# 2021–22 CFR Cluj season

The 2021–22 season was Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj's 26th consecutive season in the Liga I and 114th year in existence as a football club. In addition to the domestic league, CFR Cluj participated in this season's editions of the Cupa României, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Andrei Burcă |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Cristian Manea |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Jonathan Rodríguez |
| 6 | DF | BIH | Daniel Graovac |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Adrian Păun |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Billel Omrani |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Ciprian Deac |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Chipciu |
| 13 | DF | ROU | Denis Ciobotariu |
| 16 | DF | BIH | Mateo Sušić |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Mihai Butean |
| 18 | FW | ROU | Valentin Costache |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Emmanuel Culio |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Nana Boateng |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Gabriel Debeljuh |
| 23 | GK | POR | Cristiano |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Raul Haiduc |
| 24 | MF | MAR | Anas Tahiri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | FW | MLI | Hadi Sacko |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Claudiu Petrila |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Hoban |
| 29 | DF | ALG | Rachid Bouhenna |
| 30 | GK | CRO | Karlo Letica |
| 34 | GK | ROU | Cristian Bălgrădean |
| 37 | MF | ROU | Mihai Bordeianu |
| 45 | DF | ROU | Camora |
| 75 | MF | ROU | Adrian Gîdea |
| 76 | MF | MTN | Guessouma Fofana |
| 77 | FW | ROU | Denis Alibec |
| 82 | MF | ROU | Alin Fică |
| 86 | MF | ROU | Denis Rusu |
| 88 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Andronic |
| 89 | GK | ROU | Otto Hindrich |
| 92 | DF | COD | Mike Cestor |
| 96 | DF | ROU | Florin Ștefan |
Source:

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Liga I | 16 July 2021 | 22 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 40 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 25 | +41 | 075.00 |
| Cupa României | 23 September 2021 | 23 September 2021 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Supercupa României | 10 July 2021 | 10 July 2021 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 6 July 2021 | 10 August 2021 | First qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 17 August 2021 | 26 August 2021 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 16 September 2021 | 9 December 2021 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 016.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 34 | 8 | 14 | 81 | 47 | +34 | 060.71 |
Source: Competitions

### Supercupa României

CFR Cluj, as Liga I winners in the previous season, played against Universitatea Craiova in the 2021 Supercupa României, who themselves won the Cupa României.

### Liga I
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitions

#### Regular season
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 16 | +32 | 76 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 2 | FCSB | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 62 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 4 | Argeș Pitești | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 48 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 5 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 21 | +21 | 48 | Qualification for the Play-off round |

##### Matches
#### Play-off round
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CFR | FCS | UCV | VOL | FAR | ARG |
| 1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 57 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 56 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova (O) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 48 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Voluntari | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 35 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Farul Constanța | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 32 | | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Argeș Pitești | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 27 | | 0–6 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 27 August 2021, 13:30 CEST (14:30 TRT), in Istanbul, Turkey.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AZ | RAN | JAB | CLJ |
| 1 | AZ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 14 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Randers | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 2–2 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Jablonec | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |