2007–08 FC Steaua București season

This page covers all relevant details regarding FC Steaua Bucureşti for all official competitions inside the 2007-08 season. These are Liga I, Cupa României and UEFA Champions League.

2007-08 Squad

As of January 21, 2008

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	27	0	18	0	0	0	9	0
3	DF	ROU	Dorin Goian	15	3	8	0	0	0	7	3
4	DF	POL	Paweł Golański	10	0	6	0	1	0	3	0
5	DF	ROU	Ionuţ Rada	21	1	11	1	1	0	9	0
6	MF	ROU	Mirel Rădoi	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
8	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Petre	18	1	10	0	0	0	8	1
9	FW	ROU	Valentin Badea	9	1	3	0	1	1	5	0
10	FW	ROU	Nicolae Dică	22	6	13	5	0	0	9	1
11	FW	FRA	Mahamadou Habibou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ROU	Cornel Cernea	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
13	DF	NGA	Ifeanyi Emeghara	9	0	4	0	1	0	4	0
15	DF	ROU	Mihai Neşu	11	0	8	0	0	0	3	0
16	MF	ROU	Bănel Nicoliţă	21	4	13	3	0	0	8	1
17	DF	ROU	Eugen Baciu	8	0	6	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF	ROU	Petre Marin	17	0	9	0	0	0	8	0
20	MF	ROU	Florin Lovin	17	0	11	0	0	0	6	0
21	FW	ROU	Răzvan Ochiroşii	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	COL	José Moreno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	ROU	Mihăiţă Pleşan^[1]	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	ROU	Sorin Ghionea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ROU	Adrian Neaga	18	1	10	0	1	0	7	1
27	FW	COL	Dayro Moreno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	PER	Andrés Mendoza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	GK	ROU	Cosmin Vâtcă	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
84	FW	ROU	Romeo Surdu	13	0	8	0	1	0	4	0

Left during the season

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga I		Cupa României		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ROU	Emil Ninu	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	ROU	Eric Bicfalvi	11	1	7	1	1	0	3	0
11	MF	ROU	Gabriel Boştină	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ROU	Vasilică Cristocea	6	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
19	FW	ROU	Victoraş Iacob	10	2	5	0	0	0	5	2
26	MF	ROU	Marius Croitoru	15	0	7	0	0	0	8	0
26	FW	NGA	Dino Eze	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	ROU	Valentin Bădoi	15	0	8	0	1	0	6	0
30	FW	ROU	Dorel Zaharia	17	5	10	0	1	3	6	2
31	DF	ROU	Alexandru Iacob	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	ROU	Mihai Guriţă^[2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Squad Changes

In

Eric Bicfalvi - Signed from CS Jiul Petroşani - EUR 300,000;
Valentin Bădoi - Signed from FC Rapid Bucureşti - EUR 550,000;
Mihai Guriţă - Signed from FC Farul Constanţa - EUR 100,000;
Cosmin Vâtcă - Signed from FC Oţelul Galaţi - EUR 500,000;
Adrian Neaga - Signed from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma - EUR 615,000;
Ifeanyi Emeghara - Signed from Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara - EUR 1,200,000;
Paweł Golański - Signed from Korona Kielce - EUR 1,300,000;
Alexandru Iacob - Signed from FC Corvinul Hunedoara - EUR 400,000;
Emil Ninu - Signed from FC Progresul Bucureşti - EUR 200,000;
Róbinson "Rufay" Zapata - Signed from Cúcuta Deportivo - EUR 1,000,000;
Ionuţ Rada - Signed from FC Rapid Bucureşti - EUR 800,000;
Dorel Zaharia - Signed from Gloria Bistriţa - EUR 500,000;
Mihăiţă Pleşan - Signed from Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara - EUR 1,500,000;
Romeo Surdu - Signed from CFR Cluj - EUR 1,000,000;
Mahamadou Habibou - On loan from R. Charleroi S.C.;
Dino Eze - Signed from Gloria Buzau - undisclosed fee;
José Moreno - On loan from Club Atlético Independiente;
Andrés Mendoza - Signed from FC Metalurh Donetsk- undisclosed fee;
Dayro Moreno - Signed from Once Caldas - undisclosed fee;
Răzvan Ochiroşii - End of loan;
Alexandru Iacob - End of loan;

