# 2005–06 FC Steaua București season

The 2005–06 season was the 58th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

* Carlos
* Ogăraru
* Goian
* Ghionea
* P. Marin
* Nicoliță
* Rădoi (C)
* Paraschiv
* Boștină
* Dică
* Iacob
* The starting line-up in the 2005–06 season.
    Squad at end of season
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 |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Cornel Cernea |
| 13 | GK | POR | Carlos Fernandes |
| 31 | GK | ROU | Marius Toma |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Dorin Goian |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Daniel Bălan |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Mirel Rădoi (captain) |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Mihai Neșu |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Eugen Baciu |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Petre Marin |
| 20 | DF | ROU | George Ogăraru |
| 23 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Tudose |
| 24 | DF | ROU | Sorin Ghionea |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Andrei Enescu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Nicolae Dică |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Boștină |
| 14 | MF | ROU | Vasilică Cristocea |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Bănel Nicoliță |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Sorin Paraschiv |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Florin Lovin |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Ochiroșii |
| 7 | FW | ROU | Daniel Oprița |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Valentin Simion |
| 19 | FW | ROU | Victoraș Iacob |
| 21 | FW | ROU | Andrei Cristea |
| 25 | FW | ROU | Alin Lițu |
| 27 | FW | ROU | Laurențiu Diniță |

### Transfers
## 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 % |
| Divizia A | 6 August 2005 | 7 June 2006 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 063.33 |
| Cupa României | 21 September 2005 | 21 September 2005 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Supercupa României | 31 July 2005 | 31 July 2005 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 27 July 2005 | 23 August 2005 | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 025.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 15 September 2005 | 27 April 2006 | First round | Semi-finals | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 81 | 32 | +49 | 054.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Divizia A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Steaua București (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Rapid București | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo București | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 32 | +24 | 56 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Sportul Studențesc București (R) | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 35 | +19 | 55 | Relegation to Liga II |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 50 | |
* 1 2 DIN 4-5 SPO; SPO 0-2 DIN
* ↑ Sportul Studențesc was denied the right to participate for next season of Liga I because it failed to meet the licensing requirements, therefore Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (15th place) was spared from relegation.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: LT

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage

Group C standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Steaua București | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Lens | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Hertha BSC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | |
| 5 | Halmstads BK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |