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2012–13 FC Steaua București Season
The 2012–13 season was the 65th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României and the UEFA Europa League. Previous season positions Players Squad information , - , colspan="12", ''Players from YS'' , - , - , colspan="12", ''Players sold or loaned out during the season'' , - Transfers In ;Notes * On 2009–10 season, Steaua's coach dismiss Filip and sent him to second team, from here was loaned to Unirea Urziceni, Snagov and Concordia Chiajna, in June 2012 he returned to first team after in 2011 second team was dissolved. Out Statistics Goalscorers Competitions Overall Liga I League table Results summary Results by round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Becali
George "Gigi" Becali (; born 25 June 1958) is a Romanian businessman, writer, politician and former convict, mostly known for his ownership of the FCSB football club. Becali was a Member of the European Parliament between June 2009 and December 2012, and a Parliament of Romania, Member of the Romanian Parliament from December 2012 up until his conviction in May 2013. In 2024 Romanian parliamentary election, 2024, Becali was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania), Chamber of Deputies for the AUR party, but left in March 2025 due to chairman George Simion's decision of collected signatures for a female presidential candidate. Early life Becali was born in Vădeni, Brăila, Vădeni, Brăila County, to an Aromanian people, Aromanian family which had been Bărăgan deportations, deported to the Bărăgan Plain by the Communism, Communist authorities because of their associations with the pre-World War II fascist party Iron Guard. Entrepreneurship Real estate business ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supercupa României
The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supercupa României, 1994, with the first edition being won by FCSB, Steaua București. In 2010 Supercupa României, 2010, for the first time in its history, the Supercup was held even though CFR Cluj had been victorious in both the league and the cup in the previous season. At that time, they faced FC Unirea Urziceni, Unirea Urziceni, the Liga I runners-up. The most successful performer so far is FC FCSB, FCSB winning the competition 7 times. Sponsorship On 22 July 2005, FRF and Samsung Electronics signed a one-year sponsorship deal. The name of the competition was changed to ''Supercupa României Samsung'' for the 2005 and 2006 editions. On 9 October 2006, FRF and Ursus Breweries (part of the SABMiller group) signed a sponsorship agreeme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC U Craiova 1948
FCU 1948 Craiova Fotbal Club, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or simply FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional Association football, football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, that competes in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system, Romanian league system. FC U Craiova is—along with CS Universitatea Craiova—one of the two entities asserting the history of the original History of Universitatea Craiova (football club), Universitatea Craiova football team, which between 1948 and 1991 won four national titles and five Cupa României, national cups. During the latter year, the sports club dissolved its football department and ''FC Universitatea Craiova'' took its berth in the top flight. Generally considered the same entity with the old club, FC U continued its tradition for the next two decades, but was reorganised several times and retroactively deemed an unofficial successor. In 2012, it retired from every competition following their tempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Costea
Mihai Alexandru Costea (born 29 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sparta Râmnicu Vâlcea. He is the younger brother of Florin Costea. Club career FC U Craiova Costea played in Universitatea Craiova youth team. In 2008 the player was promoted to the first team, where he joined his older brother Florin Costea. Though his favorite positions are striker or winger, due to lack of players at Universitatea Craiova he was often used as a left midfielder. This usually brought criticism to Universitatea Craiova officials. Steaua București Costea was transferred to Steaua București for a reported transfer fee of €1.4 million. In July 2013, Costea was excluded from the team, after refusing to comply with the team schedule, being unhappy that he wasn't called for game against Vardar Skopje, in the Champions League qualifying stage. Gulf In 2016, it was announced that United Arab Emirates's Al-Ittihad Kalba signed Romanian fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucian Filip
Lucian Ionuț Filip (born 25 September 1990) is a former Romanian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder and as Defender (association football), defender. Currently he is a fitness coach at Liga I club FCSB. Club career Steaua II București Filip played for FCSB's youth team until the autumn of 2008 when he was selected for the senior team. On this occasion he earned his first appearance at senior level for Steaua in Cupa României 2008–09#Round of 32, Cupa României's Round of 32 where his team lost the game to FC Sportul Studențesc București, Sportul Studențesc failing to advance in the next competition's round. Steaua București After his first match at FCSB in the Cup he returned playing for the team's second squad only to return in the winter break after impressing coach Marius Lăcătuș. He is now waiting his first appearance for Steaua in the Liga I, national league. In July 2009, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandru Chipciu
