2005–06 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București
2005–06 season
Owner	George Becali
President	Mihai Stoica
Head coach	Oleh Protasov; Cosmin Olăroiu
Stadium	Stadionul Steaua; Stadionul Național
Divizia A	1st (champions)
Cupa României	First round
Supercupa României	Runners-up
Champions League	Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nicolae Dică (15); All: ; Nicolae Dică (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 season was the 58th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.^[1]

Players

First-team squad

Carlos

Ogăraru

Goian

Ghionea

P. Marin

Nicoliță

Rădoi (C)

Paraschiv

Boștină

Dică

Iacob

The starting line-up in the 2005–06 season.

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	Cornel Cernea
13	GK	POR	Carlos Fernandes
31	GK	ROU	Marius Toma

3	DF	ROU	Dorin Goian
5	DF	ROU	Daniel Bălan
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
23	DF	ROU	Alexandru Tudose
24	DF	ROU	Sorin Ghionea

8	MF	ROU	Andrei Enescu


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	ROU	Nicolae Dică
11	MF	ROU	Gabriel Boștină
14	MF	ROU	Vasilică Cristocea
16	MF	ROU	Bănel Nicoliță
22	MF	ROU	Sorin Paraschiv
28	MF	ROU	Florin Lovin
30	MF	ROU	Răzvan Ochiroșii

7	FW	ROU	Daniel Oprița
9	FW	ROU	Valentin Simion
19	FW	ROU	Victoraș Iacob
21	FW	ROU	Andrei Cristea
25	FW	ROU	Alin Lițu
27	FW	ROU	Laurențiu Diniță

Transfers

In:

Cornel Cernea - from Oțelul Galați
Daniel Bălan - returned from the loan from FC Vaslui
Andrei Enescu - from Building Vânju Mare
Victoraș Iacob - from Oțelul Galați
Carlos Fernandes - from Boavista F.C.
Vasilică Cristocea - from Farul Constanța

Out:

Competitions

Overall record

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	6 August 2005	7 June 2006	Matchday 1	Winners	30	19	7	4	49	16	+33	063.33
Cupa României	21 September 2005		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Supercupa României	31 July 2005		Final	Runners-up	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
UEFA Champions League	27 July 2005	23 August 2005	Second qualifying round	Third qualifying round	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	025.00
UEFA Cup	15 September 2005	27 April 2006	First round	Semi-finals	14	7	5	2	23	8	+15	050.00
Total					50	27	15	8	81	32	+49	054.00

Source: Competitions

Supercupa României

Results

31 July 2005 Final	Steaua București	2–3	Dinamo București	Bucharest
21:00	Dică 15' Iacob 44'	Report	Bratu 38' Bălţoi 69' Niculescu 84'	Stadium: Cotroceni Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	30	19	7	4	49	16	+33	64	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Rapid București	30	17	8	5	47	23	+24	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Dinamo București	30	17	5	8	56	32	+24	56^[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Sportul Studențesc București (R)	30	17	5	8	54	35	+19	55^[a]	Relegation to Liga II^[b]
5	CFR Cluj	30	14	8	8	36	27	+9	50

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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b DIN 4-5 SPO; SPO 0-2 DIN
^ Sportul Studențesc was denied the right to participate for next season of Liga I because it failed to meet the licensing requirements, therefore Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (15th place) was spared from relegation.

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	49	16	+33	64	10	3	2	27	9	+18	9	4	2	22	7	+15

Source: LT

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

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

Matches

6 August 2005 1	Argeș Pitești	0–1	Steaua București	Pitești
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Negoiță 44'	Report	Dică 35'	Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

14 August 2005 2	Steaua București	4–0	Național București	Bucharest
20:15	Iacob 37' Ogăraru 44' Dică 84' Paraschiv 90'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

20 August 2005 3	Politehnica Timișoara	0–0	Steaua București	Timișoara
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

28 August 2005 4	Steaua București	4–0	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Paraschiv 9' Dică 20' Iacob 57' Oprița 75'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Victor Berbecaru

11 September 2005 5	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	1–2	Steaua București	Târgu Jiu
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ștefan 48'	Report	Nicoliță 10' Boștină 76'	Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean

18 September 2005 6	Steaua București	2–2	Dinamo București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Goian 6' Dică 15'	Report	Zicu 41' Bălțoi 87'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

