2020–21 CSA Steaua București (football) season

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

Steaua București

2020–21 season
President	Mădălin-Sorin Hîncu
Head coach	Daniel Oprița
Stadium	Terenul 5 / Stadionul Steaua
Liga III	Pre-season
Cupa României	Pre-season
Home colours Away colours

Players

First team squad

As of 8 February 2021[1][2][3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Ștefan Mușat 12 GK  ROU Raul Bălbărău 22 GK  ROU Horia Iancu (Captain) 4 DF  ROU Dean Beța 5 DF  ROU Sergiu Bactăr 13 DF  ROU Adrian Ilie 16 DF  ROU Antonio Vlad 55 DF  BRA Wallace 89 DF  ROU Ovidiu Morariu 6 MF  ROU Mădălin Mihăescu 7 MF  ROU Florin Răsdan 9 MF  ROU Valentin Niculae 10 MF  ROU Rareș Enceanu

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ROU Emilian Pacionel 15 MF  ROU Valentin Bărbulescu 19 MF  ROU George Călințaru 20 MF  ROU Marian Neagu 30 MF  ROU Liviu Băjenaru 47 MF  ROU Dragoș Nicolae 99 MF  ROU Vlad Nițu 11 FW  ROU Andrei Antohi 77 FW  ROU Bogdan Chipirliu 90 FW  ROU Alexandru Zaharia - FW  ROU Dragoș Huiban - FW  FRA Philippe Nsiah

Transfers

In

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

Source:[4][5]

Out

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

Source: [6][7]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

22 August 2020 Friendly	Steaua București	1 – 3	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	5 – 2	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	2 – 0	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	5 – 1	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	4 – 1	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	4 – 3	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)

12 February 2021 Friendly

Steaua București

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SCM Gloria Buzău

17 February 2021 Friendly

Steaua București

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CS Vedița Colonești

26 February 2021 Friendly

Steaua București

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SC Popești-Leordeni

6 March 2021 Friendly

Steaua București

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CSM Alexandria

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	-	Matchday 1	-	10	8	2	0	25	7	+18	080.00
Cupa României	9 September 2020	22 September 2020	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	6	1	+5	050.00
Total					12	9	2	1	31	8	+23	075.00

Last updated: 12 September 2020.

Source: Competitions

Liga III - Seria IV

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Steaua București	10	8	2	0	25	7	+18	26	Qualification to Promotion Play-Off
2	FCSB II	10	8	0	2	26	12	+14	24
3	Progresul Spartac București	10	5	1	4	23	14	+9	16
4	Metalul Buzău	10	4	4	2	17	12	+5	16
5	Tunari	10	4	4	2	10	6	+4	16

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2020. 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]

Matches

12 September 2020 1	Steaua București	5 – 1	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	1 – 2	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	4 – 1	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	1 – 3	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	1 – 0	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	2 – 0	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	0 – 1	Steaua București	Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2)			Răsdan  68'	Stadium: Regie Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

31 October 2020 8	Steaua București	0 – 0	CS Tunari	Bucharest, Romania
15:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Terenul V Attendance: 0 (Behind closed doors)

7 November 2020 9	Metalul Buzău	2 – 2	Steaua București	Bucharest, 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)

14 November 2020 10	CS Balotești	1 – 5	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

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FCSB II

20 March 2021 12

Progresul Spartac

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Steaua București

27 March 2021 13

Steaua București

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Dinamo II

3 April 2021 14

Voluntari II

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Steaua București

10 April 2021 15

Concordia Chiajna II

v

Steaua București

17 April 2021 16

Steaua București

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Rapid II

24 April 2021 17

CS Tunari

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Steaua București

30 April 2021 18

Steaua București

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Metalul Buzău

Cupa României

9 September 2020 First round	Steaua București	6 – 0	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	0 – 1	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 13 November 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga III		Cupa României
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Ștefan Mușat	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
12	GK		Raul Bălbărău	4	0	3	0	1	0
22	GK		Horia Iancu	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF		Dean Beța	11	0	9	0	2	0
5	DF		Sergiu Bactăr	6	0	5	0	1	0
13	DF		Adrian Ilie	12	1	10	1	2	0
16	DF		Antonio Vlad	8	0	3+3	0	2	0
17	DF		Gabriel Alexandru Udeanu	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
55	DF		Wallace	6	2	5	2	0+1	0
89	DF		Ovidiu Morariu	7	1	2+4	1	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF		Mădălin Mihăescu	10	1	6+2	0	2	1
7	MF		Florin Răsdan	11	4	6+3	3	2	1
8	MF		Andrei Neagoe	6	0	1+4	0	1	0
9	MF		Valentin Niculae	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Rareș Enceanu	9	6	5+2	6	1+1	0
14	MF		Emilian Pacionel	8	3	8	3	0	0
15	MF		Valentin Bărbulescu	11	0	8+1	0	0+2	0
19	MF		George Călințaru	7	1	4+3	1	0	0
20	MF		Marian Neagu	2	0	2	0	0	0
26	MF		Dorin Capotă	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Liviu Băjenaru	11	1	4+5	0	1+1	1
47	MF		Dragoș Nicolae	5	3	1+3	2	0+1	1
99	MF		Vlad Nițu	8	0	1+5	0	2	0
Forwards
11	FW		Andrei Antohi	9	1	3+5	1	1	0
31	FW		Róbert Elek	8	2	4+2	0	1+1	2
77	FW		Bogdan Chipirliu	9	4	6+1	4	1+1	0
90	FW		Alexandru Zaharia	9	1	7	1	0+2	0

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)
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPX86ovB10
5. http://www.csasteaua.ro/steaua-bucuresti-a-transferat-doi-atacanti/
6. https://liga2.prosport.ro/liga-3/mostistea-ulmu-a-facut-cinci-transferuri-inaintea-debutului-in-liga-3-doi-fotbalisti-au-venit-de-la-steaua-19147614
7. http://www.csasteaua.ro/steaua-bucuresti-s-a-reunit-astazi-in-ghencea-lotul-prezent-la-reunire/
8. "Liga III 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2020.