2024–25 FC Botoșani season

FC Botoșani
2024–25 season
Manager	Bogdan Andone; (until 25 July); Liviu Ciobotariu; (from 25 July)
Stadium	Botoșani Municipal Stadium
Liga I	9th
Cupa României	Pre-season
Biggest win	Farul Constanța 0–1 Botoșani
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 24th season in the history of FC Botoșani, and the club's 12th consecutive season in Liga I.^[1] In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României.

Summary

During the team's inaugural competitive match of the season against Oțelul Galați, coach Bogdan Andone was issued a red card following his vigorous objection to the assistant referee and verbal altercation with the main referee due to their "refusal" to award his players a free kick on the fringe of the opposing team's penalty area. As a form of discipline, he received a fine and was suspended for four matches. Subsequently, the coach expressed remorse for his actions.^[2] Ten days later, his contract was terminated.^[3] He was replaced by Liviu Ciobotariu, who coached Botoșani in 2018–19.^[4]

Squad

Position	Number	Player	Date joined	Further data
GK		Alin Ciobanu
GK		Luka Kukić
GK		Eduard Pap
DF		Romario Benzar
DF		Daniel Celea
DF		Răzvan Creț
DF		Andrei Miron
DF		Michael Pavlovic
DF		Charles Petro
DF		Rijad Sadiku
DF		Alin Șeroni
DF		Alexandru Țigănusu
MF		Adams Friday
MF		Gabriel David
MF		Victor Dican
MF		Aldair Ferreira
MF		Eduard Florescu
MF		Lóránd Fülöp
MF		George Gligor
MF		Zoran Mitrov
MF		Jaly Mouaddib
FW		Codrin Carăușu
FW		Adrian Chică-Roșă
FW		Juan Kaprof
FW		Enzo Lopez

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Ștefan Bodișteanu	Farul Constanța	Undisclosed	10 July 2024	^[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Sekou Camara	Unirea Slobozia	End of contract	1 July 2024
MF	Victor Dican	Farul Constanța		11 July 2024	^[6]
MF	Sebastian Mailat	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	€300,000	28 July 2024	^[7]

Friendlies

Pre-season

The squad held a camp in Austria until 3 July, during which three friendly matches were played.^[1]

24 June 2024 Friendly	Botoșani	5–0	SB Chiemgau Traunstein
18:00

27 June 2024 Friendly	Legia Warsaw	6–0	Botoșani	Kössen, Austria
17:30	Gual 56' Urbanski 65' Pekhart 85' Rosołek 101' Majchrzak 115', 118'
Note: 2 x 60 minutes

30 June 2024 Friendly	Botoșani	3–2	FK Jablonec	Fulpmes, Austria
17:00	Țigănusu 21' Mailat 30' Friday 75'		Puškáč 14', 42'	Stadium: Sportplatz Fulpmes

2 July 2024 Friendly	SVG Reichenau	1–3	Botoșani
18:30	39' 72'		Fülöp 26' Mouaddib 51' 61'
Note: 2 x 35 minutes

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	15 July 2024		Matchday 1	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	033.33
Cupa României				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	033.33

Last updated: 28 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
12	UTA Arad	24	6	9	9	23	26	−3	27	Qualification for play-out round
13	Unirea Slobozia	25	7	4	14	26	41	−15	25
14	Botoșani	25	5	8	12	21	33	−12	23
15	Politehnica Iași	24	6	4	14	22	40	−18	22
16	Gloria Buzău (Q)	25	5	4	16	23	39	−16	19

Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2025. 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) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[8]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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
3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3	0	0	1	2	3	−1	1	0	1	1	1	0

Last updated: 28 July 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	P
Position	13	16

Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.^[9]

15 July 2024 1	Botoșani	2–3	Oțelul Galați	Botoșani
18:30 UTC+3	Chică Roșă 20' Friday 33' Ferreira 41' Celea 45+2' Mailat 56'		Pop 6' Živulić 29', 65', 67' Stevanović 90+9'	Stadium: Botoșani Municipal Stadium Referee: Cristian Moldoveanu

19 July 2024 2	Politehnica Iași	1–0	Botoșani	Iași
19:00 UTC+3	Bordeianu 7' Harrison 90+2'		Mailat 69' Ferreira 81' Țigănașu 87'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Stadium Referee: Florin Andrei

28 July 2024 3	Farul Constanța	0–1	Botoșani	Constanța
19:00 UTC+3	Popescu 41'		Bodișteanu 8', 47' Friday 56' Șeroni 61' Pavlovič 82' Pap 90+8'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Flueran Viorel Nicusor

3 August 2024 4	Botoșani	v	FCSB	Botoșani
22:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Botoșani Municipal Stadium

Cupa României

References

^ ^a ^b "FC Botoșani a plecat în cantonamentul din Austria și va sta acolo până pe 3 iulie". 21 June 2024.
^ "Amendat și suspendat 4 meciuri, Bogdan Andone s-a filmat a doua zi: "Cel mai probabil..."". GSP.
^ "OFICIAL | Bogdan Andone a plecat de la FC Botoșani! Prima reacție din partea antrenorului". 25 July 2024.
^ "Liviu Ciobotariu a semnat și revine în SuperLigă: "Suntem încântați!"".
^ "VIDEO | Ștefan Bodișteanu a semnat cu FC Botoșani".
^ "Victor Dican, transferat de la FC Botoşani la Farul Constanţa". Mediafax.ro.
^ "Sebastian Mailat a plecat de la FC Botoșani! Suma încasată de moldoveni". GSP.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Preotu, Andrei (1 July 2024). "Programul complet al sezonului 2024 - 2025 din Superliga României, prezentat de LPF!".

[auto-1] "FC Botoșani a plecat în cantonamentul din Austria și va sta acolo până pe 3 iulie". 21 June 2024.

[2] "Amendat și suspendat 4 meciuri, Bogdan Andone s-a filmat a doua zi: "Cel mai probabil..."". GSP.

[3] "OFICIAL | Bogdan Andone a plecat de la FC Botoșani! Prima reacție din partea antrenorului". 25 July 2024.

[4] "Liviu Ciobotariu a semnat și revine în SuperLigă: "Suntem încântați!"".

[5] "VIDEO | Ștefan Bodișteanu a semnat cu FC Botoșani".

[6] "Victor Dican, transferat de la FC Botoşani la Farul Constanţa". Mediafax.ro.

[7] "Sebastian Mailat a plecat de la FC Botoșani! Suma încasată de moldoveni". GSP.

[sw-8] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[9] Preotu, Andrei (1 July 2024). "Programul complet al sezonului 2024 - 2025 din Superliga României, prezentat de LPF!".

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