2004–05 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București 2004–05 football season
Steaua București
2004–05 season
OwnerGeorge Becali
PresidentMihai Stoica
Head coachWalter Zenga
Dumitru Dumitriu
StadiumStadionul Steaua
Divizia A1st (champions)
Cupa RomânieiFirst round
UEFA CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Nicolae Dică (11)
All:
Nicolae Dică (13)

The 2004–05 season was the 57th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's editions of the Cupa României and the UEFA Cup.[1]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2][3][1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Romania ROU Martin Tudor
23 GK Romania ROU Florin Dobre
33 GK Belarus BLR Vasil Khamutowski
2 DF Romania ROU Florentin Dumitru
3 DF Romania ROU Dorin Goian
4 DF Romania ROU Tiberiu Curt
6 DF Romania ROU Mirel Rădoi (captain)
15 DF Romania ROU Mihai Neșu
17 DF Romania ROU Eugen Baciu
18 DF Romania ROU Petre Marin
20 DF Romania ROU George Ogăraru
24 DF Romania ROU Sorin Ghionea
8 MF Romania ROU Dorinel Munteanu
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Boștină
14 MF Romania ROU Nicolae Dică
16 MF Romania ROU Bănel Nicoliță
22 MF Romania ROU Sorin Paraschiv
28 MF Romania ROU Florin Lovin
29 MF Romania ROU Cristian Ciocoiu
— MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Boris Keca
9 FW Romania ROU Laurențiu Diniță
19 FW Romania ROU Daniel Oprița
21 FW Romania ROU Andrei Cristea
— FW Romania ROU Alin Lițu
— FW Romania ROU Valentin Simion

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Divizia A 1 August 2004 11 June 2005 Matchday 1 Winners 30 19 6 5 47 18 +29 063.33
Cupa României 13 October 2004 Round of 32 Round of 32 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
UEFA Cup 12 August 2004 20 March 2005 Second qualifying round Round of 16 12 5 2 5 17 15 +2 041.67
Total 43 24 8 11 64 34 +30 055.81

Source: Competitions

Divizia A

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Steaua București (C) 30 19 6 5 47 18 +29 63 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dinamo București 30 20 2 8 60 30 +30 62 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Rapid București 30 16 9 5 51 27 +24 57[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Național București 30 17 6 7 50 33 +17 57[a]
5 Farul Constanța 30 15 7 8 42 28 +14 52
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:
  1. ^ a b RAP 3–0 PRO; PRO 3–3 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
30 19 6 5 47 18  +29 63 13 1 1 31 6  +25 6 5 4 16 12  +4

Source: LT

Results by round

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

Matches

Steaua București v Gloria Bistrița
1 August 2004 1 Steaua București 2–0 Gloria Bistrița Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Viorel Anghelinei
Rapid București v Steaua București
8 August 2004 2 Rapid București 2–1 Steaua București Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
Dinamo București v Steaua București
22 August 2004 4 Dinamo București 0–1 Steaua București Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Steaua București v Universitatea Craiova
29 August 2004 5 Steaua București 5–0 Universitatea Craiova Bucharest
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
Argeș Pitești v Steaua București
12 September 2004 6 Argeș Pitești 2–2 Steaua București Piteşti
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
Steaua București v Farul Constanța
19 September 2004 7 Steaua București 3–1 Farul Constanța Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
Sportul Studențesc v Steaua București
25 September 2004 8 Sportul Studențesc 1–2 Steaua București Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Regie
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Steaua București v Politehnica Iași
3 October 2004 9 Steaua București 0–1 Politehnica Iași Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Tiberiu Lajos
Steaua București v Oțelul Galați
17 October 2004 10 Steaua București 1–0 Oțelul Galați Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
CFR Cluj v Steaua București
24 October 2004 11 CFR Cluj 0–2 Steaua București Cluj-Napoca
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Steaua București v Național București
31 October 2004 12 Steaua București 5–1 Național București Bucharest
20:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
FCM Bacău v Steaua București
7 November 2004 13 FCM Bacău 2–2 Steaua București Bacău
20:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Robert Dumitru
Steaua București v FC Brașov
20 November 2004 14 Steaua București 3–2 FC Brașov Bucharest
20:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Sărmășan 65'
  • Buga 89'
 Stadium: Național
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ionică Serea
Politehnica Timișoara v Steaua București
28 November 2004 15 Politehnica Timișoara 1–1 Steaua București Timișoara
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Steaua București v Apulum Alba Iulia
4 December 2004 3 Steaua București 3–0 Apulum Alba Iulia Bucharest
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Robert Dumitru
Apulum Alba Iulia v Steaua București
3 April 2005 18 Apulum Alba Iulia 1–1 Steaua București Alba Iulia
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Giuchici 7' Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card 90+2'
 Report
Stadium: Cetate
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
Gloria Bistrița v Steaua București
6 April 2005 16 Gloria Bistrița 0–2 Steaua București Bistrița
16:15 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Gloria
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Steaua București v Dinamo București
10 April 2005 19 Steaua București 1–0 Dinamo București Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Steaua București v Rapid București
14 April 2005 17 Steaua București 0–0 Rapid București Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)
Universitatea Craiova v Steaua București
17 April 2005 20 Universitatea Craiova 0–1 Steaua București Craiova
20:15 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
Steaua București v Argeș Pitești
23 April 2005 21 Steaua București 2–0 Argeș Pitești Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 0
Referee: Vasile Bratu
Farul Constanța v Steaua București
27 April 2005 22 Farul Constanța 1–0 Steaua București Constanța
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
  • Tudor Yellow card 58' Yellow-red card 65'
 Stadium: Gheorghe Hagi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean
Steaua București v Sportul Studențesc
30 April 2005 23 Steaua București 1–0 Sportul Studențesc Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Politehnica Iași v Steaua București
4 May 2005 24 Politehnica Iași 0–0 Steaua București Iași
16:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Marian Salomir
Oțelul Galați v Steaua București
8 May 2005 25 Oțelul Galați 1–0 Steaua București Galați
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Dunărea
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
Steaua București v CFR Cluj
14 May 2005 26 Steaua București 1–0 CFR Cluj Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Robert Dumtriu
Național București v Steaua București
18 May 2005 27 Național București 1–0 Steaua București Bucharest
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)
  • Rada 50'
 Report Stadium: Cotroceni
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Steaua București v FCM Bacău
21 May 2005 28 Steaua București 2–0 FCM Bacău Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Lucian Dan
FC Brașov v Steaua București
28 May 2005 29 FC Brașov 0–1 Steaua București Brașov
18:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Tineretului
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Steaua București v Politehnica Timișoara
11 June 2005 30 Steaua București 2–1 Politehnica Timișoara Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Cupa României

Results

Universitatea Cluj v Steaua București
13 October 2004 Round of 32 Universitatea Cluj 1–0 Steaua București Cluj-Napoca
14:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Ion Moina
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Robert Dumitru

UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

Železnik Serbia and Montenegro v Romania Steaua București
12 August 2004 First leg Železnik Serbia and Montenegro 2–4 Romania Steaua București Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Partizan
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)
Steaua București Romania v Serbia and Montenegro Železnik
26 August 2004 Second leg Steaua București Romania 1–2
(5–4 agg.)		 Serbia and Montenegro Železnik Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

First round

Steaua București Romania v Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
16 September 2004 First leg Steaua București Romania 2–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria v Romania Steaua București
30 September 2004 Second leg CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2–2
(3–4 agg.)		 Romania Steaua București Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Balgarska Armia
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Group stage

Group B standings
Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Athletic Bilbao 4 3 0 1 11 4 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 Romania Steaua București 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 6
3 Italy Parma 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
4 Turkey Beşiktaş 4 1 1 2 7 7 0 4
5 Belgium Standard Liège 4 1 1 2 4 11 −7 4
Source: RSSSF

Results

Steaua București Romania v Belgium Standard Liège
21 October 2004 1 Steaua București Romania 2–0 Belgium Standard Liège Bucharest, Romania
20:15 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Parma Italy v Romania Steaua București
4 November 2004 2 Parma Italy 1–0 Romania Steaua București Parma, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Ennio Tardini
Attendance: 3,949
Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)
Steaua București Romania v Turkey Beşiktaş
25 November 2004 3 Steaua București Romania 2–1 Turkey Beşiktaş Bucharest, Romania
20:15 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
Athletic Bilbao Spain v Romania Steaua București
1 December 2004 4 Athletic Bilbao Spain 1–0 Romania Steaua București Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1) Report Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Knockout stage

Round of 32
Valencia Spain v Romania Steaua București
16 February 2005 First leg Valencia Spain 2–0 Romania Steaua București Valencia, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)
Steaua București Romania v Spain Valencia
24 February 2005 Second leg Steaua București Romania 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(4–3 p)		 Spain Valencia Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
Penalties
Round of 16
Steaua București Romania v Spain Villarreal
16 March 2005 First leg Steaua București Romania 0–0 Spain Villarreal Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Villareal Spain v Romania Steaua București
20 March 2005 Second leg Villareal Spain 2–0
(2–0 agg.)		 Romania Steaua București Villarreal, Spain
20:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: El Madrigal
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

References

  1. ^ a b "Steaua Bucuresti 2004/2005". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ "FCSB >> Squad 2004/2005". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Steaua Bucarest 2004/2005". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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