2006–07 FC Steaua București season
# 2006–07 FC Steaua București season

The 2006–07 season was the 59th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 59th 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, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.

## Players

### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 12 | GK | ROU | Cornel Cernea |
| 13 | GK | POR | Carlos Fernandes |
| 31 | GK | ROU | Marius Toma |
| 3 | DF | ROU | Dorin Goian |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Bogdan Panait |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Mirel Rădoi (captain) |
| 15 | DF | ROU | Mihai Neșu |
| 17 | DF | ROU | Eugen Baciu |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Petre Marin |
| 23 | DF | ISR | Klemi Saban |
| 24 | DF | ROU | Sorin Ghionea |
| 27 | DF | ROU | Stelian Stancu |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Petre |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Nicolae Dică (vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | ROU | Gabriel Boștină |
| 14 | MF | ROU | Vasilică Cristocea |
| 16 | MF | ROU | Bănel Nicoliță |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Florin Lovin |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Sorin Paraschiv (vice-captain) |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Gigel Coman |
| 30 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Ochiroșii |
| 32 | MF | ROU | Apostol Muzac |
| 7 | FW | ROU | Daniel Oprița |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Valentin Badea |
| 19 | FW | ROU | Victoraș Iacob |
| 21 | FW | FRA | Cyril Théréau |

### Transfers

**In**

Total spending: €4,35M :

| Player | From | Fee |
| - | - | - |
| Valentin Badea | FC Vaslui | €1.1M (together with Panait) |
| Bogdan Panait | FC Vaslui | €1.1M (together with Badea) |
| Klemi Saban | Maccabi Haifa | €0.25M |
| Gigel Coman | FC Timișoara | €0.7M |
| Cyril Théréau | Charleroi | €0.6M |
| Ovidiu Petre | FC Timișoara | €1M |
| Stelian Stancu | Sportul Studențesc | €0.7M |

**Out**

Total income: €3,8M :

| Player | New team | Fee |
| - | - | - |
| George Ogăraru | Ajax | €3.3M |
| Andrei Cristea | FC Timișoara | €0.5M |
| Andrei Enescu | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Free |

**Loan out**

| Player | Team |
| - | - |
| Valentin Simion | UTA Arad |
| Adrian Drida | Jiul Petroșani |
| Alin Lițu | Jiul Petroșani |
| Alexandru Tudose | UTA Arad |
| Daniel Bălan | Omonia Nicosia |

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Liga I | 29 July 2006 | 23 May 2007 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 061.76 |
| Cupa României | 25 October 2006 | 18 April 2007 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Supercupa României | 22 July 2006 | 22 July 2006 | Final | Winners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Champions League | 26 July 2006 | 6 December 2006 | Second qualifying round | Group stage | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 040.00 |
| UEFA Cup | 15 February 2007 | 22 February 2007 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 86 | 44 | +42 | 054.90 |

Source: Competitions

### Liga I

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dinamo București (C) | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Steaua București | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | CFR Cluj | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 69 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Rapid București | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Oțelul Galați | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 56 | +4 | 56 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | HR | A | A | HR | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### UEFA Champions League

**Group stage**

Group E standings :

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lyon | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 5 | Transfer to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 2 | |
