2019–20 FC Viitorul Constanța season

The 2019–20 season was the 11th season in Viitorul Constanța's history, and the 8th in the top-flight of Romanian football. Viitorul competed in Liga I and in the Cupa României.

Viitorul Constanța
2019–20 season
ManagerGheorghe Hagi(until 2 August)
Cătălin Anghel (from 2 August)
StadiumStadionul Viitorul (Ovidiu)
Liga I7th
Cupa RomânieiRound of 32
Supercupa RomânieiWinners
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Gabriel Iancu (18)
All:
Gabriel Iancu (20)

Previous season positions
Competition Position
European Union UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
Romania Liga I 3rd
Romania Cupa României Winner

Season overview

June

On 1 June, FC Viitorul Constanța appointed Gheorghe Popescu as the new Executive President of the team. He was presented in a press conference alongside the owner of the club, Gheorghe Hagi.[1]

July

11 players trained at the Gheorghe Hagi Academy and FC Viitorul Constanța were called up to the Romania national under-21 football team, who were semi-finalists at the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino, held this summer.

On 12 July Ianis Hagi, the captain of FC Viitorul Constanța at the time, signed for Belgian club K.R.C. Genk for a reported fee of €8 million.[2]

October

On 19 October, Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy announced the separation from Lucian Burchel.[3]

On 27 October Louis Munteanu was the 39th player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.[4]

November

On 29 November the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy and FC Viitorul Constanța signed a partnership with CS Năvodari, a fellow professional Romanian club playing in Liga IV.[5]

December

On 6 December, Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy signed a partnership with AVA Football Academy London, the first ever international partnership for the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy.[6]

January

On 5 January, FC Viitorul Constanța announced the separation from George Ogăraru.[7]

On 15 January the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy signed a partnership with LPS Bihorul Oradea.

February

On 5 February Bogdan Țîru, the captain of FC Viitorul Constanța at the time, signed for Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok for a reported fee of €600,000.[8]

June

On 16 June Darius Grosu was the 40th player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.[9]

July

On 25 July Alexandru Georgescu was the 41st player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.[10]

On 27 July the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy signed a partnership with iSport Vâlcea.

On 29 July Ștefan Bodișteanu was the 42nd player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.[11]

August

On 1 August Bogdan Lazăr was the 43rd player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.[12]

On 2 August, FC Viitorul Constanța announced the separation from Gheorghe Hagi, the manager of FC Viitorul Constanța at the time.[13]

On 5 August Luca Andronache was the 44th player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.[14]

Gabriel Iancu ended the 2019–20 season as the top scorer of the league championship.

Club officials

Players

Current squad


No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Signed in
Goalkeepers
43 Cătălin Căbuz Romania GK (1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 Academy 2009
1 Árpád Tordai Romania Hungary GK (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 Academy 2014
Defenders
2 Radu Boboc Romania DF (1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 Academy 2013
3 Tiberiu Căpușă Romania RB (1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 Academy 2016
4 Damien Dussaut France DF (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 FC Dinamo București 2019
5 Sebastian Mladen Romania CB (1991-12-11) 11 December 1991 F.C. Südtirol 2017
6 Bradley de Nooijer Netherlands DF (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 FC Dordrecht 2017
16 Daniel Bîrzu Romania DF (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 Academy 2009
15 Alexandru Georgescu Romania DF (2001-07-10) 10 July 2001 Academy 2010
21 Paul Iacob Romania RB (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 Academy 2009
- Cristian Ganea Romania CB (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 Athletic Bilbao 2020
20 Bogdan Lazăr Romania DF (2003-06-26) 26 June 2003 Academy 2015
23 Virgil Ghiță Romania DF (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 Academy 2011
93 Gabriel Buta Romania DF (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 Academy 2009
97 Darius Grosu Romania DF (2002-06-07) 7 June 2002 Academy 2009
Midfielders
8 Carlo Casap Romania MF (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 Academy 2017
13 Cosmin Matei Romania MF (1991-09-30) 30 September 1991 Gençlerbirliği S.K. 2019
14 Roberto Mălăele Romania MF (2003-03-29) 29 March 2003 Academy 2016
17 Andrei Ciobanu Romania MF (1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 Academy 2010
18 Andrei Artean Romania MF (1993-08-14) 14 August 1993 ACS Poli Timișoara 2018
19 Cosmin Bîrnoi Romania MF (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 FC Politehnica Iași 2020
- Malcom Edjouma France MF (1996-10-08) 8 October 1996 FC Lorient 2020
27 Marco Dulca Romania MF (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 Swansea City U23 2019
77 Vlad Achim Romania MF (1989-04-07) 7 April 1989 FCSB 2018
90 Doru Dumitrescu Romania MF (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 Academy 2015
96 Nicolas Popescu Romania MF (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 Academy 2018
Forwards
7 Rivaldinho Brazil FW (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 CSKA Sofia 2019
10 Gabriel Iancu Romania FW (1994-04-29) 29 April 1994 FC Dunărea Călărași 2019
11 George Ganea Romania FW (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 CFR Cluj 2019
25 Aurelian Chițu Romania FW (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 Daejeon Hana Citizen FC 2020
49 Luca Andronache Romania FW (2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 Academy,previously from FCSB II 2019
80 Alexi Pitu Romania FW (2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 Academy 2010
98 Louis Munteanu Romania FW (2002-06-16) 16 June 2002 Academy 2010
99 Ștefan Bodișteanu RomaniaMoldova FW (2003-02-01) 1 February 2003 Academy 2015

