# 2023–24 FC Universitatea Cluj season

The 2023–24 season is the 98rd season of competitive football by Universitatea Cluj, and the 2nd in Liga I, after being promoted at the end of the 2021-22 Liga II season. Universitatea Cluj will compete in the Liga I and in Cupa României.

## Previous season positions

| Competition | Position |
| Liga I | 10th |
| Cupa României | Final |

## First-team squad

    Last updated on 5 March 2024
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 12 | Iustin Chirilă | GK | (2006-05-21) 21 May 2006 (age 18) |
| 23 | Plamen Iliev | GK | (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 32) |
| 33 | Andrei Gorcea | GK | (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 23) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Thalisson | CB | (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26) |
| 3 | Bogdan Mitrea | CB | (1984-03-16) 16 March 1984 (age 40) |
| 17 | Andrei Pițian | CB | (1993-01-31) 31 January 1993 (age 32) |
| 25 | Lucas Masoero | CB | (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36) |
| 26 | Dorinel Oancea | RB | (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27) |
| 41 | Alin Techereș | LB | (2007-01-05) 5 January 2007 (age 18) |
| 43 | Alin Chinteș | RB | (2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 (age 19) |
| 77 | Andrei Peteleu | RB | August 20, 1992 (age 31) |
| 93 | Răzvan Călăgur | LB | (2006-04-06) 6 April 2006 (age 18) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Kevin Doukouré | CM | (1999-03-30) 30 March 1999 (age 25) |
| 8 | Roger | AM | (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 28) |
| 10 | Dan Nistor | CM | (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 36) |
| 21 | Marco Fossati | DM | (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 29) |
| 24 | Ante Roguljić | AM | (1996-03-11) 11 March 1996 (age 28) |
| 42 | Alexandru Bota | CM | (1982-09-03) 3 September 1982 (age 42) |
| 94 | Ovidiu Bic | CM | (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 26) |
| 96 | Robert Silaghi | AM | (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 (age 33) |
| 98 | Gabriel Simion | DM | (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 (age 26) |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Filip Ilie | CF | (2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 22) |
| 11 | Dragoș Tescan | CF | (1999-09-15) 15 September 1999 (age 25) |
| 19 | Daniel Popa | CF | (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 (age 29) |
| 20 | Valentin Gheorghe | LW | (1997-02-14) 14 February 1997 (age 27) |
| 27 | Alexandru Chipciu (captain) | RW | (1989-05-18) 18 May 1989 (age 35) |
| 30 | Luca Nagy | CF | (2006-02-20) 20 February 2006 (age 18) |
| 32 | Federico Anselmo | CF | (1994-06-11) 11 June 1994 (age 30) |
| 71 | Ștefan Pănoiu | RW | (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### 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 2023 | | Matchday 1 | 10 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 034.78 |
| Cupa României | August 2023 | – | Group stage | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 034.78 |
Last updated: 2 February 2024 Source: Competitions

### Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced on July 1, 2023.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Farul Constanța | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 43 | Qualification to play-off round |
| 6 | Sepsi OSK | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 43 | Qualification to play-off round |
| 7 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 42 | Qualification to play-out round |
| 8 | UTA Arad | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 40 | Qualification to play-out round |
| 9 | Hermannstadt | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 40 | Qualification to play-out round |
* 1 2 Head to head points: Farul Constanța 6, Sepsi OSK 0
* 1 2 Head to head points: UTA 3 (+1), Hermannstadt 3 (-1)
| 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 |
Last updated: 2 February 2024. Source:

##### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Cupa României
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 2 February 2024
| No. | Pos | Player | Liga I | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa României | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |

### Squad statistics

| | Liga I | Cupa României | Home | Away | Total Stats |
| Games played | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games won | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games drawn | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Games lost | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goals conceded | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal difference | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal by Substitute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players used | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winning rate | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Last updated: 2 February 2024 Source: Competitive matches

### Goalscorers

    As of 2 February 2024
| Rank | Position | Name | Liga I | Cupa României | Total |
| Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 2024
| Rank | Name | Liga I | Cupa României | Total | Games played |
| Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Attendances

    As of 2024
| | Matches | Attendances | Average | High | Low |
| Liga I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cupa României | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |