2004–05 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București
2004–05 season
Owner	George Becali
President	Mihai Stoica
Head coach	Walter Zenga; Dumitru Dumitriu
Stadium	Stadionul Steaua
Divizia A	1st (champions)
Cupa României	First round
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nicolae Dică (11); All: ; Nicolae Dică (13)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was the 57th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's editions of the Cupa României and the UEFA Cup.^[1]

First-team squad[edit]

Squad at end of season^[2]^[3]^[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
12	GK	ROU	Martin Tudor
23	GK	ROU	Florin Dobre
33	GK	BLR	Vasil Khamutowski

2	DF	ROU	Florentin Dumitru
3	DF	ROU	Dorin Goian
4	DF	ROU	Tiberiu Curt
6	DF	ROU	Mirel Rădoi (captain)
15	DF	ROU	Mihai Neșu
17	DF	ROU	Eugen Baciu
18	DF	ROU	Petre Marin
20	DF	ROU	George Ogăraru
24	DF	ROU	Sorin Ghionea

8	MF	ROU	Dorinel Munteanu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	ROU	Gabriel Boștină
14	MF	ROU	Nicolae Dică
16	MF	ROU	Bănel Nicoliță
22	MF	ROU	Sorin Paraschiv
28	MF	ROU	Florin Lovin
29	MF	ROU	Cristian Ciocoiu
—	MF	BIH	Boris Keca

9	FW	ROU	Laurențiu Diniță
19	FW	ROU	Daniel Oprița
21	FW	ROU	Andrei Cristea
—	FW	ROU	Alin Lițu
—	FW	ROU	Valentin Simion

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

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 %
Divizia A	1 August 2004	11 June 2005	Matchday 1	Winners	30	19	6	5	47	18	+29	063.33
Cupa României	13 October 2004		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
UEFA Cup	12 August 2004	20 March 2005	Second qualifying round	Round of 16	12	5	2	5	17	15	+2	041.67
Total					43	24	8	11	64	34	+30	055.81

Source: Competitions

Divizia A[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	30	19	6	5	47	18	+29	63	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo București	30	20	2	8	60	30	+30	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Rapid București	30	16	9	5	51	27	+24	57^[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Național București	30	17	6	7	50	33	+17	57^[a]
5	Farul Constanța	30	15	7	8	42	28	+14	52

Source: LT (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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b RAP 3–0 PRO; PRO 3–3 RAP

Results summary[edit]


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	6	5	47	18	+29	63	13	1	1	31	6	+25	6	5	4	16	12	+4

Source: LT

Results by round[edit]

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	1	7	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

1 August 2004 1	Steaua București	2–0	Gloria Bistrița	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Răchită 38' Neaga 40'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Viorel Anghelinei

8 August 2004 2	Rapid București	2–1	Steaua București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Ilie 17' (pen.), 25' Constantin 44' 46'	Report	Dică 34'	Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

22 August 2004 4	Dinamo București	0–1	Steaua București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	An. Cristea 84'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

29 August 2004 5	Steaua București	5–0	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 13', 18' (pen.), 61' An. Cristea 14' Boștină 72'	Report	Murgan 17'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

12 September 2004 6	Argeș Pitești	2–2	Steaua București	Piteşti
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Năstăsie 13' Bilașco 60'	Report	Oprița 52', 54'	Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

19 September 2004 7	Steaua București	3–1	Farul Constanța	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Lovin 56' An. Cristea 59' Ogăraru 62'	Report	Guriță 90'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

25 September 2004 8	Sportul Studențesc	1–2	Steaua București	Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bălan 42'	Report	Paraschiv 58' Baciu 78'	Stadium: Regie Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

3 October 2004 9	Steaua București	0–1	Politehnica Iași	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Ad. Cristea 65'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Tiberiu Lajos

17 October 2004 10	Steaua București	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Neaga 70'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

24 October 2004 11	CFR Cluj	0–2	Steaua București	Cluj-Napoca
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Goia 41' 58'	Report	Oprița 1' Paraschiv 53' Ogăraru 80'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

31 October 2004 12	Steaua București	5–1	Național București	Bucharest
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Neaga 34' (pen.), 64' Oprița 35' An. Cristea 76', 77'	Report	Coman 17' 32' Caramarin 79'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

7 November 2004 13	FCM Bacău	2–2	Steaua București	Bacău
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Goian 31' Cursaru 84'	Report	Neaga 78' Oprița 90+3'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru

20 November 2004 14	Steaua București	3–2	FC Brașov	Bucharest
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Diniță 22' Dică 73' Boștină 77'	Report	Sărmășan 65' Buga 89'	Stadium: Național Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

28 November 2004 15	Politehnica Timișoara	1–1	Steaua București	Timișoara
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gueye 57'	Report	Boștină 35'	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

4 December 2004 3	Steaua București	3–0	Apulum Alba Iulia	Bucharest
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	An. Cristea 49' Neaga 50' Diniță 89'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru

3 April 2005 18	Apulum Alba Iulia	1–1	Steaua București	Alba Iulia
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Giuchici 7' 88' 90+2'	Report	Boștină 1' (pen.)	Stadium: Cetate Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

6 April 2005 16	Gloria Bistrița	0–2	Steaua București	Bistrița
16:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Boștină 7' Lovin 27' 51' Neșu 45'	Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

10 April 2005 19	Steaua București	1–0	Dinamo București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 10'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

14 April 2005 17	Steaua București	0–0	Rapid București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

17 April 2005 20	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	Steaua București	Craiova
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Dică 35'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

23 April 2005 21	Steaua București	2–0	Argeș Pitești	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 50', 70'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 Referee: Vasile Bratu

27 April 2005 22	Farul Constanța	1–0	Steaua București	Constanța
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cristocea 58' (pen.)	Report	Tudor 58' 65'	Stadium: Gheorghe Hagi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean

30 April 2005 23	Steaua București	1–0	Sportul Studențesc	Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 29'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

4 May 2005 24	Politehnica Iași	0–0	Steaua București	Iași
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

8 May 2005 25	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Steaua București	Galați
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bădescu 28'	Report		Stadium: Dunărea Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

14 May 2005 26	Steaua București	1–0	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rădoi 13' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Robert Dumtriu

18 May 2005 27	Național București	1–0	Steaua București	Bucharest
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rada 50'	Report		Stadium: Cotroceni Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

21 May 2005 28	Steaua București	2–0	FCM Bacău	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nicoliță 17', 36'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Lucian Dan

28 May 2005 29	FC Brașov	0–1	Steaua București	Brașov
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Munteanu 45'	Stadium: Tineretului Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

11 June 2005 30	Steaua București	2–1	Politehnica Timișoara	Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	An. Cristea 35' Dică 49'	Report	Gueye 26'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Cupa României[edit]

Results[edit]

13 October 2004 Round of 32	Universitatea Cluj	1–0	Steaua București	Cluj-Napoca
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Székely 85'	Report		Stadium: Ion Moina Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru

UEFA Cup[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

12 August 2004 First leg	Železnik	2–4	Steaua București	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Drinić 66' Goulart 86'	Report	Oprița 18' Neaga 24', 49' Paraschiv 34'	Stadium: Partizan Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

26 August 2004 Second leg	Steaua București	1–2 (5–4 agg.)	Železnik	Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 79'	Report	Drinić 10' 52' Goulart 73'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

First round[edit]

16 September 2004 First leg	Steaua București	2–1	CSKA Sofia	Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Neaga 10' Dică 79'	Report	Yanev 28'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

30 September 2004 Second leg	CSKA Sofia	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Steaua București	Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sakaliev 45+1' Gargorov 76'	Report	Oprița 14' Paraschiv 34'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Group stage[edit]

Group B standings
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Athletic Bilbao	4	3	0	1	11	4	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Steaua București	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	6
3	Parma	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6
4	Beşiktaş	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
5	Standard Liège	4	1	1	2	4	11	−7	4

Source: RSSSF

Results[edit]

21 October 2004 1	Steaua București	2–0	Standard Liège	Bucharest, Romania
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Dragutinović 68' (o.g.) Neaga 81'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

4 November 2004 2	Parma	1–0	Steaua București	Parma, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Budel 80'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini Attendance: 3,949 Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

25 November 2004 3	Steaua București	2–1	Beşiktaş	Bucharest, Romania
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Neaga 3' Ciocoiu 19' Oprița 77' 78'	Report	Akın 88'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

1 December 2004 4	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Steaua București	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Etxeberria 45'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Knockout stage[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

16 February 2005 First leg	Valencia	2–0	Steaua București	Valencia, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Di Vaio 39' Aimar 55'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

24 February 2005 Second leg	Steaua București	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)	Valencia	Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Cristea 50', 71'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
	Penalties
	Rădoi Munteanu Lovin Boștină Dică		Aimar Mista Rufete Baraja Di Vaio

Round of 16[edit]

16 March 2005 First leg	Steaua București	0–0	Villarreal	Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

20 March 2005 Second leg	Villareal	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Steaua București	Villarreal, Spain
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	José Mari 6' Riquelme 62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Steaua Bucuresti 2004/2005". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "FCSB >> Squad 2004/2005". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Steaua Bucarest 2004/2005". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[table_hth_RAP0.54084410310762-4] RAP 3–0 PRO; PRO 3–3 RAP

[FCSB05-1] "Steaua Bucuresti 2004/2005". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[2] "FCSB >> Squad 2004/2005". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[foot05-3] "Steaua Bucarest 2004/2005". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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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	6	5	47	18	+29	63	13	1	1	31	6	+25	6	5	4	16	12	+4

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	6	5	47	18	+29	63	13	1	1	31	6	+25	6	5	4	16	12	+4

2004–05 FC Steaua București season

First-team squad[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Divizia A[edit]

League table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Matches[edit]

Cupa României[edit]

Results[edit]

UEFA Cup[edit]

Second qualifying round[edit]

First round[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Results[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Round of 32[edit]

Round of 16[edit]

References[edit]

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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	6	5	47	18	+29	63	13	1	1	31	6	+25	6	5	4	16	12	+4