2020–21 CFR Cluj season

CFR Cluj
2020–21 season
Chairman	Marian Băgăcean
Manager	Dan Petrescu; (until 30 November 2020); Marius Bilașco (interim); (until 4 December 2020); Edward Iordănescu; (from 4 December 2020)
Stadium	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Liga I	Champions
Cupa României	Round of 32
Supercupa României	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ciprian Deac (13); All: ; Ciprian Deac (14)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 10 March 2021^[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	Rareș 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
8	MF	ISL	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson
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
16	DF	BIH	Mateo Sušić


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
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
37	MF	ROU	Mihai Bordeianu
45	DF	POR	Camora (Captain)
55	DF	BRA	Paulo Vinícius
87	GK	LTU	Giedrius Arlauskis
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[edit]

In[edit]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	CIV	Kévin Boli (from Guizhou Hengfeng, previously on loan)
22	FW	CRO	Gabriel Debeljuh (from Hermannstadt)
34	GK	ROU	Cristian Bălgrădean (from FCSB)
33	DF	ROU	Mihai Butean (loan return from Gaz Metan Mediaș)
77	FW	SVK	Jakub Vojtuš (from Academica Clinceni)
4	DF	ROU	Cristian Manea (from Apollon Limassol, previously on loan)
14	DF	ROU	Iasmin Latovlevici (from Bursaspor)
98	MF	ROU	Nicolae Carnat (from Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe)
1	GK	ROU	Rareș Murariu (on loan from ASU Politehnica Timișoara)
5	MF	BRA	Soares (from Gil Vicente)
15	DF	TUN	Syam Ben Youssef (from Denizlispor)
21	DF	CRO	Ivica Žunić (from Atyrau)
—	FW	ROU	Sebastian Serediuc (from CS Minaur Baia Mare)
8	MF	ISL	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson (from Astana)
87	GK	LTU	Giedrius Arlauskis (from Al-Shabab)

Loans in[edit]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	MF	ROU	Mihai Bordeianu (from Al Qadsiah)

Out[edit]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
87	GK	LTU	Giedrius Arlauskis (to Al-Shabab)
1	GK	ESP	Jesús Fernández (to Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, previously on loan at Panetolikos)
20	FW	ROU	George Țucudean (retired)
90	FW	CIV	Lacina Traoré (to Bandırmaspor)
21	DF	CIV	Kévin Boli (to Samsunspor)
—	DF	GRE	Giannis Kontoes (to Panionios, previously on loan at Academica Clinceni)
—	DF	ROU	Andrei Radu (to Dinamo București, previously on loan at Politehnica Iasi)
37	MF	ROU	Mihai Bordeianu (to Al Qadsiah)
5	MF	MLI	Yacouba Sylla (to Mouloudia)
21	DF	CRO	Ivica Žunić (to Rapid București)
77	FW	SVK	Jakub Vojtuš (to Mezőkövesd)
8	MF	CRO	Damjan Đoković (to Çaykur Rizespor)

Loans out[edit]


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
31	MF	ROU	Alexandru Ioniță (to Astra Giurgiu)
95	DF	ROU	Rareș Ispas (to ACSF Comuna Recea, previously on loan at FC Politehnica Iași)
97	MF	ROU	Alin Fica (to Rapid București)
17	MF	ROU	Sebastian Mailat (to Voluntari, previously on loan at Universitatea Cluj)
2	DF	ROU	Alex Pașcanu (to Ponferradina, previously on loan at Voluntari)
23	FW	ROU	Cătălin Golofca (to Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe)
91	MF	ROU	Răzvan Andronic (to Academica Clinceni)
33	DF	ROU	Mihai Butean (to Gaz Metan Mediaș)
62	MF	ROU	Claudiu Petrila (to Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe)
89	GK	ROU	Otto Hindrich (to ASU Politehnica Timișoara)
74	GK	ROU	Ionuț Rus (to Hermannstadt)
97	MF	ROU	Alin Fica (to ACSF Comuna Recea, previously on loan at Rapid București)

Overall transfer activity[edit]

Expenditure[edit]

Summer: €1,050,000

Winter: €0

Total: €1,050,000

Income[edit]

Summer: €1,900,000

Winter: €500,000

Total: €2,400,000

Net Totals[edit]

Summer: €850,000

Winter: €500,000

Total: €1,350,000

Preseason and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss

7 January 2021 (2021-01-07) Friendly	CFR Cluj	1−1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Cluj-Napoca
15:00 EET (UTC+02)	Pereira 56'	Report	Ciocan 89'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27) Friendly	CFR Cluj	2−1	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Cluj-Napoca
13:00 EEST (UTC+02)	Debeljuh 40' Deac 62' (pen.)		Larie 23'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0

Competitions[edit]

Win Draw Loss

Overview[edit]

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	23 August 2020	25 May 2021	Matchday 1	Winner	40	26	8	6	57	20	+37	065.00
Cupa României	29 November 2020		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Supercupa României	15 April 2021		Final	Winner	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
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					52	30	12	10	69	34	+35	057.69

Last updated: 25 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Liga I[edit]

The Liga I fixture list was announced in August 2020.

Regular season[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FCSB	30	20	5	5	57	22	+35	65	Qualification for the Play-off round
2	CFR Cluj	30	19	7	4	42	15	+27	64
3	Universitatea Craiova	30	16	10	4	33	14	+19	58
4	Sepsi OSK	30	10	15	5	43	31	+12	45
5	Academica Clinceni	30	10	14	6	30	26	+4	44

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[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	19	7	4	42	15	+27	64	8	5	2	22	7	+15	11	2	2	20	8	+12

Last updated: 11 April 2021.
Source: Liga I

Results by round[edit]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2021. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss

23 August 2020 (2020-08-23) 1	Academica Clinceni	1−2	CFR Cluj	Clinceni
18:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Cebotaru 48' (pen.)m Achim 72' Ventúra 81' Jutrić 84'	Report	Costache 15' Bordeianu 35' Boli 43' Cestor 51' Petrila 74' Debeljuh 86'	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)	Deac 57' Itu 66'	Report	Fofana 87' Mitrea 90+1'	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)	Vinícius 66'	Report	Viera 7' Sîntean 62' Santos 90+3'	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)	Alibec 31' Crepulja 35' Graovac 58'	Report	Crepulja 45' (o.g.) Debeljuh 60', 61' Vojtuš 83'	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)	Petrescu 38' Pereira 43' Manea 75' Păun 90+1' Omrani 90+3'	Report	Florea 71' Yaméogo 77' Dumitrașcu 85' Neguț 87'	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)	Luckassen 7' Gaztañaga 48' Ghiță 52' Iancu 87'	Report	Rondón 21' Omrani 22' Deac 54' (pen.), 66' Cestor 63' Camora 89' Păun 90+1'	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)	Debeljuh 15' Hoban 35' Vinícius 76'	Report	Fili 26' Moescu 52' 82' Roman 57'	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)	Armaș 53' Anderson 90+1' De Lucas 90+2'	Report	Cestor 32' Itu 72' Aurélio 77'	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)	Itu 5' Manea 14' Latovlevici 74' Ciobotariu 90+2' Rondón 90+5'	Report	Ciocan 12' Yuri 21' Deaconu 27' Zé Manuel 45' Dumitru 60' Alceus 86' Buzbuchi 88' Larie 90+5'	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)	Leca 52'	Report	Rondón 14', 23'	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)	Žunić 90+4'	Report	Buhăcianu 50' Hora 75' Roșu 86' Tescan 90+5' Melinte 90+5'	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)	De Iriondo 55' Zajmović 61'	Report	Deac 14', 78' (pen.) Soares 54' Chipciu 65' Sušić 73' Debeljuh 79'	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)	Deac 9', 35' (pen.) Costache 15', 74' Vinícius 27' Soares 40' Chipciu 41' Sušić 44' Manea 82' Đoković 89' Bălgrădean 90'	Report	Crețu 34' Miron 34' Moruţan 90+2'	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)	Puljić 43' Sorescu 60' Nemec 62' Răuță 65' Bejan 87' 90+3'	Report	Debeljuh 14' Soares 25' Păun 44' (pen.) Pereira 76' Itu 82'	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)	Sušić 82' Păun 85' Pereira 90'	Report	Mamut 77' Ofosu 81'	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)	Costache 15' Deac 51' Burcă 56' Sušić 71' Debeljuh 90+1' Păun 90+4'	Report	Tănase 4' Dimitriu 11' Cebotaru 45' Chandarov 84'	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)	Fülöp 1' Aganović 24' Bouhenna 45+1' 49'	Report	Pereira 16' Đoković 24' Debeljuh 72'	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)	Romário 33', 44' Santos 48' Addae 61' Viera 72'	Report	Debeljuh 15', 51' Chipciu 37' Burcă 78' Rondón 81'	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)	Deac 80'	Report	Wüthrich 19' Budescu 21' Sousa 45+3' V. Gheorghe 65' Popa 90+2'	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)	Neguț 38' Popa 58'	Report	Păun 52' (pen.) Camora 90+1'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

