' Golański 66' Neaga 90+1' Dayro Moreno 90+3' |
Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu |
19 April 2008 Round 30 | Oțelul Galați | 0 – 1 | Steaua București | Galați |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:00 | 76' Pleșan | Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj |
22 April 2008 Round 31 | Steaua București | 1 – 1 | Politehnica Știința Timișoara | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Goian 49' | 65' Bucur | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu |
26 April 2008 Round 32 | Universitatea Craiova | 1 – 2 | Steaua București | Craiova |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:00 | Prepeliță 77' | 75' Pepe Moreno 83' Dayro Moreno |
Stadium: Extensiv Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan |
4 May 2008 Round 33 | Dinamo București | 2 – 1 | Steaua București | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Bratu 30' Dănciulescu 52' |
75' Ghionea | Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
7 May 2008 Round 34 | Steaua București | 5 – 0 | Gloria Buzău | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
17:00 | Pepe Moreno 20' Dayro Moreno 62', 77' Neaga 67' Mendoza 72' |
Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj |
Cupa României
Results
26 September 2007 Round of 32 | Bacău | 0 – 4 | Steaua București | Bacău |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | 38', 56', 83' Zaharia 61' (pen.) Badea |
Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor |
6 December 2007 Round of 16 | Unirea Urziceni | 2 – 0 | Steaua București | Urziceni |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Petre 18' Negru 46' |
Stadium: Tineretului Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan |
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds
Second qualifying round
31 July 2007 First leg | Zagłębie Lubin | 0 – 1 | Steaua București | Lubin |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | 54' Goian | Stadium: Górniczy Ośrodek Sportu Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey) |
8 August 2007 Second leg | Steaua București | 2 – 1 (3 – 1 agg.) |
Zagłębie Lubin | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Nicoliță 38' Zaharia 82' |
29' Stasiak | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England) |
Third qualifying round
15 August 2007 First leg | BATE Borisov | 2 – 2 | Steaua București | Borisov |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:00 | Radzkow 40' Bliznyuk 90+3' |
58' Goian 84' Dică |
Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy) |
29 August 2007 Second leg | Steaua București | 2 – 0 (4 – 2 agg.) |
BATE Borisov | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:30 | Zaharia 12' Neaga 54' |
Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 24,254 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands) |
Group stage
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sevilla | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 |
Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 |
Slavia Prague | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 5 |
Steaua București | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 1 |
Results
19 September 2007 Matchday 1 | Slavia Prague | 2 – 1 | Steaua București | Prague |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Šenkeřík 13' Belaid 63' |
33' Goian | Stadium: Evžena Rošického Attendance: 15,723 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) |
2 October 2007 Matchday 2 | Steaua București | 0 – 1 | Arsenal | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
21:45 | 76' van Persie | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,807 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) |
23 October 2007 Matchday 3 | Sevilla | 2 – 1 | Steaua București | Seville |
---|---|---|---|---|
20:45 | Kanouté 5' Luís Fabiano 17' |
63' Ov. Petre | Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 28,945 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy) |
7 November 2007 Matchday 4 | Steaua București | 0 – 2 | Sevilla | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
21:45 | 25', 65' Renato | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 11,027 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany) |
27 November 2007 Matchday 5 | Steaua București | 1 – 1 | Slavia Prague | București |
---|---|---|---|---|
21:45 | Badea 12' | 78' Šenkeřík | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Alain Hamer, (Luxembourg) |
12 December 2007 Matchday 6 | Arsenal | 2 – 1 | Steaua București | London |
---|---|---|---|---|
19:45 | Diaby 8' Bendtner 42' |
68' Zaharia | Stadium: Emirates Attendance: 59,786 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia) |
Staff
Management
- Manager: Gheorghe Hagi (resigned), Massimo Pedrazzini (sacked), Marius Lăcătuș
- Assistant Managers: Mihai Teja, Ioan Naghi, Massimo Pedrazzini
- Goalkeeping Coach: Andrei Speriatu
- Fitness Coach: Horea Codorean
- Medic: Radu Paligora
- Masseur: Cătălin Fandel
Administration
- President: Valeriu Argăseală
- Vicepresident: Iulian Ghiorghișor
- Scouting Manager: Mario Branco
- Marketing Director: Andreea Chiriloiu
- Press Officer: Cătălin Făiniși
Board Room
- Chairman: George Becali
- Vice-Chairman: Teia Sponte
- Board Room Members: Lucian Becali, Vasile Geambazi
- Censor: Victor Manole, Mariana Istudor
- Supplementary Censors: Virgil Laurențiu Găman, Maria Apostoiu
- Stock Holders: Vasile Geambazi (37%), Constantin Geambazi (30%), Cătălin Ciubotă (26%), Tomaida Bădescu (4%), Marius Ianuli (3%)[4]
Youth Centre Staff
- General Manager: Leonard Strizu
- Coordinator: Gigel Gheorghe
- Physiotherapist: George Mărculescu
- Fitness Coach: Ciprian Prună
Notes and references
- ↑ Mihăiță Pleșan played 2 games for Politehnica Știința Timișoara in Liga I before signing and scored 3 goals.
- ↑ Mihai Guriță played 4 games for FC Gloria Buzău in Liga I as a loaned by Steaua București and scored 0 goals.
- ↑ Following 2-matchday suspension from previous season
- ↑ It is assumed though that, given George Becali's influence over the club, these stock holders have been elected by Becali himself as trustworthy people.