2021–22 FCV Farul Constanța season

The 2021–22 season is the 33rd professional football season in Farul Constanța's existence, and the 19th in the top-flight of Romanian football. Farul competes in Liga I and in the Cupa României.On 21 June 2021, Gheorghe Hagi (owner and founder of Viitorul Constanța), Gheorghe Popescu (chairman of Viitorul) and Ciprian Marica (owner of Farul Constanța) announced in a press conference that their teams have merged. The club that would continue in the Liga I will be FCV ('V' from 'Viitorul') Farul. Farul will play in the Liga I on Viitorul's place and its home matches will be disputed on Viitorul Stadium, due to Farul Stadium advance state of degradation.

Farul Constanța

2021–22 season
President	Gheorghe Popescu
Manager	Gheorghe Hagi
Stadium	Stadionul Viitorul (Ovidiu)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Previous season positions

Viitorul Constanța

	Competition	Position
	Liga I	10th
	Cupa României	Round of 32

Farul Constanța

	Competition	Position
	Liga II	7th
	Cupa României	Round of 16

Season overview

June

On 21 June 2021, Gheorghe Hagi, owner and founder of Viitorul Constanța, Gheorghe Popescu, chairman of Viitorul, and Ciprian Marica, owner of Farul Constanța, announced in a press conference that their teams have merged. The club that would continue in the Liga I will be FCV ('V' from 'Viitorul') Farul. Farul will play its home matches on the Viitorul Stadium, as the old Farul Stadium will be in a rebuilding process.

On 22 June 2021 the club announced that they signed the Romanian goalkeeper Marian Aioani.

On 24 June 2021 the club announced that they signed the Romanian defender Ionuț Larie. Since making his debut in the first division in 2006, Larie has amassed over 300 matches in the competition for FC Farul Constanța, FC Viitorul Constanța, CFR Cluj, FCSB and Gaz Metan Mediaș, among others. With CFR Cluj he won the Cupa României in 2016.On the dame day, the club announced that they signed the Romanian forward Adrian Petre.

July

On 1 July 2021 the club announced that they signed the Brazilian midfielder Romário Pires. Since making his debut in the first division in 2012, "Romică" Pires has amassed over 100 matches in the competition for Gloria Bistrița, Petrolul Ploiești, Astra Giurgiu and Hermannstadt. With Petrolul Ploiești he won the Cupa României in 2013. His honours also include the Israel State Cup with Maccabi Haifa.

On 5 July FC Farul Constanța and Dnipro-1 agreed to transfer Valentin Cojocaru to the Ukrainian club for a fee of €100,000.

On 7 July the club announced that they signed the Romanian midfielder Florin Purece.He began his senior career in 2009 with UTA Arad, he moved to Concordia Chiajna and went on to make a name for himself at Viitorul Constanța.With Viitorul Constanța he won the 2016–17 Liga I. In 2017, he signed with Hapoel Ra'anana in Israel. After three additional seasons in Poland playing for Termalica Nieciecza, he returned to his native country in 2020. Purece signed a season-long deal at Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe.

On 9 July the club announced that they signed the Spanish forward Jefté Betancor. In last season he was the top-scorer of FC Voluntari.

On 10 July George Ganea scored for Romania in a friendly match against Saudi Arabia.

On 18 July Farul drew 0–0 away against UTA Arad.

On 25 July the club won the match against Gaz Metan Mediaș 2-0. Jefté Betancor and Adrian Petre scored for Viitorul.

On 26 July the club announced that they signed the Romanian goalkeeper Laurențiu Brănescu.Born in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania, Brănescu began his career with the youth academy of local side CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea in 2000. He remained within the club's youth sector until January 2011, when he caught the attention of Serie A side, Juventus Football Club. Brănescu originally was scouted by the Turin-based club during the summer of 2010, but did not officially complete his transfer to Italy until 24 January 2011. On 24 January 2011, Brănescu officially transferred from Râmnicu Vâlcea to Juventus Upon joining the Turin-based club, Brănescu was instantaneously inserted into the club's youth sector, where he quickly established himself as the club's first choice goalkeeper. Along with his regularity in the youth academy, Brănescu also served as Juventus' fourth choice goalkeeper for the 2012-13 Serie A campaign, behind Gianluigi Buffon, Marco Storari and Rubinho, earning 6 first team call-ups during league play, and also was a part of the club's 2012–13 UEFA Champions League roster. He also played for S.S. Juve Stabia (Italy), Virtus Lanciano (Italy), Szombathelyi Haladás (Hungary), Omonia (Cyprus), Dinamo București (Romania), HNK Gorica (Croatia), Žalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania), Kilmarnock (Scotland) and Politehnica Iași (Romania). He signed a three years contract with Farul.