4 February 2021 (2021-02-04) 21	CFR Cluj	2−1	Viitorul Constanța	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Itu 31', 34' Camora 74' Hoban 90+3'	Report	Dobrosavlevici 52' Benzar 56' Gaztañaga 74' Artean 90+4'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

8 February 2021 (2021-02-08) 22	Botoșani	2−1	CFR Cluj	Botoșani
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Papa 31' Roman 37'	Report	Debeljuh 2' Deac 13' Costache 63' Aurélio 66'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 0 Referee: Horia Mladinovici (Bucharest)

15 February 2021 (2021-02-15) 23	CFR Cluj	0−0	Voluntari	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Debeljuh 40' Hoban 75' Burcă 87' Chipciu 90+3'	Report	Ivanov 52' Satli 69' Rîmniceanu 87' Betancor 89'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Marian Barbu (Făgăraș)

21 February 2021 (2021-02-21) 24	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0−1	CFR Cluj	Mediaș
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Zé Manuel 51' Francisco 90+2'	Report	Omrani 75', 90+3' Itu 90'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

1 March 2021 (2021-03-01) 25	CFR Cluj	5−0	Argeș Pitești	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Costache 2', 70' Deac 35' (pen.), 38' (pen.) Bordeianu 36' Debeljuh 49' Rondón 77' Omrani 88' Burcă 90+1'	Report	Meza 25'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 26	UTA Arad	0−1	CFR Cluj	Arad
21:30 EET (UTC+02)	Shlyakov 55' Hora 63' Buhăcianu 67'	Report	Rondón 66' Vinícius 68' Camora 90+1'	Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)

14 March 2021 (2021-03-14) 27	CFR Cluj	4−0	Politehnica Iași	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Chipciu 44' Omrani 45+2' Deac 61', 87' Ciobotariu 90+1'	Report	Frăsinescu 54' Platini 86'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Horia Mladinovici (Bucharest)

19 March 2021 (2021-03-19) 28	FCSB	3−0	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Moruţan 45+3', 78' Olaru 49' Tănase 62', 81'	Report	Arlauskis 41' Chipciu 70' Bordeianu 73' Sigurjónsson 82'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

5 April 2021 (2021-04-05) 29	CFR Cluj	1−0	Dinamo București	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Deac 45+2' Omrani 57', 80' Bălgrădean 90+2' Costache 90+3'	Report	Anton 9' 31' Bejan 16' 37' Răuță 45' Moldoveanu 81' Sorescu 90+3'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Marcel Bârsan (Bucharest)

11 April 2021 (2021-04-11) 30	Universitatea Craiova	0−0	CFR Cluj	Craiova
21:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Bancu 29' Cicâldău 35' Papp 54' Nistor 67' Baiaram 79' Koljič 88'	Report	Bordeianu 11' Sigurjónsson 40'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

Championship round[edit]