# 2022–23 CFR Cluj season

The 2022–23 CFR Cluj season was the club's 115th season in existence and the 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, CFR Cluj participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 20 October 2022
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 | ITA | Simone Scuffet |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Karlo Bručić |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Andrei Burcă (3rd captain) |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Cristian Manea |
| 6 | DF | CMR | Jean-Claude Billong |
| 7 | FW | POR | Zé Gomes |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Roger |
| 9 | FW | SUI | Cephas Malele (on loan from Al-Tai) |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Ciprian Deac (Vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Claudiu Petrila |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Mihai Pânzariu |
| 15 | FW | GHA | Emmanuel Yeboah |
| 20 | MF | DEN | Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati |
| 21 | MF | GHA | Nana Boateng |
| 22 | FW | CRO | Gabriel Debeljuh |
| 23 | GK | ROU | Rareș Gal |
| 24 | DF | ROU | Rareș Bălan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Hoban (4th captain) |
| 30 | FW | ROU | Daniel Bîrligea |
| 32 | FW | CUW | Rangelo Janga |
| 33 | DF | CRO | Denis Kolinger (on loan from Vejle) |
| 34 | GK | ROU | Cristian Bălgrădean |
| 37 | MF | ROU | Mihai Bordeianu |
| 40 | MF | CRO | Lovro Cvek |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Yuri Matias |
| 45 | DF | ROU | Mário Camora (Captain) |
| 47 | DF | GER | Christopher Braun |
| 73 | MF | CRO | Karlo Muhar |
| 75 | MF | ROU | Adrian Gîdea |
| 76 | MF | ROU | Tudor Lucaci |
| 90 | GK | ROU | Răzvan Sava |
| 92 | DF | SEN | Ibrahima Mbaye |
| 94 | MF | ROU | Cătălin Itu |
| 99 | FW | ROU | Sergiu Buș |

### Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MTN | Guessouma Fofana |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ESP | Jefté Betancor (to Pafos) |
| 82 | MF | ROU | Alin Fică (to Politehnica Iași) |
| 86 | FW | ROU | Denis Rusu (to CS Unirea Ungheni) |
| 89 | GK | ROU | Otto Hindrich (to Kisvárda) |
| 92 | MF | ROU | George Leață (to CSM Slatina) |
| — | DF | CIV | Abdoulaye Niakate (to Minaur Baia Mare) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ROU | Adrian Păun (to Hapoel Be'er Sheva) |
| — | MF | ROU | Sergiu Luca (to Gloria Bistrița) |
| — | MF | CIV | Ricky Gnéba (to Minaur Baia Mare) |
| — | FW | CIV | Kevin Bakare (to Minaur Baia Mare) |
| — | FW | MDA | Gheorghe Gondiu (to CSM Sighetu Marmației) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| 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 | 16 July 2022 | May 2023 | Matchday 1 | | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 065.38 |
| Cupa României | 10 November 2022 | | Group stage | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Supercupa României | 9 July 2022 | 9 July 2022 | Final | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 5 July 2022 | 13 July 2022 | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 21 July 2022 | 23 February 2023 | Second qualifying round | | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 042.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 052.27 |
Last updated: 23 February 2023 Source: Soccerway

### Liga I
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 November 2022. Source: Liga 1

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | P | L | W | P | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | |
| Position | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |

#### Regular season
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 64 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 63 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 3 | FCSB | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 57 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 54 | Qualification for the Play-off round |
| 5 | Rapid București | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the Play-off round |

##### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2022.

#### Play-off round
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAR | FCS | CFR | CRA | RAP | SPS |
| 1 | Farul Constanța (C) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 53 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 7–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | FCSB | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 46 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 |
| 3 | CFR Cluj (O) | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 42 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 40 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Rapid București | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 38 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | | 0–0 |
| 6 | Sepsi OSK | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 29 | Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ Cup winner

##### Matches
### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Second qualifying round
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SIV | CLJ | SLP | BLK |
| 1 | Sivasspor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 8 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Ballkani | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022.