2022–23 AFC Chindia Târgoviște season

AFC Chindia Târgoviște
2022–23 season
General director	Marcel Ghergu
Head coach	Adrian Mihalcea; (until 20 September); Anton Petrea; (from 21 September)
Stadium	Stadionul Ilie Oană
Liga I	15th (relegated)
Cupa României	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Doru Popadiuc (7); All: ; Daniel Popa; Doru Popadiuc; (7 each)
Biggest win	Voluntari 0–3 Chindia Târgovişte
Biggest defeat	Hermannstadt 4–1 Chindia Târgovişte; Universitatea Craiova 3–0 Chindia Târgovişte
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 AFC Chindia Târgoviște season was the club's 13th season in existence and the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Chindia Târgoviște participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României.

Players

As of 6 February 2023^[1]^[2]

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	Dinu Moldovan
5	MF	LTU	Modestas Vorobjovas
6	DF	ROU	Daniel Celea
7	MF	ROU	Alexandru Jipa
8	MF	ROU	Marco Dulca
9	FW	ITA	Godberg Cooper
10	FW	ROU	Cristian Neguț (Captain)
11	MF	ROU	Cosmin Atanase
12	GK	ROU	Mihai Eșanu
14	FW	MNE	Sergej Grubač
15	DF	ROU	Cornel Dinu (Vice-captain)
16	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Perianu (on loan from FCSB)
17	MF	COM	Nasser Chamed
19	FW	ROU	Daniel Popa (3rd captain)
20	MF	ROU	Alexandru Petre


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	EQG	Esteban Obiang
23	MF	ROU	Andreas Mihaiu
25	DF	ROU	Deian Boldor
28	MF	ROU	Iulian Zamfir
29	MF	ROU	Sergiu Buș (on loan from CFR Cluj)
33	GK	ROU	Cătălin Căbuz
59	MF	ROU	Doru Popadiuc (4th captain)
66	MF	RUS	Rasambek Akhmatov
77	MF	ROU	Andrei Șerban
78	DF	ROU	Costel Avram
80	DF	ROU	Denis Dumitrașcu
88	DF	ROU	Adrian Ioniță
91	DF	FRA	Jérémy Corinus
98	DF	ROU	Tiberiu Căpușă
99	GK	ROU	Andres Brînzea

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ROU	Robert Nanciu (to Pucioasa until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ROU	Javier Fuiorea (to Pucioasa until 30 June 2023)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ROU	Vlăduț Stancu (to Cetatea Turnu Măgurele until 30 June 2023)
—	MF	ROU	Marian Șerban (to CSM Slatina until 30 June 2023)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

25 June 2022 Friendly	Chindia Târgoviște	0–0	Mioveni	Tărlungeni
10:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Teren sintetic Unirea

29 June 2022 Friendly	Csikszereda	0–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Miercurea Ciuc
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadionul Municipal

2 July 2022 Friendly	Farul Constanța	2–3	Chindia Târgoviște	Ghimbav
10:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Baza Sportivă Campo Verde

9 July 2022 Friendly	Petrolul 52	1–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Strejnicu
09:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadionul CONPET

8 January 2023 Friendly	Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	Aarau	Belek, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)				Stadium: Calista Sports Center - Field A

13 January 2023 Friendly	Chemnitzer FC	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște
CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

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	18 July 2022	19 May 2023	Matchday 1	15th	39	9	12	18	39	54	−15	023.08
Cupa României	27 September 2022	7 December 2022	Play-off	Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	025.00
Total					43	10	13	20	43	61	−18	023.26

Source: Soccerway

Liga I

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
10	Voluntari	30	8	10	12	28	32	−4	34^[a]	Qualification for the Play-out round
11	Botoșani	30	7	11	12	29	44	−15	32^[b]
12	Chindia Târgoviște	30	7	11	12	32	42	−10	32^[b]
13	Hermannstadt^[c]	30	11	8	11	30	29	+1	32^[b]
14	Argeș Pitești	30	6	9	15	21	41	−20	27^[d]

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.^[4]
Notes:

^ Head to head points: Universitatea Cluj 4, Voluntari 1
^ ^a ^b ^c Head to head points: Botoșani 6, Chindia 5, Hermannstadt 3
^ FC Hermannstadt was deposed with 9 points due to financial debts.^[3]
^ Head to head points: Arges 6, UTA 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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: July 2022.
Source: Liga 1

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on July 2022. Source: Liga 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2022.^[5]

18 July 2022 1	Botoșani	3–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Botoșani
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mailat 3' (pen.), 31' Florescu 29'	Report	Șerban 13' Mihaiu 48'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

25 July 2022 2	Chindia Târgoviște	1–1	Hermannstadt	Ploiești
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Celea 9'	Report	Oroian 2'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

29 July 2022 3	Farul Constanța	0–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Ovidiu
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: George Găman

7 August 2022 4	Chindia Târgoviște	0–2	CFR Cluj	Ploiești
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Muhar 27' Yeboah 45+1'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Iulian Călin

14 August 2022 5	FCSB	3–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Cordea 48', 55' Tamm 59' Edjouma 78'	Report	Neguț 7' Popadiuc 22', 66' Popa 28' Mihaiu 85' Vorobjovas 90+2'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Ionuţ Coza

28 August 2022 7	Argeș Pitești	2–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Pitești
13:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Garita 58' Ișfan 76'	Report	Popadiuc 30'	Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin Referee: Iulian Dima

31 August 2022 8	Chindia Târgoviște	2–3	Petrolul Ploiești	Ploiești
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Popa 75' Atanase 80'	Report	Dumitriu 8', 22' Irobiso 82'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Andrei Chivulete

3 September 2022 9	UTA Arad	1–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Arad
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Benga 86'	Report	Balauru 44' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadionul Francisc von Neuman Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs

10 September 2022 10	Chindia Târgoviște	1–2	Sepsi OSK	Ploiești
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cooper 43'	Report	Rondón 37' (pen.) Gheorghe 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Viorel Flueran

18 September 2022 11	Universitatea Cluj	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Mediaș
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Fülöp 63'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan Referee: Sorin Antonie

3 October 2022 12	Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	Rapid București	Ploiești
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	D. Popa 15' Neguț 56'	Report	Sefer 59'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Lucian Rusandu

10 October 2022 13	FC U Craiova 1948	0–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Craiova
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Popadiuc 64'	Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: Rareș Vidican

16 October 2022 14	Chindia Târgoviște	1–0	Mioveni	Ploiești
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Obiang 87'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Marian Barbu

22 October 2022 15	Voluntari	0–3	Chindia Târgoviște	Voluntari
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Govea 32' Achim 74'	Report	Popadiuc 14', 68', 82', 32'	Stadium: Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu Referee: Cătălin Popa

28 October 2022 16	Chindia Târgoviște	2–2	Botoșani	Ploiești
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Popadiuc 3' D. Popa 90+4'	Report	Mailat 33' (pen.) Camara 79'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Florin Andrei

6 November 2022 17	Hermannstadt	0–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Mediaș
16:15 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Celea 51'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan Referee: Horia Mladinovici

12 November 2022 18	Chindia Târgoviște	1–1	Farul Constanța	Ploiești
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Neguț 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Pitu 67'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

29 November 2022 6	Chindia Târgoviște	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Ploiești
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	D. Popa 90'	Report	Crețu 13'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Ionuţ Coza

4 December 2022 19	CFR Cluj	2–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Cluj-Napoca
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kolinger 17' Manea 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Marian Barbu

11 December 2022 20	Chindia Târgoviște	0–2	FCSB	Ploiești
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Obiang 23' Neguț 40' Popadiuc 57' Celea 86'	Report	Radunović 24' (pen.) Miculescu 41' Cordea 54' Omrani 73'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

17 December 2022 21	Universitatea Craiova	3–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Craiova
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Crețu 22' Marković 29' Mitrea 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: Florin Andrei

23 January 2023 22	Chindia Târgoviște	1–1	Argeș Pitești	Ploiești
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Neguț 42'	Report	Garita 55'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Andrei Chivulete

28 January 2023 23	Petrolul Ploiești	1–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Ploiești
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Grozav 27' (pen.)	Report	Cooper 70' D. Popa 85'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Viorel Flueran

3 February 2023 24	Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	UTA Arad	Ploiești
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Cooper 9' Neguț 81', 90+2'	Report	Ubbink 31' Cascini 72'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Horia Mladinovici

13 February 2023 25	Sepsi OSK	2–2	Chindia Târgoviște	Sfântu Gheorghe
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rondón 45+3' Šafranko 56'	Report	Cooper 20' Akhmatov 44'	Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

17 February 2023 26	Chindia Târgoviște	2–2	Universitatea Cluj	Ploiești
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Neguț 64' (pen.) Boldor 90+5'	Report	Thiam 44' Zé Gomes 51'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: István Kovács

