2014–15 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București

2014–15 season
President	Valeriu Argăseală
Manager	Constantin Gâlcă
Stadium	Stadionul Steaua Arena Națională
Liga I	Champions
Cupa României	Winners
Cupa Ligii	Winners
Supercupa României	Runners-up
Champions League	Play-off round
Europa League	Group stage, 3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Claudiu Keșerü (12) All: Claudiu Keșerü (19)
Highest home attendance	43,000 (approximate) vs Dinamo București (31 October 2014 (2014-10-31))
Lowest home attendance	0 (close doors) vs CSU Craiova (2 August 2014 (2014-08-02)) vs Pandurii Târgu Jiu (15 August 2014 (2014-08-15)) vs Brașov (22 November 2014 (2014-11-22))
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This page covers all relevant details regarding FC Steaua București for all official competitions inside the 2014–15 season.

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Florin Niță 2 DF Cornel Râpă 5 DF Srdjan Luchin 6 DF Paul Papp 7 MF Alexandru Chipciu 8 MF Lucian Filip 9 FW Gabriel Iancu 10 MF Cristian Tănase (captain) 11 MF Andrei Prepeliță (vince-captain) 12 MF Nicolae Stanciu 13 DF Alin Toșca 14 DF Iasmin Latovlevici 16 DF Guilherme Sityá

No. Position Player 17 MF Florentin Pham-Huy 21 MF Nicandro Breeveld 24 GK Giedrius Arlauskis 25 FW Raul Rusescu (on loan from Sevilla) 26 MF Ionuț Neagu 29 FW George Țucudean (on loan from Charlton Athletic) 30 DF Gabriel Tamaș 33 DF Fernando Varela 55 MF Alexandru Bourceanu (on loan from Trabzonspor) 77 MF Adrian Popa 94 MF Rareș Enceanu 95 GK Valentin Cojocaru 97 MF Robert Vâlceanu

Players from youth team

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

No. Position Player — DF Alexandru Nicola — MF Costin Constantinescu — MF Robert Gavrilă — FW Junior Măcriș

Transfers

In

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Ref.
—	DF		Lupu, ValeriuValeriu Lupu	23	EU	Săgeata Năvodari !Săgeata Năvodari	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
—	MF		Onicaș, MihaiMihai Onicaș	24	EU	ASA Târgu Mureș !ASA Târgu Mureș	Loan return	Summer	2014	—
—	MF		Pușcaș, CristianCristian Pușcaș	20	EU	Clinceni !Clinceni	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
—	MF		Roșu, IulianIulian Roșu	20	EU	Clinceni !Clinceni	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
13	DF		Toșca, AlinAlin Toșca	22	EU	Viitorul Constanța !Viitorul Constanța	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
24	GK		Arlauskis, GiedriusGiedrius Arlauskis	26	EU	Rubin Kazan !Rubin Kazan	Free transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free	SteauaFC.com
17	MF		Pham-Huy, FlorentinFlorentin Pham-Huy	17	EU	Juventus București !Juventus București	Free transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free	SteauaFC.com
19	FW		Lemnaru, ValentinValentin Lemnaru	30	EU	Universitatea Cluj !Universitatea Cluj	Transfer	Summer	2016	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
5	DF		Luchin, SrdjanSrdjan Luchin	28	EU	Botev Plovdiv !Botev Plovdiv	Transfer	Summer	2016	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
21	MF		Breeveld, NicandroNicandro Breeveld	27	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu !Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
6	DF		Papp, PaulPaul Papp	24	EU	Chievo !Chievo	Loan with transfer option	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
55	MF		Bourceanu, AlexandruAlexandru Bourceanu	29	EU	Trabzonspor !Trabzonspor	Loan	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
25	FW		Rusescu, RaulRaul Rusescu	26	EU	Sevilla !Sevilla	Loan with transfer option	Summer	2015	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
6	DF		Papp, PaulPaul Papp	25	EU	Chievo !Chievo	Transfer option activated	Winter	2020	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
94	MF		Enceanu, RareșRareș Enceanu	20	EU	Brașov !Brașov	Transfer	Winter	2019	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
30	DF		Tamaș, GabrielGabriel Tamaș	31	EU	Watford !Watford	Free transfer	Winter	2017	Free	SteauaFC.com
29	FW		Țucudean, GeorgeGeorge Țucudean	23	EU	Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	Loan with transfer option	Winter	2016	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
—	MF		Roșu, IulianIulian Roșu	20	EU	Rapid București !Rapid București	Loan return	Winter	Undisclosed	—
16	DF		Sityá, GuilhermeGuilherme Sityá	24	EU	SpVgg Greuther Fürth !SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Free transfer	Winter	2020	Free	SteauaFC.com
—	MF		Aldea (footballer), AlexandruAlexandru Aldea (footballer)	19	EU	Fortuna Poiana Câmpina !Fortuna Poiana Câmpina	Loan return	Winter	2019	—

