2020–21 CFR Cluj season

CFR Cluj 2020–21 football 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

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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^[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

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'	Report	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

Overview

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

The Liga I fixture list was announced in August 2020.

Regular season

Table

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


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

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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	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)

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

Championship round

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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.)^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

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	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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)		Report	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'	Report	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'	Report	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)		Report	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'	Report	Niţă 4' Pantea 36' Vînă 74'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Florin Marcu (Oradea)

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^[5]
20:30 EET (UTC+02)	Angiulli 59' Calcan 63' Onea 67' Bősz 90+2'	Report	Chipciu 4' Soares 42' Sušić 82'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Iulian Dima (Bucharest)

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'	Report	Radunović 51' Nedelcu 84'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Attendance: 0 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Bucharest)
	Penalties
	Rondón Păun Chipciu Camora		Radunović Perianu Şut

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

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'	Report	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

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'	Report	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

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

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'	Report	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

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'	Report	Adjei-Boateng 39' Udo 90+1'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

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 v t e	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	Advance to knockout phase	1–2	—	2–1	3–0
3	CFR Cluj	6	1	2	3	4	10	−6	5^[a]		0–2	1–1	—	0–0
4	CSKA Sofia	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5^[a]		3–1	0–1	0–2	—

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

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: CFR Cluj 4, CSKA Sofia 1.

CSKA Sofia

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'	Report	Rondón 53' Deac 74' (pen.) Chipciu 83'	Stadium: Vasil Levski^[6] Attendance: 11,958 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

CFR Cluj

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'	Report	Fassnacht 69' Aebischer 74'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Roma

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'	Report	Hoban 61' Carnat 81'	Stadium: Olimpico Attendance: 0 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

CFR Cluj

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'	Report	Debeljuh 49' (o.g.) Diawara 53' Veretout 67' (pen.) Džeko 90+3'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)

CFR Cluj

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'	Report	Vion 1' Geferson 54'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 0 Referee: Amaury Delerue (France)

Young Boys

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'	Report	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
No.	Pos	Player	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	Home	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	Champions League	Europa League	Total
1	MF	Ciprian Deac	13	0	1	14
2	FW	Gabriel Debeljuh	9	1	2	12
3	FW	Mario Rondón	5	0	4	9
4	MF	Alexandru Păun	5	0	0	5
5	FW	Valentin Costache	4	0	0	4
6	DF	Paulo Vinícius	3	0	1	4
7	FW	Billel Omrani	3	0	0	3
8	MF	Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson	3	0	0	3
9	MF	Cătălin Itu	3	0	0	3
10	MF	Alexandru Chipciu	2	0	0	2
11	DF	Andrei Burcă	2	0	0	2
12	DF	Mike Cestor	0	1	0	1
13	FW	Cătălin Golofca	0	1	0	1
14	MF	Claudiu Petrila	1	0	0	1
15	MF	Michaël Pereira	0	1	0	1
16	DF	Denis Ciobotariu	1	0	0	1
17	MF	Ovidiu Hoban	1	0	0	1
18	FW	Adrian Gîdea	1	0	0	1
–	–	Own goal	1	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
Percentage	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	Supercupa României	UEFA Champions League	UEFA Europa League	Total	Games played
1	Cristian Bălgrădean	17 (1)	0	1	3	21 (1)	35 (1)
2	Grzegorz Sandomierski	4 (1)	0	0	0	4 (1)	10 (2)
3	Giedrius Arlauskis	4	1	0	0	5	7
4	Rareș Murariu	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0 (1)
Total		24	1	1	3	30	52

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name												Notes
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.

References

^ "Echipa" [Squad] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ "Liga I 2019/2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ "Comunicat de presă". cfr1970.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2 December 2020.
^ Due to the participation of CFR Cluj in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League, the teams exchanged the home rights to the match.^[4]
^ CSKA plays their group stage home matches at Natsionalen stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia, instead of their regular stadium Balgarska Armiya, Sofia, which does not meet UEFA requirements for this stage of the tournament.

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2020–21 in Romanian football

Club football
Domestic leagues	Liga I Liga II Liga III Liga IV
Domestic cups	Cupa României (Final) Supercupa României
European	Champions League (Men Women) Europa League Youth League
Other	Summer Transfers Winter Transfers Foreign Players

Club seasons
Liga I	Academica Clinceni Argeș Pitești Astra Giurgiu Botoșani CFR Cluj Chindia Târgoviște Dinamo FCSB Gaz Metan Mediaș Hermannstadt Politehnica Iași Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Universitatea Craiova UTA Arad Viitorul Voluntari
Liga III	Steaua