# 2024–25 FC Universitatea Cluj season

The 2024–25 season is the 99th season of competitive football of Universitatea Cluj, and the 3rd 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 16 January 2025
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 |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Ștefan Lefter |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Mitrea (4th captain) |
| 4 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Oaidă |
| 5 | DF | ARG | Lucas Masoero |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Iulian Cristea |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Robert Silaghi |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Dorin Codrea |
| 9 | FW | TUN | Adel Bettaieb |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Dan Nistor (Vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | ARM | Artur Miranyan |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Denis Moldovan |
| 13 | FW | CMR | Franck Tchassem |
| 16 | DF | SUI | Jasper van der Werff |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Daniel Lasure |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Andrei Artean |
| 19 | FW | CIV | Issouf Macalou |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Bota |
| 21 | MF | ROU | Mario Șfaiț |
| 22 | MF | MDA | Vadim Rață |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Popescu |
| 24 | DF | ROU | Radu Boboc |
| 26 | DF | ROU | Dorinel Oancea |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Chipciu (Captain) |
| 30 | GK | LTU | Edvinas Gertmonas |
| 66 | DF | ROU | Ștefan Opriș |
| 77 | FW | ROU | Vladislav Blănuță (on loan from FC U Craiova) |
| 93 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Thiam |
| 94 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Bic (3rd captain) |
| 98 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Simion |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Dorin Codrea | Concordia Chiajna | Free | 6 May 2024 |
| MF | Ovidiu Popescu | FCSB | Free | 29 May 2024 |
| MF | Vadim Rață | FC Voluntari | Free | 30 May 2024 |
| DF | Iulian Cristea | FC Rapid București | Free | 5 June 2024 |
| DF | Radu Boboc | FC Voluntari | Free | 7 June 2024 |
| FW | Mamadou Thiam | Al-Jabalain | Undisclosed | 12 June 2024 |
| FW | Adel Bettaieb | Politehnica Iași | Free | 22 June 2024 |
| FW | Mario Șfaiț | FC Viitorul Mihai Georgescu | Undisclosed | 25 June 2024 |
| MF | Berto | Portimonense | Free | 3 July 2024 |
| DF | Ștefan Andrei | Sănătatea Cluj | Free | 12 July 2024 |
| FW | Vladislav Blănuță | FC U Craiova 1948 | Loan | 12 July 2024 |
| FW | Franck Tchassem | CSM Focșani | Free | 12 July 2024 |
| DF | Daniel Lasure | SD Amorebieta | Free | 30 July 2024 |
| DF | Jasper van der Werff | SC Paderborn | Free | 6 August 2024 |
| MF | Răzvan Oaidă | FC Rapid București | Free | 18 September 2024 |
| FW | Artur Miranyan | FC Noah | Free | 20 September 2024 |
| GK | Ștefan Lefter | Corvinul Hunedoara | €100,000 | 31 December 2024 |
| MF | Andrei Artean | CFR Cluj | Free | 15 January 2025 |
| MF | Andrej Fábry | UTA Arad | Undisclosed | 10 February 2025 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Dragoș Tescan | Gloria Buzău | Free | 31 May 2024 |
| GK | Plamen Iliev | Cherno More Varna | Free | 31 May 2024 |
| DF | Andrei Pițian | FC Voluntari | Free | 31 May 2024 |
| MF | Kevin Doukouré | FC Argeș | Free | 31 May 2024 |
| FW | Daniel Popa | FCSB | €300,000 | 4 June 2024 |
| GK | Iustin Chirilă | FC Voluntari | Loan | 14 June 2024 |
| FW | Albert Hofman | Oțelul Galați | Loan | 17 June 2024 |
| MF | Marco Fossati | | Free | 18 June 2024 |
| DF | Andrei Peteleu | FC Voluntari | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Valentin Gheorghe | Politehnica Iași | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Federico Anselmo | | Free | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Ștefan Pănoiu | FC Rapid București | Loan return | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Ante Roguljić | Universitatea Craiova | Loan return | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Alin Chinteș | Unirea Ungheni | Loan | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Thalisson | Antalyaspor | €280,000 | 17 July 2024 |
| MF | Roger | | Free | 22 August 2024 |
| MF | Matei Moraru | FC U Craiova 1948 | Loan | 8 September 2024 |
| MF | Berto | | Released | 4 November 2024 |
| GK | Andrei Gorcea | UTA Arad | Free | 5 January 2025 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 % |
| Liga I | 13 July 2024 | – | Matchday 1 | – | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 047.62 |
| Cupa României | 29 August 2024 | – | Play-off | Play-off | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 045.45 |
Last updated: 16 January 2025 Source: Competitions

### Liga I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Advances |
| 1 | FCSB (Q) | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 49 | Qualification for play-off round |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova (Q) | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 48 | Qualification for play-off round |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj (Q) | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 48 | Qualification for play-off round |
| 4 | CFR Cluj (Q) | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 47 | Qualification for play-off round |
| 5 | Dinamo București | 27 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 45 | Qualification for play-off round |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | | | |
| Position | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 1 July 2024.