2024–25 FCSB season

FCSB
2024–25 season
Manager	Elias Charalambous
Stadium	Arena Națională
Liga I	Pre-season
Cupa României	Pre-season
Supercupa României	Winners
UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Darius Olaru, David Miculescu (3)
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season will be the 78th season in the history of FCSB, and the club's 11th consecutive season in Liga I. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României and the UEFA Champions League.

Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	UEFA Europa Conference League	Third qualifying round
	Liga I	1st
	Cupa României	Group stage

Season overview

Current squad

As of 7 August 2024^[1]^[2]

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	Mihai Udrea
2	DF	ROU	Valentin Crețu
3	DF	ROU	Ionuț Panțîru
5	DF	CMR	Joyskim Dawa
6	DF	ROU	Denis Haruț
7	FW	ROU	Florin Tănase
8	MF	ROU	Adrian Șut (vice-captain)
10	MF	ROU	Octavian Popescu
11	FW	ROU	David Miculescu
12	DF	BEN	David Kiki
15	FW	ROU	Marius Ștefănescu
16	MF	ROU	Mihai Lixandru
18	MF	FRA	Malcom Edjouma
19	FW	ROU	Daniel Popa
20	DF	GHA	Nana Antwi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ROU	Vlad Chiricheș (3rd captain)
22	MF	ROU	Mihai Toma
23	MF	ROU	Andrei Pandele
24	MF	BEL	William Baeten
25	FW	ROU	Alexandru Băluță
27	MF	ROU	Darius Olaru (captain)
28	DF	ROU	Alexandru Pantea
29	MF	ROU	Alexandru Musi
30	DF	RSA	Siyabonga Ngezana
32	GK	ROU	Ștefan Târnovanu
33	DF	MNE	Risto Radunović (4th captain)
42	MF	GHA	Baba Alhassan
70	FW	BRA	Luis Phelipe
99	GK	ROU	Andrei Vlad

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ovidiu Perianu	Gloria Buzău	Loan return	30 June 2024
MF	Malcom Edjouma	Bari	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[3]
MF	Alexandru Musi	Petrolul Ploiești	Loan return	30 June 2024	^[4]
DF	David Kiki	Farul Constanța	Free	1 July 2024	^[5]
FW	Daniel Popa	Universitatea Cluj	€300,000	1 July 2024	^[6]
FW	Marius Ștefănescu	Sepsi OSK	€1,300,000	1 July 2024	^[7]
MF	William Baeten	FC U Craiova	€300,000	13 July 2024	^[8]
FW	Florin Tănase	Al-Okhdood	Free	7 August 2024	^[9]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ovidiu Popescu	Universitatea Cluj	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[10]
MF	Ovidiu Perianu	Unirea Slobozia	Loan	1 July 2024	^[11]
FW	Florinel Coman	Al-Gharafa	€5,250,000	7 July 2024	^[12]
MF	Eduard Radaslavescu	Farul Constanța	Free Transfer	9 July 2024	^[13]
MF	Matei Tănasă	Politehnica Iași	Undisclosed	10 July 2024	^[14]
GK	Alexandru Maxim	Voluntari	Loan	18 July 2024	^[15]
FW	David Popa	Politehnica Iași	Loan	6 August 2024	^[16]

Friendlies

Pre-season

24 June 2024 Friendly	Apeldoorn	0–8	FCSB	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
19:00			Lixandru 6' Băluță 20', 21' Luis Phelipe 25' Ștefănescu 53', 84' Antwi 64' Miculescu 89'	Stadium: WWNA

28 June 2024 Friendly	Almere City	1–2	FCSB	Almere, Netherlands
16:15	Hansen 21'		Miculescu 18' Băluță 42' (pen.)	Stadium: Almere City FC Training Centre

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	May 2025	Matchday 1		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Cupa României					0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Supercupa României	4 July 2024		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
UEFA Champions League	9 July 2024		First qualifying round		1	1	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Total					2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	100.00

