# 2022–23 FC Voluntari season

The 2022–23 FC Voluntari season was the club's 13th season in existence and the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Voluntari participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României.

## Players

    As of 26 January 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Cristian Paz |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Ulrich Meleke |
| 5 | DF | MDA | Igor Armaș (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Lukáš Droppa |
| 7 | DF | ALB | Naser Aliji |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Mihai Răduț |
| 9 | FW | MDA | Vitalie Damașcan (on loan from Sepsi) |
| 10 | MF | ROU | George Merloi |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Daniel Florea |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Victor Rîmniceanu |
| 13 | FW | ROU | Andrei Dumiter |
| 14 | MF | POR | Marcelo Lopes |
| 16 | MF | ISL | Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson |
| 17 | MF | ROU | Doru Andrei |
| 18 | MF | CPV | Hélder Tavares |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Robert Popescu |
| 22 | MF | MDA | Vadim Rață |
| 23 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Vlad (Vice-captain) |
| 24 | DF | POR | Ricardinho (3rd captain) |
| 28 | DF | ROU | Vlăduț Andreș |
| 34 | DF | ARG | Patricio Matricardi |
| 56 | GK | ROU | Daniel Paraschiv |
| 71 | GK | ROU | Mihai Popa |
| 72 | MF | ROU | Roberto Voican |
| 77 | FW | SVK | Adam Nemec |
| 80 | FW | CIV | Aymar Meleke |
| 88 | GK | ESP | Jesús Fernández |
| 90 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Munteanu |
| 98 | DF | ROU | Cristian Costin |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ROU | Octavian Vâlceanu (to Petrolul Ploiești) |
| — | DF | ROU | Radu Zamfir (to Progresul Spartac) |
| — | MF | ROU | Alexandru Ilie (to Afumați) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ROU | Alexandru Stoica (to Afumați) |
| — | MF | MEX | Omar Govea (to Monterrey) |
| — | MF | ROU | Robert Dumitru (to Metalul Buzău) |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### 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 I | 18 July 2022 | 13 March 2023 | Matchday 1 | 10th | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 026.67 |
| Liga I play-out round | 17 March 2023 | 26 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | European play-off semi-final | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 040.00 |
| Cupa României | 19 October 2022 | 6 December 2022 | Group stage | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 033.33 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 49 | 51 | −2 | 030.23 |
Source: Soccerway

### Liga I
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 8 | Petrolul Ploiești | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 36 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 9 | Universitatea Cluj | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 34 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 10 | Voluntari | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 34 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 11 | Botoșani | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 32 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
| 12 | Chindia Târgoviște | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 32 | Qualification for the Play-out round |
* 1 2 Head to head points: Universitatea Cluj 4, Voluntari 1
* 1 2 Head to head points: Botoșani 6, Chindia 5, Hermannstadt 3

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Liga 1

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | 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 |
| Result | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2022.

#### Play-out round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | FC U Craiova 1948 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 36 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 8 | Petrolul Ploiești | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 34 | ineligible for european competitions |
| 9 | Voluntari | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 34 | Qualification to European competition play-offs |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 33 | |
| 11 | Hermannstadt | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 31 | |
| 12 | Botoșani | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 31 | |
| 13 | UTA Arad (O) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 26 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Argeș Pitești (R) | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 24 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Chindia Târgoviște (R) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 23 | Relegation to 2023–24 Liga II |
| 16 | Mioveni (R) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 11 | Relegation to 2023–24 Liga II |
* ↑ Petrolul Ploiești failed to obtain a UEFA licence.