In
Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
14 June 2019 FW Romania Gabriel Iancu 25 Romania FC Dunărea Călărași Free [15]
21 June 2019 DF Romania Steliano Filip 25 Romania FC Dunărea Călărași Free [16]
2 July 2019 DF Romania Marco Dulca 20 Wales Swansea City U23 Free [17]
4 July 2019 GK Romania Cătălin Căbuz 23 Romania FC Hermannstadt Free Loan return [18]
1 July 2019 DF Romania Tiberiu Căpușă 21 Romania Universitatea Cluj Free Loan return [19]
1 July 2019 MF Romania Doru Dumitrescu 21 Romania Universitatea Cluj Free Loan return [20]
27 July 2019 FW Brazil Rivaldinho 24 Bulgaria Levski Sofia Free previously on loan [21]
24 August 2019 MF Romania Cosmin Matei 27 Turkey Gençlerbirliği S.K. Ankara Free [22]
20 September 2019 DF France Damien Dussaut 24 Romania FC Dinamo București Free [23]
25 October 2019 FW Cameroon Jacques Zoua 28 Romania AFC Astra Giurgiu Free [24]
13 January 2020 FW Romania Aurelian Chițu 28 South Korea Daejeon Hana Citizen FC Free [25]
15 January 2020 MF Romania Cosmin Bîrnoi 22 Romania FC Politehnica Iași Free [26]
23 January 2020 MF France Malcom Edjouma 23 France FC Lorient Free [27]
20 February 2020 GK Romania Árpád Tordai 22 Romania Universitatea Cluj Free Loan return

Loans in
Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
24 January 2020 DF Romania Cristian Ganea 26 Spain Athletic Bilbao Free [28]

Out
Pos. Player Moving to Fee Source
MFRomaniaTudor BăluțăEnglandBrighton & Hove AlbionLoan return
FWRomaniaAlexandru PopRomaniaFC Universitatea ClujFree[29]
MFRomaniaIonuț VînăRomaniaFCSB€750,000[30]
MFRomaniaIanis HagiBelgiumK.R.C. Genk€8,000,000[31]
DFNetherlandsBas KuipersNetherlandsNEC NijmegenFree[32]
MFAlgeriaNajib AmmariSaudi ArabiaDamac FC, previously from Dunărea CălărașiFree[32]
FWFranceHamidou KeytaRomaniaFC Botoșani, previously from Dunărea CălărașiFree[33]
MFRomaniaDenis DrăgușBelgiumStandard Liège€2,000,000[34]
MFFranceLyes HouriHungaryFehérvár FC€600,000
MFBrazilEricRomaniaFC VoluntariFree[35]
MFRomaniaAndreias CalcanHungaryÚjpest FC€100,000
MFRomaniaSteliano FilipGreeceAE LarisaFree[36]
DFRomaniaBogdan ȚîruPolandJagiellonia Bialystok€600,000

