2024 �25 FC UNIVERSITATEA CLUJ SEASON

Universitatea Cluj
2024–25 season
Owner	Cluj-Napoca Municipality ; Babeș-Bolyai University ; U Cluj Supporters Association
Chairman	Radu Constantea
Manager	Ioan Sabău
Stadium	Cluj Arena
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 99th season of competitive football of Universitatea Cluj, and the 3rd in Liga I, after being promoted at the end of the 2021–22 Liga II season. Universitatea Cluj will compete in the Liga I and in Cupa României.

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 July 2024^[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
2	DF	BRA	Thalisson
3	DF	ROU	Bogdan Mitrea ( 4th captain)
4	DF	ROU	Radu Boboc
5	MF	MDA	Vadim Rață
9	FW	TUN	Adel Bettaieb
10	MF	ROU	Dan Nistor ( Vice-captain)
15	FW	ROU	Eneas Horvat
16	DF	ROU	Iulian Cristea
18	MF	ROU	Antonio Suciu
20	MF	ROU	Alexandru Bota
21	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Popescu
22	FW	ROU	Alin Baciu
25	DF	ARG	Lucas Masoero
26	DF	ROU	Dorinel Oancea
27	MF	ROU	Alexandru Chipciu ( Captain)
28	MF	ROU	Paul Crișan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
30	GK	LTU	Edvinas Gertmonas
32	MF	ROU	Dorin Codrea
33	GK	ROU	Andrei Gorcea
41	DF	ROU	Alin Techereș
60	FW	ROU	Ianis Gorgota
77	FW	ROU	Mario Șfaiț
93	DF	ROU	Răzvan Călugăr
94	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Bic ( 3rd captain)
96	MF	ROU	Robert Silaghi
98	MF	ROU	Gabriel Simion
—	FW	SEN	Mamadou Thiam
—	GK	ROU	Patrick Kis
—	MF	CPV	Berto
—	MF	ROU	Luca Nagy
—	DF	ROU	Ștefan Opriș
—	DF	ROU	Tudor Pojar

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Dorin Codrea	Concordia Chiajna	Free	6 May 2024	^[2]
MF	Ovidiu Popescu	FCSB	Free	29 May 2024	^[3]
MF	Vadim Rață	FC Voluntari	Free	30 May 2024	^[4]
DF	Iulian Cristea	FC Rapid București	Free	5 June 2024	^[5]
DF	Radu Boboc	FC Voluntari	Free	7 June 2024	^[6]
FW	Mamadou Thiam	Al-Jabalain	Undisclosed	12 June 2024	^[7]
FW	Adel Bettaieb	Politehnica Iași	Free	22 June 2024
FW	Mario Șfaiț	FC Viitorul Mihai Georgescu	Undisclosed	25 June 2024	^[8]
MF	Berto	Portimonense	Free	3 July 2024

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
FW	Dragoș Tescan	Gloria Buzău	Free	31 May 2024
GK	Plamen Iliev	Cherno More Varna	Free	31 May 2024
DF	Andrei Pițian	FC Voluntari	Free	31 May 2024
MF	Kevin Doukouré	FC Argeș	Free	31 May 2024
FW	Daniel Popa	FCSB	€300,000	4 June 2024
MF	Roger	Corvinul Hunedoara	Loan	5 June 2024
GK	Iustin Chirilă	FC Voluntari	Loan	14 June 2024
FW	Albert Hofman	Oțelul Galați	Loan	17 June 2024
MF	Marco Fossati		Free	18 June 2024
DF	Andrei Peteleu	FC Voluntari	Free	1 July 2024
FW	Valentin Gheorghe	Politehnica Iași	Free	1 July 2024
FW	Federico Anselmo		Free	1 July 2024
MF	Ștefan Pănoiu	FC Rapid București	Loan return	1 July 2024
MF	Ante Roguljić	Universitatea Craiova	Loan return	1 July 2024
DF	Alin Chinteș	Unirea Ungheni	Loan	1 July 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

28 June 2024 Friendly	SV Ried	1–1	Universitatea Cluj	Ampflwang im Hausruckwald, Austria
19:00 CEST ( UTC+2)	Pomer 45'		Bettaieb 48'

1 July 2024 Friendly	Universitatea Cluj	5–0	UVB Vöcklamarkt	Ampflwang im Hausruckwald, Austria
19:00 CEST ( UTC+2)	Bettaieb 15', 39' Bic 23' Silaghi 43' Suciu 65'

4 July 2024 Friendly	Universitatea Cluj	0–2	Diósgyőri VTK	Ampflwang im Hausruckwald, Austria
14:00 CEST ( UTC+2)

5 July 2023 Friendly	Universitatea Cluj	0–2	Slovan Liberec	Ampflwang im Hausruckwald, Austria
15:00 CEST ( UTC+2)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	13 July 2024	–	Matchday 1	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Cupa României	August 2024	–	Group stage	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 5 July 2024
Source: Competitions

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	L	GA	GD	Qualification
12	Rapid București	0	0	0	0	Qualification for play-out round
13	Sepsi OSK	0	0	0	0
14	Universitatea Cluj	0	0	0	0
15	UTA Arad	0	0	0	0
16	Farul Constanța	1	1	1	−1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 July 2024. Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[
citation needed]}

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 1 July 2024.

13 July 2024 1	FCSB	v	Universitatea Cluj	Bucharest
22:00 EEST ( UTC+3)				Stadium: Steaua Stadium

21 July 2024 2	Universitatea Cluj	v	FC Hermannstadt	Cluj-Napoca
18:30 EEST ( UTC+3)				Stadium: Cluj Arena

27 July 2024 3	UTA	v	Universitatea Cluj	Arad
18:30 EEST ( UTC+3)				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman

References

^ "Echipa". FC Universitatea Cluj.
^ "Bun venit, Dorin Codrea!". FC Universitatea Cluj. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Bun venit, Ovidiu Popescu!". FC Universitatea Cluj. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Vadim Rață, noul jucător al Universității Cluj". FC Universitatea Cluj. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Bun venit, Iulian Cristea!". FC Universitatea Cluj. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Radu Boboc, noul jucător al Universității Cluj". FC Universitatea Cluj. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Mamadou Thiam revine la "U"". FC Universitatea Cluj. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Mario Şfaiţ, noul jucător al Universității Cluj. A fost al treilea cel mai bun marcator din campionatul ligii a 4-a". Monitorul Cluj. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[1] "Echipa". FC Universitatea Cluj.

[2] "Bun venit, Dorin Codrea!". FC Universitatea Cluj. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[3] "Bun venit, Ovidiu Popescu!". FC Universitatea Cluj. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[4] "Vadim Rață, noul jucător al Universității Cluj". FC Universitatea Cluj. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[5] "Bun venit, Iulian Cristea!". FC Universitatea Cluj. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[6] "Radu Boboc, noul jucător al Universității Cluj". FC Universitatea Cluj. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[7] "Mamadou Thiam revine la "U"". FC Universitatea Cluj. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.

[8] "Mario Şfaiţ, noul jucător al Universității Cluj. A fost al treilea cel mai bun marcator din campionatul ligii a 4-a". Monitorul Cluj. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

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Players

First-team squad

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Liga I

League table

Results summary

Matches

References

Players

First-team squad

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Liga I

League table

Results summary

Matches

References

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