2019–20 CFR Cluj season

The 2019–20 season is the 49th season in CFR Cluj's history, and the 24th in the top-flight of Romanian football. CFR Cluj is competing in Liga I, in the Cupa României and in the Champions League.

CFR Cluj

2019–20 season
Chairman	Marian Bagacean
Manager	Dan Petrescu
Stadium	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Liga I	1st
Cupa României	Round of 32
Supercupa României	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	Play-off round
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Ciprian Deac (14 goals) All: Ciprian Deac (18 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 February 2020[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 3 DF  ROU Andrei Burcă 4 DF  ROU Cristian Manea 5 MF  MLI Yacouba Sylla 6 MF  POR Luís Aurélio 7 MF  ROU Alexandru Păun 8 MF  CRO Damjan Djoković 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 16 DF  BIH Mateo Sušić 18 FW  ROU Valentin Costache 20 FW  ROU George Țucudean 21 DF  CIV Kévin Boli (on loan from Guizhou Hengfeng) 23 FW  ROU Cătălin Golofca

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  ROU Alexandru Chipciu 28 MF  ROU Ovidiu Hoban 37 MF  ROU Mihai Bordeianu 45 DF  POR Camora (Captain) 55 DF  BRA Paulo Vinícius 62 MF  ROU Claudiu Petrila 74 GK  ROU Ionuț Rus 87 GK  LTU Giedrius Arlauskis 90 FW  CIV Lacina Traoré 91 MF  ROU Răzvan Andronic 92 DF  COD Mike Cestor 94 MF  ROU Cătălin Itu 96 DF  ROU Dodi Joca 97 MF  ROU Alin Fica 99 FW  VEN Mario Rondón

Transfers

In No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  ROU Sebastian Mailat (loan return from Gaz Metan Mediaș) 12 GK  ROU Cosmin Vâtcă (from Voluntari) 3 DF  ROU Andrei Burcă (from Botoșani) 25 DF  ROU Mihai Butean (from Astra Giurgiu) 92 DF  COD Mike Cestor (from Astra Giurgiu) 16 DF  BIH Mateo Sušić (from Sheriff Tiraspol) 6 MF  POR Luís Aurélio (from Gaz Metan Mediaș) 11 MF  FRA Michaël Pereira (from Yeni Malatyaspor) 5 MF  MLI Yacouba Sylla (from Strømsgodset) 99 FW  VEN Mario Rondón (from Gaz Metan Mediaș) 90 FW  CIV Lacina Traoré (from Újpest) 23 FW  ROU Cătălin Golofca (from Botoșani) 2 DF  ROU Alex Pașcanu (from Leicester City) — DF  GRE Giannis Kontoes (from Apollon Smyrni) 13 DF  ROU Denis Ciobotariu (from Dinamo București) 27 MF  ROU Alexandru Chipciu (from Anderlecht) 12 GK  POL Grzegorz Sandomierski (from Jagiellonia Białystok) 74 GK  ROU Ionuț Rus (loan return from Turris Turnu Măgurele) 91 MF  ROU Răzvan Andronic (from Botoșani) Loans in No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  ROU Cristian Manea (from Apollon Limassol, previously on loan at FCSB)

Out No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF  CIV Kévin Boli (loan return to Guizhou Hengfeng) 6 DF  ROU Cristian Manea (loan return to Apollon Limassol) 22 DF  HUN Ádám Lang (to Omonia) 5 MF  CRO Mate Maleš (to Sarpsborg 08) 14 MF  POR Thierry Moutinho (to FCSB) — MF  FRA Bryan Nouvier (to Raków Częstochowa, previously on loan at Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe) 26 FW  ROU Cristian Bud (to Turris Turnu Măgurele) — FW  ROU Gabriel Dodoi (to Rapid București, previously on loan at Pandurii Târgu Jiu) 19 MF  ARG Emmanuel Culio (to Quailmes) 30 DF  ROU Andrei Mureșan (to Universitatea Cluj) 4 DF  ROU Răzvan Horj (to Universitatea Cluj) 77 DF  ROU Andrei Peteleu (to Sheriff Tiraspol) 12 GK  ROU Cosmin Vâtcă (released) 88 FW  CMR Robert Tambe (to Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, previously on loan) 33 GK  ROU Adrian Rus (released) Loans out No. Pos. Nation Player 31 MF  ROU Alexandru Ioniță (to Universitatea Craiova) 88 FW  CMR Robert Tambe (to Sheriff Tiraspol) — GK  ROU Ionuț Rus (to Turris Turnu Măgurele) — DF  ROU Andrei Radu (to Politehnica Iasi) 95 DF  ROU Rareș Ispas (to Sportul Snagov) 2 DF  ROU Alex Pașcanu (to Voluntari) 25 DF  ROU Mihai Butean (to Gaz Metan Mediaș) 1 GK  ESP Jesús Fernández (to Panetolikos) 31 MF  ROU Alexandru Ioniță (to Astra Giurgiu, previously on loan at Universitatea Craiova) 27 MF  ROU Sebastian Mailat (to Universitatea Cluj) — DF  GRE Giannis Kontoes (to Academica Clinceni)

