2020–21 CSA Steaua București (football) season

The 2020–21 CSA Steaua București season is the team's 59th season since its founding in 1947.

Steaua București
2020–21 season
PresidentMădălin-Sorin Hîncu / Ștefan Răzvan Bichir
Head coachDaniel Oprița
StadiumTerenul 5
Liga III1st
Cupa RomânieiSecond round

Players edit

First team squad edit

As of 13 March 2021[1][2][3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ROU Ștefan Mușat
12 GK   ROU Raul Bălbărău
22 GK   ROU Horia Iancu (Captain)

4 DF   ROU Dean Beța
5 DF   ROU Sergiu Bactăr
13 DF   ROU Adrian Ilie
16 DF   ROU Antonio Vlad
55 DF   BRA Wallace
89 DF   ROU Ovidiu Morariu

6 MF   ROU Mădălin Mihăescu
7 MF   ROU Florin Răsdan (3rd captain)
8 MF   ROU Valentin Bărbulescu (vice-captain)
9 MF   ROU Emilian Pacionel
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF   ROU Rareș Enceanu
14 MF   ROU Robert Neacșu
18 MF   ROU George Călințaru
20 MF   ROU Marian Neagu
30 MF   ROU Liviu Băjenaru
47 MF   ROU Dragoș Nicolae
99 MF   ROU Vlad Nițu

11 FW   ROU Dragoș Huiban
17 FW   FRA Philippe Nsiah
31 FW   ROU Cezar Mihalache
77 FW   ROU Bogdan Chipirliu
90 FW   ROU Alexandru Zaharia
- FW   ROU Andrei Antohi

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Age Pos Player Transferred from Type Date
1 19 GK   Ștefan Mușat   Viitorul Constanța Loan 17 August 2020
12 19 GK   Raul Bălbărău Free Agent Transfer 17 August 2020
17 18 DF   Gabriel Alexandru Udeanu   Rapid București Transfer 17 August 2020
16 19 DF   Antonio Vlad   Viitorul Constanța Loan 17 August 2020
4 29 DF   Dean Beța   Mioveni Transfer 17 August 2020
47 20 MF   Dragoș Nicolae   Olimpic București Transfer 17 August 2020
19 31 MF   George Călințaru   Turris Turnu Măgurele Transfer 17 August 2020
14 19 MF   Emilian Pacionel Free Agent Transfer 3 September 2020
77 28 FW   Bogdan Chipirliu   SCM Gloria Buzău Transfer 17 August 2020
11 30 FW   Dragoș Huiban   SCM Gloria Buzău Transfer 21 January 2021
17 26 FW   Philippe Nsiah   CS Concordia Chiajna Transfer 21 January 2021
31 21 FW   Cezar Mihalache   Viitorul Constanța Transfer 28 February 2021
14 21 MF   Robert Neacșu Free Agent Transfer 17 February 2021

Source:[4][5]

Out edit

No. Age Pos Player Transferred to Type Date
17 24 MF   Cosmin Mihai Mostiștea Ulmu Released 12 August 2020
47 31 FW   Alin Robu N/A Released 12 August 2020
1 27 GK   Teodor Meilă Mostiștea Ulmu Released 26 August 2020
4 21 DF   Valentin Neaga N/A Released 2 September 2020
16 20 MF   George Ban N/A Released 2 September 2020
17 20 DF   Gabriel Alexandru Udeanu N/A Released 18 January 2021
8 33 MF   Andrei Neagoe N/A Released 18 January 2021
26 21 MF   Dorin Capotă N/A Released 18 January 2021
31 32 FW   Róbert Elek N/A Released 8 February 2021
9 23 MF   Valentin Niculae N/A Released 8 February 2021

