2009–10 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București
2009–10 season
Owner	George Becali
President	Valeriu Argăseală
Head coach	Cristiano Bergodi ; Mihai Stoichiță
Stadium	Stadionul Steaua
Liga I	4th
Cupa României	Round of 16
Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pantelis Kapetanos (15); All: ; Pantelis Kapetanos (19)
Highest home attendance	21,446 vs Motherwell ; (30 July 2009)
Lowest home attendance	800 (approx.) vs Twente ; (18 December 2009)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was the 62nd season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 62nd 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 Europa League.^[1]

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	UEFA Champions League	4th / Group stage
	Liga I	6th
	Cupa României	Round of 32

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK	Rufay	31	Non-EU	2007^[2]	66	0	2011^[2]	€0.5M
2	CB	Parpas	24	EU	2010	0	0	2010	Undisclosed
3	LB	Emeghara	26	Non-EU	2007^[3]	12	0	2011^[3]	€1.2M	Also plays as RB
4	RB	Golański	27	EU	2007^[4]	37	1	2010^[4]	€1M
5	CB	Zhelev	30	EU	2010	0	0	2011	Ochiroșii
7	RW	Székely	27	EU	2008^[5]	16	1	2013^[5]	€1.5M	Also plays as LW
8	DM	Ov. Petre	28	EU	2006^[6]	56	4	2011^[6]	€1M
9	FW	Kapetanos	26	EU	2008	23	11	Undisclosed	Free
10	AM	Tănase	23	EU	2009^[7]	0	0	2014^[7]	€1.8M	Also plays as LW, RW and CM 50% of next sale will go to Argeș Pitești
11	FW	A. Karamyan	30	Non-EU	2010	0	0	2010	Free
12	GK	Tătărușanu	24	EU	2008	0	0	2013	€1.5M
14	AM	Toja	25	Non-EU	2008	23	2	2011	€0.58M
15	CB	Tudose	23	EU	2005	2	0	2011	Undisclosed
16	RW	Nicoliță	25	EU	2005^[8]	128	17	2010^[8]	Undisclosed	Also plays as LW and RB
17	CB	Baciu	29	EU	2004	70	1	2011	€0.23M	FCM Bacău should receive €0.4M if Baciu is transferred or becomes free player
18	LB	P. Marin (C)	36	EU	2004	107	1	2010	€0.04M	Also plays as RB
19	CM	Pleșan	27	EU	2007	22	2	2012	€1.3M
20	CB	Tall	25	Non-EU	2010	0	0	2010	Undisclosed
22	FW	Pepe	28	Non-EU	2010	15	5	2010	Undisclosed
24	FW	Surdu	26	EU	2007^[9]	12	0	2011^[9]	Undisclosed	Also plays as LW
26	CM	Eric	22	EU	2007	15	1	2012	Undisclosed
28	FW	Stancu	22	EU	2008	29	11	2012	€1M	Also plays as SS 50% of next sale will go to Giovani Becali
77	LW	Karamyan	30	Non-EU	2010	0	0	2010	Free
Players from Steaua II
21	AM	Fl. Matei	17	EU	2010	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
27	DM	Iacob	21	EU	2009	0	0	2012	Youth system	Also plays as CB
32	LB	Filip	19	EU	2009	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
Players sold or loaned out during the season
3	CB	Goian (VC)	30	EU	2005^[10]	104	6	2010^[10]	€0.1M + €1M
5	CB	Rada	27	EU	2007^[11]	21	1	2010^[11]	Undisclosed	Also plays as LB
10	LW	Grzelak	27	EU	2009	0	0	2010	Undisclosed
19	AM	A. Ionescu	22	EU	2008	8	0	2013	€0.5M	50% of next sale will go to FC U Craiova
20	LB	Tininho	29	EU	2009^[12]	0	0	2010^[12]	Free
21	LW	Ochiroșii	21	EU	2005	22	2	2012	Youth system
23	AM	Dayro M.	24	Non-EU	2008	38	10	2012	€1.4M	Also plays as FW 20% of his next transfer fee will be owned to Once Caldas
24	CB	Ghionea (captain)	31	EU	2002	117	2	Undisclosed	Free
25	DM	Onicaș	20	EU	2009	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
31	CB	Ninu	23	EU	2007	0	0	2010	€0.4M	Also plays as RB and LB
33	GK	Cezar	22	EU	2009	0	0	2010	Youth system
99	FW	Bibishkov	27	EU	2009^[13]	0	0	2012^[13]	Free

Last updated: 12:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: Steaua News

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
12	GK	Tătărușanu	23	EU	Gloria Bistrița	Loan return	Summer	2013	—
82	GK	Vâtcă	27	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
31	RB	Ninu	22	EU	Gloria Bistrița	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
5	CB	Rada	26	EU	Otopeni	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
11	FW	Surdu	25	EU	Brașov	Loan return	Summer	2011	—
—	FW	Simion	23	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Loan return	Summer	Undisclosed	—
2	RB	Bălan	29	EU	Alki Larnaca	Loan return	Summer	2010	—
10	LW	Grzelak	27	EU	Skoda Xanthi	Loan	Summer	2010	Undisclosed	FCSB
99	FW	Bibishkov	26	EU	Litex Lovech	Free transfer	Summer	2012	Free	FCSB
20	LB	Tininho	28	EU	Belenenses	Free transfer	Summer	2010	Free	FCSB
27	DM	Iacob	20	EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	Undisclosed	—
6	AM	Tănase	22	EU	Argeș Pitești	Transfer	Summer	2014	€1.8M	FCSB
23	AM	Dayro M.	24	Non-EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	2012	—
22	CM	Pleșan	26	EU	Steaua II București	Promoted	Summer	2012	—
—	RB	Bălan	30	EU	Aris Limassol	Loan return	Winter	2010	—
5	CB	Zhelev	30	EU	Oțelul Galați	Swap	Winter	2011	Ochiroșii	FCSB
11	FW	A. Karamyan	30	Non-EU	Politehnica Timișoara	Free transfer	Winter	2010	Free	FCSB
77	LW	Karamyan	30	Non-EU	Politehnica Timișoara	Free transfer	Winter	2010	Free	FCSB
2	CB	Parpas	24	EU	AEL Limassol	Loan	Winter	2010	Undisclosed	FCSB
22	FW	Pepe	28	EU	Independiente	Loan	Winter	2010	Undisclosed	FCSB
20	CB	Tall	24	Non-EU	APOP Kinyras	Loan	Winter	2010	Undisclosed	FCSB

Out

N	Pos.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
2	RB	Ogăraru	29	EU	Ajax	End of loan	Summer	—
30	DM	Tiago Gomes	23	EU	Estrela da Amadora	End of loan	Summer	—
—	FW	Simion	22	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—
12	GK	Cernea	33	EU	Unirea Alba Iulia	Mutual termination	Summer	Free	FCSB
11	FW	Lițu	22	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—
20	DM	Lovin	27	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
23	CM	Pleșan	26	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
9	FW	Semedo	30	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
10	AM	Dayro M.	23	Non-EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
22	FW	Pedriel	22	Non-EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—	GSP
27	LB	Filip	18	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—
29	FW	Rusu	19	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Summer	—
82	GK	Vâtcă	27	EU	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Loaned out	Summer	Undisclosed
2	RB	Bălan	30	EU	Aris Limassol	Loaned out	Summer	Undisclosed	FCSB
3	CB	Goian	28	EU	Palermo	Transfer	Summer	€2M	FCSB
20	LB	Tininho	28	EU	Leixões	Contract termination	Summer	Free	FCSB
5	CB	Rada	27	EU	Al NJasr	Transfer	Winter	€0.27M	FCSB
21	LW	Ochiroșii	20	EU	Oțelul Galați	Swap	Winter	Zhelev +50%	FCSB
—	RB	Bălan	30	EU	SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk	Loaned out	Winter	Undisclosed
24	CB	Ghionea	30	EU	Rostov	Transfer	Winter	€0.1M	FCSB
27	DM	Iacob	20	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Winter	—
10	LW	Grzelak	27	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Winter	—
99	FW	Bibishkov	27	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Winter	—
25	DM	Onicaș	20	EU	Politehnica Iași	Loaned out	Winter	Undisclosed	FCSB
31	CB	Ninu	23	EU	Farul Constanța	Loaned out	Winter	Undisclosed	FCSB
19	AM	Ionescu	21	EU	Politehnica Iași	Loaned out	Winter	Undisclosed	FCSB
23	AM	Dayro M.	24	Non-EU	Once Caldas	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
33	GK	Cezar	21	EU	Steaua II București	Second team	Winter	—

