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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

First-team squad

As of 10 March 2021

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

In

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

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

Out

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

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

Expenditure

Summer: €1,050,000

Winter: €0

Total: €1,050,000

Income

Summer: €1,900,000

Winter: €500,000

Total: €2,400,000

Net Totals

Summer: €850,000

Winter: €500,000

Total: €1,350,000

Preseason and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

CFR Cluj v Gaz Metan Mediaș

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

CFR Cluj v Gaz Metan Mediaș

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

Übersicht

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					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

Main article: 2020–21 Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced in August 2020.

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team	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.

Results summary

Overall								Startseite						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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

Academica Clinceni v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Costache 15' Bordeianu  35' Boli  43' Cestor  51' Petrila 74' Debeljuh  86'	Stadium: Clinceni Attendance: 0 Referee: Cătălin Popa (Pitești)

CFR Cluj v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

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'	Bericht	Fofana  87' Mitrea  90+1'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)

CFR Cluj v Hermannstadt

13 September 2020 (2020-09-13) 3	CFR Cluj	1−0	Hermannstadt	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Vinícius 66'	Bericht	Viera  7' Sîntean  62' Santos  90+3'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

Astra Giurgiu v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Crepulja 45' (o.g.) Debeljuh  60', 61' Vojtuš  83'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

CFR Cluj v Chindia Târgoviște

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'	Bericht	Florea  71' Yaméogo  77' Dumitrașcu  85' Neguț  87'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Florin Marcu (Oradea)

Viitorul Constanța v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Rondón  21' Omrani  22' Deac 54' (pen.),  66' Cestor  63' Camora  89' Păun  90+1'	Stadium: Viitorul Attendance: 0 Referee: Marcel Bârsan (Bucharest)

CFR Cluj v Botoșani

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'	Bericht	Fili 26' Moescu  52'  82' Roman  57'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

Voluntari v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Cestor  32' Itu 72' Aurélio  77'	Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Lucian Ruşandu (Sfântu Gheorghe)

CFR Cluj v Gaz Metan Mediaș

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'	Bericht	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)

Argeș Pitești v CFR Cluj

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 10	Argeș Pitești	0−2	CFR Cluj	Piteşti
18:00 EET (UTC+02)	Leca  52'	Bericht	Rondón 14', 23'	Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Attendance: 0 Referee: Horia Mladinovici (Bucharest)

CFR Cluj v UTA Arad

22 November 2020 (2020-11-22) 11	CFR Cluj	0−1	UTA Arad	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Žunić  90+4'	Bericht	Buhăcianu  50' Hora 75' Roșu  86' Tescan  90+5' Melinte  90+5'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Iulian Călin (Ștefănești)

Politehnica Iași v CFR Cluj

6 December 2020 (2020-12-06) 12	Politehnica Iași	0−2	CFR Cluj	Iași
20:45 EET (UTC+02)	De Iriondo  55' Zajmović  61'	Bericht	Deac 14', 78' (pen.) Soares  54' Chipciu  65' Sušić  73' Debeljuh  79'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Marcel Bârsan (Bucharest)

CFR Cluj v FCSB

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'	Bericht	Crețu  34' Miron  34' Moruţan  90+2'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Dinamo București v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Debeljuh 14' Soares  25' Păun 44' (pen.) Pereira  76' Itu  82'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 0 Referee: Marius Avram (Bucharest)

CFR Cluj v Universitatea Craiova

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'	Bericht	Mamut  77' Ofosu  81'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

CFR Cluj v Academica Clinceni

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'	Bericht	Tănase  4' Dimitriu  11' Cebotaru  45' Chandarov 84'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest)

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Pereira  16' Đoković  24' Debeljuh 72'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

Hermannstadt v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Debeljuh  15', 51' Chipciu 37' Burcă  78' Rondón 81'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 0 Referee: Iulian Călin (Ștefănești)

CFR Cluj v Astra Giurgiu

28 January 2021 (2021-01-28) 19	CFR Cluj	1−1	Astra Giurgiu	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Deac 80'	Bericht	Wüthrich  19' Budescu 21' Sousa  45+3' V. Gheorghe  65' Popa  90+2'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)

Chindia Târgoviște v CFR Cluj

1 February 2021 (2021-02-01) 20	Chindia Târgoviște	0−1	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
20:00 EET (UTC+02)	Neguț  38' Popa  58'	Bericht	Păun 52' (pen.) Camora  90+1'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

CFR Cluj v Viitorul Constanța

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'	Bericht	Dobrosavlevici 52' Benzar  56' Gaztañaga  74' Artean  90+4'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Botoșani v CFR Cluj

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

CFR Cluj v Voluntari

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'	Bericht	Ivanov  52' Satli  69' Rîmniceanu  87' Betancor  89'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Marian Barbu (Făgăraș)

Gaz Metan Mediaș v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Omrani 75',  90+3' Itu  90'	Stadium: Gaz Metan Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

CFR Cluj v Argeș Pitești

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'	Bericht	Meza  25'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

UTA Arad v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Rondón  66' Vinícius 68' Camora  90+1'	Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Attendance: 0 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galați)

CFR Cluj v Politehnica Iași

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'	Bericht	Frăsinescu  54' Platini  86'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Horia Mladinovici (Bucharest)

FCSB v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Arlauskis  41' Chipciu  70' Bordeianu  73' Sigurjónsson  82'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

CFR Cluj v Dinamo București

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'	Bericht	Anton  9'  31' Bejan  16'  37' Răuță  45' Moldoveanu  81' Sorescu  90+3'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Marcel Bârsan (Bucharest)

Universitatea Craiova v CFR Cluj

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'	Bericht	Bordeianu  11' Sigurjónsson  40'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

Championship round

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CFR Cluj (C)	10	7	1	2	15	5	+10	54	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	FCSB	10	3	3	4	13	14	−1	45	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3	Universitatea Craiova	10	3	3	4	9	11	−2	41
4	Sepsi (O)	10	5	2	3	11	8	+3	40	Qualification to European competition play-offs
5	Academica Clinceni	10	3	2	5	10	15	−5	33
6	Botoșani	10	3	1	6	13	18	−5	31

Source: [1], 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.)
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results summary

Overall								Startseite						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	7	1	2	15	5	+10	22	3	0	2	8	3	+5	4	1	0	7	2	+5

Last updated: 25 May 2021.
Source: Liga I

Position by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2021. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

CFR Cluj v Academica Clinceni

18 April 2021 (2021-04-18) 1	CFR Cluj	3−0	Academica Clinceni	Cluj-Napoca
18:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Rondón  23' Chipciu  41' Deac  44', 56' Păun 53' Debeljuh 89'	Bericht	Longher  3' Tănase  53' Dumitriu  86'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe v CFR Cluj

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 2	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	0−1	CFR Cluj	Sfântu Gheorghe
21:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Păun  43' Ştefănescu  53' Mitrea  90'	Bericht	Ben Youssef  24' Deac 45' (pen.) Hoban  54' Chipciu  73' Sigurjónsson  89'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

CFR Cluj v Universitatea Craiova

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 3	CFR Cluj	1−2	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Soares  4' Sigurjónsson 53'	Bericht	Ivan 27' Cicâldău  76' Constantin  82' Tudorie 88',  89'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad)

CFR Cluj v Botoșani

28 April 2021 (2021-04-28) 4	CFR Cluj	2−0	Botoșani	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Sigurjónsson 25', 28' Camora  56' Păun  89' Latovlevici  89' Omrani  90'	Bericht	Tîrcoveanu  17' Papa  23' Braun  38' Al-Mawas  90'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Horia Mladinovici (Bucharest)

FCSB v CFR Cluj

3 May 2021 (2021-05-03) 5	FCSB	1−1	CFR Cluj	Giurgiu
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Florin Tănase 19' (pen.),  31' Simion  22' Ov. Popescu  85'	Bericht	Burcă  17', 90+3' Ben Youssef  56' Bordeianu  81' Deac  85'	Stadium: Marin Anastasovici Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)

Academica Clinceni v CFR Cluj

6 May 2021 (2021-05-06) 6	Academica Clinceni	0−1	CFR Cluj	Clinceni
17:00 EEST (UTC+03)		Bericht	Itu 6' Bordeianu  36' Camora  71' Hoban  88' Sigurjónsson  90'	Stadium: Clinceni Attendance: 0 Referee: Marian Barbu (Făgăraș)

CFR Cluj v Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe

10 May 2021 (2021-05-10) 7	CFR Cluj	0−1	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Burcă  90'	Bericht	Šafranko 41' Aganović  63' Niczuly  90+2'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest)

Universitatea Craiova v CFR Cluj

15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) 8	Universitatea Craiova	1−3	CFR Cluj	Craiova
21:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Baiaram 11'	Bericht	Păun 4', 74' Vinícius  35' Deac  36', 68' Costache  59'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Carei)

Botoșani v CFR Cluj

18 May 2021 (2021-05-18) 9	Botoșani	0−1	CFR Cluj	Botoșani
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)		Bericht	Burcă 53' Camora  79'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 0 Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Craiova)

CFR Cluj v FCSB

25 May 2021 (2021-05-25) 10	CFR Cluj	2−0	FCSB	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Gîdea 14',  34' Rondón 66' Deac 76' Pereira  90'	Bericht	Niţă  4' Pantea  36' Vînă  74'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Florin Marcu (Oradea)

Cupa României

Main article: 2020–21 Cupa României

CFR Cluj entered the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

Politehnica Iași v CFR Cluj

29 November 2020 (2020-11-29) Round of 32	Politehnica Iași	1−0	CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Angiulli  59' Calcan 63' Onea  67' Bősz  90+2'	Bericht	Chipciu  4' Soares  42' Sušić  82'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Iulian Dima (Bucharest)

Supercupa României

Main article: 2020 Supercupa României

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

CFR Cluj v FCSB

15 April 2021 (2021-04-15) Final	CFR Cluj	0−0 (a.e.t.) (4−1 p)	FCSB	Ploiești
19:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Debeljuh  30' Deac  50'	Bericht	Radunović  51' Nedelcu  84'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)
	Penalties
	Rondón Păun Chipciu Camora		Radunović Perianu Şut

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Champions League

As winners of the 2019-20 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 9 August. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Maltese champions Floriana.

Floriana v CFR Cluj

19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) QR1	Floriana	0–2	CFR Cluj	Ta' Qali
22:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Flávio Carioca  28' Leone  49' Keqi  52' Camenzuli  87'	Bericht	Itu  45+2' Cestor 53',  73' Chipciu  87' Bălgrădean  90+3' Golofca 90+7'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Laurent Kopriwa (Luxembourg)

Second qualifying round

CFR Cluj advanced to the second qualifying round. The draw for the second round took place on 10 August. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.

CFR Cluj v Dinamo Zagreb

26 August 2020 (2020-08-26) QR2	CFR Cluj	2−2 (a.e.t.) (5−6 p)	Dinamo Zagreb	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Deac 52' Pereira 64' Bălgrădean  79' Đoković  86' Debeljuh  89', 90+3' Burcă  90+3' Bordeianu  92' Rondón  115'	Bericht	Gojak 14' Ademi  44' Théophile-Catherine  51' Mamić  66' Kastrati 78',  119' Leovac  82' Livaković  90+2' Petković  101'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)
	Penalties
	Vinícius Đoković Rondón Sušić Golofca Deac Boli		Petković Leovac Ademi Stojanović Gojak Dilaver Gvardiol

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

After losing to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League second qualifying round, CFR Cluj progressed to the Europa League third qualifying round.

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third round took place on 1 September. CFR Cluj were drawn to face either the Swedish champions Djurgårdens IF or the champions of Gibraltar Europa. On 17 September Djurgårdens IF won against Europa 2−1.

Djurgårdens IF v CFR Cluj

24 September 2020 (2020-09-24) QR3	Djurgårdens IF	0−1	CFR Cluj	Stockholm
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Eriksson  12' Chilufya  44' Ulvestad  90+5'	Bericht	Vinícius 55' Bordeianu  80' Rondón  90+3'	Stadium: Tele2 Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Play-off Round

CFR Cluj advanced to the play-off round. The draw for the play-off round took place on 18 September. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Finnish champions KuPS.

CFR Cluj v KuPS

1 October 2020 (2020-10-01) PO	CFR Cluj	3–1	KuPS	Cluj-Napoca
18:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Rondón 5', 56' Debeljuh 42'	Bericht	Adjei-Boateng  39' Udo 90+1'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Group stage

Main article: 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage

CFR Cluj progressed to the Europa League group stage. The draw was held on 2 October. CFR Cluj was drawn with Roma, Young Boys and CSKA Sofia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROM	YB	CLJ	CSS
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	5–0	0–0
2	Young Boys	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10			1–2	—	2–1	3–0
3	CFR Cluj	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5			0–2	1–1	—	0–0
4	CSKA Sofia	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5			3–1	0–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

