2008–09 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București
2008–09 season
President Valeriu Argăseală
Manager Marius Lăcătuș
Massimo Pedrazzini (caretak.)
Dorinel Munteanu
Marius Lăcătuș
Massimo Pedrazzini (caretak.)
Liga I 6th
Cupa României Round of 32
Champions League Group stage, 4th
Top goalscorer League: Pantelis Kapetanos, Bogdan Stancu (11)
All: Pantelis Kapetanos, Bogdan Stancu (11)
Highest home attendance 24,343[1] vs Galatasaray
(27 August 2008)
Lowest home attendance 11,218[1] vs Gloria Buzău
(25 October 2008)
Average home league attendance 14,895[1]
Home colours
Away colours

This page covers all relevant details regarding FC Steaua București for all official competitions inside the 2008–09 season. These are Liga I, Cupa României and UEFA Champions League.

Players

Transfers

In

Total spending: €7,15M
Player From Fee
Romania János Székely Romania Oțelul Galați €1.5M
Romania Bogdan Stancu Germany Unirea Urziceni €1M
Romania Claudiu Ionescu Germany Gloria Buzău Free
Romania Robert Neagoe Romania Dacia Mioveni €0.1M
Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu Romania Gloria Bistrița €1.5M
Portugal Tiago Gomes Portugal Estrela da Amadora Loan
Brazil Arthuro Spain Deportivo Alavés €0.55M
Greece Pantelis Kapetanos Greece AEK Athens Free
Colombia Juan Toja United States Dallas €0.58M
Spain Abel Spain Real Murcia €0.2M
Bolivia Ricardo Pedriel Bolivia Wilstermann €0.17M
Romania George Ogăraru Netherlands Ajax Loan
Romania Andrei Ionescu Romania Universitatea Craiova €0.5M
Portugal António Semedo Romania CFR Cluj €0.95M
Romania Emil Ninu Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Vlad Rusu Romania Steaua II București Promoted
Romania Lucian Filip Romania Steaua II București Promoted
Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Universitatea Cluj €0.1M
Romania Valentin Badea Greece Panserraikos Back from loan
Romania Alexandru Tudose Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Eric Bicfalvi Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Alin Lițu Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Robert Neagoe Romania Gloria Bistrița Back from loan
Romania Cezar Lungu Romania Steaua II București Promoted
Romania Mihai Onicaș Romania Steaua II București Promoted

Out

Total income: €9M
Player New team Fee
Nigeria Dino Eze Romania Gloria Buzău Free
Central African Republic Habib Habibou Belgium Charleroi End of loan
Peru Andrés Mendoza Mexico Monarcas Morelia End of contract
Colombia Pepe Moreno Argentina Independiente End of loan
Romania Nicolae Dică Italy Catania €2M
Brazil André Nunes Brazil Malucelli Released
Romania Claudiu Ionescu Romania Gloria Buzău Free
Romania Mihai Neșu Netherlands Utrecht €1M
Spain Abel Spain Xerez Released
Brazil Arthuro Russia Terek Grozny Released
Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Universitatea Cluj Released
Romania Valentin Badea Romania Steaua II București Second team
Romania Robert Neagoe Romania Steaua II București Second team
Romania Adrian Neaga Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku Released
Romania Mirel Rădoi Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal €6M

Loan out

Player Team Until
Romania Emil Ninu Romania Gloria Buzău September 2008
Romania Alexandru Tudose Romania Gloria Buzău December 2008
Romania Eric Bicfalvi Romania Gloria Buzău December 2008
Romania Alin Lițu Romania Gloria Buzău December 2008
Romania Valentin Badea Greece Panserraikos December 2008
Romania Robert Neagoe Romania Gloria Bistrița January 2009
Romania Ciprian Tătărușanu Romania Gloria Bistrița May 2009
Romania Emil Ninu Romania Gloria Bistrița May 2009
Romania Valentin Simion Romania Pandurii Târgu Jiu May 2009
Romania Romeo Surdu Romania Brașov May 2009
Romania Cosmin Vâtcă Romania Gaz Metan Mediaș May 2009
Romania Ionuț Rada Romania Otopeni May 2009
Romania Daniel Bălan Cyprus Alki Larnaca May 2009