Loans out
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Moldova MDA Sebastian Agachi (on loan to Argeș Pitești, previously on loan at Pucioasa)
— DF Romania ROU Gabriel Nedelea (on loan to SCM Gloria Buzău)
— MF Romania ROU Cosmin Tucaliuc (on loan to SCM Gloria Buzău)
— DF Romania ROU Robert Neciu (on loan to Chindia Târgoviște, previously on loan at Farul Constanța)
— DF Romania ROU Alexandru Sabangeanu (on loan to Dunărea Călărași, previously on loan at Farul Constanța)
— MF Romania ROU Răzvan Matiș (on loan to Argeș Pitești)
— DF Romania ROU Szabolcs Kilyén (on loan to Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, previously on loan at Mioveni)
— FW Romania ROU Dimciu Halep (on loan to Farul Constanța)
— MF Romania ROU Raul Vidrăsan (on loan to Turris Turnu Măgurele, previously on loan to ASU Politehnica Timișoara)
— MF Romania ROU Alexandru Negrean (on loan to Viitorul Târgu Jiu)
— MF Romania ROU Florian Haită (on loan to Turris Turnu Măgurele)
— MF Romania ROU Andreas Iani (on loan to Daco-Getica București, previously on loan at Farul Constanța)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Romania ROU Dan Panait (on loan to Farul Constanța, previously on loan to Chindia Târgoviște)
— MF Romania ROU Răzvan Matiș (on loan to Argeș Pitești)
— MF Romania ROU Alexandru Mățan (on loan to FC Voluntari)
— MF Romania ROU Andrei Tîrcoveanu (on loan to CS Concordia Chiajna)
— GK Romania ROU Árpád Tordai (on loan to Universitatea Cluj)
— FW Romania ROU Alexandru Stoica (on loan to Farul Constanța, previously on loan to Petrolul Ploiești)
— DF Romania ROU Robert Neciu (on loan to Universitatea Cluj, previously on loan at Chindia Târgoviște)
— GK Romania ROU Valentin Cojocaru (on loan to FC Voluntari)
— DF Romania ROU Marius Leca (on loan to Farul Constanța)
— DF Romania ROU Szabolcs Kilyén (on loan to FC Dinamo București, previously on loan at Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe)
— MF Romania ROU Andreas Iani (on loan to Progresul Spartac București, previously on loan to Daco-Getica București)
— FW Romania ROU Remus Mihai (on loan to Afumați)

Retired players
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Spain ESP Dani López

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 June 2019 (2019-06-19) Olympiacos PiraeusGreece 3–2 RomaniaViitorul Constanța Athens, Greece
EEST (UTC+3)
24 June 2019 (2019-06-24) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 8–0 RomaniaCS Colțea Brașov Poiana Brașov, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Campo Verde
24 June 2019 (2019-06-24) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 3–1 RomaniaAFC Chindia Târgoviște Poiana Brașov, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Campo Verde
27 June 2019 (2019-06-27) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 2–0 RomaniaFK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc Poiana Brașov, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Campo Verde
28 June 2019 Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 3–3 Romania FCSB Brașov, Romania
11:00 EEST (UTC+3) Iancu 28', 76' (pen.)
Munteanu 85'		 Hora 21'
Oaidă 48' 53'		 Stadium: Silviu Ploeșteanu
Attendance: 500
3 July 2019 (2019-07-03) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 2-1 BulgariaPFC Cherno More Varna Ovidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Viitorul
10 July 2019 (2019-07-10) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 2-0 BulgariaFC Spartak Varna Ovidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Viitorul
Referee: Cristian Pascu , Marian Carson , Iulian Barbu ( Constanța)
28 August 2019 (2019-08-28) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 6–0 RomaniaCS Medgidia Ovidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Complexul Academiei Gheorghe Hagi
7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 2-0 RomaniaAFC Chindia Târgoviște Călărași, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Ion Comșa
11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 3-2 BulgariaPFC Cherno More Varna Ovidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Lyes Houri 90+3'
Stadium: Viitorul
16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) FC Academica ClinceniRomania 2-5 RomaniaViitorul Constanța Clinceni, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Stadionul Clinceni
14 January 2020 (2020-01-14) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 0-1 SwitzerlandBSC Young Boys Belek, Turkey
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Regnum Max Belek
17 January 2020 Viitorul Constanța Romania 1–2 Ukraine Olimpik Donetsk Belek, Turkey
11:00 EET (UTC+02:00) 35' Chogadze 10'
Tsymbalyuk 67'		 Stadium: Sueno Hotels sport complex
22 January 2020 Viitorul Constanța Romania 0–1 SerbiaFK Partizan Belgrade Antalya, Turkey
09:00 Jović 68' Stadium: Sueno Golf stadium
Attendance: 50
21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 0-0 AustriaSK Sturm Graz Belek, Turkey
EEST (UTC+3)
24 January 2020 (2020-01-24) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 1-4 KosovoKF Ballkani Belek, Turkey
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Sueno Belek
24 January 2020 (2020-01-24) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 1-1 PolandJagiellonia Białystok Belek, Turkey
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Sueno Belek
29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 0–2 RomaniaAxiopolis Cernavodă Ovidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
  • Alexandru Moise 7'
  • Belhaj Imad 67'
 Stadium: Complexul Academiei Gheorghe Hagi
6 June 2020 (2020-06-06) CS Universitatea Craiova Romania 0-3 RomaniaViitorul Constanța Craiova, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Lunca Jiului
6 June 2020 (2020-06-06) CS Universitatea Craiova Romania 2-1 RomaniaViitorul Constanța Craiova, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Lunca Jiului
24 June 2020 (2020-06-24) Viitorul ConstanțaRomania 3-1 RomaniaPetrolul Ploiești Ovidiu, Romania
EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Viitorul

