2023–24 FC Rapid București season

FC Rapid București
2023–24 season
OwnerDan Sucu,Victor Angelescu
ChairmanDaniel Niculae
ManagerNeil Lennon
StadiumSuperbet Arena
Liga I3rd
Cupa RomânieiGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Albion Rrahmani (9)
All: Albion Rrahmani (9)
Highest home attendance12,499 (vs Petrolul Ploiesti)
Lowest home attendance10,644 (vs FC Botosani)
Average home league attendance11,974
Biggest win4–0 (vs Dinamo Bucuresti)
Biggest defeat0–2 (vs Petrolul Ploiesti)
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 1 September 2023.

The 2023–24 FC Rapid București season is the club's 101st 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 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023[1][2]

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
4 MF Estonia EST Mattias Käit
6 DF Romania ROU Paul Iacob
7 FW Nigeria NGA Funsho Bamgboye
9 FW Kosovo KOS Albion Rrahmani
10 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Ioniță
11 MF Spain ESP Borja Valle
15 DF Romania ROU Iulian Cristea
17 MF Romania ROU Ștefan Pănoiu
19 DF Romania ROU Răzvan Onea
21 DF Romania ROU Dragoș Grigore (3rd captain)
22 DF Romania ROU Cristian Săpunaru (Captain)
23 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Albu
24 DF Romania ROU Andrei Borza
25 MF Belgium BEL Xian Emmers
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Romania ROU Răzvan Oaidă
27 FW Romania ROU Claudiu Petrila (on loan from CFR Cluj)
29 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Gheorghe
30 FW Romania ROU Alex Stan
31 GK Romania ROU Horațiu Moldovan
32 DF Romania ROU Robert Badescu
47 DF Germany GER Christopher Braun
70 MF Romania ROU Eduard Danaila
80 MF Romania ROU Catalin Cirjan (on loan from Arsenal)
90 GK Romania ROU Virgil Drăghia (Vice-captain)
91 MF Romania ROU Omar El Sawy
93 FW Cameroon CMR Kevin Soni
96 MF France FRA Jayson Papeau
99 GK Romania ROU Bogdan Ungureanu

Out on loan

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
— GK Romania ROU Codrut Stan (to LPS Clinceni)
— DF Romania ROU Cristian Ignat (to CS Mioveni)
— MF Romania ROU David Iordache (to Cetatea Turnu Magurele)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Romania ROU Andrei Ciobanu (to Poli Iasi)
— MF Romania ROU Alexandru Crivac (to Progresul Spartac)
— FW Romania ROU Claudiu Micovschi (to UTA Arad)

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date
MF Romania Catalin Cirjan England Arsenal Loan fee 1 July 2023
MF Spain Borja Valle Spain Cartagena Free Transfer
MF Romania Răzvan Oaidă Romania FCSB
DF Romania Iulian Cristea
DF Germany Christopher Braun Romania CFR Cluj €150,000
MF Romania Omar El Sawy Romania Csikszereda €400,000
FW Romania Claudiu Petrila Romania CFR Cluj Loan fee €500,000 31 July 2023
FW Romania Claudiu Micovschi Italy Avellino Free Transfer 3 August 2023
FW Kosovo Albion Rrahmani Kosovo Ballkani €600,000 7 August 2023
DF Romania Andrei Borza Romania Farul Constanta €800,000 15 August 2023
FW Cameroon Kevin Soni Free Agent Free Transfer 12 September 2023

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date
FW Morocco Younes Bnou Marzouk Free Agent Release 1 July 2023
FW Netherlands Kevin Luckassen
MF France Hervin Ongenda
DF Romania Alin Demici Romania CS Dinamo Bucuresti Free Transfer
FW Romania Alexandru Despa Romania CS Tunari
DF France Damien Dussaut Romania Farul Constanta
FW Romania Albert Stahl Romania UTA Arad
MF Croatia Ljuban Crepulja Romania FC Voluntari
FW Romania Antonio Sefer Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva €500,000
MF Romania Andrei Ciobanu Romania Poli Iasi Loan Transfer 26 July 2023
DF Romania Claudiu Belu Free Transfer 27 July 2023
DF Romania Cristian Ignat Romania CS Mioveni Loan Transfer 10 August 2023
MF Romania Alexandru Crivac Romania Progresul Spartac 17 August 2023
FW Romania Valentin Costache Cyprus Apollon Limassol €100,000 22 August 2023
FW Romania Claudiu Micovschi Romania UTA Arad Loan Transfer 30 August 2023
DF Romania Florin Ștefan Romania Sepsi OSK Free Transfer 4 September 2023
FW Croatia Marko Dugandzic Saudi Arabia Al-Tai €2,000,000 7 September 2023
DF Brazil Junior Morais Turkey Gaziantep Free Transfer 9 September 2023

Overall transfer activity

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 June 2022 Friendly DAC Streda Slovakia 1–1 Romania Rapid București
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Spyros Risvanis(38') Paul Iacob(90')
1 July 2022 Friendly Gyor Hungary 0–1 Romania Rapid București
12:00 CEST (UTC+2) Marko Dugandzic(30')
3 July 2022 Friendly Rača Slovakia 0–5 Romania Rapid București
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Xian Emmers(4'), Funsho Bamgboye(43'), Mattias Kait(73'), Paul Iacob(77'), Marko Dugandzic(87')

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 14 July 2023 May 2024 Matchday 1 8 4 2 2 18 10 +8 050.00
Cupa României Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 8 4 2 2 18 10 +8 050.00

Last updated: 1 September 2023
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

Main article: 2023–24 Liga I

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FCSB 30 19 7 4 53 28 +25 64 Qualification to play-off round
2 Rapid București 30 15 10 5 55 32 +23 55
3 CFR Cluj 30 15 8 7 54 29 +25 53
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 13 10 7 47 38 +9 49
5 Farul Constanța 30 11 10 9 37 38 −1 43[a]
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.[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ Head to head points: Farul Constanța 6, Sepsi OSK 0

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FCS CFR UCV FAR SEP RAP
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.)[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
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation UTA OTE HER UCJ PET IAS DIN BOT VOL FCU
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.)[5] 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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
8 4 2 2 18 10  +8 14 2 2 1 9 5  +4 2 0 1 9 5  +4

Source: Liga 1

Results by round

Round12345678
GroundHAHAHHAH
ResultDWDLLWWW
Position1147811753
Source: Liga 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2023.

Cupa României

Main article: 2023–24 Cupa României

Group stage

2023 1 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
2023 2 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
2023 3 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

References

  1. ^ "Prima echipa" [First squad] (in Romanian). fcrapid.ro. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. ^ "FC RAPID 1923" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  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.
  5. ^ "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.