The 2020–21 season was the 12th and final professional football season in Viitorul Constanța's existence, and the ninth in the top-flight of Romanian football. Viitorul competed in

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

and in the

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Previous season positions

Season overview

July

On 6 July 2020 Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă returned from loan at

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

. Cosmin was one of the main players at

and ASU Politehnica Timișoara, where he played 88 games. He was also called up at the

Romania national under-21 football team The Romania national under-21 football team, also known as Romania under-21s or Romania U21(s), is considered to be the feeder team for the Romania national football team. This team is for Romanian players aged under 21 at the start of the cale ...

for the

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8 Group 8 of the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition consisted of six teams: Denmark, Romania, Ukraine, Finland, Northern Ireland, and Malta. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by ...

match against

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George Ganea George Dănuț Ganea (born 26 May 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club FC U Craiova 1948. Personal life George Ganea is the son of former Romanian international Ionel Ganea. Career Statistics Cl ...

Virgil Ghiță Virgil Eugen Ghiță (born 4 June 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Ekstraklasa club MKS Cracovia. International career He made his debut for the Romania national football team on 5 September 2021 in ...

Andrei Ciobanu Andrei Virgil Ciobanu (born 18 January 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Voluntari. Club career He played with Viitorul U19 in the Youth League in 8 games and scored 4 goals. Ciobanu made his d ...

and Carlo Casap were called up to the

for a friendly match against FC Farul Constanța held at Mogoșoaia, on 6 August. On 31 July 2020 the club announced that they signed the Spanish player Victor Fernández Satue.

August

On 6 August 2020

scored two goals for

in a friendly match against FC Farul Constanța.

, and Carlo Casap were in the first XI. On 7 August 2020

FC Viitorul Constanța Fotbal Club Viitorul Constanța (), commonly known as Viitorul Constanța or simply Viitorul, was a Romanian professional football club based in Ovidiu, Constanța County. They last played their home matches in blue and black kits at the Stadionu ...

appointed Rubén Alfonso de la Barrera Fernández as the new team manager and Francisco Ruiz Beltrán, Pere Romeu Sunyer, and Iván Peñaranda Llauradó as assistant managers. They were presented in a press conference alongside the club president,

Gheorghe Popescu Gheorghe "Gică" Popescu (; born 9 October 1967) is a Romanian former professional football who played as a defender. He notably played in La Liga where he is a former captain of FC Barcelona. He played for a string of European clubs in that ...

and sporting director, Zoltán Iasko. On 10 August 2020 Rubén Alfonso de la Barrera Fernández led the first training session at FC Viitorul Constanța. On the same day,

Alexandru Mățan Alexandru Irinel Mățan (; born 29 August 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew. Club career Viitorul Constanța An academy graduate of Viitoru ...

and

Valentin Cojocaru Valentin Alexandru Cojocaru (born 1 October 1995) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian First Division A club OH Leuven. Club career Steaua București In 2011, he was selected for a trial at Liverpool, but ...

returned from the loan at

FC Voluntari Fotbal Club Voluntari (), commonly known as FC Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian professional football club based in Voluntari, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga I. Founded in 2010, it has been playing since the 2015–16 seas ...

. On 12 August 2020 FC Viitorul Constanța and

KS Cracovia {{Short description, Sports club based in Kraków Cracovia is a multi-sports club in Kraków, Poland. Its teams include: *MKS Cracovia Miejski Klub Sportowy Cracovia Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known simply as MKS Cracovia or Cracovia ...

agreed to transfer

Rivaldinho Rivaldo Vítor Mosca Ferreira Júnior (born 29 April 1995), commonly known as Rivaldinho, is a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Romanian club CS Universitatea Crai ...

to the Polish club for a fee of €300,000. On 17 August 2020 Louis Munteanu presented the team's new official logo and Nike

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for the next season. That day,

announced that they signed the Spanish player Ángel Martínez who had played for

Asteras Tripolis Asteras Tripolis Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Αστέρας Τρίπολης), commonly referred to as Asteras Tripolis (meaning "Star of Tripoli"), is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Tripoli in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greec ...

appointed Jarkko Tuomisto as the new Goalkeeping Coach for the team. As Goalkeeping Coach he led CSD Independiente del Valle to the title of the

2019 Copa Sudamericana The 2019 Copa CONMEBOL Sudamericana was the 18th edition of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana (also referred to as the ''Copa Sudamericana'', or pt, Copa Sul-Americana), South America's secondary club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. Ecuadori ...

