# 2007–08 FC Steaua București season

The 2007–08 season was the 60th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 60th 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 and the UEFA Champions League.

## Players
### Transfers
#### In

Total spending: €11,06M :
| Player | From | Fee |
| Eric Bicfalvi | Jiul Petroșanii | €0.3M |
| Valentin Bădoi | Rapid București | €0.55M |
| Mihai Guriță | Farul Constanța | €0.1M |
| Cosmin Vâtcă | Oțelul Galați | €0.5M |
| Adrian Neaga | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | €0.61M |
| Ifeanyi Emeghara | Politehnica Știința Timișoara | €1.2M |
| Paweł Golański | Korona Kielce | €1.3M |
| Alexandru Iacob | Corvinul Hunedoara | €0.4M |
| Emil Ninu | Progresul București | €0.2M |
| Róbinson Zapata | Cúcuta Deportivo | €0.5M |
| Ionuț Rada | Rapid București | €0.8M |
| Dorel Zaharia | Gloria Bistrița | €0.5M |
| Mihăiță Pleșan | Politehnica Știința Timișoara | €1.5M |
| Romeo Surdu | CFR Cluj | €1M |
| Habib Habibou | Charleroi | Loan |
| Dino Eze | Gloria Buzau | €0.2M |
| Pepe Moreno | Independiente | Loan |
| Andrés Mendoza | Metalurh Donetsk | Free |
| Dayro Moreno | Once Caldas | €1.4M |
| Răzvan Ochiroșii | Gloria Buzău | Back from loan |
| Alexandru Iacob | Gloria Buzău | Back from loan |
| Alin Lițu | Gloria Buzău | Back from loan |
| Emil Ninu | Gloria Buzău | Back from loan |
| Alexandru Tudose | Gloria Buzău | Back from loan |
| Eric Bicfalvi | Gloria Buzău | Back from loan |
| Dino Eze | Gloria Buzău | Back from loan |
| André Nunes | Gloria Buzău | Back from loan |
| Valentin Simion | Gloria Buzău | Back from loan |
| Vasilică Cristocea | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Back from loan |
| Marius Croitoru | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Back from loan |

#### Out

Total income: €5,06M :
| Player | New team | Fee |
| Daniel Oprița | Dinamo București | Free |
| Stelian Stancu | Politehnica Știința Timișoara | €0.2M |
| Sorin Paraschiv | Rimini | €0.5M |
| Élton | Al-Nasr | €0.5M |
| Cyril Théréau | Anderlecht | €2.9M |
| Klemi Saban | Maccabi Netanya | Free |
| Gigel Coman | Universitatea Cluj | €0.1M |
| Gabriel Boștină | Dinamo București | €0.1M |
| Mihai Guriță | Farul Constanța | Free |
| Andrey | Cruzeiro | Released |
| Valentin Bădoi | Politehnica Știința Timișoara | Free |
| Dorel Zaharia | UTA Arad | €0.26M |
| Victoraș Iacob | Kaiserslautern | €0.5M |
| Vasilică Cristocea | Steaua II București | Second team |
| Marius Croitoru | Steaua II București | Second team |
| Alexandru Iacob | Steaua II București | Second team |

#### Loan out

| Player | Team |
| Alexandru Iacob | Gloria Buzău |
| Alin Lițu | Gloria Buzău |
| Emil Ninu | Gloria Buzău |
| Alexandru Tudose | Gloria Buzău |
| Eric Bicfalvi | Gloria Buzău |
| Dino Eze | Gloria Buzău |
| André Nunes | Gloria Buzău |
| Valentin Simion | Gloria Buzău |
| Vasilică Cristocea | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
| Marius Croitoru | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |

## Statistics
### Player stats

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga I | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa României | UEFA Champions League | UEFA Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | COL | Róbinson Zapata | 42 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Dorin Goian | 31 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | POL | Paweł Golański | 27 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ROU | Ionuț Rada | 28 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ROU | Mirel Rădoi | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Petre | 35 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Valentin Badea | 24 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ROU | Nicolae Dică | 40 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | CTA | Habib Habibou | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Cornel Cernea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | NGA | Ifeanyi Emeghara | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Mihai Neșu | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Bănel Nicoliță | 35 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Eugen Baciu | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Petre Marin | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Florin Lovin | 32 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ROU | Răzvan Ochiroșii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | COL | Pepe Moreno | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Mihăiță Pleșan | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ROU | Sorin Ghionea | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ROU | Adrian Neaga | 35 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | COL | Dayro Moreno | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | PER | Andrés Mendoza | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | GK | ROU | Cosmin Vâtcă | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | FW | ROU | Romeo Surdu | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players sold or loaned out during the season |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ROU | Emil Ninu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Eric Bicfalvi | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Boștină | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ROU | Vasilică Cristocea | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ROU | Victoraș Iacob | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ROU | Marius Croitoru | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Dino Eze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ROU | Valentin Bădoi | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ROU | Dorel Zaharia | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 31 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Iacob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | ROU | Mihai Guriță | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sources:

## 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 | 27 July 2007 | 7 May 2008 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 067.65 |
| Cupa României | 26 September 2007 | 6 December 2007 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 31 July 2007 | 12 December 2007 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 030.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 058.70 |
Source: Competitions

### Liga I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CFR Cluj (C) | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 76 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Steaua București | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Rapid București | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dinamo București | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Unirea Urziceni | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
* 1 2 3 RAP: 7 pts; DIN: 5 pts; UNI: 3 pts

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Third qualifying round
#### Group stage

Group H standings :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEV | ARS | SLP | STE |
| 1 | Sevilla | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | 3–0 | — | 7–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Steaua București | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |

##### Results
## Staff
### Management

* Manager: Gheorghe Hagi (resigned), Massimo Pedrazzini (sacked), Marius Lăcătuș
* Assistant managers: Mihai Teja, Ioan Nagy, Massimo Pedrazzini
* Goalkeeping coach: Andrei Speriatu
* Fitness Coach: Horea Codorean
* Medic: Radu Paligora
* Masseur: Cătălin Fandel

### Administration

* President: Valeriu Argăseală
* Vicepresident: Iulian Ghiorghișor
* Scouting manager: Mario Branco
* Marketing director: Andreea Chiriloiu
* Press Officer: Cătălin Făiniși
* Team Manager: Marius Ianuli
* Sporting Director: Adrian Ilie

### Board Room

* Chairman: George Becali
* Vice-Chairman: Teia Sponte
* Board Room Members: Lucian Becali, Vasile Geambazi
* Censor: Victor Manole, Mariana Istudor
* Supplementary Censors: Virgil Laurențiu Găman, Maria Apostoiu
* Stock Holders: Vasile Geambazi (37%), Constantin Geambazi (30%), Cătălin Ciubotă (26%), Tomaida Bădescu (4%), Marius Ianuli (3%)

### Youth Centre staff

* General manager: Leonard Strizu
* Coordinator: Gigel Gheorghe
* Physiotherapist: George Mărculescu
* Fitness Coach: Ciprian Prună