On 30 July Farul drew 0–0 away against FC Rapid București.

August

On 9 August the club won the match against Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe 1-0. Jefté Betancor scored for Farul.

On 13 August, the match against CFR Cluj was lost 1-0.

On 20 August the club won the match against FC Dinamo București 3-0. Jefté Betancor and George Ganea scored for Farul.

On 27 August Farul drew 0–0 away against FC U Craiova 1948.Adrian Petre and George Ganea scored for Farul.

September

On 13 September Farul won the match against FC Academica Clinceni 5-0. Jefté Betancor , Adrian Petre and Enes Sali scored for Farul. On 13 September that year, Sali became the youngest player to score in the Liga I at 15 years, six months and 21 days, after netting the last goal in a 5–0 defeat of Academica Clinceni.

On 18 September, the match against AFC Chindia Târgoviște was lost 2-0.

On 22 September, the match against Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe was lost 1-0.

On 26 September, Farul won the match against CS Mioveni 2-1. Betancor and Ciobanu scored for Farul.

October

On 3 October, the match against FC Voluntari was lost 1-0.

On 13 October, FC Farul Constanța appointed Radu Paligora as the new doctor of the team. Radu Paligora was doctor at teams such as FCSB, Al Hilal SFC, Ludogorets Razgrad, Al-Wasl F.C. and CFR Cluj.

On 17 October, the match against FC Argeș Pitești was lost 2-1. Jefté Betancor scored for Farul.

On 29 October, the match against FC Botoșani was won 2-0. Damien Dussaut and Adrian Petre scored for Farul.

November

On 4 November, the match against FCSB was lost 1-0.

On 3 November 2021, aged 15, Sali was selected by the Romania national team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Iceland and Liechtenstein. Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor later reported that Canada had also approached him for a possible call up.

Sali made his senior debut on 14 November by coming on as an 82nd minute substitute for Andrei Ivan in the latter match, and became the youngest European player to appear in a competitive game at 15 years and 264 days (Lucas Knecht holds the record for any player in any match type).

On 7 November, the match against CS Universitatea Craiova was won 1-0. Adrian Petre scored for Farul.

Club officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owners	Gheorghe Hagi Ciprian Marica Zoltán Iasko
President	Gheorghe Popescu
Vice-President	Tiberiu Curt
General Director	Cristian Bivolaru
Executive Director	Cristiana Pariza
Sporting director	Zoltán Iasko
Economic Director	Gheorghe Mega
Marketing Director	Călin Clej
Judicial Department	Florin Comșa
Youth Center Manager	Cristian Cămui
Methodology and Evaluation Director	Massimo Pedrazzini
Organizer of Competitions	Constantin Stamate
Sports Center Administrator	Decebal Curumi
Team Manager	Costin Mega
Press Officer	Sorin Teodoreanu

• Last updated: 1 July 2021
• Source: Board of directors (Hagi Academy)
• Source: Board of directors (Viitorul)

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Gheorghe Hagi
Assistant coaches	Cătălin Anghel Constantin Fălină Cristian Sava
Goalkeeping coach	Ștefan Preda
Fitness coach	Ștefan Anghel
Club Doctor	Radu Paligora
Nutritionist	Cristian Mărgărit
Physiotherapist	Paul Ciocănescu
Kinetotherapist	Denis Răilean
Masseurs	Daniel Stoian Cosmin Ghiorghe
Storeman	Ștefan Pețu Alexandru Căscătău

• Last updated: 1 July 2021
• Source: [1]
• Source: Medical staff Archived 11 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine
• Source: Press release

