# 2012–13 FC Universitatea Cluj season

The 2012–13 season was the 87th season of competitive football by Universitatea Cluj.

## Players
### Squad information

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Since | App | Goals | Notes |
| 1 | GK | Cătălin Samoilă | 34 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Raul Ciupe | 41 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Valeriu Lupu | 33 | EU | 2012 | 3 | 0 | loan from Steaua București |
| 4 | DF | Zsolt Szilágyi | 43 | EU | 1998 | 161 | 13 | |
| 5 | DF | Alex Braz | 40 | Non-EU | 2012 | | | |
| 6 | DF | Adrian Popa | 40 | EU | 2012 | | | |
| 7 | MF | Bogdan Pătrașcu | 45 | EU | 2012 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | MF | Roberto Iancu | 42 | EU | 2012 | | | |
| 10 | FW | Mihai Roman | 32 | EU | 2012 | | | loan from Petrolul Ploiești |
| 11 | FW | Octavian Drăghici | 39 | EU | 2011 | 13 | 3 | |
| 12 | GK | Dragoș Balauru | 35 | EU | 2012 | | | loan from Târgu Mureș |
| 14 | FW | Cleiton C. De Melo | 40 | Non-EU | 2012 | | | |
| 16 | DF | Eduard Nicola | 41 | EU | 2012 | 1 | | |
| 17 | MF | Ionuț Năstăsie | 32 | EU | 2012 | | | loan from Steaua București |
| 18 | MF | Vasile Gheorghe | 39 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | Paulinho | 39 | EU | 2012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | DF | Rareș Cucui | 31 | EU | 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| 23 | DF | Apostol Muzac | 37 | EU | 2012 | | | |
| 24 | FW | Alex dos Santos | 34 | Non-EU | 2012 | 13 | 1 | loan from Fluminense |
| 26 | DF | Erico da Silva | 35 | Non-EU | 2012 | | | |
| 26 | MF | Georgian Tobă | 35 | EU | 2010 | 5 | | |
| 29 | FW | Viorel Dinu | 44 | EU | 2012 | | | |
| 30 | DF | Paraskevas Christou | 40 | EU | 2012 | | | |
| 33 | GK | Ionuț Boșneag | 42 | EU | 2010 | | | |
| 77 | DF | Plamen Krumov | 39 | EU | 2012 | 2 | | |
| 82 | GK | Georgios Ambaris | 42 | EU | 2012 | | | |
| Players sold or loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
* Last updated: 17 November 2012 (UTC)
* Source: Universitatea Cluj

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | | |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| | | | | 0 | | | | | | |
Last updated: 19:58, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Liga I | — | 14 | — | 20 July 2012 | |
| Cupa României | Round of 32 | out | | | |

### Liga I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 46 |
| 11 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 41 |
| 12 | Universitatea Cluj | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 38 |
| 13 | Viitorul Constanța | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 36 |
| 14 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 34 |
* ↑ Oțelul Galați were deducted two points because of debts owed to agent Codoban Tătar Ionel.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 November 2012 (UTC). Source: LPF

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 17 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Points by opponent

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