Out

Daniel Opriţa - Signed with FC Dinamo Bucureşti - free;
Stelian Stancu - Signed with Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara - EUR 200,000;
Sorin Paraschiv - Signed with Rimini Calcio - EUR 500,000;
Élton - Signed with Al Nasr - EUR 500,000;
Cyril Théréau - Signed with RSC Anderlecht - EUR 2,900,000;
Klemi Saban - Signed with Maccabi Netanya - free;
Gigel Coman - Signed with CFM Universitatea Cluj - EUR 100,000;
Gabriel Boştină - Signed with FC Dinamo Bucureşti - EUR 100,000;
Mihai Guriţă - Signed with FC Farul Constanţa - free;
Andrey - released;
Valentin Bădoi - Signed with Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara;
Dorel Zaharia - Signed with UTA Arad;
Victoraş Iacob - Signed with FC Kaiserslautern;

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
––	FW	ROU	Alin Liţu (to FC Gloria Buzău until May 2008)
––	DF	ROU	Emil Ninu (to FC Gloria Buzău until May 2008)
––	DF	ROU	Alexandru Tudose (to FC Gloria Buzău until May 2008)
––	MF	ROU	Eric Bicfalvi (to FC Gloria Buzău until May 2008)
––	MF	NGA	Dino Eze (to FC Gloria Buzău until May 2008)
––	FW	BRA	André Nunes (to FC Gloria Buzău until May 2008)
––	FW	ROU	Valentin Simion (to FC Gloria Buzău until May 2008)
––	MF	ROU	Vasilică Cristocea (to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ until May 2008)
––	MF	ROU	Marius Croitoru (to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ until May 2008) Template:Fs blank column

Management

Manager: Marius Lăcătuş
Assistant Managers: Mihai Teja, Ioan Naghi, Massimo Pedrazzini
Goalkeeping Coach: Andrei Speriatu
Fitness Coach: Horea Codorean
Medic: Radu Paligora
Masseur: Cătălin Fandel

Administration

President: Valeriu Argăseală
Vicepresident: Iulian Ghiorghişor
General Manager: Adrian Ilie
Scouting Manager: Gabriel Popescu
Marketing Director: Florin Cioran
Press Officer: Cătălin Făinişi

Board Room

Chairman: George Becali
Vice-Chairman: Teia Sponte
Board Room Members: Lucian Becali, Vasile Geambazi
Censor: Victor Manole, Mariana Istudor
Supplementary Censors: Virgil Laurenţiu Găman, Maria Apostoiu
Stock Holders: Vasile Geambazi (37%), Constantin Geambazi (30%), Cătălin Ciubotă (26%), Tomaida Bădescu (4%), Marius Ianuli (3%)^[3]^[4]

Youth Centre Staff

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

Liga I 2007-08

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

Matchday 1

27 July 2007

Steaua	2–1	Ceahlăul
Dică 14' (pen.) Dică 62' Neaga 90+1'	(Report)	Vranjković 12' (pen.) Rusmir 78' Vranjković 89'

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Sebastian Colţescu
Attendance: 0 (closed doors)^[5]

Matchday 2

3 August 2007

Farul	0–1	Steaua
	(Report)	Dică 62'

20:30 - Farul, Constanţa Ref: Alexandru Tudor
Attendance: 15,000

Matchday 3

11 August 2007

Steaua	1–0	Poli Iaşi
Bicfalvi 79'	(Report)	A. Ilie 81'

20:45 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Cristian Balaj
Attendance: 8,000

Matchday 4

19 August 2007

CFR Cluj	0–0	Steaua
	(Report)	Goian 11'

20:30 - Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Ref: Augustus Constantin
Attendance: 10,000

Matchday 6

2 September 2007

Unirea	1–0	Steaua
Galamaz 90+1'	(Report)

17:00 - Tineretului, Urziceni Ref: Tiberiu Lajos
Attendance: 7,000

Matchday 7

16 September 2007

Steaua	0–0	Rapid
	(Report)

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Alexandru Deaconu
Attendance: 22,000

Matchday 8

22 September 2007

UTA	1–1	Steaua
Edson 82' (pen.)	(Report)	Nicoliţă 57' Iacob 74'

17:00 - Francisc von Neumann, Arad Ref: Teodor Crăciunescu
Attendance: 10,000

Matchday 9

29 September 2007

Steaua	1–0	FC Vaslui
Rada 65'	(Report)

20:45 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Aurel Bogaciu
Attendance: 7,472

Matchday 10

7 October 2007

Dacia Mioveni	1–2	Steaua
Rada 35' (o.g.) Murgan 60'	(Report)	Iacob 45+2' O. Petre 59' Iacob 90'

20:30 - Dacia, Mioveni Ref: Victor Berbecaru
Attendance: 4,500

Matchday 12

27 October 2007

"U" Cluj	2–1	Steaua
N. Jovanović 34' Goga 85'	(Report)	Nicoliţă 21'

15:00 - Ion Moina, Cluj-Napoca Ref: István Kovács
Attendance: 7,000

Matchday 13

31 October 2007

Steaua	3–1	Oţelul
Dică 7' Semeghin 32' (o.g.) Dică 65' (pen.)	(Report)	Székely 52'

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Ionel Ivan
Attendance: 17,000

Matchday 14

4 November 2007

Poli Ştiinţa	2–0	Steaua
Rušič 13' Mansour 90+1'	(Report)

20:30 - Dan Păltinişanu, Timişoara Ref: Augustus Constantin
Attendance: 20,000

Matchday 15

10 November 2007

Steaua	1–0	Univ. Craiova
Nicoliţă 27'	(Report)

20:45 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Alexandru Tudor
Attendance: 1,500

Matchday 5

12 November 2007^[6]

Steaua	0–0	Pandurii
	(Report)

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Alexandru Ioniţă
Attendance: 7,249

Matchday 16

24 November 2007

Steaua	1–0	Dinamo
Neaga 67'	(Report)

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Alexandru Deaconu
Attendance:

Matchday 17

30 November 2007

Gloria Buzău	1–1	Steaua
Bunică 90+1'	(Report)	Dică 78'

13:00 - Crâng, Buzău Ref: Stefan Erdei
Attendance:

Matchday 11

3 December 2007^[7]

Steaua	1–0	Gloria Bistriţa
Emeghara 52' Toma 78' (o.g.)	(Report)	Tilincă 60'

20:45 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Marius Avram
Attendance: 4,000

Matchday 18

9 December 2007

Ceahlăul	0–1	Steaua
	(Report)	Badea 19'

19:00 - Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamţ Ref: Aurelian Bogaciu
Attendance:

Matchday 19

16 December 2007

Steaua	3–0	Farul
Zaharia 17' Dică 78' Şchiopu 84' (o.g.)	(Report)

17:00 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Ionel Ivan
Attendance:

Matchday 20

24 February 2008

Poli Iaşi	2–1	Steaua
Nicoliţă 3' (o.g.) Onuţ 60'	(Report)	Mendoza 47'

20:30 - Emil Alexandrescu, Iaşi Ref: Teodor Crăciunescu
Attendance:

Matchday 21

2 March 2008

Steaua	3–1	CFR Cluj
Hirschfeld 26' (o.g.) Dayro Moreno 56' O. Petre 90+1'	(Report)	Trică 4'

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Alexandru Tudor
Attendance: 25,800

Matchday 22

8 March 2008

Pandurii	0–1	Steaua
	(Report)	O. Petre 64'

20:45 - Municipal Tudor Vladimirescu, Târgu Jiu Ref: Sebastian Colţescu
Attendance:

Matchday 23

16 March 2008

Steaua	1–0	Unirea
Habibou 82'	(Report)

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Ionel Ivan
Attendance: 25,000

Matchday 24

20 March 2008

Rapid	0–3	Steaua
	(Match awarded 3–0 to Steaua due to forfeiture)

20:30 - Giuleşti Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest Ref: Alexandru Deaconu
Attendance:

Matchday 25

23 March 2008

Steaua	2–1	UTA
Pepe Moreno 65' Badea 90+1'	(Report)	Mihuţ 7'

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Lucian Dan
Attendance: 15,000

Matchday 26

30 March 2008

FC Vaslui	0–1	Steaua
	(Report)	Pepe Moreno 66'

16:00 - Municipal, Vaslui Ref: István Kovács
Attendance: 10,000

Matchday 27

6 April 2008

Steaua	2–0	Dacia Mioveni
Goian 49' Pepe Moreno 56'	(Report)

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Victor Berbecaru
Attendance: 4,000

Matchday 28

10 April 2008

Gloria Bistriţa	–	Steaua
	[]

17:00 - Gloria, Bistriţa Ref:
Attendance:

Matchday 29

14 April 2008

Steaua	–	"U" Cluj
	[]

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref:
Attendance:

Matchday 30

19 April 2008

Oţelul	–	Steaua
	[]

