# 2023–24 FC Rapid București season

The 2023–24 FC Rapid București season is the club's 101st season in existence and the second consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Rapid București are participating in this season's edition of the Cupa României. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 1 September 2023
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 |
| 4 | MF | EST | Mattias Käit |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Paul Iacob |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Funsho Bamgboye |
| 9 | FW | KOS | Albion Rrahmani |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Ioniță |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Borja Valle |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Iulian Cristea |
| 17 | MF | ROU | Ștefan Pănoiu |
| 19 | DF | ROU | Răzvan Onea |
| 21 | DF | ROU | Dragoș Grigore (3rd captain) |
| 22 | DF | ROU | Cristian Săpunaru (Captain) |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Albu |
| 24 | DF | ROU | Andrei Borza |
| 25 | MF | BEL | Xian Emmers |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Oaidă |
| 27 | FW | ROU | Claudiu Petrila (on loan from CFR Cluj) |
| 29 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Gheorghe |
| 30 | FW | ROU | Alex Stan |
| 31 | GK | ROU | Horațiu Moldovan |
| 32 | DF | ROU | Robert Badescu |
| 47 | DF | GER | Christopher Braun |
| 70 | MF | ROU | Eduard Danaila |
| 80 | MF | ROU | Catalin Cirjan (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 90 | GK | ROU | Virgil Drăghia (Vice-captain) |
| 91 | MF | ROU | Omar El Sawy |
| 93 | FW | CMR | Kevin Soni |
| 96 | MF | FRA | Jayson Papeau |
| 99 | GK | ROU | Bogdan Ungureanu |

### 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 |
| — | GK | ROU | Codrut Stan (to LPS Clinceni) |
| — | DF | ROU | Cristian Ignat (to CS Mioveni) |
| — | MF | ROU | David Iordache (to Cetatea Turnu Magurele) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ROU | Andrei Ciobanu (to Poli Iasi) |
| — | MF | ROU | Alexandru Crivac (to Progresul Spartac) |
| — | FW | ROU | Claudiu Micovschi (to UTA Arad) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Catalin Cirjan | Arsenal | Loan fee | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Borja Valle | Cartagena | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Răzvan Oaidă | FCSB | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Iulian Cristea | FCSB | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Christopher Braun | CFR Cluj | €150,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Omar El Sawy | Csikszereda | €400,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Claudiu Petrila | CFR Cluj | Loan fee €500,000 | 31 July 2023 |
| FW | Claudiu Micovschi | Avellino | Free Transfer | 3 August 2023 |
| FW | Albion Rrahmani | Ballkani | €600,000 | 7 August 2023 |
| DF | Andrei Borza | Farul Constanta | €800,000 | 15 August 2023 |
| FW | Kevin Soni | Free Agent | Free Transfer | 12 September 2023 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Younes Bnou Marzouk | Free Agent | Release | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Kevin Luckassen | Free Agent | Release | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Hervin Ongenda | Free Agent | Release | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Alin Demici | CS Dinamo Bucuresti | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Alexandru Despa | CS Tunari | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Damien Dussaut | Farul Constanta | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Albert Stahl | UTA Arad | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Ljuban Crepulja | FC Voluntari | Free Transfer | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Antonio Sefer | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | €500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Andrei Ciobanu | Poli Iasi | Loan Transfer | 26 July 2023 |
| DF | Claudiu Belu | Poli Iasi | Free Transfer | 27 July 2023 |
| DF | Cristian Ignat | CS Mioveni | Loan Transfer | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Alexandru Crivac | Progresul Spartac | Loan Transfer | 17 August 2023 |
| FW | Valentin Costache | Apollon Limassol | €100,000 | 22 August 2023 |
| FW | Claudiu Micovschi | UTA Arad | Loan Transfer | 30 August 2023 |
| DF | Florin Ștefan | Sepsi OSK | Free Transfer | 4 September 2023 |
| FW | Marko Dugandzic | Al-Tai | €2,000,000 | 7 September 2023 |
| DF | Junior Morais | Gaziantep | Free Transfer | 9 September 2023 |

### Overall transfer activity
## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Liga I | 14 July 2023 | May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 050.00 |
| Cupa României | | | Group stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 050.00 |
Last updated: 1 September 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
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FCS | CFR | UCV | FAR | SEP | RAP |
| 1 | FCSB (C) | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 49 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| 2 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 46 | Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Universitatea Craiova (O) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 44 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Farul Constanța | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 36 | | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | | 1–4 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Sepsi OSK | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 34 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 3–2 |
| 6 | Rapid București | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 32 | | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | UTA | OTE | HER | UCJ | PET | IAS | DIN | BOT | VOL | FCU |
| 1 | UTA Arad | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 37 | | | 3–1 | 1–3 | | | | | 1–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Oțelul Galați | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 36 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | |
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 34 | | | | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | |
| 4 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 33 | Qualification to European competition play-offs | 0–0 | | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | | |
| 5 | Petrolul Ploiești | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 29 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | | | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Politehnica Iași | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 27 | | 0–2 | | | | 2–0 | | | | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 7 | Dinamo București (O) | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 25 | Qualification to relegation play-offs | 2–0 | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | |
| 8 | Botoșani (O) | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 25 | Qualification to relegation play-offs | | | | | | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| 9 | Voluntari (R) | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 24 | Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | | | | | 0–0 |
| 10 | FC U Craiova (R) | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 22 | Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | | | 1–1 | | | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Liga 1

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2023.