2024–25 CFR Cluj season

CFR Cluj
2024–25 season
Manager	Dan Petrescu
Stadium	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Liga I	6th
Cupa României	Pre-season
UEFA Conference League	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Daniel Bîrligea (2); All: ; Daniel Bîrligea (4)
Highest home attendance	7,756 vs Dinamo București
	← 2023–24

The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of CFR Cluj, and the club's 21st consecutive season in Liga I. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României and the UEFA Conference League.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Anton Krešić	HNK Rijeka	€400,000	1 July 2024
MF	Mohammed Kamara	Hapoel Haifa	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
MF	Andrei Artean	Apollon Limassol	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Kalifa Kujabi	Frosinone	Free	1 July 2024
DF	Simão Rocha	Paços de Ferreira	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Adrian Păun	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Free	1 July 2024
DF	Armend Thaqi	FC Ballkani	Free	1 July 2024
MF	Béni Nkololo	Al-Orobah	Free	4 July 2024	^[2]
FW	Virgiliu Postolachi	Grenoble Foot 38	€200,000	25 July 2024	^[3]
FW	Louis Munteanu	Fiorentina	€2,500,000	31 July 2024	^[4]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Cătălin Căbuz	FC Hermannstadt	€50,000	1 July 2024
MF	Filippo Falco		Contract termination	1 July 2024	^[5]
DF	Cristian Manea	Rapid București	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[6]
MF	Omar El Kaddouri		End of contract	1 July 2024	^[7]
MF	Durel Avounou	Çorum FK	Contract termination	29 July 2024	^[8]

Friendlies

Pre-season

26 June 2024 Friendly	Śląsk Wrocław	1–0	CFR Cluj	Ottensheim, Austria
17:00	Jezierski 18'

29 June 2024 Friendly	CFR Cluj	1–0	Slovan Bratislava	Windischgarsten, Austria
18:00	Păun 88' (pen.)			Stadium: Sportplatz Windischgarsten

2 July 2024 Friendly	LASK	1–1	CFR Cluj	Pasching, Austria
17:00	Safin 84'		Ilie 41' Tachtsidis 69'	Stadium: voestalpine Stadium

9 July 2024 Friendly	CFR Cluj	1–0	Dumbrăvița
18:00 UTC+3	Păun 65'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	14 July 2024		Matchday 1	5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	040.00
Cupa României				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Conference League	25 July 2024		Second qualifying round	4	3	1	0	7	0	+7	075.00
Total				9	5	2	2	17	9	+8	055.56

Last updated: 15 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	Dinamo București	14	5	6	3	23	17	+6	21^[a]	Qualification for play-off round
4	Universitatea Craiova	14	5	6	3	22	14	+8	21^[a]
5	CFR Cluj	13	5	5	3	24	18	+6	20
6	FCSB	13	5	5	3	17	15	+2	20
7	Oțelul Galați	13	4	7	2	11	9	+2	19	Qualification for play-out round

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2024. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
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.^[9]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Dinamo București 3; Universitatea Craiova 0.

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
5	2	1	2	10	9	+1	7	2	0	2	8	7	+1	0	1	0	2	2	0

Last updated: 11 August 2024.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ground	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	W	P
Position	1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.^[10]

14 July 2024 1	CFR Cluj	3–2	Dinamo București	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 UTC+3	Deac 42' (pen.) Bîrligea 52', 58' Kamara 66' Tachtsidis 84', 90+3'		Cîrjan 14' Abdallah 34' Politic 41' Boateng 87'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 7,756 Referee: Rareș Vidican

20 July 2024 2	Rapid București	2–2	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
22:00 UTC+3	Rrahmani 53' (pen.) Ignat 41' Hasani 90+7'		Bîrligea 28' Michael 75'	Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium Referee: István Kovács

28 July 2024 3	CFR Cluj	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3	Kamara 29' 45' Krešić 34' Ajeti 66'		Vlădoiu 47' Koljić 51' Crețu 57' Paradela 72' Mitriță 90+5', 90+6'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

