# 2004–05 FC Steaua București season

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.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
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
### Overall record

| 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 % |
| 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 | 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 | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 055.81 |
Source: Competitions

### Divizia A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Național București | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 57 | |
| 5 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 52 | |
* 1 2 RAP 3–0 PRO; PRO 3–3 RAP

#### 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 |
| 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 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

Group B standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Parma | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Beşiktaş | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Standard Liège | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 4 | |