Players

Current squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in
Goalkeepers
12	Mihai Aioani		GK	(1999-11-07) 7 November 1999	Chindia Târgoviște	2021
31	Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă		GK	(1998-02-15) 15 February 1998	Academy	2013
34	Ștefan Mușat		GK	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001	Academy	2016
94	Laurențiu Brănescu		GK	(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994	FC Politehnica Iași	2021
Defenders
3	Gabriel Buta		DF	(2002-01-29) 29 January 2002	Academy	2019
4	Damien Dussaut		DF	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994	FC Dinamo București	2019
5	Sebastian Mladen (2nd C)		DF	(1991-12-11) 11 December 1991	F.C. Südtirol	2017
6	Bradley de Nooijer		DF	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997	FC Dordrecht	2017
14	Daniel Bîrzu		DF	(2002-05-28) 28 May 2002	Academy	2009
15	Gabriel Dănuleasa		DF	(2003-05-08) 8 May 2003	Academy	2010
16	Vlad Chera		DF	(2000-06-06) 6 June 2000	CNP Timişoara	2018
17	Ionuț Larie (C)		DF	(1987-01-16) 16 January 1987	Gaz Metan Mediaș	2021
26	Bogdan Lazăr		DF	(2003-06-26) 26 June 2003	Academy	2012
21	Alin Dobrosavlevici		DF	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994	Hermannstadt	2020
23	Virgil Ghiță		DF	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998	Academy	2011
77	Radu Boboc		DF	(1999-07-24) 24 July 1999	Academy	2013
97	Alexandru Georgescu		DF	(2001-07-10) 10 July 2001	Academy	2010
Midfielders
8	Carlo Casap		MF	(1998-12-29) 29 December 1998	Academy	2017
17	Andrei Ciobanu		MF	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998	Academy	2010
18	Andrei Artean (3rd C)		MF	(1993-08-14) 14 August 1993	ACS Poli Timișoara	2018
20	Roberto Mălăele		MF	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003	Academy	2016
24	Constantin Grameni		MF	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002	Academy	2019
27	Ely Fernandes		FW / MF	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990	Gaz Metan Mediaș	2020
29	Eduard Rădăslăvescu		MF	(2004-07-30) 30 July 2004	Academy	2012
30	Florin Purece		MF	(1991-11-06) 6 November 1991	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	2021
32	Romário Pires		MF	(1989-01-16) 16 January 1989	Hermannstadt	2021
66	Josemi Castañeda		MF	(1998-02-26) 26 February 1998	Las Palmas Atlético	2020
98	Nicolas Popescu		MF	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003	Academy	2018
99	Ștefan Bodișteanu		MF	(2003-02-01) 1 February 2003	Academy	2015
Forwards
7	George Ganea		FW	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999	CFR Cluj	2019
9	Adrian Petre		FW	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998	UTA Arad	2021
10	Jefté Betancor		FW	(1993-07-06) 6 July 1993	FC Voluntari	2021
22	Luca Andronache		FW	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003	FCSB II	2019
25	Aurelian Chițu		FW	(1991-03-25) 25 March 1991	Daejeon Hana Citizen FC	2020
28	Enes Sali		FW	(2006-01-23) 23 January 2006	Academy	2018
80	Alexi Pitu		FW	(2002-06-05) 5 June 2002	Academy	2010

Transfers

Players from Farul

Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in
Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă		GK	(1998-02-15) 15 February 1998	2020