4 August 2024 4	CFR Cluj	2–3	Universitatea Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3	Păun 24' Michael 72'		Masoero 59' Nistor 69' (pen.) Popescu 77'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Radu Petrescu

11 August 2024 5	CFR Cluj	3–0	Unirea Slobozia	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3	Munteanu 38', 63' Păun 52'			Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Andrei Chivulete

TBD 6	Oțelul Galați	v	CFR Cluj	Galați
				Stadium: Oțelul Stadium

Cupa României

UEFA Conference League

Second qualifying round

The draw was held on 19 June 2024.

25 July 2024 First leg	CFR Cluj	0–0	Neman Grodno	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Miloš Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

1 August 2024 Second leg	Neman Grodno	0–5 (0–5 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Győr, Hungary
20:00 UTC+2			Muhar 17' Bîrligea 39', 57' Korenica 59' N'Kololo 90+3'	Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion
Note: Due to a penalty from UEFA resulting from Belarus's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian clubs plays their home matches on neutral grounds until further notice.^[11]

Third qualifying round

8 August 2024 First leg	Maccabi Petah Tikva	0–1	CFR Cluj	Sofia, Bulgaria
21:00 UTC+3			Muhar 8'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 147 Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)

15 August 2024 Second leg	CFR Cluj	1–0 (2–0 agg.)	Maccabi Petah Tikva	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 UTC+3	Krešić 50'			Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 5,490 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

References

^ "CFR Cluj și-a adus atacant! Anunțul venit din Gruia". www.digisport.ro.
^ "OFICIAL | CFR Cluj a transferat o extremă dreapta din Arabia Sudită". iamsport.ro.
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^ "S-a făcut! CFR Cluj l-a prezentat într-un mod inedit pe Louis Munteanu". Sport.ro.
^ "CFR 1907 | MULȚUMIM, FILIPPO FALCO!". cfr1907.ro.
^ "CFR 1907 | MULȚUMIM PENTRU TOT, CRISTI MANEA!". cfr1907.ro.
^ "CFR 1907 | MULȚUMIM, OMAR EL KADDOURI!". cfr1907.ro.
^ "Jucător plecat de la CFR Cluj, a doua zi după 0-2 cu Craiova: „Încetarea amiabilă a contractului"". GSP.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ Preotu, Andrei (1 July 2024). "Programul complet al sezonului 2024 - 2025 din Superliga României, prezentat de LPF!".
^ "The official website for European football". UEFA.com.

[table_hth_DIN0.83651320535527-9] Head-to-head points: Dinamo București 3; Universitatea Craiova 0.

[1] "CFR Cluj și-a adus atacant! Anunțul venit din Gruia". www.digisport.ro.

[2] "OFICIAL | CFR Cluj a transferat o extremă dreapta din Arabia Sudită". iamsport.ro.

[3] "Un alt fost utist la CFR Cluj: Virgiliu Postolachi îl costă 200 de mii de euro pe Neluțu Varga!". 25 July 2024.

[4] "S-a făcut! CFR Cluj l-a prezentat într-un mod inedit pe Louis Munteanu". Sport.ro.

[5] "CFR 1907 | MULȚUMIM, FILIPPO FALCO!". cfr1907.ro.

[6] "CFR 1907 | MULȚUMIM PENTRU TOT, CRISTI MANEA!". cfr1907.ro.

[7] "CFR 1907 | MULȚUMIM, OMAR EL KADDOURI!". cfr1907.ro.

[8] "Jucător plecat de la CFR Cluj, a doua zi după 0-2 cu Craiova: „Încetarea amiabilă a contractului"". GSP.

[sw-10] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[11] Preotu, Andrei (1 July 2024). "Programul complet al sezonului 2024 - 2025 din Superliga României, prezentat de LPF!".

[12] "The official website for European football". UEFA.com.

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