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Supercupa României
Main article: 2019 Supercupa României

Final
6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) CFR Cluj 0–1 Viitorul Constanța Ilie Oană Stadium
20:00 EEST (UTC+03) Report 1
Report 2
Report 3		 Artean 86' Attendance: 7,218
Referee: Sebastian Colţescu
CFR Cluj
Viitorul Constanța
GK87Lithuania Giedrius Arlauskis
RB77Romania Andrei Peteleu
CB55Brazil Paulo Vinícius
CB30Romania Andrei Mureșan
LB45Portugal Camora (c)Yellow card 90'
RCM37Romania Mihai Bordeianu
CM08Croatia Damjan DjokovićYellow card 28'
LCM94Romania Cătălin Itudownward-facing red arrow 46'
RW10Romania Ciprian Deac
CF09France Billel OmraniYellow card 12'downward-facing red arrow 75'
LW18Romania Valentin Costachedownward-facing red arrow 70'
Substitutes:
DF03Romania Andrei Burcă
MF07Romania Alexandru Păun
GK12Romania Cosmin Vâtcă
DF16Bosnia and Herzegovina Mateo Sušić
MF19Argentina Emmanuel Culioupward-facing green arrow 46'
FW20Romania George Țucudeanupward-facing green arrow 75'
MF62Romania Claudiu Petrilaupward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Romania Dan Petrescu
GK1Romania Árpád Tordai
RB5Romania Sebastian Mladen
CB15Romania Bogdan Țîru (c)
CB21Romania Paul IacobYellow card 41'
LB6Netherlands Bradley de Nooijerdownward-facing red arrow 73'
RCM19France Lyes Houri
CM18Romania Andrei Artean 86'
LCM11Romania Ionuț Vînă
AM28Romania Alexandru Mățan
FW9Romania Gabriel IancuYellow card 50'downward-facing red arrow 61'
FW99Romania George Ganeadownward-facing red arrow 72'
Substitutes:
DF4Netherlands Bas Kuipersupward-facing green arrow 73'
GK12Romania Valentin Cojocaru
MF20Romania Andrei Tîrcoveanu
DF25Romania Marius Lecaupward-facing green arrow 72'
MF30Romania Andreias Calcanupward-facing green arrow 61'
MF77Romania Vlad Achim
MF80Romania Alexi Pitu
Manager:
Romania Gheorghe Hagi

Man of the match

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    • Ovidiu Artene
    • Daniel Mitruţi
  • Fourth official:
    • George Găman
  • Additional assistant referees:
    • Ciprian Paraschiv
    • Aron Huzu

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if the scores is still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Liga I
Main article: 2019–20 Liga I

The Liga I fixture list was announced in July 2019.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Gaz Metan Mediaș 26 12 7 7 34 30 +4 43 Qualification for the Championship round
6 Astra Giurgiu[lower-alpha 1] 26 13 6 7 38 29 +9 42
7 Viitorul Constanța 26 11 7 8 44 29 +15 40 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Dinamo București 26 10 4 12 37 41 −4 34
9 Sepsi OSK 26 7 12 7 30 26 +4 33
Source: LPF (in Romanian), Soccerway
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.[38]
Notes:
  1. Astra Giurgiu were deducted 3 points due to financial reasons.[37]


Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAA
ResultWWWDDDWLWWLWDLWDWLLWLLWLDD
Position11112324223222222233566777
Updated to match(es) played on June 2019. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

15 July 2019 (2019-07-15) 1 Viitorul Constanța 5–0 Dinamo București Ovidiu
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Iancu 9', 69'
Ganea 48'
Calcan 66'
Eric 70'		 Stadium: Viitorul
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan (Bucharest)
20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) 2 Chindia Târgoviște 0–1 Viitorul Constanța Ploiești
 Stadium: Ilie Oană
27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) 3 Viitorul Constanța 3–2 Hermannstadt Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 4 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 2–2 Viitorul Constanța Sfântu Gheorghe
Stadium: Municipal
10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 5 Viitorul Constanța 2–2 Botoșani Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 6 Astra Giurgiu 1-1 Viitorul Constanța Giurgiu
Stadium: Marin Anastasovici
24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 7 Viitorul Constanța 4-0 Voluntari Ovidiu
 Stadium: Viitorul
1 September 2019 (2019-09-01) 8 FCSB 2–1 Viitorul Constanța Pitești
21:00 EEST (UTC+03) Vînă soccer ball with red X 18'
Popescu Yellow card 33'
Oaidă Yellow card 35'
Popa 38'
Gnohéré 65'		 Iacob Yellow card 42'
Iancu 45+1'
Filip Yellow card 57'
Houri Yellow card 62'		 Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin
Attendance: 4,755
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Assistant referees: Radu Ghinguleac, Valentin Avram
Fourth official: Lucian Rusandu
14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 9 Viitorul Constanța 4-1 Gaz Metan Mediaș Ovidiu
 Stadium: Viitorul
21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10 Viitorul Constanța 2-1 Politehnica Iași Ovidiu
 Stadium: Viitorul
28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11 Universitatea Craiova 3-1 Viitorul Constanța Craiova
Stadium: Ion Oblemenco
5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12 Viitorul Constanța 3-1 CFR Cluj Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 13 Academica Clinceni 0-0 Viitorul Constanța Călărași
Stadium: Stadionul Ion Comșa
26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 14 Dinamo București 3-2 Viitorul Constanța Bucharest
Stadium: Dinamo
2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 15 Viitorul Constanța 3-0 Chindia Târgoviște Ovidiu
 Stadium: Viitorul
9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 16 Hermannstadt 1-1 Viitorul Constanța Târgu Mureș
Stadium: Trans-Sil
23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 17 Viitorul Constanța 4-1 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) 18 Botoșani 1-0 Viitorul Constanța Botoșani
 Stadium: Municipal
4 December 2019 (2019-12-04) 19 Viitorul Constanța 0-1 Astra Giurgiu Ovidiu
 Stadium: Viitorul
7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20 Voluntari 1-2 Viitorul Constanța Voluntari
Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 21 Viitorul Constanța 0-2 FCSB Ovidiu
 Stadium: Viitorul
21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 22 Gaz Metan Mediaș 1-0 Viitorul Constanța Mediaș
 Stadium: Gaz Metan
1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 23 Politehnica Iași 1-2 Viitorul Constanța Iași
Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 24 Viitorul Constanța 1-2 Universitatea Craiova Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 25 CFR Cluj 0-0 Viitorul Constanța Cluj-Napoca
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 26 Viitorul Constanța 0-0 Academica Clinceni Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Viitorul Constanța 14 6 5 3 25 17 +8 43
8 Hermannstadt 12 6 4 2 18 14 +4 35
9 Sepsi OSK 13 4 5 4 19 17 +2 34
10 Academica Clinceni 14 7 0 7 14 21 −7 32
11 Voluntari 14 6 3 5 16 12 +4 31
12 Politehnica Iași 14 5 4 5 17 17 0 30
13 Dinamo București 9 2 2 5 8 11 −3 25
14 Chindia Târgoviște (O) 12 3 1 8 9 17 −8 23 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[39]
(O) Play-off winners
Results by round
Round1234567891011121314
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWLWDWDWDWLLD
Position77777777777777
Updated to match(es) played on 2020. Source: Liga I
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 1 Viitorul Constanța 0-0 FC Voluntari Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 2 Academica Clinceni 2-3 Viitorul Constanța Clinceni
Stadium: Stadionul Clinceni
14 June 2020 (2020-06-14) 3 Viitorul Constanța 2-1 Politehnica Iași Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
17 June 2020 (2020-06-17) 4 Chindia Târgoviște 2-1 Viitorul Constanța Ploiești
Stadium: Ilie Oană
22 June 2020 (2020-06-22) 5 Viitorul Constanța 4-1 Hermannstadt Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
27 June 2020 (2020-06-27) 6 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 3–3 Viitorul Constanța Sfântu Gheorghe
Stadium: Municipal
2 July 2020 (2020-07-02) 7 Viitorul Constanța 1–0 Dinamo București Ovidiu
20:00 EEST (UTC+3) Ghiță 17' Stadium: Viitorul
Attendance: 0
Referee: George Găman (Craiova)
Note: The match should have been played on 18/19 April 2020 but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6 July 2020 (2020-07-06) 8 Voluntari 0-0 Viitorul Constanța Voluntari
Stadium: Anghel Iordănescu
11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 9 Viitorul Constanța 5-0 Academica Clinceni Ovidiu
 Stadium: Viitorul
20 July 2020 (2020-07-20) 10 Politehnica Iași 1-1 Viitorul Constanța Iași
Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu
25 July 2020 (2020-07-25) 11 Viitorul Constanța 4-1 Chindia Târgoviște Ovidiu
Stadium: Viitorul
29 July 2020 (2020-07-29) 12 Hermannstadt 2-0 Viitorul Constanța Sibiu
 Stadium: Stadionul Municipal (Sibiu)
1 August 2020 (2020-08-01) 13 Viitorul Constanța 0–3 Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Ovidiu
 Stadium: Viitorul
8 June 2020 (2020-06-08) 14 Dinamo București 1-1 Viitorul Constanța Bucharest
Stadium: Dinamo