Players from Viitorul

Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in
Damien Dussaut		DF	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994	2019
Sebastian Mladen		DF	(1991-12-11) 11 December 1991	2017
Alexandru Georgescu		DF	(2001-07-10) 10 July 2001	2010
Alin Dobrosavlevici		DF	(1994-10-24) 24 October 1994	2020
Virgil Ghiță		DF	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998	2011
Gabriel Buta		DF	(2002-01-29) 29 January 2002	2019
Radu Boboc		DF	(1999-07-24) 24 July 1999	2013
Carlo Casap		MF	(1998-12-29) 29 December 1998	2017
Roberto Mălăele		MF	(2003-03-29) 29 March 2003	2016
Andrei Ciobanu		MF	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998	2010
Andrei Artean		MF	(1993-08-14) 14 August 1993	2018
Constantin Grameni		MF	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002	2019
Ely Fernandes		FW / MF	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990	2020
Nicolas Popescu		MF	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003	2018
Josemi Castañeda		MF	(1998-02-26) 26 February 1998	2020
Ștefan Bodișteanu		MF	(2003-02-01) 1 February 2003	2015
George Ganea		FW	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999	2019
Aurelian Chițu		FW	(1991-03-25) 25 March 1991	2020
Luca Andronache		FW	(2003-07-26) 26 July 2003	2019
Alexi Pitu		FW	(2002-06-05) 5 June 2002	2010

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
Summer
21 June 2021	GK	Ștefan Mușat	20	CSA Steaua București	Free	loan return
21 June 2021	GK	Árpád Tordai	24	MOL Fehérvár	Free	loan return
22 June 2021	GK	Mihai Aioani	21	Chindia Târgoviște	Free
24 June 2021	DF	Ionuț Larie	34	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Free
24 June 2021	FW	Adrian Petre	23	UTA Arad	Free
26 June 2021	DF	Bradley de Nooijer	23	Vorskla Poltava	Free	loan return
1 July 2021	MF	Romário Pires	32	Hermannstadt	Free
7 July 2021	MF	Florin Purece	29	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Free
9 July 2021	FW	Jefté Betancor	28	FC Voluntari	Free
20 July 2021	DF	Vlad Chera	21	CSM Reșița	Free	loan return
26 July 2021	GK	Laurențiu Brănescu	27	FC Politehnica Iași	Free

Out

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	MKD	David Babunski (to Debreceni VSC)
6	DF	ROU	Romario Benzar (loan return to U.S. Lecce)
3	DF	BRA	Marquinhos Pedroso (to FK Liepāja)
11	FW	BRA	Jô Santos (to Riffa SC)
34	GK	ROU	Cătălin Căbuz (to Chindia Târgoviște)
-	MF	ROU	Marco Dulca (to Chindia Târgoviște)
-	DF	ROU	Paul Iacob (to Chindia Târgoviște)
-	DF	ROU	Tiberiu Căpușă (to Chindia Târgoviște)
19	FW	CGO	Juvhel Tsoumou (to Wydad Casablanca)
30	MF	ROU	Răzvan Grădinaru (to Gaz Metan Mediaș)
28	MF	ESP	Jon Gaztañaga (to Cultural Leonesa)
13	MF	ROU	Cosmin Matei (to FC Dinamo București)
12	GK	ROU	Valentin Cojocaru (to Dnipro-1)
1	GK	ROU	Árpád Tordai (to Mezőkövesdi)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	ROU	Vlad Gîsă (to Unirea Constanța)
5	MF	MDA	Ion Cărăruș (to Unirea Constanța)
7	MF	ROU	Florin Bălan (loan return to FC Voluntari)
8	MF	ROU	Paul Antoche (FC Hermannstadt)
9	FW	ROU	Andrei Banyoi (to Unirea Constanța)
10	MF	ROU	Alexandru Stoica (to Dunărea Călărași)
11	FW	MDA	Ilie Damașcan (to Unirea Constanța)
14	DF	ROU	Robert Băjan (to Unirea Constanța)
16	DF	ROU	Ionuț Ursu (to Unirea Constanța)
17	FW	ROU	Simon Măzărache (to Petrolul Ploiești)
18	FW	ROU	Cezar Gherghiceanu (to CSA Steaua București)
20	FW	ROU	Vlad Rusu (to Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu)
21	GK	ROU	Ștefan Fara (loan return to Dinamo București)
22	DF	ROU	Iulian Carabela (to Unirea Constanța)
23	MF	ROU	Antonio Cruceru (to Unirea Slobozia)
24	DF	ROU	Marius Savu (loan return to Star Sport)
27	MF	ROU	Ionuț Pelivan (to FC Politehnica Iași)
30	MF	ROU	Liviu Mihai (to Unirea Constanța)
33	MF	ROU	Robert Silaghi (loan return to CFR Cluj)
45	MF	ROU	Ștefan Rus (to Unirea Constanța)
77	MF	ROU	Cosmin Bîrnoi (to ASU Politehnica Timișoara)
95	MF	ROU	Răzvan Greu (to Unirea Slobozia)
97	DF	ROU	Dan Panait (to FC Brașov)
98	MF	ROU	Darius Ciolacu (to Unirea Constanța)
-	MF	ROU	Daniel Nicula (to Unirea Constanța)
12	GK	MDA	Sebastian Agachi (to FC Bălți)

