# Gazeta Sporturilor Monthly Football Awards

The Gazeta Sporturilor Monthly Football Awards are association football awards presented monthly by Romania's largest and most read sports-related publication, Gazeta Sporturilor. They were first handed out in September 2021, and honour players and managers deemed to have been the best over the previous month in Romania.
The award is not affiliated with the country's top flight competition, the Liga I—instead, voters can also choose between Romanian players and coaches who are competing abroad. Foreign footballers and coaches from Romania's first league are eligible as well. As of May 2023, Gheorghe Hagi has won the trophy for Manager of the Month five times, a record in both categories.

## List of winners

Cristian Săpunaru was the inaugural Player of the Month award winner for August 2021.
Darius Olaru won the Player of the Month award a record three times.
Player of the Month
Year
Month
Player
Nationality
Pos.
Team
Ref
2021
August
Cristian Săpunaru
 Romania
DF
Rapid București
September
Jefté Betancor
 Spain
FW
Farul Constanța
October
Andrei Ivan
 Romania
FW
Universitatea Craiova
November
Alexandru Cicâldău
 Romania
MF
Galatasaray
December
Gabriel Tamaș
 Romania
DF
Voluntari
2022
February
Gustavo Vagenin
 Brazil
FW
Universitatea Craiova
March
Octavian Popescu
 Romania
FW
FCSB
April
Darius Olaru
 Romania
MF
FCSB
May
Marius Ștefănescu
 Romania
FW
Sepsi OSK
July
Marius Ștefănescu (2)
 Romania
FW
Sepsi OSK
August
Andrea Compagno
 Italy
FW
FC U Craiova / FCSB
September
Baba Alhassan
 Ghana
MF
Hermannstadt
October
Doru Popadiuc
 Romania
MF
Chindia Târgoviște
2023
February
Malcom Edjouma
 France
MF
FCSB
March
Adrian Mazilu
 Romania
FW
Farul Constanța
April
Florinel Coman
 Romania
FW
FCSB
May
Tudor Băluță
 Romania
MF
Farul Constanța
July
Florinel Coman (2)
 Romania
FW
FCSB
August
Aurelian Chițu
 Romania
FW
FC U Craiova
September
Darius Olaru (2)
 Romania
MF
FCSB
October
Dan Nistor
 Romania
MF
Universitatea Cluj
November
Horațiu Moldovan
 Romania
GK
Rapid București
December
Darius Olaru (3)
 Romania
MF
FCSB
2024
February
Albion Rrahmani
 Kosovo
FW
Rapid București
March
Alexandru Mitriță
 Romania
FW
Universitatea Craiova
April
Florinel Coman (3)
 Romania
FW
FCSB
May
Dennis Politic
 Romania
FW
Dinamo Bucuresti
July
Catalin Cirjan
 Romania
MF
Dinamo Bucuresti
August
Astrit Selmani
 Kosovo
FW
Dinamo Bucuresti
September
Darius Olaru (4)
 Romania
MF
FCSB
October
Daniel Birligea
 Romania
FW
FCSB
November
Daniel Birligea (2)
 Romania
FW
FCSB
Manager of the Month
Nicolò Napoli was the first foreigner to win the Manager of the Month award.
Year
Month
Manager
Nationality
Team
Ref
2021
August
Mihai Iosif
 Romania
Rapid București
September
Liviu Ciobotariu
 Romania
Voluntari
October
Laurențiu Reghecampf
 Romania
Universitatea Craiova
November
Andrei Prepeliță
 Romania
Argeș Pitești
December
Dan Petrescu
 Romania
CFR Cluj
2022
February
Nicolò Napoli
 Italy
FC U Craiova
March
Răzvan Lucescu
 Romania
PAOK
April
Adrian Mutu
 Romania
Rapid București
May
Cristiano Bergodi
 Italy
Sepsi OSK
July
Cristiano Bergodi (2)
 Italy
Sepsi OSK
August
Gheorghe Hagi
 Romania
Farul Constanța
September
Marius Măldărășanu
 Romania
Hermannstadt
October
Gheorghe Hagi (2)
 Romania
Farul Constanța
2023
February
Gheorghe Hagi (3)
 Romania
Farul Constanța
March
Dan Petrescu (2)
 Romania
CFR Cluj
April
Gheorghe Hagi (4)
 Romania
Farul Constanța
May
Gheorghe Hagi (5)
 Romania
Farul Constanța
July
Liviu Ciobotariu (2)
 Romania
Sepsi OSK
August
Liviu Ciobotariu (3)
 Romania
Sepsi OSK
September
Dorinel Munteanu
 Romania
Oțelul Galați
October
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău
 Romania
Universitatea Cluj
November
Edward Iordănescu
 Romania
Romania national team
December
Răzvan Lucescu (2)
 Romania
PAOK
2024
February
Cristiano Bergodi (3)
 Italy
Rapid București
March
Ivaylo Petev
 Bulgaria
Universitatea Craiova
April
Elias Charalambous
 Cyprus
FCSB
May
Răzvan Lucescu (3)
 Romania
PAOK
July
Adrian Mihalcea
 Romania
Unirea Slobozia
August
Zeljko Kopic
 Croatia
Dinamo Bucuresti
September
Ioan Ovidiu Sabău (2)
 Romania
Universitatea Cluj
October
Daniel Pancu
 Romania
Romania U-21
November
Elias Charalambous (2)
 Cyprus
FCSB :

## Multiple winners

    As of November 2024 award

## Awards won by position

    As of November 2024 award
| Position | Players | Wins |
| Forward | 14 | 18 |
| Midfielder | 8 | 11 |
| Defender | 2 | 2 |
| Goalkeeper | 1 | 1 |

## Awards won by nationality

    As of November 2024 award

## Awards won by club

    As of November 2024 award