Last updated: 9 July 2024
Source: Soccerway

SuperLiga

Regular season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Dinamo București	4	2	1	1	11	6	+5	7	Qualification for play-off round
6	Unirea Slobozia	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5	Qualification for play-off round
7	FCSB	4	1	2	1	6	7	−1	5	Qualification for play-out round
8	UTA Arad	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
9	Petrolul Ploiești	4	1	2	1	2	4	−2	5

Updated to match(es) played on 9 August 2024. Source: LPF (in Romanian)

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
1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L		W
Position

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.^[17]

13 July 2024 1	FCSB	1–1	Universitatea Cluj	Bucharest
22:00 UTC+3	Musi 51' Edjouma 55' Crețu 69'		Nistor 57' (pen.) Blănuță 74' Masoero 74' Oancea 90+3'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 10 224 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

19 July 2024 2	Unirea Slobozia	2–2	FCSB	Clinceni
21:30 UTC+3	Ilie 36' Purece 49' Rusu 64' Dorobanțu 90' López 90'		Lixandru 33' Dawa 48' Olaru 55' (pen.) Musi 64'	Stadium: Clinceni Attendance: 2 200 Referee: Vlad Băban

27 July 2024 3	FCSB	0–2	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
	Antwi 50' Alhassan 65'		Cisotti 44' Živulić 59'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 4 754 Referee: Andrei Moroiță

9 August 2024 5	FCSB	3–2	Farul Constanța	Bucharest
	Ștefănescu 42' Șut 68' Olaru 86', 90+2' (pen.)		Vînă 5', 86' Grigoryan 43' Grameni 62' Queirós 70'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 6 743 Referee: István Kovács

Postponed 4	Botoșani	v	FCSB	Botoșani
				Stadium: Municipal

17 August 2024 6	FCSB	v	Politehnica Iași	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

24 August 2024 7	Hermannstadt	v	FCSB	Sibiu
				Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Sibiu

31 August 2024 8	FCSB	v	UTA Arad	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

14 September 2024 9	CFR Cluj	v	FCSB	Cluj-Napoca
				Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

21 September 2024 10	FCSB	v	Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

28 September 2024 11	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	v	FCSB	Sfântu Gheorghe
				Stadium: Sepsi Arena

5 October 2024 12	FCSB	v	Gloria Buzău	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

19 October 2024 13	Dinamo București	v	FCSB	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arcul de Triumf

26 October 2024 14	FCSB	v	Rapid București	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

2 November 2024 15	Universitatea Craiova	v	FCSB	Craiova
				Stadium: Ion Oblemenco

9 November 2024 16	Universitatea Cluj	v	FCSB	Cluj-Napoca
				Stadium: Cluj Arena

23 November 2024 17	FCSB	v	Unirea Slobozia	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

30 November 2024 18	Oțelul Galați	v	FCSB	Galați
				Stadium: Oțelul

7 December 2024 19	FCSB	v	Botoșani	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

14 December 2024 20	Farul Constanța	v	FCSB	Ovidiu
				Stadium: Viitorul

21 December 2024 21	Politehnica Iași	v	FCSB	Iași
				Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu

18 January 2025 22	FCSB	v	Hermannstadt	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

25 January 2025 23	UTA Arad	v	FCSB	Arad
				Stadium: Francisc von Neuman

1 February 2025 24	FCSB	v	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

5 February 2025 25	Petrolul Ploiești	v	FCSB	Ploiești
				Stadium: Ilie Oană

8 February 2025 26	FCSB	v	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

15 February 2025 27	Gloria Buzău	v	FCSB	Buzău
				Stadium: Municipal

22 February 2025 28	FCSB	v	Dinamo București	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

1 March 2025 29	Rapid București	v	FCSB	Bucharest
				Stadium: Rapid-Giulești

8 March 2025 30	FCSB	v	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
				Stadium: Arena Națională

Cupa României

Group stage

Supercupa României

4 July 2024 Final	FCSB	3–0	Corvinul Hunedoara	Bucharest
20:00 UTC+3	Miculescu 21' Ștefănescu 52' Dawa 61' Phelipe 80'		Manolache 46' Lică 78' Pîrvulescu 84'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 15,915 Referee: Florin Andrei Assistant referees: Andrei Constantinescu, Stelian Slabu Fourth official: Ionuţ Coza
Note: The match was scheduled to be played on 6 July, but its date was moved forward to avoid conflicting with the Euro 2024 qualifiers.^[18]

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

First qualifying round

The draw was held on 18 June 2024.^[19]

9 July 2024 First leg	Virtus	1–7	FCSB	Serravalle, San Marino
21:00 UTC+2	Golinucci 17' Pupeschi 81' Battistini 86'	Report^[20]	Olaru 6' (pen.), 11', 37' Popa 22', 27' Miculescu 70', 73' Kiki 79'	Stadium: San Marino Stadium Attendance: 1,863 Referee: Antoni Bandić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Assistant referees: Amer Macić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) , Damir Lazić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Fourth official: Dragan Petrovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

16 July 2024 Second leg	FCSB	4–0 (11–1 agg.)	Virtus	Bucharest, Romania
20:30 UTC+3	Băluță 20' Edjouma 28', 36' Miculescu 72'	Report^[21]	Buonocunto 78'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 7,262^[22] Referee: Stefan Ebner (Austria)

Second qualifying round

23 July 2024 (2024-07-23) First leg	FCSB	1–1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Bucharest, Romania
19:30 (20:30 EEST)	Lixandru 31' Dawa 70', 76' Musi 90+4'	Report^[24]	Asante 22' Addo 26' Nachmias 29' Biton 71' Mishpati 90+3'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 26,235^[23] Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0–1 (1–2 agg.)	FCSB	Budapest, Hungary^{[note 1]}
20:00	Kanichowsky 50' Asante 90+3'	Report^[27]	Crețu 38' Băluță 43' Luis Phelipe 50' Dawa 82' Baeten 90' Ngezana 90+3'	Stadium: Bozsik Aréna Attendance: 643^[26] Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)

Third qualifying round

6 August 2024 (2024-08-06)	Sparta Prague	1–1	FCSB	Prague, Czech Republic
20:00	Vitík 65' Olatunji 78' Krasniqi 84'	Report^[29]	Crețu 41' Târnovanu 43' Popa 43' Dawa 55', 61' Luis Phelipe 90+4' Edjouma 90+8' Radunović 90+9'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 17,229^[28] Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

13 August 2024 (2024-08-13)	FCSB	v	Sparta Prague	Bucharest, Romania
20:30 (21:30 EEST)		Report^[30]		Stadium: Steaua Stadium Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 9 August 2024

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I	Champions League	Supercupa României	Total
1	MF	Darius Olaru	3	3	0	6
2	FW	David Miculescu	0	3	1	4
3	FW	Daniel Popa	0	2	0	2
	MF	Malcom Edjouma	0	2	0	2
	DF	Joyskim Dawa	0	2	0	2
	FW	Marius Ștefănescu	1	0	1	2
4	FW	Luis Phelipe	0	0	1	1
	MF	Alexandru Musi	1	0	0	1
	FW	Alexandru Băluță	0	1	0	1
	MF	Mihai Lixandru	1	0	0	1
	MF	William Baeten	0	1	0	1

Goal minutes

	1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT	Extra time	Forfeit
Goals	2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0
Percentage	20%	30%	10%	10%	20%	10%	0%	0%

Last updated: 9 July 2024 (UTC)
Source: FCSB (in Romanian)

Hat-tricks

Last updated: 9 July 2024 (UTC)
Source: FCSB (in Romanian)

Clean sheets

As of 9 August 2024

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Champions League	Supercupa României	Total	Games played
1	Andrei Vlad	0	0	1	1	2	3
2	Ștefan Târnovanu	0	0	1	0	1	7

Disciplinary record

As of 9 July 2024

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Champions League			Supercupa României			Total
Rank	Position	Name
1	DF	David Kiki	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1	DF	Joyskim Dawa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0

Attendances

As of 4 July 2024

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Liga I	0	0	0	0	0
Cupa României	―	―	―	―	―
Champions League	0	0	0	0	0
Supercupa României	1	15,915	15,915	15,915	15,915
Total	1	15,915	15,915	15,915	15,915

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[Israel-26] Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israeli teams are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[25]

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