17:00 - Oţelul, Galaţi Ref:
Attendance:

Matchday 31

23 April 2008

Steaua	–	Poli Ştiinţa
	[]

??:?? - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref:
Attendance:

Matchday 32

26 April 2008

Univ. Craiova	–	Steaua
	[]

??:?? - Ion Oblemenco, Craiova Ref:
Attendance:

Matchday 33

3 May 2008

Dinamo	–	Steaua
	[]

??:?? - Dinamo, Bucharest Ref:
Attendance:

Matchday 34

7 May 2008

Steaua	–	Gloria Buzău
	[]

??:?? - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref:
Attendance:

Cupa României

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

Round of 32

26 September 2007

FCM Bacău	0–4	Steaua
	(Report)	Zaharia 38' Zaharia 56' Badea 61' (pen.) Zaharia 83'

20:30 - Municipal, Bacău Ref: Alexandru Tudor
Attendance: 6,000

Round of 16

6 December 2007

Unirea	2–0	Steaua
Petre 18' Negru 46'	(Report)	Bădoi 73'

20:30 - Tineretului, Urziceni Ref: Ovidiu Haţegan
Attendance: 7,000

UEFA Champions League 2007-08

Kick-off listed in local time

Preliminary Round 2/3

1st Leg

31 July 2007

Zagłębie Lubin	0–1	Steaua
	(Report)	Goian 54'

20:45 - Górniczy Ośrodek Sportu, Lubin Ref: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
Attendance: 7,000

2nd Leg

8 August 2007

Steaua	2–1	Zagłębie Lubin
Nicoliţă 38' Zaharia 82'	(Report)	Stasiak 29'

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Mark Clattenburg (England)
Attendance: 20,000

Preliminary Round 3/3

1st Leg

15 August 2007

BATE Borisov	2–2	Steaua
Radkov 40' Bliznyuk 90+3'	(Report)	Goian 58' Dică 84'

20:00 - Horodskiy, Barysaŭ Ref: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
Attendance: 4,000

2nd Leg

29 August 2007

Steaua	2–0	BATE Borisov
Zaharia 12' Neaga 54'	(Report)

20:30 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
Attendance: 24,254

Group Stage - Group H

Matchday 1

19 September 2007

Slavia Praha	2–1	Steaua
Šenkeřík 13' Belaid 63'	(Report)	Goian 33'

20:45 - Evžena Rošického, Prague Ref: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
Attendance: 15,723

Matchday 2

2 October 2007

Steaua	0–1	Arsenal
	(Report)	van Persie 76'

21:45 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Attendance: 12,807

Matchday 3

23 October 2007

Sevilla	2–1	Steaua
Kanouté 5' Luís Fabiano 17'	(Report)	O. Petre 63'

20:45 - Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Ref: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Attendance: 28,945

Matchday 4

7 November 2007

Steaua	0–2	Sevilla
	(Report)	Renato 25' Renato 65'

21:45 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
Attendance: 11,027

Matchday 5

27 November 2007

Steaua	1–1	Slavia Praha
Badea 12'	(Report)	Šenkeřík 78'

21:45 - Ghencea, Bucharest Ref: Alain Hamer, (Luxembourg)
Attendance: 11,000

Matchday 6

12 December 2007

Arsenal	2–1	Steaua
Diaby 8' Bendtner 42'	(Report)	Zaharia 68'

19:45 - Emirates, London Ref: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
Attendance: 59,786

Footnotes

^ Mihăiţă Pleşan played 2 games for Politehnica Ştiinţa Timişoara in Liga I before signing and scored 3 goals.
^ Mihai Guriţă played 4 games for FC Gloria Buzău in Liga I as a loaned by Steaua and scored 0 goals.
^ "Cine mai conduce Steaua". Retrieved 2007-06-11.
^ It is assumed though that, given George Becali's influence over the club, these stock holders have been ellected by Becali himself as trustworthy people.
^ Following 2-matchday suspension from previous season
^ Match postponed
^ Match postponed

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2007-08 Squad

Left during the season

Squad Changes

Management

Administration

Board Room

Youth Centre Staff

Liga I 2007-08

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

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Matchday 33

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Cupa României

Round of 32

Round of 16

UEFA Champions League 2007-08

Preliminary Round 2/3

1st Leg

2nd Leg

Preliminary Round 3/3

1st Leg

2nd Leg

Group Stage - Group H

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

Matchday 6

Footnotes

See also