2022–23 FC Rapid București season

FC Rapid București
2022–23 season
Chairman	Daniel Niculae
Manager	Adrian Mutu
Stadium	Superbet Arena
Liga I	5th
Cupa României	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marko Dugandžić (15); All: ; Marko Dugandžić (15)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 December 2022.

The 2022–23 FC Rapid București season is the club's 100th season in existence and the second consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Rapid București are participating in this season's edition of the Cupa României.. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 September 2022^[1]^[2]

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	Codruț Sandu
3	DF	ROU	Florin Ștefan
4	MF	CRO	Ljuban Crepulja
5	DF	ROU	Cristian Ignat
6	DF	ROU	Paul Iacob
7	MF	ROU	Antonio Sefer
8	MF	ROU	Andrei Ciobanu
9	MF	ROU	Valentin Costache
10	MF	ROU	Alexandru Ioniță
11	FW	ROU	Andrei Ioniță
13	DF	BRA	Júnior Morais
14	MF	EST	Mattias Käit
15	DF	MTQ	Damien Dussaut
16	FW	ROU	Alexandru Despa
17	MF	ROU	Ștefan Pănoiu
18	MF	ROU	David Iordache
19	DF	ROU	Răzvan Onea


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ROU	Dragoș Grigore (3rd captain)
22	DF	ROU	Cristian Săpunaru (Captain)
23	MF	ROU	Alexandru Albu
25	MF	BEL	Xian Emmers
26	MF	ROU	Alexandru Crivac
28	MF	ROU	Alexandru Mățan (on loan from Columbus)
29	MF	ROU	Gabriel Gheorghe
30	FW	ROU	Alex Stan
31	GK	ROU	Horațiu Moldovan
42	FW	NED	Kevin Luckassen
45	FW	CRO	Marko Dugandžić
57	FW	MAR	Younes Marzouk
71	FW	SVK	Jakub Vojtuš
77	DF	ROU	Claudiu Belu
90	GK	ROU	Virgil Drăghia (Vice-captain)
96	MF	FRA	Jayson Papeau
99	GK	ROU	Bogdan Ungureanu

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ROU	Ștefan Lefter (to Corvinul Hunedoara)
—	GK	ROU	Valentin Mărgărit (to Progresul Spartac)
—	GK	ROU	Sebastian Micu (to FC Brașov)
—	DF	ROU	Alexandru Catrici (to Tunari)
—	DF	ROU	Enrichi Finica (to Politehnica Iași)
—	MF	ROU	Antonio Bradu (to Corvinul Hunedoara)
—	MF	ROU	Alin Demici (to Dinamo București)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MDA	Cazimir Drăgan (to Metaloglobus București)
—	MF	ROU	Luca Florică (to Progresul Spartac)
—	MF	ROU	Alexandru Gheorghe (to Metaloglobus București)
—	MF	ROU	Rareș Lazăr (to FC Brașov)
—	MF	ROU	Albert Stahl (to UTA Arad)
—	MF	ROU	Mario Tunsu (to Tunari)
—	FW	ROU	Daniel Dicianu (to Râmnicu Sărat)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

29 June 2022 Friendly	St. Pölten	3–2	Rapid București	St. Pölten, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadtsportanlage

1 July 2022 Friendly	Cracovia	1–2	Rapid București	Grein, Austria
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Grein TSV Stadion

2 July 2022 Friendly	LASK	2–0	Rapid București	Ulmerfeld, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peter Lisec Stadion

5 July 2022 Friendly	Rapid București	1–7	Slavia Prague	Oepping, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Oepping

20 November 2022 Friendly	Brașov Steagul Renaște	0–1	Rapid București	Braşov, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadionul Tineretului

7 January 2023 Friendly	Rapid București	3–2	Sarıyer	Lara, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Miracle Resort Hotel

10 January 2023 Friendly	Rapid București	3–1	Kecskeméti TE	Belek, Turkey
11:30 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Bellis Hotel Sports Center

13 January 2023 Friendly	Sigma Olomouc	2–0	Rapid București	Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: S&B Sport Football Complex

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	16 July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Cupa României	18 October 2022		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 18 December 2022
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Liga 1

