2008–09 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București
2008–09 season
President	Valeriu Argăseală
Manager	Marius Lăcătuș ; Massimo Pedrazzini (caretak.) ; Dorinel Munteanu ; Marius Lăcătuș ; Massimo Pedrazzini (caretak.)
Liga I	6th
Cupa României	Round of 32
Champions League	Group stage, 4th
Top goalscorer	League: Pantelis Kapetanos, Bogdan Stancu (11); All: Pantelis Kapetanos, Bogdan Stancu (11)
Highest home attendance	24,343 vs Galatasaray ; (27 August 2008)
Lowest home attendance	11,218 vs Gloria Buzău ; (25 October 2008)
Average home league attendance	14,895
Home colours	Away colours
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This page covers all relevant details regarding FC Steaua București for all official competitions inside the 2008–09 season. These are Liga I, Cupa României and UEFA Champions League.

Players

Transfers

In

Total spending: €7,15M
Player	From	Fee
János Székely	Oțelul Galați	€1.5M
Bogdan Stancu	Unirea Urziceni	€1M
Claudiu Ionescu	Gloria Buzău	Free
Robert Neagoe	Dacia Mioveni	€0.1M
Ciprian Tătărușanu	Gloria Bistrița	€1.5M
Tiago Gomes	Estrela da Amadora	Loan
Arthuro	Deportivo Alavés	€0.55M
Pantelis Kapetanos	AEK Athens	Free
Juan Toja	Dallas	€0.58M
Abel	Real Murcia	€0.2M
Ricardo Pedriel	Wilstermann	€0.17M
George Ogăraru	Ajax	Loan
Andrei Ionescu	Universitatea Craiova	€0.5M
António Semedo	CFR Cluj	€0.95M
Emil Ninu	Gloria Buzău	Back from loan
Vlad Rusu	Steaua II București	Promoted
Lucian Filip	Steaua II București	Promoted
Dorinel Munteanu	Universitatea Cluj	€0.1M
Valentin Badea	Panserraikos	Back from loan
Alexandru Tudose	Gloria Buzău	Back from loan
Eric Bicfalvi	Gloria Buzău	Back from loan
Alin Lițu	Gloria Buzău	Back from loan
Robert Neagoe	Gloria Bistrița	Back from loan
Cezar Lungu	Steaua II București	Promoted
Mihai Onicaș	Steaua II București	Promoted

Out

Total income: €9M
Player	New team	Fee
Dino Eze	Gloria Buzău	Free
Habib Habibou	Charleroi	End of loan
Andrés Mendoza	Monarcas Morelia	End of contract
Pepe Moreno	Independiente	End of loan
Nicolae Dică	Catania	€2M
André Nunes	Malucelli	Released
Claudiu Ionescu	Gloria Buzău	Free
Mihai Neșu	Utrecht	€1M
Abel	Xerez	Released
Arthuro	Terek Grozny	Released
Dorinel Munteanu	Universitatea Cluj	Released
Valentin Badea	Steaua II București	Second team
Robert Neagoe	Steaua II București	Second team
Adrian Neaga	Neftchi Baku	Released
Mirel Rădoi	Al-Hilal	€6M

Loan out

Player	Team	Until
Emil Ninu	Gloria Buzău	September 2008
Alexandru Tudose	Gloria Buzău	December 2008
Eric Bicfalvi	Gloria Buzău	December 2008
Alin Lițu	Gloria Buzău	December 2008
Valentin Badea	Panserraikos	December 2008
Robert Neagoe	Gloria Bistrița	January 2009
Ciprian Tătărușanu	Gloria Bistrița	May 2009
Emil Ninu	Gloria Bistrița	May 2009
Valentin Simion	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	May 2009
Romeo Surdu	Brașov	May 2009
Cosmin Vâtcă	Gaz Metan Mediaș	May 2009
Ionuț Rada	Otopeni	May 2009
Daniel Bălan	Alki Larnaca	May 2009

Statistics

Player stats

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga I		Cupa României		UEFA Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	COL	Róbinson Zapata	41	-40	33	-26	0	0	8	-14
2	DF	ROU	George Ogăraru	24	0	20	0	0	0	4	0
3	DF	ROU	Dorin Goian	33	2	26	1	0	0	7	1
4	DF	POL	Paweł Golański	20	0	16	0	1	0	3	0
7	MF	ROU	János Székely	20	1	16	1	0	0	4	0
8	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Petre	17	2	11	1	0	0	6	1
9	MF	POR	António Semedo	30	3	24	3	0	0	6	0
10	FW	COL	Dayro Moreno	35	6	27	5	0	0	8	1
11	FW	ROU	Alin Lițu	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ROU	Cornel Cernea	2	-1	2	-1	0	0	0	0
13	DF	NGA	Ifeanyi Emeghara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	COL	Juan Toja	28	2	23	2	0	0	5	0
15	DF	ROU	Alexandru Tudose	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ROU	Bănel Nicoliță	33	5	26	3	0	0	7	2
17	DF	ROU	Eugen Baciu	12	0	10	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF	ROU	Petre Marin	36	0	28	0	0	0	8	0
19	MF	ROU	Andrei Ionescu	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	ROU	Florin Lovin	30	1	23	1	0	0	7	0
21	FW	ROU	Răzvan Ochiroșii	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW	BOL	Ricardo Pedriel	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	ROU	Mihăiță Pleșan	10	0	8	0	1	0	1	0
24	DF	ROU	Sorin Ghionea	36	0	28	0	1	0	7	0
26	MF	ROU	Eric Bicfalvi	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	ROU	Bogdan Stancu	35	11	29	11	1	0	5	0
30	MF	POR	Tiago Gomes	31	0	24	0	1	0	6	0
31	MF	ROU	Mihai Onicaș	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	ROU	Cezar Lungu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	ROU	Lucian Filip	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
35	FW	GRE	Pantelis Kapetanos	27	11	23	11	0	0	4	0
36	FW	ROU	Vlad Rusu	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Players sold or loaned out during the season
5	DF	ROU	Ionuț Rada	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF	ROU	Mirel Rădoi	20	1	13	1	0	0	7	0
9	FW	ROU	Valentin Badea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	BRA	Arthuro	14	2	9	1	0	0	5	1
15	DF	ROU	Mihai Neșu	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
19	MF	ROU	Claudiu Ionescu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ROU	Adrian Neaga	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	ESP	Abel	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ROU	Robert Neagoe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	ROU	Dorinel Munteanu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	GK	ROU	Cosmin Vâtcă	1	-2	0	0	1	-2	0	0
84	FW	ROU	Romeo Surdu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

**Winter-break goals**
Player	Goals
Bogdan Stancu	4
Pantelis Kapetanos	3
Ovidiu Petre	2
Alin Lițu
Dayro Moreno
Arthuro	1
George Ogăraru
Ricardo Pedriel

**Pre-season goals**
Player	Goals
Bogdan Stancu	3
János Székely	1
Florin Lovin
Romeo Surdu
Mihăiță Pleșan
Bănel Nicoliță
Valentin Badea
Mirel Rădoi
Adrian Neaga
Dayro Moreno

Start formations

Qnt	Formation	Match(es)
17	4-4-1-1	1, 3, TQR1, 4, 5, TQR2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 19, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31
10	4-4-2	2, 8, UCL2, CR32, 12, 17, UCL6, 29, 30, 33
8	4-2-3-1	UCL1, 11, UCL3, 15, 16, UCL5, 32, 34
5	4-1-4-1	18, 20, 23, 24, 25
2	4-3-3	13, UCL4
1	4-3-2-1	14

Last updated: 19:31, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
Only competitive matches.

Starting XI

No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Rufay
18	LB	P. Marin
24	CB	Ghionea
3	CB	Goian
2	RB	Ogăraru
14	LW	Toja
10	CM	Dayro Moreno
30	CM	Tiago Gomes
16	RW	Nicoliță
28	FW	Stancu
35	FW	Kapetanos

Rufay

P. Marin

Ghionea

Goian

Ogăraru

Toja

Dayro Moremo

Tiago Gomes

Nicoliță

Stancu

Kapetanos

Source: Squad stats and Start formations.
Only competitive matches.
Using the most used start formation.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Disciplinary record

No.	Player
No.	Player	Liga + Cupa	UCL	Liga + Cupa	UCL	Liga + Cupa	UCL
1	Róbinson Zapata	1
2	George Ogăraru	8
3	Dorin Goian	10	4
4	Paweł Golański	8	1		1
6	Mirel Rădoi	3	2
7	János Székely	2
8	Ovidiu Petre	2	2
9	António Semedo	3	1
10	Dayro Moreno	4	1
11	Alin Lițu	1
11	Arthuro	2	1
14	Juan Toja	3		1
15	Mihai Neșu		1
16	Bănel Nicoliță	4	4
17	Eugen Baciu	2
18	Petre Marin	5	1	1
19	Andrei Ionescu	1
20	Florin Lovin	7	2	1		1
21	Răzvan Ochiroșii	2
23	Mihăiță Pleșan	1
24	Sorin Ghionea	5		1
25	Adrian Neaga	1
28	Bogdan Stancu	3	2
30	Tiago Gomes	4
35	Pantelis Kapetanos	5	1

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Liga I	—	6th	30 July 2008	10 June 2009
Cupa României	Round of 32	Round of 32	14 October 2008
Champions League	Third qualifying round	4th / Group stage	13 August 2008	10 December 2008

Liga I

League table

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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
34	14	14	6	44	27	+17	56	9	7	1	28	12	+16	5	7	5	16	15	+1

Last updated: 19:31, 10 June 2009 (UTC).
Source: Betexplorer

Results by round

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Results

30 July 2008	Vaslui	1 – 0	Steaua București	Municipal, Vaslui
20:30	Ljubinković 25', 26' N'Doye 29' Genchev 36' Temwanjera 40' Luz 42' Marković 78' P. Jovanović 83' 85'	(Report)	49' Tiago Gomes 68' Székely 59' 81' Ghionea	Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

3 August 2008	Steaua București	2 – 1	Brașov	Steaua, București
21:00	Lovin 23' Dayro Moreno 32' Arthuro 89', 89'	(Report)	14' Munteanu 53', 54' Roman 64' Rui Duarte 80' Măldărășanu	Attendance: 18,493^[1] Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

8 August 2008	Politehnica Iași	0 – 2	Steaua București	Emil Alexandrescu, Iași
20:00	Bratu 14' Beršnjak 27' Ilie 65'	(Report)	50' (O.G.) Pečnik 72' Goian 89' Stancu	Attendance: 11,481 Referee: Augustus Constantin

16 August 2008	Steaua București	2 – 0	Argeș Pitești	Steaua, București
20:00	Nicoliță 4', 31' Arthuro 40' (pen.) Golański 68' Stancu 74' Lovin 67' 82'	(Report)	33' Bărbulescu 34' Kamara 51' Cârstoiu	Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

23 August 2008	Gloria Bistrița	2 – 2	Steaua București	Gloria, Bistrița
18:00	Borbely 4' Mărginean 19' Petre 42' Albuț 63' Diogo 70' Hora 73'	(Report)	24' Neaga 43', 90+4' Stancu 78' Toja	Referee: Cristian Balaj

1 September 2008	Steaua București	1 – 0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Steaua, București
20:00	Lovin 45' Baciu 75'	(Report)	23' Iordache 66' Tilincă 79' Vasilache	Attendance: 17,540^[1] Referee: Marius Martiș

13 September 2008	Farul Constanța	1 – 4	Steaua București	Farul, Constanța
21:00	Maxim 9' (pen.) Băcilă 34' Teekloh 51' Rusmir 71' Gosic 90+2'	(Report)	29' Semedo 31' (O.G.) Maxim 79', 90' Kapetanos 90+3' (pen.) Székely	Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

21 September 2008	Steaua București	4 – 0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Steaua, București
20:45	Semedo 6', 65' Ghionea 25' Nicoliță 29' Kapetanos 90+4'	(Report)	82' Sabou	Referee: Robert Dumitru

26 September 2008	CFR Cluj	1 – 1	Steaua București	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca
20:45	Dubarbier 37'	(Report)	6' Dayro Moreno 23' Ogăraru 27' Semedo 72' Arthuro	Attendance: 20,118 Referee: Augustus Constantin

4 October 2008	Steaua București	1 – 1	Otopeni	Steaua, București
20:00	P. Marin 85' Kapetanos 90+3'	(Report)	31' Dumitrescu 38' Nibombé 82' Munteanu 83' Pîrvu 87' Negru 90' Scarlatache	Referee: Marius Avram

17 October 2008	Oțelul Galați	2 – 0	Steaua București	Oțelul, Galați
15:00	Pena 23' Tănasă 67', 82' Kolev 78'	(Report)	90' Semedo	Referee: Cristian Balaj

25 October 2008	Steaua București	1 – 1	Gloria Buzău	Steaua, București
19:00	Nicoliță 50', 90' (pen.) Pleșan 70' Lovin 73'	(Report)	58' Vlaicu 67' Arcaba 72' Moreira 90+3' Vigariu	Attendance: 11,218^[1] Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

1 November 2008	Dinamo București	1 – 1	Steaua București	Dinamo, București
21:00	Izvoranu 33' Ad. Cristea 84'	(Report)	8' Kapetanos 22' Golański 51' Ogăraru 88' Rădoi	Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

9 November 2008	Rapid București	0 – 0	Steaua București	Giulești-Valentin Stănescu, București
21:00	Maftei 33' Boya 74' Perjă 75' João Paulo 82' Răduță 90+3'	(Report)	41' Tiago Gomes 66' Goian	Referee: Alexandru Tudor

15 November 2008	Steaua București	2 – 2	Timișoara	Steaua, București
21:00	Dayro Moreno 69' Rădoi 74', 79' Lovin 76' Ogăraru 82' Székely 90+3'	(Report)	33', 77' Bădoi 53' Goga 58' Bucur 59' Borbély	Referee: Cristian Balaj

21 November 2008	Universitatea Craiova	0 – 0	Steaua București	Ion Oblemenco, Craiova
20:45	Wobay 8' Mitchell 30'	(Report)	30' Goian 37' Ov. Petre 56' Golański 90' P. Marin	Referee: Alexandru Tudor

1 December 2008	Steaua București	1 – 0	Unirea Urziceni	Steaua, București
20:00	Ov. Petre 17' Nicoliță 23' Ghionea 27' Rădoi 39' Stancu 45' Goian 50' P. Marin 79' 80' Kapetanos 90' Zapata 90+5'	(Report)	29' Todoran 45' Mehmedović	Referee: István Kovács

27 February 2009	Steaua București	1 – 1	Vaslui	Steaua, București
20:45	Kapetanos 18' Stancu 28' Toja 56' 85' Ogăraru 88'	(Report)	8' Wesley 43' Pavlović 47' Temwanjera 75' Cânu	Attendance: 17,024^[1] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

8 March 2009	Brașov	1 – 0	Steaua București	Silviu Ploieșteanu, Brașov
15:00	Buga 43' Abrudan 75'	(Report)	18' Nicoliță 23' P. Marin 59' Dayro Moreno 86' Lovin	Referee: Cristian Balaj

14 March 2009	Steaua București	1 – 0	Politehnica Iași	Steaua, București
20:00	Stancu 6', 74' Goian 29' Dayro Moreno 71' Kapetanos 72' Ogăraru 87'	(Report)	34' Cristea 90+2' Straton	Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

20 March 2009	Argeș Pitești	2 – 2	Steaua București	Nicolae Dobrin, Pitești
20:45	Tănase 15' Bălașa 45' Bazzi 88'	(Report)	43' Ov. Petre 59' Lovin 74' (pen.) Ogăraru 86' Tiago Gomes 87' Kapetanos 90+1' Goian	Referee: Ionică Serea

4 April 2009	Steaua București	1 – 0	Gloria Bistrița	Steaua, București
18:00	Golański 29' P. Marin 44' Stancu 78' (pen.) Kapetanos 83'	(Report)	35' Nalați 78' Azevedo 81' Achim 88' Zaharia	Attendance: 15,321 Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

7 April 2009	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2 – 0	Steaua București	Tudor Vladimirescu, Târgu Jiu
21:00	Tremonti 11', 43', 67' Mingote 62' Stângă 73' Hidișan 90+1'	(Report)	10' Kapetanos 36' Baciu 55' Goian 59' Lovin 90' Dayro Moreno	Referee: Ovidiu Hațeganu

10 April 2009	Steaua București	1 – 1	Farul Constanța	Steaua, București
20:45	Stancu 55' Ionescu 80'	(Report)	72' Chico	Referee: Lucian Dan

17 April 2009	Gaz Metan Mediaș	0 – 1	Steaua București	Municipal, Mediaș
16:00	Kubala 55' Buzean 14' 71'	(Report)	7' Golański 29' Kapetanos 72' Ghionea 72' Nicoliță 77' Goian	Referee: Cristian Balaj

22 April 2009	Steaua București	1 – 1	CFR Cluj	Steaua, București
21:00	Ogăraru 38' Lovin 42' Goian 49' Dayro Moreno 54', 65' Ghionea 85' Ochiroșii 90+2'	(Report)	9' Culio 10' Pereira 71' Dani 31' 73' Panin	Attendance: 17,658^[1] Referee: Teodor Crăciunescu

26 April 2009	Otopeni	0 – 1	Steaua București	Astra, Ploiești
20:00	Panait 30' Negru 30' Chiacu 30' Diogo 80'	(Report)	45+1' Ogăraru 90+1' Kapetanos 90+3' Stancu 90+4' Lițu	Referee: Adrian Comănescu

1 May 2009	Steaua București	5 – 0	Oțelul Galați	Steaua, București
20:45	P. Marin 15' Stancu 34' Goian 45+2' (pen.) Toja 55', 58' Dayro Moreno 67' Golański 79' Kapetanos 85'	(Report)	45+1' Giurgiu 79' Iorga 80' Râpă	Referee: Alexandru Tudor

5 May 2009	Gloria Buzău	0 – 1	Steaua București	Municipal, Buzău
21:00	Ademar 44' Sandu 63'	(Report)	15' Lovin 16' Stancu 56' Ochiroșii	Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

8 May 2009	Steaua București	1 – 1	Dinamo București	Steaua, București
21:00	Tiago Gomes 40' Goian 72' Ghionea 78' Moți 82' (O.G.) Golański 89'	(Report)	26' Izvoranu 49' Torje 58' Boștină 73' Niculescu 84' Marius Niculae 88' (O.G.) P. Marin	Attendance: 23,693^[1] Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

15 May 2009	Steaua București	1 – 2	Rapid București	Steaua, București
21:00	Kapetanos 52', 62' Toja 79'	(Report)	47' Dică 47', 69' Spadacio 61' João Paulo 85' Pitbull	Referee: Florian Mayer (Germany)

22 May 2009	Timișoara	1 – 0	Steaua București	Dan Păltinișanu, Timișoara
21:00	Parks 32' Nibombé 65' Artavazd Karamyan 65'	(Report)	29' Golański	Referee: Olivier Thual (France)

29 May 2009	Steaua București	2 – 1	Universitatea Craiova	Steaua, București
21:00	Semedo 11' Toja 18' Ogăraru 52' Stancu 79'	(Report)	21' F. Costea	Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos (Greece)

10 June 2009	Unirea Urziceni	1 – 1	Steaua București	Tineretului, Urziceni
20:00	Rusescu 52'	(Report)	47' Stancu	Referee: Nikolay Petrov (Bulgaria)

Cupa României

Results

14 October 2008 Round of 32	Sportul Studențesc	2 – 0	Steaua București	Urziceni
16:45	Lung 31' Curelea 67' Ghinga 68' Postolache 82' Varga 89'			Stadium: Tineretului Referee: Mugurel Drăgănescu

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Third qualifying round

13 August 2008 First leg	Galatasaray	2 – 2	Steaua București	Istanbul
21:15	Nonda 18', 47' Şaş 42'		4' Dayro Moreno 12', 42' Nicoliță 79' Rădoi 80' Arthuro	Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

27 August 2008 Second leg	Steaua București	1 – 0 (3 – 2 agg.)	Galatasaray	București
20:45	Ov. Petre 22' Nicoliță 40', 58' Neșu 71' Goian 80'		16' Arda 76' Şaş 84' Ümit	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 24,343^[1] Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)

Group stage

Group F standings
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayern	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14
Lyon	6	3	2	1	14	10	+4	11
Fiorentina	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6
Steaua București	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1

Results

17 September 2008 Matchday 1	Steaua București	0 – 1	Bayern	București
21:45	Goian 42' Lovin 69'		15' van Buyten 88' Podolski	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 21,379 Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)

30 September 2008 Matchday 2	Fiorentina	0 – 0	Steaua București	Florence
20:45			28' P. Marin 70' Stancu	Stadium: Artemio Franchi Attendance: 25,383 Referee: Michael Riley (England)

21 October 2008 Matchday 3	Steaua București	3 – 5	Lyon	București
21:45	Arthuro 8' Goian 11' Nicoliță 19' Ov. Petre 45'		23' Keita 28' Toulalan 33', 71' Benzema 69', 90+2' Fred	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 22,239 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

5 November 2008 Matchday 4	Lyon	2 – 0	Steaua București	Lyon
20:45	Cris 30' Juninho 44', 79' Réveillère 89'		30' Kapetanos 34' Stancu 59' Goian	Stadium: Stade de Gerland Attendance: 37,243 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

25 November 2008 Matchday 5	Bayern	3 – 0	Steaua București	Munich
20:45	Klose 57', 71' Toni 61'		15' Ov. Petre 29' Goian 84' Golański	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 64,000 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

10 December 2008 Matchday 6	Steaua București	0 – 1	Fiorentina	București
21:45	Nicoliță 1' Dayro Moreno 20' Semedo 21' Lovin 71' Golański 64' 72' Rădoi 82'		14' Zauri 63', 66' Gilardino	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,862 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Non competitive matches

30 June 2008 Matchday 1	Maribor	0 – 2	Steaua București	Maribor
20:00			32' Stancu 48' Székely	Stadium: Ljudski vrt Referee: Slavko Vincic

2 July 2008 Matchday 2	Austria Kärnten	1 – 3	Steaua București	Feldkirchen in Kärnten
17:30	Nuhiu 79'		3' Lovin 14' Surdu 17' Pleșan	Stadium: Feldkirchen Referee: Slavko Vincic

4 July 2008 Matchday 3	Red Bull Salzburg	3 – 0	Steaua București	Salzburg
19:00	Sekagya 1' Janko 83', 87'			Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Rudolf Gruber

10 July 2008 Matchday 4	Swindon Town	2 – 2	Steaua București	Bischofshofen
18:00	Ghionea 27' (O.G.) Cox 38'		48' Stancu 88' Nicoliță	Stadium: Bischofshofen

13 July 2008 Matchday 5	Viktoria Plzeň	1 – 1	Steaua București	Bischofshofen
18:00	Trapp 31'		38' Badea	Stadium: Bischofshofen

15 July 2008 Matchday 6	Beşiktaş	0 – 1	Steaua București	Bad Reichenhall
18:30			35' (pen.) Rădoi	Stadium: Bad Reichenhall

18 July 2008 Matchday 7	Nuremberg	0 – 0	Steaua București	Schwarzach^{[disambiguation needed]}
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26 July 2008 Matchday 8	Steaua București	3 – 1	Roma	București
20:45	Dayro Moreno 8' Stancu 74' Neaga 80'		90' Vučinić	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

5 December 2008 Matchday 9	Steaua București	1 – 4	România A	București
14:00	Arthuro 29'		48', 51', 75' Bucur 65' Bicfalvi	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Alexandru Tudor

18 January 2009 Matchday 10	Tianjin Teda	1 – 3	Steaua București	Oliva
16:00	Zhang 28'		26', 33' Ov. Petre 76' Dayro Moreno	Stadium: Oliva Nova

20 January 2009 Matchday 11	Zürich	2 – 2	Steaua București	Oliva
16:00	Stahel 14' Djuric 29'		20' Lițu 50' Kapetanos	Stadium: Oliva Nova

22 January 2009 Matchday 12	Alicante	0 – 2	Steaua București	Oliva
16:00			18' Kapetanos 90' Lițu	Stadium: Oliva Nova

3 February 2009 Matchday 13	Slovan Bratislava	1 – 1	Steaua București	Kadriye
17:00	Meszároš 87'		29' (pen.) Ogăraru	Stadium: IC Sports Center

6 February 2009 Matchday 14	Hajduk Split	0 – 1	Steaua București	Belek
16:00			81' Pedriel	Stadium: WOW Kremlin Sports Center

8 February 2009 Matchday 15	AaB	1 – 0	Steaua București	Belek
17:00	Curth 23'			Stadium: Arcadia Sports Center

12 February 2009 Matchday 16	Moscow	1 – 2	Steaua București	Belek
17:00	Baciu 90' (O.G.)		60' Dayro Moreno 84' Stancu	Stadium: Arcadia Sports Center

14 February 2009 Matchday 17	Rudar Pljevlja	1 – 1	Steaua București	Antalya
12:00	Bojović 64'		69' Stancu	Stadium: Gloria Sports Center

20 February 2009 Matchday 18	Steaua București	3 – 2	Steaua II București	București
12:00	Kapetanos 20' Stancu 25', 45'		41' Mustață 56' Rusu	Stadium: Steaua București complex

Staff

Management

Manager: Marius Lăcătuș (resigned), Massimo Pedrazzini (caretaker), Dorinel Munteanu (sacked), Marius Lăcătuș (resigned), Massimo Pedrazzini (caretaker)
Assistant Managers: Mihai Teja, Ioan Naghi, Massimo Pedrazzini
Goalkeeping Coach: Andrei Speriatu
Fitness Coach: Yuksel Yesilova (resigned)
Medic: Radu Paligora
Masseur: Cătălin Fandel

Administration

President: Valeriu Argăseală
Vicepresident: Iulian Ghiorghișor
Executive Director: Ovidiu Costeșin
Marketing Director: Florin Cioran
Press Officer: Cătălin Făiniși

Board Room

Owner: George Becali
Vice-Chairman: Teia Sponte
Board Room Members: Lucian Becali, Vasile Geambazi
Censor: Victor Manole, Mariana Istudor
Supplementary Censors: Virgil Laurențiu Găman, Maria Apostoiu
Stock Holders: Vasile Geambazi (37%), Constantin Geambazi (30%), Cătălin Ciubotă (26%), Tomaida Bădescu (4%), Marius Ianuli (3%)

Youth Centre Staff

General Manager: Leonard Strizu
Coordinator: Gigel Gheorghe
Physiotherapist: George Mărculescu
Fitness Coach: Ciprian Prună

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Media de spectatori in sezonul 2008-2009" (in Romanian). Steaua. Retrieved 29 May 2009.

[Steaua_București_FC-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Media de spectatori in sezonul 2008-2009" (in Romanian). Steaua. Retrieved 29 May 2009.

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