2008–09 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București
2008–09 season
Owner	George Becali
President	Valeriu Argăseală
Head coach	Marius Lăcătuș ; Massimo Pedrazzini (caretak.) ; Dorinel Munteanu ; Marius Lăcătuș ; Massimo Pedrazzini (caretak.)
Stadium	Stadionul Steaua
Liga I	6th
Cupa României	Round of 32
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pantelis Kapetanos; Bogdan Stancu (11); All: ; Pantelis Kapetanos; Bogdan Stancu (11)
Highest home attendance	24,343 vs Galatasaray ; (27 August 2008)
Lowest home attendance	11,218 vs Gloria Buzău ; (25 October 2008)
Average home league attendance	14,895
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 season was the 61st season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 61st 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.^[2]

Players

Transfers

In

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

Out

Total income: €9M
Player	New team	Fee
Dino Eze	Gloria Buzău	Free
Habib Habibou	Charleroi	End of loan
Andrés Mendoza	Monarcas Morelia	End of contract
Pepe Moreno	Independiente	End of loan
Nicolae Dică	Catania	€2M
André Nunes	Malucelli	Released
Claudiu Ionescu	Gloria Buzău	Free
Mihai Neșu	Utrecht	€1M
Abel	Xerez	Released
Arthuro	Terek Grozny	Released
Dorinel Munteanu	Universitatea Cluj	Released
Valentin Badea	Steaua II București	Second team
Robert Neagoe	Steaua II București	Second team
Adrian Neaga	Neftchi Baku	Released
Mirel Rădoi	Al-Hilal	€6M

Loan out

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

Statistics

Player stats

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

**Winter-break goals**
Player	Goals
Bogdan Stancu	4
Pantelis Kapetanos	3
Ovidiu Petre	2
Alin Lițu
Dayro Moreno
Arthuro	1
George Ogăraru
Ricardo Pedriel

**Pre-season goals**
Player	Goals
Bogdan Stancu	3
János Székely	1
Florin Lovin
Romeo Surdu
Mihăiță Pleșan
Bănel Nicoliță
Valentin Badea
Mirel Rădoi
Adrian Neaga
Dayro Moreno

Sources:^[3]^[4]^[2]

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.	Name
1	GK	Rufay
18	LB	Ogăraru
24	CB	S. Ghionea
3	CB	D. Goian
2	RB	M. Nesu
14	LW	M. Radoi
10	CM	Bicfalvi
30	CM	Ov.Petre
16	RW	Nicoliță
28	FW	Stancu
35	FW	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).

Rufay

P. Marin

Ghionea

Goian

Ogăraru

Toja

Dayro Moremo

Tiago Gomes

Nicoliță

Stancu

Kapetanos

Disciplinary record

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

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	30 July 2008	10 June 2009	Matchday 1	6th	34	14	14	6	44	27	+17	041.18
Cupa României	14 October 2008		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
UEFA Champions League	13 August 2008	10 December 2008	Third qualifying round	Group stage	8	1	2	5	6	14	−8	012.50
Total					43	15	16	12	50	43	+7	034.88

Source: Competitions

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	CFR Cluj	34	16	11	7	44	26	+18	59	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[a]
5	Vaslui	34	17	6	11	44	37	+7	57	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	Steaua București	34	14	14	6	44	27	+17	56^[b]	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
7	Universitatea Craiova	34	15	11	8	44	25	+19	56^[b]
8	Rapid București	34	16	7	11	44	34	+10	55^[c]

Source: LPF (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.
Notes:

^ CFR Cluj as the 2008–09 Cupa României winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
^ ^a ^b STE 2–1 CRA; CRA 0–0 STE
^ RAP 3–1 BRA; BRA 0–0 RAP

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

Source: LT

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
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

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 July 2008 Round 1	Vaslui	1–0	Steaua București	Vaslui
20:30	Ljubinković 25', 26' N'Doye 29' Genchev 36' Temwanjera 40' Luz 42' Marković 78' P. Jovanović 83' 85'	Report	49' Tiago Gomes 68' Székely 59' 81' Ghionea	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

3 August 2008 Round 2	Steaua București	2–1	Brașov	București
21:00	Lovin 23' Dayro Moreno 32' Arthuro 89', 89'	Report	14' Munteanu 53', 54' Roman 64' Rui Duarte 80' Măldărășanu	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 18,493^[1] Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