Out

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
—	MF		Onicaș, MihaiMihai Onicaș	24	EU	Olimpia Satu Mare !Olimpia Satu Mare	End of contract	Summer	Free
12	GK		Tătărușanu, CiprianCiprian Tătărușanu	28	EU	Fiorentina !Fiorentina	End of contract	Summer	Free	SteauaFC.com
86	GK		Bogatinov, MartinMartin Bogatinov	28	Non-EU	Ermis Aradippou !Ermis Aradippou	End of contract	Summer	Free
17	DF		Georgievski, DanielDaniel Georgievski	26	Non-EU	Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory	End of contract	Summer	Free
35	FW		Kapetanos, PantelisPantelis Kapetanos	31	EU	Skoda Xanthi !Skoda Xanthi	End of contract	Summer	Free	SkodaXanthiFC.gr
25	FW		Piovaccari, FedericoFederico Piovaccari	29	EU	Sampdoria !Sampdoria	End of loan	Summer	Free
5	MF		Pintilii, MihaiMihai Pintilii	29	EU	Al-Hilal !Al-Hilal	Transfer	Summer	€2,500,000	SteauaFC.com
30	MF		Răduț, MihaiMihai Răduț	24	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu !Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Free transfer	Summer	Free	SteauaFC.com
29	FW		Târnovan, AlexandruAlexandru Târnovan	18	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș !Gaz Metan Mediaș	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
—	MF		Roșu, IulianIulian Roșu	20	EU	Rapid București !Rapid București	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
6	DF		Gardoș, FlorinFlorin Gardoș	25	EU	Southampton !Southampton	Transfer	Summer	€6,800,000	SteauaFC.com
—	MF		Pușcaș, CristianCristian Pușcaș	20	EU	Academica Argeș !Academica Argeș	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed
—	DF		Lupu, ValeriuValeriu Lupu	23	EU		Out of team	Summer	—
35	MF		Aldea (footballer), AlexandruAlexandru Aldea (footballer)	19	EU	Fortuna Poiana Câmpina !Fortuna Poiana Câmpina	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
27	MF		Grădinaru, RăzvanRăzvan Grădinaru	19	EU	Oțelul Galați !Oțelul Galați	Loan	Summer	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
19	FW		Lemnaru, ValentinValentin Lemnaru	30	EU	Universitatea Cluj !Universitatea Cluj	Transfer	Summer	30% rights of Andreas Calcan	SteauaFC.com
22	DF		Pârvulescu, PaulPaul Pârvulescu	26	EU	Viitorul Constanța !Viitorul Constanța	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
18	MF		Sânmărtean, LucianLucian Sânmărtean	34	EU	Al-Ittihad !Al-Ittihad	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
4	DF		Szukała, ŁukaszŁukasz Szukała	30	EU	Al-Ittihad !Al-Ittihad	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
16	DF		Matei, GabrielGabriel Matei	24	EU	Brașov !Brașov	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed	SteauaFC.com
—	MF		Roșu, IulianIulian Roșu	20	EU	Astra Giurgiu !Astra Giurgiu	Mutual termination	Winter	Free
—	MF		Aldea (footballer), AlexandruAlexandru Aldea (footballer)	19	EU	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț !Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Loan	Winter	Undisclosed
28	FW		Keșerü, ClaudiuClaudiu Keșerü	28	EU	Al Gharafa !Al Gharafa	Transfer	Winter	€2,400,000	SteauaFC.com

Statistics

Goalscorers

Last updated on 31 May 2015 (UTC)

Player	Liga I	Cupa României	Cupa Ligii	Supercupa României	Champions League	Europa League	Total
Claudiu Keșerü	12	0	2	0	1	4	19
Raul Rusescu	4	2	2	0	0	5	13
Nicolae Stanciu	6	1	0	0	2	0	9
Gabriel Iancu	3	4	1	0	1	0	9
Adrian Popa	5	3	0	0	0	0	8
Alexandru Chipciu	3	1	1	1	2	0	8
Cristian Tănase	5	1	1	0	0	0	7
Andrei Prepeliță	5	0	0	0	1	0	6
George Țucudean	3	0	2	0	0	0	5
Łukasz Szukała	4	0	0	0	0	0	4
Lucian Sânmărtean	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
Fernando Varela	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Paul Papp	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Iasmin Latovlevici	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Alin Toșca	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Nicandro Breeveld	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Cornel Râpă	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Lucian Filip	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

Competitions

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București !Steaua București	34	22	5	7	59	23	+36	71	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round

Updated to games played on 28 May 2015 (UTC).
Source: Liga I
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; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

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	22	5	7	59	23	+36	71	10	2	5	32	12	+20	12	3	2	27	11	+16

Last updated: 28 May 2015 (UTC).
Source: FCSB

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D
Position	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1

Last updated: 28 May 2015 (UTC).
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Cupa României

Results

Cupa Ligii

Results

Supercupa României

Results

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DYK	AaB	STE	RIO
1	Dynamo Kyiv	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	3–1	2–0
2	AaB	6	3	0	3	5	10	−5	9			3–0	—	1–0	1–0
3	Steaua București	6	2	1	3	11	9	+2	7			0–2	6–0	—	2–1
4	Rio Ave	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5	4			0–3	2–0	2–2	—

Results

Non competitive matches

Date	Team	Results			Steaua scorers
		Home	Away	Neutral
23 June 2014	Chiasso			1–2	Pârvulescu  14'
25 June 2014	Lugano			2–5	Keșerü  64', 80'
1 July 2014	Ludogorets Razgrad			2–4	Grădinaru  81', Iancu  85' (pen.)
5 July 2014	Oldham Athletic			4–1	Vâlceanu  32', Varela  67', Chipciu  69', Iancu  71'
7 July 2014	AEL Limassol			1–1	Sânmărtean  18'
17 January 2015	Borussia Dortmund			0–1
21 January 2015	Biel-Bienne			2–0	Popa  48', Keșerü  58'
31 January 2015	Sturm Graz			0–2
3 February 2015	CSKA Sofia			1–0	Popa  45'
6 February 2015	Sparta Prague			3–0	Țucudean  35', 69', Stanciu  75'
8 February 2015	Maribor			0–0
28 March 2015	Farul Constanța		2–1		Țucudean  33' (pen.), Stanciu  48'

See also

• 2014 Supercupa României
• 2014–15 Cupa României
• 2014–15 Liga I
• 2014–15 UEFA Champions League
• 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Notes and references