2023–24 FC Universitatea Cluj season

Universitatea Cluj
2023–24 season
Owner	Cluj-Napoca Municipality ; Babeș-Bolyai University ; U Cluj Supporters Association
Chairman	Radu Constantea
Manager	Ioan Sabău
Stadium	Cluj Arena
Average home league attendance	8,771
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 98rd season of competitive football by Universitatea Cluj, and the 2nd in Liga I, after being promoted at the end of the 2021-22 Liga II season. Universitatea Cluj will compete in the Liga I and in Cupa României.

Season overview

Background

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	Liga I	10th
	Cupa României	Final

First-team squad

Last updated on 5 March 2024^[2]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
12	Iustin Chirilă	GK	(2006-05-21) 21 May 2006 (age 18)
23	Plamen Iliev	GK	(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 32)
33	Andrei Gorcea	GK	(2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 23)
Defenders
2	Thalisson	CB	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26)
3	Bogdan Mitrea	CB	(1984-03-16) 16 March 1984 (age 40)
17	Andrei Pițian	CB	(1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31)
25	Lucas Masoero	CB	(1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36)
26	Dorinel Oancea	RB	(1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27)
41	Alin Techereș	LB	(2007-01-05) 5 January 2007 (age 17)
43	Alin Chinteș	RB	(2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 (age 18)
77	Andrei Peteleu	RB	August 20, 1992 (age 31)
93	Răzvan Călăgur	LB	(2006-04-06) 6 April 2006 (age 18)
Midfielders
4	Kevin Doukouré	CM	(1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25)
8	Roger	AM	(1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28)
10	Dan Nistor	CM	(1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 36)
21	Marco Fossati	DM	(1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 29)
24	Ante Roguljić	AM	(1996-03-11) 11 March 1996 (age 28)
42	Alexandru Bota	CM	(1982-09-03) 3 September 1982 (age 42)
94	Ovidiu Bic	CM	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)
96	Robert Silaghi	AM	(1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33)
98	Gabriel Simion	DM	(1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 26)
Forwards
9	Filip Ilie	CF	(2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 22)
11	Dragoș Tescan	CF	(1999-09-15) 15 September 1999 (age 25)
19	Daniel Popa	CF	(1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 (age 29)
20	Valentin Gheorghe	LW	(1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27)
27	Alexandru Chipciu (captain)	RW	(1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 35)
30	Luca Nagy	CF	(2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 (age 18)
32	Federico Anselmo	CF	(1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 30)
71	Ștefan Pănoiu	RW	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

Competitions

Win Draw Loss

Overview

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	16 July 2023		Matchday 1	10	23	8	8	7	30	33	−3	034.78
Cupa României	August 2023	–	Group stage	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					23	8	8	7	30	33	−3	034.78

Last updated: 2 February 2024
Source: Competitions

Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced on July 1, 2023.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Farul Constanța	30	11	10	9	37	38	−1	43^[a]	Qualification to play-off round
6	Sepsi OSK	30	12	7	11	43	34	+9	43^[a]	Qualification to play-off round
7	Universitatea Cluj	30	10	12	8	35	38	−3	42	Qualification to play-out round
8	UTA Arad	30	10	10	10	36	43	−7	40^[b]
9	Hermannstadt	30	9	13	8	36	31	+5	40^[b]

Source: [1], Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[3]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head to head points: Farul Constanța 6, Sepsi OSK 0
^ ^a ^b Head to head points: UTA 3 (+1), Hermannstadt 3 (-1)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FCS	CFR	UCV	FAR	SEP	RAP
1	FCSB (C)	10	5	2	3	12	11	+1	49	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round		0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2
2	CFR Cluj	10	6	1	3	19	14	+5	46	Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round	0–1		1–2	5–1	2–1	3–2
3	Universitatea Craiova (O)	10	6	1	3	18	14	+4	44	Qualification to European competition play-offs	2–0	0–1		1–2	3–2	2–1
4	Farul Constanța	10	4	2	4	19	20	−1	36		0–1	5–1	3–3		1–4	3–1
5	Sepsi OSK	10	3	3	4	17	17	0	34		2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1		3–2
6	Rapid București	10	1	1	8	13	22	−9	32		2–0	1–4	1–2	1–2	0–1

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[4] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	UTA	OTE	HER	UCJ	PET	IAS	DIN	BOT	VOL	FCU
1	UTA Arad	9	5	2	2	15	11	+4	37			3–1	1–3					1–0	4–3	3–1
2	Oțelul Galați	9	6	1	2	11	7	+4	36	Qualification to European competition play-offs			1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–0
3	Hermannstadt	9	4	2	3	13	7	+6	34					1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1
4	Universitatea Cluj	9	3	3	3	12	10	+2	33	Qualification to European competition play-offs	0–0				1–2	1–0	3–3	3–0
5	Petrolul Ploiești	9	3	2	4	8	14	−6	29		1–1	2–1						1–2	0–4	1–0
6	Politehnica Iași	9	3	1	5	7	8	−1	27		0–2				2–0				3–1	0–0
7	Dinamo București (O)	9	2	4	3	10	12	−2	25	Qualification to relegation play-offs	2–0				1–1	1–0			1–1
8	Botoșani (O)	9	4	2	3	11	11	0	25	Qualification to relegation play-offs						2–1	2–1		0–0	4–1
9	Voluntari (R)	9	2	4	3	11	10	+1	24	Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II		1–1	1–0	0–1						0–0
10	FC U Craiova (R)	9	1	3	5	8	16	−8	22	Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II		1–2	1–3	3–2			1–1

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[5] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	10	12	8	35	38	−3	42	5	4	6	14	19	−5	5	8	2	21	19	+2

Last updated: 2 February 2024.
Source: [2]

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Cupa României

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 2 February 2024

No.	Pos	Player	Liga I		Cupa României		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Squad statistics

	Liga I	Cupa României	Home	Away	Total Stats
Games played	30	0	0	0	0
Games won	10	0	0	0	0
Games drawn	12	0	0	0	0
Games lost	8	0	0	0	0
Goals scored	35	0	0	0	0
Goals conceded	38	0	0	0	0
Goal difference	-3	0	0	0	0
Clean sheets	0	0	0	0	0
Goal by Substitute	0	0	0	0	0
Players used	–	–	–	–	–
Yellow cards	0	0	0	0	0
Red cards	0	0	0	0	0
Winning rate	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Last updated: 2 February 2024
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

As of 2 February 2024

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Total
Total			0	0	0

Clean sheets

As of 2024

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Total	Games played
Total		0	0	0	0

Attendances

As of 2024

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Liga I	0	0	0	0	0
Cupa României	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/rou-liga-1-2023-2024/1/
^ "Echipa". www.fcuniversitateacluj.ro. fcuniversitateacluj.ro. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[table_hth_FAR0.39309914940647-3] Head to head points: Farul Constanța 6, Sepsi OSK 0

[table_hth_UTA0.39309914940647-4] Head to head points: UTA 3 (+1), Hermannstadt 3 (-1)

[1] ttps://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/rou-liga-1-2023-2024/1/

[2] "Echipa". www.fcuniversitateacluj.ro. fcuniversitateacluj.ro. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

[sw-5] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[6] "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[7] "FRF – Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

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Season overview

Background

Previous season positions

First-team squad

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Liga I

League table

Results summary

Matches

Cupa României

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Squad statistics

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Attendances

See also

References