2007–08 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București 2007–08 football season

Steaua București2007–08 season

Owner| George Becali
President| Valeriu Argăseală
Head coach| Gheorghe Hagi
Massimo Pedrazzini
Marius Lăcătuș
Stadium| Stadionul Steaua
Liga I| 2nd
Cupa României| Round of 16
Champions League| Group stage
Top goalscorer| League:
Nicolae Dică (9)
All:
Nicolae Dică (10)

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The 2007–08 season was the 60th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 60th 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.[1]

## Players

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### Transfers

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#### In

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Total spending: €11,06M

Player  | From  | Fee
Eric Bicfalvi |  Jiul Petroșanii | €0.3M
Valentin Bădoi |  Rapid București | €0.55M
Mihai Guriță |  Farul Constanța | €0.1M
Cosmin Vâtcă |  Oțelul Galați | €0.5M
Adrian Neaga |  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | €0.61M
Ifeanyi Emeghara |  Politehnica Știința Timișoara | €1.2M
Paweł Golański |  Korona Kielce | €1.3M
Alexandru Iacob |  Corvinul Hunedoara | €0.4M
Emil Ninu |  Progresul București | €0.2M
Róbinson Zapata |  Cúcuta Deportivo | €0.5M
Ionuț Rada |  Rapid București | €0.8M
Dorel Zaharia |  Gloria Bistrița | €0.5M
Mihăiță Pleșan |  Politehnica Știința Timișoara | €1.5M
Romeo Surdu |  CFR Cluj | €1M
Habib Habibou |  Charleroi | Loan
Dino Eze |  Gloria Buzau | €0.2M
Pepe Moreno |  Independiente | Loan
Andrés Mendoza |  Metalurh Donetsk | Free
Dayro Moreno |  Once Caldas | €1.4M
Răzvan Ochiroșii |  Gloria Buzău | Back from loan
Alexandru Iacob |  Gloria Buzău | Back from loan
Alin Lițu |  Gloria Buzău | Back from loan
Emil Ninu |  Gloria Buzău | Back from loan
Alexandru Tudose |  Gloria Buzău | Back from loan
Eric Bicfalvi |  Gloria Buzău | Back from loan
Dino Eze |  Gloria Buzău | Back from loan
André Nunes |  Gloria Buzău | Back from loan
Valentin Simion |  Gloria Buzău | Back from loan
Vasilică Cristocea |  Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Back from loan
Marius Croitoru |  Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Back from loan

#### Out

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Total income: €5,06M

Player  | New team  | Fee
Daniel Oprița |  Dinamo București | Free
Stelian Stancu |  Politehnica Știința Timișoara | €0.2M
Sorin Paraschiv |  Rimini | €0.5M
Élton |  Al-Nasr | €0.5M
Cyril Théréau |  Anderlecht | €2.9M
Klemi Saban |  Maccabi Netanya | Free
Gigel Coman |  Universitatea Cluj | €0.1M
Gabriel Boștină |  Dinamo București | €0.1M
Mihai Guriță |  Farul Constanța | Free
Andrey |  Cruzeiro | Released
Valentin Bădoi |  Politehnica Știința Timișoara | Free
Dorel Zaharia |  UTA Arad | €0.26M
Victoraș Iacob |  Kaiserslautern | €0.5M
Vasilică Cristocea |  Steaua II București | Second team
Marius Croitoru |  Steaua II București | Second team
Alexandru Iacob |  Steaua II București | Second team

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Alexandru Iacob |  Gloria Buzău
Alin Lițu |  Gloria Buzău
Emil Ninu |  Gloria Buzău
Alexandru Tudose |  Gloria Buzău
Eric Bicfalvi |  Gloria Buzău
Dino Eze |  Gloria Buzău
André Nunes |  Gloria Buzău
Valentin Simion |  Gloria Buzău
Vasilică Cristocea |  Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Marius Croitoru |  Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

## Statistics

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### Player stats

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No. | Pos | Nat | Player  | Total | Liga I | Cupa României | UEFA Champions League

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1  | GK |  COL | Róbinson Zapata | 42 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0
3  | DF |  ROU | Dorin Goian | 31 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3
4  | DF |  POL | Paweł Golański | 27 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0
5  | DF |  ROU | Ionuț Rada | 28 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0
6  | MF |  ROU | Mirel Rădoi | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0
8  | MF |  ROU | Ovidiu Petre | 35 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1
9  | FW |  ROU | Valentin Badea | 24 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1
10  | FW |  ROU | Nicolae Dică | 40 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1
11  | FW |  CAF | Habib Habibou | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
12  | GK |  ROU | Cornel Cernea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
13  | DF |  NGA | Ifeanyi Emeghara | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0
15  | DF |  ROU | Mihai Neșu | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0
16  | MF |  ROU | Bănel Nicoliță | 35 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1
17  | DF |  ROU | Eugen Baciu | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0
18  | DF |  ROU | Petre Marin | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0
20  | MF |  ROU | Florin Lovin | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0
21  | FW |  ROU | Răzvan Ochiroșii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
22  | FW |  COL | Pepe Moreno | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
23  | MF |  ROU | Mihăiță Pleșan[notes 1] | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
24  | DF |  ROU | Sorin Ghionea | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
25  | FW |  ROU | Adrian Neaga | 35 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1
27  | FW |  COL | Dayro Moreno | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
29  | FW |  PER | Andrés Mendoza | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
82  | GK |  ROU | Cosmin Vâtcă | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
84  | FW |  ROU | Romeo Surdu | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0
Players sold or loaned out during the season
2  | DF |  ROU | Emil Ninu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
7  | MF |  ROU | Eric Bicfalvi | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0
11  | MF |  ROU | Gabriel Boștină | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
14  | MF |  ROU | Vasilică Cristocea | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0
19  | FW |  ROU | Victoraș Iacob | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0
26  | MF |  ROU | Marius Croitoru | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0
26  | FW |  NGA | Dino Eze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
29  | MF |  ROU | Valentin Bădoi | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0
30  | FW |  ROU | Dorel Zaharia | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3
31  | DF |  ROU | Alexandru Iacob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
34  | FW |  ROU | Mihai Guriță[notes 2] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

Sources:[2][3][1]

## Competitions

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### Overall record

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Competition  | First match  | Last match  | Starting round  | Final position  | Record

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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win %
Liga I | 27 July 2007  | 7 May 2008  | Matchday 1  | 2nd  | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32  | 067.65
Cupa României | 26 September 2007  | 6 December 2007  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2  | 050.00
UEFA Champions League | 31 July 2007  | 12 December 2007  | Second qualifying round  | Group stage  | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2  | 030.00
Total  | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 34 | +32  | 058.70

Source: Competitions

### Liga I

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#### League table

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1  | CFR Cluj (C) | 34  | 23  | 7  | 4  | 52  | 22  | +30  | 76  | Qualification to Champions League group stage
2  | Steaua București | 34  | 23  | 6  | 5  | 51  | 19  | +32  | 75  | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3  | Rapid București | 34  | 18  | 7  | 9  | 52  | 31  | +21  | 61[a] | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4  | Dinamo București | 34  | 17  | 10  | 7  | 55  | 36  | +19  | 61[a]
5  | Unirea Urziceni | 34  | 16  | 13  | 5  | 42  | 24  | +18  | 61[a]

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
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1. ^ a b c RAP: 7 pts; DIN: 5 pts; UNI: 3 pts

#### Results summary

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34  | 23  | 6  | 5  | 51  | 19  |  +32  | 75  | 14  | 3  | 0  | 31  | 5  |  +26  | 9  | 3  | 5  | 20  | 14  |  +6

Source: LT

#### Results by round

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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

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Ground| 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| H| A| H| A| A| H
Result| W| W| W| D| D| L| D| D| W| W| W| L| W| L| W| W| D| W| W| L| W| W| W| W| W| W| W| W| W| W| D| W| L| W
Position| 5| 1| 1| 2| 4| 7| 7| 8| 7| 7| 6| 7| 7| 7| 5| 5| 5| 4| 4| 5| 3| 3| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 1| 1| 1| 2| 1| 2| 2

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

#### Matches

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Steaua București v Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 27 July 2007 Round 1|  Steaua București | 2–1|  Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | București

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20:30 | Dică 14' (pen.), 62' |  |  12' (pen.) Vranjković | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 0 (closed doors)[notes 3]
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Farul Constanța v Steaua București 3 August 2007 Round 2|  Farul Constanța | 0–1|  Steaua București | Constanța

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20:30 |  |  |  62' Dică | Stadium: Farul
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Steaua București v Politehnica Iași 11 August 2007 Round 3|  Steaua București | 1–0|  Politehnica Iași | București

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20:45 | Bicfalvi 79' |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

CFR Cluj v Steaua București 19 August 2007 Round 4|  CFR Cluj | 0–0|  Steaua București | Cluj-Napoca

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20:30 |  |  |  | Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin

Unirea Urziceni v Steaua București 2 September 2007 Round 6|  Unirea Urziceni | 1–0|  Steaua București | Urziceni

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17:00 | Galamaz 90+1' |  |  | Stadium: Tineretului
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Tiberiu Lajos

Steaua București v Rapid București 16 September 2007 Round 7|  Steaua București | 0–0|  Rapid București | București

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20:30 |  |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

UTA Arad v Steaua București 22 September 2007 Round 8|  UTA Arad | 1–1|  Steaua București | Arad

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17:00 | Edson 82' (pen.) |  |  57' Nicoliță | Stadium: Francisc von Neumann
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

Steaua București v Vaslui 29 September 2007 Round 9|  Steaua București | 1–0|  Vaslui | București

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20:45 | Rada 65' |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 7,472
Referee: Aurel Bogaciu

Dacia Mioveni v Steaua București 7 October 2007 Round 10|  Dacia Mioveni | 1–2|  Steaua București | Mioveni

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20:30 | Rada 35' (o.g.) |  |  45+2', 90' Iacob | Stadium: Dacia
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Victor Berbecaru

Universitatea Cluj v Steaua București 27 October 2007 Round 12|  Universitatea Cluj | 2–1|  Steaua București | Cluj-Napoca

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15:00 | Jovanović 34'
Goga 85' |  |  21' Nicoliță | Stadium: Ion Moina
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: István Kovács

Steaua București v Oțelul Galați 31 October 2007 Round 13|  Steaua București | 3–1|  Oțelul Galați | București

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20:30 | Dică 7' (65), pen.'
Semeghin 32' (o.g.) |  |  52' Székely | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ionel Ivan

Politehnica Știința Timișoara v Steaua București 4 November 2007 Round 14|  Politehnica Știința Timișoara | 2–0|  Steaua București | Timișoara

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20:30 | Rušič 13'
Mansour 90+1' |  |  | Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin

Steaua București v FC U Craiova 10 November 2007 Round 15|  Steaua București | 1–0|  FC U Craiova | București

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20:45 | Nicoliță 27' |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Steaua București v Pandurii Târgu Jiu 12 November 2007 Round 5 (P)|  Steaua București | 0–0|  Pandurii Târgu Jiu | București

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20:30 |  |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 7,249
Referee: Alexandru Ioniță

Steaua București v Dinamo București 24 November 2007 Round 16|  Steaua București | 1–0|  Dinamo București | București

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20:30 | Neaga 67' |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 23,552
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

Gloria Buzău v Steaua București 30 November 2007 Round 17|  Gloria Buzău | 1–1|  Steaua București | Buzău

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13:00 | Bunică 90+1' |  |  78' Dică | Stadium: Crâng
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: ștefan Erdei

Steaua București v Gloria Bistrița 3 December 2007 Round 11 (P)|  Steaua București | 1–0|  Gloria Bistrița | București

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20:45 | Toma 78' (o.g.) |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marius Avram

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț v Steaua București 9 December 2007 Round 18|  Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 0–1|  Steaua București | Piatra Neamț

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19:00 |  |  |  19' Badea | Stadium: Ceahlăul
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Aurelian Bogaciu

Steaua București v Farul Constanța 16 December 2007 Round 19|  Steaua București | 3–0|  Farul Constanța | București

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17:00 | Zaharia 17'
Dică 78'
Șchiopu 84' (o.g.) |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ionel Ivan

Politehnica Iași v Steaua București 24 February 2008 Round 20|  Politehnica Iași | 2–1|  Steaua București | Iași

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20:30 | Nicoliță 3' (o.g.)
Onuț 60' |  |  47' Mendoza | Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

Steaua București v CFR Cluj 2 March 2008 Round 21|  Steaua București | 3–1|  CFR Cluj | București

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20:30 | Hirschfeld 26' (o.g.)
Dayro Moreno 56'
Ov. Petre 90+1' |  |  4' Trică | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Steaua București 8 March 2008 Round 22|  Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 0–1|  Steaua București | Târgu Jiu

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20:45 |  |  |  64' Ov. Petre | Stadium: Municipal Tudor Vladimirescu
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Steaua București v Unirea Urziceni 16 March 2008 Round 23|  Steaua București | 1–0|  Unirea Urziceni | București

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20:30 | Habibou 82' |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 21,126
Referee: Ionel Ivan

Rapid București v Steaua București 20 March 2008 Round 24|  Rapid București | 0–3
(Awarded)|  Steaua București | București

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20:30 | Săpunaru 68' |  |  | Stadium: Giulești Valentin Stănescu
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
Note: The match was interrupted in 72nd minute because the referee was hit with an object from the stands, by the fans of Rapid, even the hosts were leading with 1–0; the match was awarded with 3–0 for Steaua.

Steaua București v UTA Arad 23 March 2008 Round 25|  Steaua București | 2–1|  UTA Arad | București

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20:30 | Pepe Moreno 65'
Badea 90+1' |  |  7' Mihuț | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lucian Dan

Vaslui v Steaua București 30 March 2008 Round 26|  Vaslui | 0–1|  Steaua București | Vaslui

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16:00 |  |  |  66' Pepe Moreno | Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: István Kovács

Steaua București v Dacia Mioveni 6 April 2008 Round 27|  Steaua București | 2–0|  Dacia Mioveni | București

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20:30 | Goian 49'
Pepe Moreno 56' |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Victor Berbecaru

Gloria Bistrița v Steaua București 10 April 2008 Round 28|  Gloria Bistrița | 1–3|  Steaua București | Reghin

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17:00 | Toma 44' |  |  19', 24' Dică
62' (o.g.) Hadzibulic | Stadium: Avântul
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tiberiu Lajos

Steaua București v Universitatea Cluj 14 April 2008 Round 29|  Steaua București | 4–0|  Universitatea Cluj | București

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20:30 | Pleșan 7'
Golański 66'
Neaga 90+1'
Dayro Moreno 90+3' |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

Oțelul Galați v Steaua București 19 April 2008 Round 30|  Oțelul Galați | 0–1|  Steaua București | Galați

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17:00 |  |  |  76' Pleșan | Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

Steaua București v Politehnica Știința Timișoara 22 April 2008 Round 31|  Steaua București | 1–1|  Politehnica Știința Timișoara | București

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20:30 | Goian 49' |  |  65' Bucur | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

FC U Craiova v Steaua București 26 April 2008 Round 32|  FC U Craiova | 1–2|  Steaua București | Craiova

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17:00 | Prepeliță 77' |  |  75' Pepe Moreno
83' Dayro Moreno | Stadium: Extensiv
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Dinamo București v Steaua București 4 May 2008 Round 33|  Dinamo București | 2–1|  Steaua București | București

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20:30 | Bratu 30'
Dănciulescu 52' |  |  75' Ghionea | Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Steaua București v Gloria Buzău 7 May 2008 Round 34|  Steaua București | 5–0|  Gloria Buzău | București

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17:00 | Pepe Moreno 20'
Dayro Moreno 62', 77'
Neaga 67'
Mendoza 72' |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

### Cupa României

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Main article: 2007–08 Cupa României

#### Results

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Bacău v Steaua București 26 September 2007 Round of 32|  Bacău | 0–4|  Steaua București | Bacău

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20:30 |  |  |  38', 56', 83' Zaharia
61' (pen.) Badea | Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Unirea Urziceni v Steaua București 6 December 2007 Round of 16|  Unirea Urziceni | 2–0|  Steaua București | Urziceni

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20:30 | Petre 18'
Negru 46' |  |  | Stadium: Tineretului
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

### UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

#### Qualifying rounds

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds

##### Second qualifying round

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Zagłębie Lubin v  Steaua București 31 July 2007 First leg|  Zagłębie Lubin | 0–1|  Steaua București | Lubin, Poland

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20:45 |  |  |  54' Goian | Stadium: Górniczy Ośrodek Sportu
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)

Steaua București  v  Zagłębie Lubin 8 August 2007 Second leg|  Steaua București  | 2–1
(3–1 agg.)|  Zagłębie Lubin | București, Romania

