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FC Astra Giurgiu in European football

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FC Astra Giurgiu in European football
ClubAstra Giurgiu
First entry2013–14 UEFA Europa League
Latest entry2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu is a Romanian professional football club based in Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. The club have participated in 4 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, three in Europa League and one in Champions League. In 2013–14 season, they managed to qualify for the group stages of Europa League for the first time, after defeating French giants Olympique Lyon; they finished fourth in a group against Red Bull Salzburg, Celtic, and Dinamo Zagreb. In 2014–15, they knocked out English side West Ham United, after 2–2 at London and 2–1 at Giurgiu.

In 2015–16 Liga I the club managed to win the title for the first time in their history; that meant qualification to the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. The club drew FC København, and couldn't manage to win the tie after drawing 1–1 in Giurgiu and losing 0–3 in Copenhagen against the Danish team.

In the Europa League play-off Astra was drawn against English side West Ham United and managed to eliminate them for the second successive season, by winning 1–0 at the Olympic Stadium after having drawn 1–1 at home.

After qualifying, the club was seeded in Group E against AS Roma, Viktoria Plzen, and Austria Wien. Astra managed to come second after a tight group and qualified for the round of 32 where they played against Belgian side KRC Genk.

All-time statistics

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As of 3 August 2017
Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 1 2 0 1 1 1 4 –3
UEFA Europa League 5 38 15 12 11 48 50 –2
Total 6 40 15 13 12 49 54 –5

Opponents

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Country Club P W D L GF GA GD
Austria Austria Austria Wien 2 1 0 1 4 4 0
Red Bull Salzburg 2 0 0 2 2 7 –5
Subtotal 4 1 0 3 6 11 –5
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Zira 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
Belgium Belgium Genk 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1
Subtotal 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1
Croatia Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 2 1 0 1 2 5 –3
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 2 5 –3
Cyprus Cyprus Omonia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Czech Republic Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4
Viktoria Plzeň 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
Subtotal 4 3 1 0 9 4 +5
Denmark Denmark Copenhagen 2 0 1 1 1 4 –3
Subtotal 2 0 1 1 1 4 –3
England England West Ham United 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2
Subtotal 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2
France France Lyon 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
Israel [Israel Maccabi Haifa 2 0 1 1 1 3 –2
Subtotal 2 0 1 1 1 3 –2
Italy Italy Roma 2 0 1 1 0 4 –4
Subtotal 2 0 1 1 0 4 –4
Netherlands Netherlands AZ Alkmaar 2 1 0 1 3 4 –1
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 3 4 –1
Scotland Scotland Celtic 2 0 1 1 2 3 –1
Inverness 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1
Subtotal 4 1 2 1 3 3 0
Slovenia Slovenia Domžale 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
Slovakia Slovakia Trenčín 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2
Subtotal 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2
Ukraine Ukraine Oleksandriya 2 0 1 1 0 1 –1
Subtotal 2 0 1 1 0 1 –1
Total 40 15 13 12 49 54 –5

History of matches

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Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:

  • 1QR: First qualifying round
  • 2QR: Second qualifying round
  • 3QR: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round
  • R32: Round of 32
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Slovenia Domžale 2–0 1–0 3–0
2Q Cyprus Omonia 1–1 2–1 3–2
3Q Slovakia AS Trenčín 2–2 3–1 5–3
PO Israel Maccabi Haifa 1–1 0–2 1–3
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 3Q Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 3–0 3–2 6–2
PO France Lyon 0–1 2–1 2–2 (a)
Group D Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–2 1–5 4th
Scotland Celtic 1–1 1–2
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1–0 1–5
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 2Q Scotland Inverness CT 0–0 1–0 1–0
3Q England West Ham United 2–1 2–2 4–3
PO Netherlands AZ 3–2 0–2 3–4
2016–17 UEFA Champions League 3Q Denmark Copenhagen 1–1 0–3 1–4
UEFA Europa League PO England West Ham United 1–1 1–0 2–1
Group E Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–1 2–1 2nd
Italy Roma 0–0 0–4
Austria Austria Wien 2–3 2–1
R32 Belgium Genk 2–2 0–1 2–3
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 2Q Azerbaijan Zira 3–1 0–0 3–1
3Q Ukraine Oleksandriya 0–0 0–1 0–1

Top scorers

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P Player Country Goals
1 Constantin Budescu Romania Romania 9
2 Kehinde Fatai Nigeria Nigeria 5
3 Denis Alibec Romania Romania 4
4 Fwayo Tembo Zambia Zambia 3
5 Sadat Bukari Ghana Ghana
6 Takayuki Seto Japan Japan 2
7 Alexandru Dandea Romania Romania
8 Gabriel Enache Romania Romania
9 Filipe Teixeira Portugal Portugal
10 Fernando Boldrin Brazil Brazil
11 Mirko Ivanovski North Macedonia Macedonia 1
12 Valerică Găman Romania Romania
13 Cristian Săpunaru Romania Romania
14 William De Amorim Brazil Brazil
15 Laurențiu Rus Romania Romania
16 Alexandru Stan Romania Romania
17 Alexandru Ioniță Romania Romania
18 George Florescu Romania Romania
19 Aurelian Chițu Romania Romania
20 Daniel Florea Romania Romania
21 Anthony Le Tallec France France
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