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: €1,100,000 Winter: €210,000 Total: €1,310,000

Income Summer: €200,000 Winter: €000,000 Total: €200,000

Net Totals Summer: €900,000 Winter: €210,000 Total: €1,110,000

Preseason and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

18 June 2019	CFR Cluj	1–0	Orenburg
EEST (UTC+3)	Djoković  31'	Report

22 June 2019	Red Star Belgrade	1–1	CFR Cluj	Windischgarsten, Austria
EEST (UTC+3)	Savić  67'	Report	Vinícius  80'	Stadium: DANA Arena Attendance: 200

26 June 2019	Osijek	1–2	CFR Cluj
EEST (UTC+3)

28 June 2019	CFR Cluj	1–0	Mladá Boleslav
EEST (UTC+3)	Burcă  38'	Report

29 June 2019	CFR Cluj	1–0	Sparta Prague
EEST (UTC+3)	Țucudean  87'	Report

17 January 2020	CFR Cluj	1–2	Holstein Kiel	Oliva, Spain
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Omrani  67'		Baku  57' Eberwein  82'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1 Attendance: 300

20 January 2020	CFR Cluj	cancelled	Ferencvárosi TC	La Nucia, Spain
18:30 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estadio Camilo Cano

21 January 2020	CFR Cluj	1–1	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Oliva, Spain
15:00 EET (UTC+2)	Camora  47'		Schäffler  23'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

22 January 2020	CFR Cluj	2–1	Dundalk	Oliva, Spain
16:00 EET (UTC+2)	Țucudean  72' Petrila  88'		Boyle  26'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

24 January 2020	CFR Cluj	0–1	ES Sétif	La Nucia, Spain
16:00 EET (UTC+2)			Kendouci  73'	Stadium: Stade Olímpico Camilo Cano

25 January 2020	CFR Cluj	3–2	Emelec	La Nucia, Spain
12:00 EET (UTC+2)	Vinícius  35' Păun  37' Țucudean  90'		Cevallos  26' Barceló  69'	Stadium: Stade Olímpico Camilo Cano

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	13 July 2019	3 August 2020	Matchday 1	Winners	36	22	9	5	68	23	+45	061.11
Cupa României	25 September 2019		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Supercupa României	6 July 2019		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
UEFA Champions League	9 July 2019	28 August 2019	First Qualifying Round	Play-off round	8	3	2	3	11	10	+1	037.50
UEFA Europa League	19 September 2019	27 February 2020	Group stage	Round of 32	8	4	2	2	7	5	+2	050.00
Total					54	29	14	11	88	41	+47	053.70

Last updated: 3 August 2020

Source: Competitions

Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced in July 2019.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj	26	15	7	4	51	16	+35	52	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Universitatea Craiova	26	14	4	8	41	28	+13	46
3	Botoșani	26	12	9	5	36	30	+6	45
4	FCSB	26	13	5	8	37	29	+8	44
5	Gaz Metan Mediaș	26	12	7	7	34	30	+4	43

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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	15	7	4	51	16	+35	52	11	2	0	30	2	+28	4	5	4	21	14	+7

Last updated: 23 February 2020.
Source: Liga I

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W
Position	9	4	4	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

13 July 2019 1	CFR Cluj	1–1	Politehnica Iași	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Deac  23' Itu  40' Sylla  51' Djoković  78'	Report	Gallego  56' Loshaj  62'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa

20 July 2019 2	Academica Clinceni	1–4	CFR Cluj	Clinceni
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Patriche  43' Jakub Vojtuš  56' Răuță  56'  58' Dobrescu  90'	Report	Cestor  11' Costache  15' Itu  45' Aurélio  47',  72' Petrila  90'	Stadium: Clinceni Attendance: 500 Referee: Marius Avram

27 July 2019 3	CFR Cluj	1–0	Dinamo București	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Arlauskis  11' Costache  60' Hoban  66' Mailat  73'  89' Omrani  83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

3 August 2019 4	Chindia Târgoviște	1–4	CFR Cluj	Ploiești
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Novac  13' Neicuțescu  27' Yaméogo  44'	Report	Țucudean  49' Pǎun  67' Deac  73', 89'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 6,000 Referee: George Găman

10 August 2019 5	CFR Cluj	3–0	Hermannstadt	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Pǎun  14',  72' Sylla  76' Costache  84' Omrani  89' (pen.)	Report	Pires  7' Opruț  88'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Horia Mladinovici

17 August 2019 6	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	1–1	CFR Cluj	Sibiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Flores  31' Barišić  45+1'	Report	Pǎun  10',  35' Costache  30' Cestor  57' Butean  86'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,500 Referee: István Kovács

24 August 2019 7	CFR Cluj	4–1	Botoșani	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Pereira  19' Deac  25', 73' (pen.) Păun  37' Costache  55' Itu  61' Peteleu  90+1' Hoban  90+1'	Report	Miron  24' Rodríguez  56' Cîmpanu  79' Ofosu  89' Pierce  90+1'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

31 August 2019 8	Astra Giurgiu	3–2	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Șerban  14' Tamaș  22' Radunović  38' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Gheorghe  57' Silva  90+1'	Report	Pǎun  28', 90+1',  59' Camora  39'  59' Pereira  42' Cestor  48' Vâtcă  63' Peteleu  90+1'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

13 September 2019 9	CFR Cluj	5–0	Voluntari	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Itu  3' Hoban  36' Costache  37' Achim  51' (o.g.) Omrani  68'	Report	Julio  12' Simonovski  28'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Iulian Călin

22 September 2019 10	FCSB	0–0	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Cristea  45' Tsoumou  49' Panțîru  90+1'	Report	Bordeianu  90+5'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 15,877 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

29 September 2019 11	CFR Cluj	3–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Vinícius  20',  34' Deac  22' Peteleu  35' Boli  42' Omrani  56' Pereira  90+4'	Report	Droppa  23'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: István Kovács

6 October 2019 12	Viitorul Constanța	3–1	CFR Cluj	Ovidiu
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Peteleu  27' (o.g.) Matei  37' Boboc  45' Rivaldinho  57' Țîru  71' Filip  75'	Report	Cestor  8' Culio  69',  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 4,000 Referee: George Găman

19 October 2019 13	CFR Cluj	2–0	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Culio  56' Traoré  70' Pereira  74' Omrani  78'	Report	Mihăilă  52' Bălașa  61' Vătăjelu  76' Ivan  89'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

28 October 2019 14	Politehnica Iași	2–1	CFR Cluj	Botoșani
20:30 EEST (UTC+02)	Loshaj  20' Passaglia  45' Gallego  76' Diallo  77' Bădic  83' Târnovanu  90+4'	Report	Costache  10'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 200 Referee: Marius Avram

2 November 2019 15	CFR Cluj	3–0	Academica Clinceni	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Burcă  45+3' Culio  52' (pen.) Traoré  69' Deac  71'	Report	Cebotaru  45+1' Șut  66' Patriche  82'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 2,980 Referee: Cătălin Buşi

10 November 2019 16	Dinamo București	0–0	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
19:00 EET (UTC+02)	Puljić  79'	Report	Aurélio  76'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 4,311 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

22 November 2019 17	CFR Cluj	4–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Itu  3' Bordeianu  34',  71', 79' Camora  86'	Report		Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Iulian Călin