25 September 2005 7	Politehnica Iași	0–1	Steaua București	Iași
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bordeanu 93'	Report	Boștină 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

2 October 2005 8	Steaua București	1–0	FCM Bacău	Bucharest
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Paraschiv 27'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Marius Martiș

16 October 2005 9	Farul Constanța	1–4	Steaua București	Constanța
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Cristocea 48'	Report	Iacob 16', 70' Dică 36' Boștină 77'	Stadium: Gheorghe Hagi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

23 October 2005 10	Rapid București	0–0	Steaua București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Nicoliță 31'	Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

29 October 2005 11	Steaua București	0–1	Gloria Bistrița	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Mureșan 81'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 Referee: Augustus Constantin

6 November 2005 12	CFR Cluj	1–0	Steaua București	Cluj-Napoca
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Coroian 9'	Report		Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

20 November 2005 13	Steaua București	4–1	Sportul Studențesc	Bucharest
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Rădoi 19' Dică 23' Nicoliță 45' Iacob 57'	Report	Bălan 13' (pen.)	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 Referee: Marian Salomir

26 November 2005 14	Jiul Petroșani	1–2	Steaua București	Petroșani
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	Mihart 25' Gheorghe 58'	Report	Nicoliță 45' Dică 57'	Stadium: Jiul Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

4 December 2005 15	Steaua București	2–2	Vaslui	Bucharest
18:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dică 8' Paraschiv 54' Boștină 75' Goian 88' 90+3'	Report	I. Badea 62' (pen.) V. Badea 67'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lucian Dan

12 March 2006 16	Steaua București	0–0	Argeș Pitești	Bucharest
20:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Național Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

19 March 2006 17	Național București	0–0	Steaua București	Bucharest
20:30 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Cotroceni Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alexandru Deaconu

26 March 2006 18	Steaua București	2–1	Politehnica Timișoara	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 4' Nicoliță 21'	Report	Bălace 40'	Stadium: Național Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

2 April 2006 19	Oțelul Galați	0–3	Steaua București	Galați
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Cristea 35' Rădoi 47' Cristea 90+1'	Stadium: Oțelul Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

9 April 2006 21	Dinamo București	1–1	Steaua București	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Niculescu 38' Mărgăritescu 43' 45'	Report	Ogăraru 37' Cristocea 90+2'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)

12 April 2006 22	Steaua București	1–0	Politehnica Iași	Bucharest
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 64' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Național Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Victor Berbecaru

17 May 2006 23	Bacău	0–2	Steaua București	Bacău
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Cristea 37' Lovin 65'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Vasile Bratu

22 April 2006 24	Steaua București	3–0	Farul Constanța	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nicoliță 48', 78' Dică 58'	Report		Stadium: Național Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru

30 April 2006 25	Steaua București	0–2	Rapid București	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Pancu 21' Moldovan 31'	Stadium: Național Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Damien Ledentu (France)

3 May 2006 20	Steaua București	1–0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Bucharest
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Naicu 79' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Național Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

6 May 2006 26	Gloria Bistrița	1–0	Steaua București	Bistrița
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Matei 12'	Report	Ghionea 16' 94' Iacob 80' 89'	Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

14 May 2006 27	Steaua București	2–0	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Goian 58' Dică 85'	Report		Stadium: Național Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

21 May 2006 28	Sportul Studențesc	1–2	Steaua București	Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bălan 52'	Report	Nicoliță 48' Rădoi 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Regie Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

3 June 2006 29	Steaua București	1–0	Jiul Petroșani	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Cristocea 16'	Report		Stadium: Național Attendance: 0 Referee: Tiberiu Lajos

7 June 2006 30	Vaslui	0–4	Steaua București	Vaslui
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Rădoi 5' (pen.) Dică 10', 43', 56'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Cupa României

Results

21 September 2005 Round of 32	Rapid II București	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Steaua București	Bucharest
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru
	Penalties
	Rusu Pandele Dumitrescu Ene I. Dumitru Oprea G. Pena Negruț		Rădoi Fl. Dumitru Diniță Baciu Oprița P. Marin Goian Neșu

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

27 July 2005 First leg	Shelbourne	0–0	Steaua București	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
19:30 WEST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Tolka Park Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

