2022–23 FC Rapid București season

FC Rapid București
2022–23 season
Chairman	Daniel Niculae
Manager	Adrian Mutu
Stadium	Superbet Arena
Liga I	5th
Cupa României	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marko Dugandžić (15); All: ; Marko Dugandžić (15)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 December 2022.

The 2022–23 FC Rapid București season is the club's 100th 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 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 8 September 2022^[1]^[2]

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	Codruț Sandu
3	DF	ROU	Florin Ștefan
4	MF	CRO	Ljuban Crepulja
5	DF	ROU	Cristian Ignat
6	DF	ROU	Paul Iacob
7	MF	ROU	Antonio Sefer
8	MF	ROU	Andrei Ciobanu
9	MF	ROU	Valentin Costache
10	MF	ROU	Alexandru Ioniță
11	FW	ROU	Andrei Ioniță
13	DF	BRA	Júnior Morais
14	MF	EST	Mattias Käit
15	DF	MTQ	Damien Dussaut
16	FW	ROU	Alexandru Despa
17	MF	ROU	Ștefan Pănoiu
18	MF	ROU	David Iordache
19	DF	ROU	Răzvan Onea


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ROU	Dragoș Grigore (3rd captain)
22	DF	ROU	Cristian Săpunaru (Captain)
23	MF	ROU	Alexandru Albu
25	MF	BEL	Xian Emmers
26	MF	ROU	Alexandru Crivac
28	MF	ROU	Alexandru Mățan (on loan from Columbus)
29	MF	ROU	Gabriel Gheorghe
30	FW	ROU	Alex Stan
31	GK	ROU	Horațiu Moldovan
42	FW	NED	Kevin Luckassen
45	FW	CRO	Marko Dugandžić
57	FW	MAR	Younes Marzouk
71	FW	SVK	Jakub Vojtuš
77	DF	ROU	Claudiu Belu
90	GK	ROU	Virgil Drăghia (Vice-captain)
96	MF	FRA	Jayson Papeau
99	GK	ROU	Bogdan Ungureanu

Out on loan[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ROU	Ștefan Lefter (to Corvinul Hunedoara)
—	GK	ROU	Valentin Mărgărit (to Progresul Spartac)
—	GK	ROU	Sebastian Micu (to FC Brașov)
—	DF	ROU	Alexandru Catrici (to Tunari)
—	DF	ROU	Enrichi Finica (to Politehnica Iași)
—	MF	ROU	Antonio Bradu (to Corvinul Hunedoara)
—	MF	ROU	Alin Demici (to Dinamo București)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MDA	Cazimir Drăgan (to Metaloglobus București)
—	MF	ROU	Luca Florică (to Progresul Spartac)
—	MF	ROU	Alexandru Gheorghe (to Metaloglobus București)
—	MF	ROU	Rareș Lazăr (to FC Brașov)
—	MF	ROU	Albert Stahl (to UTA Arad)
—	MF	ROU	Mario Tunsu (to Tunari)
—	FW	ROU	Daniel Dicianu (to Râmnicu Sărat)

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

29 June 2022 Friendly	St. Pölten	3–2	Rapid București	St. Pölten, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadtsportanlage

1 July 2022 Friendly	Cracovia	1–2	Rapid București	Grein, Austria
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Grein TSV Stadion

2 July 2022 Friendly	LASK	2–0	Rapid București	Ulmerfeld, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Peter Lisec Stadion

5 July 2022 Friendly	Rapid București	1–7	Slavia Prague	Oepping, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Sportplatz Oepping

20 November 2022 Friendly	Brașov Steagul Renaște	0–1	Rapid București	Braşov, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2)				Stadium: Stadionul Tineretului

7 January 2023 Friendly	Rapid București	3–2	Sarıyer	Lara, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Miracle Resort Hotel

10 January 2023 Friendly	Rapid București	3–1	Kecskeméti TE	Belek, Turkey
11:30 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Bellis Hotel Sports Center

13 January 2023 Friendly	Sigma Olomouc	2–0	Rapid București	Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: S&B Sport Football Complex

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	16 July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Cupa României	18 October 2022		Group stage	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

Last updated: 18 December 2022
Source: Soccerway

Liga I[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
3	FCSB	30	17	6	7	51	35	+16	57	Qualification for the Play-off round
4	Universitatea Craiova	30	16	6	8	37	27	+10	54
5	Rapid București	30	15	7	8	40	26	+14	52
6	Sepsi OSK	30	11	9	10	47	30	+17	42
7	FC U Craiova 1948	30	11	7	12	34	33	+1	40	Qualification for the Play-out round

Source: LPF (in Romanian) 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]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FAR	FCS	CFR	CRA	RAP	SPS
1	Farul Constanța (C)	10	6	3	1	22	13	+9	53	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round		3–2	1–0	3–2	7–2	2–1
2	FCSB	10	5	2	3	15	15	0	46	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round	2–1		1–0	1–1	1–5	3–1
3	CFR Cluj (O)	10	2	4	4	11	14	−3	42	Qualification to European competition play-offs	1–2	1–1		1–1	2–2	2–1
4	Universitatea Craiova	10	3	4	3	15	14	+1	40		1–1	1–2	1–1		3–1	0–1
5	Rapid București	10	3	3	4	17	20	−3	38		1–1	1–0	3–1	2–3		0–0
6	Sepsi OSK^[a]	10	2	2	6	10	14	−4	29	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Cup winner

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	FCU	PET	VOL	UCJ	HER	BOT	UTA	ARG	CHI	MIO
7	FC U Craiova 1948	9	4	4	1	13	7	+6	36	Qualification to European competition play-offs		0–1	3–3					2–1	1–0	3–0
8	Petrolul Ploiești	9	5	1	3	9	9	0	34	ineligible for european competitions ^[a]				0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0			2–0
9	Voluntari	9	4	5	0	17	11	+6	34	Qualification to European competition play-offs		2–2			1–1	2–0	1–1			1–0
10	Universitatea Cluj	9	5	1	3	12	9	+3	33		1–3		2–3					2–0	2–0	1–0
11	Hermannstadt	9	4	3	2	10	7	+3	31		0–0			1–2		1–1		2–1
12	Botoșani	9	4	3	2	10	5	+5	31		0–0			0–0				1–0	1–0	5–1
13	UTA Arad (O)	9	3	3	3	10	9	+1	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs	1–1			2–0	1–0	0–2
14	Argeș Pitești (R)	9	3	1	5	10	11	−1	24	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		3–0	0–2				2–2		1–0
15	Chindia Târgoviște (R)	9	2	1	6	7	12	−5	23	Relegation to 2023–24 Liga II		1–2	2–2		1–2		2–1
16	Mioveni (R)	9	0	0	9	1	19	−18	11	Relegation to 2023–24 Liga II					0–2		0–2	0–2	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) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Play-off (only if needed to decide teams for relegation). (Note: only criteria 4 and 5 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[5]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Petrolul Ploiești failed to obtain a UEFA licence.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Liga 1

Results by round[edit]

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

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

Matches[edit]

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2022.^[6]

Cupa României[edit]

Group stage[edit]

2022 1		v		TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

2022 2		v		TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

2022 3		v		TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

References[edit]

^ "Prima echipa" [First squad] (in Romanian). fcrapid.ro. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "FC RAPID 1923" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Robert, Jugravu (1 July 2022). "Programul complet al etapelor din Superliga 2022-2023".

[table_note_SPS0.66289600993641-4] Cup winner

[table_note_res_NL0.28263290891546-6] Petrolul Ploiești failed to obtain a UEFA licence.

[1] "Prima echipa" [First squad] (in Romanian). fcrapid.ro. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[FC_RAPID_1923-2] "FC RAPID 1923" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 18 December 2021.

[sw-3] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[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.

[7] "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.

[8] Robert, Jugravu (1 July 2022). "Programul complet al etapelor din Superliga 2022-2023".

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