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ROU	Florian Haită (on loan to FC Universitatea Cluj)
-	MF	ROU	Răzvan Matiș (on loan to Chindia Târgoviște)
-	FW	ROU	Robert Mustacă (on loan to Unirea Slobozia)
-	FW	ROU	Andrei Vîlea (on loan to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț)
-	DF	ROU	Antonio Vlad (on loan to CS Hunedoara, previously on loan at CSA Steaua București)
-	FW	ROU	Alexandru Pop (on loan to Unirea Dej, previously on loan at FC Universitatea Cluj)
-	MF	ROU	Cosmin Tucaliuc (on loan to CS Mioveni, previously on loan at FC Buzău)
-	DF	ROU	Darius Mureșan (on loan to Unirea Constanța , previously on loan at Aerostar Bacău)
-	DF	ROU	Marius Leca (on loan to Unirea Constanța)
-	DF	ROU	Gabriel Nedelea (on loan to ASC Oțelul Galați, previously on loan at FC Buzău)
-	MF	ROU	Alexandru Negrean (on loan to FC Brașov, previously on loan at FC Universitatea Cluj)
-	MF	ROU	Răzvan Iorga (on loan to FC Brașov)
-	DF	ROU	Claudiu Zamfirescu (on loan to Metalul Buzău)
-	MF	ROU	Cosmin Tucaliuc (on loan to Petrolul Ploiești, previously on loan at CS Mioveni)
-	DF	ROU	Darius Grosu (on loan to Metaloglobus)
-	DF	ROU	Marius Leca (on loan to FC Dunărea Călărași, previously on loan at Unirea Constanța)

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Corona Brașov v Farul Constanța

23 June 2021	Corona Brașov	0-2	Farul Constanța	Brașov, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)			Ely Fernandes 42' Vlad Mihalcea 65'	Stadium: Metrom Stadium

FC Rapid București v Farul Constanța

CS Mioveni v Farul Constanța

Chindia Târgoviște v Farul Constanța

30 June 2021	Chindia Târgoviște	2-1	Farul Constanța	Ghimbav, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)	Tiberiu Căpușă 34' Cristian Cherchez 77'		Adrian Petre 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Campo Verde

Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc v Farul Constanța

3 July 2021	Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc	1-1	Farul Constanța	Ghimbav, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)	Dávid Bor 57'		Luca Andronache 51'	Stadium: Campo Verde

FC Petrolul Ploiești v Farul Constanța

Farul Constanța v Dacia Unirea Brăila

10 July 2021	Farul Constanța	3-2	Dacia Unirea Brăila	Ovidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)	Darius Grosu 59' Ely Fernandes 74' Gabriel Buta 90+2'		Raphael Stănescu 6' 61'	Stadium: Complexul Academiei Hagi

Farul Constanța v Cherno More Varna

Farul Constanța v Dacia Unirea Brăila

23 July 2021	Farul Constanța	4-0	Dacia Unirea Brăila	Ovidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Complexul Academiei Hagi

Galatasaray v Farul Constanța

5 September 2021	Galatasaray	1-3	Farul Constanța	Istanbul, Turkey
11:00 CEST	Alin Dobrosavlevici 29' (o.g.)		Jefté Betancor 81' Ely Fernandes 84' George Ganea 90' (pen.)

Farul Constanța v Unirea Slobozia

8 October 2021	Farul Constanța	2-0	Unirea Slobozia	Ovidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)	Enes Sali 32' Carlo Casap 38'			Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul (Ovidiu)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Liga I

Main article: 2020–21 Liga I

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Universitatea Craiova	30	16	6	8	55	29	+26	54	Qualification for the Play-off round
4	Argeș Pitești	30	14	6	10	28	22	+6	48
5	Farul Constanța	30	14	6	10	42	21	+21	48
6	Voluntari	30	13	8	9	31	27	+4	47
7	Botoșani	30	11	13	6	33	28	+5	46	Qualification for the Play-out round

Source: LPF (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) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W
Position	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	3	6	8	8	8	7

Updated to match(es) played on 2021. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

UTA Arad v Farul Constanța

19 July 2021 (2021-07-19) 1	UTA Arad	0-0	Farul Constanța	Arad
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Roger  80'		Sebastian Mladen  45' Bradley de Nooijer  70' Damien Dussaut  28'  70'	Stadium: Stadionul Francisc von Neuman Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest), Sebastian Gheorghe (Suceava) and Andrei Constantinescu (Bucharest)

Farul Constanța v Gaz Metan Mediaș

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 2	Farul Constanța	2-0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Ovidiu
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Jefté Betancor 55' (pen.) Adrian Petre 80' Romário Pires  18' Alexandru Georgescu  57' Alexi Pitu  75' Alin Dobrosavlevici  78'		Ramon Gașpar  30' Félix Mathaus  54' Răzvan Trif  79'	Stadium: Viitorul Referee: Marian Barbu (Făgăraș - Brașov), Vladimir Urzică (Piatra Neamț) and Imre Bucsi (Sf. Gheorghe - Covasna)

Rapid București v Farul Constanța

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 3	Rapid București	0-0	Farul Constanța	Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Júnior Morais  80'		Alin Dobrosavlevici  45+4' Josemi Castañeda  56'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad), Radu Ghinguleac (Bucharest) and Sebastian Gheorghe (Suceava)

Farul Constanța v Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe

9 August 2021 (2021-08-09) 4	Farul Constanța	1–0	Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe	Ovidiu
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Jefté Betancor 49' Andrei Ciobanu  88'		Bogdan Mitrea  36' Branislav Niňaj  77'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați), Marius Badea (Rm. Vâlcea) and Ferencz Tunyoki (Zalău)

CFR Cluj v Farul Constanța

13 August 2021 (2021-08-13) 5	CFR Cluj	1-0	Farul Constanța	Cluj
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Gabriel Debeljuh 36'		Romário Pires  58'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova), Radu Ghinguleac (Bucharest) and Daniel Mitruți (Craiova)

Farul Constanța v FC Dinamo București

20 August 2021 6	Farul Constanța	3–0	FC Dinamo București	Ovidiu
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Betancor 12', 53' De Nooijer  45+1' Ganea 57'	Report	Filip  65' Grigore  82'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Attendance: 3,400 Referee: George Cătălin Găman (Craiova)

FC U Craiova 1948 v Farul Constanța

28 August 2021 7	FC U Craiova 1948	1–1	Farul Constanța	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Claudiu Bălan 48' Benjamin Van Durmen  37' Radu Negru  60'		Adrian Petre 83' (pen.) Sebastian Mladen  30' Ionuț Larie  90+3'	Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: Ionuț Coza (Cernica - Ilfov), Ferencz Tunyogi (Zalău - Sălaj) and Marius Badea (Rm. Vâlcea - Vâlcea)

Farul Constanța v Academica Clinceni

13 September 2021 8	Farul Constanța	5–0	Academica Clinceni	Ovidiu
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Betancor 6', 45', 57' Andrei Artean  24' Adrian Petre 81' Enes Sali 85'		Denis Ventúra  17' Donatas Kazlauskas  70'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Referee: Cătălin Popa (Argeș - Pitești), George Neacșu (Câmpulung Muscel - Argeș) and Laszlo Bucsi (Sf. Gheorghe - Covasna)

Chindia Târgoviște v Farul Constanța

18 September 2021 9	Chindia Târgoviște	2–0	Farul Constanța	Ploiești
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Daniel Popa 40' 84' Paul Iacob 90+3'		Alin Dobrosavlevici 70'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest), Vladimir Urzică (Piatra Neamț) and Andrei Constantinescu (Bucharest)