CSKA Sofia v CFR Cluj

22 October 2020 (2020-10-22) 1	CSKA Sofia	0–2	CFR Cluj	Sofia
19:55 EEST (UTC+03)	Yomov  61' Vion  83' Mattheij  90+3'	Bericht	Rondón 53' Deac 74' (pen.) Chipciu  83'	Stadium: Vasil Levski Attendance: 11,958 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

CFR Cluj v Young Boys

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) 2	CFR Cluj	1−1	Young Boys	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 EET (UTC+02)	Debeljuh  22' Rondón 62' Đoković  82'	Bericht	Fassnacht 69' Aebischer  74'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Roma v CFR Cluj

5 November 2020 (2020-11-05) 3	Roma	5–0	CFR Cluj	Rome
19:55 EET (UTC+02)	Mkhitaryan 2' Ibañez 24' Mayoral 34', 84' Pedro 89'	Bericht	Hoban  61' Carnat  81'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 0 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

CFR Cluj v Roma

26 November 2020 (2020-11-26) 4	CFR Cluj	0–2	Roma	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 EET (UTC+02)	Itu  35' Păun  37' Đoković  43' Burcă  66' Camora  71'	Bericht	Debeljuh 49' (o.g.) Diawara  53' Veretout 67' (pen.) Džeko  90+3'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

CFR Cluj v CSKA Sofia

3 December 2020 (2020-12-03) 5	CFR Cluj	0−0	CSKA Sofia	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 EET (UTC+02)	Sušić  33' Chipciu  54'  85'	Bericht	Vion  1' Geferson  54'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)

Young Boys v CFR Cluj

10 December 2020 (2020-12-10) 6	Young Boys	2−1	CFR Cluj	Bern
19:55 EET (UTC+02)	Von Ballmoos  84' Nsame 90+3' (pen.),  90+5' Sulejmani  90+4' Gaudino 90+6'	Bericht	Păun  71' Debeljuh 84' Carnat  85' Burcă  89' Bălgrădean  90' Deac  90' Đoković  90+8' Camora  90+9'	Stadium: Wankdorf Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 18 May 2021

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
1	GK	Rareș Murariu	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	Andrei Burcă	33+2	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	45	2
4	DF	Cristian Manea	21+5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4+1	0	33	0
5	MF	Soares	10+6	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
6	MF	Luís Aurélio	4+7	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	13	0
7	MF	Alexandru Păun	16+23	5	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	7+1	0	48	5
8	MF	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	7+5	3	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	13	3
9	FW	Billel Omrani	4+12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	0	19	3
10	MF	Ciprian Deac	33+1	13	0	0	1	0	2	0	6+1	1	44	14
11	MF	Michaël Pereira	10+11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3+5	0	31	1
12	GK	Grzegorz Sandomierski	9+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	13	0
13	DF	Denis Ciobotariu	10+1	1	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0	14	1
14	DF	Iasmin Latovlevici	2+5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	9	0
15	DF	Syam Ben Youssef	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
16	DF	Mateo Sušić	20+6	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	7+1	0	37	0
18	MF	Valentin Costache	26+9	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	4
20	FW	Gheorghe Gondiu	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	FW	Gabriel Debeljuh	22+10	9	0+1	0	1	0	1	1	6+2	2	43	12
23	FW	Raul Haiduc	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	Alexandru Chipciu	11+19	2	1	0	0+1	0	2	0	1+3	0	38	2
28	MF	Ovidiu Hoban	12+16	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4+2	0	36	1
34	GK	Cristian Bălgrădean	25+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	36	0
37	MF	Mihai Bordeianu	15+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	19	0
45	DF	Camora	34	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	0	45	0
55	DF	Paulo Vinícius	24+1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	32	4
75	FW	Adrian Gîdea	19+2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	1
87	GK	Giedrius Arlauskis	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
92	DF	Mike Cestor	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	1
94	MF	Cătălin Itu	18+6	3	0	0	0	0	1+1	0	2+1	0	29	3
96	DF	Dodi Joca	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	6	0
98	MF	Nicolae Carnat	3+7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+4	0	15	0
99	FW	Mario Rondón	14+15	5	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	8	4	41	9
Players who appeared for CFR Cluj that left during the season:
8	MF	Damjan Đoković	9+7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	25	0
21	DF	Kévin Boli	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
21	DF	Ivica Žunić	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	FW	Cătălin Golofca	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	1	0	0	3	1
33	DF	Mihai Butean	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
62	MF	Claudiu Petrila	0+6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
77	FW	Jakub Vojtuš	2+5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	11	0

Squad statistics

	Liga I	Cupa României	Supercupa României	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Startseite	Away	Neutral	Total Stats
Games played	40	1	1	2	8	25	26	1	52
Games won	26	0	0	1	3	12	18	0	30
Games drawn	6	0	1	1	2	8	3	1	12
Games lost	6	1	0	0	3	5	5	0	10
Goals scored	57	0	0	4	8	36	33	0	69
Goals conceded	20	1	0	2	11	16	18	0	34
Goal difference	37	−1	0	2	−3	20	15	0	35
Clean sheets	25	0	1	1	3	13	16	1	30
Goal by Substitute	0	0	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	0	0
Red cards	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Winning rate	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%

Last updated: 25 May 2021
Source: Competitive matches

Goalscorers

As of 25 May 2021

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Supercupa României	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	MF	Ciprian Deac	13	0	0	0	1	14
2	FW	Gabriel Debeljuh	9	0	0	1	2	12
3	FW	Mario Rondón	5	0	0	0	4	9
4	MF	Alexandru Păun	5	0	0	0	0	5
5	FW	Valentin Costache	4	0	0	0	0	4
6	DF	Paulo Vinícius	3	0	0	0	1	4
7	FW	Billel Omrani	3	0	0	0	0	3
8	MF	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	3	0	0	0	0	3
9	MF	Cătălin Itu	3	0	0	0	0	3
10	MF	Alexandru Chipciu	2	0	0	0	0	2
11	DF	Andrei Burcă	2	0	0	0	0	2
12	DF	Mike Cestor	0	0	0	1	0	1
13	FW	Cătălin Golofca	0	0	0	1	0	1
14	MF	Claudiu Petrila	1	0	0	0	0	1
15	MF	Michaël Pereira	0	0	0	1	0	1
16	DF	Denis Ciobotariu	1	0	0	0	0	1
17	MF	Ovidiu Hoban	1	0	0	0	0	1
18	FW	Adrian Gîdea	1	0	0	0	0	1
-	-	Own goal	1	0	0	0	0	1

Goal minutes

	1'–15'	16'–30'	31'–HT	46'–60'	61'–75'	76'–FT	Extra time	Forfeit
Goals	11	3	11	13	16	15	0	0
Prozentualer Anteil	15.94%	4.35%	15.94%	18.84%	23.19%	21.74%	0%	0%

Last updated: 25 May 2021
Source: Soccerway

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition

Clean sheets

As of 25 May 2021

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Supercupa României	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total	Games played
1	Cristian Bălgrădean	17 (1)	0	0	1	3	21 (1)	35 (1)
2	Grzegorz Sandomierski	4 (1)	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	10 (2)
3	Giedrius Arlauskis	4	0	1	0	0	5	7
4	Rareș Murariu	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0 (1)
Total		24	0	1	1	3	30	52

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Supercupa României			UEFA Champions League			UEFA Europa League			Total			Notes
3	DF		Burcă	6									1			2			9
4	DF		Manea	3															3
5	MF		Soares	4			1												5
6	MF		Aurélio	2															2
7	MF		Păun	5												2			7
8	MF		Sigurjónsson	3									1						4
8	MF		Đoković	3									1			2		1	6		1
9	FW		Omrani	6															6
10	MF		Deac	8						1						1			10
11	MF		Pereira	5															5
13	DF		Ciobotariu	1															1
14	DF		Latovlevici	1		1													1		1
15	DF		Syam Ben Youssef	2															2
16	DF		Sušić	4			1									1			6
18	FW		Costache	6															6
21	DF		Žunić	1															1
21	DF		Boli	1															1
22	FW		Debeljuh	5						1			1			1			8
27	MF		Chipciu	6			1						1			1	1		9	1
28	MF		Hoban	4												1			5
34	GK		Bălgrădean	2									2					1	4		1
37	MF		Bordeianu	6									1			1			8
45	DF		Camora	7												2			9
55	DF		Vinícius	2															2
75	FW		Adrian Gîdea	1															1
77	FW		Vojtuš	1															1
87	GK		Arlauskis			1															1
92	DF		Cestor	3									1						4
94	MF		Itu	5									1			1			7
98	MF		Carnat													1			1
99	FW		Rondón	4									1			1			6

Last updated: 25 May 2021
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.

See also

• 2020–21 Cupa României
• 2020–21 Liga I