2022–23 FC Rapid București season

The 2022–23 FC Rapid București season is the club's 100th season in existence and the second consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, FC Rapid București are participating in this season's edition of the Cupa României.. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

FC Rapid București
2022–23 season
ChairmanDaniel Niculae
ManagerAdrian Mutu
StadiumSuperbet Arena
Liga I5th
Cupa RomânieiGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marko Dugandžić (15)
All:
Marko Dugandžić (15)
All statistics correct as of 18 December 2022.

Players

First-team squad
As of 8 September 2022[1][2]

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 Romania ROU Codruț Sandu
3 DF Romania ROU Florin Ștefan
4 MF Croatia CRO Ljuban Crepulja
5 DF Romania ROU Cristian Ignat
6 DF Romania ROU Paul Iacob
7 MF Romania ROU Antonio Sefer
8 MF Romania ROU Andrei Ciobanu
9 MF Romania ROU Valentin Costache
10 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Ioniță
11 FW Romania ROU Andrei Ioniță
13 DF Brazil BRA Júnior Morais
14 MF Estonia EST Mattias Käit
15 DF Martinique MTQ Damien Dussaut
16 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Despa
17 MF Romania ROU Ștefan Pănoiu
18 MF Romania ROU David Iordache
19 DF Romania ROU Răzvan Onea
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Romania ROU Dragoș Grigore (3rd captain)
22 DF Romania ROU Cristian Săpunaru (Captain)
23 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Albu
25 MF Belgium BEL Xian Emmers
26 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Crivac
28 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Mățan (on loan from Columbus)
29 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Gheorghe
30 FW Romania ROU Alex Stan
31 GK Romania ROU Horațiu Moldovan
42 FW Netherlands NED Kevin Luckassen
45 FW Croatia CRO Marko Dugandžić
57 FW Morocco MAR Younes Marzouk
71 FW Slovakia SVK Jakub Vojtuš
77 DF Romania ROU Claudiu Belu
90 GK Romania ROU Virgil Drăghia (Vice-captain)
96 MF France FRA Jayson Papeau
99 GK Romania ROU Bogdan Ungureanu

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 Romania ROU Ștefan Lefter (to Corvinul Hunedoara)
— GK Romania ROU Valentin Mărgărit (to Progresul Spartac)
— GK Romania ROU Sebastian Micu (to FC Brașov)
— DF Romania ROU Alexandru Catrici (to Tunari)
— DF Romania ROU Enrichi Finica (to Politehnica Iași)
— MF Romania ROU Antonio Bradu (to Corvinul Hunedoara)
— MF Romania ROU Alin Demici (to Dinamo București)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Moldova MDA Cazimir Drăgan (to Metaloglobus București)
— MF Romania ROU Luca Florică (to Progresul Spartac)
— MF Romania ROU Alexandru Gheorghe (to Metaloglobus București)
— MF Romania ROU Rareș Lazăr (to FC Brașov)
— MF Romania ROU Albert Stahl (to UTA Arad)
— MF Romania ROU Mario Tunsu (to Tunari)
— FW Romania ROU Daniel Dicianu (to Râmnicu Sărat)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

29 June 2022 Friendly St. Pölten Austria 3–2 Romania Rapid București St. Pölten, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadtsportanlage
1 July 2022 Friendly Cracovia Poland 1–2 Romania Rapid București Grein, Austria
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Grein TSV Stadion
2 July 2022 Friendly LASK Austria 2–0 Romania Rapid București Ulmerfeld, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Peter Lisec Stadion
5 July 2022 Friendly Rapid București Romania 1–7 Czech Republic Slavia Prague Oepping, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Oepping
20 November 2022 Friendly Brașov Steagul Renaște Romania 0–1 Romania Rapid București Braşov, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadionul Tineretului
7 January 2023 Friendly Rapid București Romania 3–2 Turkey Sarıyer Lara, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Miracle Resort Hotel
10 January 2023 Friendly Rapid București Romania 3–1 Hungary Kecskeméti TE Belek, Turkey
11:30 TRT (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Bellis Hotel Sports Center
13 January 2023 Friendly Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 2–0 Romania Rapid București Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3) Report Stadium: S&B Sport Football Complex

Competitions

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Liga I 16 July 2022 May 2023 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Cupa României 18 October 2022 Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: 18 December 2022
Source: Soccerway

Liga I
Main article: 2022–23 Liga I

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 FCSB 30 17 6 7 51 35 +16 57 Qualification for the Play-off round
4 Universitatea Craiova 30 16 6 8 37 27 +10 54
5 Rapid București 30 15 7 8 40 26 +14 52
6 Sepsi OSK 30 11 9 10 47 30 +17 42
7 FC U Craiova 1948 30 11 7 12 34 33 +1 40 Qualification for the Play-out round
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.[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAR FCS CFR CRA RAP SPS
1 Farul Constanța (C) 10 6 3 1 22 13 +9 53 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round 3–2 1–0 3–2 7–2 2–1
2 FCSB 10 5 2 3 15 15 0 46 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–5 3–1
3 CFR Cluj (O) 10 2 4 4 11 14 −3 42 Qualification to European competition play-offs 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1
4 Universitatea Craiova 10 3 4 3 15 14 +1 40 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1
5 Rapid București 10 3 3 4 17 20 −3 38 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–3 0–0
6 Sepsi OSK[lower-alpha 1] 10 2 2 6 10 14 −4 29 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–0
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 champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. Cup winner

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: Liga 1

Results by round
Round1
Ground
Result
Position
Source: Liga 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2022.[5]

Cupa României
Main article: 2022–23 Cupa României

Group stage
2022 1 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
2022 2 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
2022 3 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

References
  1. "Prima echipa" [First squad] (in Romanian). fcrapid.ro. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  2. "FC RAPID 1923" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  3. "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. Robert, Jugravu (1 July 2022). "Programul complet al etapelor din Superliga 2022-2023".
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