8 August 2008 Round 3	Politehnica Iași	0–2	Steaua București	Iași
20:00	Bratu 14' Beršnjak 27' Ilie 65'	Report	50' (O.G.) Pečnik 72' Goian 89' Stancu	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 11,481 Referee: Augustus Constantin

16 August 2008 Round 4	Steaua București	2–0	Argeș Pitești	București
20:00	Nicoliță 4', 31' Arthuro 40' (pen.) Golański 68' Stancu 74' Lovin 67' 82'	Report	33' Bărbulescu 34' Kamara 51' Cârstoiu	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

23 August 2008 Round 5	Gloria Bistrița	2–2	Steaua București	Bistrița
18:00	Borbely 4' Mărginean 19' Petre 42' Albuț 63' Diogo 70' Hora 73'	Report	24' Neaga 43', 90+4' Stancu 78' Toja	Stadium: Gloria Referee: Cristian Balaj

1 September 2008 Round 6	Steaua București	1–0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	București
20:00	Lovin 45' Baciu 75'	Report	23' Iordache 66' Tilincă 79' Vasilache	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 17,540^[1] Referee: Marius Martiș

13 September 2008 Round 7	Farul Constanța	1–4	Steaua București	Constanța
21:00	Maxim 9' (pen.) Băcilă 34' Teekloh 51' Rusmir 71' Gosic 90+2'	Report	29' Semedo 31' (O.G.) Maxim 79', 90' Kapetanos 90+3' (pen.) Székely	Stadium: Farul Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

21 September 2008 Round 8	Steaua București	4–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	București
20:45	Semedo 6', 65' Ghionea 25' Nicoliță 29' Kapetanos 90+4'	Report	82' Sabou	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Robert Dumitru

26 September 2008 Round 9	CFR Cluj	1–1	Steaua București	Cluj-Napoca
20:45	Dubarbier 37'	Report	6' Dayro Moreno 23' Ogăraru 27' Semedo 72' Arthuro	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 20,118 Referee: Augustus Constantin

4 October 2008 Round 10	Steaua București	1–1	Otopeni	București
20:00	P. Marin 85' Kapetanos 90+3'	Report	31' Dumitrescu 38' Nibombé 82' Munteanu 83' Pîrvu 87' Negru 90' Scarlatache	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Marius Avram

17 October 2008 Round 11	Oțelul Galați	2–0	Steaua București	Galați
15:00	Pena 23' Tănasă 67', 82' Kolev 78'	Report	90' Semedo	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Cristian Balaj

25 October 2008 Round 12	Steaua București	1–1	Gloria Buzău	București
19:00	Nicoliță 50', 90' (pen.) Pleșan 70' Lovin 73'	Report	58' Vlaicu 67' Arcaba 72' Moreira 90+3' Vigariu	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 11,218^[1] Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

1 November 2008 Round 13	Dinamo București	1–1	Steaua București	București
21:00	Izvoranu 33' Ad. Cristea 84'	Report	8' Kapetanos 22' Golański 51' Ogăraru 88' Rădoi	Stadium: Dinamo Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

9 November 2008 Round 14	Rapid București	0–0	Steaua București	București
21:00	Maftei 33' Boya 74' Perjă 75' João Paulo 82' Răduță 90+3'	Report	41' Tiago Gomes 66' Goian	Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Referee: Alexandru Tudor

15 November 2008 Round 15	Steaua București	2–2	Timișoara	București
21:00	Dayro Moreno 69' Rădoi 74', 79' Lovin 76' Ogăraru 82' Székely 90+3'	Report	33', 77' Bădoi 53' Goga 58' Bucur 59' Borbély	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Cristian Balaj

21 November 2008 Round 16	FC U Craiova	0–0	Steaua București	Craiova
20:45	Wobay 8' Mitchell 30'	Report	30' Goian 37' Ov. Petre 56' Golański 90' P. Marin	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Referee: Alexandru Tudor

1 December 2008 Round 17	Steaua București	1–0	Unirea Urziceni	București
20:00	Ov. Petre 17' Nicoliță 23' Ghionea 27' Rădoi 39' Stancu 45' Goian 50' P. Marin 79' 80' Kapetanos 90' Zapata 90+5'	Report	29' Todoran 45' Mehmedović	Stadium: Steaua Referee: István Kovács

27 February 2009 Round 18	Steaua București	1–1	Vaslui	București
20:45	Kapetanos 18' Stancu 28' Toja 56' 85' Ogăraru 88'	Report	8' Wesley 43' Pavlović 47' Temwanjera 75' Cânu	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 17,024^[1] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

8 March 2009 Round 19	Brașov	1–0	Steaua București	Brașov
15:00	Buga 43' Abrudan 75'	Report	18' Nicoliță 23' P. Marin 59' Dayro Moreno 86' Lovin	Stadium: Silviu Ploieșteanu Referee: Cristian Balaj

14 March 2009 Round 20	Steaua București	1–0	Politehnica Iași	București
20:00	Stancu 6', 74' Goian 29' Dayro Moreno 71' Kapetanos 72' Ogăraru 87'	Report	34' Cristea 90+2' Straton	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

20 March 2009 Round 21	Argeș Pitești	2–2	Steaua București	Pitești
20:45	Tănase 15' Bălașa 45' Bazzi 88'	Report	43' Ov. Petre 59' Lovin 74' (pen.) Ogăraru 86' Tiago Gomes 87' Kapetanos 90+1' Goian	Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Referee: Ionică Serea

4 April 2009 Round 22	Steaua București	1–0	Gloria Bistrița	București
18:00	Golański 29' P. Marin 44' Stancu 78' (pen.) Kapetanos 83'	Report	35' Nalați 78' Azevedo 81' Achim 88' Zaharia	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 15,321 Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

7 April 2009 Round 23	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–0	Steaua București	Târgu Jiu
21:00	Tremonti 11', 43', 67' Mingote 62' Stângă 73' Hidișan 90+1'	Report	10' Kapetanos 36' Baciu 55' Goian 59' Lovin 90' Dayro Moreno	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Referee: Ovidiu Hațeganu

10 April 2009 Round 24	Steaua București	1–1	Farul Constanța	București
20:45	Stancu 55' Ionescu 80'	Report	72' Chico	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Lucian Dan

17 April 2009 Round 25	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–1	Steaua București	Mediaș
16:00	Kubala 55' Buzean 14' 71'	Report	7' Golański 29' Kapetanos 72' Ghionea 72' Nicoliță 77' Goian	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Cristian Balaj

22 April 2009 Round 26	Steaua București	1–1	CFR Cluj	București
21:00	Ogăraru 38' Lovin 42' Goian 49' Dayro Moreno 54', 65' Ghionea 85' Ochiroșii 90+2'	Report	9' Culio 10' Pereira 71' Dani 31' 73' Panin	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 17,658^[1] Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

26 April 2009 Round 27	Otopeni	0–1	Steaua București	Ploiești
20:00	Panait 30' Negru 30' Chiacu 30' Diogo 80'	Report	45+1' Ogăraru 90+1' Kapetanos 90+3' Stancu 90+4' Lițu	Stadium: Astra Referee: Adrian Comănescu

1 May 2009 Round 28	Steaua București	5–0	Oțelul Galați	București
20:45	P. Marin 15' Stancu 34' Goian 45+2' (pen.) Toja 55', 58' Dayro Moreno 67' Golański 79' Kapetanos 85'	Report	45+1' Giurgiu 79' Iorga 80' Râpă	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Alexandru Tudor

5 May 2009 Round 29	Gloria Buzău	0–1	Steaua București	Buzău
21:00	Ademar 44' Sandu 63'	Report	15' Lovin 16' Stancu 56' Ochiroșii	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

8 May 2009 Round 30	Steaua București	1–1	Dinamo București	București
21:00	Tiago Gomes 40' Goian 72' Ghionea 78' Moți 82' (O.G.) Golański 89'	Report	26' Izvoranu 49' Torje 58' Boștină 73' Niculescu 84' Marius Niculae 88' (O.G.) P. Marin	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 23,693^[1] Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

15 May 2009 Round 31	Steaua București	1–2	Rapid București	București
21:00	Kapetanos 52', 62' Toja 79'	Report	47' Dică 47', 69' Spadacio 61' João Paulo 85' Pitbull	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Florian Mayer (Germany)

22 May 2009 Round 32	Timișoara	1–0	Steaua București	Timișoara
21:00	Parks 32' Nibombé 65' Artavazd Karamyan 65'	Report	29' Golański	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

29 May 2009 Round 33	Steaua București	2–1	FC U Craiova	București
21:00	Semedo 11' Toja 18' Ogăraru 52' Stancu 79'	Report	21' F. Costea	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Greece)

10 June 2009 Round 34	Unirea Urziceni	1–1	Steaua București	Urziceni
20:00	Rusescu 52'	Report	47' Stancu	Stadium: Tineretului Referee: Nikolay Petrov (Bulgaria)

Cupa României

Results

14 October 2008 Round of 32	Sportul Studențesc	2–0	Steaua București	Urziceni
16:45	Lung 31' Curelea 67' Ghinga 68' Postolache 82' Varga 89'			Stadium: Tineretului Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

13 August 2008 First leg	Galatasaray	2–2	Steaua București	Istanbul, Turkey
21:15	Nonda 18', 47' Şaş 42'		4' Dayro Moreno 12', 42' Nicoliță 79' Rădoi 80' Arthuro	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

27 August 2008 Second leg	Steaua București	1–0 (3–2 agg.)	Galatasaray	București, Romania
20:45	Ov. Petre 22' Nicoliță 40', 58' Neșu 71' Goian 80'		16' Arda 76' Şaş 84' Ümit	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 24,343^[1] Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Group stage

Group F standings
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	LYO	FIO	STE
1	Bayern Munich	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	3–0	3–0
2	Lyon	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11	Advance to knockout phase	2–3	—	2–2	2–0
3	Fiorentina	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6	Transfer to UEFA Cup	1–1	1–2	—	0–0
4	Steaua București	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1		0–1	3–5	0–1	—

Source: RSSSF

Results

17 September 2008 Matchday 1	Steaua București	0–1	Bayern	București, Romania
21:45	Goian 42' Lovin 69'		15' van Buyten 88' Podolski	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 21,379 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

30 September 2008 Matchday 2	Fiorentina	0–0	Steaua București	Florence, Italy
20:45			28' P. Marin 70' Stancu	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,383 Referee: Michael Riley (England)

21 October 2008 Matchday 3	Steaua București	3–5	Lyon	București, Romania
21:45	Arthuro 8' Goian 11' Nicoliță 19' Ov. Petre 45'		23' Keita 28' Toulalan 33', 71' Benzema 69', 90+2' Fred	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 22,239 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

5 November 2008 Matchday 4	Lyon	2–0	Steaua București	Lyon, France
20:45	Cris 30' Juninho 44', 79' Réveillère 89'		30' Kapetanos 34' Stancu 59' Goian	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,243 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

25 November 2008 Matchday 5	Bayern	3–0	Steaua București	Munich, Germany
20:45	Klose 57', 71' Toni 61'		15' Ov. Petre 29' Goian 84' Golański	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

10 December 2008 Matchday 6	Steaua București	0–1	Fiorentina	București, Romania
21:45	Nicoliță 1' Dayro Moreno 20' Semedo 21' Lovin 71' Golański 64' 72' Rădoi 82'		14' Zauri 63', 66' Gilardino	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,862 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Non competitive matches

30 June 2008 Matchday 1	Maribor	0–2	Steaua București	Maribor, Slovenia
20:00			32' Stancu 48' Székely	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Slavko Vinčić

2 July 2008 Matchday 2	Austria Kärnten	1–3	Steaua București	Feldkirchen in Kärnten, Austria
17:30	Nuhiu 79'		3' Lovin 14' Surdu 17' Pleșan	Stadium: Feldkirchen Referee: Slavko Vinčić

4 July 2008 Matchday 3	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	Steaua București	Salzburg, Austria
19:00	Sekagya 1' Janko 83', 87'			Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Rudolf Gruber

10 July 2008 Matchday 4	Swindon Town	2–2	Steaua București	Bischofshofen, Austria
18:00	Ghionea 27' (O.G.) Cox 38'		48' Stancu 88' Nicoliță	Stadium: Bischofshofen

13 July 2008 Matchday 5	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	Steaua București	Bischofshofen, Austria
18:00	Trapp 31'		38' Badea	Stadium: Bischofshofen

15 July 2008 Matchday 6	Beşiktaş	0–1	Steaua București	Bad Reichenhall, Austria
18:30			35' (pen.) Rădoi	Stadium: Bad Reichenhall

18 July 2008 Matchday 7	Nürnberg	0–0	Steaua București	Nuremberg, Germany
18:15				Stadium: Frankenstadion

26 July 2008 Matchday 8	Steaua București	3–1	Roma	București, Romania
20:45	Dayro Moreno 8' Stancu 74' Neaga 80'		90' Vučinić	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

5 December 2008 Matchday 9	Steaua București	1–4	România A	București, Romania
14:00	Arthuro 29'		48', 51', 75' Bucur 65' Bicfalvi	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Alexandru Tudor

18 January 2009 Matchday 10	Tianjin Teda	1–3	Steaua București	Oliva, Spain
16:00	Zhang 28'		26', 33' Ov. Petre 76' Dayro Moreno	Stadium: Oliva Nova

20 January 2009 Matchday 11	Zürich	2–2	Steaua București	Oliva, Spain
16:00	Stahel 14' Djuric 29'		20' Lițu 50' Kapetanos	Stadium: Oliva Nova

22 January 2009 Matchday 12	Alicante	0–2	Steaua București	Oliva, Spain
16:00			18' Kapetanos 90' Lițu	Stadium: Oliva Nova

3 February 2009 Matchday 13	Slovan Bratislava	1–1	Steaua București	Kadriye, Turkey
17:00	Meszároš 87'		29' (pen.) Ogăraru	Stadium: IC Sports Center

6 February 2009 Matchday 14	Hajduk Split	0–1	Steaua București	Belek, Turkey
16:00			81' Pedriel	Stadium: WOW Kremlin Sports Center

8 February 2009 Matchday 15	AaB	1–0	Steaua București	Belek, Turkey
17:00	Curth 23'			Stadium: Arcadia Sports Center

12 February 2009 Matchday 16	Moscow	1–2	Steaua București	Belek, Turkey
17:00	Baciu 90' (O.G.)		60' Dayro Moreno 84' Stancu	Stadium: Arcadia Sports Center

14 February 2009 Matchday 17	Rudar Pljevlja	1–1	Steaua București	Antalya, Turkey
12:00	Bojović 64'		69' Stancu	Stadium: Gloria Sports Center

20 February 2009 Matchday 18	Steaua București	3–2	Steaua II București	București, Romania
12:00	Kapetanos 20' Stancu 25', 45'		41' Mustață 56' Rusu	Stadium: Steaua București complex

Staff

Management

Manager: Marius Lăcătuș (resigned), Massimo Pedrazzini (caretaker), Dorinel Munteanu (sacked), Marius Lăcătuș (resigned), Massimo Pedrazzini (caretaker)
Assistant managers: Mihai Teja, Ioan Nagy, Massimo Pedrazzini
Goalkeeping coach: Andrei Speriatu
Fitness Coach: Yuksel Yesilova (resigned)
Medic: Radu Paligora
Masseur: Cătălin Fandel

Administration

President: Valeriu Argăseală
Vicepresident: Iulian Ghiorghișor
Executive director: Ovidiu Costeșin
Marketing director: Florin Cioran
Press Officer: Cătălin Făiniși

Board Room

Owner: 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%)

Youth Centre staff

General manager: Leonard Strizu
Coordinator: Gigel Gheorghe
Physiotherapist: George Mărculescu
Fitness Coach: Ciprian Prună

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Media de spectatori in sezonul 2008-2009" (in Romanian). Steaua. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Steaua Bucuresti 2008/2009". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "FCSB >> Squad 2008/2009". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Steaua Bucarest 2008/2009". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[table_note_res_ELPR0.57638374603185-5] CFR Cluj as the 2008–09 Cupa României winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.

[table_hth_STE0.57638374603185-6] STE 2–1 CRA; CRA 0–0 STE

[table_hth_RAP0.57638374603185-7] RAP 3–1 BRA; BRA 0–0 RAP

[Steaua_București_FC-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Media de spectatori in sezonul 2008-2009" (in Romanian). Steaua. Retrieved 29 May 2009.

[FCSB09-2] "Steaua Bucuresti 2008/2009". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[3] "FCSB >> Squad 2008/2009". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[foot09-4] "Steaua Bucarest 2008/2009". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	14	6	44	27	+17	56	9	7	1	28	12	+16	5	7	5	16	15	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	14	6	44	27	+17	56	9	7	1	28	12	+16	5	7	5	16	15	+1