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

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	—

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)
0 shown as blank

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%

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. None1
Ciprian Tătărușanu	Romania	v. None2
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 !Unirea Urziceni	34	18	12	4	53	26	+27	66	2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Vaslui !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 !Steaua București	34	18	8	8	49	36	+13	62
5	Politehnica Timișoara !Politehnica Timișoara	34	15	14	5	55	27	+28	59	2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
6	Dinamo București !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	Score1	Pos.	Pts.	GD	Report
1	2 August 2009	A	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț !Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	2 – 0	2	3	+2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 EEST 12,000 (approx.) Ovidiu Hațegan                                               Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț !Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț  77' Barna Steaua București !Steaua București  50',  90+1' Toja  76' Onicaș  80' Kapetanos  86' Ochiroșii
2	9 August 2009	H	CFR Cluj !CFR Cluj	2 – 2	2	4	+2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 EEST 17,831 Alexandru Deaconu                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  42',  84' Surdu  65' Kapetanos CFR Cluj !CFR Cluj  3',  90+2' Koné  54',  56' Flores  81' Dubarbier  84' Nuno Claro
3	16 August 2009	H	Unirea Urziceni !Unirea Urziceni	0 – 1	8	4	+1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 EEST 0 (close doors) Sebastian Colțescu                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  21' P. Marin  23' Onicaș  35' Stancu  67', 82' Kapetanos Unirea Urziceni !Unirea Urziceni  48',  74' Apostol  89' Arlauskis
4	23 August 2009	A	Oțelul Galați !Oțelul Galați	1 – 0	5	7	+2	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 17:00 EEST 8,000 (approx.) István Kovács                                               Oțelul Galați !Oțelul Galați Steaua București !Steaua București  29' Székely  58' Surdu  62', 75' Stancu  90' Onicaș
5	30 August 2009	H	Dinamo București !Dinamo București	0 – 1	9	7	+1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 EEST 21,321 Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  45' Golański  86' Ghionea Dinamo București !Dinamo București  23',  29' Tamaș  42' Cristea  58' Torje
6	13 September 2009	A	Gaz Metan Mediaș !Gaz Metan Mediaș	4 – 2	5	10	+3	Report Kick off Referee Report link 20:00 EEST Alexandru Deaconu                                               Gaz Metan Mediaș !Gaz Metan Mediaș  17' Pârvulescu  34',  45' Bud  47' Eric  69' Nohai  90+1' Marković Steaua București !Steaua București  11' Stancu  51', 91' (pen.),  81' Székely  75' Nicoliță
7	20 September 2009	H	Pandurii Târgu Jiu !Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1 – 0	3	13	+4	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:00 EEST 0 (close doors) István Kovács                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  6' Rada  60' Kapetanos  71' Ghionea  73', 77' Toja Pandurii Târgu Jiu !Pandurii Târgu Jiu  37' Păcurar  78' Rusu  82' Murgan  90' Arrieta
8	26 September 2009	A	Brașov !Brașov	0 – 0	5	14	+4	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 EEST 8,500 (approx.) Alexandru Tudor                                               Brașov !Brașov  49' Abrudan  75' Hadnagy  89' Măldărășanu Steaua București !Steaua București  41' Ninu  52' Rada  69' Stancu
9	4 October 2009	H	Gloria Bistrița !Gloria Bistrița	1 – 1	6	15	+4	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 18:00 EEST 8,000 (approx.) Cristian Balaj                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  28' (pen.) P. Marin  72' Székely Gloria Bistrița !Gloria Bistrița  9' D. Sânmărtean  17' (o.g.) Toja  28' Hora
10	17 October 2009	A	Politehnica Iași !Politehnica Iași	2 – 0	4	18	+6	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 EEST 10,000 (approx.) Marius Avram                                               Politehnica Iași !Politehnica Iași  53' Munteanu Steaua București !Steaua București  52' Toja  82' Pleșan  85',  85' Dayro M.  90+2' Székely
11	25 October 2009	H	Rapid București !Rapid București	1 – 1	4	19	+6	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 EET 0 (close doors) Stefan Messner (Austria)                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  27' Ghionea  29' Székely  39' Toja  60' Dayro M. Rapid București !Rapid București  28' Herea  45' Buga  62' M. Constantin  78' Ioniță
12	31 October 2009	A	Politehnica Timișoara !Politehnica Timișoara	1 – 0	3	22	+7	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 21:45 EET 25,000 (approx.) Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)                                               Politehnica Timișoara !Politehnica Timișoara  33' Arm. Karamyan  35' Alexa  88' Bourceanu Steaua București !Steaua București  45' Ghionea  68' Surdu
13	9 November 2009	H	Unirea Alba Iulia !Unirea Alba Iulia	2 – 0	2	25	+9	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:30 EET 3,000 (approx.) Victor Berbecaru                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  56', 79' Kapetanos Unirea Alba Iulia !Unirea Alba Iulia  32' de Freitas  47' Veljović  57' Cernea  57' Cristea
14	21 November 2009	A	Astra Ploiești !Astra Ploiești	1 – 2	4	25	+8	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:00 EET 5,000 (approx.) Ovidiu Hațegan                                               Astra Ploiești !Astra Ploiești  52', 89',  60' Păun  70' Gheorghe Steaua București !Steaua București  17' Kapetanos  28' Baciu
15	29 November 2009	H	Vaslui !Vaslui	2 – 1	3	28	+9	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 EET 6,000 (approx.) Philippe Kalt (France)                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  51' Rada  56' Golański  60' Kapetanos  90+3',  90+3' Székely Vaslui !Vaslui  23' Gerlem  38' Buhuș  51' Pavlović
16	7 December 2009	A	Universitatea Craiova !Universitatea Craiova	2 – 1	4	31	+10	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 EET 15,000 (approx.) Robert Dumitru                                               Universitatea Craiova !Universitatea Craiova  15',  78' Prepeliță  36' Găman  56' Firțulescu  68' Bărboianu  90' F. Costea Steaua București !Steaua București  4' Kapetanos  44' Golański  70' Pleșan  90+2' Székely
17	12 December 2009	H	Internațional Curtea de Argeș !Internațional Curtea de Argeș	3 – 2	3	34	+11	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 16:00 EET 2,000 (approx.) Marius Avram                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  2' Nicoliță  13' Kapetanos  45+1' Pleșan  65' P. Marin  70',  70' Tănase Internațional Curtea de Argeș !Internațional Curtea de Argeș  21' Băcilă  28' Neagu  63' Zăgrean  78' Abiodun  84' Viera  90+3' Frăsineanu
18	20 February 2010	H	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț !Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1 – 3	3	34	+9	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:30 EET 10,000 (approx.) István Kovács                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  14' Kapetanos  60', 69' Nicoliță  73' Ov. Petre Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț !Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț  44' Onciu  45',  76' Vasilache  54' Dragomir  60' Dikaba  75',  85' Bădescu
19	28 February 2010	A	CFR Cluj !CFR Cluj	1 – 1	4	35	+9	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EET 20,174 Alexandru Deaconu                                               CFR Cluj !CFR Cluj  33',  37' Cadu  36' N. Dică Steaua București !Steaua București  9' Pleșan  12' Stancu  57' P. Marin
20	7 March 2010	A	Unirea Urziceni !Unirea Urziceni	2 – 2	3	36	+9	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EET 6,500 (approx.) Cristian Balaj                                               Unirea Urziceni !Unirea Urziceni  3' Frunză  72' Onofraș Steaua București !Steaua București  7' Ov. Petre  62' Székely  81' Tudose  88' Stancu  90+1' Pepe  90+2' Kapetanos
21	12 March 2010	H	Oțelul Galați !Oțelul Galați	1 – 0	2	39	+10	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EET 8,000 (approx.) Victor Berbecaru                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  10' Stancu  39' Parpas  69' Kapetanos  75' Zhelev  90+2' Rufay Oțelul Galați !Oțelul Galați  64' S. Ilie  72' Antal
22	17 March 2010	A	Dinamo București !Dinamo București	0 – 2	3	39	+8	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EET 15,000 (approx.) Alexandru Tudor                                               Dinamo București !Dinamo București  39',  47' Alexe  39' Boștină  43' Pulhac  69' N'Doye  82',  82' An. Cristea Steaua București !Steaua București  43' Székely  62',  66' Golański
23	21 March 2010	H	Gaz Metan Mediaș !Gaz Metan Mediaș	2 – 0	3	42	+10	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:00 EET 8,000 (approx.) Mugurel Drăgănescu                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  63' Stancu  78' Tănase  79' (pen.),  81' Kapetanos  90+1' P. Marin Gaz Metan Mediaș !Gaz Metan Mediaș  51' A. Munteanu  55' Silvășan
24	26 March 2010	A	Pandurii Târgu Jiu !Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0 – 0	3	43	+10	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EET 9,000 (approx.) Georgian Ionescu                                               Pandurii Târgu Jiu !Pandurii Târgu Jiu  18' Martinović  41' Tremonti  79', 89' Štromajer  80' Cardoso  90+1' Hidișan  90+2' Rusu Steaua București !Steaua București  22' Stancu  53' Emeghara  59' Toja  63' Ov. Petre  80' Golański  90+2' Surdu
25	2 April 2010	H	Brașov !Brașov	1 – 0	3	46	+11	Kick off Attendance Referee 18:30 EEST 4,000 (approx.) Augustus Constantin                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  6',  33' Pleșan  46' Tănase  63' A. Karamyan  68' Parpas  90+1' Pepe Brașov !Brașov  5' S. Stancu  31' Savić  36' Nuno Diogo  49' Ilyéș  75' Voicu
26	7 April 2010	A	Gloria Bistrița !Gloria Bistrița	2 – 1	2	49	+12	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EEST 7,000 (approx.) Cristian Balaj                                               Gloria Bistrița !Gloria Bistrița  50' Moraes  72' Zé Rui Steaua București !Steaua București  16' A. Karamyan  27' Nicoliță  51' Stancu  66' P. Marin  90+3' Surdu
27	12 April 2010	H	Politehnica Iași !Politehnica Iași	2 – 1	2	52	+13	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EEST 3,500 (approx.) Marian Balaci                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  49' Parpas  54' Surdu  66' Nicoliță  82' Kapetanos  87' P. Marin Politehnica Iași !Politehnica Iași  5' Păun  12' Mihajlov  36' Bujor  45+2' Nogo  62' Ad. Ilie
28	18 April 2010	A	Rapid București !Rapid București	1 – 5	2	52	+9	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:00 EEST 12,000 (approx.) Marius Avram                                               Rapid București !Rapid București  7', 17',  31' Ioniță  22' Césinha  33' (pen.) M. Constantin  44' Lazăr  63' Grigorie  73' Helder Steaua București !Steaua București  14' (pen.) Kapetanos  76' Ov. Petre
29	25 April 2010	H	Politehnica Timișoara !Politehnica Timișoara	3 – 3	3	53	+9	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EEST 8,000 (approx.) Sebastian Colțescu                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  32',  82' Golański  80' (pen.) Kapetanos  84' Parpas  87',  90+3' Zhelev  90+1' Ov. Petre Politehnica Timișoara !Politehnica Timișoara  37' Goga  41' Čišovský  48' Cociș  55' Dédé  79' Taborda  85' (pen.),  88' Contra
30	1 May 2010	A	Unirea Alba Iulia !Unirea Alba Iulia	1 – 2	5	53	+8	Kick off Attendance Referee 17:00 EEST 7,000 (approx.) Theodor Crăciunescu                                               Unirea Alba Iulia !Unirea Alba Iulia  24' Veljović  80' Rotaru  83' Fl. Dan Steaua București !Steaua București  14' Nicoliță  42' P. Marin  43' A. Karamyan
31	5 May 2010	HR	Astra Ploiești !Astra Ploiești	2 – 0	5	56	+10	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EEST 10,000 (approx.) Cătălin Buși                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  7' Stancu  17',  51' A. Karamyan  79' Emeghara Astra Ploiești !Astra Ploiești  42' Ganea
32	10 May 2010	A	Vaslui !Vaslui	1 – 2	5	56	+9	Kick off Attendance Referee 20:30 EEST 8,000 (approx.) István Kovács                                               Vaslui !Vaslui  54' Gladstone  68' (pen.),  90' Burdujan  82' Papp  88' Zubar  89' Genchev Steaua București !Steaua București  2' Kapetanos  45' Stancu
33	16 May 2010	H	Universitatea Craiova !Universitatea Craiova	2 – 0	5	59	+11	Kick off Attendance Referee 22:00 EEST 3,000 (approx.) Robert Dumitru                                               Steaua București !Steaua București  29' Pleșan  45' P. Marin  49' Zhelev  69', 78' A. Karamyan  88' Karamyan  90+3' Ov. Petre Universitatea Craiova !Universitatea Craiova  50' M. Costea  68' Dănănae  72' Barbu
34	22 May 2010	A	Internațional Curtea de Argeș !Internațional Curtea de Argeș	2 – 0	4	62	+13	Kick off Attendance Referee 16:30 EEST 5,000 (approx.) Mugurel Drăgănescu                                               Internațional Curtea de Argeș !Internațional Curtea de Argeș  20' Chiricheș Steaua București !Steaua București  21' Stancu  51' Surdu

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	Score1	Report
1	23 September 2009	CR	R32	A	FCM Bacău !FCM Bacău	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:30 EEST 9,000 (approx.) Florin Ghimbășan                                             FCM Bacău !FCM Bacău  33' Doboș Steaua București !Steaua București  8', 50' Kapetanos  32' Bicfalvi  40' P. Marin  74' Ionescu  80' Ochiroșii
2	28 October 2009	CR	R16	A	Gloria Bistrița !Gloria Bistrița	0 – 0 (4 – 5 pen.)	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:15 EET 5,000 (approx.) István Kovács                                             Gloria Bistrița !Gloria Bistrița  25' Velcovici  64', 102' D. Sânmărtean  90+1' Năstase  95' Borbély Borbély Năstase Săceanu Hora Coroian Steaua București !Steaua București  14' Ochiroșii  18' Pleșan  19' Surdu  75' Bibishkov  82' Onicaș  109' Dayro M. Székely Baciu Pleșan Bibishkov Dayro M.

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	Score1	Report
1	16 July 2009	UEL	QR2	H	Újpest !Újpest	2 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:30 EEST 19,003 Michalis Koukoulakis (Greece)                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  35' Ochiroșii  42' Kapetanos  46' Surdu  59' Goian  62' Toja  69' P. Marin  72' Stancu Újpest !Újpest  23' Kabát  34', 54' Korcsmár  42' Vaskó  44' Pollák
2	23 July 2009	UEL	QR2	A	Újpest !Újpest	2 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 CEST 9,678 Andre Marriner (England)                                             Újpest !Újpest  22' Tisza  30' Dudić  82' Vaskó Steaua București !Steaua București  18' P. Marin  58',  72' Székely  63' Toja  66' Grzelak
3	30 July 2009	UEL	QR3	H	Motherwell !Motherwell	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:45 EEST 21,446 Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  31' (o.g.) Craigan 34' (pen.),  50' Goian  45+1' Nicoliță  60' Stancu  73' Ninu Motherwell !Motherwell  78' Craigan
4	6 August 2009	UEL	QR3	AR	Motherwell !Motherwell	3 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 19:45 WEST 4,975 Carlos Clos Gomez (Spain)                                             Motherwell !Motherwell  17',  58' Forbes Steaua București !Steaua București  55' (pen.) P. Marin  63' A. Ionescu  67', 84' Stancu  75' Ninu
5	20 August 2009	UEL	PR	H	St Patrick's Athletic !St Patrick's Athletic	3 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:30 EEST 0 (close doors) Alexei Nikolaev (Russia)                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  56' Nicoliță  65', 80' Stancu St Patrick's Athletic !St Patrick's Athletic  27' Fitzpatrick  63' Quigley
6	27 August 2009	UEL	PR	AR	St Patrick's Athletic !St Patrick's Athletic	2 – 1	Report Kick off Referee Report link 19:45 WEST Jiri Jech (Czech Republic)                                             St Patrick's Athletic !St Patrick's Athletic  49' O'Connor Steaua București !Steaua București  80' Nicoliță  89' Ochiroșii

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

M	Date	Tournament	Round	Ground	Opponent	Score1	Report
1	17 September 2009	UEL	GS	H	Sheriff Tiraspol !Sheriff Tiraspol	0 – 0	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 22:05 EEST 0 (close doors) Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  88' Ninu Sheriff Tiraspol !Sheriff Tiraspol  22' Kuchuk  32' Rodríguez  81' Tsynya
2	1 October 2009	UEL	GS	A	Twente !Twente	0 – 0	Report Kick off Referee Report link 19:00 CEST Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)                                             Twente !Twente  54' Stoch Steaua București !Steaua București  26' Rada  87' Székely
3	22 October 2009	UEL	GS	H	Fenerbahçe !Fenerbahçe	0 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 20:00 EEST 15,000 (approx.) Douglas McDonald (Scotland)                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  19' Bicfalvi  37' Golański  88' Toja Fenerbahçe !Fenerbahçe  28' Lugano  45+2',  59' Kazim-Richards  82' Emre  90' Gönül
4	5 November 2009	UEL	GS	A	Fenerbahçe !Fenerbahçe	1 – 3	Report Kick off Referee Report link 22:05 EET Thomas Einwaller (Austria)                                             Fenerbahçe !Fenerbahçe  15',  43' André Santos  51' Bilica  66' Topuz  67' Alex  70' Kazim-Richards Steaua București !Steaua București  38' Kapetanos
5	2 December 2009	UEL	GS	A	Sheriff Tiraspol !Sheriff Tiraspol	1 – 1	Report Kick off Referee Report link 20:00 EET Tommy Skjerven (Norway)                                             Sheriff Tiraspol !Sheriff Tiraspol  79' Rouamba  80' Rodríguez  83' Diedhiou Steaua București !Steaua București  27' Bicfalvi  87' Toja  89' Surdu  90+1' P. Marin
6	17 December 2009	UEL	GS	H	Twente !Twente	1 – 1	Report Kick off Attendance Referee Report link 22:05 EET 800 (approx.) Manuel De Sousa (Portugal)                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  18' Kapetanos  37' Tănase  39' Rada  57' Golański  79' Ninu Twente !Twente  35' Stam

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	Score1	Report
1	1 July	Friendly	—	N	Celje !Celje	3 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 19:30 EET                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  38' Golański  48', 59' (pen.) Surdu  51' A. Ionescu Celje !Celje  31' Lovrečič
2	3 July	Friendly	—	N	Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) !Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)	2 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 19:30 EET                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  58' Székely  72' Toja Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) !Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)
3	5 July	Friendly	—	N	Dinamo Zagreb !Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 19:30 EET                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  69' Kapetanos Dinamo Zagreb !Dinamo Zagreb
4	7 July	Friendly	—	N	CSKA Sofia !CSKA Sofia	1 – 2	Report Report link                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  61' Ochiroșii  89' Surdu CSKA Sofia !CSKA Sofia  12' Miguel  57' Kotev
5	11 July	Friendly	—	H	Gençlerbirliği !Gençlerbirliği	0 – 0	Report Kick off Referee Report link 21:45 EET Claudiu Baboia                                             Steaua București !Steaua București Gençlerbirliği !Gençlerbirliği
6	11 October	Friendly	—	N	FC Snagov !FC Snagov	3 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 11:00 EET                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  45' Dayro M.  55' Toja  75' Rada FC Snagov !FC Snagov
8	26 January	Friendly	—	N	Red Bull Salzburg !Red Bull Salzburg	1 – 1	Report Kick off Report link 17:00 EET                                             Red Bull Salzburg !Red Bull Salzburg  61' Afolabi Steaua București !Steaua București  23' Stancu
9	1 February	Friendly	—	N	Vasas !Vasas	2 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 18:00 EET                                             Vasas !Vasas Steaua București !Steaua București  53' Tănase  69' Kapetanos
10	5 February	Friendly	—	N	Rijeka !Rijeka	1 – 1	Report Kick off Report link 17:30 EET                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  51' Székely Rijeka !Rijeka  41' Kreilach
11	7 February	Friendly	—	N	Lokomotiv Sofia !Lokomotiv Sofia	3 – 2	Report Kick off Report link 18:00 EET                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  41' Tănase  62', 72' Stancu Lokomotiv Sofia !Lokomotiv Sofia  68' Yordanov  82' Špišic
12	9 February	Friendly	—	N	Terek Grozny !Terek Grozny	0 – 2	Report Kick off Report link 17:30 EET                                             Steaua București !Steaua București Terek Grozny !Terek Grozny  33' Lahiyalov  76' Asildarov
13	11 February	Friendly	—	N	BATE Borisov !BATE Borisov	2 – 0	Report Kick off Report link 18:00 EET                                             Steaua București !Steaua București  39' Kapetanos  88' Surdu BATE Borisov !BATE Borisov

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

Notes and references