2016–17 FCSB season
# 2016–17 FCSB season

The 2016–17 season was FCSB's 69th season since its founding in 1947.

## Players

### First team squad

    As of 20 February 2017.

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ROU | Florin Niță (4th captain) |
| 2 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Simion |
| 4 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Tamaș |
| 5 | MF | ROU | Mihai Pintilii (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | ROU | Denis Alibec (captain) |
| 8 | MF | ROU | Lucian Filip (3rd-captain) |
| 9 | FW | ROU | Alexandru Tudorie |
| 10 | FW | ROU | Florin Tănase |
| 11 | MF | GHA | Muniru Sulley |
| 13 | DF | ROU | Marian Pleașcă |
| 14 | DF | ROU | Mihai Bălașa |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Marko Momčilović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Antonio Jakoliš |
| 18 | MF | ROU | Vlad Mihalcea |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Vlad Achim |
| 21 | DF | COD | Wilfred Moke |
| 23 | MF | ROU | Ovidiu Popescu |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Fernando Boldrin |
| 29 | FW | BRA | William De Amorim |
| 31 | FW | FRA | Harlem Gnohéré |
| 32 | GK | ROU | Ionuț Poiană |
| 33 | GK | ROU | Eduard Stăncioiu |
| 44 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Enache |
| 98 | FW | ROU | Dennis Man |

### Transfers

**In**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | MF | Paul Pârvulescu | 27 | EU | Târgu Mureș | Loan return | Summer | 2017 | — | |
| 14 | FW | Bojan Golubović | 32 | Non-EU | CSMS Iași | Free transfer | Summer | 2017 | Free | Steaua Facebook |
| 23 | MF | Ovidiu Popescu | 22 | EU | ACS Poli Timișoara | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | € 200.000 | Steaua Facebook |
| 24 | DF | Dan Popescu | 28 | EU | ACS Poli Timișoara | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | Steaua Facebook |
| 80 | FW | Gabriel Iancu | 22 | EU | Kardemir Karabükspor | Loan return | Summer | 2018 | — | |
| 26 | MF | Ionuț Neagu | 26 | EU | Kardemir Karabükspor | Loan return | Summer | 2017 | — | |
| — | MF | Aymen Tahar | 26 | EU | Boavista | Loan return | Summer | 2019 | — | |
| — | MF | Răzvan Grădinaru | 20 | EU | Concordia Chiajna | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 28 | FW | Alexandru Târnovan | 20 | EU | Universitatea Cluj | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 35 | DF | Alexandru Aldea (footballer) | 21 | EU | Sporting Turnu Măgurele | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 22 | DF | Jean Sony Alcénat | 30 | Non-EU | Voluntari | Loan return | Summer | 2018 | — | |
| 9 | FW | Alexandru Tudorie | 20 | EU | Voluntari | Loan return | Summer | 2020 | — | |
| 26 | MF | Cătălin Ștefănescu | 21 | EU | Voluntari | Loan return | Summer | 2020 | — | |
| 35 | MF | Sebastian Chitoșcă | 21 | EU | Voluntari | Loan return | Summer | 2020 | — | |
| 25 | MF | Rareș Enceanu | 23 | EU | Voluntari | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 16 | MF | Robert Vâlceanu | 19 | EU | Voluntari | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 31 | DF | Florentin Pham | 19 | EU | Academica Clinceni | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| — | MF | Daniel Benzar | 18 | EU | Academica Clinceni | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 32 | FW | Theodor Botă | 19 | EU | Gloria Buzău | Loan return | Summer | Undisclosed | — | |
| 20 | MF | Vlad Achim | 27 | EU | Voluntari | Transfer | Summer | 2019 | € 200.000 & Doru Popadiuc | steauafc.com |
| 19 | MF | Adnan Aganović | 28 | EU | AEL Limassol | Free transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Free | steauafc.com |
| 3 | DF | Bogdan Mitrea | 28 | EU | Ascoli | Loan | Summer | 2017 | — | steauafc.com |
| 10 | FW | Florin Tănase | 21 | EU | Viitorul Constanța | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | € 1.500.000 | steauafc.com |
| 27 | MF | Fernando Boldrin | 27 | EU | Astra Giurgiu | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | € 300.000 | steauafc.com |
| 29 | MF | William De Amorim | 24 | EU | Astra Giurgiu | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | € 700.000 | steauafc.com |
| 33 | GK | Eduard Stăncioiu | 35 | EU | Târgu Mureș | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | Free | steauafc.com |
| 17 | MF | Antonio Jakoliš | 24 | EU | CFR Cluj | Transfer | Summer | 2020 | € 350.000 | steauafc.com |
| 21 | MF | Wilfred Moke | 28 | EU | Voluntari | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | € 150.000 | steauafc.com |
| 98 | FW | Dennis Man | 18 | EU | UTA Arad | Transfer | Summer | 2022 | € 300.000 & bonuses | steauafc.com |
| 7 | FW | Denis Alibec | 25 | EU | Astra Giurgiu | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | € 2.040.000 | steauafc.com |
| 31 | FW | Harlem Gnohéré | 28 | EU | Dinamo București | Transfer | Winter | 2020 | € 250.000 | steauafc.com |
| 14 | DF | Mihai Bălașa | 22 | EU | Roma | Transfer | Winter | 2021 | € 500.000 | steauafc.com |
| 13 | DF | Marian Pleașcă | 27 | EU | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | Free transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | Free | steauafc.com |

**Out**

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | FW | Ciprian Marica | 30 | EU | | Mutual termination | Summer | — | steauafc.com |
| 2 | DF | Cornel Râpă | 26 | EU | Pogoń Szczecin | Mutual termination | Summer | — | steauafc.com |
| 22 | MF | Paul Pârvulescu | 27 | EU | St. Pölten | Mutual termination | Summer | — | steauafc.com |
| 20 | FW | Tha'er Bawab | 31 | EU | Umm Salal | Mutual termination | Summer | — | steauafc.com |
| 4 | DF | Cătălin Carp | 22 | EU | Viitorul Constanța | Mutual termination | Summer | — | steauafc.com |
| 3 | DF | Paul Papp | 26 | EU | Wil | Mutual termination | Summer | — | steauafc.com |
| 14 | MF | Houssine Kharja | 33 | EU | | Mutual termination | Summer | — | |
| 18 | MF | Timo Gebhart | 27 | EU | Hansa Rostock | Mutual termination | Summer | — | |
| 80 | FW | Gabriel Iancu | 22 | EU | Viitorul Constanța | Mutual termination | Summer | — | |
| 95 | MF | Doru Popadiuc | 21 | EU | Voluntari | Transfer | Summer | Vlad Achim | steauafc.com |
| 26 | MF | Ionuț Neagu | 26 | EU | Kardemir Karabükspor | Mutual termination | Summer | — | |
| 21 | MF | Nicandro Breeveld | 29 | EU | Dibba Al-Fujairah | End of contract | Summer | — | |
| — | DF | Valeriu Lupu | 25 | EU | Berceni | End of contract | Summer | — | |
| — | MF | Răzvan Grădinaru | 20 | EU | Concordia Chiajna | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | |
| 25 | FW | Grégory Tadé | 29 | EU | Qatar SC | Mutual termination | Summer | — | steauafc.com |
| 7 | MF | Alexandru Chipciu | 27 | EU | Anderlecht | Transfer | Summer | €3,000,000 & bonuses | steauafc.com |
| 33 | DF | Fernando Varela | 28 | EU | PAOK | Transfer | Summer | €1,400,000 | steauafc.com |
| 26 | MF | Cătălin Ștefănescu | 21 | EU | CSM Politehnica Iași | Loan | Summer | — | steauafc.com |
| — | MF | Aymen Tahar | 26 | EU | Sagan Tosu | Free transfer | Summer | — | |
| — | DF | Jean Sony Alcénat | 30 | Non-EU | Feirense | Mutual termination | Summer | — | cdfeirense.pt |
| 10 | MF | Nicolae Stanciu | 23 | EU | Anderlecht | Transfer | Summer | €7,800,000 & bonuses | steauafc.com |
| 12 | GK | Valentin Cojocaru | 20 | EU | Crotone | Loan | Summer | €250,000 | steauafc.com |
| 5 | MF | Jugurtha Hamroun | 27 | EU | Al Sadd | Loan | Summer | €1,000,000 | steauafc.com |
| — | FW | Alexandru Târnovan | 21 | EU | Botoșani | Transfer | Summer | — | |
| 55 | MF | Alexandru Bourceanu | 31 | EU | Arsenal Tula | End of contract | Winter | — | |
| 14 | FW | Bojan Golubović | 33 | Non-EU | CSM Politehnica Iași | Mutual termination | Winter | — | steauafc.com |
| 3 | DF | Bogdan Mitrea | 29 | EU | Ascoli | End of loan | Winter | — | steauafc.com |
| 13 | DF | Alin Toșca | 24 | EU | Real Betis | Transfer | Winter | €1,000,000 | steauafc.com |
| 19 | MF | Adnan Aganović | 29 | EU | Larissa | Mutual termination | Winter | — | steauafc.com |
| 26 | FW | Cristian Onțel | 18 | EU | Academica Clinceni | Loan | Winter | — | |
| 77 | MF | Adrian Popa | 28 | EU | Reading | Transfer | Winter | €600,000 | steauafc.com |
| 16 | MF | Robert Vâlceanu | 19 | EU | UTA Arad | Loan | Winter | — | uta-arad.ro |
| 24 | DF | Dan Popescu | 28 | EU | Concordia Chiajna | Loan | Winter | — | steauafc.com |
| 25 | MF | Rareș Enceanu | 22 | EU | Brașov | Loan | Winter | — | steauafc.com |
| 35 | MF | Sebastian Chitoșcă | 24 | EU | Brașov | Loan | Winter | — | steauafc.com |

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

    Last updated on 13 May 2017 (UTC)

| Player | Liga I | Cupa României | Cupa Ligii | Champions League | Europa League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denis Alibec | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Fernando Boldrin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Harlem Gnohéré | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Florin Tănase | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Nicolae Stanciu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Adrian Popa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gabriel Enache | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mihai Pintilii | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Marko Momčilović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ovidiu Popescu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vlad Achim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| William De Amorim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alexandru Tudorie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gabriel Tamaș | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Adnan Aganović | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jugurtha Hamroun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Vâlceanu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilfred Moke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis Man | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marian Pleașcă | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Antonio Jakoliš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muniru Sulley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bojan Golubović | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Competitions

### Liga I

**Regular season**

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

Source: FCSB

**Regular season**

**Table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Viitorul Constanța | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 51 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Steaua București | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Astra Giurgiu | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Universitatea Craiova | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for the Championship round |

* ↑ CFR Cluj were deducted six points for failing to comply with licensing requirements.

**Regular season**

**Position 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | W | D | D |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

**Championship round**

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

Source: FCSB

**Championship round**

**Table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Viitorul Constanța (C) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Steaua București | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Dinamo București | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 33 | |
| 5 | CS U Craiova | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 31 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Astra Giurgiu | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 27 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |

* ↑ CFR Cluj failed to obtain a UEFA licence after filing for insolvency in 2015.
* 1 2 Since the winners of 2016–17 Cupa României, Voluntari, failed to obtain a UEFA licence, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the next best-placed team with a UEFA licence (in this case to the fifth-placed team) and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed down to the sixth-placed team.

**Championship round**

**Position by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

### UEFA Europa League

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | OSM | VIL | ZUR | STE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Osmanlıspor | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Villarreal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Zürich | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Steaua București | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |

### Non competitive matches

| Date | Team | Results | Results | Results | Steaua scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Date | Team | Home | Away | Neutral | Steaua scorers |
| 14 June 2016 | Viitorul Domnești | 1–0 | | | Botă |
| 25 June 2016 | Turnišče | | | 7–0 | Hamroun 35', Golubović 38', Enceanu 45', Achim 65', Sulley 68', Mihalcea 79' (pen.), Ștefănescu 83' |
| 28 June 2016 | Dinamo Zagreb | | | 0–0 | |
| 6 July 2016 | NEC | | | 1–0 | Tudorie 79' |
| 8 July 2016 | Charleroi | | | 3–0 | Hamroun 76', Tudorie 87', 90' |
| 10 July 2016 | Krylia Sovetov | | | 1–0 | Botă 75' |
| 13 July 2016 | PAOK | | | 4–3 | Enache 22', Stanciu 37', Tudorie 39', 45' |
| 23 July 2016 | Viitorul Domnești | 5–0 | | | Tudorie , Golubović , Achim |
| 12 November 2016 | Mioveni | | 0–1 | | |
| 18 January 2017 | Qarabağ | | | 0–2 | |
| 24 January 2017 | Vardar Skopje | | | 1–0 | Jakoliš 61' |
| 26 January 2017 | Terek Grozny | | | 1–1 | Enache 56' (pen.) |
| 28 January 2017 | Slovan Bratislava | | | 1–2 | Alibec 24' |
| 31 January 2017 | Wisła Kraków | | | 3–4 | Tamaș 18', Alibec 38', 53' |
