# 2012–13 FC Steaua București season

The 2012–13 season was the 65th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 65th 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 and the UEFA Europa League.

## Previous season positions

| Competition | Position |
| UEFA Europa League | Round of 32 |
| Liga I | 3rd |
| Cupa României | Round of 16 |
| Supercupa României | Runners-up |

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Ends | Transfer fee | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Stanca | 33 | EU | 2011 | 9 | 0 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 2 | RB | G. Matei | 23 | EU | 2011 | 4 | 0 | Undisclosed | €0.7M | |
| 2 | RB | Râpă | 23 | EU | 2013 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | €0.1M | |
| 3 | CB | Bratu | 24 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 4 | CB | Szukała | 29 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 5 | DM | Pintilii | 28 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 2016 | €0.6M | |
| 6 | CB | Gardoș | 23 | EU | 2010 | 31 | 0 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Also plays as DM |
| 7 | AM | Chipciu | 24 | EU | 2012 | 14 | 2 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 8 | DM | Filip | 22 | EU | 2009 | 2 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 9 | FW | M. Costea | 25 | EU | 2011 | 22 | 6 | Undisclosed | €1.4M | 40% of next sale will go to Universitatea Craiova |
| 10 | AM | Tănase | 26 | EU | 2009 | 78 | 6 | 2014 | €1.8M | Also plays as LW, RW and CM 50% of next sale will go to Argeș Pitești |
| 11 | CM | Prepeliță | 27 | EU | 2011 | 11 | 0 | 2015 | Free | |
| 12 | GK | Tătărușanu | 27 | EU | 2008 | 77 | 0 | 2013 | €1.5M | |
| 14 | LB | Latovlevici | 27 | EU | 2010 | 49 | 1 | 2015 | Undisclosed | |
| 17 | RB | Georgievski | 25 | Non-EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 19 | LB | Lupu | 22 | EU | 2011 | 2 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 20 | FW | Tatu | 31 | Non-EU | 2013 | 28 | 3 | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 21 | CB | Chiricheș | 23 | EU | 2012 | 14 | 0 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 22 | LW | Pârvulescu | 24 | EU | 2012 | 13 | 1 | 2017 | Undisclosed | |
| 24 | FW | Rusescu | 24 | EU | 2011 | 31 | 13 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 25 | DM | Pușcaș | 19 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 27 | RW | Năstăsie | 21 | EU | 2011 | 4 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 28 | RW | Roșu | 19 | EU | 2011 | 1 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 55 | DM | Bourceanu | 28 | EU | 2011 | 31 | 0 | 2014 | €0.7M | |
| 77 | RW | Ad. Popa | 24 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | €0.4M | |
| 80 | AM | Iancu | 18 | EU | 2013 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 90 | FW | Nikolić | 23 | Non-EU | 2012 | 20 | 2 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 95 | GK | Cojocaru | 17 | EU | 2011 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 99 | FW | Rocha | 27 | Non-EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Free | |
| Players from YS ||||||||||||
| — | GK | Vârtej | 18 | EU | 2013 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| Players sold or loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
| 18 | CB | Martinović | 28 | Non-EU | 2010 | 27 | 5 | 2013 | Undisclosed | Also plays as RB |
| 19 | LB | Lupu | 22 | EU | 2011 | 2 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 23 | RB | Dumitraș | 25 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 27 | RW | Năstăsie | 21 | EU | 2011 | 4 | 0 | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 29 | FW | F. Costea | 28 | EU | 2011 | 18 | 1 | 2015 | Free | |
| 30 | RW | T. Bălan | 32 | EU | 2011 | 16 | 2 | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 31 | FW | Machado | 23 | Non-EU | 2012 | 3 | 0 | Undisclosed | €0.2M + D. Popa | |
* Last updated: 15 January 2013 (UTC)
* Source: Steaua News

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 90 | FW | Nikolić | 22 | Non-EU | Politehnica Timișoara | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 5 | DM | Pintilii | 27 | EU | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Transfer | Summer | 2016 | €0.6M | |
| 8 | DM | Filip | 21 | EU | Concordia Chiajna | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 23 | RB | Dumitraș | 24 | EU | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | |
| 25 | DM | Pușcaș | 18 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | Undisclosed | Youth system | |
| 99 | FW | Rocha | 26 | Non-EU | Concordia Chiajna | Free transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 3 | CB | Bratu | 23 | EU | Concordia Chiajna | Free transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 17 | RB | Georgievski | 24 | Non-EU | Šibenik | Free transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 77 | RW | Ad. Popa | 24 | EU | Concordia Chiajna | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | €0.4M | |
| 4 | CB | Szukała | 28 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Transfer | Summer | 2012 | Undisclosed | |
| 80 | AM | Iancu | 18 | EU | Viitorul Constanța | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | FCSB |
| 19 | LB | Lupu | 21 | EU | Universitatea Cluj | Loan return | Winter | Undisclosed | — | |
| 27 | RW | Năstăsie | 21 | EU | Universitatea Cluj | Loan return | Winter | Undisclosed | — | |
| 20 | FW | Tatu | 30 | Non-EU | Steaua București | Free transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Free | |
| 2 | RB | Râpă | 23 | EU | Oțelul Galați | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | €0.1M | |

##### Notes

* ^1 On 2009–10 season, Steaua's coach dismiss Filip and sent him to second team, from here was loaned to Unirea Urziceni, Snagov and Concordia Chiajna, in June 2012 he returned to first team after in 2011 second team was dissolved.

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee |
| — | DM | Onicaș | 22 | EU | Viitorul Constanța | Loan extended | Summer | Undisclosed |
| 3 | CB | Iliev | 31 | EU | Volyn Lutsk | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 8 | AM | Răduț | 22 | EU | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Loan | Summer | — |
| 20 | RB | Dănănae | 26 | EU | Turnu Severin | Mutual termination | Summer | Free |
| 23 | CB | Geraldo | 31 | EU | Petrolul Ploiești | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 26 | CM | Bicfalvi | 24 | EU | Volyn Lutsk | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 77 | FW | L. Tatu | 30 | Non-EU | Steaua București | End of contract | Summer | Free |
| 90 | FW | Nikolić | 22 | Non-EU | Politehnica Timișoara | End of loan | Summer | — |
| 19 | LB | Lupu | 21 | EU | Universitatea Cluj | Loan | Summer | — |
| 27 | RW | Năstăsie | 20 | EU | Universitatea Cluj | Loan | Summer | — |
| 29 | FW | F. Costea | 27 | EU | Turnu Severin | Mutual termination | Summer | — |
| 23 | RB | Dumitraș | 24 | EU | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed |
| 31 | FW | Machado | 23 | Non-EU | Rayo Vallecano | Mutual termination | Winter | Free |
| 30 | RW | T. Bălan | 31 | EU | Rapid București | Mutual termination | Winter | Free |
| 18 | CB | Martinović | 27 | Non-EU | Wuhan Zall | Mutual termination | Winter | Free |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Player | Liga I | Cupa României | Europa League | Fixture Total | Friendlies | Total |
| Raul Rusescu | 21 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 30 |
| Adi Rocha | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Alexandru Chipciu | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Cristian Tănase | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Stefan Nikolić | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Mihai Costea | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Mihai Pintilii | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Vlad Chiricheș | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Iasmin Latovlevici | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Łukasz Szukała | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Leandro Tatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Novak Martinović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Adrian Popa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Gabriel Iancu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Alexandru Bourceanu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Florin Gardoș | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrei Dumitraș | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrei Prepeliță | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Florin Costea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lucian Filip | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Pârvulescu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals |||||||
| Octavian Abrudan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boubacar Mansaly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ragnar Sigurðsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Liga I | — | — | Champions | 23 July 2012 | 28 May 2013 |
| Cupa României | Round of 32 | — | Round of 16 | 27 September 2012 | 31 October 2012 |
| Europa League | Third qualifying round | — | Round of 16 | 2 August 2012 | 14 March 2013 |

### Liga I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 34 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 74 | 29 | +45 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 63 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Petrolul Ploiești | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Astra Giurgiu | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 64 | 37 | +27 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Vaslui | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 58 | |
* ↑ Astra Giurgiu qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa as Petrolul won the 2012–13 Cupa României and secured a place in the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Points by opponent

| Team | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | Home | Away | Points |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2–0 | 4–3 | 6 |
| Brașov | 4–0 | 1–3 | 3 |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 3–0 | 4–3 | 6 |
| CFR Cluj | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 1–0 | 6–0 | 6 |
| Dinamo București | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4 |
| Gloria Bistrița | 4–0 | 1–0 | 6 |
| Oțelul Galați | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4 |
| Rapid București | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4 |
| Studențesc Iași | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6 |
| Turnu Severin | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6 |
| Vaslui | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3 |
| Viitorul Constanța | 2–5 | 4–0 | 3 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Play-off round
#### Group stage

Group E standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STE | STU | COP | MOL |
| 1 | Steaua București | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–5 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | VfB Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Copenhagen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 8 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Molde | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: VfB Stuttgart 4, Copenhagen 1.

##### Results
#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16
### Non competitive matches

| Date | Team | Results | Results | Results | Steaua scorers |
| Date | Team | Home | Away | Neutral | Steaua scorers |
| 20 June 2012 | Torpedo Kutaisi | | | 1–1 | 35' Rusescu |
| 23 June 2012 | Basel | | | 4–2 | 14' Rusescu, 16' Rocha, 49' F. Costea, 64' Nikolić |
| 30 June 2012 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | | | 4–0 | 30' Rocha, 32' Martinović, 63' (pen.) Pintilii, 72' F. Costea |
| 4 July 2012 | Red Bull Salzburg | | | 2–3 | 23' Filip, 69' (pen.) Tănase |
| 7 July 2012 | Zestafoni | | | 0–0 | |
| 10 July 2012 | Aalen | | | 2–1 | 5' Gardoș, 49' Rocha |
| 15 July 2012 | Litex Lovech | 3–0 | | | 36' Dumitraș, 44' Chipciu, 65' M. Costea |
| 8 September 2012 | Ludogorets Razgrad | | 1–1 | | 60' Rocha |
| 15 January 2013 | Celtic | | | 1–2 | 13' Nikolić |
| 18 January 2013 | Basel | | | 1–1 | 80' Pintilii |
| 21 January 2013 | Dynamo Kyiv | | | 2–0 | 32' Rusescu, 64' Tănase |
| 23 January 2013 | Ferencváros | | | 1–2 | 17' Chipciu |
| 30 January 2013 | Gabala | | | 0–1 | |
| 1 February 2013 | Sturm Graz | | | 3–3 | 26' (pen.) Rusescu, 85' Pârvulescu, 86' Tănase |
| 3 February 2013 | Dynamo Moscow | | | 1–2 | 3' Tatu |
| 5 February 2013 | Mladá Boleslav | | | 0–1 | |
| 7 February 2013 | Slovan Bratislava | | | 3–1 | 14' Tatu, 58' Ad. Popa, 76' M. Costea |
| 9 February 2013 | Baumit Jablonec | | | 1–1 | 70' Iancu |
| 23 March 2013 | Brăila | | 0–1 | | |

## UEFA Club rankings

This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2011–12.
| Rank | Team | Points | Mvmnt |
| 71 | Hertha | 28.037 | (–1) |
| 72 | P.A.O.K. | 27.920 | (+37) |
| 73 | Aston Villa | 27.882 | (–4) |
| 74 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 27.066 | (+32) |
| 75 | Sampdoria | 26.996 | (–3) |
| 76 | Steaua București | 26.764 | (–9) |
| 77 | Saint-Étienne | 25.835 | (–2) |
| 78 | Sparta Prague | 25.570 | (–13) |
| 79 | AaB Aalborg | 25.005 | (–2) |
| 80 | Stoke City | 24.882 | (+316) |
| 81 | Racing de Santander | 24.837 | (–2) |