2023–24 FC Rapid București season

FC Rapid București

2023–24 season
Owner	Dan Sucu,Victor Angelescu
Chairman	Daniel Niculae
Manager	Neil Lennon
Stadium	Superbet Arena
Liga I	3rd
Cupa României	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Albion Rrahmani (9) All: Albion Rrahmani (9)
Highest home attendance	12,499 (vs Petrolul Ploiesti)
Lowest home attendance	10,644 (vs FC Botosani)
Average home league attendance	11,974
Biggest win	4–0 (vs Dinamo Bucuresti)
Biggest defeat	0–2 (vs Petrolul Ploiesti)
All statistics correct as of 1 September 2023.

The 2023–24 FC Rapid București season is the club's 101st 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 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023[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 4 MF  EST Mattias Käit 6 DF  ROU Paul Iacob 7 FW  NGA Funsho Bamgboye 9 FW  KOS Albion Rrahmani 10 MF  ROU Alexandru Ioniță 11 MF  ESP Borja Valle 15 DF  ROU Iulian Cristea 17 MF  ROU Ștefan Pănoiu 19 DF  ROU Răzvan Onea 21 DF  ROU Dragoș Grigore (3rd captain) 22 DF  ROU Cristian Săpunaru (Captain) 23 MF  ROU Alexandru Albu 24 DF  ROU Andrei Borza 25 MF  BEL Xian Emmers

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  ROU Răzvan Oaidă 27 FW  ROU Claudiu Petrila (on loan from CFR Cluj) 29 MF  ROU Gabriel Gheorghe 30 FW  ROU Alex Stan 31 GK  ROU Horațiu Moldovan 32 DF  ROU Robert Badescu 47 DF  GER Christopher Braun 70 MF  ROU Eduard Danaila 80 MF  ROU Catalin Cirjan (on loan from Arsenal) 90 GK  ROU Virgil Drăghia (Vice-captain) 91 MF  ROU Omar El Sawy 93 FW  CMR Kevin Soni 96 MF  FRA Jayson Papeau 99 GK  ROU Bogdan Ungureanu

Out on loan

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 — GK  ROU Codrut Stan (to LPS Clinceni) — DF  ROU Cristian Ignat (to CS Mioveni) — MF  ROU David Iordache (to Cetatea Turnu Magurele)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ROU Andrei Ciobanu (to Poli Iasi) — MF  ROU Alexandru Crivac (to Progresul Spartac) — FW  ROU Claudiu Micovschi (to UTA Arad)

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date
	MF	Catalin Cirjan	Arsenal	Loan fee	1 July 2023
	MF	Borja Valle	Cartagena	Free Transfer
	MF	Răzvan Oaidă	FCSB
	DF	Iulian Cristea
	DF	Christopher Braun	CFR Cluj	€150,000
	MF	Omar El Sawy	Csikszereda	€400,000
	FW	Claudiu Petrila	CFR Cluj	Loan fee €500,000	31 July 2023
	FW	Claudiu Micovschi	Avellino	Free Transfer	3 August 2023
	FW	Albion Rrahmani	Ballkani	€600,000	7 August 2023
	DF	Andrei Borza	Farul Constanta	€800,000	15 August 2023
	FW	Kevin Soni	Free Agent	Free Transfer	12 September 2023

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date
	FW	Younes Bnou Marzouk	Free Agent	Release	1 July 2023
	FW	Kevin Luckassen
	MF	Hervin Ongenda
	DF	Alin Demici	CS Dinamo Bucuresti	Free Transfer
	FW	Alexandru Despa	CS Tunari
	DF	Damien Dussaut	Farul Constanta
	FW	Albert Stahl	UTA Arad
	MF	Ljuban Crepulja	FC Voluntari
	FW	Antonio Sefer	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	€500,000
	MF	Andrei Ciobanu	Poli Iasi	Loan Transfer	26 July 2023
	DF	Claudiu Belu		Free Transfer	27 July 2023
	DF	Cristian Ignat	CS Mioveni	Loan Transfer	10 August 2023
	MF	Alexandru Crivac	Progresul Spartac		17 August 2023
	FW	Valentin Costache	Apollon Limassol	€100,000	22 August 2023
	FW	Claudiu Micovschi	UTA Arad	Loan Transfer	30 August 2023
	DF	Florin Ștefan	Sepsi OSK	Free Transfer	4 September 2023
	FW	Marko Dugandzic	Al-Tai	€2,000,000	7 September 2023
	DF	Junior Morais	Gaziantep	Free Transfer	9 September 2023

Overall transfer activity

Expenditure Summer: €2,450,000 Winter: Total: €2,450,000

Income Summer: €2,600,000 Winter: Total: €2,600,000

Net totals Summer: €150,000 Winter: Total: €150,000

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

DAC Streda v Rapid București

28 June 2022 Friendly	DAC Streda	1–1	Rapid București
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Spyros Risvanis(38')		Paul Iacob(90')

Gyor v Rapid București

1 July 2022 Friendly	Gyor	0–1	Rapid București
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Marko Dugandzic(30')

Rača v Rapid București

3 July 2022 Friendly	Rača	0–5	Rapid București
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Xian Emmers(4'), Funsho Bamgboye(43'), Mattias Kait(73'), Paul Iacob(77'), Marko Dugandzic(87')

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	14 July 2023	May 2024	Matchday 1	8	4	2	2	18	10	+8	050.00
Cupa României			Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				8	4	2	2	18	10	+8	050.00

Last updated: 1 September 2023
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

Main article: 2023–24 Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FCSB	30	19	7	4	53	28	+25	64	Qualification to play-off round
2	Rapid București	30	15	10	5	55	32	+23	55
3	CFR Cluj	30	15	8	7	54	29	+25	53
4	Universitatea Craiova	30	13	10	7	47	38	+9	49
5	Farul Constanța	30	11	10	9	37	38	−1	43[a]

Source: [1], 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]
Notes:

1. Head to head points: Farul Constanța 6, Sepsi OSK 0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FCS	CFR	UCV	FAR	SEP	RAP
1	FCSB (C)	10	5	2	3	12	11	+1	49	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round			0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2
2	CFR Cluj	10	6	1	3	19	14	+5	46	Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round		0–1		1–2	5–1	2–1	3–2
3	Universitatea Craiova (O)	10	6	1	3	18	14	+4	44	Qualification to European competition play-offs		2–0	0–1		1–2	3–2	2–1
4	Farul Constanța	10	4	2	4	19	20	−1	36			0–1	5–1	3–3		1–4	3–1
5	Sepsi OSK	10	3	3	4	17	17	0	34			2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1		3–2
6	Rapid București	10	1	1	8	13	22	−9	32			2–0	1–4	1–2	1–2	0–1

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), 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.)[4] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		UTA	OTE	HER	UCJ	PET	IAS	DIN	BOT	VOL	FCU
1	UTA Arad	9	5	2	2	15	11	+4	37				3–1	1–3					1–0	4–3	3–1
2	Oțelul Galați	9	6	1	2	11	7	+4	36	Qualification to European competition play-offs				1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	2–0
3	Hermannstadt	9	4	2	3	13	7	+6	34						1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	1–1
4	Universitatea Cluj	9	3	3	3	12	10	+2	33	Qualification to European competition play-offs		0–0				1–2	1–0	3–3	3–0
5	Petrolul Ploiești	9	3	2	4	8	14	−6	29			1–1	2–1						1–2	0–4	1–0
6	Politehnica Iași	9	3	1	5	7	8	−1	27			0–2				2–0				3–1	0–0
7	Dinamo București (O)	9	2	4	3	10	12	−2	25	Qualification to relegation play-offs		2–0				1–1	1–0			1–1
8	Botoșani (O)	9	4	2	3	11	11	0	25								2–1	2–1		0–0	4–1
9	Voluntari (R)	9	2	4	3	11	10	+1	24	Relegation to 2024–25 Liga II			1–1	1–0	0–1						0–0
10	FC U Craiova (R)	9	1	3	5	8	16	−8	22				1–2	1–3	3–2			1–1

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), 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 teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 7 and 8 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)[5] Source: https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/departajarea-in-play-off-ul-si-play-out-ul-din-liga-1-si-liga-2-explicata-de-frf-1639959
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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
8	4	2	2	18	10	+8	14	2	2	1	9	5	+4	2	0	1	9	5	+4

Source: Liga 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W
Position	11	4	7	8	11	7	5	3

Source: Liga 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2023.

Cupa României

Main article: 2023–24 Cupa României

Group stage

v

2023 1		v		TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

v

2023 2		v		TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

v

2023 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. "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.