2023–24 FC Universitatea Cluj season

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Universitatea Cluj 2023–24 football season

Universitatea Cluj2023–24 season

Owner| Cluj-Napoca Municipality
Babeș-Bolyai University
U Cluj Supporters Association
Chairman| Radu Constantea
Manager| Ioan Sabău
Stadium| Cluj Arena

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Away colours

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

## Season overview

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### Background

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## Previous season positions

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| Liga I | 10th
| Cupa României | Final

## First-team squad

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Last updated on 5 March 2024[1]
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Goalkeepers
12  | Iustin Chirilă  |  | GK |  (2006-05-21) 21 May 2006 (age 18)
23  | Plamen Iliev |  | GK |  (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 31)
33  | Andrei Gorcea |  | GK |  (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 23)
Defenders
2  | Thalisson  |  | CB |  (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26)
3  | Bogdan Mitrea  |  | CB |  (1984-03-16) 16 March 1984 (age 40)
17  | Andrei Pițian |  | CB |  (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 31)
25  | Lucas Masoero |  | CB |  (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36)
26  | Dorinel Oancea  |  | RB |  (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27)
41  | Alin Techereș  |  | LB |  (2007-01-05) 5 January 2007 (age 17)
43  | Alin Chinteș  |  | RB |  (2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 (age 18)
77  | Andrei Peteleu  |  | RB | August 20, 1992 (age 31)
93  | Răzvan Călăgur  |  | LB |  (2006-04-06) 6 April 2006 (age 18)
Midfielders
4  | Kevin Doukouré |  | CM |  (1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25)
8  | Roger  |  | AM |  (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28)
10  | Dan Nistor |  | CM |  (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 36)
21  | Marco Fossati |  | DM |  (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 28)
24  | Ante Roguljić |  | AM |  (1996-03-11) 11 March 1996 (age 28)
42  | Alexandru Bota  |  | CM |  (1982-09-03) 3 September 1982 (age 41)
94  | Ovidiu Bic |  | CM |  (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)
96  | Robert Silaghi  |  | AM |  (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 32)
98  | Gabriel Simion  |  | DM |  (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 26)
Forwards
9  | Filip Ilie  |  | CF |  (2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 22)
11  | Dragoș Tescan  |  | CF |  (1999-09-15) 15 September 1999 (age 24)
19  | Daniel Popa  |  | CF |  (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 (age 29)
20  | Valentin Gheorghe  |  | LW |  (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27)
27  | Alexandru Chipciu (captain)  |  | RW |  (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 35)
30  | Luca Nagy  |  | CF |  (2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 (age 18)
32  | Federico Anselmo |  | CF |  (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 30)
71  | Ștefan Pănoiu  |  | RW |  (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 21)

## Transfers and loans

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### Transfers in

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## Pre-season and friendlies

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## Competitions

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### Overview

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

Last updated: 2 February 2024
Source: Competitions

### Liga I

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Main article: 2023–24 Liga I

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

#### League table

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5  | Farul Constanța | 30  | 11  | 10  | 9  | 37  | 38  | −1  | 43[a] | Qualification to play-off round
6  | Sepsi OSK | 30  | 12  | 7  | 11  | 43  | 34  | +9  | 43[a]
7  | Universitatea Cluj | 30  | 10  | 12  | 8  | 35  | 38  | −3  | 42  | Qualification to play-out round
8  | UTA Arad | 30  | 10  | 10  | 10  | 36  | 43  | −7  | 40[b]
9  | Hermannstadt | 30  | 9  | 13  | 8  | 36  | 31  | +5  | 40[b]

Source: [1] , Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[2]
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1. ^ a b Head to head points: Farul Constanța 6, Sepsi OSK 0
2. ^ a b Head to head points: UTA 3 (+1), Hermannstadt 3 (-1)

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1  | FCSB (C) | 10  | 5  | 2  | 3  | 12  | 11  | +1  | 49  | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |  |  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 2–2
2  | CFR Cluj | 10  | 6  | 1  | 3  | 19  | 14  | +5  | 46  | Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round |  | 0–1  |  | 1–2  | 5–1  | 2–1  | 3–2
3  | Universitatea Craiova (O) | 10  | 6  | 1  | 3  | 18  | 14  | +4  | 44  | Qualification to European competition play-offs |  | 2–0  | 0–1  |  | 1–2  | 3–2  | 2–1
4  | Farul Constanța | 10  | 4  | 2  | 4  | 19  | 20  | −1  | 36  |  |  | 0–1  | 5–1  | 3–3  |  | 1–4  | 3–1
5  | Sepsi OSK | 10  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 17  | 17  | 0  | 34  |  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–1  |  | 3–2
6  | Rapid București | 10  | 1  | 1  | 8  | 13  | 22  | −9  | 32  |  | 2–0  | 1–4  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 0–1  |

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

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1  | UTA Arad | 9  | 5  | 2  | 2  | 15  | 11  | +4  | 37  |  |  |  | 3–1  | 1–3  |  |  |  |  | 1–0  | 4–3  | 3–1
2  | Oțelul Galați | 9  | 6  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 7  | +4  | 36  | Qualification to European competition play-offs |  |  |  | 1–0  | 1–0  |  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  |  |
3  | Hermannstadt | 9  | 4  | 2  | 3  | 13  | 7  | +6  | 34  |  |  |  |  |  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 1–1  |  |
4  | Universitatea Cluj | 9  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 12  | 10  | +2  | 33  | Qualification to European competition play-offs |  | 0–0  |  |  |  | 1–2  | 1–0  | 3–3  | 3–0  |  |
5  | Petrolul Ploiești | 9  | 3  | 2  | 4  | 8  | 14  | −6  | 29  |  |  | 1–1  | 2–1  |  |  |  |  |  | 1–2  | 0–4  | 1–0
6  | Politehnica Iași | 9  | 3  | 1  | 5  | 7  | 8  | −1  | 27  |  | 0–2  |  |  |  | 2–0  |  |  |  | 3–1  | 0–0
7  | Dinamo București (O) | 9  | 2  | 4  | 3  | 10  | 12  | −2  | 25  | Qualification to relegation play-offs |  | 2–0  |  |  |  | 1–1  | 1–0  |  |  | 1–1  |
8  | Botoșani (O) | 9  | 4  | 2  | 3  | 11  | 11  | 0  | 25  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2–1  | 2–1  |  | 0–0  | 4–1
9  | Voluntari (R) | 9  | 2  | 4  | 3  | 11  | 10  | +1  | 24  | Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II |  |  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 0–1  |  |  |  |  |  | 0–0
10  | FC U Craiova (R) | 9  | 1  | 3  | 5  | 8  | 16  | −8  | 22  |  |  | 1–2  | 1–3  | 3–2  |  |  | 1–1  |  |  |

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

#### Results summary

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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
30  | 10  | 12  | 8  | 35  | 38  |  −3  | 42  | 5  | 4  | 6  | 14  | 19  |  −5  | 5  | 8  | 2  | 21  | 19  |  +2

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

#### Matches

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### Cupa României

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Main article: 2023–24 Cupa României

## Statistics

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### Appearances and goals

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As of 2 February 2024
No. | Pos | Player | Liga I | Cupa României | Total

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| Liga I | Cupa României | Home  | Away  | Total Stats

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Games played | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Games won | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Games drawn | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Games lost | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Goals scored | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Goals conceded | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Goal difference | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Goal by Substitute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Players used | – | – | – | – | –
Yellow cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Winning rate | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0%

Last updated: 2 February 2024
Source: Competitive matches

### Goalscorers

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As of 2 February 2024
Rank  | Position  | Name  | Liga I  | Cupa României  | Total

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Total  | 0  | 0  | 0

### Clean sheets

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As of 2024
Rank  | Name  | Liga I  | Cupa României  | Total  | Games played

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Total  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0

### Attendances

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As of 2024
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Liga I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Cupa României | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0

## See also

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* 2023–24 Liga I
* 2023–24 Cupa României

## References

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

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Club football

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* Liga I
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* Liga III
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* Cupa României (Final)
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* Champions League (Men
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Liga I|

* Botoșani
* CFR Cluj
* Dinamo
* Farul
* FCSB
* FC U Craiova 1948
* Hermannstadt
* Oțelul Galați
* Petrolul
* Politehnica Iași
* Rapid
* Sepsi OSK
* Universitatea Cluj
* Universitatea Craiova
* UTA Arad
* Voluntari

Liga II|

* 1599 Șelimbăr
* CSM Alexandria
* Argeș Pitești
* Brașov
* Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
* Chindia Târgoviște
* Concordia Chiajna
* Corvinul Hunedoara
* Csíkszereda
* CSM Reșița
* CSM Slatina
* Dumbrăvița
* Gloria Buzău
* Metaloglobus București
* Mioveni
* Steaua
* Tunari
* Unirea Dej
* Unirea Slobozia
* Viitorul Târgu Jiu

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*[W]: Wins
*[D]: Draws
*[L]: Losses
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Win %]: Winning percentage
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*[Pts]: Points
*[No.]: Number
*[Apps]: Appearances
*[ Matches ]: Home matches played
*[ Attendances ]: Total home season attendances
*[ Average ]: Average season attendances
*[ High ]: High season attendances
*[ Low ]: Low season attendances