Spending

Summer: €1.8 million

Winter: €0 million

Total: €1.8 million

Income

Summer: €2 million

Winter: €0.37 million

Total: €2.37 million

Statistics

Player stats

				Total				UEFA Europa League		Liga I		Cupa României
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	Rufay		28	28	-28	—	8	-8	19	-20	1
2	CB	Parpas		12	13		—			13
3	LB	Emeghara		10	12		—	1		11				GS: 7 RB, 3 LB
4	RB	Golański		26	28	1	—	7		21	1			GS: 24 RB, 1 CB, 1 DM
5	CB	Zhelev		16	16	1	—			16	1
7	RW	Székely		31	33	6	—	10	1	21	5	2		GS: 24 RW, 5 LW, 2 CM
8	DM	Ov. Petre		18	19	1	—			18	1	1		GS: 17 DM, 1 CB
9	FW	Kapetanos		32	41	19	—	10	2	30	15	1	2
10	AM	Tănase		16	26	1	—	4		21	1	1		GS: 5 AM, 4 RW, 4 FW, 3 LW
11	FW	A. Karamyan		8	13	5	—			13	5			GS: 8 LW
12	GK	Tătărușanu		20	20	-17	—	4	-1	15	-16	1
14	AM	Toja		27	36	2	—	8	1	28	1			GS: 25 AM, 2 LW
15	CB	Tudose		8	12		—	3		8		1
16	RW	Nicoliță		39	40	5	—	11	3	28	2	1		GS: 20 LW, 18 RW, 1 RB
17	CB	Baciu		22	26		—	7		17		2		GS: 20 CB, 1 RB, 1 cm
18	LB	P. Marin		36	38	2	—	8	1	29	1	1		GS: 32 LB, 4 RB
19	CM	Pleșan		13	19	1	—			18	1	1
20	CB	Tall					—
22	FW	Pepe			6		—			6
24	FW	Surdu		26	43	6	—	10	1	32	5	1
26	CM	Eric		11	15		—	6		7		2
28	FW	Stancu		32	35	14	—	9	6	25	8	1
77	LW	Karamyan		4	8		—			8				GS: 3 LB, 1 LW
Players from Steaua II
21	AM	Fl. Matei			2		—			2
27	DM	Iacob		1	3		—	1		2
32	LB	Filip		1	2		—			2
Players sold or loaned out during the season
3	CB	Goian		4	4		—	3		1
5	CB	Rada		19	19		—	6		11		2		GS: 14 CB, 5 LB
10	LW	Grzelak		4	13	1	—	6	1	6		1
19	AM	A. Ionescu		12	18		—	9		8		1
20	LB	Tininho			1		—	1
21	LW	Ochiroșii		3	13	1	—	6	1	5		2
23	AM	Dayro M.		4	9	2	—	3		5	2	1		GS: 4 FW
24	CB	Ghionea		22	22		—	9		12		1
25	DM	Onicaș		11	19		—	9		8		2
31	CB	Ninu		10	13		—	7		6				GS: 8 RB, 2 LB
33	GK	Cezar					—
99	FW	Bibishkov		3	5		—	3		1		1

Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: Match reports in competitive matches, FCSB
Ordered by start team, game starts and position on pitch (from back right to front left)
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**Shirt numbers changed during the season**
Player	New number	Old number
Emeghara	3	30
Tănase	10	6
Surdu	24	11
Pleșan	19	22

Goalscorers

Key

	Player left the club in mid-season
	Player joined the club in mid-season

Player	Liga I	Cupa României	Europa League	Fixture Total	Friendlies	Total
Pantelis Kapetanos	15	2	2	19	3	22
Bogdan Stancu	8	0	6	14	3	17
János Székely	5	0	1	6	2	8
Romeo Surdu	5	0	1	6	4	10
Bănel Nicoliță	2	0	3	5	0	5
Arman Karamyan	5	0	0	5	0	5
Juan Carlos Toja	1	0	1	2	2	4
Dayro Moreno	2	0	0	2	1	3
Petre Marin	1	0	0	1	0	1
Cristian Tănase	1	0	0	1	2	3
Ovidiu Petre	1	0	0	1	0	1
Mihăiță Pleșan	1	0	0	1	0	1
Zhivko Zhelev	1	0	0	1	0	1
Paweł Golański	1	0	0	1	0	1
Rafał Grzelak	0	0	1	1	0	1
Petre Marin	0	0	1	1	0	1
Răzvan Ochiroșii	0	0	1	1	0	1
Ionuț Rada	0	0	0	0	1	1
Andrei Ionescu	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals
Stephen Craigan	0	0	1	1	0	1

Last updated:15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: FCSB

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
43	4-4-2	UEL1, UEL2, UEL3, 1, UEL4, 2, 3, UEL5, 4, UEL6, 5, 6, UEL7, 7, CR1, 8, 10, UEL9, 11, 12, UEL10, 14, 15, 16, 17, UEL12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
2	4-3-3	UEL8, 9
2	3-4-3	CR2, UEL11
1	3-5-2	13

Last updated: 12:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI

No.	Pos.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK	Rufay	28
18	LB	P. Marin	32	+4 as RB
17	CB	Baciu	20	+1 as RB, +1 as CM
24	CB	Ghionea	22
4	RB	Golański	24	+1 as CB, +1 as DM
8	DM	Ov. Petre	17	+ 1 as CB
16	LW	Nicoliță	20	+18 as RW, +1 as RB
14	AM	Toja	25	+2 as LW
7	RW	Székely	24	+5 as LW, +2 as CM
9	FW	Kapetanos	32
28	FW	Stancu	32

Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Rufay

P. Marin

Baciu

Ghionea

Golański

Ov. Petre

Nicoliță

Toja

Székely

Kapetanos

Stancu

Squad stats

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	48	23	25
Games won	25	13	12
Games drawn	13	6	7
Games lost	10	4	6
Biggest win	3–0 vs Motherwell 3–0 vs St Patrick's	3–0 vs Motherwell 3–0 vs St Patrick's	4–2 vs Gaz Metan 3–1 vs Motherwell 2–0 vs Ceahlăul 2–0 vs Bacău 2–0 vs Iași 2–0 vs Internațional
Biggest lose	5–1 vs Rapid	3–1 vs Ceahlăul	5–1 vs Rapid
Clean sheets	21	11	10
Goals scored	69	35	34
Goals conceded	45	18	27
Goal difference	+24	+17	+7
Top scorer	Kapetanos (19)	11	8
Winning rate	52.08%	56.52%	48%

