2007–08 FC Steaua București season

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Steaua București
2007–08 season
OwnerGeorge Becali
PresidentValeriu Argăseală
Head coachGheorghe Hagi
Massimo Pedrazzini
Marius Lăcătuș
StadiumStadionul Steaua
Liga I2nd
Cupa RomânieiRound of 16
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Nicolae Dică (9)
All:
Nicolae Dică (10)

The 2007–08 season was the 60th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 60th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României and the UEFA Champions League.[1]

Players[]

Transfers[]

In[]

Total spending: €11,06M
Player From Fee
Romania Eric Bicfalvi Romania Jiul Petroșanii €0.3M
Romania Valentin Bădoi Germany Rapid București €0.55M
Romania Mihai Guriță Germany Farul Constanța €0.1M
Romania Cosmin Vâtcă Romania Oțelul Galați €0.5M
Romania Adrian Neaga South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma €0.61M
Nigeria Ifeanyi Emeghara Romania Politehnica Știința Timișoara €1.2M
Poland Paweł Golański Poland Korona Kielce €1.3M
Romania Alexandru Iacob Romania Corvinul Hunedoara €0.4M
Romania Emil Ninu Romania Progresul București €0.2M
Colombia Róbinson Zapata Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo €0.5M
Romania Ionuț Rada Romania Rapid București €0.8M
Romania Dorel Zaharia Romania Gloria Bistrița €0.5M
Romania Mihăiță Pleșan Romania Politehnica Știința Timișoara €1.5M
Romania Romeo Surdu Romania CFR Cluj €1M
Central African Republic Habib Habibou Belgium Charleroi Loan
Nigeria Dino Eze Romania Gloria Buzau €0.2M
Colombia Pepe Moreno Argentina Independiente Loan
Peru Andrés Mendoza Ukraine Metalurh Donetsk Free
Colombia Dayro Moreno Colombia Once Caldas €1.4M
Romania Răzvan Ochiroșii Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Alexandru Iacob Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Alin Lițu Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Emil Ninu Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Alexandru Tudose Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Eric Bicfalvi Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Nigeria Dino Eze Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Brazil André Nunes Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Valentin Simion Romania Gloria Buzău Back from loan
Romania Vasilică Cristocea Romania Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Back from loan
Romania Marius Croitoru Romania Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț Back from loan

Out[]

Total income: €5,06M
Player New team Fee
Romania Daniel Oprița Romania Dinamo București Free
Romania Stelian Stancu Romania Politehnica Știința Timișoara €0.2M
Romania Sorin Paraschiv Italy Rimini €0.5M
Brazil Élton Saudi Arabia Al-Nasr €0.5M
France Cyril Théréau Belgium Anderlecht €2.9M
Israel Klemi Saban Israel Maccabi Netanya Free
Romania Gigel Coman Romania Universitatea Cluj €0.1M
Romania Gabriel Boștină Romania Dinamo București €0.1M
Romania Mihai Guriță Romania Farul Constanța Free
Brazil Andrey Brazil Cruzeiro Released
Romania Valentin Bădoi Romania Politehnica Știința Timișoara Free
Romania Dorel Zaharia Romania UTA Arad €0.26M
Romania Victoraș Iacob Germany Kaiserslautern €0.5M
Romania Vasilică Cristocea Romania Steaua II București Second team
Romania Marius Croitoru Romania Steaua II București Second team
Romania Alexandru Iacob Romania Steaua II București Second team

Loan out[]

Player Team
Romania Alexandru Iacob Romania Gloria Buzău
Romania Alin Lițu Romania Gloria Buzău
Romania Emil Ninu Romania Gloria Buzău
Romania Alexandru Tudose Romania Gloria Buzău
Romania Eric Bicfalvi Romania Gloria Buzău
Nigeria Dino Eze Romania Gloria Buzău
Brazil André Nunes Romania Gloria Buzău
Romania Valentin Simion Romania Gloria Buzău
Romania Vasilică Cristocea Romania Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Romania Marius Croitoru Romania Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

Statistics[]

Player stats[]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Liga I Cupa României UEFA Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Colombia COL Róbinson Zapata 42 0 33 0 0 0 9 0
3 DF Romania ROU Dorin Goian 31 5 23 2 0 0 8 3
4 DF Poland POL Paweł Golański 27 1 21 1 2 0 4 0
5 DF Romania ROU Ionuț Rada 28 1 17 1 1 0 10 0
6 MF Romania ROU Mirel Rădoi 19 0 16 0 0 0 3 0
8 MF Romania ROU Ovidiu Petre 35 3 26 2 0 0 9 1
9 FW Romania ROU Valentin Badea 24 4 16 2 2 1 6 1
10 FW Romania ROU Nicolae Dică 40 10 30 9 0 0 10 1
11 FW Central African Republic CTA Habib Habibou 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0
12 GK Romania ROU Cornel Cernea 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
13 DF Nigeria NGA Ifeanyi Emeghara 18 0 12 0 1 0 5 0
15 DF Romania ROU Mihai Neșu 26 0 21 0 0 0 5 0
16 MF Romania ROU Bănel Nicoliță 35 4 27 3 0 0 8 1
17 DF Romania ROU Eugen Baciu 17 0 14 0 2 0 1 0
18 DF Romania ROU Petre Marin 26 0 18 0 1 0 7 0
20 MF Romania ROU Florin Lovin 32 0 24 0 0 0 8 0
21 FW Romania ROU Răzvan Ochiroșii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Colombia COL Pepe Moreno 15 5 15 5 0 0 0 0
23 MF Romania ROU Mihăiță Pleșan[notes 1] 15 2 14 2 0 0 1 0
24 DF Romania ROU Sorin Ghionea 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0
25 FW Romania ROU Adrian Neaga 35 4 26 3 1 0 8 1
27 FW Colombia COL Dayro Moreno 11 5 11 5 0 0 0 0
29 FW Peru PER Andrés Mendoza 15 2 15 2 0 0 0 0
82 GK Romania ROU Cosmin Vâtcă 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
84 FW Romania ROU Romeo Surdu 20 0 12 0 2 0 6 0
Players sold or loaned out during the season
2 DF Romania ROU Emil Ninu 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
7 MF Romania ROU Eric Bicfalvi 15 1 9 1 2 0 4 0
11 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Boștină 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Romania ROU Vasilică Cristocea 13 0 8 0 2 0 3 0
19 FW Romania ROU Victoraș Iacob 12 2 7 2 1 0 4 0
26 MF Romania ROU Marius Croitoru 21 0 12 0 1 0 8 0
26 FW Nigeria NGA Dino Eze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Romania ROU Valentin Bădoi 17 0 10 0 2 0 5 0
30 FW Romania ROU Dorel Zaharia 22 7 14 1 2 3 6 3
31 DF Romania ROU Alexandru Iacob 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Romania ROU Mihai Guriță[notes 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sources:[2][3][1]

Competitions[]

Overall record[]

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 27 July 2007 7 May 2008 Matchday 1 2nd 34 23 6 5 51 19 +32 067.65
Cupa României 26 September 2007 6 December 2007 Round of 32 Round of 16 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 050.00
UEFA Champions League 31 July 2007 12 December 2007 Second qualifying round Group stage 10 3 2 5 11 13 −2 030.00
Total 46 27 8 11 66 34 +32 058.70

Source: Competitions

Liga I[]

Main article: 2007–08 Liga I

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CFR Cluj (C) 34 23 7 4 52 22 +30 76 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Steaua București 34 23 6 5 51 19 +32 75 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Rapid București 34 18 7 9 52 31 +21 61[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Dinamo București 34 17 10 7 55 36 +19 61[a]
5 Unirea Urziceni 34 16 13 5 42 24 +18 61[a]
Source: LT (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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c RAP: 7 pts; DIN: 5 pts; UNI: 3 pts

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
34 23 6 5 51 19  +32 75 14 3 0 31 5  +26 9 3 5 20 14  +6

Source: LT

Results by round[]

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWWDDLDDWWWLWLWWDWWLWWWWWWWWWWDWLW
Position5112477877677755544533222221112122
Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

27 July 2007 Round 1 Steaua București 2–1 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț București
20:30 Dică Goal 14' (pen.), 62' Goal 12' (pen.) Vranjković Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 0 (closed doors)[notes 3]
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
3 August 2007 Round 2 Farul Constanța 0–1 Steaua București Constanța
20:30 Goal 62' Dică Stadium: Farul
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
11 August 2007 Round 3 Steaua București 1–0 Politehnica Iași București
20:45 Bicfalvi Goal 79' Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
19 August 2007 Round 4 CFR Cluj 0–0 Steaua București Cluj-Napoca
20:30 Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
2 September 2007 Round 6 Unirea Urziceni 1–0 Steaua București Urziceni
17:00 Galamaz Goal 90+1' Stadium: Tineretului
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Tiberiu Lajos
16 September 2007 Round 7 Steaua București 0–0 Rapid București București
20:30 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
22 September 2007 Round 8 UTA Arad 1–1 Steaua București Arad
17:00 Edson Goal 82' (pen.) Goal 57' Nicoliță Stadium: Francisc von Neumann
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu
29 September 2007 Round 9 Steaua București 1–0 Vaslui București
20:45 Rada Goal 65' Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 7,472
Referee: Aurel Bogaciu
7 October 2007 Round 10 Dacia Mioveni 1–2 Steaua București Mioveni
20:30 Rada Goal 35' (o.g.) Goal 45+2', 90' Iacob Stadium: Dacia
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Victor Berbecaru
27 October 2007 Round 12 Universitatea Cluj 2–1 Steaua București Cluj-Napoca
15:00 Jovanović Goal 34'
Goga Goal 85'		 Goal 21' Nicoliță Stadium: Ion Moina
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: István Kovács
31 October 2007 Round 13 Steaua București 3–1 Oțelul Galați București
20:30 Dică Goal 7' (65), pen.'
Semeghin Goal 32' (o.g.)		 Goal 52' Székely Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Ionel Ivan
4 November 2007 Round 14 Politehnica Știința Timișoara 2–0 Steaua București Timișoara
20:30 Rušič Goal 13'
Mansour Goal 90+1'		 Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Augustus Constantin
10 November 2007 Round 15 Steaua București 1–0 FC U Craiova București
20:45 Nicoliță Goal 27' Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
12 November 2007 Round 5 Steaua București 0–0 Pandurii Târgu Jiu București
20:30 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 7,249
Referee: Alexandru Ioniță
24 November 2007 Round 16 Steaua București 1–0 Dinamo București București
20:30 Neaga Goal 67' Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 23,552
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
30 November 2007 Round 17 Gloria Buzău 1–1 Steaua București Buzău
13:00 Bunică Goal 90+1' Goal 78' Dică Stadium: Crâng
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: ștefan Erdei
3 December 2007 Round 11 Steaua București 1–0 Gloria Bistrița București
20:45 Toma Goal 78' (o.g.) Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Marius Avram
