2008–09 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București 2008–09 football season
Steaua București
2008–09 season
OwnerGeorge Becali
PresidentValeriu Argăseală
Head coachMarius Lăcătuș
Massimo Pedrazzini (caretak.)
Dorinel Munteanu
Marius Lăcătuș
Massimo Pedrazzini (caretak.)
StadiumStadionul Steaua
Liga I6th
Cupa RomânieiRound of 32
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Pantelis Kapetanos
Bogdan Stancu (11)
All:
Pantelis Kapetanos
Bogdan Stancu (11)
Highest home attendance24,343[1] vs Galatasaray
(27 August 2008)
Lowest home attendance11,218[1] vs Gloria Buzău
(25 October 2008)
Average home league attendance14,895[1]
Home colours
Away colours

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

Out

Total income: €9M
Player New team Fee
Nigeria Dino Eze Romania Gloria Buzău Free
Central African Republic Habib Habibou Belgium Charleroi End of loan
Peru Andrés Mendoza Mexico Monarcas Morelia End of contract
Colombia Pepe Moreno Argentina Independiente End of loan
Romania Nicolae Dică Italy Catania €2M
Brazil André Nunes Brazil Malucelli Released
Romania Claudiu Ionescu Romania Gloria Buzău Free
Romania Mihai Neșu Netherlands Utrecht €1M
Spain Abel Spain Xerez Released
Brazil Arthuro Russia Terek Grozny Released
Romania Dorinel Munteanu Romania Universitatea Cluj Released
Romania Valentin Badea Romania Steaua II București Second team
Romania Robert Neagoe Romania Steaua II București Second team
Romania Adrian Neaga Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku Released
Romania Mirel Rădoi Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal €6M

Loan out

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

Statistics

Player stats

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

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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:
  1. ^ CFR Cluj as the 2008–09 Cupa României winners qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League.
  2. ^ a b STE 2–1 CRA; CRA 0–0 STE
  3. ^ 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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
ResultLWWWDWWWDDLDDDDDWDLWDWLDWDWWWDLLWD
Position13875642132344455466687877664447766
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Vaslui v Steaua București
30 July 2008 Round 1 Vaslui 1–0 Steaua București Vaslui
20:30 Ljubinković 25', Yellow card 26'
N'Doye Yellow card 29'
Genchev Yellow card 36'
Temwanjera Yellow card 40'
Luz Yellow card 42'
Marković Yellow card 78'
P. Jovanović Yellow card 83' Yellow-red card 85'		 Report Yellow card 49' Tiago Gomes
Yellow card 68' Székely
Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 81' Ghionea		 Stadium: Municipal
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Steaua București v Brașov
3 August 2008 Round 2 Steaua București 2–1 Brașov București
21:00 Lovin Yellow card 23'
Dayro Moreno 32'
Arthuro 89', Yellow card 89'		 Report Yellow card 14' Munteanu
53', Yellow card 54' Roman
Yellow card 64' Rui Duarte
Yellow card 80' Măldărășanu		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 18,493[1]
Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu
Politehnica Iași v Steaua București
8 August 2008 Round 3 Politehnica Iași 0–2 Steaua București Iași
20:00 Bratu Yellow card 14'
Beršnjak Yellow card 27'
Ilie Yellow card 65'		 Report 50' (O.G.) Pečnik
Yellow card 72' Goian
89' Stancu		 Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 11,481
Referee: Augustus Constantin
Steaua București v Argeș Pitești
16 August 2008 Round 4 Steaua București 2–0 Argeș Pitești București
20:00 Nicoliță 4', Yellow card 31'
Arthuro soccer ball with red X 40' (pen.)
Golański Yellow card 68'
Stancu 74'
Lovin Yellow card 67' Yellow-red card 82'		 Report Yellow card 33' Bărbulescu
Red card 34' Kamara
Yellow card 51' Cârstoiu		 Stadium: Steaua
Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu
Gloria Bistrița v Steaua București
23 August 2008 Round 5 Gloria Bistrița 2–2 Steaua București Bistrița
18:00 Borbely 4'
Mărginean Yellow card 19'
Petre Yellow card 42'
Albuț Yellow card 63'
Diogo Yellow card 70'
Hora 73'		 Report Yellow card 24' Neaga
43', 90+4' Stancu
Yellow card 78' Toja		 Stadium: Gloria
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Steaua București v Pandurii Târgu Jiu
1 September 2008 Round 6 Steaua București 1–0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu București
20:00 Lovin 45'
Baciu Yellow card 75'		 Report Yellow card 23' Iordache
Yellow card 66' Tilincă
Yellow card 79' Vasilache		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 17,540[1]
Referee: Marius Martiș
Farul Constanța v Steaua București
13 September 2008 Round 7 Farul Constanța 1–4 Steaua București Constanța
21:00 Maxim soccer ball with red X 9' (pen.)
Băcilă Red card 34'
Teekloh Yellow card 51'
Rusmir Yellow card 71'
Gosic 90+2'		 Report 29' Semedo
31' (O.G.) Maxim
Yellow card 79', 90' Kapetanos
soccer ball with check mark 90+3' (pen.) Székely		 Stadium: Farul
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Steaua București v Gaz Metan Mediaș
21 September 2008 Round 8 Steaua București 4–0 Gaz Metan Mediaș București
20:45 Semedo 6', 65'
Ghionea Yellow card 25'
Nicoliță 29'
Kapetanos 90+4'		 Report Yellow card 82' Sabou Stadium: Steaua
Referee: Robert Dumitru
CFR Cluj v Steaua București
26 September 2008 Round 9 CFR Cluj 1–1 Steaua București Cluj-Napoca
20:45 Dubarbier 37' Report 6' Dayro Moreno
Yellow card 23' Ogăraru
Yellow card 27' Semedo
Yellow card 72' Arthuro		 Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 20,118
Referee: Augustus Constantin
Steaua București v Otopeni
4 October 2008 Round 10 Steaua București 1–1 Otopeni București
20:00 P. Marin Yellow card 85'
Kapetanos 90+3'		 Report Yellow card 31' Dumitrescu
Yellow card 38' Nibombé
Yellow card 82' Munteanu
Yellow card 83' Pîrvu
87' Negru
Yellow card 90' Scarlatache		 Stadium: Steaua
Referee: Marius Avram
Oțelul Galați v Steaua București
17 October 2008 Round 11 Oțelul Galați 2–0 Steaua București Galați
15:00 Pena 23'
Tănasă Yellow card 67', 82'
Kolev Yellow card 78'		 Report Yellow card 90' Semedo Stadium: Oțelul
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Steaua București v Gloria Buzău
25 October 2008 Round 12 Steaua București 1–1 Gloria Buzău București
19:00 Nicoliță 50', soccer ball with red X 90' (pen.)
Pleșan Yellow card 70'
Lovin Yellow card 73'		 Report 58' Vlaicu
Yellow card 67' Arcaba
Yellow card 72' Moreira
Yellow card 90+3' Vigariu		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 11,218[1]
Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu
Dinamo București v Steaua București
1 November 2008 Round 13 Dinamo București 1–1 Steaua București București
21:00 Izvoranu Yellow card 33'
Ad. Cristea 84'		 Report 8' Kapetanos
Yellow card 22' Golański
Yellow card 51' Ogăraru
Yellow card 88' Rădoi		 Stadium: Dinamo
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
Rapid București v Steaua București
9 November 2008 Round 14 Rapid București 0–0 Steaua București București
21:00 Maftei Yellow card 33'
Boya Yellow card 74'
Perjă Yellow card 75'
João Paulo Yellow card 82'
Răduță Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Yellow card 41' Tiago Gomes
Yellow card 66' Goian		 Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Steaua București v Timișoara
15 November 2008 Round 15 Steaua București 2–2 Timișoara București
21:00 Dayro Moreno 69'
Rădoi Yellow card 74', 79'
Lovin Yellow card 76'
Ogăraru Yellow card 82'
Székely Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Yellow card 33', 77' Bădoi
53' Goga
Yellow card 58' Bucur
Yellow card 59' Borbély		 Stadium: Steaua
Referee: Cristian Balaj
FC U Craiova v Steaua București
21 November 2008 Round 16 FC U Craiova 0–0 Steaua București Craiova
20:45 Wobay Yellow card 8'
Mitchell Yellow card 30'		 Report Yellow card 30' Goian
Yellow card 37' Ov. Petre
Yellow card 56' Golański
Yellow card 90' P. Marin		 Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Steaua București v Unirea Urziceni
1 December 2008 Round 17 Steaua București 1–0 Unirea Urziceni București
20:00 Ov. Petre Yellow card 17'
Nicoliță Yellow card 23'
Ghionea Yellow card 27'
Rădoi Yellow card 39'
Stancu Yellow card 45'
Goian Yellow card 50'
P. Marin Yellow card 79' Yellow-red card 80'
Kapetanos 90'
Zapata Yellow card 90+5'		 Report Yellow card 29' Todoran
Yellow card 45' Mehmedović		 Stadium: Steaua
Referee: István Kovács
Steaua București v Vaslui
27 February 2009 Round 18 Steaua București 1–1 Vaslui București
20:45 Kapetanos Yellow card 18'
Stancu 28'
Toja Yellow card 56' Yellow-red card 85'
Ogăraru Yellow card 88'		 Report 8' Wesley
Yellow card 43' Pavlović
Yellow card 47' Temwanjera
Yellow card 75' Cânu		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 17,024[1]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Brașov v Steaua București
8 March 2009 Round 19 Brașov 1–0 Steaua București Brașov
15:00 Buga Yellow card 43'
Abrudan 75'		 Report Yellow card 18' Nicoliță
Yellow card 23' P. Marin
Yellow card 59' Dayro Moreno
Yellow card 86' Lovin		 Stadium: Silviu Ploieșteanu
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Steaua București v Politehnica Iași
14 March 2009 Round 20 Steaua București 1–0 Politehnica Iași București
20:00 Stancu 6', Yellow card 74'
Goian Yellow card 29'
Dayro Moreno Yellow card 71'
Kapetanos Yellow card 72'
Ogăraru Yellow card 87'		 Report Yellow card 34' Cristea
Yellow card 90+2' Straton		 Stadium: Steaua
Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu
Argeș Pitești v Steaua București
20 March 2009 Round 21 Argeș Pitești 2–2 Steaua București Pitești
20:45 Tănase 15'
Bălașa Yellow card 45'
Bazzi 88'		 Report 43' Ov. Petre
Yellow card 59' Lovin
soccer ball with red X 74' (pen.) Ogăraru
Yellow card 86' Tiago Gomes
87' Kapetanos
Yellow card 90+1' Goian		 Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Referee: Ionică Serea
Steaua București v Gloria Bistrița
4 April 2009 Round 22 Steaua București 1–0 Gloria Bistrița București
18:00 Golański Yellow card 29'
P. Marin Yellow card 44'
Stancu soccer ball with red X 78' (pen.)
Kapetanos 83'		 Report Yellow card 35' Nalați
Yellow card 78' Azevedo
Yellow card 81' Achim
Yellow card 88' Zaharia		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 15,321
Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu
Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Steaua București
7 April 2009 Round 23 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2–0 Steaua București Târgu Jiu
21:00 Tremonti Yellow card 11', 43', 67'
Mingote Yellow card 62'
Stângă Yellow card 73'
Hidișan Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Yellow card 10' Kapetanos
Yellow card 36' Baciu
Yellow card 55' Goian
Yellow card 59' Lovin
Yellow card 90' Dayro Moreno		 Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu
Referee: Ovidiu Hațeganu
Steaua București v Farul Constanța
10 April 2009 Round 24 Steaua București 1–1 Farul Constanța București
20:45 Stancu 55'
Ionescu Yellow card 80'		 Report 72' Chico Stadium: Steaua
Referee: Lucian Dan
Gaz Metan Mediaș v Steaua București
17 April 2009 Round 25 Gaz Metan Mediaș 0–1 Steaua București Mediaș
16:00 Kubala Yellow card 55'
Buzean Yellow card 14' Yellow-red card 71'		 Report Yellow card 7' Golański
29' Kapetanos
Yellow card 72' Ghionea
Yellow card 72' Nicoliță
Yellow card 77' Goian		 Stadium: Municipal
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Steaua București v CFR Cluj
22 April 2009 Round 26 Steaua București 1–1 CFR Cluj București
21:00 Ogăraru Yellow card 38'
Lovin Red card 42'
Goian Yellow card 49'
Dayro Moreno 54', Yellow card 65'
Ghionea Yellow card 85'
Ochiroșii Yellow card 90+2'		 Report 9' Culio
Yellow card 10' Pereira
Yellow card 71' Dani
Yellow card 31' Yellow-red card 73' Panin		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 17,658[1]
Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu
Otopeni v Steaua București
26 April 2009 Round 27 Otopeni 0–1 Steaua București Ploiești
20:00 Panait Yellow card 30'
Negru Yellow card 30'
Chiacu Yellow card 30'
Diogo Yellow card 80'		 Report Yellow card 45+1' Ogăraru
90+1' Kapetanos
Yellow card 90+3' Stancu
Yellow card 90+4' Lițu		 Stadium: Astra
Referee: Adrian Comănescu
Steaua București v Oțelul Galați
1 May 2009 Round 28 Steaua București 5–0 Oțelul Galați București
20:45 P. Marin Yellow card 15'
Stancu 34'
Goian soccer ball with check mark 45+2' (pen.)
Toja Yellow card 55', 58'
Dayro Moreno 67'
Golański Yellow card 79'
Kapetanos 85'		 Report Red card 45+1' Giurgiu
Yellow card 79' Iorga
Yellow card 80' Râpă		 Stadium: Steaua
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Gloria Buzău v Steaua București
5 May 2009 Round 29 Gloria Buzău 0–1 Steaua București Buzău
21:00 Ademar Yellow card 44'
Sandu Yellow card 63'		 Report Yellow card 15' Lovin
16' Stancu
Yellow card 56' Ochiroșii		 Stadium: Municipal
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
Steaua București v Dinamo București
8 May 2009 Round 30 Steaua București 1–1 Dinamo București București
21:00 Tiago Gomes Yellow card 40'
Goian Yellow card 72'
Ghionea Yellow card 78'
Moți 82' (O.G.)
Golański Yellow card 89'		 Report Yellow card 26' Izvoranu
Yellow card 49' Torje
Yellow card 58' Boștină
Yellow card 73' Niculescu
Yellow card 84' Marius Niculae
88' (O.G.) P. Marin		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 23,693[1]
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Steaua București v Rapid București
15 May 2009 Round 31 Steaua București 1–2 Rapid București București
21:00 Kapetanos 52', Yellow card 62'
Toja Yellow card 79'		 Report Yellow card 47' Dică
47', 69' Spadacio
Yellow card 61' João Paulo
Yellow card 85' Pitbull		 Stadium: Steaua
Referee: Florian Mayer (Germany)
Timișoara v Steaua București
22 May 2009 Round 32 Timișoara 1–0 Steaua București Timișoara
21:00 Parks 32'
Nibombé Yellow card 65'
Artavazd Karamyan Yellow card 65'		 Report Yellow card 29' Golański Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Referee: Olivier Thual (France)
Steaua București v FC U Craiova
29 May 2009 Round 33 Steaua București 2–1 FC U Craiova București
21:00 Semedo Yellow card 11'
Toja 18'
Ogăraru Yellow card 52'
Stancu 79'		 Report 21' F. Costea Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Greece)
Unirea Urziceni v Steaua București
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

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

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round
Galatasaray Turkey v Romania Steaua București
13 August 2008 First leg Galatasaray Turkey 2–2 Romania Steaua București Istanbul, Turkey
21:15 Nonda 18', 47'
Şaş Yellow card 42'		 4' Dayro Moreno
12', Yellow card 42' Nicoliță
Yellow card 79' Rădoi
Yellow card 80' Arthuro		 Stadium: Ali Sami Yen
Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)
Steaua București Romania v Turkey Galatasaray
27 August 2008 Second leg Steaua București Romania 1–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Turkey Galatasaray București, Romania
20:45 Ov. Petre Yellow card 22'
Nicoliță Yellow card 40', 58'
Neșu Yellow card 71'
Goian Yellow card 80'		 Yellow card 16' Arda
Yellow card 76' Şaş
Yellow card 84' Ümit		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 24,343[1]
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Group stage

Group F standings
Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany Bayern Munich 6 4 2 0 12 4 +8 14 Advance to knockout phase
2 France Lyon 6 3 2 1 14 10 +4 11
3 Italy Fiorentina 6 1 3 2 5 8 −3 6 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Romania Steaua București 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9 1
Source: RSSSF
Results
Steaua București Romania v Germany Bayern
17 September 2008 Matchday 1 Steaua București Romania 0–1 Germany Bayern București, Romania
21:45 Goian Yellow card 42'
Lovin Yellow card 69'		 15' van Buyten
Yellow card 88' Podolski		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 21,379
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Fiorentina Italy v Romania Steaua București
30 September 2008 Matchday 2 Fiorentina Italy 0–0 Romania Steaua București Florence, Italy
20:45 Yellow card 28' P. Marin
Yellow card 70' Stancu		 Stadium: Artemio Franchi
Attendance: 25,383
Referee: Michael Riley (England)
Steaua București Romania v France Lyon
21 October 2008 Matchday 3 Steaua București Romania 3–5 France Lyon București, Romania
21:45 Arthuro 8'
Goian 11'
Nicoliță Yellow card 19'
Ov. Petre 45'		 23' Keita
Yellow card 28' Toulalan
33', 71' Benzema
69', 90+2' Fred		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 22,239
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)
Lyon France v Romania Steaua București
5 November 2008 Matchday 4 Lyon France 2–0 Romania Steaua București Lyon, France
20:45 Cris Yellow card 30'
Juninho 44', Yellow card 79'
Réveillère 89'		 Yellow card 30' Kapetanos
Yellow card 34' Stancu
Yellow card 59' Goian		 Stadium: Stade de Gerland
Attendance: 37,243
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
Bayern Germany v Romania Steaua București
25 November 2008 Matchday 5 Bayern Germany 3–0 Romania Steaua București Munich, Germany
20:45 Klose 57', 71'
Toni 61'		 Yellow card 15' Ov. Petre
Yellow card 29' Goian
Yellow card 84' Golański		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)
Steaua București Romania v Italy Fiorentina
10 December 2008 Matchday 6 Steaua București Romania 0–1 Italy Fiorentina București, Romania
21:45 Nicoliță Yellow card 1'
Dayro Moreno Yellow card 20'
Semedo Yellow card 21'
Lovin Yellow card 71'
Golański Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 72'
Rădoi Yellow card 82'		 Yellow card 14' Zauri
Yellow card 63', 66' Gilardino		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,862
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Non competitive matches

Maribor Slovenia v Romania Steaua București
30 June 2008 Matchday 1 Maribor Slovenia 0–2 Romania Steaua București Maribor, Slovenia
20:00 32' Stancu
48' Székely		 Stadium: Ljudski vrt
Referee: Slavko Vinčić
Austria Kärnten Austria v Romania Steaua București
2 July 2008 Matchday 2 Austria Kärnten Austria 1–3 Romania Steaua București Feldkirchen in Kärnten, Austria
17:30 Nuhiu 79' 3' Lovin
14' Surdu
17' Pleșan		 Stadium: Feldkirchen
Referee: Slavko Vinčić
Red Bull Salzburg Austria v Romania Steaua București
4 July 2008 Matchday 3 Red Bull Salzburg Austria 3–0 Romania Steaua București Salzburg, Austria
19:00 Sekagya 1'
Janko 83', 87'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Rudolf Gruber
Swindon Town England v Romania Steaua București
10 July 2008 Matchday 4 Swindon Town England 2–2 Romania Steaua București Bischofshofen, Austria
18:00 Ghionea 27' (O.G.)
Cox 38'		 48' Stancu
88' Nicoliță		 Stadium: Bischofshofen
Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic v Romania Steaua București
13 July 2008 Matchday 5 Viktoria Plzeň Czech Republic 1–1 Romania Steaua București Bischofshofen, Austria
18:00 Trapp 31' 38' Badea Stadium: Bischofshofen
Beşiktaş Turkey v Romania Steaua București
15 July 2008 Matchday 6 Beşiktaş Turkey 0–1 Romania Steaua București Bad Reichenhall, Austria
18:30 35' (pen.) Rădoi Stadium: Bad Reichenhall
Nürnberg Germany v Romania Steaua București
18 July 2008 Matchday 7 Nürnberg Germany 0–0 Romania Steaua București Nuremberg, Germany
18:15 Stadium: Frankenstadion
Steaua București Romania v Italy Roma
26 July 2008 Matchday 8 Steaua București Romania 3–1 Italy Roma București, Romania
20:45 Dayro Moreno 8'
Stancu 74'
Neaga 80'		 90' Vučinić Stadium: Steaua
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
Steaua București Romania v Romania România A
5 December 2008 Matchday 9 Steaua București Romania 1–4 Romania România A București, Romania
14:00 Arthuro 29' 48', 51', 75' Bucur
65' Bicfalvi		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Tianjin Teda China v Romania Steaua București
18 January 2009 Matchday 10 Tianjin Teda China 1–3 Romania Steaua București Oliva, Spain
16:00 Zhang 28' 26', 33' Ov. Petre
76' Dayro Moreno		 Stadium: Oliva Nova
Zürich Switzerland v Romania Steaua București
20 January 2009 Matchday 11 Zürich Switzerland 2–2 Romania Steaua București Oliva, Spain
16:00 Stahel 14'
Djuric 29'		 20' Lițu
50' Kapetanos		 Stadium: Oliva Nova
Alicante Spain v Romania Steaua București
22 January 2009 Matchday 12 Alicante Spain 0–2 Romania Steaua București Oliva, Spain
16:00 18' Kapetanos
90' Lițu		 Stadium: Oliva Nova
Slovan Bratislava Slovakia v Romania Steaua București
3 February 2009 Matchday 13 Slovan Bratislava Slovakia 1–1 Romania Steaua București Kadriye, Turkey
17:00 Meszároš 87' 29' (pen.) Ogăraru Stadium: IC Sports Center
Hajduk Split Croatia v Romania Steaua București
6 February 2009 Matchday 14 Hajduk Split Croatia 0–1 Romania Steaua București Belek, Turkey
16:00 81' Pedriel Stadium: WOW Kremlin Sports Center
AaB Denmark v Romania Steaua București
8 February 2009 Matchday 15 AaB Denmark 1–0 Romania Steaua București Belek, Turkey
17:00 Curth 23' Stadium: Arcadia Sports Center
Moscow Russia v Romania Steaua București
12 February 2009 Matchday 16 Moscow Russia 1–2 Romania Steaua București Belek, Turkey
17:00 Baciu 90' (O.G.) 60' Dayro Moreno
84' Stancu		 Stadium: Arcadia Sports Center
Rudar Pljevlja Montenegro v Romania Steaua București
14 February 2009 Matchday 17 Rudar Pljevlja Montenegro 1–1 Romania Steaua București Antalya, Turkey
12:00 Bojović 64' 69' Stancu Stadium: Gloria Sports Center
Steaua București Romania v Romania Steaua II București
20 February 2009 Matchday 18 Steaua București Romania 3–2 Romania Steaua II București București, Romania
12:00 Kapetanos 20'
Stancu 25', 45'		 41' Mustață
56' Rusu		 Stadium: Steaua București complex

Staff

Management

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

  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.
  2. ^ a b "Steaua Bucuresti 2008/2009". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ "FCSB >> Squad 2008/2009". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Steaua Bucarest 2008/2009". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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