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
	← 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 16 January 2025^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ROU	Ștefan Lefter
3	DF	ROU	Bogdan Mitrea (4th captain)
5	DF	ARG	Lucas Masoero
6	DF	ROU	Iulian Cristea
7	MF	ROU	Robert Silaghi
8	MF	ROU	Dorin Codrea
9	FW	TUN	Adel Bettaieb
10	MF	ROU	Dan Nistor (Vice-captain)
11	FW	ARM	Artur Miranyan
12	GK	ROU	Denis Moldovan
13	FW	CMR	Franck Tchassem
16	DF	SUI	Jasper van der Werff
15	FW	ROU	Eneas Horvat
17	DF	ESP	Daniel Lasure
18	MF	ROU	Andrei Artean
19	MF	ROU	Răzvan Oaidă


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ROU	Alexandru Bota
21	MF	ROU	Mario Șfaiț
22	MF	MDA	Vadim Rață
23	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Popescu
24	DF	ROU	Radu Boboc
26	DF	ROU	Dorinel Oancea
27	MF	ROU	Alexandru Chipciu (Captain)
30	GK	LTU	Edvinas Gertmonas
66	DF	ROU	Ștefan Opriș
77	FW	ROU	Vladislav Blănuță (on loan from FC U Craiova)
93	FW	SEN	Mamadou Thiam
94	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Bic (3rd captain)
97	FW	ROU	Alin Baciu
98	MF	ROU	Gabriel Simion

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
DF	Ștefan Andrei	Sănătatea Cluj	Free	12 July 2024
FW	Vladislav Blănuță	FC U Craiova 1948	Loan	12 July 2024
FW	Franck Tchassem	CSM Focșani	Free	12 July 2024
DF	Daniel Lasure	SD Amorebieta	Free	30 July 2024	^[9]
DF	Jasper van der Werff	SC Paderborn	Free	6 August 2024
MF	Răzvan Oaidă	FC Rapid București	Free	18 September 2024
FW	Artur Miranyan	FC Noah	Free	20 September 2024
GK	Ștefan Lefter	Corvinul Hunedoara	€100,000	31 December 2024
MF	Andrei Artean	CFR Cluj	Free	15 January 2025

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
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
DF	Thalisson	Antalyaspor	€280,000	17 July 2024
MF	Roger		Free	22 August 2024
MF	Matei Moraru	FC U Craiova 1948	Loan	8 September 2024
MF	Berto		Released	4 November 2024
GK	Andrei Gorcea	UTA Arad	Free	5 January 2025

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)

16 July 2024 Friendly	Universitatea Cluj	3–0	CSM Olimpia Satu Mare	Cluj-Napoca
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Thiam 42', 89' Suciu 70'

8 January 2025 Friendly	Universitatea Cluj	4–1	Gangwon FC	Serik
15:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Sueno Sports Center - Pitch 1

11 January 2025 Friendly	Universitatea Cluj	1–2	MTK Budapest	Serik
15:00 EET (UTC+2)

12 January 2025 Friendly	Zürich	2–0	Universitatea Cluj	Serik
14:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sueno Sports Center - Pitch 1

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	–	21	10	7	4	32	18	+14	047.62
Cupa României	29 August 2024	–	Play-off	Play-off	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total					22	10	7	5	32	19	+13	045.45

Last updated: 16 January 2025
Source: Competitions

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitatea Cluj	24	12	8	4	36	20	+16	44^[a]	Qualification for play-off round
2	Dinamo București	25	11	11	3	35	21	+14	44^[a]
3	FCSB	24	11	9	4	35	23	+12	42
4	CFR Cluj	24	10	10	4	41	29	+12	40
5	Universitatea Craiova	24	10	9	5	38	24	+14	39

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.^[10]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Cluj (4); Dinamo București (1).

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
21	10	7	4	32	18	+14	37	6	2	2	19	9	+10	4	5	2	13	9	+4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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
Ground	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	D
Position	7	3	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2024. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 1 July 2024.

13 July 2024 1	FCSB	1–1	Universitatea Cluj	Bucharest
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Musi 51'		Nistor 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

21 July 2024 2	Universitatea Cluj	3–1	FC Hermannstadt	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Blănuță 7', 37' Nistor 20' (pen.)		Bejan 41'	Stadium: Cluj Arena

29 July 2024 3	UTA	0–0	Universitatea Cluj	Arad
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman

4 August 2024 4	CFR	2–3	Universitatea Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Michael 24' Păun 72'		Masoero 59' Nistor 69' (pen.) Popescu 77'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

12 August 2024 5	Petrolul	0–0	Universitatea Cluj	Ploiești
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)				Stadium: Ilie Oană

19 August 2024 6	Universitatea Cluj	3–0	Sepsi	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Thiam 38' Blănuță 58', 70'			Stadium: Cluj Arena