Statistics

Player stats

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLiga I Cupa României UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Colombia Róbinson Zapata 41 -40 33 -26 0 0 8 -14
2 DF Romania George Ogăraru 24 0 20 0 0 0 4 0
3 DF Romania Dorin Goian 33 2 26 1 0 0 7 1
4 DF Poland Paweł Golański 20 0 16 0 1 0 3 0
7 MF Romania János Székely 20 1 16 1 0 0 4 0
8 MF Romania Ovidiu Petre 17 2 11 1 0 0 6 1
9 MF Portugal António Semedo 30 3 24 3 0 0 6 0
10 FW Colombia Dayro Moreno 35 6 27 5 0 0 8 1
11 FW Romania Alin Lițu 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK Romania Cornel Cernea 2 -1 2 -1 0 0 0 0
13 DF Nigeria Ifeanyi Emeghara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Colombia Juan Toja 28 2 23 2 0 0 5 0
15 DF Romania Alexandru Tudose 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Romania Bănel Nicoliță 33 5 26 3 0 0 7 2
17 DF Romania Eugen Baciu 12 0 10 0 1 0 1 0
18 DF Romania Petre Marin 36 0 28 0 0 0 8 0
19 MF Romania Andrei Ionescu 9 0 8 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF Romania Florin Lovin 30 1 23 1 0 0 7 0
21 FW Romania Răzvan Ochiroșii 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0
22 FW Bolivia Ricardo Pedriel 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
23 MF Romania Mihăiță Pleșan 10 0 8 0 1 0 1 0
24 DF Romania Sorin Ghionea 36 0 28 0 1 0 7 0
26 MF Romania Eric Bicfalvi 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW Romania Bogdan Stancu 35 11 29 11 1 0 5 0
30 MF Portugal Tiago Gomes 31 0 24 0 1 0 6 0
31 MF Romania Mihai Onicaș 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
33 GK Romania Cezar Lungu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Romania Lucian Filip 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
35 FW Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 27 11 23 11 0 0 4 0
36 FW Romania Vlad Rusu 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
Players sold or loaned out during the season
5 DF Romania Ionuț Rada 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
6 MF Romania Mirel Rădoi 20 1 13 1 0 0 7 0
9 FW Romania Valentin Badea 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Brazil Arthuro 14 2 9 1 0 0 5 1
15 DF Romania Mihai Neșu 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
19 MF Romania Claudiu Ionescu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW Romania Adrian Neaga 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
26 MF Spain Abel 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Romania Robert Neagoe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Romania Dorinel Munteanu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
82 GK Romania Cosmin Vâtcă 1 -2 0 0 1 -2 0 0
84 FW Romania Romeo Surdu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Winter-break goals
PlayerGoals
Romania Bogdan Stancu 4
Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 3
Romania Ovidiu Petre 2
Romania Alin Lițu
Colombia Dayro Moreno
Brazil Arthuro 1
Romania George Ogăraru
Bolivia Ricardo Pedriel
Pre-season goals
PlayerGoals
Romania Bogdan Stancu 3
Romania János Székely 1
Romania Florin Lovin
Romania Romeo Surdu
Romania Mihăiță Pleșan
Romania Bănel Nicoliță
Romania Valentin Badea
Romania Mirel Rădoi
Romania Adrian Neaga
Colombia Dayro Moreno

Start formations

Qnt Formation Match(es)
17 4-4-1-1 1, 3, TQR1, 4, 5, TQR2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 19, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31
10 4-4-2 2, 8, UCL2, CR32, 12, 17, UCL6, 29, 30, 33
8 4-2-3-1 UCL1, 11, UCL3, 15, 16, UCL5, 32, 34
5 4-1-4-1 18, 20, 23, 24, 25
2 4-3-3 13, UCL4
1 4-3-2-1 14

Last updated: 19:31, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI

No.
Pos
Nat
Name
MS Notes
1 GK Colombia Rufay
18 LB Romania P. Marin
24 CB Romania Ghionea
3 CB Romania Goian
2 RB Romania Ogăraru
14 LW Colombia Toja
10 CM Colombia Dayro Moreno
30 CM Portugal Tiago Gomes
16 RW Romania Nicoliță
28 FW Romania Stancu
35 FW Greece Kapetanos

Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Disciplinary record

No. Player Yellow cardYellow cardRed card Red card
Liga + Cupa UCL Liga + Cupa UCL Liga + Cupa UCL
1 Colombia Róbinson Zapata 1
2 Romania George Ogăraru 8
3 Romania Dorin Goian 10 4
4 Poland Paweł Golański 8 1 1
6 Romania Mirel Rădoi 3 2
7 Romania János Székely 2
8 Romania Ovidiu Petre 2 2
9 Portugal António Semedo 3 1
10 Colombia Dayro Moreno 4 1
11 Romania Alin Lițu 1
11 Brazil Arthuro 2 1
14 Colombia Juan Toja 3 1
15 Romania Mihai Neșu 1
16 Romania Bănel Nicoliță 4 4
17 Romania Eugen Baciu 2
18 Romania Petre Marin 5 1 1
19 Romania Andrei Ionescu 1
20 Romania Florin Lovin 7 2 1 1
21 Romania Răzvan Ochiroșii 2
23 Romania Mihăiță Pleșan 1
24 Romania Sorin Ghionea 5 1
25 Romania Adrian Neaga 1
28 Romania Bogdan Stancu 3 2
30 Portugal Tiago Gomes 4
35 Greece Pantelis Kapetanos 5 1

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final position / round First match Last match
Liga I 6th 30 July 2008 10 June 2009
Cupa României Round of 32 Round of 32 14 October 2008
Champions League Third qualifying round 4th / Group stage 13 August 2008 10 December 2008

Liga I

Main article: 2008–09 Liga I

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
4 CFR Cluj 34 16 11 7 44 26+18 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
5 Vaslui 34 17 6 11 44 37+7 57 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6 Steaua București 34 14 14 6 44 27+17 56 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round STE 2–1 CRA
CRA 0–0 STE
7 Universitatea Craiova 34 15 11 8 44 25+19 56
8 Rapid București 34 16 7 11 44 34+10 55 RAP 3–1 BRA
BRA 0–0 RAP
9 Brașov 34 14 13 7 35 25+10 55

Source: LPF (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
FC Timișoara were docked 6 points after not respecting a ruling from CAS.[2] However, this decision was revoked by the CAS on 11 June 2009.[3]
1Cupa României 2008-09 winners.
(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.
* Argeș has been relegated to Liga II for next season due to bribery of referees. ** Gaz were originally relegated but will stay in the league due to Argeș being relegated over the bribery scandal.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 14 14 6 44 27 +17 56 9 7 1 28 12 +16 5 7 5 16 15 +1

Last updated: 19:31, 10 June 2009 (UTC).
Source: Betexplorer

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Result L W W W D W W W D D L D D D D D W D L W D W L D W D W W W D L L W D
Position 13 8 7 5 6 4 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 6 6 6 8 7 8 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 6 6

Last updated: 19:31, 10 June 2009 (UTC).
Source: LPF
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Cupa României

Results

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group F standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Bayern 6420124+814
France Lyon 63211410+411
Italy Fiorentina 61325836
Romania Steaua București 601531291
Results

Non competitive matches

Staff

Management

Administration

Board Room

Youth Centre Staff

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Media de spectatori in sezonul 2008-2009" (in Romanian). Steaua. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
  2. "Minus 6" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 4 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  3. "Six points given back to Timisoara". Court of Arbitration for Sports. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
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