2020–21 CFR Cluj season

The 2020–21 season is the 50th season in CFR Cluj's history, and the 25th in the top-flight of Romanian football. CFR Cluj is competing in Liga I and the Cupa României, having also competed in the Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

CFR Cluj
2020–21 season
ChairmanMarian Băgăcean
ManagerDan Petrescu
(until 30 November 2020)
Marius Bilașco (interim)
(until 4 December 2020)
Edward Iordănescu
(from 4 December 2020)
StadiumDr. Constantin Rădulescu
Liga I2nd
Cupa RomânieiRound of 32
UEFA Champions LeagueSecond qualifying round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gabriel Debeljuh (6)

All:
Gabriel Debeljuh (9)

Players

First-team squad

As of 16 October 2020[1]

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 Rareş Murariu
3 DF  ROU Andrei Burcă
4 DF  ROU Cristian Manea
5 MF  BRA Soares
6 MF  POR Luís Aurélio
7 MF  ROU Alexandru Păun
9 FW  FRA Billel Omrani
10 MF  ROU Ciprian Deac
11 MF  FRA Michaël Pereira
12 GK  POL Grzegorz Sandomierski
13 DF  ROU Denis Ciobotariu
14 DF  ROU Iasmin Latovlevici
15 DF  TUN Syam Ben Youssef
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  BIH Mateo Sušić
18 FW  ROU Valentin Costache
22 FW  CRO Gabriel Debeljuh
27 MF  ROU Alexandru Chipciu
28 MF  ROU Ovidiu Hoban
34 GK  ROU Cristian Bălgrădean
45 DF  POR Camora (Captain)
55 DF  BRA Paulo Vinícius
92 DF  COD Mike Cestor
94 MF  ROU Cătălin Itu
96 DF  ROU Dodi Joca
98 MF  ROU Nicolae Carnat
99 FW  VEN Mario Rondón

Transfers

Overall transfer activity

Preseason and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 January 2021 (2021-01-07) Friendly CFR Cluj 1−1 Gaz Metan Mediaș Cluj-Napoca
15:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 23 August 2020 Matchday 1 20 13 5 2 27 9 +18 065.00
Cupa României 29 November 2020 Round of 32 Round of 32 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Supercupa României 7 April 2021 Final 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
UEFA Champions League 19 August 2020 26 August 2020 First qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 050.00
UEFA Europa League 24 September 2020 10 December 2020 Third qualifying round Group stage 8 3 2 3 8 11 −3 037.50
Total 31 17 8 6 39 23 +16 054.84

Last updated: 1 February 2021

Source: Competitions

Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced in August 2020.

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FCSB 21 15 3 3 48 19 +29 48 Qualification for the Championship round
2 CFR Cluj 21 14 5 2 29 10 +19 47
3 Universitatea Craiova 21 11 7 3 26 13 +13 40
4 Sepsi OSK 20 8 9 3 33 20 +13 33
5 Academica Clinceni 21 7 9 5 21 20 +1 30
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2021. Source: LPF (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) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[2]
Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
19 12 5 2 24 8  +16 41 4 4 2 10 6  +4 8 1 0 14 2  +12

Last updated: 1 February 2021.
Source: Liga I

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDWWDDWWLWLWWWDWWWDW
Position34422333333333322222
Updated to match(es) played on 1 February 2021. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

23 August 2020 (2020-08-23) 1 Academica Clinceni 1−2 CFR Cluj Clinceni
18:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Clinceni
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)
29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) 2 CFR Cluj 0−0 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)
13 September 2020 (2020-09-13) 3 CFR Cluj 1−0 Hermannstadt Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)
18 September 2020 (2020-09-18) 4 Astra Giurgiu 0−2 CFR Cluj Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 0
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)
27 September 2020 (2020-09-27) 5 CFR Cluj 0−0 Chindia Târgoviște Cluj-Napoca
18:45 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Florin Marcu (Oradea)
4 October 2020 (2020-10-04) 6 Viitorul Constanța 1−1 CFR Cluj Ovidiu
21:30 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marcel Bârsan (Bucharest)
17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 7 CFR Cluj 2−1 Botoșani Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)
25 October 2020 (2020-10-25) 8 Voluntari 0−1 CFR Cluj Voluntari
21:30 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Lucian Ruşandu (Sfântu Gheorghe)
1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) 9 CFR Cluj 1−2 Gaz Metan Mediaș Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: George Găman (Craiova)
8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 10 Argeș Pitești 0−2 CFR Cluj Piteşti
18:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 0
Referee: Horia Mladinovici (Bucharest)
22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) 11 CFR Cluj 0−1 UTA Arad Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Iulian Călin (Ștefănești)
6 December 2020 (2020-12-06) 12 Politehnica Iași 0−2 CFR Cluj Iași
20:45 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marcel Bârsan (Bucharest)
13 December 2020 (2020-12-13) 13 CFR Cluj 2−0 FCSB Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: István Kovács (Carei)
17 December 2020 (2020-12-17) 14 Dinamo București 0−2 CFR Cluj Bucharest
20:30 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dinamo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)
22 December 2020 (2020-12-22) 15 CFR Cluj 0−0 Universitatea Craiova Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)
14 January 2021 (2021-01-14) 16 CFR Cluj 3−1 Academica Clinceni Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest)
17 January 2021 (2021-01-17) 17 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 0−1 CFR Cluj Sfântu Gheorghe
19:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Municipal
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)
25 January 2021 (2021-01-25) 18 Hermannstadt 1−3 CFR Cluj Mediaș
20:30 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Gaz Metan
Attendance: 0
Referee: Iulian Călin (Ștefănești)
28 January 2021 (2021-01-28) 19 CFR Cluj 1−1 Astra Giurgiu Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)
1 February 2021 (2021-02-01) 20 Chindia Târgoviște 0−1 CFR Cluj Giurgiu
20:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
Attendance: 0
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)
4 February 2021 (2021-02-04) 21 CFR Cluj v Viitorul Constanța Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02) Report Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
8 February 2021 (2021-02-08) 22 Botoșani v CFR Cluj Botoșani
20:30 EET (UTC+02) Report Stadium: Municipal
15 February 2021 (2021-02-15) 23 CFR Cluj v Voluntari Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+02) Report Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) 24 Gaz Metan Mediaș v CFR Cluj Mediaș
EET (UTC+02) Report Stadium: Gaz Metan
27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 25 CFR Cluj v Argeș Pitești Cluj-Napoca
EET (UTC+02) Report Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 26 UTA Arad v CFR Cluj Arad
EET (UTC+02) Report Stadium: Francisc von Neuman
13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 27 CFR Cluj v Politehnica Iași Cluj-Napoca
EET (UTC+02) Report Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 28 FCSB v CFR Cluj Bucharest
EET (UTC+02) Report Stadium: Arena Națională
3 April 2021 (2021-04-03) 29 CFR Cluj v Dinamo București Cluj-Napoca
EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 30 Universitatea Craiova v CFR Cluj Craiova
EEST (UTC+03) Report Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

Cupa României

CFR Cluj entered the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) Round of 32 Politehnica Iași 1−0 CFR Cluj Cluj-Napoca[4]
20:30 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Iulian Dima (Bucharest)

Supercupa României

CFR Cluj will play in the Romanian Supercup as winners of the Liga I against Cupa României winners FCSB.

UEFA Champions League

As winners of the 2019-20 Liga I, CFR Cluj entered the Champions League at the first qualifying round.

First qualifying round

The draw for the first round took place on 9 August. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Maltese champions Floriana.

19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) QR1 Floriana 0–2 CFR Cluj Ta' Qali
22:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Centenary Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Second qualifying round

CFR Cluj advanced to the second qualifying round. The draw for the second round took place on 10 August. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.

26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) QR2 CFR Cluj 2−2 (a.e.t.)
(5−6 p)
Dinamo Zagreb Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
Penalties

UEFA Europa League

After losing to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League second qualifying round, CFR Cluj progressed to the Europa League third qualifying round.

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third round took place on 1 September. CFR Cluj were drawn to face either the Swedish champions Djurgårdens IF or the champions of Gibraltar Europa. On 17 September Djurgårdens IF won against Europa 2−1.

24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) QR3 Djurgårdens IF 0−1 CFR Cluj Stockholm
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Tele2 Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Play-off Round

CFR Cluj advanced to the play-off round. The draw for the play-off round took place on 18 September. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Finnish champions KuPS.

1 October 2020 (2020-10-01) PO CFR Cluj 3–1 KuPS Cluj-Napoca
18:30 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Group stage

CFR Cluj progressed to the Europa League group stage. The draw was be held on 2 October. CFR Cluj was drawn with Roma, Young Boys and CSKA Sofia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROM YB CLJ CSS
1 Roma 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Advance to knockout phase 3–1 5–0 0–0
2 Young Boys 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 1–2 2–1 3–0
3 CFR Cluj 6 1 2 3 4 10 6 5[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 1–1 0–0
4 CSKA Sofia 6 1 2 3 3 7 4 5[lower-alpha 1] 3–1 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.
22 October 2020 (2020-10-22) 1 CSKA Sofia 0–2 CFR Cluj Sofia
19:55 EEST (UTC+03)
Report
Stadium: Vasil Levski[5]
Attendance: 11,958
Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)
29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) 2 CFR Cluj 1−1 Young Boys Cluj-Napoca
22:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
5 November 2020 (2020-11-05) 3 Roma 5–0 CFR Cluj Rome
19:55 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Olimpico
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
26 November 2020 (2020-11-26) 4 CFR Cluj 0–2 Roma Cluj-Napoca
22:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
3 December 2020 (2020-12-03) 5 CFR Cluj 0−0 CSKA Sofia Cluj-Napoca
22:00 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 0
Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)
10 December 2020 (2020-12-10) 6 Young Boys 2−1 CFR Cluj Bern
19:55 EET (UTC+02)
Report
Stadium: Wankdorf
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 1 February 2021
No.PosPlayerLiga ICupa RomânieiSupercupa RomânieiUEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Europa League Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Rareş Murariu 0000000000 00
3DF Andrei Burcă 14+2000002070 250
4DF Cristian Manea 9+201000004+10 170
5MF Soares 8+3010000000 120
6MF Luís Aurélio 3+5010000+1000 100
7MF Alexandru Păun 8+1120000007+10 272
9FW Billel Omrani 1+500000001+20 90
10MF Ciprian Deac 15+160000206+11 257
11MF Michaël Pereira 9+500000213+50 241
12GK Grzegorz Sandomierski 5+101000000+10 80
13DF Denis Ciobotariu 9110000010 111
14DF Iasmin Latovlevici 1+101000000+10 40
15DF Syam Ben Youssef 2000000000 20
16DF Mateo Sušić 13+300+10000+207+10 270
18MF Valentin Costache 13+5310000000 193
22FW Gabriel Debeljuh 10+660+1000116+22 269
23FW Raul Haiduc 000+10000000 10
27MF Alexandru Chipciu 6+811000201+30 211
28MF Ovidiu Hoban 5+700000104+20 190
34GK Cristian Bălgrădean 15000002080 250
45DF Camora 15000002080 250
55DF Paulo Vinícius 8+1200002051 163
75FW Adrian Gîdea 3000000000 30
92DF Mike Cestor 6000001100 71
94MF Cătălin Itu 12+3100001+102+10 201
96DF Dodi Joca 200000000+10 30
98MF Nicolae Carnat 2+301000000+40 100
99FW Mario Rondón 9+630+10001+1084 267
Players who appeared for CFR Cluj that left during the season:
8MF Damjan Đoković 9+7000001080 250
21DF Kévin Boli 1000001000 20
21DF Ivica Žunić 0+1010000000 20
23FW Cătălin Golofca 0+1000000+2100 31
33DF Mihai Butean 1000000000 10
37MF Mihai Bordeianu 3+1000001020 70
62MF Claudiu Petrila 0+6100000000 61
77FW Jakub Vojtuš 2+501000000+30 110

Squad statistics

Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Home Away Total Stats
Games played201028151631
Games won13001351217
Games drawn50012718
Games lost21003336
Goals scored270048162339
Goals conceded910211121123
Goal difference18−102−341216
Clean sheets12001361016
Goal by Substitute00000000
Total shots
Shots on target
Corners
Players used
Offsides
Fouls suffered
Fouls committed
Yellow cards00000000
Red cards00000000
Winning rate0%0%0%0%0%0%0%0%

Last updated: 1 February 2021
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

As of 1 February 2021
Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Champions League Europa League Total
1 FW Gabriel Debeljuh 6 0 0 1 2 9
2 FW Mario Rondón 3 0 0 0 4 7
3 MF Ciprian Deac 6 0 0 0 1 7
4 DF Paulo Vinícius 2 0 0 0 1 3
5 FW Valentin Costache 3 0 0 0 0 3
6 MF Alexandru Păun 2 0 0 0 0 2
7 DF Mike Cestor 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 FW Cătălin Golofca 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 MF Claudiu Petrila 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 MF Michaël Pereira 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 MF Cătălin Itu 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 DF Denis Ciobotariu 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 MF Alexandru Chipciu 1 0 0 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 0 0 1

Goal minutes

1'–15' 16'–30' 31'–HT 46'–60' 61'–75' 76'–FT Extra time Forfeit
Goals 7 1 5 8 9 9 0 0
Percentage 17.95% 2.56% 12.82% 20.51% 23.08% 23.08% % %

Last updated: 1 February 2021
Source: Soccerway

Hat-tricks

PlayerAgainstResultDateCompetition

Clean sheets

As of 1 February 2021
Rank Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Total Games played
1 Cristian Bălgrădean 10 0 0 1 3 14 25
2 Grzegorz Sandomierski 2 (1) 0 0 0 0 1 (1) 6 (8)
Total 12 0 0 1 3 16 31

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Total Notes
3 DF Burcă 2 1 2 5
4 DF Manea 3 3
5 MF Soares 3 1 4
6 MF Aurélio 1 1
7 MF Păun 4 2 6
8 MF Đoković 2 1 2 1 5 1
9 FW Omrani 2 2
10 MF Deac 3 1 4
11 MF Pereira 4 4
14 DF Latovlevici 1 1
16 DF Sušić 4 1 1 6
18 FW Costache 2 2
21 DF Žunić 1 1
21 DF Boli 1 1
22 FW Debeljuh 4 1 1 6
27 MF Chipciu 2 1 1 1 1 5 1
28 MF Hoban 1 1 2
34 GK Bălgrădean 1 2 1 3 1
37 MF Bordeianu 1 1 1 3
45 DF Camora 2 2 4
55 DF Vinícius 1 1
77 FW Vojtuš 1 1
92 DF Cestor 3 1 4
94 MF Itu 3 1 1 5
98 MF Carnat 1 1
99 FW Rondón 2 1 1 4

Last updated: 1 February 2021
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


See also

References

  1. "Echipa" [Squad] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  2. "Liga I 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. "Comunicat de presă". cfr1970.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  4. Due to the participation of CFR Cluj in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.[3]
  5. CSKA plays their group stage home matches at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Balgarska Armiya, Sofia, which does not meet UEFA requirements for this stage of the tournament.
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