2024–25 CFR Cluj season

CFR Cluj
2024–25 season
ManagerDan Petrescu
StadiumDr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Liga I6th
Cupa RomânieiPre-season
UEFA Conference LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Daniel Bîrligea (2)
All:
Daniel Bîrligea (4)
Highest home attendance7,756 vs Dinamo București

The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of CFR Cluj, and the club's 21st consecutive season in Liga I. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României and the UEFA Conference League.

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
DF Croatia Anton Krešić Croatia HNK Rijeka €400,000 1 July 2024
MF Liberia Mohammed Kamara Israel Hapoel Haifa Free 1 July 2024 [1]
MF Romania Andrei Artean Cyprus Apollon Limassol Free 1 July 2024
MF The Gambia Kalifa Kujabi Italy Frosinone Free 1 July 2024
DF Portugal Simão Rocha Portugal Paços de Ferreira Free 1 July 2024
MF Romania Adrian Păun Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva Free 1 July 2024
DF Kosovo Armend Thaqi Kosovo FC Ballkani Free 1 July 2024
MF France Béni Nkololo Saudi Arabia Al-Orobah Free 4 July 2024 [2]
FW Moldova Virgiliu Postolachi France Grenoble Foot 38 €200,000 25 July 2024 [3]
FW Romania Louis Munteanu Italy Fiorentina €2,500,000 31 July 2024 [4]

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Source
GK Romania Cătălin Căbuz Romania FC Hermannstadt €50,000 1 July 2024
MF Italy Filippo Falco Contract termination 1 July 2024 [5]
DF Romania Cristian Manea Romania Rapid București End of contract 1 July 2024 [6]
MF Morocco Omar El Kaddouri End of contract 1 July 2024 [7]
MF Republic of the Congo Durel Avounou Turkey Çorum FK Contract termination 29 July 2024 [8]

Friendlies

Pre-season

26 June 2024 Friendly Śląsk Wrocław Poland 1–0 Romania CFR Cluj Ottensheim, Austria
17:00
  • Jezierski 18'
29 June 2024 Friendly CFR Cluj Romania 1–0 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Windischgarsten, Austria
18:00
Stadium: Sportplatz Windischgarsten
2 July 2024 Friendly LASK Austria 1–1 Romania CFR Cluj Pasching, Austria
17:00
Stadium: voestalpine Stadium
9 July 2024 Friendly CFR Cluj Romania 1–0 Romania Dumbrăvița
18:00 UTC+3

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 14 July 2024 Matchday 1 5 2 1 2 10 9 +1 040.00
Cupa României 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
UEFA Conference League 25 July 2024 Second qualifying round 4 3 1 0 7 0 +7 075.00
Total 9 5 2 2 17 9 +8 055.56

Last updated: 15 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

Main article: 2024–25 Liga I

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 Dinamo București 21 9 9 3 30 19 +11 36 Qualification for play-off round
4 Universitatea Craiova 21 9 8 4 33 21 +12 35
5 CFR Cluj 21 9 8 4 36 26 +10 35
6 Petrolul Ploiești 21 7 10 4 23 21 +2 31
7 Sepsi OSK 21 8 6 7 28 23 +5 30 Qualification for play-out round
Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2024. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
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.[9]


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
5 2 1 2 10 9  +1 7 2 0 2 8 7  +1 0 1 0 2 2  0

Last updated: 11 August 2024.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round123456
GroundHAHHHA
ResultWDLLWP
Position14
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2024. Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.[10]

14 July 2024 1 CFR Cluj 3–2 Dinamo București Cluj-Napoca
19:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Attendance: 7,756
Referee: Rareș Vidican
20 July 2024 2 Rapid București 2–2 CFR Cluj Bucharest
22:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium
Referee: István Kovács
28 July 2024 3 CFR Cluj 0–2 Universitatea Craiova Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
4 August 2024 4 CFR Cluj 2–3 Universitatea Cluj Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Referee: Radu Petrescu
11 August 2024 5 CFR Cluj 3–0 Unirea Slobozia Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
TBD 6 Oțelul Galați v CFR Cluj Galați
Stadium: Oțelul Stadium

Cupa României

Main article: 2024–25 Cupa României

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.

25 July 2024 First leg CFR Cluj Romania 0–0 Belarus Neman Grodno Cluj-Napoca
20:30 UTC+3 Report Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Referee: Miloš Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
1 August 2024 Second leg Neman Grodno Belarus 0–5
(0–5 agg.)		 Romania CFR Cluj Győr, Hungary
20:00 UTC+2
Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion
Note: Due to a penalty from UEFA resulting from Belarus's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian clubs plays their home matches on neutral grounds until further notice.[11]

Third qualifying round

8 August 2024 First leg Maccabi Petah Tikva Israel 0–1 Romania CFR Cluj Sofia, Bulgaria
21:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Stadion Georgi Asparuhov
Attendance: 147
Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)
15 August 2024 Second leg CFR Cluj Romania 1–0
(2–0 agg.)		 Israel Maccabi Petah Tikva Cluj-Napoca
20:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Attendance: 5,490
Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

References

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  3. ^ "Un alt fost utist la CFR Cluj: Virgiliu Postolachi îl costă 200 de mii de euro pe Neluțu Varga!". 25 July 2024.
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  5. ^ "CFR 1907 | MULȚUMIM, FILIPPO FALCO!". cfr1907.ro.
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  7. ^ "CFR 1907 | MULȚUMIM, OMAR EL KADDOURI!". cfr1907.ro.
  8. ^ "Jucător plecat de la CFR Cluj, a doua zi după 0-2 cu Craiova: „Încetarea amiabilă a contractului"". GSP.
  9. ^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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  11. ^ "The official website for European football". UEFA.com.