. On 18 August 2020

announced that Vlad Achim's contract had expired and that he was being released.

FC Dinamo București Fotbal Club Dinamo București (), commonly known as Dinamo București or simply Dinamo, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest. Founded in 1948, they have spent almost List of unrelegated association f ...

later announced that they signed Achim. On 22 August 2020 the club announced that they signed the Dutch–Ghanaian player

Kevin Luckassen Kevin Luckassen (born 27 July 1993) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I side Rapid București. Club career AZ Alkmaar Born in Eindhoven, Luckassen started playing football in the street, leading him to play fo ...

. On 23 August 2020 Viitorul drew 1–1 against

UTA Arad Uta or UTA may refer to: Universities *University of Texas at Arlington, in the United States * University of Tarapacá, in Chile *University of Tampere, in Finland Sports * FC UTA Arad, a Romanian football club based in the town of Arad * A ...

at home. Gabriel Iancu scored a goal. On 24 August 2020 the

Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy The Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy ( ro, Academia de fotbal Gheorghe Hagi) is a football youth academy based in Ovidiu, Constanța County, which serves as the primary youth clinic of Romanian club Farul Constanța. Until 2021, it was the primary ...

and

signed a partnership with ACS Victoria Delta Tulcea. On 25 August 2020 Louis Munteanu,

Alexi Pitu Alexi Paul Pitu (born 5 June 2002) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 2 club Bordeaux. Pitu started out as a senior in 2018 at Viitorul Constanța, which was merged into Farul Constanța three years later. ...

, Darius Grosu and Constantin Grameni were called up to the

Romania national under-19 football team The Romania national under-19 football team represents Romania in international football at this age level and is controlled by Federația Română de Fotbal, the governing body for football in Romania. Honours * UEFA European Under-19 Football C ...

for a friendly match against

held at

Buftea Buftea () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, located north-west of Bucharest. One village, Buciumeni, is administered by the town. The film studios MediaPro Pictures and the Buftea Palace of the Știrbei family are located in Buftea ...

, on 7 September. On 27 August 2020 the

and

signed a partnership with

CS Medgidia Clubul Sportiv Medgidia, commonly known as CS Medgidia, or simply as Medgidia, is a Romanian sports club from Medgidia, Constanța County, Romania, founded in 1952. Its professional football club currently play in the Liga III. Apart from footb ...

. That day the club also announced that they signed the player Alin Dobrosavlevici.

Gabriel Iancu Gabriel Cristian Iancu (; born 15 April 1994) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward or an Midfielder#Attacking modfielder, attacking midfielder. Iancu began his senior c ...

was called up to the

Romania national football team The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Fotbal), al ...

for the

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games against

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and

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

on 4 and 7 September 2020 respectively.

Radu Boboc Radu Ștefăniță Boboc (born 24 April 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a full-back. Career statistics Club Honours Viitorul Constanța *Cupa României: 2018–19 *Supercupa României: 2019 File:2019 collage v1 ...

and Carlo Casap were called up to the

for the

match against to the Finland national under-21 football team in 4 September 2020 and to the

Malta national under-21 football team The Malta national under-21 football team is the under-21 football team of Malta and is controlled by the Malta Football Association. The team is sponsored by Givova Givova is an Italian manufacturing company located in Scafati. The company, fou ...

in 8 September 2020. On 30 August 2020 the match against FCSB was lost 3-0. On the same day, Viitorul reached an agreement with

AFC Chindia Târgoviște Asociația Fotbal Club Chindia Târgoviște (), commonly known as Chindia Târgoviște or simply Chindia, is a Romanian professional football club based in Târgoviște, Dâmbovița County, which competes in the Liga I. In 2010, as a result of ...

to loan

Tiberiu Căpușă Tiberiu Ionuț Căpușă (born 6 April 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga I club UTA Arad. International career He made his debut for Romania national football team on 6 June 2021 in a friendly against ...

Marco Dulca Marco Alexandru Dulca (born 11 May 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Celje. Club career Early career / Viitorul Constanța Dulca started practising football with Universitatea Cluj ...

and Paul Iacob for one season.

September

On 1 September 2020 the club announced that they signed the Spanish player Josemi Castañeda. On 4 September 2020

scored one goal for the

in the

match against the Finland national under-21 football team.

and

were in the first XI.

entered as a substitute. On 5 September 2020 Louis Munteanu scored one goal for the

in a friendly match against

. Darius Grosu was in the first XI. Constantin Grameni and

entered as substitutes. On 7 September 2020

entered as substitute for

in the

UEFA Nations League The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...

match against the

Austria national football team The Austria national football team (german: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in men's international football competition and it is controlled by the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußba ...

. On 8 September 2020 in the

match against the Finland national under-21 football team,

and Carlo Casap were in the first XI.

and

entered as substitutes. On 14 September 2020 the match against

CS Universitatea Craiova U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv, commonly known as Universitatea Craiova (), CS U Craiova, or simply U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football team based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian leagu ...

was lost 1-4.

scored his first goal for

. On 19 September 2020 Viitorul drew 1–1 away against Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe.

scored for Viitorul. On 23 September 2020 the club announced that they signed the Spanish player

Jon Gaztañaga Jon Gaztañaga Arrospide (born 28 June 1991) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender or a defensive midfielder for Barakaldo CF. Club career Born in Andoain, Gipuzkoa, Gaztañaga was a product of Real Sociedad's y ...

. Gaztañaga was a product of

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

's youth system. Gaztañaga was picked by the Spain under-17 team for the

2008 UEFA European Football Championship The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA (the Union of European ...

. He started as a stopper in the final against

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, which ended with a 4–0 triumph. On the same day FC Viitorul and

, Carlo Casap and

reached an agreement to extend the players' contracts for another four seasons through to 2024 and

for a further two seasons through to 2022.

Romario Benzar Romario Sandu Benzar (born 26 March 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Liga I club UTA Arad. Club career Viitorul Constanța Benzar started playing football in the Gheorghe Hagi Academy and made his debut for fellow tea ...

joined FC Viitorul on 24 September on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. Benzar started playing football in the Gheorghe Hagi Academy and made his debut for fellow team Viitorul Constanța in 2010. He won the Liga I in 2016–17. Benzar plays for the

Romania national team Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and t ...

. That day FC Viitorul and Ștefan Bodișteanu also reached an agreement to extend the player's contract for a further two seasons through to 2022 and Alexandru Georgescu for a further five seasons through to 2025. Viitorul had reached an agreement with FC Farul Constanța to loan Cosmin Dur-Bozoancă for one season. On 25 September 2020 FC Viitorul and Damien Dussaut reached an agreement to extend the player's contract for a further two seasons through to 2022 and Cătălin Căbuz for a further three seasons through to 2023. On 26 September 2020 Viitorul won 4–1 home against

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent th ...

made two goals,

and

scored for Viitorul. On the same day FC Viitorul Constanța and

ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

reached an agreement to transfer Louis Munteanu to the Italian club for a fee of €2,000,000. On 29 September 2020 the club announced that they signed the Romanian player Adrian Stoian. Stoian was picked by the

in 2018. On 8 September 2020 in the

match against to the Finland national under-21 football team,

and Carlo Casap were in the first XI.

and

entered as substitutes.

October

On 4 October 2020 Viitorul drew 1–1 away against CFR Cluj.

scored for Viitorul. His goal was the 400th goal in Viitorul Constanța's existence in the top-flight of Romanian football. On 5 October 2020 the club announced that they signed the Cape Verdean player Ely Fernandes. On 6 October 2020 FC Viitorul and

Bradley de Nooijer Bradley de Nooijer (born 7 November 1997) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays mainly as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left-back for Bulgarian club PFC CSKA Sofia, CSKA Sofia. Club career De Nooijer m ...

reached an agreement to extend the player's contract for a further three seasons. On 8 October 2020

entered as substitute for

in the UEFA Euro 2020 Play-Off match against to the

Iceland national football team The Iceland national football team (in ) represents Iceland in men's international football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of Iceland, and have been a FIFA member since 1947 and an UEFA member since 1957. The team's nickn ...

. On 9 October 2020 in the

match against to the

Ukraine national under-21 football team The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth ootballteam of Ukraine ( uk, Молодіжна збірна України) is one of junior national football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international compet ...

and

were in the first XI.

entered as a substitute. On 11 October 2020

was in the first XI for

in the

match against the

Norway national football team The Norway national football team ( no, Norges herrelandslag i fotball, or informally ''Landslaget'') represents Norway in men's international football and is controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation, the governing body for football in ...

. On 13 October 2020 in the

match against the

and

were in the first XI.

and

scored for

. On 14 October 2020

entered as a substitute for

in the

match against to the

. On 19 October 2020 Viitorul won 2–0 away against

and Carlo Casap scored for Viitorul. On 25 October 2020 Viitorul drew 2–2 against

FC Argeș Pitești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș or Argeș Pitești (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Pitești, Argeș County, which competes in the Liga I. The team was origi ...

at home. Andrei Ciobanu and Jon Gaztañaga scored for Viitorul.

November

On 1 November 2020 Viitorul won 3–0 away against Politehnica Iași. Alin Dobrosavlevici scored his first goal for Viitorul. The match was awarded to Viitorul because Politehnica's stadium wasn't able to provide the conditions. On 8 November 2020 won 2–1 home against

. Alin Dobrosavlevici and

scored for Viitorul. On 17 November 2020

drew 1–1 against in the

match against to the

and

were in the first XI. Carlo Casap was also called. On 21 November 2020 the match against

Academica Clinceni Club Sportiv LPS HD Clinceni, commonly known as Clinceni and formerly known as ''Academica Clinceni'' is a Romanian amateur football club based in Clinceni, Ilfov County, currently playing in the Liga IV - Ilfov County. In the summer of 2022 for ...

was lost 1-0. On 28 November 2020 the match against

was lost 3-0. On 30 November 2020 the technical staff ( Rubén Alfonso de la Barrera Fernández, Francisco Ruiz Beltrán, Pere Romeu Sunyer, Iván Peñaranda Llauradó, Jarkko Tuomisto and Antonio Camacho) was sacked due to poor results.

December

On 1 December 2020 FC Viitorul Constanța appointed

Mircea Rednic Mircea Rednic (born 9 April 1962) is a Romanian football coach and former player who played as a defender. Club career Mircea Rednic, nicknamed "Puriul" was born on 9 April 1962 in Hunedoara and until he was 14 years old he played table tenn ...

as the new manager for the team , Alecsandru Popovici and

Sorin Rădoi Sorin Nicușor Rădoi (born 30 June 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a right back. Club career Rădoi's first club was Extensiv Craiova, where he made his debut in the Romanian Liga II in the 2002–03 season. ...

as assistant managers,

Ștefan Preda Ștefan Gabriel Preda (born 18 June 1970) is a retired Romanian football goalkeeper. Preda got three caps for the national team, and was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup. International career International stats Honours Club ;Petrolul Pl ...

as goalkeeping coach and Andrei Antoce as fitness coach. Mircea Rednic managed teams such as

FC Rapid București Fotbal Club Rapid 1923, commonly known as Rapid București () or simply as Rapid, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivița workshops as ''Asoc ...

Khazar Lankaran FK Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

, KAA Gent,

Royal Excel Mouscron Royal Excel Mouscron (, ), commonly known as Mouscron or familiarly as REM, was a Belgian professional football club based in Mouscron. The team was formed as ''Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz'' in the spring of 2010 as a result of the merging between ...

and Standard Liège. He last managed Politehnica Iași. Alecsandru Popovici was manager for ARO Câmpulung and assistant manager for FC Viitorul Constanța.

is a former player who played for FC Viitorul Constanța and was assistant manager for FC Viitorul Constanța.

was goalkeeping coach for FCSB and

. As goalkeeper Preda got three caps for the national team, and was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup. Andrei Antoce was fitness coach for Politehnica II Iaşi. On 12 December 2020 Viitorul drew 1–1 away against

scored for Viitorul. On 15 December 2020 the match against

FC Botoșani Fotbal Club Botoșani (), commonly known as FC Botoșani or simply Botoșani, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Botoșani, Botoșani County, that competes in the Liga I. In 2013, twelve years after being established, ...

was lost 1-2.

scored a goal for

. On 19 December 2020 the match against

Gaz Metan Mediaș GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (russian: ГАЗ or Го́рьковский автомоби́льный заво́д, , Gorky Automobile Plant) is a Russian automotive manufacturer located in Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky (Го� ...

was lost 1-0.

January

On 6 January 2021 the club announced that they signed Latvian forward

Valērijs Šabala Valērijs Šabala (born 12 October 1994) is a Latvian footballer, who plays for B36 Tórshavn of the Faroe Islands Premier League. Club career Early career As a youth player Šabala was a member of Daugava Rīga academy. With the club win ...

. After loan stints in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Latvia, on 4 August 2017 Šabala signed a two-year contract with I liga side

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. He became the top scorer of the

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season, scoring 12 goals. Šabala was a member of all international youth teams and made his debut for the Latvia national football team on 24 May 2013 in a friendly match against

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. In the next match he scored his first goals for the national team, scoring twice in a friendly match against

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, becoming the youngest ever international goal scorer for Latvia. His first official qualifier match was the 2014 World Cup qualifying match against

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. On 10 January 2021 the club. won 2–1 home against

FC Hermannstadt Asociația Fotbal Club Hermannstadt (), commonly known as FC Hermannstadt, Hermannstadt or familiarly as Sibiu (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt), Sibiu County, which currently competes ...

and

scored for Viitorul. On 11 January 2021 the club announced that they signed the Macedonian player

David Babunski David Babunski ( mk, Давид Бабунски; born 1 March 1994) is a Macedonian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hungarian club Mezőkövesd. A product of FC Barcelona's La Masia, he played for their reserves before tr ...

. Born in

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, Babunski joined

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. Founded ...

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in 2006, aged 12, after starring at

UDA Gramenet Unión Deportiva Atlético Gramenet Milán is a Spanish football team based in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1945 it currently plays in ''Segona Catalana – Group 4'', holding home games at '' Muni ...

. On 13 January 2021

, captain of

at the time, signed for the Russian club

FC Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

for a reported fee of €500,000. On 15 January 2021 Viitorul drew 0–0 away against

. On 19 January 2021 the club drew 2–2 against FCSB at home.

Cosmin Matei Cosmin Gabriel Matei (; born 30 September 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Liga I club Sepsi OSK. Matei started out his senior career at Farul Constanța in 2008, and has since r ...

and Ely Fernandes scored for Viitorul. On 23 January 2021 Viitorul drew 1–1 away against

FC Universitatea Craiova U Craiova 1948, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I. It is along with CS Universitatea Craiova one of the two entities asserti ...