26 August 2024 7	Gloria Buzău	0–2	Universitatea Cluj	Buzău
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)			Nistor 27' (pen.) Thiam 43'	Stadium: Municipal

2 September 2024 8	Universitatea Cluj	1–0	Dinamo	Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Bic 62'			Stadium: Cluj Arena

16 September 2024 9	Rapid	0–2	Universitatea Cluj	Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)			Berto 30' Nistor 60' (pen.)	Stadium: Rapid-Giulești

22 September 2024 10	Universitatea Cluj	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Thiam 38'		Oshima 68'	Stadium: Cluj Arena

28 September 2024 11	Politehnica Iași	1–0	Universitatea Cluj	Iași
16:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Gheorghe 25' Guilherme Soares 50' Roman 74' Ispas 90+3'	Report	Silaghi 56' Rață 68' Daniel Lasure 79' Nistor 90+1'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Stadium Attendance: 5,205 Referee: Sorin Andrei Antonie

5 October 2024 12	Unirea Slobozia	2–2	Universitatea Cluj	Clinceni
16:45 EET (UTC+2)	Jordan Gele 16' 25' Constantin Adrian Toma 22'	Report	Masoero 20' Miranyan 52' Boboc 63' Chipciu 80' Blănuță 89'	Stadium: Clinceni Stadium Referee: Robert Avram

18 October 2024 13	Universitatea Cluj	2–0	Oțelul	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Daniel Lasure 16' Bic 56' Nistor 61' (pen.) Thiam 69'	Report	Angha 85'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 9,140 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

28 October 2024 14	Botoșani	1–2	Universitatea Cluj	Botoșani
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bodișteanu 4' Adams Friday 79' Francisco Júnior 90+5'	Report	Cristea 45' Berto 63' Boboc 67' Miranyan 88'	Stadium: Botoșani Municipal Stadium Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs

3 November 2024 15	Universitatea Cluj	1–1	FCV Farul Constanța	Cluj-Napoca
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Blănuță 4' Masoero 90+5'	Report	Alibec 27' 77' Banu 78' Popescu 88'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: István Kovács

10 November 2024 16	Universitatea Cluj	1–2	FCSB	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Simion 23' Cristea 76' Blănuță 85' Chipciu 89' Nistor 90'	Report	Bîrligea 30' 51' 75' Crețu 44' Șut 59' 73'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 23,123 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

23 November 2024 17	Hermannstadt	2–1	Universitatea Cluj	Sibiu
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ianis Stoica 3' (pen.) 62' Tiago Gonçalves 22' Balaure 54' Căpușă 75'	Report	Cristea 25' Boboc 45+2' Daniel Lasure 69' Miranyan 90+2'	Stadium: Sibiu Municipal Stadium Referee: Ionuţ Coza

2 December 2024 18	Universitatea Cluj	0–1	UTA Arad	Cluj-Napoca
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Oancea 63' Chipciu 81' Rață 86'	Report	Attah Kadiri 28' Tsouka 52' Fábry 63' Poulolo 72' Mabea 79' Mihai 81' Aleksandar Mitrović 90+6'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: Marian Barbu

9 December 2024 19	Universitatea Cluj	3–2	CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Thiam 29' Bic 45' Masoero 51' 58' Blănuță 69' Popescu 71' Miranyan 81' Gertmonas 90+2'	Report	Fică 31' Munteanu 45+2' Đoković 45+2' Kamara 71' Postolachi 83' Mogoș 90+2'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Attendance: 14,813 Referee: Florin Andrei

14 December 2024 20	Universitatea Cluj	4–1	Petrolul Ploiești	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Blănuță 51' 65' Thiam 61' Silaghi 76' Masoero 87'	Report	Papp 20' 90+3' 75' Marian Huja 38' Rădulescu 80' Zima 90+3'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: István Kovács

20 December 2024 21	Sepsi	0–0	Universitatea Cluj	Sfântu Gheorghe
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ștefan 6' Mino 43' Sigér 70' Gyenge 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium Referee: George Găman

18 January 2025 22	Universitatea Cluj	2–1	Gloria Buzău	Cluj-Napoca
14:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Cluj Arena

Cupa României

29 August 2024 Play-off round	Metalul Buzău	1-0	Universitatea Cluj	Buzău
17:00 EET	Matei Constantinescu 62' 90+5' Olaru 82' Tudorică 88' Perju 90+2'	Report	Blănuță 87' Simion 90+5'	Stadium: Metalul Stadium Referee: Constantin Alin Olaru

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.
^ "Dani Lasure firma por el Universitatea Cluj rumano". Heraldo. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[table_hth_UCJ0.16084372865075-10] Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Cluj (4); Dinamo București (1).

[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.

[9] "Dani Lasure firma por el Universitatea Cluj rumano". Heraldo. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[sw-11] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

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