1 December 2019 18	Hermannstadt	1–1	CFR Cluj	Sibiu
19:00 EET (UTC+02)	Bușu  11' Viera  49' Luchin  64' Petrescu  85' (pen.) Cristiano  90+4'	Report	Omrani  78',  79' Pașcanu  84'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Lucian Ruşandu

4 December 2019 19	CFR Cluj	1–0	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Cluj-Napoca
18:00 EET (UTC+02)	Vinícius  87' Bordeianu  90+2'	Report	Dimitrov  29' Bouhenna  61'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

8 December 2019 20	Botoșani	2–1	CFR Cluj	Botoșani
17:30 EET (UTC+02)	Aškovski  14' Haruț  68' Roman  71' Țigănașu  73' Miron  78' Patache  85' Moussa  90+2'	Report	Pereira  21' Djoković  80' Cestor  86'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

16 December 2019 21	CFR Cluj	2–0	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Burcă  23' Culio  84' Bordeianu  90' Arlauskis  90+1'	Report	Gheorghe  3' Simion  29' Bègue  63' Tamaș  66' Budescu  80'  83' Dandea  90+5'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: István Kovács

21 December 2019 22	Voluntari	0–4	CFR Cluj	Voluntari
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Vlad  13'	Report	Sušić  5' Culio  14' (pen.) Deac  37' Camora  90+2'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 350 Referee: George Rădulescu

2 February 2020 23	CFR Cluj	1–0	FCSB	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Omrani  30' Djoković  64' Vinícius  79' Deac  82'	Report	Man  64' Olaru  73' Planić  77' Crețu  77' Coman  79'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 9,800 Referee: István Kovács

8 February 2020 24	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–0	CFR Cluj	Mediaș
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Moura  69' Constantin  84'	Report	Vinícius  85'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

14 February 2020 25	CFR Cluj	0–0	Viitorul Constanța	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02)		Report	Artean  60' Iacob  70' Matei  86' Boboc  90+1'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Radu Petrescu

23 February 2020 26	Universitatea Craiova	0–2	CFR Cluj	Craiova
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Martić  68' Ćosić  90'	Report	Rondón  9' Costache  41' Martić  68' (o.g.) Chipciu  80'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 29,000 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj (C)	10	7	2	1	17	7	+10	49	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Universitatea Craiova	9	7	0	2	17	14	+3	44	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Astra Giurgiu[lower-alpha 1]	8	3	3	2	12	8	+4	33
4	Botoșani	10	2	3	5	10	12	−2	32	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
5	FCSB[lower-alpha 2]	9	2	3	4	13	14	−1	31
6	Gaz Metan Mediaș	10	0	3	7	5	19	−14	25

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[3]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Astra Giurgiu failed to obtain a UEFA licence.
2. FCSB qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Cupa României.

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
10	7	2	1	17	7	+10	23	4	0	1	8	4	+4	3	2	0	9	3	+6

Last updated: 3 August 2020.
Source: Liga I

Position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 August 2020. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

2 March 2020 1	CFR Cluj	2–1	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Deac  9' Arlauskis  57' Petrila  79' Păun  81' Bordeianu  89'	Report	Răduț  40' Alibec  58',  78' Bègue  65' Radunović  72'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Cătălin Popa

9 March 2020 2	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0–0	CFR Cluj	Mediaș
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Constantin  5' Larie  75'	Report	Omrani  37' Hoban  86'  90+2'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 0 Referee: George Găman
Note: Match was played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.[4]

14 June 2020 3	CFR Cluj	1–0	FCSB	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Popescu  23' (o.g.) Deac  29' Bordeianu  72' Burcă  75' Păun  87' Rondón  89'	Report	Tănase  37' Nedelcu  45+1' Planić  75' Olaru  78'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Note: The match should have been played on 15 March 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.[5]

20 June 2020 4	Botoșani	0–2	CFR Cluj	Botoșani
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Aškovski  7' Țigănașu  90+2'	Report	Deac  3' (pen.), 12'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 0 Referee: Cătălin Popa
Note: The match should have been played on 20 March 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.[5] On 11 June announced the league administration that a member of the medical staff of FC Botoșani has tested positive for the COVID-19, which prompted the league the administration to postpone all FC Botoșani games until further notice.[6] On 18 June FC Botoșani received a medical clearance to return to play, so its game against CFR Cluj has been kept as scheduled.[7]

28 June 2020 5	CFR Cluj	2–3	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Costache  6' Deac  60' Vinícius  70' Traoré  89'	Report	Koljić  9' Bălașa  51' Mihăilă  55' Cicâldău  87' Pigliacelli  90+5'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács
Note: The match should have been played on 4 April 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[8]

5 July 2020 6	Astra Giurgiu	2–2	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Bordeianu  31' (o.g.) Seto  36' Alibec  79' Răduț  85' Lazar  90+2' Dima  90+3'	Report	Rondón  12' Burcă  16',  81' Sušić  49' Bordeianu  90'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrei Chivulete
Note: The match should have been played on 11 April 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[8]

13 July 2020 7	CFR Cluj	2–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Deac  39' (pen.) Đoković  49' Rondón  50' Boli  80'	Report	Larie  6' Droppa  22' Chamed  34'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Note: The match should have been played on 18 April 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[8]

28 July 2020 9	CFR Cluj	1–0	Botoșani	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Deac  41' (pen.) Bordeianu  44' Rondón  85'	Report	Papa  7' Babunski  90+3'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Marius Avram
Note: The match should have been played on 2 May 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[8] Following its rescheduling for the 26 July 2020, the game was postponed for a second time after the league administration announced on 24 July that several members of CFR Cluj tested positive for COVID-19.[9] The game was then rescheduled for 28 July.

31 July 2020 8	FCSB	0–2	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Crețu  39'	Report	Sušić  85' Itu  87'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács
Note: The match should have been played on 25 April 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[8] Following its rescheduling for the 18 July 2020, the game was postponed for a second time after the league administration announced on 18 July that several members of CFR Cluj tested positive for COVID-19.[10] The game was later rescheduled for the 30 July 2020.[11] Following the rescheduling of the CFR Cluj v Botoșani game, the game was moved with one to be played on 31 July.

3 August 2020 10	Universitatea Craiova	1−3	CFR Cluj	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Nistor  9',  58' Ćosić  76'	Report	Vinícius  36' Chipciu  41' Boli  56' Deac  77' (pen.) Pereira  90+1'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan
Note: The match should have been played on 9 May 2020, but it was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.[8]

Cupa României

CFR Cluj will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

Round of 32

25 September 2019 Round of 32	Botoșani	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	CFR Cluj	Botoșani
16:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Papa  10' Aškovski  37' Chindriș  39' Ebenhofer  72' Rodríguez  81' (pen.) Pierce  97' Keyta  99' Mendoza  120+1'	Report	Sušić  20' Bordeianu  27'  31' Burcă  45',  60' Golofca  56' Djoković  61' Mailat  61'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Andrei Chivulete
	Penalties
	Rodríguez Cîmpanu Holzmann Cascini Pierce		Mureșan Djoković Aurélio Mailat

Supercupa României

CFR Cluj will play in the Romanian Supercup as winners of the Liga I against Cupa României winners Viitorul Constanța.

6 July 2019 Final	CFR Cluj	0–1	Viitorul Constanța	Ploiești
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Omrani  12' Djoković  28' Camora  90'		Iacob  41' Iancu  50' Artean  86'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 7,218 Referee: Constantin Colțescu

UEFA Champions League

As winners of the 2018-19 Liga I, CFR Cluj entered the Champions League at the first qualifying round.

First qualifying round

The draw for the first round took place on 18 June. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Kazakh champions Astana.

9 July 2019 1st Leg	Astana	1–0	CFR Cluj	Nur-Sultan
16:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Postnikov  68',  90+5'	Report	Camora  85'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 18,587 Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

17 July 2019 2nd Leg	CFR Cluj	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Astana	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Omrani  10', 26', 73'	Report	Murtazayev  4'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 8,092 Referee: Alexander Harkam (Austria)

Second qualifying round

CFR Cluj advanced to the second qualifying round. The draw for the second round took place on 19 June. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv.

24 July 2019 1st Leg	CFR Cluj	1–0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Omrani  22' Djoković  42'	Report	Kandil  80'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 11,150 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

30 July 2019 2nd Leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Netanya
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Blackman  15' Cohen  48' Atar  74'	Report	Deac  14' Culio  18' (pen.) Rondón  42' Burcă  90'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Attendance: 11,947 Referee: Marco Fritz (Germany)

Third qualifying round

CFR Cluj advanced to the third qualifying round. The draw for the third round took place on 22 July. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Scottish champions Celtic.

7 August 2019 1st Leg	CFR Cluj	1–1	Celtic	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Bordeianu  25' Aurélio  34' Rondón  28' Sušić  64'	Report	Bolingoli-Mbombo  30' Forrest  37' Morgan  42' Bitton  90+2'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 13,055 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

13 August 2019 2nd Leg	Celtic	3–4 (4–5 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Glasgow
21:45 EEST (UTC+03)	Abd Elhamed  41' Forrest  51' Édouard  61' Christie  76'	Report	Deac  27' Rondón  40' Deac  62' Omrani  74' (pen.), 80' Arlauskis  87' Țucudean  90+7'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 50,964 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Play-off Round

CFR Cluj advanced to the play-off round. The draw for the play-off round took place on 5 August. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Czech champions Slavia Prague.

20 August 2019 1st Leg	CFR Cluj	0–1	Slavia Prague	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Djoković  31' Bordeianu  45' Burcă  70' Omrani 79'	Report	Masopust  28' Coufal  43' Souček  87' Škoda  90+2'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 15,196 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

28 August 2019 2nd Leg	Slavia Prague	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Prague
22:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Masopust  40' Kúdela  47' Bořil  66'	Report	Mureșan  40' Deac  44' Țucudean  80' Djoković  90+5'	Stadium: Sinobo Stadium Attendance: 18,562 Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)

UEFA Europa League

After losing to Slavia Prague in the Champions League play-off round, CFR Cluj progressed to the Europa League group stage. The draw was held on 30 August. CFR Cluj was drawn with Lazio, Celtic and Rennes.

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CEL	CLJ	LAZ	REN
1	Celtic	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–1	3–1
2	CFR Cluj	6	4	0	2	6	4	+2	12			2–0	—	2–1	1–0
3	Lazio	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6			1–2	1–0	—	2–1
4	Rennes	6	1	1	4	5	8	−3	4			1–1	0–1	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2019 1	CFR Cluj	2–1	Lazio	Cluj-Napoca
19:55 EEST (UTC+03)	Deac  41' (pen.) Omrani  75' Arlauskis  85' Cestor  90+2'	Report	Bastos  25' Lucas  40' Cataldi  70' Milinković-Savić  83'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 9,222 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

3 October 2019 2	Celtic	2–0	CFR Cluj	Glasgow
22:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Édouard  20',  88' McGregor  25' Jullien  47' Elyounoussi  59'	Report	Rondón  42' Djoković  51'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 56,172 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

24 October 2019 3	Rennes	0–1	CFR Cluj	Rennes
22:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Mendy  5' Niang  9', 28' Raphinha  23' Camavinga  46' Maouassa  51'	Report	Deac  9' Sušić  17'  82' Arlauskis  90+1'	Stadium: Roazhon Park Attendance: 27,330 Referee: Aleksei Eskov (Russia)

7 November 2019 4	CFR Cluj	1–0	Rennes	Cluj-Napoca
19:55 EET (UTC+02)	Traoré  30' Rondón  87',  90'	Report	Gnagnon  16' Gboho  84' Grenier  90+2' Siebatcheu  90+4'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 11,067 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

28 November 2019 5	Lazio	1–0	CFR Cluj	Rome
22:00 EET (UTC+02)	Correa  24' Adekanye  57'	Report	Djoković  45+3' Traoré  68'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 7,604 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

12 December 2019 6	CFR Cluj	2–0	Celtic	Cluj-Napoca
19:55 EET (UTC+02)	Burcă  49' Camora  68' Djoković  70'	Report	Griffiths  71'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 12,890 Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Round of 32

CFR Cluj advanced to the round of 32. The draw for the round of 32 took place on 16 December. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against the Spanish record-winner of the UEFA Europa League Sevilla.

20 February 2020 1st Leg	CFR Cluj	1–1	Sevilla	Cluj-Napoca
19:55 EET (UTC+02)	Deac  59' (pen.)	Report	Fernando  44' Reguilón  74' En-Nesyri  82'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 14,820 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

27 February 2020 2nd Leg	Sevilla	0–0 (1–1 (a) agg.)	CFR Cluj	Seville
22:00 EET (UTC+02)	Navas  44' Ocampos  88' En-Nesyri  90+2'	Report	Deac  59' Đoković  73' Bordeianu  74'  90+1' Boli  85'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 31,338 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 3 August 2020

No.	Pos	Player	Liga I		Cupa României		Supercupa României		UEFA Champions League		UEFA Europa League		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	Andrei Burcă	19+2	2	1	1	0	0	8	0	8	1	38	4
4	DF	Cristian Manea	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
5	MF	Yacouba Sylla	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	5	0
6	MF	Luís Aurélio	3+7	1	1	0	0	0	4+1	0	1+1	0	18	1
7	MF	Alexandru Păun	13+11	7	0	0	0	0	1+6	0	4+3	0	38	7
8	MF	Damjan Djoković	15+3	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	8	1	35	2
9	FW	Billel Omrani	12+16	6	0	0	1	0	8	6	7+1	1	45	13
10	MF	Ciprian Deac	23+2	14	0	0	1	0	8	1	7+1	3	42	18
11	MF	Michaël Pereira	10+6	2	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	18	2
12	GK	Grzegorz Sandomierski	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	Denis Ciobotariu	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF	Mateo Sušić	15+1	2	1	0	0	0	8	0	3+1	0	29	2
18	MF	Valentin Costache	31+3	4	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	36	4
20	FW	George Țucudean	2+3	1	0	0	0+1	0	1+4	1	0	0	11	2
21	DF	Kévin Boli	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5+1	0	21	2
23	FW	Cătălin Golofca	1+6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0+5	0	13	1
27	MF	Alexandru Chipciu	3+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
28	MF	Ovidiu Hoban	21+6	1	0	0	0	0	1+3	0	0+4	0	35	1
37	MF	Mihai Bordeianu	13+8	2	1	0	1	0	8	0	8	0	39	2
45	DF	Camora	29	2	0	0	1	0	8	0	8	0	46	2
55	DF	Paulo Vinícius	25	5	0	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	34	5
62	MF	Claudiu Petrila	1+13	0	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
74	GK	Ionuț Rus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	GK	Giedrius Arlauskis	28	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	8	0	45	0
89	GK	Otto Hindrich	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
90	FW	Lacina Traoré	6+5	2	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	6+1	0	19	2
91	MF	Răzvan Andronic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	DF	Mike Cestor	10+1	1	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	3+1	0	17	1
94	MF	Cătălin Itu	31+2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	34	4
96	MF	Dodi Joca	4+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
97	MF	Alin Fica	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
99	FW	Mario Rondón	15+9	2	1	0	0	0	6+2	2	1+3	1	37	5
Players who appeared for CFR Cluj that left during the season:
1	GK	Jesús Fernández	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF	Alex Pașcanu	2+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
4	DF	Răzvan Horj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	Cosmin Vâtcă	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
19	MF	Emmanuel Culio	8+1	4	0	0	0+1	0	4	1	4+2	0	20	5
25	DF	Mihai Butean	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
27	MF	Sebastian Mailat	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	3	0
30	DF	Andrei Mureșan	7	0	0+1	0	1	0	1+2	0	0	0	12	0
33	GK	Adrian Rus	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77	DF	Andrei Peteleu	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	17	0
95	DF	Rareș Ispas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Squad statistics

	Liga I	Cupa României	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Home	Away	Total Stats
Games played	36	1	8	8	27	26	53
Games won	22	0	3	4	20	9	29
Games drawn	9	1	2	2	5	9	14
Games lost	5	0	3	2	2	8	10
Goals scored	68	2	11	7	49	39	88
Goals conceded	33	2	10	5	11	29	40
Goal difference	45	0	1	2	38	10	48
Clean sheets	22	0	1	4	17	10	27
Goal by Substitute	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total shots	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shots on target	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Corners	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Players used	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Offsides	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fouls suffered	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Fouls committed	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Yellow cards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red cards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Winning rate	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Last updated: 3 August 2020
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

As of 3 August 2020

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	MF	Ciprian Deac	14	0	1	3	18
2	FW	Billel Omrani	6	0	6	1	13
3	MF	Alexandru Păun	7	0	0	0	7
4	MF	Emmanuel Culio	4	0	1	0	5
5	FW	Mario Rondón	2	0	2	1	5
6	DF	Paulo Vinícius	5	0	0	0	5
7	FW	Valentin Costache	4	0	0	0	4
8	DF	Andrei Burcă	2	1	0	1	4
9	MF	Cătălin Itu	4	0	0	0	4
10	FW	George Țucudean	1	0	1	0	2
11	FW	Lacina Traoré	2	0	0	0	2
12	MF	Mihai Bordeianu	2	0	0	0	2
13	MF	Michaël Pereira	2	0	0	0	2
14	DF	Camora	2	0	0	0	2
15	MF	Damjan Djoković	1	0	0	1	2
16	DF	Mateo Sušić	2	0	0	0	2
17	DF	Kévin Boli	2	0	0	0	2
18	DF	Mike Cestor	1	0	0	0	1
19	MF	Luís Aurélio	1	0	0	0	1
20	MF	Ovidiu Hoban	1	0	0	0	1
21	FW	Cătălin Golofca	0	1	0	0	1
–	–	Own goal	3	0	0	0	3

Goal minutes

	1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT	Extra time	Forfeit
Goals	16	14	11	11	15	21	0	0
Percentage	18.18%	15.91%	12.5%	12.5%	17.05%	23.86%	%	%

Last updated: 3 August 2020
Source: Soccerway

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Omrani	Astana	3–1 (H)	17 July 2019	Champions League

Clean sheets

As of 3 August 2020

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total	Games played
1	Giedrius Arlauskis	19	0	1	4	24	45
2	Cosmin Vâtcă	1	0	0	0	1	4
3	Jesús Fernández	0	0	0	0	0	3
4	Grzegorz Sandomierski	1	0	0	0	1	1
5	Otto Hindrich	1	0	0	0	1	1
6	Adrian Rus	0	0	0	0	0	(1)
Total		22	0	1	4	27	54

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Supercupa României			UEFA Champions League			UEFA Europa League			Total			Notes
2	DF		Pașcanu	1															1
3	DF		Burcă	3			1						2						6
5	MF		Sylla	2															2
6	MF		Aurélio	2									1						3
7	MF		Păun	4															4
8	MF		Djoković	3			1			1			3			3			11
9	FW		Omrani	3						1									4
10	MF		Deac	3									3			1			7
11	MF		Pereira	4															4
12	GK		Vâtcă			1															1
16	DF		Sušić	1			1						1			1	1		4	1
18	MF		Costache	5															5
19	MF		Culio	2															2
20	FW		Țucudean										1						1
21	DF		Boli			1										1			1		1
25	DF		Butean	1															1
27	MF		Chipciu	2															2
27	MF		Mailat	1	1		1												2	1
28	MF		Hoban	3	1														3	1
30	DF		Mureșan										1						1
37	MF		Bordeianu	8			1	1					2			1	1		12	2
45	DF		Camora	1	1					1			1			1			4	1
55	DF		Vinícius	2															2
62	MF		Petrila	2															2
77	DF		Peteleu	3															3
87	GK		Arlauskis	3									1			2			6
90	FW		Traoré	1												2			3
92	DF		Cestor	4												1			5
94	MF		Itu	2															2
99	FW		Rondón	3									1			1		1	5		1

Last updated: 3 August 2020
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Attendances

As of 8 March 2020

	Matches	Attendances	Average	High	Low
Liga I	14	46,630	3,330	9,800	1,500
UEFA Champions League	4	47,493	11,873	15,196	8,092
UEFA Europa League	4	47,999	12,000	14,820	9,222
Total	22	151,922	6,905	15,196	1,500

See also

• 2019–20 Cupa României
• 2019–20 Liga I

References

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2. "Liga I 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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