2009–10 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București

2009–10 season
President	Valeriu Argăseală
Manager	Cristiano Bergodi Mihai Stoichiță
Liga I	4th
Cupa României	Round of 16
Europa League	Group stage, 4th
Top goalscorer	League: Pantelis Kapetanos (15) All: Pantelis Kapetanos (19)
Highest home attendance	21,446 vs Motherwell (30 July 2009)
Lowest home attendance	800 (approx.) vs Twente (18 December 2009)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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This page covers all relevant details regarding FC Steaua București for all official competitions inside the 2009–10 season. These are Liga I, Cupa României, and UEFA Europa League.

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	UEFA Champions League	4th / Group stage
	Liga I	6th
	Cupa României	Round of 32

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Rufay	31	Non-EU	2007[1]	66	0	2011[1]	€0.5M
2	CB		Parpas	24	EU	2010	0	0	2010	Undisclosed
3	LB		Emeghara	26	Non-EU	2007[2]	12	0	2011[2]	€1.2M	Also plays as RB
4	RB		Golański	27	EU	2007[3]	37	1	2010[3]	€1M
5	CB		Zhelev	30	EU	2010	0	0	2011	Ochiroșii
7	RW		Székely	27	EU	2008[4]	16	1	2013[4]	€1.5M	Also plays as LW
8	DM		Ov. Petre	28	EU	2006[5]	56	4	2011[5]	€1M
9	FW		Kapetanos	26	EU	2008	23	11	Undisclosed	Free
10	AM		Tănase	23	EU	2009[6]	0	0	2014[6]	€1.8M	Also plays as LW, RW and CM 50% of next sale will go to Argeș Pitești
11	FW		A. Karamyan	30	Non-EU	2010	0	0	2010	Free
12	GK		Tătărușanu	24	EU	2008	0	0	2013	€1.5M
14	AM		Toja	25	Non-EU	2008	23	2	2011	€0.58M
15	CB		Tudose	23	EU	2005	2	0	2011	Undisclosed
16	RW		Nicoliță	25	EU	2005[7]	128	17	2010[7]	Undisclosed	Also plays as LW and RB
17	CB		Baciu	29	EU	2004	70	1	2011	€0.23M	FCM Bacău should receive €0.4M if Baciu is transferred or becomes free player
18	LB		P. Marin (C)	36	EU	2004	107	1	2010	€0.04M	Also plays as RB
19	CM		Pleșan	27	EU	2007	22	2	2012	€1.3M
20	CB		Tall	25	Non-EU	2010	0	0	2010	Undisclosed
22	FW		Pepe	28	Non-EU	2010	15	5	2010	Undisclosed
24	FW		Surdu	26	EU	2007[8]	12	0	2011[8]	Undisclosed	Also plays as LW
26	CM		Eric	22	EU	2007	15	1	2012	Undisclosed
28	FW		Stancu	22	EU	2008	29	11	2012	€1M	Also plays as SS 50% of next sale will go to Giovani Becali
77	LW		Karamyan	30	Non-EU	2010	0	0	2010	Free
Players from Steaua II
21	AM		Fl. Matei	17	EU	2010	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
27	DM		Iacob	21	EU	2009	0	0	2012	Youth system	Also plays as CB
32	LB		Filip	19	EU	2009	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
Players sold or loaned out during the season
3	CB		Goian (VC)	30	EU	2005[9]	104	6	2010[9]	€0.1M + €1M
5	CB		Rada	27	EU	2007[10]	21	1	2010[10]	Undisclosed	Also plays as LB
10	LW		Grzelak	27	EU	2009	0	0	2010	Undisclosed
19	AM		A. Ionescu	22	EU	2008	8	0	2013	€0.5M	50% of next sale will go to U Craiova
20	LB		Tininho	29	EU	2009[11]	0	0	2010[11]	Free
21	LW		Ochiroșii	21	EU	2005	22	2	2012	Youth system
23	AM		Dayro M.	24	Non-EU	2008	38	10	2012	€1.4M	Also plays as FW 20% of his next transfer fee will be owned to Once Caldas
24	CB		Ghionea (captain)	31	EU	2002	117	2	Undisclosed	Free
25	DM		Onicaș	20	EU	2009	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
31	CB		Ninu	23	EU	2007	0	0	2010	€0.4M	Also plays as RB and LB
33	GK		Cezar	22	EU	2009	0	0	2010	Youth system
99	FW		Bibishkov	27	EU	2009[12]	0	0	2012[12]	Free

• Last updated: 12:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
• Source: Steaua News

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
12	GK		Tătărușanu	23	EU	Gloria Bistrița	Loan return	Summer	2013	—
82	GK		Vâtcă	27	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
31	RB		Ninu	22	EU	Gloria Bistrița	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
5	CB		Rada	26	EU	Otopeni	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
11	FW		Surdu	25	EU	Brașov	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
—	FW		Simion	23	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
2	RB		Bălan	29	EU	Alki Larnaca	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
10	LW		Grzelak	27	EU	Skoda Xanthi	Loan	Summer	2010	Undisclosed	FCSB
99	FW		Bibishkov	26	EU	Litex Lovech	Free transfer	Summer	2012	Free	FCSB
20	LB		Tininho	28	EU	Belenenses	Free transfer	Summer	2010	Free	FCSB
27	DM		Iacob	20	EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	Undisclosed	—
6	AM		Tănase	22	EU	Argeș Pitești	Transfer	Summer	2014	€1.8M	FCSB
23	AM		Dayro M.	24	Non-EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	2012	—
22	CM		Pleșan	26	EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	2012	—
—	RB		Bălan	30	EU	Aris Limassol	Loan return	Winter	2010	—
5	CB		Zhelev	30	EU	Oțelul Galați	Swap	Winter	2011	Ochiroșii	FCSB
11	FW		A. Karamyan	30	Non-EU	Politehnica Timișoara	Free transfer	Winter	2010	Free	FCSB
77	LW		Karamyan	30	Non-EU	Politehnica Timișoara	Free transfer	Winter	2010	Free	FCSB
2	CB		Parpas	24	EU	AEL Limassol	Loan	Winter	2010	Undisclosed	FCSB
22	FW		Pepe	28	EU	Independiente	Loan	Winter	2010	Undisclosed	FCSB
20	CB		Tall	24	Non-EU	APOP Kinyras	Loan	Winter	2010	Undisclosed	FCSB

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	RB		Ogăraru	29	EU	Ajax	End of loan	Summer	—
30	DM		Tiago Gomes	23	EU	Estrela da Amadora	End of loan	Summer	—
—	FW		Simion	22	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—
12	GK		Cernea	33	EU	Unirea Alba Iulia	Mutual termination	Summer	Free	FCSB
11	FW		Lițu	22	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—
20	DM		Lovin	27	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
23	CM		Pleșan	26	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
9	FW		Semedo	30	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
10	AM		Dayro M.	23	Non-EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
22	FW		Pedriel	22	Non-EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
27	LB		Filip	18	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—
29	FW		Rusu	19	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—
82	GK		Vâtcă	27	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Loaned out	Summer	Undisclosed
2	RB		Bălan	30	EU	Aris Limassol	Loaned out	Summer	Undisclosed	FCSB
3	CB		Goian	28	EU	Palermo	Transfer	Summer	€2M	FCSB
20	LB		Tininho	28	EU	Leixões	Contract termination	Summer	Free	FCSB
5	CB		Rada	27	EU	Al NJasr	Transfer	Winter	€0.27M	FCSB
21	LW		Ochiroșii	20	EU	Oțelul Galați	Swap	Winter	Zhelev +50%	FCSB
—	RB		Bălan	30	EU	SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk	Loaned out	Winter	Undisclosed
24	CB		Ghionea	30	EU	Rostov	Transfer	Winter	€0.1M	FCSB
27	DM		Iacob	20	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Winter	—
10	LW		Grzelak	27	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Winter	—
99	FW		Bibishkov	27	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Winter	—
25	DM		Onicaș	20	EU	Politehnica Iași	Loaned out	Winter	Undisclosed	FCSB
31	CB		Ninu	23	EU	Farul Constanța	Loaned out	Winter	Undisclosed	FCSB
19	AM		Ionescu	21	EU	Politehnica Iași	Loaned out	Winter	Undisclosed	FCSB
23	AM		Dayro M.	24	Non-EU	Once Caldas	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
33	GK		Cezar	21	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Winter	—

Spending Summer: €1.8 million Winter: €0 million Total: €1.8 million

Income Summer: €2 million Winter: €0.37 million Total: €2.37 million

Statistics

Player stats

				Total				UEFA Europa League		Liga I		Cupa României
N	P	Name	Nat.	GS	App		Min	App		App		App		Notes
1	GK	Rufay		28	28	-28	—	8	-8	19	-20	1
2	CB	Parpas		12	13		—			13
3	LB	Emeghara		10	12		—	1		11				GS: 7 RB, 3 LB
4	RB	Golański		26	28	1	—	7		21	1			GS: 24 RB, 1 CB, 1 DM
5	CB	Zhelev		16	16	1	—			16	1
7	RW	Székely		31	33	6	—	10	1	21	5	2		GS: 24 RW, 5 LW, 2 CM
8	DM	Ov. Petre		18	19	1	—			18	1	1		GS: 17 DM, 1 CB
9	FW	Kapetanos		32	41	19	—	10	2	30	15	1	2
10	AM	Tănase		16	26	1	—	4		21	1	1		GS: 5 AM, 4 RW, 4 FW, 3 LW
11	FW	A. Karamyan		8	13	5	—			13	5			GS: 8 LW
12	GK	Tătărușanu		20	20	-17	—	4	-1	15	-16	1
14	AM	Toja		27	36	2	—	8	1	28	1			GS: 25 AM, 2 LW
15	CB	Tudose		8	12		—	3		8		1
16	RW	Nicoliță		39	40	5	—	11	3	28	2	1		GS: 20 LW, 18 RW, 1 RB
17	CB	Baciu		22	26		—	7		17		2		GS: 20 CB, 1 RB, 1 cm
18	LB	P. Marin		36	38	2	—	8	1	29	1	1		GS: 32 LB, 4 RB
19	CM	Pleșan		13	19	1	—			18	1	1
20	CB	Tall					—
22	FW	Pepe			6		—			6
24	FW	Surdu		26	43	6	—	10	1	32	5	1
26	CM	Eric		11	15		—	6		7		2
28	FW	Stancu		32	35	14	—	9	6	25	8	1
77	LW	Karamyan		4	8		—			8				GS: 3 LB, 1 LW
Players from Steaua II
21	AM	Fl. Matei			2		—			2
27	DM	Iacob		1	3		—	1		2
32	LB	Filip		1	2		—			2
Players sold or loaned out during the season
3	CB	Goian		4	4		—	3		1
5	CB	Rada		19	19		—	6		11		2		GS: 14 CB, 5 LB
10	LW	Grzelak		4	13	1	—	6	1	6		1
19	AM	A. Ionescu		12	18		—	9		8		1
20	LB	Tininho			1		—	1
21	LW	Ochiroșii		3	13	1	—	6	1	5		2
23	AM	Dayro M.		4	9	2	—	3		5	2	1		GS: 4 FW
24	CB	Ghionea		22	22		—	9		12		1
25	DM	Onicaș		11	19		—	9		8		2
31	CB	Ninu		10	13		—	7		6				GS: 8 RB, 2 LB
33	GK	Cezar					—
99	FW	Bibishkov		3	5		—	3		1		1

Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, FCSB
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
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Shirt numbers changed during the season

Player	New number	Old number
Emeghara	3	30
Tănase	10	6
Surdu	24	11
Pleșan	19	22

Goalscorers

Key

	Player left the club in mid-season
	Player joined the club in mid-season

Player	Liga I	Cupa României	Europa League	Fixture Total	Friendlies	Total
Pantelis Kapetanos	15	2	2	19	3	22
Bogdan Stancu	8	0	6	14	3	17
János Székely	5	0	1	6	2	8
Romeo Surdu	5	0	1	6	4	10
Bănel Nicoliță	2	0	3	5	0	5
Arman Karamyan	5	0	0	5	0	5
Juan Carlos Toja	1	0	1	2	2	4
Dayro Moreno	2	0	0	2	1	3
Petre Marin	1	0	0	1	0	1
Cristian Tănase	1	0	0	1	2	3
Ovidiu Petre	1	0	0	1	0	1
Mihăiță Pleșan	1	0	0	1	0	1
Zhivko Zhelev	1	0	0	1	0	1
Paweł Golański	1	0	0	1	0	1
Rafał Grzelak	0	0	1	1	0	1
Petre Marin	0	0	1	1	0	1
Răzvan Ochiroșii	0	0	1	1	0	1
Ionuț Rada	0	0	0	0	1	1
Andrei Ionescu	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals
Stephen Craigan	0	0	1	1	0	1

Last updated:15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: FCSB

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
43	4-4-2	UEL1, UEL2, UEL3, 1, UEL4, 2, 3, UEL5, 4, UEL6, 5, 6, UEL7, 7, CR1, 8, 10, UEL9, 11, 12, UEL10, 14, 15, 16, 17, UEL12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
2	4-3-3	UEL8, 9
2	3-4-3	CR2, UEL11
1	3-5-2	13

Last updated: 12:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Rufay 28 18 LB P. Marin 32 +4 as RB 17 CB Baciu 20 +1 as RB, +1 as CM 24 CB Ghionea 22 4 RB Golański 24 +1 as CB, +1 as DM 8 DM Ov. Petre 17 + 1 as CB 16 LW Nicoliță 20 +18 as RW, +1 as RB 14 AM Toja 25 +2 as LW 7 RW Székely 24 +5 as LW, +2 as CM 9 FW Kapetanos 32 28 FW Stancu 32

Rufay P. Marin Baciu Ghionea Golański Ov. Petre Nicoliță Toja Székely Kapetanos Stancu

Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
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).

Squad stats

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	48	23	25
Games won	25	13	12
Games drawn	13	6	7
Games lost	10	4	6
Biggest win	3–0 vs Motherwell 3–0 vs St Patrick's	3–0 vs Motherwell 3–0 vs St Patrick's	4–2 vs Gaz Metan 3–1 vs Motherwell 2–0 vs Ceahlăul 2–0 vs Bacău 2–0 vs Iași 2–0 vs Internațional
Biggest lose	5–1 vs Rapid	3–1 vs Ceahlăul	5–1 vs Rapid
Clean sheets	21	11	10
Goals scored	69	35	34
Goals conceded	45	18	27
Goal difference	+24	+17	+7
Top scorer	Kapetanos (19)	11	8
Winning rate	52.08%	56.52%	48%

Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: Competitive matches

International appearances

Player	Country	Appearances	Goals
Arman Karamyan	Armenia	v.  Belarus
Artavazd Karamyan	Armenia	v.  Belarus
Pantelis Kapetanos	Greece	v.  Senegal v.  North Korea v.  Paraguay
Romeo Surdu	Romania	v.  Hungary v.  France v.  Austria
Bogdan Stancu	Romania	v. None^1
Ciprian Tătărușanu	Romania	v. None^2
Bănel Nicoliță	Romania	v.  Poland v.  Israel
Cristian Tănase	Romania	v.  Poland v.  Ukraine v.  Macedonia
Paweł Golański	Poland	v.  Northern Ireland
Mihai Onicaș	Romania U-21	v. Andorra U-21 v. Moldova U-21
Eric Bicfalvi	Romania U-21	v. Moldova U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Faroe Islands U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Poland U-21	v. Faroe Islands U-21
Răzvan Ochiroșii	Romania U-21	v. Andorra U-21 v. Moldova U-21 v. Faroe Islands U-21	v. Moldova U-21
Andrei Ionescu	Romania U-21	v. Andorra U-21 v. Moldova U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Faroe Islands U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Poland U-21	v. Faroe Islands U-21
Cezar Lungu	Romania U-21	v. Faroe Islands U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Poland U-21 v. Israel U-21
Ciprian Tătărușanu	Romania U-23	v. Italy U-23

Notes

• ^1 Bogdan Stancu was called for Romania's game against Hungary, but in the championship match was injured and Lucescu dropped him from team.
• ^2 Ciprian Tătărușanu was called for the Romania's game against Hungary and Faroe Islands, but was not capped.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Liga I	—	4th	2 August 2009	22 May 2010
Cupa României	Round of 32	Round of 16	22 September 2009	28 October 2009
Europa League	Second qualifying round	4th / Group stage	16 July 2009	17 December 2009

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
2	Unirea Urziceni	34	18	12	4	53	26	+27	66	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Vaslui	34	18	8	8	44	28	+16	62	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Play-off round	VAS 2–1 STE STE 2–1 VAS
4	Steaua București	34	18	8	8	49	36	+13	62
5	Politehnica Timișoara	34	15	14	5	55	27	+28	59	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6	Dinamo București	34	13	14	7	48	37	+11	53	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1

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
¹Because the finalists of 2009–10 Cupa României, CFR Cluj and Vaslui finished the league 5th or higher, 6th-placed team qualified for the second qualifying round of 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
(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 summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	18	8	8	49	36	+13	62	10	4	3	26	16	+10	8	4	5	23	20	+3

Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC).
Source: FCSB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	HR	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W
Position	2	2	8	5	9	5	3	5	6	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	4

Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC).
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Match	Date	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Pos.	Pts.	GD	Report
1	2 August 2009	A	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	2 – 0	2	3	+2
2	9 August 2009	H	CFR Cluj	2 – 2	2	4	+2
3	16 August 2009	H	Unirea Urziceni	0 – 1	8	4	+1
4	23 August 2009	A	Oțelul Galați	1 – 0	5	7	+2
5	30 August 2009	H	Dinamo București	0 – 1	9	7	+1
6	13 September 2009	A	Gaz Metan Mediaș	4 – 2	5	10	+3
7	20 September 2009	H	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1 – 0	3	13	+4
8	26 September 2009	A	Brașov	0 – 0	5	14	+4
9	4 October 2009	H	Gloria Bistrița	1 – 1	6	15	+4
10	17 October 2009	A	Politehnica Iași	2 – 0	4	18	+6
11	25 October 2009	H	Rapid București	1 – 1	4	19	+6
12	31 October 2009	A	Politehnica Timișoara	1 – 0	3	22	+7
13	9 November 2009	H	Unirea Alba Iulia	2 – 0	2	25	+9
14	21 November 2009	A	Astra Ploiești	1 – 2	4	25	+8
15	29 November 2009	H	Vaslui	2 – 1	3	28	+9
16	7 December 2009	A	Universitatea Craiova	2 – 1	4	31	+10
17	12 December 2009	H	Internațional Curtea de Argeș	3 – 2	3	34	+11
18	20 February 2010	H	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1 – 3	3	34	+9
19	28 February 2010	A	CFR Cluj	1 – 1	4	35	+9
20	7 March 2010	A	Unirea Urziceni	2 – 2	3	36	+9
21	12 March 2010	H	Oțelul Galați	1 – 0	2	39	+10
22	17 March 2010	A	Dinamo București	0 – 2	3	39	+8
23	21 March 2010	H	Gaz Metan Mediaș	2 – 0	3	42	+10
24	26 March 2010	A	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0 – 0	3	43	+10
25	2 April 2010	H	Brașov	1 – 0	3	46	+11
26	7 April 2010	A	Gloria Bistrița	2 – 1	2	49	+12
27	12 April 2010	H	Politehnica Iași	2 – 1	2	52	+13
28	18 April 2010	A	Rapid București	1 – 5	2	52	+9
29	25 April 2010	H	Politehnica Timișoara	3 – 3	3	53	+9
30	1 May 2010	A	Unirea Alba Iulia	1 – 2	5	53	+8
31	5 May 2010	HR	Astra Ploiești	2 – 0	5	56	+10
32	10 May 2010	A	Vaslui	1 – 2	5	56	+9
33	16 May 2010	H	Universitatea Craiova	2 – 0	5	59	+11
34	22 May 2010	A	Internațional Curtea de Argeș	2 – 0	4	62	+13

Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: FCSB
¹Steaua București goals come first.
Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Steaua București.
Pos. = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Cupa României

Results

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	23 September 2009	CR	R32	A	FCM Bacău	2 – 0
2	28 October 2009	CR	R16	A	Gloria Bistrița	0 – 0 (4 – 5 pen.)

Last updated: 28 October 2009
Source: FCSB
¹Steaua București goals come first.
Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Steaua București.
Pos. = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	16 July 2009	UEL	QR2	H	Újpest	2 – 0
2	23 July 2009	UEL	QR2	A	Újpest	2 – 1
3	30 July 2009	UEL	QR3	H	Motherwell	3 – 0
4	6 August 2009	UEL	QR3	AR	Motherwell	3 – 1
5	20 August 2009	UEL	PR	H	St Patrick's Athletic	3 – 0
6	27 August 2009	UEL	PR	AR	St Patrick's Athletic	2 – 1

Last updated: 17 December 2009
Source: FCSB
¹Steaua București goals come first.
Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Steaua București.
Pos. = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Group stage

Group H standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fenerbahçe	6	5	0	1	8	3	+5	15
Twente	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8
Sheriff Tiraspol	6	1	2	3	4	5	−1	5
Steaua București	6	0	4	2	3	6	−3	4

Results

Corner kick during a match with Újpest FC.

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	17 September 2009	UEL	GS	H	Sheriff Tiraspol	0 – 0
2	1 October 2009	UEL	GS	A	Twente	0 – 0
3	22 October 2009	UEL	GS	H	Fenerbahçe	0 – 1
4	5 November 2009	UEL	GS	A	Fenerbahçe	1 – 3
5	2 December 2009	UEL	GS	A	Sheriff Tiraspol	1 – 1
6	17 December 2009	UEL	GS	H	Twente	1 – 1

Last updated: 17 December 2009
Source: FCSB
¹Steaua București goals come first.
Ground's country's flag and opponent's country's flag shown when from a different country of Steaua București.
Pos. = Position in league, Pts. = Points, GD = Goal difference, Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

Non competitive matches

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score^1	Report
1	1 July	Friendly	—	N	Celje	3 – 0
2	3 July	Friendly	—	N	Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)	2 – 0
3	5 July	Friendly	—	N	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 0
4	7 July	Friendly	—	N	CSKA Sofia	1 – 2
5	11 July	Friendly	—	H	Gençlerbirliği	0 – 0
6	11 October	Friendly	—	N	FC Snagov	3 – 0
8	26 January	Friendly	—	N	Red Bull Salzburg	1 – 1
9	1 February	Friendly	—	N	Vasas	2 – 0
10	5 February	Friendly	—	N	Rijeka	1 – 1
11	7 February	Friendly	—	N	Lokomotiv Sofia	3 – 2
12	9 February	Friendly	—	N	Terek Grozny	0 – 2
13	11 February	Friendly	—	N	BATE Borisov	2 – 0

Last updated: 20:54, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
Source: FCSB
¹Steaua goals come first.
National flags for Ground and Opponent columns are only shown when different to that of Steaua.
M = Match; Ground: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral, HR = Home replacement, AR = Away replacement.

UEFA Club rankings

This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2008–09.^[13]

Rank	Team	Points	Mvmnt
27	Panathinaikos	56.633	(+10)
28	Glasgow Rangers	56.575	(–4)
29	Tottenham	55.899	(+4)
30	Newcastle	54.899	(–16)
31	Ajax	54.825	(+12)
32	Steaua București	53.781	(–3)
33	Espanyol	52.853	(–7)
34	Olympiacos	52.632	(+10)
35	Fenerbahçe	52.445	(+10)
36	Bayer Leverkusen	51.339	(–4)
37	Basel	51.050	(+5)

Staff

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Mihai Stoichiță (from 18 Sept.)
Head Coach	Cristiano Bergodi (until 17 Sept.)
Assistant Coach	Mihai Teja
General Manager	Basarab Panduru (from 14 Sept)
Sports Manager	Renzo Rossi (until 17 Sept.)
Team Manager	Marius Ianuli
Goalkeeping Coach	Andrei Speriatu
Fitness Coach	Ionel Colonel
Fitness Coach	Horea Codorean
Medic	Radu Paligora
Medic Assistant	Iulian Mircea
Masseur	Ion Budugă
Masseur	Constantin Moroiu
Masseur	Cătălin Fandel

Last updated: 13:44, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Source: FCSB

Other information

Owner	George Becali
President	Valeriu Argăseală
Vice-Chairman	Teia Sponte
Vicepresident	Iulian Ghiorghișor
Executive Director	Ovidiu Costeșin
Marketing Director	Bobby Durbac
Press Officer	Cătălin Făiniși
Board Room Member	Lucian Becali
Board Room Member	Vasile Geambazi
Censor	Victor Manole
Censor	Mariana Istudor
Supplementary Censor	Virgil Laurențiu Găman
Supplementary Censor	Maria Apostoiu
Stock Holder	Vasile Geambazi (37%)[14][15]
Stock Holder	Constantin Geambazi (30%)[14][15]
Stock Holder	Cătălin Ciubotă (26%)[14][15]
Stock Holder	Tomaida Bădescu (4%)[14][15]
Stock Holder	Marius Ianuli (3%)[14][15]

Last updated: 9 August 2009
Source: FCSB

Notes and references

1. Steaua a transferat un nou portar
2. Emeghara, stelist cu acte in regula
3. Pawel Golanski a semnat pentru Steaua
4. Janos Sezekly, primul transfer
5. Thereau si Ovidiu Petre, prezentati de Campioana Romaniei
6. Cristian Tanase a semnat cu Steaua
7. Nicolita, din vara la Steaua
8. A semnat Surdu!
9. Dorin Goian a semnat cu Steaua
10. Rada si Zaharia, noile achizitii!
11. Steaua l-a transferat pe Miguel Tininho
12. Krum Bibishkov, noul jucator al Stelei!
13. "UEFA Team Ranking 2009". xs4all.nl. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
14. "Cine mai conduce Steaua". Retrieved 11 June 2007.
15. 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.