2004–05 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București

2004–05 season
Owner	George Becali
President	Mihai Stoica
Head coach	Walter Zenga Dumitru Dumitriu
Stadium	Stadionul Steaua
Divizia A	1st (champions)
Cupa României	First round
UEFA Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Nicolae Dică (11) All: Nicolae Dică (13)

The 2004–05 season was the 57th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's editions of the Cupa României and the UEFA Cup.[1]

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2][3][1]

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 12 GK  ROU Martin Tudor 23 GK  ROU Florin Dobre 33 GK  BLR Vasil Khamutowski 2 DF  ROU Florentin Dumitru 3 DF  ROU Dorin Goian 4 DF  ROU Tiberiu Curt 6 DF  ROU Mirel Rădoi (captain) 15 DF  ROU Mihai Neșu 17 DF  ROU Eugen Baciu 18 DF  ROU Petre Marin 20 DF  ROU George Ogăraru 24 DF  ROU Sorin Ghionea 8 MF  ROU Dorinel Munteanu

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MF  ROU Gabriel Boștină 14 MF  ROU Nicolae Dică 16 MF  ROU Bănel Nicoliță 22 MF  ROU Sorin Paraschiv 28 MF  ROU Florin Lovin 29 MF  ROU Cristian Ciocoiu — MF  BIH Boris Keca 9 FW  ROU Laurențiu Diniță 19 FW  ROU Daniel Oprița 21 FW  ROU Andrei Cristea — FW  ROU Alin Lițu — FW  ROU Valentin Simion

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Divizia A	1 August 2004	11 June 2005	Matchday 1	Winners	30	19	6	5	47	18	+29	063.33
Cupa României	13 October 2004		Round of 32	Round of 32	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
UEFA Cup	12 August 2004	20 March 2005	Second qualifying round	Round of 16	12	5	2	5	17	15	+2	041.67
Total					43	24	8	11	64	34	+30	055.81

Source: Competitions

Divizia A

Main article: 2004–05 Divizia A

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	30	19	6	5	47	18	+29	63	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Dinamo București	30	20	2	8	60	30	+30	62	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Rapid București	30	16	9	5	51	27	+24	57[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Național București	30	17	6	7	50	33	+17	57[a]
5	Farul Constanța	30	15	7	8	42	28	+14	52

Source: LT (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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. RAP 3–0 PRO; PRO 3–3 RAP

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
30	19	6	5	47	18	+29	63	13	1	1	31	6	+25	6	5	4	16	12	+4

Source: LT

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	1	7	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Steaua București v Gloria Bistrița

1 August 2004 1	Steaua București	2–0	Gloria Bistrița	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Răchită 38' Neaga 40'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Viorel Anghelinei

Rapid București v Steaua București

8 August 2004 2	Rapid București	2–1	Steaua București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Ilie 17' (pen.), 25' Constantin  44'  46'	Report	Dică 34'	Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

Dinamo București v Steaua București

22 August 2004 4	Dinamo București	0–1	Steaua București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	An. Cristea 84'	Stadium: Dinamo Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Steaua București v Universitatea Craiova

29 August 2004 5	Steaua București	5–0	Universitatea Craiova	Bucharest
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 13', 18' (pen.), 61' An. Cristea 14' Boștină 72'	Report	Murgan  17'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

Argeș Pitești v Steaua București

12 September 2004 6	Argeș Pitești	2–2	Steaua București	Piteşti
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Năstăsie 13' Bilașco 60'	Report	Oprița 52', 54'	Stadium: Nicolae Dobrin Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

Steaua București v Farul Constanța

19 September 2004 7	Steaua București	3–1	Farul Constanța	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Lovin 56' An. Cristea 59' Ogăraru 62'	Report	Guriță 90'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

Sportul Studențesc v Steaua București

25 September 2004 8	Sportul Studențesc	1–2	Steaua București	Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bălan 42'	Report	Paraschiv 58' Baciu 78'	Stadium: Regie Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Steaua București v Politehnica Iași

3 October 2004 9	Steaua București	0–1	Politehnica Iași	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Ad. Cristea 65'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Tiberiu Lajos

Steaua București v Oțelul Galați

17 October 2004 10	Steaua București	1–0	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Neaga 70'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

CFR Cluj v Steaua București

24 October 2004 11	CFR Cluj	0–2	Steaua București	Cluj-Napoca
15:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Goia  41'  58'	Report	Oprița 1' Paraschiv  53' Ogăraru 80'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

Steaua București v Național București

31 October 2004 12	Steaua București	5–1	Național București	Bucharest
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Neaga 34' (pen.), 64' Oprița 35' An. Cristea 76', 77'	Report	Coman  17'  32' Caramarin 79'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

FCM Bacău v Steaua București

7 November 2004 13	FCM Bacău	2–2	Steaua București	Bacău
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Goian 31' Cursaru 84'	Report	Neaga 78' Oprița 90+3'	Stadium: Municipal Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru

Steaua București v FC Brașov

20 November 2004 14	Steaua București	3–2	FC Brașov	Bucharest
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Diniță 22' Dică 73' Boștină 77'	Report	Sărmășan 65' Buga 89'	Stadium: Național Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ionică Serea

Politehnica Timișoara v Steaua București

28 November 2004 15	Politehnica Timișoara	1–1	Steaua București	Timișoara
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Gueye 57'	Report	Boștină 35'	Stadium: Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

Steaua București v Apulum Alba Iulia

4 December 2004 3	Steaua București	3–0	Apulum Alba Iulia	Bucharest
14:00 EET (UTC+2)	An. Cristea 49' Neaga 50' Diniță 89'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru

Apulum Alba Iulia v Steaua București

3 April 2005 18	Apulum Alba Iulia	1–1	Steaua București	Alba Iulia
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Giuchici 7'  88'  90+2'	Report	Boștină 1' (pen.)	Stadium: Cetate Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Augustus Constantin

Gloria Bistrița v Steaua București

6 April 2005 16	Gloria Bistrița	0–2	Steaua București	Bistrița
16:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Boștină 7' Lovin  27'  51' Neșu 45'	Stadium: Gloria Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

Steaua București v Dinamo București

10 April 2005 19	Steaua București	1–0	Dinamo București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 10'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Steaua București v Rapid București

14 April 2005 17	Steaua București	0–0	Rapid București	Bucharest
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

Universitatea Craiova v Steaua București

17 April 2005 20	Universitatea Craiova	0–1	Steaua București	Craiova
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Dică 35'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

Steaua București v Argeș Pitești

23 April 2005 21	Steaua București	2–0	Argeș Pitești	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 50', 70'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 0 Referee: Vasile Bratu

Farul Constanța v Steaua București

27 April 2005 22	Farul Constanța	1–0	Steaua București	Constanța
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cristocea 58' (pen.)	Report	Tudor  58'  65'	Stadium: Gheorghe Hagi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sorin Corpodean

Steaua București v Sportul Studențesc

30 April 2005 23	Steaua București	1–0	Sportul Studențesc	Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 29'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Politehnica Iași v Steaua București

4 May 2005 24	Politehnica Iași	0–0	Steaua București	Iași
16:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Marian Salomir

Oțelul Galați v Steaua București

8 May 2005 25	Oțelul Galați	1–0	Steaua București	Galați
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bădescu 28'	Report		Stadium: Dunărea Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Steaua București v CFR Cluj

14 May 2005 26	Steaua București	1–0	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rădoi 13' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Robert Dumtriu

Național București v Steaua București

18 May 2005 27	Național București	1–0	Steaua București	Bucharest
19:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Rada 50'	Report		Stadium: Cotroceni Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Steaua București v FCM Bacău

21 May 2005 28	Steaua București	2–0	FCM Bacău	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Nicoliță 17', 36'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Lucian Dan