Alexandru Mihăiță Chipciu (; born 18 May 1989) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays for Liga I club FC Universitatea Cluj, Universitatea Cluj, which he captains. A versatile player, he is mainly deployed as a Midfielder#Winger, winger or an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder, but has also been used as a Forward (association football)#False 9, false 9 or a Defender (association football)#Wing-back, wing-back on occasion. After starting his senior career with FC Brașov (1936), FC Brașov, Chipciu moved to FCSB, Steaua București in the winter of 2011 and won seven domestic trophies during his spell in the Bucharest, capital. In 2016, he transferred abroad for the first time to join R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht; he helped to a Belgian First Division A, national title in 2016–17 Belgian First Division A, his first season in Belgium, but later fell out of favor and was sent on loan to AC Sparta Prague, Sparta Prague. At the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defensive Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the defensive units and forward units of a formation. Managers frequently assign one or more midfielders to disrupt the opposing team's attacks, while others may be tasked with creating goals, or have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Gardoș
Florin Gardoș (; born 29 October 1988) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Early life Gardoș was born in the city of Satu Mare in Romania. Club career Gardoș started his senior career with Concordia Chiajna in 2006. In his first season at the club, he helped them achieve promotion to the second division. Steaua București On 17 June 2010, Gardoș was transferred to Steaua București. He made his competitive debut for the ''Roș-albaștrii'' on 16 August, in a Liga I match against Victoria Brănești. In September 2011, Gardoș received a ten-match ban after seriously tackling Pandurii Târgu Jiu midfielder Cosmin Băcilă, which resulted in a broken left tibia and fibula. Southampton On 14 August 2014, Gardoș signed a four-year deal with English club Southampton for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around €7.5 million. On 13 September, he made his first appearance for "the Saints" as an 89th-minute substitute for Jack Cork in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Pintilii
Doru Mihai Pintilii (born 9 November 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who serves as an assistant for Liga I club FCSB. A midfielder known for his combative playing style, Pintilii started out at Viitorul Hârlău and Auxerre Lugoj. He then appeared in over 210 top flight matches for Jiul Petroșani, Internațional Curtea de Argeș, Pandurii Târgu Jiu and FC Steaua București combined. During his career, he also had brief stints abroad with Al-Hilal and Hapoel Tel Aviv, respectively. Internationally, Pintilii amassed 46 caps for the Romania national team between 2011 and 2018, and represented the country in the UEFA Euro 2016. Club career Steaua București In May 2012, Steaua București signed Mihai Pintilii from Pandurii Târgu Jiu for undisclosed fee. They also loaned Mihai Răduț to Pandurii. On 2 March 2013, he scored two goals in a Liga I game against Gaz Metan Mediaș. Al-Hilal On 7 June 2014, Pintilii signed a three-year $3.9 million plus bonuses c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łukasz Szukała
Łukasz Szukała (born 26 May 1984) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. After starting out his career at Metz B in France, Szukała went on to compete professionally in Germany, Romania, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, respectively. At international level, Szukała represented the Poland senior team between 2013 and 2015, earning 17 caps and one goal in the process. Club career Universitatea Cluj In June 2011, Szukała joined Universitatea Cluj on a three-year contract. Steaua București In August 2012, Łukasz signed with Romanian giants Steaua București. On 4 November 2012, Szukała scored his first goal for title-chasing Steaua in a 3–1 win against their Bucharest arch-rivals, Dinamo, guaranteeing him a good relationship with the very demanding Steaua fans. In 2014, he was voted as the best foreign footballer in Liga I. Al Ittihad On 3 January 2015, he signed a contract with Al-Ittihad, when he entered his final six months of the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doru Bratu
Doru Bratu (born 27 May 1989 in Bucharest) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga II side Sportul Snagov. Honours ;Steaua București *Liga I: 2012–13 *Supercupa României: 2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ... References External links * Footballers from Bucharest 1989 births Living people Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FC Rapid București players ASC Daco-Getica București players CS Concordia Chiajna players FCSB players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players FC Universitatea Cluj players FCV Farul Constanța players CS Sportul Snagov players ACS Olimpic Snagov players Romanian Romani people Romani footballers 21st-century Romanian sportsmen { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornel Râpă
Cornel Râpă (born 16 January 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back. Club career Râpă made his professional debut for his youth club Oțelul Galați, in 2008. He scored his first professional goal in March 2011, in a match against Universitatea Cluj. In 2013, Râpă left Oțelul Galați in order to join fellow Liga I club Steaua București. International career Râpă made his debut for the Romania national team at the age of 20 in 2010 in a friendly game against Italy played in Klagenfurt. Career statistics Club International Honours ;Oțelul Galați *Liga I: 2010–11 *Supercupa României: 2011 ;Steaua București *Liga I: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 *Cupa României: 2014–15 *Cupa Ligii: 2014–15, 2015–16 *Supercupa României: 2013 ;Cracovia *Polish Cup: 2019–20 *Polish Super Cup: 2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