Farul Constanța v CS Mioveni

26 September 2021 10	Farul Constanța	2–1	CS Mioveni	Ovidiu
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Betancor 16' Andrei Ciobanu 90+2' Alexi Pitu 32'		Bogdan Rusu 86' Lucian Dumitriu  19' Ionuț Burnea  22' Adrian Scarlatache  35' Răzvan Ducan  90+1'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Referee: Sorin Costreie (Buftea - Ilfov), Sebastian Gheorghe (Suceava) and Alexandru Vodă (Alba-Iulia)

FC Voluntari v Farul Constanța

3 October 2021 11	FC Voluntari	1–0	Farul Constanța	Voluntari
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Ion Gheorghe 65'			Stadium: Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești - Argeș), Vladimir Urzică (Piatra Neamț) and Marius Marchidanu (Brăila)

Argeș Pitești v Farul Constanța

17 October 2021 12	Argeș Pitești	2–1	Farul Constanța	Pitești
14:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Jafar Arias 50' Diogo Viana 73'		Jefté Betancor 80' (pen.) Sebastian Mladen  35'	Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin Referee: Sebastian Colțescu (Craiova), Daniel Mitruți (Craiova) and Vlad Bârleanu (Bucharest)

Farul Constanța v FCSB

4 November 2021 13	Farul Constanța	0–1	FCSB	Ovidiu
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Virgil Ghiță  71'		Constantin Grameni 13' (o.g.) Risto Radunović  45'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Referee: Ionuț Coza (Cernica - Ilfov), Valentin Dumitru (Gherghița - Prahova) and Ionuț Bobe (Videle - Teleorman)

FC Botoșani v Farul Constanța

29 October 2021 14	FC Botoșani	0–2	Farul Constanța	Botoșani
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Joyskim Dawa  15' Mateus Santos  25' Andrei Tîrcoveanu  48'		Damien Dussaut 23' Adrian Petre 88' (pen.) Romário Pires  45'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal (Botoșani) Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Satu Mare), Vasile Marinescu (Bucharest) and Ovidiu Artene (Vaslui)

Farul Constanța v CS Universitatea Craiova

7 November 2021 15	Farul Constanța	1–0	CS Universitatea Craiova	Ovidiu
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Adrian Petre 78' George Ganea  57' Bradley de Nooijer  90+3'		Alexandru Crețu  69'	Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest), Vladimir Urzică (Piatra Neamț) and Andrei Constantinescu (București)

Cupa României

Main article: 2021–22 Cupa României

Round of 32

Farul Constanța v Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe

22 October 2021 (2021-10-22)	Farul Constanța	0-1	Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe	Ovidiu
EEST (UTC+3)	Bogdan Mitrea 51' (pen.)			Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 0

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Player	Liga I		Cupa României		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
5	MF	Sebastian Mladen	12	0	1	0	13	0
6	DF	Bradley de Nooijer	14	0	0	0	14	0
20	MF	Roberto Mălăele	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	Ionuț Larie	15	0	1	0	16	0
9	FW	Adrian Petre	13	5	1	0	14	5
77	DF	Darius Grosu	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	Alin Dobrosavlevici	7	0	1	0	8	0
25	FW	Aurelian Chițu	10	0	1	0	11	0
30	MF	Florin Purece	9	0	0	0	9	0
4	DF	Damien Dussaut	13	0	1	0	14	0
52	MF	Romário Pires	11	0	1	0	12	0
15	DF	Alexandru Georgescu	2	0	0	0	2	0
10	FW	Jefté Betancor	15	9	1	0	16	9
66	MF	Josemi Castañeda	2	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF	Constantin Grameni	9	0	0	0	9	0
15	DF	Gabriel Dănuleasa	1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Gabriel Buta	3	0	1	0	4	0
22	FW	Luca Andronache	2	0	0	0	2	0
99	FW	Ștefan Bodișteanu	2	0	1	0	3	0
80	FW	Alexi Pitu	15	0	0	0	15	0
98	MF	Nicolas Popescu	3	0	0	0	3	0
12	GK	Marian Aioani	12	0	0	0	12	0
23	DF	Virgil Ghiță	11	0	1	0	12	0
18	MF	Andrei Artean	11	0	1	0	12	0
11	MF	Andrei Ciobanu	11	1	0	0	11	1
28	MF	Enes Sali	8	1	1	0	9	1
2	DF	Radu Boboc	6	0	1	0	7	0
7	FW	George Ganea	12	1	0	0	12	1
29	MF	Eduard Rădăslăvescu	4	0	1	0	5	0
94	GK	Laurențiu Brănescu	0	0	1	0	1	0
27	MF	Ely Fernandes	4	0	1	0	5	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK	Árpád Tordai	3	0	0	0	3	0