3 August 2005 Second leg	Steaua București	4–1 (4–1 agg.)	Shelbourne	Bucharest, Romania
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nicoliță 18' Iacob 27' Diniță 61' Oprița 90+4' (pen.)	Report	J. Byrne 38'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 8,775 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Third qualifying round

10 August 2005 First leg	Steaua București	1–1	Rosenborg	Bucharest, Romania
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Iacob 30'	Report	Helstad 85'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

23 August 2005 Second leg	Rosenborg	3–2 (4–3 agg.)	Steaua București	Trondheim, Norway
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Solli 38' Ødegaard 57' Rădoi 60' (o.g.)	Report	Rădoi 74' Iacob 76'	Stadium: Lerkendal Attendance: 13,051 Referee: Alain Sars (France)

UEFA Cup

First round

15 September 2005 First leg	Vålerenga	0–3	Steaua București	Oslo, Norway
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Rădoi 24' Iacob 35' Goian 74'	Stadium: Ullevaal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

29 September 2005 Second leg	Steaua București	3–1 (6–1 agg.)	Vålerenga	Constanța, Romania
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 30' Boștină 41' Iacob 48'	Report	Hulsker 55'	Stadium: Gheorghe Hagi Attendance: 10,000 Referee: João Ferreira (Portugal)

Group stage

Group C standings
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Steaua București	4	2	2	0	7	0	+7	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Lens	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
3	Hertha BSC	4	1	3	0	1	0	+1	6
4	Sampdoria	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5
5	Halmstads BK	4	0	0	4	1	12	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

20 October 2005 1	Steaua București	4–0	Lens	Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Iacob 13' Goian 16' Dică 43', 63'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Athanassios Briakos (Greece)

3 November 2005 2	Sampdoria	0–0	Steaua București	Genoa, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Luigi Ferraris Attendance: 17,100 Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

30 November 2005 3	Steaua București	3–0	Halmstad	Bucharest, Romania
21:45 EET (UTC+2)	Rădoi 9' Goian 63' Iacob 73'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Emil Božinovski (Macedonia)

15 December 2005 4	Hertha BSC	0–0	Steaua București	Berlin, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 15,603 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2006 First leg	Heerenveen	1–3	Steaua București	Heerenveen, Netherlands
19:15 CET (UTC+1)	Bruggink 24'	Report	Dică 29' Goian 76' Paraschiv 78'	Stadium: Abe Lenstra Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

23 February 2006 Second leg	Steaua București	0–1 (3–2 agg.)	Heerenveen	Bucharest, Romania
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Bruggink 85'	Stadium: Național Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Jaroslav Jára (Czech Republic)

Round of 16

9 March 2006 First leg	Steaua București	0–0	Real Betis	Bucharest, Romania
19:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Național Attendance: 45,003 Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

16 March 2006 Second leg	Real Betis	0–3 (0–3 agg.)	Steaua București	Seville, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Nicoliță 54', 82' Iacob 78'	Stadium: Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Quarter-finals

30 March 2006 First leg	Rapid București	1–1	Steaua București	Bucharest, Romania
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Moldovan 50'	Report	Nicoliță 5'	Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

6 April 2006 Second leg	Steaua București	0–0 (1–1 a agg.)	Rapid București	Bucharest, Romania
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Național Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

Semi-finals

20 April 2006 First leg	Steaua București	1–0	Middlesbrough	Bucharest, Romania
20:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 30'	Report		Stadium: Național Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

27 April 2006 Second leg	Middlesbrough	4–2 (4–3 agg.)	Steaua București	Middlesbrough, England
20:00 WEST (UTC+1)	Maccarone 33', 89' Viduka 64' Riggott 73'	Report	Dică 16' Goian 24'	Stadium: Riverside Attendance: 34,622 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

References

^ ^a ^b "Steaua Bucuresti 2005/2006". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "FCSB >> Squad 2005/2006". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
^ "Steaua Bucarest 2005/2006". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[table_hth_DIN0.56438833175431-4] DIN 4-5 SPO; SPO 0-2 DIN

[table_note_res_R10.56438833175431-5] Sportul Studențesc was denied the right to participate for next season of Liga I because it failed to meet the licensing requirements, therefore Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (15th place) was spared from relegation.

[FCSB06-1] "Steaua Bucuresti 2005/2006". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[2] "FCSB >> Squad 2005/2006". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

[foot06-3] "Steaua Bucarest 2005/2006". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.

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