Andrei Artean Andrei Viorel Artean (born 14 August 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for as a defensive midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol. Club career ACS Poli Timișoara After coming through the ranks for the his ...

scored for Viitorul. On 24 January 2021 the club announced that they signed

Răzvan Grădinaru Răzvan Toni Augustin Grădinaru (born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Karmiotissa. Club career Steaua București He made his league debut on 16 April 2014 in Liga I match against FC Vaslui ...

. On 26 January 2021 the club drew 3–3 against Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe at home.

and

scored for Viitorul. On 31 January 2021 Viitorul drew 1–1 away against

scored for Viitorul.

February

On 1 February 2021

's top goal scorer at the time, signed for the Turkish club Kayserispor for a reported fee of €800,000. On 4 February, the match against CFR Cluj was lost 2-1. Alin Dobrosavlevici scored for Viitorul. Artur Crăciun joined FC Viitorul on 6 February 2021 on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 8 February 2021 the club announced that they signed Jô Santos. On 8 February 2021 the match against

was lost 0-1. On 12 February 2021 Viitorul had reached an agreement with

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to loan

for one season. In the same day, the match against

was lost 1-0. On 17 February 2021 Luca Andronache and Ștefan Bodișteanu scored two goals for

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in a friendly match against

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. Luca Andronache scored one goal for

in a friendly match against FCSB U18, too. On 19 February 2021 the club announced that they signed Juvhel Tsoumou. On 26 February 2021 FC Viitorul won 5–0 away against

. Jô Santos,

and Juvhel Tsoumou scored for Viitorul.

March

On 4 March 2021 the club announced that they signed Marquinhos Pedroso. On 6 March 2021 Viitorul drew 1–1 against

at home. Juvhel Tsoumou scored for Viitorul. On 13 March 2021 Viitorul drew 0–0 against

. On 15 March 2021

and

were called up for the

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from 24 to 30 March 2021. On 17 March 2021 Viitorul drew 0–0 against

at home. On 19 March 2021 Juvhel Tsoumou was called by the

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for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against

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and

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on 22 and 30 March respectively. On 24 March 2021

scored one goal for

in the

match against Netherlands national under-21 football team.

and

were in the first XI. On 26 March 2021 FC Viitorul won 1–0 against

in a friendly match. Luca Andronache scored for Viitorul. On 27 March 2021

and

played for

in the

match against

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. On 30 March 2021

and

played for

in the

match against Germany national under-21 football team.

April

On 4 April 2021 the club lost the match against

1-0. On 8 April 2021 the match against

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was lost 1-2. Juvhel Tsoumou scored for Viitorul. In the same day,

and Andrei Antoce were sacked due to poor results. On 6 April 2021 FC Viitorul Constanța appointed

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as the new team manage. He had worked as head coach for

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and Viitorul Constanța.Cristian Sava was appointed as assistant manager and Ștefan Anghel as fitness coach. On 12 April 2021 the match against

was lost 0-2. On 16 April the club lost the match against

1-0. On 20 April the club won the match against

1-0. Andrei Ciobanu scored for Viitorul. On 26 April the club lost the match against

1-0. On 29 April Viitorul won 3–0 away against Politehnica Iași. Jô Santos and

scored for Viitorul.

May

On 2 May, Viitorul lost the match against

. Jô Santos scored for Viitorul. On 5 May 2021 Viitorul drew 0–0 against

. On 9 May Viitorul won 1–0 home against

scored for Viitorul. On 14 May Viitorul won 2–0 away against

. Jô Santos and

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scored for Viitorul. On 19 May Viitorul won 1–0 home against AFC Astra Giurgiu.

scored for Viitorul. On 27 May Viitorul won 3–2 away against

, Ely Fernandes and Juvhel Tsoumou scored for Viitorul. On 30 May, Viitorul lost the match against Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe.

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European play-off semi-final

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European play-off final

Cupa României

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Goalscorers

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Disciplinary record

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