Cupa României
Main article: 2019–20 Cupa României

Viitorul will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

Round of 32
26 September 2019 (2019-09-26) CS Sănătatea Servicii Publice Cluj 1-0 Viitorul Constanța Cluj-Napoca

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path)
Second qualifying round
25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) First leg K.A.A. Gent Belgium 6–3 Romania Viitorul Constanța Ghent
EEST (UTC+03)
Stadium: Ghelamco Arena
1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) Second leg Viitorul Constanța Romania 2–1
(5–7 agg.)		 Belgium K.A.A. Gent Ovidiu
EEST (UTC+03)
Stadium: Stadionul Viitorul

Statistics

Appearances and goals
No.PosPlayerLiga ICupa RomânieiSupercupa RomânieiEuropa League Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
5MF Romania Sebastian Mladen 320001021 351
21MF Romania Paul Iacob 250101010 280
6DF Netherlands Bradley de Nooijer 310001020 340
18MF Romania Andrei Artean 360001120 391
9FW Romania Gabriel Iancu 2718001022 3020
11FW Romania George Ganea 295101020 335
77MF Romania Vlad Achim 275000020 295
23DF Romania Virgil Ghiță 274000020 294
2DF Romania Radu Boboc 342100000 352
17MF Romania Andrei Ciobanu 303100000 313
27MF Romania Marco Dulca 130000000 130
43GK Romania Cătălin Căbuz 290000010 300
80MF Romania Alexi Pitu 90100000 100
7FW Brazil Rivaldinho 2711000000 2711
80MF Romania Carlo Casap 120100000 130
80MF Romania Cosmin Matei 235100000 245
98FW Romania Louis Munteanu 193000000 193
22DF Romania Cristian Ganea 101000000 101
25FW Romania Aurelian Chițu 150000000 150
4DF France Damien Dussaut 141000000 141
20MF France Malcom Edjouma 40000000 40
1GK Romania Árpád Tordai 110001010 130
19MF Romania Cosmin Bîrnoi 10000000 10
97MF Romania Darius Grosu 20000000 20
3DF Romania Tiberiu Căpușă 40000000 40
99FW Moldova Ștefan Bodișteanu 30000000 30
15DF Romania Alexandru Georgescu 10000000 10
20DF Romania Bogdan Lazăr 20000000 20
49FW Romania Luca Andronache 10000000 10
Players sent out on loan this season
20MF Romania Andrei Tîrcoveanu 20000000 20
28MF Romania Alexandru Mățan 30001020 60
25DF Romania Marius Leca 10101000 30
12GK Romania Valentin Cojocaru 00100000 10
Players transferred out during the season
11MF Romania Ionuț Vînă 00001000 10
13MF Algeria Najib Ammari 10000000 10
4DF Netherlands Bas Kuipers 10001000 20
7FW Romania Denis Drăguș 10000000 10
10MF Brazil Eric 65100020 95
19MF France Lyes Houri 211001020 241
3DF Romania Steliano Filip 120100010 140
30MF Romania Andreias Calcan 81101020 121
15DF Romania Bogdan Țîru 193101022 235
49FW Cameroon Jacques Zoua 61000000 61

