# 2015–16 FC Steaua București season

The 2015–16 season was the 68th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 68th 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, the Cupa Ligii, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | Florin Niță |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Cornel Râpă |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Paul Papp |
| 4 | DF | MDA | Cătălin Carp |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Jugurtha Hamroun |
| 6 | MF | ROU | Mihai Pintilii |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Chipciu (vice-captain) |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Lucian Filip |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Ciprian Marica |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Nicolae Stanciu (3rd captain) |
| 11 | MF | GHA | Sulley Muniru |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Valentin Cojocaru |
| 13 | DF | ROU | Alin Toșca |
| 14 | MF | MAR | Houssine Kharja |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Marko Momčilović |
| 18 | MF | GER | Timo Gebhart |
| 19 | MF | ROU | Vlad Mihalcea |
| 20 | FW | JOR | Tha'er Bawab |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Grégory Tadé |
| 27 | FW | ROU | Cristian Onțel |
| 30 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Tamaș |
| 33 | DF | CPV | Fernando Varela (captain) |
| 44 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Enache |
| 55 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Bourceanu |
| 77 | MF | ROU | Adrian Popa |
| 95 | MF | ROU | Doru Popadiuc |
| 98 | GK | ROU | Ionuț Poiană |

#### Youth players with first-team appearances

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | FW | ROU | Bogdan Măcriș |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

#### Out of team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | NED | Nicandro Breeveld |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ROU | Valeriu Lupu |

##### Notes

During the season Jugurtha Hamroun used two numbers, 14 in European Cups and 5 in Liga I.

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| — | DF | Gabriel Matei | 25 | EU | Brașov | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| — | MF | Paul Pârvulescu | 26 | EU | Viitorul Constanța | Loan return | Summer | 2017 | — | |
| 27 | MF | Răzvan Grădinaru | 19 | EU | Oțelul Galați | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 28 | FW | Alexandru Târnovan | 19 | EU | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 35 | DF | Alexandru Aldea (footballer) | 20 | EU | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 98 | GK | Ionuț Poiană | 17 | EU | Youth system | Promoted | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 22 | DF | Jean Sony Alcénat | 29 | Non-EU | Petrolul Ploiești | Free transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 11 | MF | Sulley Muniru | 22 | Non-EU | CFR Cluj | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 19 | MF | Vlad Mihalcea | 16 | EU | Brașov | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | Undisclosed | Steaua Facebook |
| 17 | FW | Alexandru Tudorie | 19 | EU | Oțelul Galați | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 23 | MF | Aymen Tahar | 25 | EU | Gaz Metan Mediaș | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 14 | MF | Jugurtha Hamroun | 26 | EU | Oțelul Galați | Free transfer | Summer | 2020 | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 15 | FW | Grégory Tadé | 28 | EU | CFR Cluj | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 4 | DF | Cătălin Carp | 21 | EU | CFR Cluj | Free transfer | Summer | 2019 | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 14 | MF | Houssine Kharja | 32 | EU | Sochaux | Free transfer | Summer | 2016 | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 41 | MF | Cătălin Ștefănescu | 21 | EU | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Undisclosed | |
| 95 | MF | Doru Popadiuc | 20 | EU | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Undisclosed | |
| 92 | MF | Sebastian Chitoșcă | 23 | EU | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | Undisclosed | |
| 55 | MF | Alexandru Bourceanu | 30 | EU | Trabzonspor | Free transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 6 | MF | Mihai Pintilii | 31 | EU | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Transfer | Winter | 2017 | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 22 | MF | Paul Pârvulescu | 27 | EU | Voluntari | Loan return | Winter | 2017 | — | |
| 15 | DF | Marko Momčilović | 28 | Non-EU | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Transfer | Winter | 2018 | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 9 | FW | Ciprian Marica | 30 | EU | Konyaspor | Free transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 20 | FW | Tha'er Bawab | 30 | EU | CS Universitatea Craiova | Free transfer | Winter | 2017 | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 18 | MF | Timo Gebhart | 26 | EU | 1. FC Nürnberg | Free transfer | Winter | 2016 | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 30 | DF | Gabriel Tamaș | 32 | EU | Cardiff City | Free transfer | Winter | 2018 | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 44 | MF | Gabriel Enache | 25 | EU | Astra Giurgiu | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | € 500.000 | SteauaFC.com |

#### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 24 | GK | Giedrius Arlauskis | 27 | EU | Watford | End of contract | Summer | Free | WatfordFC.com |
| 11 | MF | Andrei Prepeliță | 29 | EU | Ludogorets Razgrad | End of contract | Summer | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 14 | DF | Iasmin Latovlevici | 29 | EU | Gençlerbirliği | End of contract | Summer | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 25 | FW | Raul Rusescu | 26 | EU | Sevilla | End of loan | Summer | — | SteauaFC.com |
| 55 | MF | Alexandru Bourceanu | 30 | EU | Trabzonspor | End of loan | Summer | — | SteauaFC.com |
| — | DF | Paul Pârvulescu | 26 | EU | Voluntari | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 97 | MF | Robert Vâlceanu | 18 | EU | Voluntari | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 10 | MF | Cristian Tănase | 28 | EU | Tianjin TEDA | Transfer | Summer | € 1.000.000 | SteauaFC.com |
| 31 | MF | Florentin Pham | 18 | EU | Academica Clinceni | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| — | DF | Srdjan Luchin | 29 | EU | ACS Poli Timișoara | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 30 | DF | Gabriel Tamaș | 31 | EU | Cardiff City | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 26 | MF | Ionuț Neagu | 25 | EU | Kardemir Karabükspor | Loan with transfer option | Summer | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 80 | FW | Gabriel Iancu | 21 | EU | Kardemir Karabükspor | Loan with transfer option | Summer | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 27 | MF | Răzvan Grădinaru | 20 | EU | Concordia Chiajna | Loan | Summer | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| — | DF | Gabriel Matei | 25 | EU | Academica Clinceni | Mutual termination | Summer | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 29 | FW | George Țucudean | 24 | EU | Charlton Athletic | End of loan | Summer | — | SteauaFC.com |
| 16 | DF | Guilherme Sityá | 25 | EU | | Mutual termination | Winter | Free | SteauaFC.com |
| 23 | MF | Aymen Tahar | 26 | EU | Boavista | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 17 | FW | Alexandru Tudorie | 19 | EU | Voluntari | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 94 | MF | Rareș Enceanu | 21 | EU | Voluntari | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 41 | MF | Cătălin Ștefănescu | 21 | EU | Voluntari | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 28 | FW | Alexandru Târnovan | 20 | EU | Universitatea Cluj | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| — | DF | Jean Sony Alcénat | 30 | EU | Voluntari | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 22 | DF | Paul Pîrvulescu | 27 | EU | Târgu Mureș | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | SteauaFC.com |
| 92 | MF | Sebastian Chitoșcă | 23 | EU | Voluntari | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | |
| 35 | DF | Alexandru Aldea (footballer) | 20 | EU | Sporting Turnu Măgurele | Loan | Winter | Undisclosed | |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    Last updated on 17 July 2016
| Player | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa Ligii | Supercupa României | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| Nicolae Stanciu | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Jugurtha Hamroun | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Alexandru Chipciu | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Grégory Tadé | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Adrian Popa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Fernando Varela | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sulley Muniru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Aymen Tahar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabriel Enache | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marko Momčilović | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tha'er Bawab | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alexandru Tudorie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gabriel Iancu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicandro Breeveld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cornel Râpă | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lucian Filip | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Papp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Doru Popadiuc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cristian Onțel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals ||||||||
| Cristian Bocșan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Iván González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steliano Filip | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Competitions
### Liga I
#### Regular season

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: FCSB

##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 3 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 47 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 4 | Viitorul Constanța | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 46 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 5 | Steaua București | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 44 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 6 | Târgu Mureș | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 21 | +6 | 38 | Qualification for the championship round |
| 7 | CSMS Iași | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 37 | Qualification for the relegation round |

##### Position 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 |
| Ground | H | AR | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | HR | A | HR | AR | HR | A | HR | A | A | HR |
| Result | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |

##### Results
#### Championship round

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: FCSB

##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Astra Giurgiu (C) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 48 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Steaua București | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 39 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Dinamo București | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 36 | |
| 5 | Viitorul Constanța | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 29 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Târgu Mureș | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 22 | |
* ↑ Dinamo București failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2014.
* ↑ On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Târgu Mureș will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons (i.e. the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons).

##### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | HR | A | A | H | H | A | W | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

##### Results
### Non competitive matches

| Date | Team | Results | Results | Results | Steaua scorers |
| Date | Team | Home | Away | Neutral | Steaua scorers |
| 19 June 2015 | Zărnești | | | 8–0 | Iancu 20', 24', Popa 31', Chipciu 46', 79', Țucudean 72', Grădinaru 84', Tănase 87' |
| 24 June 2015 | Austria Klagenfurt | | | 4–5 | Țucudean 47', 62', Tudorie 80', Râpă 83' |
| 26 June 2015 | Legia Warsaw | | | 1–1 | Neagu 70' |
| 30 June 2015 | Rubin Kazan | | | 2–1 | Tudorie 62', Iancu 79' |
| 3 July 2015 | Qarabağ | | | 3–2 | Iancu 2', Tudorie 57', Mihalcea 90' |
| 5 September 2015 | Al-Ittihad Kalba | | | 1–0 | Tadé 50' |
| 17 September 2015 | Tunari | | | 4–0 | Chipciu 10', 30', Tahar 24', Onțel 87' |
| 10 October 2015 | Viitorul Constanța | | | 0–1 | |
| 17 November 2015 | Pitești | | | 1–0 | Stanciu 36' |
| 19 January 2016 | Young Boys | | | 2–2 | Hamroun 15', 65' |
| 26 January 2016 | Újpest | | | 2–0 | Stanciu 32', Popa 85' |
| 29 January 2016 | Sturm Graz | | | 1–0 | Marica 61' |
| 31 January 2016 | Ludogorets Razgrad | | | 0–3 | |
| 4 February 2016 | Djurgården | | | 2–2 | Varela 4', Hamroun 21' |
| 6 February 2016 | Trenčín | | | 0–1 | |