2022–23 FC Rapid București season

FC Rapid București 2022–23 football season
FC Rapid București
2022–23 season
ChairmanDaniel Niculae
ManagerAdrian Mutu
StadiumSuperbet Arena
Liga I5th
Cupa RomânieiGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marko Dugandžić (15)

All:
Marko Dugandžić (15)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2021–22
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

First-team squad

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 Romania ROU Codruț Sandu
3 DF Romania ROU Florin Ștefan
4 MF Croatia CRO Ljuban Crepulja
5 DF Romania ROU Cristian Ignat
6 DF Romania ROU Paul Iacob
7 MF Romania ROU Antonio Sefer
8 MF Romania ROU Andrei Ciobanu
9 MF Romania ROU Valentin Costache
10 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Ioniță
11 FW Romania ROU Andrei Ioniță
13 DF Brazil BRA Júnior Morais
14 MF Estonia EST Mattias Käit
15 DF Martinique MTQ Damien Dussaut
16 FW Romania ROU Alexandru Despa
17 MF Romania ROU Ștefan Pănoiu
18 MF Romania ROU David Iordache
19 DF Romania ROU Răzvan Onea
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Romania ROU Dragoș Grigore (3rd captain)
22 DF Romania ROU Cristian Săpunaru (Captain)
23 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Albu
25 MF Belgium BEL Xian Emmers
26 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Crivac
28 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Mățan (on loan from Columbus)
29 MF Romania ROU Gabriel Gheorghe
30 FW Romania ROU Alex Stan
31 GK Romania ROU Horațiu Moldovan
42 FW Netherlands NED Kevin Luckassen
45 FW Croatia CRO Marko Dugandžić
57 FW Morocco MAR Younes Marzouk
71 FW Slovakia SVK Jakub Vojtuš
77 DF Romania ROU Claudiu Belu
90 GK Romania ROU Virgil Drăghia (Vice-captain)
96 MF France FRA Jayson Papeau
99 GK Romania ROU Bogdan Ungureanu

Out on loan

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 Romania ROU Ștefan Lefter (to Corvinul Hunedoara)
GK Romania ROU Valentin Mărgărit (to Progresul Spartac)
GK Romania ROU Sebastian Micu (to FC Brașov)
DF Romania ROU Alexandru Catrici (to Tunari)
DF Romania ROU Enrichi Finica (to Politehnica Iași)
MF Romania ROU Antonio Bradu (to Corvinul Hunedoara)
MF Romania ROU Alin Demici (to Dinamo București)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Moldova MDA Cazimir Drăgan (to Metaloglobus București)
MF Romania ROU Luca Florică (to Progresul Spartac)
MF Romania ROU Alexandru Gheorghe (to Metaloglobus București)
MF Romania ROU Rareș Lazăr (to FC Brașov)
MF Romania ROU Albert Stahl (to UTA Arad)
MF Romania ROU Mario Tunsu (to Tunari)
FW Romania ROU Daniel Dicianu (to Râmnicu Sărat)

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

St. Pölten Austria v Romania Rapid București
29 June 2022 Friendly St. Pölten Austria 3–2 Romania Rapid București St. Pölten, Austria
18:30 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadtsportanlage
Cracovia Poland v Romania Rapid București
1 July 2022 Friendly Cracovia Poland 1–2 Romania Rapid București Grein, Austria
11:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Grein TSV Stadion
LASK Austria v Romania Rapid București
2 July 2022 Friendly LASK Austria 2–0 Romania Rapid București Ulmerfeld, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Peter Lisec Stadion
Rapid București Romania v Czech Republic Slavia Prague
5 July 2022 Friendly Rapid București Romania 1–7 Czech Republic Slavia Prague Oepping, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2) Stadium: Sportplatz Oepping
Brașov Steagul Renaște Romania v Romania Rapid București
20 November 2022 Friendly Brașov Steagul Renaște Romania 0–1 Romania Rapid București Braşov, Romania
11:00 EET (UTC+2) Stadium: Stadionul Tineretului
Rapid București Romania v Turkey Sarıyer
7 January 2023 Friendly Rapid București Romania 3–2 Turkey Sarıyer Lara, Turkey
17:00 TRT (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Miracle Resort Hotel
Rapid București Romania v Hungary Kecskeméti TE
10 January 2023 Friendly Rapid București Romania 3–1 Hungary Kecskeméti TE Belek, Turkey
11:30 TRT (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Bellis Hotel Sports Center
Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic v Romania Rapid București
13 January 2023 Friendly Sigma Olomouc Czech Republic 2–0 Romania Rapid București Belek, Turkey
15:00 TRT (UTC+3) Report Stadium: S&B Sport Football Complex

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
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

Results summary

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

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

Regular season

Table

Pos Team
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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]
Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2022.[4]

CFR Cluj v Rapid București
16 July 2022 1 CFR Cluj 1–0 Rapid București Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Rapid București v FCSB
24 July 2022 2 Rapid București 2–0 FCSB Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: István Kovács
Universitatea Craiova v Rapid București
31 July 2022 3 Universitatea Craiova 0–1 Rapid București Craiova
20:15 EEST (UTC+3) Report
  • Ioniță 51'
Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
Rapid București v Argeș Pitești
6 August 2022 4 Rapid București 2–1 Argeș Pitești Bucharest
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Ionuţ Coza
Petrolul Ploiești v Rapid București
6 August 2022 5 Petrolul Ploiești 1–0 Rapid București Ploiești
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană
Referee: Cătălin Popa
Rapid București v UTA Arad
20 August 2022 6 Rapid București 1–0 UTA Arad Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Iulian Călin
Sepsi OSK v Rapid București
27 August 2022 7 Sepsi OSK 1–2 Rapid București Sfântu Gheorghe
21:45 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
Rapid București v Universitatea Cluj
30 August 2022 8 Rapid București 1–0 Universitatea Cluj Bucharest
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: George Găman
Voluntari v Rapid București
3 September 2022 9 Voluntari 0–1 Rapid București Voluntari
21:45 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
FC U Craiova 1948 v Rapid București
10 September 2022 10 FC U Craiova 1948 1–0 Rapid București Târgu Jiu
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Stadionul Constantina Diță-Tomescu
Referee: Marian Barbu
Rapid București v Mioveni
17 September 2022 11 Rapid București 2–1 Mioveni Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Horia Mladinovici
Chindia Târgoviște v Rapid București
3 October 2022 12 Chindia Târgoviște 2–1 Rapid București Ploiești
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană
Referee: Lucian Rusandu
Rapid București v Botoșani
8 October 2022 13 Rapid București 1–1 Botoșani Bucharest
21:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru
Hermannstadt v Rapid București
14 October 2022 14 Hermannstadt 0–2 Rapid București Mediaș
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
Rapid București v Farul Constanța
21 October 2022 15 Rapid București 1–1 Farul Constanța Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: István Kovács
Rapid București v CFR Cluj
30 October 2022 16 Rapid București 2–1 CFR Cluj Bucharest
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Cătălin Popa
FCSB v Rapid București
6 November 2022 17 FCSB 3–1 Rapid București Bucharest
21:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
Rapid București v Universitatea Craiova
12 November 2022 18 Rapid București 2–2 Universitatea Craiova Bucharest
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru
Argeș Pitești v Rapid București
4 December 2022 19 Argeș Pitești 1–1 Rapid București Pitești
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Rapid București v Petrolul Ploiești
14 December 2022 20 Rapid București 3–1 Petrolul Ploiești Bucharest
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu
UTA Arad v Rapid București
18 December 2022 21 UTA Arad 1–1 Rapid București Arad
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Francisc von Neuman
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
Rapid București v Sepsi OSK
20 January 2023 22 Rapid București 3–0 Sepsi OSK Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
Universitatea Cluj v Rapid București
27 January 2023 23 Universitatea Cluj 0–0 Rapid București Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Cluj Arena
Referee: Marian Barbu
Rapid București v Voluntari
4 February 2023 24 Rapid București 4–1 Voluntari Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
  • Ricardinho Yellow card 51'
  • Lopes 90+1'
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: George Găman
Rapid București v FC U Craiova 1948
10 February 2023 25 Rapid București 1–2 FC U Craiova 1948 Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Cătălin Popa
Mioveni v Rapid București
17 February 2023 26 Mioveni 0–0 Rapid București Mioveni
20:00 EET (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
Rapid București v Chindia Târgoviște
25 February 2023 27 Rapid București 2–0 Chindia Târgoviște Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
Botoșani v Rapid București
1 March 2023 28 Botoșani 1–2 Rapid București Botoșani
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
  • Camara 90'
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Municipal
Referee: Adrian Costreie
Rapid București v Hermannstadt
4 March 2023 29 Rapid București 0–1 Hermannstadt Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Report Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Viorel Flueran
Farul Constanța v Rapid București
11 March 2023 30 Farul Constanța 2–1 Rapid București Ovidiu
20:30 EET (UTC+2)
Report
Stadium: Central Stadium
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Play-off round

Table

Pos Team
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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.)[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Cup winner
Matches
CFR Cluj v Rapid București
19 March 2023 1 CFR Cluj 2–2 Rapid București Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
  • Janga 4' (pen.)
  • Boateng 23'
Report
Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Referee: Andrei Chivulete
Rapid București v Farul Constanța
1 April 2023 2 Rapid București 1–1 Farul Constanța Bucharest
21:45 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
Sepsi OSK v Rapid București
10 April 2023 3 Sepsi OSK 2–0 Rapid București Sfântu Gheorghe
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium
Referee: Cătălin Popa
Universitatea Craiova v Rapid București
16 April 2023 4 Universitatea Craiova 3–1 Rapid București Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco
Referee: Radu Petrescu
Rapid București v FCSB
23 April 2023 5 Rapid București 1–0 FCSB Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Horațiu Feșnic
Rapid București v CFR Cluj
1 May 2023 6 Rapid București 3–1 CFR Cluj Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
Farul Constanța v Rapid București
6 May 2023 7 Farul Constanța 7–2 Rapid București Ovidiu
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Central Stadium
Referee: Cătălin Popa
Rapid București v Sepsi OSK
12 May 2023 8 Rapid București 0–0 Sepsi OSK Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3) Report Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Florin Andrei
Rapid București v Universitatea Craiova
22 May 2023 9 Rapid București 2–3 Universitatea Craiova Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru
FCSB v Rapid București
27 May 2023 10 FCSB 1–5 Rapid București Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Cupa României

Group stage

v
2022 1 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
v
2022 2 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)
v
2022 3 v TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

References

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