FC Brașov v Steaua București

28 May 2005 29	FC Brașov	0–1	Steaua București	Brașov
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Munteanu 45'	Stadium: Tineretului Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj

Steaua București v Politehnica Timișoara

11 June 2005 30	Steaua București	2–1	Politehnica Timișoara	Bucharest
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	An. Cristea 35' Dică 49'	Report	Gueye 26'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Cupa României

Main article: 2004–05 Cupa României

Results

Universitatea Cluj v Steaua București

13 October 2004 Round of 32	Universitatea Cluj	1–0	Steaua București	Cluj-Napoca
14:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Székely 85'	Report		Stadium: Ion Moina Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Robert Dumitru

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup

Second qualifying round

Železnik v Steaua București

12 August 2004 First leg	Železnik	2–4	Steaua București	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Drinić 66' Goulart 86'	Report	Oprița 18' Neaga 24', 49' Paraschiv 34'	Stadium: Partizan Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Steaua București v Železnik

26 August 2004 Second leg	Steaua București	1–2 (5–4 agg.)	Železnik	Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Dică 79'	Report	Drinić 10'  52' Goulart 73'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Michael Weiner (Germany)

First round

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup first round

Steaua București v CSKA Sofia

16 September 2004 First leg	Steaua București	2–1	CSKA Sofia	Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Neaga 10' Dică 79'	Report	Yanev 28'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

CSKA Sofia v Steaua București

30 September 2004 Second leg	CSKA Sofia	2–2 (3–4 agg.)	Steaua București	Sofia, Bulgaria
17:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Sakaliev 45+1' Gargorov 76'	Report	Oprița 14' Paraschiv 34'	Stadium: Balgarska Armia Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Group stage

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup group stage

Group B standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Athletic Bilbao	4	3	0	1	11	4	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Steaua București	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	6
3	Parma	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6
4	Beşiktaş	4	1	1	2	7	7	0	4
5	Standard Liège	4	1	1	2	4	11	−7	4

Source: RSSSF

Results

Steaua București v Standard Liège

21 October 2004 1	Steaua București	2–0	Standard Liège	Bucharest, Romania
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Dragutinović 68' (o.g.) Neaga 81'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Parma v Steaua București

4 November 2004 2	Parma	1–0	Steaua București	Parma, Italy
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Budel 80'	Report		Stadium: Ennio Tardini Attendance: 3,949 Referee: Ruud Bossen (Netherlands)

Steaua București v Beşiktaş

25 November 2004 3	Steaua București	2–1	Beşiktaş	Bucharest, Romania
20:15 EET (UTC+2)	Neaga 3' Ciocoiu 19' Oprița  77'  78'	Report	Akın 88'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

Athletic Bilbao v Steaua București

1 December 2004 4	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Steaua București	Bilbao, Spain
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Etxeberria 45'	Report		Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2004–05 UEFA Cup final phase

Round of 32

Valencia v Steaua București

16 February 2005 First leg	Valencia	2–0	Steaua București	Valencia, Spain
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Di Vaio 39' Aimar 55'	Report		Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

Steaua București v Valencia

24 February 2005 Second leg	Steaua București	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–3 p)	Valencia	Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Cristea 50', 71'	Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Johan Verbist (Belgium)
	Penalties
	Rădoi Munteanu Lovin Boștină Dică		Aimar Mista Rufete Baraja Di Vaio

Round of 16

Steaua București v Villarreal

16 March 2005 First leg	Steaua București	0–0	Villarreal	Bucharest, Romania
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Villareal v Steaua București

20 March 2005 Second leg	Villareal	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Steaua București	Villarreal, Spain
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	José Mari 6' Riquelme 62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

References

1. "Steaua Bucuresti 2004/2005". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
2. "FCSB >> Squad 2004/2005". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
3. "Steaua Bucarest 2004/2005". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 May 2021.