2025–26 FC Universitatea Cluj season

This page covers all relevant details regarding Universitatea Cluj for all official competitions inside the 2025–26 season.
Universitatea Cluj
2025–26 season
OwnerCluj-Napoca Municipality
Babeș-Bolyai University
U Cluj Supporters Association
ChairmanRadu Constantea
ManagerIoan Sabău
StadiumCluj Arena

The 2025–26 season is the 100th season of competitive football of Universitatea Cluj, and the 4th in Liga I, after being promoted at the end of the 2021–22 Liga II season. Universitatea Cluj will compete in the Liga I and in Cupa României.


Players

First-team squad

As of 11 July 2025[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ROU Ștefan Lefter
2 DF  ROU Alin Chinteș
4 MF  ROU Răzvan Oaidă
6 DF  ROU Iulian Cristea
7 MF  GAM Mouhamadou Drammeh
8 MF  ROU Dorin Codrea
9 FW  ROU Atanas Trică
10 MF  ROU Dan Nistor (Vice-captain)
11 MF  ITA Alessandro Murgia
12 GK  ROU Denis Moldovan
13 MF  SVK Andrej Fábry
16 DF  SUI Jasper van der Werff
17 FW  BIH Jovo Lukić
18 MF  ROU Andrei Artean
19 FW  CIV Issouf Macalou
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  ROU Alexandru Bota
21 FW  ROU Ioan Bârstan
23 DF  UGA Elio Capradossi
25 DF  ROU Nicholas Pop
26 DF  CIV Jonathan Cissé
27 MF  ROU Alexandru Chipciu (Captain)
28 DF  POR Miguel Silva
30 GK  LTU Edvinas Gertmonas
33 GK  ROU Iustin Chirilă
90 FW  TUN Adel Bettaieb
93 FW  SEN Mamadou Thiam
94 MF  ROU Ovidiu Bic (3rd captain)
98 MF  ROU Gabriel Simion (4th captain)
99 GK  ROU Tudor Coșa

Transfers

In

Pos. Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
FW Atanas Trică CSM Slatina Free 30 May 2025
MF Mouhamadou Drammeh FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Free 30 May 2025
DF Jonathan Cissé Oțelul Galați Free 9 June 2025
FW Jovo Lukić Universitatea Craiova Free 16 June 2025
DF Ioan Barstan CFR Free 23 June 2025
MF Alessandro Murgia FC Hermannstadt Free 24 June 2025
DF Miguel Silva Oțelul Galați Free 30 June 2025
DF Elio Capradossi AS Cittadella Free 3 July 2025

Out

Pos. Player Transferred to Fee Date Ref.
DF Bogdan Mitrea Retired 1 June 2025
DF Lucas Masoero Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Free 1 June 2025
DF Dorinel Oancea FC Argeș Free 1 June 2025
DF Daniel Lasure Free 1 June 2025
FW Robert Silaghi Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Free 1 June 2025
FW Artur Miranyan Free 1 June 2025
MF Vadim Rață FC Argeș Free 12 June 2025
DF Radu Boboc Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza Free 18 June 2025
MF Ovidiu Popescu UTA Arad Free 30 June 2025


Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 June 2025 Friendly SKU Amstetten 1–2 Universitatea Cluj Ardagger, Austria
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Hahn 6'
Stadium: Sportplatz SCU Ardagger

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 11 July 2025 Matchday 1 !—
Cupa României Group Stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: 30 May 2025
Source: Competitions

Liga I

Main article: 2025–26 Liga I

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Universitatea Cluj 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 3 Advances to Play-off
2 Rapid București 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3
3 Botoșani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 CFR Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.

Results

Home \ Away ARG FCB CFR CSI DIN FAR FCS FCH MET OTE FCP RAP USL UCJ UCV UTA
Argeș Pitești 0–2
Botoșani
CFR Cluj a
Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
Dinamo București a
Farul Constanța
FCSB a a
Hermannstadt
Metaloglobus București 1–4
Oțelul Galați
Petrolul Ploiești a
Rapid București a a
Unirea Slobozia
Universitatea Cluj a
Universitatea Craiova
UTA Arad
Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

Qualification to the Play-off
Qualification to the Play-out
Updated to match(es) played on 11 July 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)

Play-off

The top six teams from Regular season will meet twice (10 matches per team) for places in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Conference League as well as deciding the league champion. Teams start the Championship round with their points from the Regular season halved, rounded upwards, and no other records carried over from the Regular season.

Play-off table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for European competition play-offs
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for European competition play-offs
8 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs
14 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to Liga II
16 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Points in the regular season; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source:

Results by round
Round1234
GroundAHA
Result
Position
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2024. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 23 June 2025.


Cupa României

References

  1. ^ "Echipa" [Squad] (in Romanian). fcuniversitateacluj.ro. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  2. ^ "FC UNIVERSITATEA CLUJ" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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