# 2023–24 CFR Cluj season

The 2023–24 season was CFR Cluj's 117th season in existence and 20th consecutive in the Liga I. They also competed in the Cupa României and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 3 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | FW | BIH | Luka Juričić |
| 3 | DF | ISR | Ziv Morgan (on loan from Ironi Kiryat Shmona) |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Cristian Manea (3rd captain) |
| 6 | DF | ALB | Arlind Ajeti |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Robert Filip |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Ciprian Deac (Vice-captain) |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Philip Otele |
| 18 | MF | GHA | Isaac Nortey |
| 19 | DF | ROU | Vasile Mogoș |
| 21 | MF | ROU | Luca Mihai |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Konoplyanka |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Matei Ilie |
| 29 | MF | CGO | Durel Avounou |
| 30 | FW | ROU | Daniel Bîrligea |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | GK | ROU | Cristian Bălgrădean |
| 40 | MF | CRO | Lovro Cvek |
| 42 | DF | SVN | Matija Boben |
| 44 | DF | CRO | Anton Krešić (on loan from Rijeka) |
| 45 | DF | ROU | Mário Camora (Captain) |
| 73 | MF | CRO | Karlo Muhar (4th captain) |
| 76 | MF | ROU | Tudor Lucaci |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Tachtsidis |
| 81 | FW | MDA | Gheorghe Gondiu |
| 82 | MF | ROU | Alin Fică |
| 89 | GK | ROU | Otto Hindrich |
| 90 | GK | ROU | Răzvan Sava |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | KOS | Rion Zejnullahu |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | CIV | Ricky Gnéba (to Chindia Târgoviște) |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Claudiu Petrila (to Rapid București) |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Mihai Pînzariu (to Bihor Oradea) |
| 33 | GK | ROU | Cătălin Căbuz (to Hermannstadt) |
| 55 | FW | GAM | Mustapha Jah (to Chindia Târgoviște) |
| 71 | DF | ROU | Andrei Peteleu (to Universitatea Cluj) |
| — | DF | ROU | Rareș Bălan (to Gloria Bistrița) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | FRA | Laley Fofana (to CSU Alba Iulia) |
| — | MF | ROU | Sergiu Luca (to Gloria Bistrița) |
| — | MF | CRO | Josip Mihalić (to Argeș Pitești) |
| — | FW | GHA | Carl Davordzie (to Gloria Bistrița) |
| — | FW | ROU | Viktor Kun (to SCM Zalău) |
| — | FW | BFA | Moussa Samaké (to CSM Satu Mare) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Philip Otele | UTA Arad | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Durel Avounou | Unattached | Free | 11 July 2023 |
| MF | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | Khor Fakkan | Free | 21 July 2023 |
| GK | Cătălin Căbuz | Hermannstadt | Free | 24 August 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 % |
| Liga I | 15 July 2023 | 9 March 2024 | Matchday 1 | | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 052.94 |
| Cupa României | 28 September 2023 | | Round of 16 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 27 July 2023 | 3 August 2023 | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 047.62 |
Last updated: November 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Liga I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FCSB | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 64 | Qualification to play-off round |
| 2 | Rapid București | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 55 | Qualification to play-off round |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 53 | Qualification to play-off round |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 49 | Qualification to play-off round |
| 5 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 43 | Qualification to play-off round |
* ↑ Head to head points: Farul Constanța 6, Sepsi OSK 0

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 2023. Source: Superliga

#### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

#### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was held on 21 June 2023.