Goalscorers
R No. Pos. Nation Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Europa League Total
1 9 FW Romania Gabriel Iancu 18 0 0 2 20
2 7 FW Brazil Rivaldinho 11 0 0 0 11
3 10 MF Brazil Eric 5 0 0 0 5
15 MF Romania Bogdan Țîru 3 0 0 2 5
77 MF Romania Vlad Achim 5 0 0 0 5
4 11 FW Romania George Ganea 4 0 0 0 4
23 DF Romania Virgil Ghiță 4 0 0 0 4
13 MF Romania Cosmin Matei 4 0 0 0 4
5 98 FW Romania Louis Munteanu 3 0 0 0 3
17 MF Romania Andrei Ciobanu 3 0 0 0 3
6 2 DF Romania Radu Boboc 2 0 0 0 2
7 18 MF Romania Andrei Artean 0 0 1 0 1
30 MF Romania Andreias Calcan 1 0 0 0 1
5 MF Romania Sebastian Mladen 0 0 0 1 1
19 MF France Lyes Houri 1 0 0 0 1
49 FW Cameroon Jacques Zoua 1 0 0 0 1
22 DF Romania Cristian Ganea 1 0 0 0 1
4 DF France Damien Dussaut 1 0 0 0 1

Clean sheets
Rank Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Europa League Total Played Games
1 Romania Cătălin Căbuz 6 0 0 0 6 30
2 Romania Hungary Árpád Tordai 5 0 1 0 6 13
3 Romania Valentin Cojocaru1 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 Valentin Cojocaru was transferred to FC Voluntari during the winter transfer window.

Attendances
Matches Attendances Average High Low
Liga I2041,6524,5002,975900
Cupa României1----
Supercupa României1721807,218-
Europa League24088040884088

Disciplinary record
As of 2020

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for FC Viitorul Constanța first squad during the season.

N P Nat. Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Europa League Total Notes
Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card Yellow card Second yellow card Red card
21 MF Romania Paul Iacob 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0
9 FW Romania Gabriel Iancu 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0
18 MF Romania Andrei Artean 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
20 MF Romania Andrei Tîrcoveanu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF Netherlands Bas Kuipers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF Romania Bogdan Țîru 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
11 DF Romania George Ganea 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0
6 DF Netherlands Bradley de Nooijer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
2 DF Romania Radu Boboc 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
3 DF Romania Steliano Filip 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
77 MF Romania Vlad Achim 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
19 MF France Lyes Houri 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
5 DF Romania Sebastian Mladen 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
27 MF Romania Marco Dulca 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
13 MF Romania Cosmin Matei 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
43 GK Romania Cătălin Căbuz 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
17 MF Romania Andrei Ciobanu 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
5 DF Romania Virgil Ghiță 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
22 DF Romania Cristian Ganea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF Damien Dussaut 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
20 MF France Malcom Edjouma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
97 DF Romania Darius Grosu 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 DF Romania Bogdan Lazăr 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Last updated: 2020
Source:
Ordered by Red card, Second yellow card and Yellow card
Yellow card = Number of bookings; Second yellow card = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; Red card = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Managerial statistics (2019-20 season)
Manager From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD
Romania Gheorghe Hagi September 2014 2 August 2020 43 19 11 13 74 49 044.19
Romania Cătălin Anghel(caretaker) 2 August 2020 6 August 2020 1 0 1 0 1 1 000.00

UEFA Club rankings

This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2019–20.[40][41]

RankTeamPointsMvmnt
194Switzerland FC Luzern5.500
195Armenia FC Pyunik5.500
196Liechtenstein FC Vaduz5.500
197Romania FC Viitorul Constanța 5.500
198Albania FK Kukësi5.500
199Slovakia AS Trenčín5.500
200Czech Republic FK Mladá Boleslav4.500

See also

References
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