25 February 2023 27	Rapid București	2–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Dugandžić 66' (pen.) Boldor 68' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Andrei Chivulete

28 February 2023 28	Chindia Târgoviște	0–0	FC U Craiova 1948	Ploiești
18:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Cătălin Popa

5 March 2023 29	Mioveni	2–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Mioveni
13:00 EET (UTC+2)	Rusu 34' Lixandru 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

13 March 2023 30	Chindia Târgoviște	1–1	Voluntari	Ploiești
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Cooper 71'	Report	Damașcan 15'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Andrei Moroiță

Play-out round

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	FC U Craiova 1948	9	4	4	1	13	7	+6	36	Qualification to European competition play-offs
8	Petrolul Ploiești	9	5	1	3	9	9	0	34	ineligible for european competitions ^[a]
9	Voluntari	9	4	5	0	17	11	+6	34	Qualification to European competition play-offs
10	Universitatea Cluj	9	5	1	3	12	9	+3	33
11	Hermannstadt	9	4	3	2	10	7	+3	31
12	Botoșani	9	4	3	2	10	5	+5	31
13	UTA Arad (O)	9	3	3	3	10	9	+1	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
14	Argeș Pitești (R)	9	3	1	5	10	11	−1	24	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
15	Chindia Târgoviște (R)	9	2	1	6	7	12	−5	23	Relegation to 2023–24 Liga II
16	Mioveni (R)	9	0	0	9	1	19	−18	11	Relegation to 2023–24 Liga II

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 4 and 5 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[6]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Petrolul Ploiești failed to obtain a UEFA licence.

Matches

18 March 2023 1	Botoșani	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Botoșani
14:30 EET (UTC+2)	Mailat 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Referee: Rareș Vidican

3 April 2023 2	Mioveni	0–1	Chindia Târgoviște	Mioveni
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Căpușă 52'	Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc Referee: Bogdan Dumitrache

9 April 2023 3	Chindia Târgoviște	1–2	Hermannstadt	Ploiești
13:00 EEST (UTC+3)	D. Popa 15'	Report	Obiang 78' (o.g.) Opruț 90+2'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs

17 April 2023 4	Argeș Pitești	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Pitești
17:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Turda 19'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

23 April 2023 5	Chindia Târgoviște	2–1	UTA Arad	Ploiești
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	D. Popa 19', 62'	Report	Pop 54'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Ionuţ Coza

28 April 2023 6	FC U Craiova 1948	1–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Craiova
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Baeten 45'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: Iulian Călin

5 May 2023 7	Chindia Târgoviște	1–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Ploiești
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Popadiuc 5'	Report	Diomandé 50' Grozav 77'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Marian Barbu

13 May 2023 8	Universitatea Cluj	2–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Remacle 35' Nistor 65'	Report		Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

19 May 2023 9	Chindia Târgoviște	2–2	Voluntari	Ploiești
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Neguț 48' Șerban 75'	Report	Damașcan 42' Meleke 45+2'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Cupa României

References

^ "Echipa Seniori" [Senior squad] (in Romanian). Chindia Târgoviște. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^ "AFC CHINDIA TARGOVISTE" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ Răureanu, Remus (22 December 2022). ""Bomba" finalului de an în Liga 1! A terminat anul pe loc de play-off, dar a fost deja depunctată cu 9 puncte". gsp.ro.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Programul complet al etapelor din Superliga 2022–2023". July 2022.
^ "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.

[table_hth_VOL0.7865522609961-3] Head to head points: Universitatea Cluj 4, Voluntari 1

[table_hth_BOT0.7865522609961-4] Head to head points: Botoșani 6, Chindia 5, Hermannstadt 3

[table_note_HER0.7865522609961-6] FC Hermannstadt was deposed with 9 points due to financial debts.^[3]

[table_hth_ARG0.7865522609961-7] Head to head points: Arges 6, UTA 0

[table_note_res_NL0.79230086216345-10] Petrolul Ploiești failed to obtain a UEFA licence.

[1] "Echipa Seniori" [Senior squad] (in Romanian). Chindia Târgoviște. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

[2] "AFC CHINDIA TARGOVISTE" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[5] Răureanu, Remus (22 December 2022). ""Bomba" finalului de an în Liga 1! A terminat anul pe loc de play-off, dar a fost deja depunctată cu 9 puncte". gsp.ro.

[sw-8] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[9] "Programul complet al etapelor din Superliga 2022–2023". July 2022.

[11] "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.

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