2015–16 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București 2015–16 football season

Steaua București2015–16 season

Owner| George Becali
President| Valeriu Argăseală
Head coach| Massimo Pedrazzini
Dumitru Dumitriu
Laurențiu Reghecampf
Stadium| Arena Națională
Liga I| 2nd
Cupa României| Semi-finals
Cupa Ligii| Winners
Supercupa României| Runners-up
Champions League| Third qualifying round
Europa League| Play-off round
Top goalscorer| League:
Nicolae Stanciu (12)
All:
Nicolae Stanciu (14)
Highest home attendance| 48,613 vs Dinamo București
(10 April 2016 (2016-04-10))
Lowest home attendance| 500 (approximate) vs Poli Timișoara
(15 October 2015 (2015-10-15))

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2015–16 season was the 68th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 68th 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, the Cupa Ligii, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.[1]

## Players[edit]

### First-team squad[edit]

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

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1  | GK |  ROU | Florin Niță
2  | DF |  ROU | Cornel Râpă
3  | DF |  ROU | Paul Papp
4  | DF |  MDA | Cătălin Carp
5  | MF |  ALG | Jugurtha Hamroun
6  | MF |  ROU | Mihai Pintilii
7  | MF |  ROU | Alexandru Chipciu (vice-captain)
8  | MF |  ROU | Lucian Filip
9  | FW |  ROU | Ciprian Marica
10  | MF |  ROU | Nicolae Stanciu (3rd captain)
11  | MF |  GHA | Sulley Muniru
12  | GK |  ROU | Valentin Cojocaru
13  | DF |  ROU | Alin Toșca
14  | MF |  MAR | Houssine Kharja
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15  | DF |  SRB | Marko Momčilović
18  | MF |  GER | Timo Gebhart
19  | MF |  ROU | Vlad Mihalcea
20  | FW |  JOR | Tha'er Bawab
25  | FW |  FRA | Grégory Tadé
27  | FW |  ROU | Cristian Onțel
30  | DF |  ROU | Gabriel Tamaș
33  | DF |  CPV | Fernando Varela (captain)
44  | MF |  ROU | Gabriel Enache
55  | MF |  ROU | Alexandru Bourceanu
77  | MF |  ROU | Adrian Popa
95  | MF |  ROU | Doru Popadiuc
98  | GK |  ROU | Ionuț Poiană

#### Youth players with first-team appearances[edit]

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

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29  | FW |  ROU | Bogdan Măcriș
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#### Out of team[edit]

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

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21  | MF |  NED | Nicandro Breeveld
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—  | DF |  ROU | Valeriu Lupu

##### Notes[edit]

During the season Jugurtha Hamroun used two numbers, 14 in European Cups and 5 in Liga I.

### Transfers[edit]

#### In[edit]

No.
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| Nat.
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window | Ends
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fee | Source

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—  | DF |  | Gabriel Matei | 25 | EU  | Brașov | Loan return  | Summer  | Undisclosed  | —  |
—  | MF |  | Paul Pârvulescu | 26 | EU  | Viitorul Constanța | Loan return  | Summer  | 2017  | —  |
27  | MF |  | Răzvan Grădinaru | 19 | EU  | Oțelul Galați | Loan return  | Summer  | Undisclosed  | —  |
28  | FW |  | Alexandru Târnovan | 19 | EU  | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Loan return  | Summer  | Undisclosed  | —  |
35  | DF |  | Alexandru Aldea (footballer) | 20 | EU  | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Loan return  | Summer  | Undisclosed  | —  |
98  | GK |  | Ionuț Poiană | 17 | EU  | Youth system | Promoted  | Summer  | Undisclosed  | —  |
22  | DF |  | Jean Sony Alcénat | 29 | Non-EU  | Petrolul Ploiești | Free transfer  | Summer  | 2018  | Free | SteauaFC.com
11  | MF |  | Sulley Muniru | 22 | Non-EU  | CFR Cluj | Transfer  | Summer  | 2019  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
19  | MF |  | Vlad Mihalcea | 16 | EU  | Brașov | Transfer  | Summer  | 2021  | Undisclosed  | Steaua Facebook
17  | FW |  | Alexandru Tudorie | 19 | EU  | Oțelul Galați | Transfer  | Summer  | 2020  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
23  | MF |  | Aymen Tahar | 25 | EU  | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Transfer  | Summer  | 2019  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
14  | MF |  | Jugurtha Hamroun | 26 | EU  | Oțelul Galați | Free transfer  | Summer  | 2020  | Free | SteauaFC.com
15  | FW |  | Grégory Tadé | 28 | EU  | CFR Cluj | Transfer  | Summer  | 2018  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
4  | DF |  | Cătălin Carp | 21 | EU  | CFR Cluj | Free transfer  | Summer  | 2019  | Free | SteauaFC.com
14  | MF |  | Houssine Kharja | 32 | EU  | Sochaux | Free transfer  | Summer  | 2016  | Free | SteauaFC.com
41  | MF |  | Cătălin Ștefănescu | 21 | EU  | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Transfer  | Winter  | 2020  | Undisclosed  |
95  | MF |  | Doru Popadiuc | 20 | EU  | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Transfer  | Winter  | 2020  | Undisclosed  |
92  | MF |  | Sebastian Chitoșcă | 23 | EU  | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Transfer  | Winter  | 2020  | Undisclosed  |
55  | MF |  | Alexandru Bourceanu | 30 | EU  | Trabzonspor | Free transfer  | Winter  | 2016  | Free | SteauaFC.com
6  | MF |  | Mihai Pintilii | 31 | EU  | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Transfer  | Winter  | 2017  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
22  | MF |  | Paul Pârvulescu | 27 | EU  | Voluntari | Loan return  | Winter  | 2017  | —  |
15  | DF |  | Marko Momčilović | 28 | Non-EU  | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Transfer  | Winter  | 2018  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
9  | FW |  | Ciprian Marica | 30 | EU  | Konyaspor | Free transfer  | Winter  | 2016  | Free | SteauaFC.com
20  | FW |  | Tha'er Bawab | 30 | EU  | CS Universitatea Craiova | Free transfer  | Winter  | 2017  | Free | SteauaFC.com
18  | MF |  | Timo Gebhart | 26 | EU  | 1\. FC Nürnberg | Free transfer  | Winter  | 2016  | Free | SteauaFC.com
30  | DF |  | Gabriel Tamaș | 32 | EU  | Cardiff City | Free transfer  | Winter  | 2018  | Free | SteauaFC.com
44  | MF |  | Gabriel Enache | 25 | EU  | Astra Giurgiu | Transfer  | Winter  | 2020  | € 500.000  | SteauaFC.com

#### Out[edit]

| Pos.
| Nat.
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| EU
| Moving to
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window | Transfer
fee | Source

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24  | GK |  | Giedrius Arlauskis | 27 | EU  | Watford | End of contract  | Summer  | Free | WatfordFC.com
11  | MF |  | Andrei Prepeliță | 29 | EU  | Ludogorets Razgrad | End of contract  | Summer  | Free | SteauaFC.com
14  | DF |  | Iasmin Latovlevici | 29 | EU  | Gençlerbirliği | End of contract  | Summer  | Free | SteauaFC.com
25  | FW |  | Raul Rusescu | 26 | EU  | Sevilla | End of loan  | Summer  | —  | SteauaFC.com
55  | MF |  | Alexandru Bourceanu | 30 | EU  | Trabzonspor | End of loan  | Summer  | —  | SteauaFC.com
—  | DF |  | Paul Pârvulescu | 26 | EU  | Voluntari | Loan  | Summer  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
97  | MF |  | Robert Vâlceanu | 18 | EU  | Voluntari | Loan  | Summer  | Undisclosed  |
10  | MF |  | Cristian Tănase | 28 | EU  | Tianjin TEDA | Transfer  | Summer  | € 1.000.000  | SteauaFC.com
31  | MF |  | Florentin Pham | 18 | EU  | Academica Clinceni | Loan  | Summer  | Undisclosed  |
—  | DF |  | Srdjan Luchin | 29 | EU  | ACS Poli Timișoara | Mutual termination  | Summer  | Free | SteauaFC.com
30  | DF |  | Gabriel Tamaș | 31 | EU  | Cardiff City | Mutual termination  | Summer  | Free | SteauaFC.com
26  | MF |  | Ionuț Neagu | 25 | EU  | Kardemir Karabükspor | Loan with transfer option  | Summer  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
80  | FW |  | Gabriel Iancu | 21 | EU  | Kardemir Karabükspor | Loan with transfer option  | Summer  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
27  | MF |  | Răzvan Grădinaru | 20 | EU  | Concordia Chiajna | Loan  | Summer  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
—  | DF |  | Gabriel Matei | 25 | EU  | Academica Clinceni | Mutual termination  | Summer  | Free | SteauaFC.com
29  | FW |  | George Țucudean | 24 | EU  | Charlton Athletic | End of loan  | Summer  | —  | SteauaFC.com
16  | DF |  | Guilherme Sityá | 25 | EU  |  | Mutual termination  | Winter  | Free | SteauaFC.com
23  | MF |  | Aymen Tahar | 26 | EU  | Boavista | Loan  | Winter  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
17  | FW |  | Alexandru Tudorie | 19 | EU  | Voluntari | Loan  | Winter  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
94  | MF |  | Rareș Enceanu | 21 | EU  | Voluntari | Loan  | Winter  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
41  | MF |  | Cătălin Ștefănescu | 21 | EU  | Voluntari | Loan  | Winter  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
28  | FW |  | Alexandru Târnovan | 20 | EU  | Universitatea Cluj | Loan  | Winter  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
—  | DF |  | Jean Sony Alcénat | 30 | EU  | Voluntari | Loan  | Winter  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
22  | DF |  | Paul Pîrvulescu | 27 | EU  | Târgu Mureș | Loan  | Winter  | Undisclosed  | SteauaFC.com
92  | MF |  | Sebastian Chitoșcă | 23 | EU  | Voluntari | Loan  | Winter  | Undisclosed  |
35  | DF |  | Alexandru Aldea (footballer) | 20 | EU  | Sporting Turnu Măgurele | Loan  | Winter  | Undisclosed  |

## Statistics[edit]

### Goalscorers[edit]

Last updated on 17 July 2016
Player  | Liga I  | Cupa României  | Cupa Ligii  | Supercupa României  | Champions League  | Europa League  | Total

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Nicolae Stanciu | 12  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 14
Jugurtha Hamroun | 7  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 10
Alexandru Chipciu | 7  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 9
Grégory Tadé | 4  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 7
Adrian Popa | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 5
Fernando Varela | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 4
Sulley Muniru | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 3
Aymen Tahar | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2
Gabriel Enache | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2
Marko Momčilović | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2
Tha'er Bawab | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2
Alexandru Tudorie | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Gabriel Iancu | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Nicandro Breeveld | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Cornel Râpă | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Lucian Filip | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Paul Papp | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Doru Popadiuc | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Cristian Onțel | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Own goals
Cristian Bocșan | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Iván González | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1
Steliano Filip | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1

## Competitions[edit]

### Supercupa României[edit]

Main article: 2015 Supercupa României

#### Results[edit]

Steaua București v Târgu Mureș 8 July 2015 (2015-07-08) Final|  Steaua București | 0–1|  Târgu Mureș | Constanţa

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) |  | Report | Axente 63' | Stadium: Farul

### Liga I[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 Liga I

#### Regular season[edit]

Overall | Home | Away

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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD
26  | 12  | 8  | 6  | 35  | 25  |  +10  | 44  | 6  | 6  | 1  | 21  | 11  |  +10  | 6  | 2  | 5  | 14  | 14  |  0

Source: FCSB

##### Table[edit]

Pos | Team

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3  | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 26  | 13  | 8  | 5  | 35  | 26  | +9  | 47  | Qualification for the championship round
4  | Viitorul Constanța | 26  | 13  | 7  | 6  | 49  | 30  | +19  | 46
5  | Steaua București | 26  | 12  | 8  | 6  | 35  | 25  | +10  | 44
6  | Târgu Mureș | 26  | 9  | 11  | 6  | 27  | 21  | +6  | 38
7  | CSMS Iași | 26  | 9  | 10  | 7  | 22  | 25  | −3  | 37  | Qualification for the relegation round

Source: Liga 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.[2]

##### Position by round[edit]

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

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Ground| H| AR| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| A| H| H| A| A| H| A| HR| A| HR| AR| HR| A| HR| A| A| HR
Result| D| W| D| W| D| L| D| W| W| L| W| W| W| D| D| L| W| L| L| D| W| W| W| W| L| D
Position| 7| 2| 3| 2| 2| 6| 6| 5| 5| 5| 3| 3| 2| 3| 3| 4| 3| 4| 5| 5| 5| 5| 4| 4| 5| 5

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

##### Results[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 Liga I

Steaua București v Petrolul Ploiești 11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Round 1|  Steaua București | 0–0|  Petrolul Ploiești | Bucharest

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) |  | Report |  | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 5,501
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Assistant referees: Octavian Șovre, Mircea Orbuleț
Fourth official: Adrian Comanescu

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Steaua București 18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) Round 2|  Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 0–3|  Steaua București | Drobeta-Turnu Severin

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Chipciu 28', 51'
Hamroun 64' | Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 12,800 (approximate)
Referee: Marius Avram
Assistant referees: Vasile Marinescu, Daniel Mitruți
Fourth official: Denis Haidiner

Steaua București v CFR Cluj 25 July 2015 (2015-07-25) Round 3|  Steaua București | 1–1|  CFR Cluj | Bucharest

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Tudorie 57' |  | Lopes 16' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 5,500 (approximate)
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Assistant referees: Vladimir Urzică, Aurel Oniță
Fourth official: Dragoș Istrate

Botoșani v Steaua București 1 August 2015 (2015-08-01) Round 4|  Botoșani | 0–1|  Steaua București | Botoșani

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Iancu 2' | Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 7,000 (approximate)
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Assistant referees: Sebastian Gheorghe, Florin Păunescu
Fourth official: Dan Botescu

Steaua București v Dinamo București 9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) Round 5|  Steaua București | 0–0|  Dinamo București | Bucharest

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) |  |  |  | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 27,252
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Assistant referees: Vasile Marinescu, Radu Ghinguleac
Fourth official: Dragoș Istrate

Astra Giurgiu v Steaua București 12 August 2015 (2015-08-12) Round 6|  Astra Giurgiu | 2–0|  Steaua București | Giurgiu

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21:45 EET (UTC+02) | Alibec 51'
Budescu 61' |  |  | Stadium: Marin AnastasovicI
Attendance: 8,500 (approximate)
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
Assistant referees: Mircea Grigoriu, Sebastian Stoianov
Fourth official: Lucian Rusandu

Steaua București v Târgu Mureș 15 August 2015 (2015-08-15) Round 7|  Steaua București | 1–1|  Târgu Mureș | Bucharest

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Popa 31' |  | Jazvić 54' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 3,000 (approximate)
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Ovidiu Artene, Aurel Oniță
Fourth official: Adrian Cojocaru

Universitatea Craiova v Steaua București 23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) Round 8|  Universitatea Craiova | 1–2|  Steaua București | Craiova

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18:00 EET (UTC+02) | Vătăjelu 39' (pen.) |  | Stanciu 18'
Tadé 85' (pen.) | Stadium: Extensiv
Attendance: 6,000 (approximate)
Referee: Adrian Comănescu
Assistant referees: Vladimir Urzică, Radu Ghinguleac
Fourth official: Marian Balaci

Steaua București v Viitorul 30 August 2015 (2015-08-30) Round 9|  Steaua București | 1–0|  Viitorul | Bucharest

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Stanciu 20' |  |  | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 4,536
Referee: Cătălin Popa
Assistant referees: Sebastian Gheorghe, Valentin Avram
Fourth official: Iulian Călin

Poli Timișoara v Steaua București 13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) Round 10|  Poli Timișoara | 1–0|  Steaua București | Timișoara

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Hernández 88' |  |  | Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 20,000 (approximate)
Referee: George Găman
Assistant referees: Vladimir Urzică, Alexandru Cerei
Fourth official: Marius Avram

Steaua București v Concordia Chiajna 21 September 2015 (2015-09-21) Round 11|  Steaua București | 3–1|  Concordia Chiajna | Bucharest

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Varela 5'
Stanciu 25' (pen.)
Chipciu 43' |  | Lazăr 90+4' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 1,500 (approximate)
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
Assistant referees: Andrei Constantinescu, Bogdan Gheorghe
Fourth official: Ionuț Coza

Steaua Bucuresti v Voluntari 27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) Round 12|  Steaua Bucuresti | 3–1|  Voluntari | Bucharest

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Hamroun 8'
Chipciu 44'
Stanciu 66' (pen.) |  | Goossens 69' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 3,362
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru
Assistant referees: Mircea Orbuleț, Dragoș Iliescu
Fourth official: Florin Marcu

CSMS Iași v Steaua Bucuresti 3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) Round 13|  CSMS Iași | 1–2|  Steaua Bucuresti | Iași

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Gheorghe 90+1' |  | Chipciu 48'
Tahar 79' | Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 6,500 (approximate)
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Assistant referees: Aurel Oniță, Ciprian Danșa
Fourth official: Florin Mazilu

Petrolul Ploiești v Steaua Bucuresti 18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) Round 14|  Petrolul Ploiești | 0–0|  Steaua Bucuresti | Ploiești

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) |  |  |  | Stadium: Ilie Oană
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Vasile Marinescu, Valentin Avram
Fourth official: Marcel Bîrsan

Steaua București v Pandurii Târgu Jiu 25 October 2015 (2015-10-25) Round 15|  Steaua București | 1–1|  Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Bucharest

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20:00 EET (UTC+02) | Sulley 86' |  | Răduț 5' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 3,000 (approximate)
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Assistant referees: Radu Ghinguleac, Ovidiu Artene
Fourth official: Horia Mladinovici

CFR Cluj v Steaua București 1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) Round 16|  CFR Cluj | 2–0|  Steaua București | Cluj-Napoca

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Bruno 32'
Păun 80' |  |  | Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 7,000 (approximate)
Referee: George Găman
Assistant referees: Aurel Oniță, Bogdan Gheorghe
Fourth official: Iulian Călin

Steaua București v Botoșani 8 November 2015 (2015-11-08) Round 17|  Steaua București | 5–3|  Botoșani | Cluj-Napoca

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Breeveld 2'
Stanciu 29', 72'
Tadé 30'
Râpă 68' |  | Roman 26'
Martinus 28'
Gonzalo Cabrera 55' | Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 2,500 (approximate)
Referee: Cătălin Popa
Assistant referees: Marius Marchidanu, Vlad Bârleanu
Fourth official: Iulian Călin

Dinamo București v Steaua București 22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) Round 18|  Dinamo București | 3–1|  Steaua București | Bucharest

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Varela 55' (o.g.)
Antun Palić 67'
Gnohéré 84' |  | Stanciu 90+2' | Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 10,448
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Assistant referees: Octavian Șovre, Vasile Marinescu
Fourth official: Dragoș Istrate

Steaua București v Astra Giurgiu 29 November 2015 (2015-11-29) Round 19|  Steaua București | 0–1|  Astra Giurgiu | Pitești

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Găman 90+5' | Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 10,500 (approximate)
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Ovidiu Artene, Sebastian Gheorghe
Fourth official: Adrian Illyeș

Târgu Mureș v Steaua București 2 December 2015 (2015-12-02) Round 20|  Târgu Mureș | 1–1|  Steaua București | Cluj-Napoca

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Costa 48' |  | Filip 41' | Stadium: Cluj Arena
Attendance: 2,000 (approximate)
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Assistant referees: Aurel Oniță, Alexandru Cerei
Fourth official: Alin Roșu

Steaua București v Universitatea Craiova 6 December 2015 (2015-12-06) Round 21|  Steaua București | 2–0|  Universitatea Craiova | Pitești

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Papp 81'
Tadé 83' |  |  | Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 10,000 (approximate)
Referee: Marius Avram
Assistant referees: Mircea Orbuleț, Vladimir Urzică
Fourth official: Marcel Bîrsan

Viitorul v Steaua București 14 December 2015 (2015-12-14) Round 22|  Viitorul | 0–1|  Steaua București | Ovidiu

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Hamroun 3' | Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 3,000 (approximate)
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Assistant referees: Vasile Marinescu, Valentin Avram
Fourth official: Horia Mladinovici

Steaua București v Poli Timișoara 21 December 2015 (2015-12-21) Round 23|  Steaua București | 3–1|  Poli Timișoara | Pitești

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Bocșan 33' (o.g.)
Stanciu 48'
Hamroun 80' |  | Popescu 82' | Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 5,720
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru
Assistant referees: Andrei Constantinescu, Vlad Bârleanu
Fourth official: Cătălin Popa

Concordia Chiajna v Steaua București 15 February 2016 (2016-02-15) Round 24|  Concordia Chiajna | 0–2|  Steaua București | Chiajna

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Varela 6'
Hamroun 30' | Stadium: Concordia
Attendance: 4,000 (approximate)
Referee: Adrian Comănescu
Assistant referees: Bucsi Imre-László, Florin Păunescu
Fourth official: Cătălin Buşi

Voluntari v Steaua București 22 February 2016 (2016-02-22) Round 25|  Voluntari | 3–1|  Steaua București | Bucharest

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Achim 37'
Koné 89', 90+4' |  | Popa 49' | Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 5,219
Referee: Cătălin Popa
Assistant referees: George Neacșu, Stelian Slabu
Fourth official: Iulian Călin

Steaua București v CSMS Iași 27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) Round 26|  Steaua București | 1–1|  CSMS Iași | Pitești

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Stanciu 46' |  | Golubović 25' | Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 4,892
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Assistant referees: Alexandru Cerei, Ciprian Florin Danşa
Fourth official: George Rădulescu

#### Championship round[edit]

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10  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 18  | 8  |  +10  | 21  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 9  | 3  |  +6  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 9  | 5  |  +4

Source: FCSB

##### Table[edit]

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1  | Astra Giurgiu (C) | 10  | 7  | 1  | 2  | 20  | 9  | +11  | 48  | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2  | Steaua București | 10  | 6  | 3  | 1  | 18  | 8  | +10  | 43
3  | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 10  | 3  | 6  | 1  | 12  | 7  | +5  | 39  | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
4  | Dinamo București[a] | 10  | 2  | 6  | 2  | 12  | 15  | −3  | 36  |
5  | Viitorul Constanța | 10  | 1  | 3  | 6  | 14  | 21  | −7  | 29  | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
6  | Târgu Mureș[b] | 10  | 0  | 3  | 7  | 8  | 24  | −16  | 22  |

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. ^ Dinamo București failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2014.[3][4]
2. ^ On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Târgu Mureș will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (i.e. the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons).[5]

##### Position by round[edit]

Round| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10

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Result| D| W| W| W| W| D| L| W| D| W
Position| 4| 3| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2| 2

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

##### Results[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 Liga I

Dinamo București v Steaua București 6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) Round 1|  Dinamo București | 1–1|  Steaua București | Bucharest

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Bicfalvi 81' |  | Hamroun 10' | Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 10,288
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Assistant referees: Octavian Șovre, Sebastian Gheorghe
Fourth official: Mircea Mihail Grigoriu
Goal-line assistants: Dragoș Istrate, Horațiu Mircea Feșnic

Steaua București v Astra Giurgiu 13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) Round 2|  Steaua București | 2–0|  Astra Giurgiu | Pitești

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Momčilović 12'
Stanciu 59' |  |  | Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 8,250
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Assistant referees: Aurel Onița, Mircea Orbuleț
Fourth official: Daniel Mitruți
Goal-line assistants: Andrei Florin Chivulete, Iulian Călin

Viitorul v Steaua București 19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) Round 3|  Viitorul | 1–3|  Steaua București | Ovidiu

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Tănase 73' |  | Hamroun 35'
Popa 39'
Stanciu 59' | Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
Assistant referees: Ovidiu Artene, Marius Nicoară
Fourth official: Bogdan Velicu
Goal-line assistants: Lucian Rusandu, Cătălin Popa

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Steaua București 30 March 2016 (2016-03-30) Round 4|  Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 0–1|  Steaua București | Drobeta-Turnu Severin

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Stanciu 89' | Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Marius Avram
Assistant referees: Miklós Nagy, Alexandru Cerei
Fourth official: Bogdan Gheorghe
Goal-line assistants: Adrian Comănescu, Dragoș Istrate

Steaua București v Târgu Mureș 3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) Round 5|  Steaua București | 2–1|  Târgu Mureș | Bucharest

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Popa 40'
González 84' (o.g.) |  | Brandán 62' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 13,475
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Assistant referees: Octavian Șovre, Sebastian Gheorghe
Fourth official: Iulian Radu
Goal-line assistants: Marian Balaci, Horațiu Feșnic

Steaua București v Dinamo București 10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) Round 6|  Steaua București | 1–1|  Dinamo București | Bucharest

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Filip 16' (o.g.) |  | Gnohéré 48' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 48,613
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
Assistant referees: Radu Ghinguleac, Ovidiu Artene
Fourth official: Sebastian Stoianov
Goal-line assistants: Marcel Bîrsan, Cătălin Popa

Astra Giurgiu v Steaua București 16 April 2016 (2016-04-16) Round 7|  Astra Giurgiu | 2–0|  Steaua București | Giurgiu

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Găman 45'
Alibec 77' |  |  | Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Assistant referees: Aurel Oniță, Alexandru Cerei
Fourth official: Daniel Mitruți
Goal-line assistants: Iulian Călin, Marian Balaci

Steaua București v Viitorul 23 April 2016 (2016-04-23) Round 8|  Steaua București | 3–0|  Viitorul | Bucharest

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Varela 2'
Chipciu 28'
Tadé 67' |  |  | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 3,420
Referee: Cătălin Popa
Assistant referees: Vladimir Urzică, Daniel Mitruți
Fourth official: Marian Barbu

Steaua București v Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 May 2016 (2016-05-01) Round 9|  Steaua București | 1–1|  Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Bucharest

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Enache 66' |  | Hora 60' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Sebastian Gheorghe, Alexandru Cerei
Fourth official: Florin Păunescu
Goal-line assistants: Adrian Cojocaru, Horațiu Feșnic

Târgu Mureș v Steaua București 10 May 2016 (2016-05-10) Round 10|  Târgu Mureș | 1–4|  Steaua București | Târgu Mureș

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Gorobsov 90' |  | Bawab 17'
Chipciu 49'
Popadiuc 51'
Onțel 67' | Stadium: Trans-Sil
Referee: Iulian Călin
Assistant referees: Ovidiu Artene, Vladimir Urzică
Fourth official: Dragoș Istrate

### Cupa României[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 Cupa României

#### Results[edit]

Universitatea Cluj v Steaua București 24 September 2015 (2015-09-24) Round of 32|  Universitatea Cluj | 0–1|  Steaua București | Cluj-Napoca

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Tahar 81' | Stadium: Cluj Arena
Attendance: 10,000 (approximate)
Referee: Denis Haidiner
Assistant referees: Tunyogi Ferencz, Florin Badea
Fourth official: Nicolae Botaș

Baia Mare v Steaua București 29 October 2015 (2015-10-29) Round of 16|  Baia Mare | 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)|  Steaua București | Baia Mare

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) | Păcurar 11' |  | Tade 27' (pen.) | Stadium: Viorel Mateianu
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Florin Marcu
| Penalties|
Vasile
Deac
Străuţ |  | Tade
Chipciu
Varela
Carp

Viitorul v Steaua București 17 December 2015 (2015-12-17) Quarter-finals|  Viitorul | 0–1|  Steaua București | Ovidiu

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Stanciu 48' | Stadium: Viitorul
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Ovidiu Artene, Ciprian Danșa
Fourth official: Ionuț Coza

Dinamo București v Steaua București 3 March 2016 (2016-03-03) Semi-finals|  Dinamo București | 0–0|  Steaua București | Bucharest

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20:30 EET (UTC+02) |  |  |  | Stadium: Dinamo
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Ovidiu Artene, Radu Ghinguleac
Fourth official: Aurel Onița
Goal-line assistants: Adrian Cojocaru, Iulian Călin

Steaua București v Dinamo București 20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) Semi-finals|  Steaua București | 2–2
(2–2 agg.)|  Dinamo București | Bucharest

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21:30 EET (UTC+02) | Enache 17'
Chipciu 52' |  | Ekeng 51'
Puljić 48' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Referee: Cristian Balaj
Assistant referees: Vasile Marinescu, Ovidiu Artene
Fourth official: Dragoș Iliescu
Goal-line assistants: Radu Petrescu, Adrian Cojocaru

### Cupa Ligii[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 Cupa Ligii

#### Results[edit]

Steaua București v Poli Timișoara 15 October 2015 (2015-10-15) Quarter-finals|  Steaua București | 1–0|  Poli Timișoara | Bucharest

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Chipciu 32' |  |  | Stadium: Arena Națională
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
Assistant referees: Marius Nicoară, Daniel Mitruți
Fourth official: George Rădulescu

Steaua București v Astra Giurgiu 9 March 2016 (2016-03-09) Semi-finals|  Steaua București | 1–0|  Astra Giurgiu | Pitești

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) | Tadé 63' |  |  | Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin
Referee: Marius Avram
Assistant referees: Vasile Marinescu, Vladimir Urzică

Astra Giurgiu v Steaua București 13 April 2016 (2016-04-13) Semi-finals|  Astra Giurgiu | 0–2
(0–3 agg.)|  Steaua București | Giurgiu

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17:30 EET (UTC+02) |  | Report | Bawab 4', 51' | Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Assistant referees: Octavian Șovre, Sebastian Gheorghe

Steaua București v Concordia Chiajna 17 July 2016 (2016-07-17) Final|  Steaua București | 2–1 (a.e.t.)|  Concordia Chiajna | Bucharest

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20:00 EET (UTC+02) | Momčilović 61'
Hamroun 111' (pen.) | Report | Pena 88' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Referee: Marius Avram
Assistant referees: Radu Ghinguleac, Mircea Orbuleț
Goal-line assistants: Adrian Cojocaru

### UEFA Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

#### Qualifying rounds[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

##### Second qualifying round[edit]

Trenčín v  Steaua București 14 July 2015 (2015-07-14) First leg|  Trenčín | 0–2|  Steaua București | Žilina, Slovakia

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21:30 EET (UTC+02) |  | Report | Stanciu 63'
Hamroun 70' | Stadium: pod Dubňom
Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)
Assistant referees: Teodoro Sobrino, César García Fernández
Fourth official: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Steaua București  v  Trenčín 22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) Second leg|  Steaua București  | 2–3
(4–3 agg.)|  Trenčín | Bucharest, Romania

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21:30 EET (UTC+02) | Muniru 57'
Tadé 60' (pen.) |  | Wesley 13', 84'
Bero 21' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Assistant referees: Michal Obukowicz, Paweł Sokolnicki
Fourth official: Tomasz Musiał

##### Third qualifying round[edit]

Steaua București  v  Partizan 29 July 2015 (2015-07-29) First leg|  Steaua București  | 1–1|  Partizan | Bucharest, Romania

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21:30 EET (UTC+02) | Varela 81' |  | Vulićević 62' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
Assistant referees: Bas van Dongen, Patrick Langkamp
Fourth official: Danny Makkelie

Partizan v  Steaua București 5 August 2015 (2015-08-05) Second leg|  Partizan | 4–2
(5–3 agg.)|  Steaua București | Belgrade, Serbia

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21:45 EET (UTC+02) | Babović 8'
Jevtović 60'
Živković 70'
Trujić 90+1' |  | Muniru 11'
Hamroun 33' | Stadium: Partizan
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
Assistant referees: Peter Berettyán, László Viszokai
Fourth official: Sandor Szabo

### UEFA Europa League[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

#### Qualifying round[edit]

Main article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round

##### Play-off round[edit]

Steaua București  v  Rosenborg 20 August 2015 (2015-08-20) First leg|  Steaua București  | 0–3|  Rosenborg | Bucharest, Romania

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Mikkelsen 61'
Helland 67'
Jensen 90+3' | Stadium: Arena Națională
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
Assistant referees: Alessandro Costanzo, Alfonso Marazzo
Fourth official: Daniele Doveri

Rosenborg v  Steaua București 27 August 2015 (2015-08-27) Second leg|  Rosenborg | 0–1
(3–1 agg.)|  Steaua București | Trondheim, Norway

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21:00 EET (UTC+02) |  |  | Popa 54' | Stadium: Lerkendal
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Graham Chambers, Douglas Ross
Fourth official: John Beaton

### Non competitive matches[edit]

Date  | Team  | Results  | Steaua scorers

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Home  | Away  | Neutral
19 June 2015 |  Zărnești |  |  | 8–0 | Iancu 20', 24', Popa 31', Chipciu 46', 79', Țucudean 72', Grădinaru 84', Tănase 87'
24 June 2015 |  Austria Klagenfurt |  |  | 4–5 | Țucudean 47', 62', Tudorie 80', Râpă 83'
26 June 2015 |  Legia Warsaw |  |  | 1–1 | Neagu 70'
30 June 2015 |  Rubin Kazan |  |  | 2–1 | Tudorie 62', Iancu 79'
3 July 2015 |  Qarabağ |  |  | 3–2 | Iancu 2', Tudorie 57', Mihalcea 90'
5 September 2015 |  Al-Ittihad Kalba |  |  | 1–0 | Tadé 50'
17 September 2015 |  Tunari |  |  | 4–0 | Chipciu 10', 30', Tahar 24', Onțel 87'
10 October 2015 |  Viitorul Constanța |  |  | 0–1 |
17 November 2015 |  Pitești |  |  | 1–0 | Stanciu 36'
19 January 2016 |  Young Boys |  |  | 2–2 | Hamroun 15', 65'
26 January 2016 |  Újpest |  |  | 2–0 | Stanciu 32', Popa 85'
29 January 2016 |  Sturm Graz |  |  | 1–0 | Marica 61'
31 January 2016 |  Ludogorets Razgrad |  |  | 0–3 |
4 February 2016 |  Djurgården |  |  | 2–2 | Varela 4', Hamroun 21'
6 February 2016 |  Trenčín |  |  | 0–1 |

## See also[edit]

* 2015 Supercupa României
* 2015–16 Cupa României
* 2015–16 Cupa Ligii
* 2015–16 Liga I
* 2015–16 UEFA Champions League

## Notes and references[edit]

1. ^ "Steaua Bucuresti 2015/2016". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
2. ^ "Liga I 2015/2016 - Regular season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
3. ^ "TAS-ul, ultima variantă pentru ca Dinamo să poată juca în cupele europene" (in Romanian). DigiSport. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
4. ^ "FRF a explicat de ce Dinamo nu a primit licența pentru Europa" (in Romanian). DigiSport. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
5. ^ "CFCB adjudicatory chamber orders". uefa.org. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

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