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20:30 | Nicoliță 38'
Zaharia 82' |  |  29' Stasiak | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

##### Third qualifying round

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BATE Borisov v  Steaua București 15 August 2007 First leg|  BATE Borisov | 2–2|  Steaua București | Borisov, Belarus

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20:00 | Radzkow 40'
Bliznyuk 90+3' |  |  58' Goian
84' Dică | Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Steaua București  v  BATE Borisov 29 August 2007 Second leg|  Steaua București  | 2–0
(4–2 agg.)|  BATE Borisov | București, Romania

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20:30 | Zaharia 12'
Neaga 54' |  |  | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 24,254
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

#### Group stage

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage

Group H standings  Pos | Team

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1  |  Sevilla | 6  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 14  | 7  | +7  | 15  | Advance to knockout stage |  | -- | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1
2  |  Arsenal | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 14  | 4  | +10  | 13  |  | 3–0 | -- | 7–0 | 2–1
3  |  Slavia Prague | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 5  | 16  | −11  | 5  | Transfer to UEFA Cup |  | 0–3 | 0–0 | -- | 2–1
4  |  Steaua București | 6  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 4  | 10  | −6  | 1  |  |  | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | --

Source: RSSSF

##### Results

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Slavia Prague v  Steaua București 19 September 2007 Matchday 1|  Slavia Prague | 2–1|  Steaua București | Prague, Czech Republic

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20:45 | Šenkeřík 13'
Belaid 63' |  |  33' Goian | Stadium: Evžena Rošického
Attendance: 15,723
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Steaua București  v  Arsenal 2 October 2007 Matchday 2|  Steaua București  | 0–1|  Arsenal | București, Romania

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21:45 |  |  |  76' van Persie | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,807
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Sevilla v  Steaua București 23 October 2007 Matchday 3|  Sevilla | 2–1|  Steaua București | Seville, Spain

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20:45 | Kanouté 5'
Luís Fabiano 17' |  |  63' Ov. Petre | Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 28,945
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Steaua București  v  Sevilla 7 November 2007 Matchday 4|  Steaua București  | 0–2|  Sevilla | București, Romania

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21:45 |  |  |  25', 65' Renato | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 11,027
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Steaua București  v  Slavia Prague 27 November 2007 Matchday 5|  Steaua București  | 1–1|  Slavia Prague | București, Romania

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21:45 | Badea 12' |  |  78' Šenkeřík | Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Arsenal v  Steaua București 12 December 2007 Matchday 6|  Arsenal | 2–1|  Steaua București | London, England

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19:45 | Diaby 8'
Bendtner 42' |  |  68' Zaharia | Stadium: Emirates
Attendance: 59,786
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

## Staff

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### Management

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* Manager: Gheorghe Hagi (resigned), Massimo Pedrazzini (sacked), Marius Lăcătuș
* Assistant managers: Mihai Teja, Ioan Nagy, Massimo Pedrazzini
* Goalkeeping coach: Andrei Speriatu
* Fitness Coach: Horea Codorean
* Medic: Radu Paligora
* Masseur: Cătălin Fandel

### Administration

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* President: Valeriu Argăseală
* Vicepresident: Iulian Ghiorghișor
* Scouting manager: Mario Branco
* Marketing director: Andreea Chiriloiu
* Press Officer: Cătălin Făiniși
* Team Manager: Marius Ianuli
* Sporting Director: Adrian Ilie

### Board Room

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* Chairman: 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%)[notes 4]

### Youth Centre staff

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

## Notes and references

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### Notes

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1. ^ Mihăiță Pleșan played 2 games for Politehnica Știința Timișoara in Liga I before signing and scored 3 goals.
2. ^ Mihai Guriță played 4 games for FC Gloria Buzău in Liga I as a loaned by Steaua București and scored 0 goals.
3. ^ Following 2-matchday suspension from previous season
4. ^ It is assumed though that, given George Becali's influence over the club, these stock holders have been elected by Becali himself as trustworthy people.

### References

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1. ^ a b "Steaua Bucuresti 2007/2008". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
2. ^ "FCSB >> Squad 2007/2008". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
3. ^ "Steaua Bucarest 2007/2008". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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* Cupa României (Final)

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*[No.]: Squad number
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*[Nat]: Nationality
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
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