9 December 2007 Round 18 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț 0–1 Steaua București Piatra Neamț
19:00 Goal 19' Badea Stadium: Ceahlăul
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Aurelian Bogaciu
16 December 2007 Round 19 Steaua București 3–0 Farul Constanța București
17:00 Zaharia Goal 17'
Dică Goal 78'
Șchiopu Goal 84' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ionel Ivan
24 February 2008 Round 20 Politehnica Iași 2–1 Steaua București Iași
20:30 Nicoliță Goal 3' (o.g.)
Onuț Goal 60'		 Goal 47' Mendoza Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu
2 March 2008 Round 21 Steaua București 3–1 CFR Cluj București
20:30 Hirschfeld Goal 26' (o.g.)
Dayro Moreno Goal 56'
Ov. Petre Goal 90+1'		 Goal 4' Trică Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
8 March 2008 Round 22 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0–1 Steaua București Târgu Jiu
20:45 Goal 64' Ov. Petre Stadium: Municipal Tudor Vladimirescu
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
16 March 2008 Round 23 Steaua București 1–0 Unirea Urziceni București
20:30 Habibou Goal 82' Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 21,126
Referee: Ionel Ivan
20 March 2008 Round 24 Rapid București 0–3
(Awarded)		 Steaua București București
20:30 Săpunaru Goal 68' Stadium: Giulești Valentin Stănescu
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alexandru Deaconu
Note: The match was interrupted in 72th minute because the referee was hit with an object from the stands, by the fans of Rapid, even the hosts were leading with 1–0; the match was awarded with 3–0 for Steaua.
23 March 2008 Round 25 Steaua București 2–1 UTA Arad București
20:30 Pepe Moreno Goal 65'
Badea Goal 90+1'		 Goal 7' Mihuț Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Lucian Dan
30 March 2008 Round 26 Vaslui 0–1 Steaua București Vaslui
16:00 Goal 66' Pepe Moreno Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: István Kovács
6 April 2008 Round 27 Steaua București 2–0 Dacia Mioveni București
20:30 Goian Goal 49'
Pepe Moreno Goal 56'		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Victor Berbecaru
10 April 2008 Round 28 Gloria Bistrița 1–3 Steaua București Reghin
17:00 Toma Goal 44' Goal 19', 24' Dică
Goal 62' (o.g.) Hadzibulic		 Stadium: Avântul
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tiberiu Lajos
14 April 2008 Round 29 Steaua București 4–0 Universitatea Cluj București
20:30 Pleșan Goal 7'
Golański Goal 66'
Neaga Goal 90+1'
Dayro Moreno Goal 90+3'		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu
19 April 2008 Round 30 Oțelul Galați 0–1 Steaua București Galați
17:00 Goal 76' Pleșan Stadium: Oțelul
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj
22 April 2008 Round 31 Steaua București 1–1 Politehnica Știința Timișoara București
20:30 Goian Goal 49' Goal 65' Bucur Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
26 April 2008 Round 32 FC U Craiova 1–2 Steaua București Craiova
17:00 Prepeliță Goal 77' Goal 75' Pepe Moreno
Goal 83' Dayro Moreno		 Stadium: Extensiv
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
4 May 2008 Round 33 Dinamo București 2–1 Steaua București București
20:30 Bratu Goal 30'
Dănciulescu Goal 52'		 Goal 75' Ghionea Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
7 May 2008 Round 34 Steaua București 5–0 Gloria Buzău București
17:00 Pepe Moreno Goal 20'
Dayro Moreno Goal 62', 77'
Neaga Goal 67'
Mendoza Goal 72'		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Cristian Balaj

Cupa României[]

Main article: 2007–08 Cupa României

Results[]

26 September 2007 Round of 32 Bacău 0–4 Steaua București Bacău
20:30 Goal 38', 56', 83' Zaharia
Goal 61' (pen.) Badea		 Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Alexandru Tudor
6 December 2007 Round of 16 Unirea Urziceni 2–0 Steaua București Urziceni
20:30 Petre Goal 18'
Negru Goal 46'		 Stadium: Tineretului
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

UEFA Champions League[]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds[]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
Second qualifying round[]
31 July 2007 First leg Zagłębie Lubin Poland 0–1 Romania Steaua București Lubin, Poland
20:45 Goal 54' Goian Stadium: Górniczy Ośrodek Sportu
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey)
8 August 2007 Second leg Steaua București Romania 2–1
(3–1 agg.)		 Poland Zagłębie Lubin București, Romania
20:30 Nicoliță Goal 38'
Zaharia Goal 82'		 Goal 29' Stasiak Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
Third qualifying round[]
15 August 2007 First leg BATE Borisov Belarus 2–2 Romania Steaua București Borisov, Belarus
20:00 Radzkow Goal 40'
Bliznyuk Goal 90+3'		 Goal 58' Goian
Goal 84' Dică		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 4,300
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)
29 August 2007 Second leg Steaua București Romania 2–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Belarus BATE Borisov București, Romania
20:30 Zaharia Goal 12'
Neaga Goal 54'		 Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 24,254
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Group stage[]

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage
Group H standings
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain Sevilla 6 5 0 1 14 7 +7 15 Advance to knockout stage
2 England Arsenal 6 4 1 1 14 4 +10 13
3 Czech Republic Slavia Prague 6 1 2 3 5 16 −11 5 Transfer to UEFA Cup
4 Romania Steaua București 6 0 1 5 4 10 −6 1
Source: RSSSF
Results[]
19 September 2007 Matchday 1 Slavia Prague Czech Republic 2–1 Romania Steaua București Prague, Czech Republic
20:45 Šenkeřík Goal 13'
Belaid Goal 63'		 Goal 33' Goian Stadium: Evžena Rošického
Attendance: 15,723
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)
2 October 2007 Matchday 2 Steaua București Romania 0–1 England Arsenal București, Romania
21:45 Goal 76' van Persie Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 12,807
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
23 October 2007 Matchday 3 Sevilla Spain 2–1 Romania Steaua București Seville, Spain
20:45 Kanouté Goal 5'
Luís Fabiano Goal 17'		 Goal 63' Ov. Petre Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 28,945
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
7 November 2007 Matchday 4 Steaua București Romania 0–2 Spain Sevilla București, Romania
21:45 Goal 25', 65' Renato Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 11,027
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
27 November 2007 Matchday 5 Steaua București Romania 1–1 Czech Republic Slavia Prague București, Romania
21:45 Badea Goal 12' Goal 78' Šenkeřík Stadium: Steaua
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)
12 December 2007 Matchday 6 Arsenal England 2–1 Romania Steaua București London, England
19:45 Diaby Goal 8'
Bendtner Goal 42'		 Goal 68' Zaharia Stadium: Emirates
Attendance: 59,786
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

Staff[]

Management[]

Administration[]

  • President: Valeriu Argăseală
  • Vicepresident: Iulian Ghiorghișor
  • Scouting Manager: Mario Branco
  • Marketing Director: Andreea Chiriloiu
  • Press Officer: Cătălin Făiniși

Board Room[]

  • Chairman: George Becali
  • Vice-Chairman: Teia Sponte
  • Board Room Members: Lucian Becali, Vasile Geambazi
  • Censor: Victor Manole, Mariana Istudor
  • Supplementary Censors: Virgil Laurențiu Găman, Maria Apostoiu
  • Stock Holders: Vasile Geambazi (37%), Constantin Geambazi (30%), Cătălin Ciubotă (26%), Tomaida Bădescu (4%), Marius Ianuli (3%)[notes 4]

Youth Centre Staff[]

  • General Manager: Leonard Strizu
  • Coordinator: Gigel Gheorghe
  • Physiotherapist: George Mărculescu
  • Fitness Coach: Ciprian Prună

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Mihăiță Pleșan played 2 games for Politehnica Știința Timișoara in Liga I before signing and scored 3 goals.
  2. ^ Mihai Guriță played 4 games for FC Gloria Buzău in Liga I as a loaned by Steaua București and scored 0 goals.
  3. ^ Following 2-matchday suspension from previous season
  4. ^ It is assumed though that, given George Becali's influence over the club, these stock holders have been elected by Becali himself as trustworthy people.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Steaua Bucuresti 2007/2008". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ "FCSB >> Squad 2007/2008". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Steaua Bucarest 2007/2008". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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