Squad statistics

	Liga I	Cupa României
Games played	15	1
Games won	7	0
Games drawn	3	0
Games lost	5	1
Goals scored	18	0
Goals conceded	9	1
Goal difference	+9	-1
Clean sheets	8	0
Goal by Substitute	5	0
Total shots	128	–
Shots on target	50	–
Corners	71	–
Players used	25	16
Offsides	40	–
Fouls suffered	175	–
Fouls committed	211	–
Yellow cards	21	2
Red cards	1	0

Goalscorers

R	No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Total
1	10	FW		Jefté Betancor	9	0	9
2	9	FW		Adrian Petre	5	0	5
3	7	FW		George Ganea	1	0	1
	28	FW		Enes Sali	1	0	1
	11	MF		Andrei Ciobanu	1	0	1
	4	DF		Damien Dussaut	1	0	1

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Jefté Betancor	Academica Clinceni	5–0 (H)	13 September 2021	Liga I

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Total	Games played
1	Marian Aioani	5	0	0	12
2	Árpád Tordai	3	0	0	3
3	Laurențiu Brănescu	0	0	0	1
Total		6	0	0	13

Disciplinary record

As of 2021

Number	Position	Nation	Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Total
4	DF		Damien Dussaut	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
5	DF		Sebastian Mladen	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
6	DF		Bradley de Nooijer	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
32	MF		Romário Pires	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
21	DF		Alin Dobrosavlevici	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
97	DF		Alexandru Georgescu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
80	FW		Alexi Pitu	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
66	MF		Josemi Castañeda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Andrei Ciobanu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	DF		Ionuț Larie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	MF		Andrei Artean	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Virgil Ghiță	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
7	FW		George Ganea	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

List of international goals scored by Farul's players

#	Date	Team	Opponent	Player	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 July 2021	Romania	Saudi Arabia	George Ganea	1–0	1–1	Friendly
2.	3 August 2021	Romania U19	Israel U19	Luca Andronache	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3.					2–0
4.	5 September 2021	Romania U17	Czech Republic U17	Enes Sali	2–1	3–1	Syrenka Cup (Friendly)
5.	5 September 2021	Romania U19	Bosnia and Herzegovina U19	Ștefan Bodișteanu	3–1	5–1	Friendly
6.	7 October 2021	Romania U19	Cyprus U19	Ștefan Bodișteanu	1–0	2–0	Friendly
7.	7 October 2021	Romania U20	Czech Republic U20	Eduard Rădăslăvescu	2–1	2–1	U-20 Friendly Tournament
8.	26 October 2021	Romania U17	San Marino U17	Enes Sali	4–0	5–0	2022 UEFA EURO U-17 qualification
9.	10 November 2021	Romania U19	Latvia U19	Ștefan Bodișteanu	1–0	1–0	2022 UEFA Under-19 qualification
10.	10 November 2021	Romania U20	Poland U20	Eduard Rădăslăvescu	1–0	2–1	U-20 Friendly Tournament
11.	13 November 2021	Romania U19	San Marino U19	Ștefan Bodișteanu	4–0	5–0	2022 UEFA Under-19 qualification
12.	16 November 2021	Romania U19	Turkey U19	Ștefan Bodișteanu	1–0	1–4	2022 UEFA Under-19 qualification

Managerial statistics (2021-22 season)

Manager	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Gheorghe Hagi	21 July 2021	Present	15	7	3	5	18	9	046.67

See also

• 2021–22 Cupa României
• 2021–22 Liga I