# 2021–22 CSA Steaua București (football) season

The 2021–22 CSA Steaua București season is the team's 60th season since its founding in 1947.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 16 February 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Raul Bălbărău |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Codruţ Sandu |
| 22 | GK | ROU | Horia Iancu (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Dean Beța |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Sergiu Bactăr |
| 13 | DF | ROU | Adrian Ilie |
| 14 | DF | ROU | Robert Neacșu |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Darius Oroian |
| 18 | DF | ROU | George Călințaru |
| 55 | DF | BRA | Walace |
| 89 | DF | ROU | Ovidiu Morariu |
| 6 | MF | ROU | Mădălin Mihăescu |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Valentin Bărbulescu (vice-captain) |
| 9 | MF | ROU | Emilian Pacionel |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Rareș Enceanu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Andrei Zătreanu |
| 19 | MF | ROU | Stephan Drăghici |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Florin Răsdan (3rd captain) |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Ștefan Pacionel |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Cristian Bustea |
| 32 | MF | ROU | Claudiu Donose |
| 88 | MF | ROU | Adrian Popa |
| 90 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Zaharia |
| — | MF | ROU | Liviu Băjenaru |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Dragoș Huiban |
| 21 | FW | ROU | Vasile Buhăescu |
| 77 | FW | ROU | Bogdan Chipirliu |
| 99 | FW | ROU | Claudiu Dragu |
| — | FW | ROU | Iustin Raducan |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Age | Pos | Player | Transferred from | Type | Date |
| 21 | 33 | FW | Vasile Buhăescu | Petrolul Ploiești | Transfer | 24 June 2021 |
| 19 | 23 | MF | Stephan Drăghici | Universitatea Craiova | Transfer | 18 July 2021 |
| 27 | 22 | MF | Ștefan Pacionel | Axiopolis Cernavodă | Transfer | 20 July 2021 |
| 99 | 20 | FW | Cezar Gherghiceanu | Farul Constanța | Transfer | |
| 17 | 17 | DF | Darius Oroian | Farul Constanța U19 | Transfer | |
| 12 | - | GK | Codruţ Sandu | Steaua's Youth Center | Promoted | |
| 16 | 18 | MF | Andrei Zătreanu | FCSB U19 | Transfer | |
| 32 | 17 | MF | Claudiu Donose | Rapid București | Transfer | |
| - | 17 | GK | Mario Enache | FC U Craiova 1948 | Loan | |
| 88 | 33 | MF | Adrian Popa | Free Agent (last time at Academica Clinceni) | Transfer | 22 September 2021 |
| 30 | 27 | MF | Cristian Bustea | Free Agent (last time at UTA Arad) | Transfer | 13 February 2022 |
| | 30 | FW | Claudiu Dragu | Astra Giurgiu | Transfer | 15 February 2022 |
| | 16 | FW | Iustin Răducan | Sport Team | Transfer | 15 February 2022 |
Source:

### Out

| No. | Age | Pos | Player | Transferred to | Type | Date |
| 1 | 19 | GK | Ștefan Mușat | FC Viitorul II Constanța | Loan ended | |
| 16 | 19 | DF | Antonio Vlad | FC Viitorul II Constanța | Loan ended | |
| 17 | 26 | FW | Philippe Nsiah | N/A | Released | |
| 20 | 29 | MF | Marian Neagu | N/A | Released | |
| 31 | 21 | FW | Cezar Mihalache | N/A | Released | |
| - | 32 | FW | Andrei Antohi | N/A | Released | |
| 99 | 21 | MF | Vlad Nițu | N/A | Loan | |
| 47 | 19 | MF | Dragoș Nicolae | N/A | Loan | |
| 99 | 20 | FW | Cezar Gherghiceanu | N/A | Released | 10 December 2021 |
| - | 17 | GK | Mario Enache | FC U Craiova 1948 | End of Loan | 10 December 2021 |
Source:

## 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 II | 4 August 2021 | - | Matchday 1 | - | | | | | !— | |
| Cupa României | 18 August 2021 | - | Second round | - | | | | | !— | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Last updated: 14 July 2021 (2021-07-14). Source: Competitions

### Liga II
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 2 | Universitatea Cluj | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 14 | +20 | 42 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
| 3 | Hermannstadt | 19 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 15 | +26 | 41 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
| 4 | Steaua București | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 37 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 36 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 33 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PET | HER | UCJ | STE | CON | USZ |
| 1 | Petrolul Ploiești (C, P) | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 63 | Promotion Liga I | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Hermannstadt (P) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 61 | Promotion Liga I | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Universitatea Cluj (O, P) | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 57 | Qualification to play-offs | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Steaua București | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 50 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Concordia Chiajna | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 44 | Qualification to play-offs | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Unirea Slobozia | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 41 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ Steaua Bucuresti is ineligible for promotion.

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Play-off matches
### Cupa României
## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

    Last updated on 31 March 2022.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga II | Liga II | Play-off | Play-off | Cupa României | Cupa României |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ROU | Raul Bălbărău | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Codruţ Sandu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ROU | Horia Iancu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | GK | ROU | Mario Enache | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ROU | Dean Beța | 19 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Sergiu Bactăr | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ROU | Adrian Ilie | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ROU | Robert Neacșu | 14 | 2 | 8+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Darius Oroian | 20 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ROU | George Călințaru | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | BRA | Wallace | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | ROU | Ovidiu Morariu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ROU | Mădălin Mihăescu | 16 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Valentin Bărbulescu | 18 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ROU | Emilian Pacionel | 13 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Rareș Enceanu | 15 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Andrei Zătreanu | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ROU | Stephan Drăghici | 13 | 1 | 7+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Florin Răsdan | 19 | 3 | 8+9 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ROU | Ștefan Pacionel | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Liviu Băjenaru | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ROU | Claudiu Donose | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | ROU | Adrian Popa | 11 | 3 | 6+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Zaharia | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Cristian Bustea | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | ROU | Dragoș Huiban | 17 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ROU | Vasile Buhăescu | 16 | 6 | 11+4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | ROU | Bogdan Chipirliu | 19 | 12 | 16+1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | ROU | Cezar Gherghiceanu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| - | FW | ROU | Claudiu Dragu | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | FW | ROU | Iustin Răducan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |