2023–24 FC Rapid București season

The 2023–24 FC Rapid București season is the club's 101st season in existence and the second consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Rapid București are participating in this season's edition of the Cupa României.. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

FC Rapid București
2023–24 season
OwnerDan Sucu,Victor Angelescu
ChairmanDaniel Niculae
ManagerNeil Lennon
StadiumSuperbet Arena
Liga I3rd
Cupa RomânieiGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Albion Rrahmani (9)
All: Albion Rrahmani (9)
Highest home attendance12,499 (vs Petrolul Ploiesti)
Lowest home attendance10,644 (vs FC Botosani)
Average home league attendance11,974
Biggest win4–0 (vs Dinamo Bucuresti)
Biggest defeat0–2 (vs Petrolul Ploiesti)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 1 September 2023.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 1 September 2023[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF   EST Mattias Käit
6 DF   ROU Paul Iacob
7 FW   NGA Funsho Bamgboye
9 FW   KOS Albion Rrahmani
10 MF   ROU Alexandru Ioniță
11 MF   ESP Borja Valle
15 DF   ROU Iulian Cristea
17 MF   ROU Ștefan Pănoiu
19 DF   ROU Răzvan Onea
21 DF   ROU Dragoș Grigore (3rd captain)
22 DF   ROU Cristian Săpunaru (Captain)
23 MF   ROU Alexandru Albu
24 DF   ROU Andrei Borza
25 MF   BEL Xian Emmers
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF   ROU Răzvan Oaidă
27 FW   ROU Claudiu Petrila (on loan from CFR Cluj)
29 MF   ROU Gabriel Gheorghe
30 FW   ROU Alex Stan
31 GK   ROU Horațiu Moldovan
32 DF   ROU Robert Badescu
47 DF   GER Christopher Braun
70 MF   ROU Eduard Danaila
80 MF   ROU Catalin Cirjan (on loan from Arsenal)
90 GK   ROU Virgil Drăghia (Vice-captain)
91 MF   ROU Omar El Sawy
93 FW   CMR Kevin Soni
96 MF   FRA Jayson Papeau
99 GK   ROU Bogdan Ungureanu

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ROU Codrut Stan (to LPS Clinceni)
DF   ROU Cristian Ignat (to CS Mioveni)
MF   ROU David Iordache (to Cetatea Turnu Magurele)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ROU Andrei Ciobanu (to Poli Iasi)
MF   ROU Alexandru Crivac (to Progresul Spartac)
FW   ROU Claudiu Micovschi (to UTA Arad)

Transfers

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No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
MF   Catalin Cirjan   Arsenal Loan fee 1 July 2023
MF   Borja Valle   Cartagena Free Transfer
MF   Răzvan Oaidă   FCSB
DF   Iulian Cristea
DF   Christopher Braun   CFR Cluj 150,000
MF   Omar El Sawy   Csikszereda 400,000
FW   Claudiu Petrila   CFR Cluj Loan fee 500,000 31 July 2023
FW   Claudiu Micovschi   Avellino Free Transfer 3 August 2023
FW   Albion Rrahmani   Ballkani 600,000 7 August 2023
DF   Andrei Borza   Farul Constanta 800,000 15 August 2023
FW   Kevin Soni Free Agent Free Transfer 12 September 2023
No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
FW   Younes Bnou Marzouk Free Agent Release 1 July 2023
FW   Kevin Luckassen
MF   Hervin Ongenda
DF   Alin Demici   CS Dinamo Bucuresti Free Transfer
FW   Alexandru Despa   CS Tunari
DF   Damien Dussaut   Farul Constanta
FW   Albert Stahl   UTA Arad
MF   Ljuban Crepulja   FC Voluntari
FW   Antonio Sefer   Hapoel Be'er Sheva 500,000
MF   Andrei Ciobanu   Poli Iasi Loan Transfer 26 July 2023
DF   Claudiu Belu Free Transfer 27 July 2023
DF   Cristian Ignat   CS Mioveni Loan Transfer 10 August 2023
MF   Alexandru Crivac   Progresul Spartac 17 August 2023
FW   Valentin Costache   Apollon Limassol 100,000 22 August 2023
FW   Claudiu Micovschi   UTA Arad Loan Transfer 30 August 2023
DF   Florin Ștefan   Sepsi OSK Free Transfer 4 September 2023
FW   Marko Dugandzic   Al-Tai 2,000,000 7 September 2023
DF   Junior Morais   Gaziantep Free Transfer 9 September 2023

Overall transfer activity

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Pre-season and friendlies

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 June 2022 Friendly DAC Streda   1–1   Rapid București
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Spyros Risvanis(38') Paul Iacob(90')
1 July 2022 Friendly Gyor   0–1   Rapid București
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Marko Dugandzic(30')
3 July 2022 Friendly Rača   0–5   Rapid București
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Xian Emmers(4'), Funsho Bamgboye(43'), Mattias Kait(73'), Paul Iacob(77'), Marko Dugandzic(87')

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 14 July 2023 May 2024 Matchday 1 8 4 2 2 18 10 +8 050.00
Cupa României Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 8 4 2 2 18 10 +8 050.00

Last updated: 1 September 2023
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FCSB 30 19 7 4 53 28 +25 64 Qualification to play-off round
2 Rapid București 30 15 10 5 55 32 +23 55
3 CFR Cluj 30 15 8 7 54 29 +25 53
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 13 10 7 47 38 +9 49
5 Farul Constanța 30 11 10 9 37 38 −1 43[a]
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.[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ Head to head points: Farul Constanța 6, Sepsi OSK 0

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.)[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
(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 16 −8 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.)[5] 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

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
8 4 2 2 18 10  +8 14 2 2 1 9 5  +4 2 0 1 9 5  +4

Source: Liga 1

Results by round

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Round12345678
GroundHAHAHHAH
ResultDWDLLWWW
Position1147811753
Source: Liga 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2023.

Cupa României

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Group stage

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2023 1 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
2023 2 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
2023 3 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

References

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  1. ^ "Prima echipa" [First squad] (in Romanian). fcrapid.ro. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. ^ "FC RAPID 1923" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.