Last updated: 15:05, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
Source: Competitive matches

International appearances

Player	Country	Appearances	Goals
Arman Karamyan	Armenia	v. Belarus
Artavazd Karamyan	Armenia	v. Belarus
Pantelis Kapetanos	Greece	v. Senegal v. North Korea v. Paraguay
Romeo Surdu	Romania	v. Hungary v. France v. Austria
Bogdan Stancu	Romania	v. None¹
Ciprian Tătărușanu	Romania	v. None²
Bănel Nicoliță	Romania	v. Poland v. Israel
Cristian Tănase	Romania	v. Poland v. Ukraine v. North Macedonia
Paweł Golański	Poland	v. Northern Ireland
Mihai Onicaș	Romania U-21	v. Andorra U-21 v. Moldova U-21
Eric Bicfalvi	Romania U-21	v. Moldova U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Faroe Islands U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Poland U-21	v. Faroe Islands U-21
Răzvan Ochiroșii	Romania U-21	v. Andorra U-21 v. Moldova U-21 v. Faroe Islands U-21	v. Moldova U-21
Andrei Ionescu	Romania U-21	v. Andorra U-21 v. Moldova U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Faroe Islands U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Poland U-21	v. Faroe Islands U-21
Cezar Lungu	Romania U-21	v. Faroe Islands U-21 v. Latvia U-21 v. Poland U-21 v. Israel U-21
Ciprian Tătărușanu	Romania U-23	v. Italy U-23

Notes

^1 Bogdan Stancu was called for Romania's game against Hungary, but in the championship match was injured and Lucescu dropped him from team.
^2 Ciprian Tătărușanu was called for the Romania's game against Hungary and Faroe Islands, but was not capped.

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Liga I	—	4th	2 August 2009	22 May 2010
Cupa României	Round of 32	Round of 16	22 September 2009	28 October 2009
Europa League	Second qualifying round	4th / Group stage	16 July 2009	17 December 2009

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Unirea Urziceni	34	18	12	4	53	26	+27	66	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Vaslui	34	18	8	8	44	28	+16	62^[a]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[b]
4	Steaua București	34	18	8	8	49	36	+13	62^[a]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round^[b]
5	Timișoara	34	15	14	5	55	27	+28	59	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	Dinamo București	34	13	14	7	48	37	+11	53	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[b]

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) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b VAS 2–1 STE; STE 2–1 VAS
^ ^a ^b Since 2009–10 Cupa României winners CFR Cluj and runners-up Vaslui qualified for European competitions via their league placement, the allocation of UEFA Europa League spots effectively reverted to league placement as well, with the 6th-placed team Dinamo București also qualifying.

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	18	8	8	49	36	+13	62	10	4	3	26	16	+10	8	4	5	23	20	+3

Source: LT

Results 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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	HR	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W
Position	2	2	8	5	9	5	3	5	6	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	5	5	5	5	4

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

2 August 2009 Round 1	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	0–2	Steaua București	Piatra Neamț
20:45 EEST	Barna 77'	Report	50', 90+1' Toja 76' Onicaș 80' Kapetanos 86' Ochiroșii	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 12,000 (approx.) Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

9 August 2009 Round 2	Steaua București	2–2	CFR Cluj	București
20:45 EEST	Surdu 42', 84' Kapetanos 65'	Report	3', 90+2' Koné 54', 56' Flores 81' Dubarbier 84' Nuno Claro	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 17,831 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

16 August 2009 Round 3	Steaua București	0–1	Unirea Urziceni	Piatra Neamț
20:45 EEST	P. Marin 21' Onicaș 23' Stancu 35' Kapetanos 67' 82'	Report	48', 74' Apostol 89' Arlauskis	Stadium: Ceahlăul Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

23 August 2009 Round 4	Oțelul Galați	0–1	Steaua București	Galați
17:00 EEST		Report	29' Székely 58' Surdu 62' 75' Stancu 90' Onicaș	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 8,000 (approx.) Referee: István Kovács

30 August 2009 Round 5	Steaua București	0–1	Dinamo București	București
20:45 EEST	Golański 45' Ghionea 86'	Report	23', 29' Tamaș 42' Cristea 58' Torje	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 21,321 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

13 September 2009 Round 6	Gaz Metan Mediaș	2–4	Steaua București	Mediaș
20:00 EEST	Pârvulescu 17' Bud 34', 45' Eric 47' Nohai 69' Marković 90+1'	Report	11' Stancu 51', 91' (pen.), 81' Székely 75' Nicoliță	Stadium: Gaz Metan Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

20 September 2009 Round 7	Steaua București	1–0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	București
16:00 EEST	Rada 6' Kapetanos 60' Ghionea 71' Toja 73' 77'	Report	37' Păcurar 78' Rusu 82' Murgan 90' Arrieta	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: István Kovács

26 September 2009 Round 8	Brașov	0–0	Steaua București	Brașov
20:00 EEST	Abrudan 49' Hadnagy 75' Măldărășanu 89'	Report	41' Ninu 52' Rada 69' Stancu	Stadium: Silviu Ploeșteanu Attendance: 8,500 (approx.) Referee: Alexandru Tudor

4 October 2009 Round 9	Steaua București	1–1	Gloria Bistrița	București
18:00 EEST	P. Marin 28' (pen.) Székely 72'	Report	9' D. Sânmărtean 17' (o.g.) Toja 28' Hora	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 8,000 (approx.) Referee: Cristian Balaj

17 October 2009 Round 10	Politehnica Iași	0–2	Steaua București	Iași
20:00 EEST	Munteanu 53'	Report	52' Toja 82' Pleșan 85', 85' Dayro M. 90+2' Székely	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 10,000 (approx.) Referee: Marius Avram

25 October 2009 Round 11	Steaua București	1–1	Rapid București	București
20:00 EET	Ghionea 27' Székely 29' Toja 39' Dayro M. 60'	Report	28' Herea 45' Buga 62' M. Constantin 78' Ioniță	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Stefan Messner (Austria)

31 October 2009 Round 12	Politehnica Timișoara	0–1	Steaua București	Timișoara
21:45 EET	Arm. Karamyan 33' Alexa 35' Bourceanu 88'	Report	45' Ghionea 68' Surdu	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 25,000 (approx.) Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Spain)

9 November 2009 Round 13	Steaua București	2–0	Unirea Alba Iulia	București
20:30 EET	Kapetanos 56', 79'	Report	32' de Freitas 47' Veljović 57' Cernea 57' Cristea	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 3,000 (approx.) Referee: Victor Berbecaru

21 November 2009 Round 14	Astra Ploiești	1–2	Steaua București	Ploiești
16:00 EET	Păun 52', 89', 60' Gheorghe 70'	Report	17' Kapetanos 28' Baciu	Stadium: Astra Attendance: 5,000 (approx.) Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

29 November 2009 Round 15	Steaua București	2–1	Vaslui	București
20:00 EET	Rada 51' Golański 56' Kapetanos 60' Székely 90+3', 90+3'	Report	23' Gerlem 38' Buhuș 51' Pavlović	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 6,000 (approx.) Referee: Philippe Kalt (France)

7 December 2009 Round 16	FC U Craiova	1–2	Steaua București	Craiova
20:45 EET	Prepeliță 15', 78' Găman 36' Firțulescu 56' Bărboianu 68' F. Costea 90'	Report	4' Kapetanos 44' Golański 70' Pleșan 90+2' Székely	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 15,000 (approx.) Referee: Robert Dumitru

12 December 2009 Round 17	Steaua București	3–2	Internațional Curtea de Argeș	București
16:00 EET	Nicoliță 2' Kapetanos 13' Pleșan 45+1' P. Marin 65' Tănase 70', 70'	Report	21' Băcilă 28' Neagu 63' Zăgrean 78' Abiodun 84' Viera 90+3' Frăsineanu	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 2,000 (approx.) Referee: Marius Avram

20 February 2010 Round 18	Steaua București	1–3	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	București
20:30 EET	Kapetanos 14' Nicoliță 60' 69' Ov. Petre 73'	Report	44' Onciu 45', 76' Vasilache 54' Dragomir 60' Dikaba 75', 85' Bădescu	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 10,000 (approx.) Referee: István Kovács

28 February 2010 Round 19	CFR Cluj	1–1	Steaua București	Cluj
20:30 EET	Cadu 33', 37' N. Dică 36'		9' Pleșan 12' Stancu 57' P. Marin	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 20,174 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

7 March 2010 Round 20	Unirea Urziceni	2–2	Steaua București	Urziceni
20:30 EET	Frunză 3' Onofraș 72'		7' Ov. Petre 62' Székely 81' Tudose 88' Stancu 90+1' Pepe 90+2' Kapetanos	Stadium: Tineretului Attendance: 6,500 (approx.) Referee: Cristian Balaj

12 March 2010 Round 21	Steaua București	1–0	Oțelul Galați	București
20:30 EET	Stancu 10' Parpas 39' Kapetanos 69' Zhelev 75' Rufay 90+2'		64' S. Ilie 72' Antal	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 8,000 (approx.) Referee: Victor Berbecaru

17 March 2010 Round 22	Dinamo București	2–0	Steaua București	București
20:30 EET	Alexe 39', 47' Boștină 39' Pulhac 43' N'Doye 69' An. Cristea 82', 82'		43' Székely 62', 66' Golański	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 15,000 (approx.) Referee: Alexandru Tudor

21 March 2010 Round 23	Steaua București	2–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	București
20:00 EET	Stancu 63' Tănase 78' Kapetanos 79' (pen.), 81' P. Marin 90+1'		51' A. Munteanu 55' Silvășan	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 8,000 (approx.) Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

26 March 2010 Round 24	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–0	Steaua București	Târgu Jiu
20:30 EET	Martinović 18' Tremonti 41' Štromajer 79' 89' Cardoso 80' Hidișan 90+1' Rusu 90+2'		22' Stancu 53' Emeghara 59' Toja 63' Ov. Petre 80' Golański 90+2' Surdu	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 9,000 (approx.) Referee: Georgian Ionescu

2 April 2010 Round 25	Steaua București	1–0	Brașov	București
18:30 EEST	Pleșan 6', 33' Tănase 46' A. Karamyan 63' Parpas 68' Pepe 90+1'		5' S. Stancu 31' Savić 36' Nuno Diogo 49' Ilyéș 75' Voicu	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 4,000 (approx.) Referee: Augustus Constantin

7 April 2010 Round 26	Gloria Bistrița	1–2	Steaua București	Bistrița
20:30 EEST	Moraes 50' Zé Rui 72'		16' A. Karamyan 27' Nicoliță 51' Stancu 66' P. Marin 90+3' Surdu	Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 7,000 (approx.) Referee: Cristian Balaj

12 April 2010 Round 27	Steaua București	2–1	Politehnica Iași	București
20:30 EEST	Parpas 49' Surdu 54' Nicoliță 66' Kapetanos 82' P. Marin 87'		5' Păun 12' Mihajlov 36' Bujor 45+2' Nogo 62' Ad. Ilie	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 3,500 (approx.) Referee: Marian Balaci

18 April 2010 Round 28	Rapid București	5–1	Steaua București	București
20:00 EEST	Ioniță 7', 17', 31' Césinha 22' M. Constantin 33' (pen.) Lazăr 44' Grigorie 63' Helder 73'		14' (pen.) Kapetanos 76' Ov. Petre	Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 12,000 (approx.) Referee: Marius Avram

25 April 2010 Round 29	Steaua București	3–3	Politehnica Timișoara	București
20:30 EEST	Golański 32', 82' Kapetanos 80' (pen.) Parpas 84' Zhelev 87', 90+3' Ov. Petre 90+1'		37' Goga 41' Čišovský 48' Cociș 55' Dédé 79' Taborda 85' (pen.), 88' Contra	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 8,000 (approx.) Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

1 May 2010 Round 30	Unirea Alba Iulia	2–1	Steaua București	Alba Iulia
17:00 EEST	Veljović 24' Rotaru 80' Fl. Dan 83'		14' Nicoliță 42' P. Marin 43' A. Karamyan	Stadium: Victoria-Cetate Attendance: 7,000 (approx.) Referee: Theodor Crăciunescu

5 May 2010 Round 31	Steaua București	2–0	Astra Ploiești	Buzău
20:30 EEST	Stancu 7' A. Karamyan 17', 51' Emeghara 79'		42' Ganea	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 10,000 (approx.) Referee: Cătălin Buși

10 May 2010 Round 32	Vaslui	2–1	Steaua București	Vaslui
20:30 EEST	Gladstone 54' Burdujan 68' (pen.), 90' Papp 82' Zubar 88' Genchev 89'		2' Kapetanos 45' Stancu	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 8,000 (approx.) Referee: István Kovács

16 May 2010 Round 33	Steaua București	2–0	FC U Craiova	București
22:00 EEST	Pleșan 29' P. Marin 45' Zhelev 49' A. Karamyan 69', 78' Karamyan 88' Ov. Petre 90+3'		50' M. Costea 68' Dănănae 72' Barbu	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 3,000 (approx.) Referee: Robert Dumitru

22 May 2010 Round 34	Internațional Curtea de Argeș	0–2	Steaua București	Mioveni
16:30 EEST	Chiricheș 20'		21' Stancu 51' Surdu	Stadium: Dacia Attendance: 5,000 (approx.) Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

Cupa României

Results

23 September 2009 Round of 32	FCM Bacău	0–2	Steaua București	Bacău
20:30 EEST	Doboș 33'	Report	8', 50' Kapetanos 32' Bicfalvi 40' P. Marin 74' Ionescu 80' Ochiroșii	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 9,000 (approx.) Referee: Florin Ghimbășan

28 October 2009 Round of 16	Gloria Bistrița	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Steaua București	Bistrița
20:15 EET	Velcovici 25' D. Sânmărtean 64' 102' Năstase 90+1' Borbély 95'	Report	14' Ochiroșii 18' Pleșan 19' Surdu 75' Bibishkov 82' Onicaș 109' Dayro M.	Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 5,000 (approx.) Referee: István Kovács
	Penalties
	Borbély Năstase Săceanu Hora Coroian		Székely Baciu Pleșan Bibishkov Dayro M.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

16 July 2009 First leg	Steaua București	2–0	Újpest	București, Romania
20:30 EEST	Ochiroșii 35' Kapetanos 42' Surdu 46' Goian 59' Toja 62' P. Marin 69' Stancu 72'	Report	23' Kabát 34' 54' Korcsmár 42' Vaskó 44' Pollák	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 19,003 Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis (Greece)

23 July 2009 Second leg	Újpest	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Steaua București	Budapest, Hungary
19:45 CEST	Tisza 22' Dudić 30' Vaskó 82'	Report	18' P. Marin 58', 72' Székely 63' Toja 66' Grzelak	Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Attendance: 9,678 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Third qualifying round

30 July 2009 First leg	Steaua București	3–0	Motherwell	București, Romania
20:45 EEST	Craigan 31' (o.g.) Goian 34' (pen.), 50' Nicoliță 45+1' Stancu 60' Ninu 73'	Report	78' Craigan	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 21,446 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

6 August 2009 Second leg	Motherwell	1–3 (1–6 agg.)	Steaua București	Airdrie, Scotland
19:45 WEST	Forbes 17', 58'	Report	55' (pen.) P. Marin 63' A. Ionescu 67', 84' Stancu 75' Ninu	Stadium: Excelsior Attendance: 4,975 Referee: Carlos Clos Gomez (Spain)

Play-off round

20 August 2009 First leg	Steaua București	3–0	St Patrick's Athletic	București, Romania
20:30 EEST	Nicoliță 56' Stancu 65', 80'	Report	27' Fitzpatrick 63' Quigley	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Alexei Nikolaev (Russia)

27 August 2009 Second leg	St Patrick's Athletic	1–2 (1–5 agg.)	Steaua București	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:45 WEST	O'Connor 49'	Report	80' Nicoliță 89' Ochiroșii	Stadium: RDS Arena Referee: Jiri Jech (Czech Republic)

Group stage

Group H standings
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FEN	TWE	SHF	STE
1	Fenerbahçe	6	5	0	1	8	3	+5	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–2	1–0	3–1
2	Twente	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	2–1	0–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	1	2	3	4	5	−1	5		0–1	2–0	—	1–1
4	Steaua București	6	0	4	2	3	6	−3	4		0–1	1–1	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway

Results

17 September 2009 Matchday 1	Steaua București	0–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	București, Romania
22:05 EEST	Ninu 88'	Report	22' Kuchuk 32' Rodríguez 81' Tsynya	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

1 October 2009 Matchday 2	Twente	0–0	Steaua București	Twente, Netherlands
19:00 CEST	Stoch 54'	Report	26' Rada 87' Székely	Stadium: De Grolsch Veste Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

22 October 2009 Matchday 3	Steaua București	0–1	Fenerbahçe	București, Romania
20:00 EEST	Bicfalvi 19' Golański 37' Toja 88'	Report	28' Lugano 45+2', 59' Kazim-Richards 82' Emre 90' Gönül	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 15,000 (approx.) Referee: Douglas McDonald (Scotland)

5 November 2009 Matchday 4	Fenerbahçe	3–1	Steaua București	Istanbul, Turkey
22:05 EET	André Santos 15', 43' Bilica 51' Topuz 66' Alex 67' Kazim-Richards 70'	Report	38' Kapetanos	Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Referee: Thomas Einwaller (Austria)

2 December 2009 Matchday 5	Sheriff Tiraspol	1–1	Steaua București	Tiraspol, Moldova
20:00 EET	Rouamba 79' Rodríguez 80' Diedhiou 83'	Report	27' Bicfalvi 87' Toja 89' Surdu 90+1' P. Marin	Stadium: Sheriff Referee: Tommy Skjerven (Norway)

17 December 2009 Matchday 6	Steaua București	1–1	Twente	București, Romania
22:05 EET	Kapetanos 18' Tănase 37' Rada 39' Golański 57' Ninu 79'	Report	35' Stam	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 800 (approx.) Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)

Non competitive matches

1 July 2009 Matchday 1	Steaua București	3–0	Celje
19:30 EET	Golański 38' Surdu 48', 59' (pen.) A. Ionescu 51'	Report	31' Lovrečič

3 July 2009 Matchday 2	Steaua București	2–0	Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)
19:30 EET	Székely 58' Toja 72'	Report

5 July 2009 Matchday 3	Steaua București	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb
19:30 EET	Kapetanos 69'	Report

7 July 2009 Matchday 4	Steaua București	1–2	CSKA Sofia
	Ochiroșii 61' Surdu 89'	Report	12' Miguel 57' Kotev

11 July 2009 Matchday 5	Steaua București	0–0	Gençlerbirliği	București, Romania
21:45 EET		Report		Stadium: Steaua Referee: Claudiu Baboia

11 October 2009 Matchday 6	Steaua București	3–0	FC Snagov
11:00 EET	Dayro M. 45' Toja 55' Rada 75'	Report

26 January 2010 Matchday 7	Red Bull Salzburg	1–1	Steaua București
17:00 EET	Afolabi 61'	Report	23' Stancu

1 February 2010 Matchday 8	Vasas	0–2	Steaua București
18:00 EET		Report	53' Tănase 69' Kapetanos

5 February 2010 Matchday 9	Steaua București	1–1	Rijeka
17:30 EET	Székely 51'	Report	41' Kreilach

7 February 2010 Matchday 10	Steaua București	3–2	Lokomotiv Sofia
18:00 EET	Tănase 41' Stancu 62', 72'	Report	68' Yordanov 82' Špišic

9 February 2010 Matchday 11	Steaua București	0–2	Terek Grozny
17:30 EET		Report	33' Lahiyalov 76' Asildarov

11 February 2010 Matchday 12	Steaua București	2–0	BATE Borisov
18:00 EET	Kapetanos 39' Surdu 88'	Report

UEFA Club rankings

This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2008–09.^[14]

Rank	Team	Points	Mvmnt
27	Panathinaikos	56.633	(+10)
28	Glasgow Rangers	56.575	(–4)
29	Tottenham	55.899	(+4)
30	Newcastle	54.899	(–16)
31	Ajax	54.825	(+12)
32	Steaua București	53.781	(–3)
33	Espanyol	52.853	(–7)
34	Olympiacos	52.632	(+10)
35	Fenerbahçe	52.445	(+10)
36	Bayer Leverkusen	51.339	(–4)
37	Basel	51.050	(+5)

Staff

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Mihai Stoichiță (from 18 Sept.)
Head Coach	Cristiano Bergodi (until 17 Sept.)
Assistant Coach	Mihai Teja
General Manager	Basarab Panduru (from 14 Sept)
Sports Manager	Renzo Rossi (until 17 Sept.)
Team Manager	Marius Ianuli
Goalkeeping Coach	Andrei Speriatu
Fitness Coach	Ionel Colonel
Fitness Coach	Horea Codorean
Medic	Radu Paligora
Medic Assistant	Iulian Mircea
Masseur	Ion Budugă
Masseur	Constantin Moroiu
Masseur	Cătălin Fandel

Last updated: 13:44, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
Source: FCSB

Other information

Owner	George Becali
President	Valeriu Argăseală
Vice-Chairman	Teia Sponte
Vicepresident	Iulian Ghiorghișor
Executive Director	Ovidiu Costeșin
Marketing Director	Bobby Durbac
Press Officer	Cătălin Făiniși
Board Room Member	Lucian Becali
Board Room Member	Vasile Geambazi
Censor	Victor Manole
Censor	Mariana Istudor
Supplementary Censor	Virgil Laurențiu Găman
Supplementary Censor	Maria Apostoiu
Stock Holder	Vasile Geambazi (37%)^[15]^[16]
Stock Holder	Constantin Geambazi (30%)^[15]^[16]
Stock Holder	Cătălin Ciubotă (26%)^[15]^[16]
Stock Holder	Tomaida Bădescu (4%)^[15]^[16]
Stock Holder	Marius Ianuli (3%)^[15]^[16]

Updated to match played 9 August 2009
Source: FCSB

Notes and references

^ "Steaua Bucuresti 2009/2010". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Steaua a transferat un nou portar". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Emeghara, stelist cu acte in regula". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Pawel Golanski a semnat pentru Steaua". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Janos Sezekly, primul transfer". Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Thereau si Ovidiu Petre, prezentati de Campioana Romaniei". Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b Cristian Tanase a semnat cu Steaua
^ ^a ^b "Nicolita, din vara la Steaua". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b "A semnat Surdu!". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b Dorin Goian a semnat cu Steaua
^ ^a ^b Rada si Zaharia, noile achizitii! Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "Steaua l-a transferat pe Miguel Tininho". Archived from the original on 21 July 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Krum Bibishkov, noul jucator al Stelei!". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
^ "UEFA Team Ranking 2009". xs4all.nl. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Cine mai conduce Steaua". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.

[table_hth_VAS0.85642133553346-14] VAS 2–1 STE; STE 2–1 VAS

[table_note_res_EL20.85642133553346-15] Since 2009–10 Cupa României winners CFR Cluj and runners-up Vaslui qualified for European competitions via their league placement, the allocation of UEFA Europa League spots effectively reverted to league placement as well, with the 6th-placed team Dinamo București also qualifying.

[FCSB10-1] "Steaua Bucuresti 2009/2010". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[Zapata-2] "Steaua a transferat un nou portar". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2009.

[Emeghara-3] "Emeghara, stelist cu acte in regula". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2009.

[Golański-4] "Pawel Golanski a semnat pentru Steaua". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2009.

[Székely-5] "Janos Sezekly, primul transfer". Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2009.

[Ov._Petre-6] "Thereau si Ovidiu Petre, prezentati de Campioana Romaniei". Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2009.

[Tănase-7] Cristian Tanase a semnat cu Steaua

[Nicoliță-8] "Nicolita, din vara la Steaua". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2009.

[Surdu-9] "A semnat Surdu!". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2009.

[Goian-10] Dorin Goian a semnat cu Steaua

[Rada-11] Rada si Zaharia, noile achizitii! Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[Tininho-12] "Steaua l-a transferat pe Miguel Tininho". Archived from the original on 21 July 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2009.

[Bibishkov-13] "Krum Bibishkov, noul jucator al Stelei!". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2009.

[16] "UEFA Team Ranking 2009". xs4all.nl. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.

[Cine_mai_conduce_Steaua-17] "Cine mai conduce Steaua". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 June 2007.

[ReferenceA-18] 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.

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