2020–21 CSA Steaua București (football) season

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

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

Players

First team squad

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Ștefan Mușat
12 GK Romania ROU Raul Bălbărău
22 GK Romania ROU Horia Iancu (Captain)
4 DF Romania ROU Dean Beța
5 DF Romania ROU Sergiu Bactăr
13 DF Romania ROU Adrian Ilie
16 DF Romania ROU Antonio Vlad
55 DF Brazil BRA Wallace
89 DF Romania ROU Ovidiu Morariu
6 MF Romania ROU Mădălin Mihăescu
7 MF Romania ROU Florin Răsdan (3rd captain)
8 MF Romania ROU Valentin Bărbulescu (vice-captain)
9 MF Romania ROU Emilian Pacionel
No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF Romania ROU Rareș Enceanu
14 MF Romania ROU Robert Neacșu
18 MF Romania ROU George Călințaru
20 MF Romania ROU Marian Neagu
30 MF Romania ROU Liviu Băjenaru
47 MF Romania ROU Dragoș Nicolae
99 MF Romania ROU Vlad Nițu
11 FW Romania ROU Dragoș Huiban
17 FW France FRA Philippe Nsiah
31 FW Romania ROU Cezar Mihalache
77 FW Romania ROU Bogdan Chipirliu
90 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Zaharia
- FW Romania ROU Andrei Antohi

Transfers

In

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

Source:[4][5]

Out

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

Source:[6][7]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 August 2020 Friendly Steaua București Romania 1 – 3 Romania 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 Romania 5 – 2 Romania 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 Romania 2 – 0 Romania 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 Romania 5 – 1 Romania 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 Romania 4 – 1 Romania 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 Romania 4 – 3 Romania 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 Romania 2 – 2 Romania 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 Romania 5 – 1 Romania 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 Romania 8 – 1 Romania 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 Romania 8 – 0 Romania 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 Romania 6 – 3 Romania 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 Romania 2 – 0 Romania CSM Alexandria Bucharest, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2) Enceanu 34'
Morariu 69'		 Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

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

Main article: 2020–21 Liga III

Standings

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

12 September 2020 1 Steaua București Romania 5 – 1 Romania 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 Romania 1 – 2 Romania 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 Romania 4 – 1 Romania 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 Romania 1 – 3 Romania 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 Romania 1 – 0 Romania 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 Romania 2 – 0 Romania 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 Romania 0 – 1 Romania Steaua București Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Răsdan 68' Stadium: Regie
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
31 October 2020 8 Steaua București Romania 0 – 0 Romania CS Tunari Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
7 November 2020 9 Metalul Buzău Romania 2 – 2 Romania 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 Romania 1 – 5 Romania 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 Romania 1 – 1 Romania 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 Romania 0 – 2 Romania 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 Romania 4 – 0 Romania 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 Romania 0 – 3 Romania 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 Romania 0 – 5 Romania 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 Romania 2 – 0 Romania 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 Romania 0 – 1 Romania Steaua București Tunari, Romania
17:00 EET (UTC+2) Zaharia 63' Stadium: Tunari
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)
30 April 2021 18 Steaua București Romania 5 – 0 Romania 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

8 May 2021 First round, first leg Mostiștea Ulmu Romania 0 – 2 Romania 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 Romania 2 – 0 Romania 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 Romania 2 – 0 Romania 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 Romania 1 – 2 Romania Steaua București Afumați, Romania
17:30 EET (UTC+2) Adrian Popa 45' Călințaru 3'
Pacionel 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Comunal

Cupa României

Main article: 2020–21 Cupa României
9 September 2020 First round Steaua București Romania 6 – 0 Romania 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 Romania 0 – 1 Romania Popești-Leordeni Bucharest, Romania
16:30 EET (UTC+2) Mărgărit 77' Stadium: Terenul V
Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

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 Romania ROU Ștefan Mușat 13 0 11+1 0 0 0 1 0
12 GK Romania ROU Raul Bălbărău 11 0 6 0 4 0 1 0
22 GK Romania ROU Horia Iancu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
4 DF Romania ROU Dean Beța 20 0 15 0 3 0 2 0
5 DF Romania ROU Sergiu Bactăr 10 0 5+2 0 1+1 0 1 0
13 DF Romania ROU Adrian Ilie 21 1 15 1 4 0 2 0
16 DF Romania ROU Antonio Vlad 11 0 5+4 0 0 0 2 0
17 DF Romania ROU Gabriel Alexandru Udeanu 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
55 DF Brazil BRA Wallace 18 3 13 3 4 0 0+1 0
89 DF Romania ROU Ovidiu Morariu 10 1 2+7 1 0 0 1 0
Midfielders
6 MF Romania ROU Mădălin Mihăescu 21 2 10+5 1 1+3 0 2 1
7 MF Romania ROU Florin Răsdan 22 5 12+4 4 1+3 0 2 1
8 MF Romania ROU Valentin Bărbulescu 21 0 12+3 0 4 0 0+2 0
9 MF Romania ROU Emilian Pacionel 20 8 14+2 5 4 3 0 0
10 MF Romania ROU Rareș Enceanu 21 7 10+5 7 2+2 0 1+1 0
14 MF Romania ROU Robert Neacșu 5 0 3+2 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Romania ROU George Călințaru 19 2 12+3 1 4 1 0 0
20 MF Romania ROU Marian Neagu 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Romania ROU Dorin Capotă 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Romania ROU Liviu Băjenaru 22 1 7+10 0 1+2 0 1+1 1
47 MF Romania ROU Dragoș Nicolae 6 4 1+4 3 0 0 0+1 1
99 MF Romania ROU Vlad Nițu 9 0 1+6 0 0 0 2 0
- MF Romania ROU Andrei Neagoe 6 0 1+4 0 0 0 1 0
- MF Romania ROU Valentin Niculae 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
11 FW Romania ROU Dragoș Huiban 12 3 5+3 3 4 0 0 0
17 FW France FRA Philippe Nsiah 6 0 3+1 0 2 0 0 0
31 FW Romania ROU Cezar Mihalache 8 1 0+5 0 0+3 1 0 0
77 FW Romania ROU Bogdan Chipirliu 18 15 14+1 14 1 1 1+1 0
90 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Zaharia 20 5 11+3 4 4 1 0+2 0
- FW Romania ROU Andrei Antohi 9 1 3+5 1 0 0 1 0
- FW Romania ROU Róbert Elek 8 2 4+2 0 0 0 1+1 2

References

  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)
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  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.
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  8. ^ "Liga III 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2020.