# 2007–08 FC Vaslui season

The 2007–08 season is FC Vaslui's 6th season of its existence, and its 3rd in a row, in Liga I. In the summer, Adrian Porumboiu revealed that the new coach would be Dorinel Munteanu. He also announced that the team's objective that season, would be a European Cup. FC Vaslui made only 2 transfers in the summer, Bălace and Matei. Also, Petar Jovanović and the team captain Sorin Frunză returned from their loans. FC Vaslui started the season very well, in the second Matchday, beating Liga I champions, Dinamo on their own field, with 2–0. For 2 Matchdays, FC Vaslui was on the 1st place in Liga I. But during the first half, team fatigue appeared, and performance declined. However, in the last match in 2007, FC Vaslui beat once again Dinamo, with 2 beautiful goals scored by Sorin Frunză. In the winter break, N'Doye and Hugo Luz were the only signings. In the Matchday 25, FC Vaslui lost against Steaua, and Adrian Porumboiu accused Dorinel Munteanu that he sold the match to Steaua. Munteanu was sacked, and Bălace, Sabou and Frunză were sent to the second team. Emil Săndoi was named the new coach. With the new coach, FC Vaslui had one terrible final season, having only one victory. In the Matchday 33, FC Vaslui lost the 7th place, who assured UEFA Intertoto Cup, for Oţelul, but TAS decided FC Vaslui to win the match against Oţelul, because they used 2 players suspended. After a 2–4 with Rapid, and a 0–0 draw for Oţelul, FC Vaslui qualified for UEFA Intertoto Cup, this being the team's most important achievement in its short history.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Mihai Luca |
| 2 | MF | ROU | Marius Doboş |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Dorian Andronic |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Panait |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Ştefan Mardare |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Laurențiu Ivan |
| 8 | MF | MDA | Denis Zmeu |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Răzvan Neagu |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Sorin Frunză (captain) |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Adrian Gheorghiu |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Buhuş |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Daniel Sabou |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Silviu Bălace |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | ROU | Vasile Buhăescu |
| 19 | FW | ZIM | Mike Temwanjera |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Marko Ljubinković |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Ousmane N'Doye |
| 22 | GK | ROU | Claudiu Puia |
| 23 | FW | ROU | Marius Matei |
| 24 | DF | ROU | Ştefan Apostol |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Şerban Moraru |
| 26 | FW | SRB | Milorad Bukvić |
| 27 | DF | POR | Hugo Luz |
| 30 | MF | SRB | Petar Jovanović |
| 81 | GK | ROU | Cristian Hăisan (vice-captain) |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 7 | MF | Dorinel Munteanu | Free agent | Free | June 2007 |
| 10 | MF | Sorin Frunză | FC Botoşani | End of loan | 13-06-2007 |
| 14 | MF | Veljko Nikitović | Free agent | Free | 04-07-2007 |
| 17 | DF | Silviu Bălace | FC Dinamo București | 350.000 € | October 2007 |
| 23 | FW | Marius Matei | FC Botoşani | Undisclosed | 20-06-2007 |
| 30 | MF | Petar Jovanović | FK Mladenovac | End of loan | 26-06-2007 |

#### Winter

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 21 | MF | Ousmane N'Doye | Académica de Coimbra | 550.000 € | 28-12-2007 |
| 27 | DF | Hugo Luz | S.C. Olhanense | 50.000 € | 28-12-2007 |

### Out
#### Summer

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 22 | MF | Horaţiu Popa | – | Retired | June 2007 |
| 23 | MF | Cornel Cornea | FC Botoşani | 40.000 € | 03-09-2007 |

#### Winter

| # | Pos | Player | To | Fee | Date |
| 14 | FW | Veljko Nikitović | Górnik Łęczna | Released | 31-12-2007 |
| 21 | DF | Bogdan Cotolan | CSM Focşani | Loan | 28-01-2008 |
| 7 | MF | Dorinel Munteanu | – | Released | 31-03-2008 |

### Overall
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 28 May 2007.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga I | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa României |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Mihai Luca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | ROU | Marius Doboş | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Dorian Andronic | 17 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Panait | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Ştefan Mardare | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Laurențiu Ivan | 16 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MDA | Denis Zmeu | 19 | 1 | 9+9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Răzvan Neagu | 10 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Sorin Frunză | 31 | 4 | 24+6 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Adrian Gheorghiu | 26 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Buhuş | 27 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Daniel Sabou | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Silviu Bălace | 28 | 1 | 26+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Vasile Buhăescu | 16 | 1 | 7+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ZIM | Mike Temwanjera | 26 | 5 | 23+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Marko Ljubinković | 30 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SEN | Ousmane N'Doye | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ROU | Claudiu Puia | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| 23 | FW | ROU | Marius Matei | 21 | 2 | 14+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ROU | Ştefan Apostol | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Şerban Moraru | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | SRB | Milorad Bukvić | 21 | 3 | 4+16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | POR | Hugo Luz | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | SRB | Petar Jovanović | 24 | 2 | 13+10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | GK | ROU | Cristian Hăisan | 34 | -35 | 34 | -35 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sold or loaned out during the season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | ROU | Dorinel Munteanu | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SRB | Veljko Nikitović | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Cotolan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Position | Nation | Number | Name | Liga I | Romanian Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 20 | Marko Ljubinković | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | | 19 | Mike Temwanjera | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | | 10 | Sorin Frunză | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | | 26 | Milorad Bukvić | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | 11 | Adrian Gheorghiu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 30 | Petar Jovanović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 23 | Marius Matei | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| = | | 16 | Daniel Sabou | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 3 | Dorian Andronic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 17 | Silviu Bălace | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 18 | Vasile Buhăescu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 21 | Ousmane N'Doye | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| = | | 8 | Denis Zmeu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| / | / | / | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 42 | 0 | 42 |

### Disciplinary record

| Position | Number | Name | Liga I | Liga I | Romanian Cup | Romanian Cup | Total | Total |
| DF | 3 | Dorian Andronic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 4 | Bogdan Panait | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | 5 | Ştefan Mardare | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| DF | 6 | Laurențiu Ivan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 7 | Dorinel Munteanu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | 8 | Denis Zmeu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | 9 | Răzvan Neagu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 10 | Sorin Frunză | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 14 | Veljko Nikitović | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 11 | Adrian Gheorghiu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | 15 | Bogdan Buhuş | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| MF | 16 | Daniel Sabou | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| MF | 17 | Silviu Bălace | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | 18 | Vasile Buhăescu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | 19 | Mike Temwanjera | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| MF | 20 | Marko Ljubinković | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | 21 | Bogdan Cotolan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 21 | Ousmane N'Doye | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | 23 | Marius Matei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 24 | Ştefan Apostol | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | 25 | Şerban Moraru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 26 | Milorad Bukvić | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | 27 | Hugo Luz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 30 | Petar Jovanović | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| GK | 81 | Cristian Hăisan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 91 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 93 | 3 |

### Overall

| Games played | 35 (34 Liga I, 1 Cupa României) |
| Games won | 12 (12 Liga I) |
| Games drawn | 11 (11 Liga I) |
| Games lost | 12 (11 Liga I, 1 Cupa României) |
| Goals scored | 44 |
| Goals conceded | 37 |
| Goal difference | +7 |
| Yellow cards | 93 |
| Red cards | 3 |
| Worst discipline | Ştefan Mardare with 9 yellow cards and one red card |
| Best result | 4-1 (H) v Gloria Buzău – Liga I – 7 Oct 2007 3-0 (H) v Dacia Mioveni – Liga I – 23 Feb 2008 3-0 (H) v Politehnica Timișoara – Liga I – 19 Mar 2008 |
| Worst result | 0-3 (A) v Universitatea Cluj – Cupa României – 26 Sep 2007 |
| Most appearances | Cristian Hăisan with 34 appearances |
| Top scorer | Marko Ljubinković (16 goals) |
| Points | 47/102 (46.1%) |
Last updated: 7 May Source:

#### Performances

Updated to games played on 7 May 2008.
| | All | All | All | All | All | All | All | All | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| | Pld | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| League | 34 | 47 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 20 | -1 |
| Overall | 34 | – | 12 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 23 | -4 |

#### Goal minutes

Updated to games played on 7 May 2008.
| 1'–15' | 16'–30' | 31'–HT | 46'–60' | 61'–75' | 76'–FT | Extra time |
| 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 |

## Liga I
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Unirea Urziceni | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Politehnica Timișoara | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 44 | +13 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Vaslui | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup third round |
| 8 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 46 | |
| 9 | FC U Craiova | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 48 | −6 | 43 | |
* ↑ RAP: 7 pts; DIN: 5 pts; UNI: 3 pts

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |

### Matches
## Cupa României

Kick-off listed in local time (EET)

### Sixteen finals

vte2007–08 in Romanian football :