Source:[6][7]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 August 2020 Friendly Steaua București   1 – 3   Metaloglobus București Bucharest, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   90+1' Unknown   57', 69'
Ov. Herea   63' (pen.)
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
26 August 2020 Friendly Steaua București   5 – 2   Astra II Bucharest, Romania
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Răsdan   3', 45'
Nițu   7'
Antohi   54', 78'
G.Șerban   52' (pen.), 63' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
29 August 2020 Friendly Steaua București   2 – 0   CS Afumați Bucharest, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   40' (pen.)
Elek   63'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
2 September 2020 Friendly Steaua București   5 – 1   Mostiștea Ulmu Bucharest, Romania
18:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   34', 45+1' (pen.)
Elek   51'
Antohi   57'
Răsdan   80'
Daniel Stoian   76' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
28 January 2021 Friendly Steaua București   4 – 1   FC Universitatea Cluj Bucharest, Romania
12:00 EET (UTC+2) Vlad Nițu   6'
Dragoș Nicolae   24'
Chipirliu   50', 55'
Alexandru Pop   32' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
6 February 2021 Friendly Steaua București   4 – 3   CS Sporting Roșiori Bucharest, Romania
12:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   7' (pen.)
Cezar Mihalache   10', 45+1'
Pacionel   53'
Constantinescu   62'
Godin   67'
Bugeanu   81'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
11 February 2021 Friendly Steaua București   2 – 2   SCM Gloria Buzău Bucharest, Romania
12:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   14'
Zaharia   26'
Ciobanu   25'
Roșu   37'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
17 February 2021 Friendly Steaua București   5 – 1   CS Vedița Colonești Bucharest, Romania
12:00 EET (UTC+2) Enceanu   16' (pen.), 73'
Nsiah   35', 46'
Răsdan   69'
Robert Dalu   13' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
20 February 2021 Friendly Steaua București   8 – 1   AFC Metalul Buzău Bucharest, Romania
12:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   3', 8'
Nsiah   15'
Wallace   30'
Pacionel   64' (pen.), 79'
Răsdan   65'
Dragoș Nicolae   80'
Andrei Pavel   58' (pen.) Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
24 February 2021 Friendly Steaua București   8 – 0   Academica Clinceni II Bucharest, Romania
12:00 EET (UTC+2) Dragoș Nicolae   45', 73'
Morariu   45+1'
Răsdan   56', 69', 76', 78', 84'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
26 February 2021 Friendly Steaua București   6 – 3   SC Popești-Leordeni Bucharest, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2) Nsiah   31'
Chipirliu   38'
Pacionel   45+1' (pen.)
Răsdan   53'
Cezar Mihalache   83'
Enceanu   84'
Alin Pătrașcu   14'
Cristian Onțel   41'
Cosmin Ilie   43'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
6 March 2021 Friendly Steaua București   2 – 0   CSM Alexandria Bucharest, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2) Enceanu   34'
Morariu   69'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga III 12 September 2020 30 April 2021 Matchday 1 1 18 15 3 0 48 8 +40 083.33
Cupa României 9 September 2020 22 September 2020 First round Second round 2 1 0 1 6 1 +5 050.00
Total 20 16 3 1 54 9 +45 080.00

Last updated: 22 May 2021 (2021-05-22).
Source: Competitions

Liga III - Seria IV edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation STE FCS PRS MBZ TUN VOL DIN RAP CON BAL
1 Steaua București (C, Q) 18 15 3 0 48 8 +40 48 Qualification to Promotion play-off 1–1 4–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 5–1
2 FCSB II (Q) 18 12 3 3 42 20 +22 39 1–2 3–1 4–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 6–0 2–0
3 Progresul Spartac București 18 12 1 5 39 18 +21 37 0–2 4–0 3–0 1–2 3–1 5–1 3–1 2–2 7–0
4 Metalul Buzău 18 7 6 5 27 24 +3 27 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
5 Tunari 18 7 5 6 16 12 +4 26 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 5–1 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2021. Source: FRF (in Romanian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored.[8]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Matches edit

12 September 2020 1 Steaua București   5 – 1   CS Balotești Bucharest, Romania
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Enceanu   3', 7'
Zaharia   32'
Adrian Ilie   38'
Răsdan   43'
Constantin Greblea   31' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
19 September 2020 2 FCSB II   1 – 2   Steaua București Bucharest, Romania
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Laurențiu Ardelean   41+1' (pen.) Chipirliu   66'
Antohi   90'
Stadium: Baza Arcom
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
26 September 2020 3 Steaua București   4 – 1   Progresul Spartac Bucharest, Romania
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   11', 70'
Pacionel   43'
Enceanu   90'
Mihai Ion   87' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
3 October 2020 4 Dinamo II   1 – 3   Steaua București Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Crețu   86' Wallace   11', 32'
Dragoș Nicolae   43'
Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
28 October 2020 (rescheduled) 5 Steaua București   1 – 0   Voluntari II Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Morariu   64' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
17 October 2020 6 Steaua București   2 – 0   Concordia Chiajna II Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Pacionel   47' (pen.)
Dragoș Nicolae   90+4'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
24 October 2020 7 Rapid II   0 – 1   Steaua București Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Răsdan   68' Stadium: Regie
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
31 October 2020 8 Steaua București   0 – 0   CS Tunari Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
7 November 2020 9 Metalul Buzău   2 – 2   Steaua București Buzau, Romania
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Andrei Pavel   64' (pen.), 79' Pacionel   45+1' (pen.)
Răsdan   90+5'
Stadium: Cornel Negoescu
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
13 November 2020 10 CS Balotești   1 – 5   Steaua București Balotești, Romania
14:00 EET (UTC+2) Alexandru Iordan   54' (pen.) Chipirliu   11'
Enceanu   26', 38', 84'
Călințaru   86'
Stadium: Central
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
13 March 2021 11 Steaua București   1 – 1   FCSB II Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Huiban   90+2' Alexandru Buziuc   73' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
20 March 2021 12 Progresul Spartac   0 – 2   Steaua București Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Mihăescu   25'
Huiban   57'
Stadium: Progresul Spartac
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
27 March 2021 13 Steaua București   4 – 0   Dinamo II Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   32', 58', 62'
Dragoș Nicolae   79'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
3 April 2021 14 Voluntari II   0 – 3   Steaua București Bucharest, Romania
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   28', 48', 75' Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
9 April 2021 15 Concordia Chiajna II   0 – 5   Steaua București Chiajna, Romania
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Zaharia   10'
Chipirliu   24', 60'
Răsdan   89'
Pacionel   90+2'
Stadium: Concordia
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
17 April 2021 16 Steaua București   2 – 0   Rapid II Bucharest, Romania
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Pacionel   81' (pen.)
Walace   89'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
24 April 2021 17 CS Tunari   0 – 1   Steaua București Tunari, Romania
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Zaharia   63' Stadium: Tunari
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
30 April 2021 18 Steaua București   5 – 0   Metalul Buzău Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Chipirliu   20', 32'
Huiban   27'
Zaharia   43' (pen.)
Enceanu   82'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Liga III promotion play-off edit

8 May 2021 First round, first leg Mostiștea Ulmu   0 – 2   Steaua București Bucharest, Romania
11:30 EET (UTC+2) Acasandrei   10' (o.g.)
Pacionel   47' (pen.)
Stadium: Voința
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Eduard Ioniță (Galați)
15 May 2021 First round, second leg Steaua București   2 – 0   Mostiștea Ulmu Bucharest, Romania
11:30 EET (UTC+2) Pacionel   66' (pen.)
Mihalache   90+4'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
Referee: Florin Andrei (Târgu Mureș)
22 May 2021 Second round, first leg Steaua București   2 – 0   Afumați Bucharest, Romania
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Al. Zaharia   6'
Chipirliu   28'
Stadium: Terenul V
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)
29 May 2021 Second round, second leg Afumați   1 – 2   Steaua București Afumați, Romania
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Adrian Popa   45' Călințaru   3'
Pacionel   90' (pen.)
Stadium: Comunal

Cupa României edit

9 September 2020 First round Steaua București   6 – 0   CS Balotești Bucharest, Romania
16:30 EET (UTC+2) Răsdan   3'
Băjenaru   21'
Elek   32', 65'
Mihăescu   69'
Dragoș Nicolae   84'
Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
22 September 2020 Second round Steaua București   0 – 1   Popești-Leordeni Bucharest, Romania
16:30 EET (UTC+2) Mărgărit   77' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Statistics edit

Squad appearances and goals edit

Last updated on 7 June 2021.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Liga III Play-off Cupa României
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ROU Ștefan Mușat 13 0 11+1 0 0 0 1 0
12 GK   ROU Raul Bălbărău 11 0 6 0 4 0 1 0
22 GK   ROU Horia Iancu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
4 DF   ROU Dean Beța 20 0 15 0 3 0 2 0
5 DF   ROU Sergiu Bactăr 10 0 5+2 0 1+1 0 1 0
13 DF   ROU Adrian Ilie 21 1 15 1 4 0 2 0
16 DF   ROU Antonio Vlad 11 0 5+4 0 0 0 2 0
17 DF   ROU Gabriel Alexandru Udeanu 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
55 DF   BRA Wallace 18 3 13 3 4 0 0+1 0
89 DF   ROU Ovidiu Morariu 10 1 2+7 1 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
6 MF   ROU Mădălin Mihăescu 21 2 10+5 1 1+3 0 2 1
7 MF   ROU Florin Răsdan 22 5 12+4 4 1+3 0 2 1
8 MF   ROU Valentin Bărbulescu 21 0 12+3 0 4 0 0+2 0
9 MF   ROU Emilian Pacionel 20 8 14+2 5 4 3 0 0
10 MF   ROU Rareș Enceanu 21 7 10+5 7 2+2 0 1+1 0
14 MF   ROU Robert Neacșu 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   ROU George Călințaru 19 2 12+3 1 4 1 0 0
20 MF   ROU Marian Neagu 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   ROU Dorin Capotă 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF   ROU Liviu Băjenaru 22 1 7+10 0 1+2 0 1+1 1
47 MF   ROU Dragoș Nicolae 6 4 1+4 3 0 0 0+1 1
99 MF   ROU Vlad Nițu 9 0 1+6 0 0 0 2 0
- MF   ROU Andrei Neagoe 6 0 1+4 0 0 0 1 0
- MF   ROU Valentin Niculae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
11 FW   ROU Dragoș Huiban 12 3 5+3 3 4 0 0 0
17 FW   FRA Philippe Nsiah 6 0 3+1 0 2 0 0 0
31 FW   ROU Cezar Mihalache 8 1 0+5 0 0+3 1 0 0
77 FW   ROU Bogdan Chipirliu 18 15 14+1 14 1 1 1+1 0
90 FW   ROU Alexandru Zaharia 20 5 11+3 4 4 1 0+2 0
- FW   ROU Andrei Antohi 9 1 3+5 1 0 0 1 0
- FW   ROU Róbert Elek 8 2 4+2 0 0 0 1+1 2

References edit

  1. ^ Steaua București s-a reunit astăzi, în Ghencea. Lotul prezent la reunire!. csasteaua.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Lotul echipei Steaua București as47.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ Steaua București a transferat doi atacanți! csasteaua.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ "Noutăți din Liga a doua și de la Viitorul la reunirea Stelei!". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Steaua București a transferat doi atacanți! – CSA Steaua Clubul Sportiv al Armatei STEAUA Bucureşti".
  6. ^ "Mostiștea Ulmu a făcut cinci transferuri înaintea debutului în Liga 3. Doi fotbaliști au venit de la Steaua". 12 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Steaua București s-a reunit astăzi, în Ghencea. Lotul prezent la reunire! – CSA Steaua Clubul Sportiv al Armatei STEAUA Bucureşti".
  8. ^ "Liga III 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2020.