The 2007–08 season was the 60th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României and the UEFA Champions League.[1]
2007–08 season | |||
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Owner | George Becali | ||
President | Valeriu Argăseală | ||
Head coach | Gheorghe Hagi Massimo Pedrazzini Marius Lăcătuș | ||
Stadium | Stadionul Steaua | ||
Liga I | 2nd | ||
Cupa României | Round of 16 | ||
Champions League | Group stage | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Nicolae Dică (9) All: Nicolae Dică (10) | ||
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Players
editTransfers
editIn
editOut
editTotal income: €5,06M | ||
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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
editStatistics
editPlayer stats
editNo. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Liga I | Cupa României | UEFA Champions League | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | COL | Róbinson Zapata | 42 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
3 | DF | ROU | Dorin Goian | 31 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
4 | DF | POL | Paweł Golański | 27 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
5 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Rada | 28 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
6 | MF | ROU | Mirel Rădoi | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
8 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Petre | 35 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
9 | FW | ROU | Valentin Badea | 24 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
10 | FW | ROU | Nicolae Dică | 40 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
11 | FW | CAF | Habib Habibou | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | GK | ROU | Cornel Cernea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | DF | NGA | Ifeanyi Emeghara | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
15 | DF | ROU | Mihai Neșu | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
16 | MF | ROU | Bănel Nicoliță | 35 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
17 | DF | ROU | Eugen Baciu | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 | DF | ROU | Petre Marin | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
20 | MF | ROU | Florin Lovin | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
21 | FW | ROU | Răzvan Ochiroșii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | FW | COL | Pepe Moreno | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | MF | ROU | Mihăiță Pleșan[notes 1] | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
24 | DF | ROU | Sorin Ghionea | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | FW | ROU | Adrian Neaga | 35 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
27 | FW | COL | Dayro Moreno | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | FW | PER | Andrés Mendoza | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
82 | GK | ROU | Cosmin Vâtcă | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
84 | FW | ROU | Romeo Surdu | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Players sold or loaned out during the season | |||||||||||
2 | DF | ROU | Emil Ninu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ROU | Eric Bicfalvi | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
11 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Boștină | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | MF | ROU | Vasilică Cristocea | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
19 | FW | ROU | Victoraș Iacob | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
26 | MF | ROU | Marius Croitoru | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
26 | FW | NGA | Dino Eze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | MF | ROU | Valentin Bădoi | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
30 | FW | ROU | Dorel Zaharia | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
31 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Iacob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | FW | ROU | Mihai Guriță[notes 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Competitions
editOverall record
editCompetition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
Liga I | 27 July 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 67.65 |
Cupa României | 26 September 2007 | 6 December 2007 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 50.00 |
UEFA Champions League | 31 July 2007 | 12 December 2007 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 30.00 |
Total | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 58.70 |
Source: Competitions
Liga I
editLeague table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Steaua București | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Rapid București | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 61[a] | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
4 | Dinamo București | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 61[a] | |
5 | Unirea Urziceni | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 61[a] |
Source: LT (in 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.
(C) Champions
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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
Results summary
editOverall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 14 | +6 |
Source: LT
Results by round
editMatches
edit27 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)[notes 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 | FC U 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 (Awarded) | Steaua București | București |
20:30 | Săpunaru 68' | Stadium: Giulești Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu | ||
Note: The match was interrupted in 72nd minute because the referee was hit with an object from the stands, by the fans of Rapid, even the hosts were leading with 1–0; the match was awarded with 3–0 for Steaua. |
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 | FC U 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
editResults
edit26 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
editQualifying rounds
editSecond qualifying round
edit31 July 2007 First leg | Zagłębie Lubin | 0–1 | Steaua București | Lubin, Poland |
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, Romania |
20:30 | Nicoliță 38' Zaharia 82' |
29' Stasiak | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England) |
Third qualifying round
edit15 August 2007 First leg | BATE Borisov | 2–2 | Steaua București | Borisov, Belarus |
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, Romania |
20:30 | Zaharia 12' Neaga 54' |
Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 24,254 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands) |
Group stage
edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEV | ARS | SLV | STE | |
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1 | Sevilla | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | |
2 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | 3–0 | — | 7–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | |
4 | Steaua București | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
Source: RSSSF
Results
edit19 September 2007 Matchday 1 | Slavia Prague | 2–1 | Steaua București | Prague, Czech Republic |
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, Romania |
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, Spain |
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, Romania |
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, Romania |
21:45 | Badea 12' | 78' Šenkeřík | Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg) |
Staff
editManagement
edit- Manager: Gheorghe Hagi (resigned), Massimo Pedrazzini (sacked), Marius Lăcătuș
- Assistant managers: Mihai Teja, Ioan Nagy, Massimo Pedrazzini
- Goalkeeping coach: Andrei Speriatu
- Fitness Coach: Horea Codorean
- Medic: Radu Paligora
- Masseur: Cătălin Fandel
Administration
edit- President: Valeriu Argăseală
- Vicepresident: Iulian Ghiorghișor
- Scouting manager: Mario Branco
- Marketing director: Andreea Chiriloiu
- Press Officer: Cătălin Făiniși
- Team Manager: Marius Ianuli
- Sporting Director: Adrian Ilie
Board Room
edit- 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%)[notes 4]
Youth Centre staff
edit- General manager: Leonard Strizu
- Coordinator: Gigel Gheorghe
- Physiotherapist: George Mărculescu
- Fitness Coach: Ciprian Prună
Notes and references
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
References
edit- ^ a b "Steaua Bucuresti 2007/2008". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "FCSB >> Squad 2007/2008". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Steaua Bucarest 2007/2008". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.