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Source: Liga 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	FCSB	30	17	6	7	51	35	+16	57	Qualification for the Play-off round
4	Universitatea Craiova	30	16	6	8	37	27	+10	54
5	Rapid București	30	15	7	8	40	26	+14	52
6	Sepsi OSK	30	11	9	10	47	30	+17	42
7	FC U Craiova 1948	30	11	7	12	34	33	+1	40	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.^[3]

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2022.^[4]

16 July 2022 1	CFR Cluj	1–0	Rapid București	Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Matias 17'			Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

24 July 2022 2	Rapid București	2–0	FCSB	Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dugandžić 19', 59' Săpunaru 24', 40' Moldovan 58' Crepulja 79'	Report	Radunović 57' Cordea 81' Oct. Popescu 88'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: István Kovács

31 July 2022 3	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	Rapid București	Craiova
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Ioniță 51'	Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

6 August 2022 4	Rapid București	2–1	Argeș Pitești	Bucharest
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Sefer 45', 64'	Report	Käit 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Ionuţ Coza

6 August 2022 5	Petrolul Ploiești	1–0	Rapid București	Ploiești
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Grozav 23' Cioiu 56'	Report	Săpunaru 21' Käit 52' Ioniță 71' Iacob 75'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Cătălin Popa

20 August 2022 6	Rapid București	1–0	UTA Arad	Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Júnior Morais 17'	Report		Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Iulian Călin

27 August 2022 7	Sepsi OSK	1–2	Rapid București	Sfântu Gheorghe
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Rondón 21' (pen.)	Report	Sefer 27' Ioniță 45+2'	Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium Referee: Andrei Chivulete

30 August 2022 8	Rapid București	1–0	Universitatea Cluj	Bucharest
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dugandžić 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: George Găman

3 September 2022 9	Voluntari	0–1	Rapid București	Voluntari
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Dugandžić 60'	Stadium: Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

10 September 2022 10	FC U Craiova 1948	1–0	Rapid București	Târgu Jiu
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Sidibe 55'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Constantina Diță-Tomescu Referee: Marian Barbu

17 September 2022 11	Rapid București	2–1	Mioveni	Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Sefer 39' Luckassen 87'	Report	Scarlatache 22'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Horia Mladinovici

3 October 2022 12	Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	Rapid București	Ploiești
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	D. Popa 15' Neguț 56'	Report	Sefer 59'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Lucian Rusandu

8 October 2022 13	Rapid București	1–1	Botoșani	Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Júnior Morais 83'	Report	Țigănașu 38'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

14 October 2022 14	Hermannstadt	0–2	Rapid București	Mediaș
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Emmers 75' Grigore 78'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan Referee: Andrei Chivulete

21 October 2022 15	Rapid București	1–1	Farul Constanța	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Săpunaru 53'	Report	Alibec 19'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: István Kovács

30 October 2022 16	Rapid București	2–1	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Săpunaru 36' (pen.) Dugandžić 71' (pen.)	Report	Muhar 54'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Cătălin Popa

6 November 2022 17	FCSB	3–1	Rapid București	Bucharest
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Cordea 14' Compagno 29' Oct. Popescu 57' V. Crețu 74'	Report	Júnior Morais 68' 70' Dugandžić 76' (pen.)	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

12 November 2022 18	Rapid București	2–2	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Albu 24' Dugandžić 72'	Report	A. Crețu 4' Baiaram 19'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

4 December 2022 19	Argeș Pitești	1–1	Rapid București	Pitești
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Șerban 60'	Report	Pănoiu 2'	Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin Referee: Radu Petrescu

14 December 2022 20	Rapid București	3–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dugandžić 9' (pen.), 73' Ioniță 36' Crepulja 39' Käit 53' Pănoiu 90+4'	Report	Jair 40' Huja 46' Grozav 61'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

18 December 2022 21	UTA Arad	1–1	Rapid București	Arad
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Otele 40'	Report	Dugandžić 90+7' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul Francisc von Neuman Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

20 January 2023 22	Rapid București	3–0	Sepsi OSK	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dugandžić 5', 13', 19' (pen.), 28'	Report	Matei 20' Păun 40'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

27 January 2023 23	Universitatea Cluj	0–0	Rapid București	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: Marian Barbu

4 February 2023 24	Rapid București	4–1	Voluntari	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dugandžić 19', 55', 82' Júnior Morais 25' Albu 43'	Report	Ricardinho 51' Lopes 90+1'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: George Găman

10 February 2023 25	Rapid București	1–2	FC U Craiova 1948	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Iacob 53', 87' Sefer 81'	Report	Bauza 1' Bahassa 57'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Cătălin Popa

17 February 2023 26	Mioveni	0–0	Rapid București	Mioveni
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

25 February 2023 27	Rapid București	2–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dugandžić 66' (pen.) Boldor 68' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Andrei Chivulete

1 March 2023 28	Botoșani	1–2	Rapid București	Botoșani
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Camara 90'	Report	Pănoiu 42' Grigore 90+4'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Referee: Adrian Costreie

4 March 2023 29	Rapid București	0–1	Hermannstadt	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Balaure 32'	Report		Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Viorel Flueran

11 March 2023 30	Farul Constanța	2–1	Rapid București	Ovidiu
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Artean 21' Mazilu 50'	Report	Sefer 14'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Play-off round

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FAR	FCS	CFR	CRA	RAP	SPS
1	Farul Constanța (C)	10	6	3	1	22	13	+9	53	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round		3–2	1–0	3–2	7–2	2–1
2	FCSB	10	5	2	3	15	15	0	46	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round	2–1		1–0	1–1	1–5	3–1
3	CFR Cluj (O)	10	2	4	4	11	14	−3	42	Qualification to European competition play-offs	1–2	1–1		1–1	2–2	2–1
4	Universitatea Craiova	10	3	4	3	15	14	+1	40		1–1	1–2	1–1		3–1	0–1
5	Rapid București	10	3	3	4	17	20	−3	38		1–1	1–0	3–1	2–3		0–0
6	Sepsi OSK^[a]	10	2	2	6	10	14	−4	29	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Cup winner

Matches

19 March 2023 1	CFR Cluj	2–2	Rapid București	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Janga 4' (pen.) Boateng 23'	Report	Käit 11' Onea 55'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Andrei Chivulete

1 April 2023 2	Rapid București	1–1	Farul Constanța	Bucharest
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Bamgboye 55'	Report	Nedelcu 76'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

10 April 2023 3	Sepsi OSK	2–0	Rapid București	Sfântu Gheorghe
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tudorie 26' Ștefănescu 86'	Report		Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium Referee: Cătălin Popa

16 April 2023 4	Universitatea Craiova	3–1	Rapid București	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cîmpanu 38' Marković 82' Roguljić 90+2'	Report	Dugandžić 31' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: Radu Petrescu

23 April 2023 5	Rapid București	1–0	FCSB	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Onea 4' Albu 21' Grigore 28' Al. Ioniță 44' Ștefan 88'	Report	Omrani 4' Dawa 18' Radunović 85'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

1 May 2023 6	Rapid București	3–1	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dugandžić 9' (pen.), 45+2' Käit 12'	Report	Braun 15'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

6 May 2023 7	Farul Constanța	7–2	Rapid București	Ovidiu
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Alibec 3' (pen.), 45', 61' Băluță 23', 27' Munteanu 74', 76' Kiki 78'	Report	Moldovan 2' Săpunaru 32', 58' Bamgboye 55' Morais 70' Dugandžić 86' (pen.), 90+1'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Cătălin Popa

12 May 2023 8	Rapid București	0–0	Sepsi OSK	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Florin Andrei

22 May 2023 9	Rapid București	2–3	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dugandžić 33' (pen.), 59' (pen.)	Report	Ivan 43' (pen.), 52' Crețu 65'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

27 May 2023 10	FCSB	1–5	Rapid București	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Radunović 45+3' Oct. Popescu 58', 63' Omrani 77'	Report	Luckassen 7', 45+2' Iacob 17', 26' Bamgboye 68', 79' Albu 76' Ștefan 77' Pănoiu 90+2'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Cupa României

Group stage

2022 1		v		TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

2022 2		v		TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

2022 3		v		TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

References

^ "Prima echipa" [First squad] (in Romanian). fcrapid.ro. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "FC RAPID 1923" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Robert, Jugravu (1 July 2022). "Programul complet al etapelor din Superliga 2022-2023".
^ "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.

[table_note_SPS0.94181579767811-5] Cup winner

[1] "Prima echipa" [First squad] (in Romanian). fcrapid.ro. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[FC_RAPID_1923-2] "FC RAPID 1923" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[sw-3] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[4] Robert, Jugravu (1 July 2022). "Programul complet al etapelor din Superliga 2022-2023".

[6] "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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