The 2019–20 season was the 11th season in Viitorul Constanța's history, and the 8th in the top-flight of Romanian football. Viitorul competed in Liga I and in the Cupa României.
Previous season positions Competition Position UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Liga I 3rd Cupa RomânieiWinner
Season overview June On 1 June, FC Viitorul Constanța appointed Gheorghe Popescu as the new Executive President of the team. He was presented in a press conference alongside the owner of the club, Gheorghe Hagi.
July 11 players trained at the Gheorghe Hagi Academy and FC Viitorul Constanța were called up to the Romania national under-21 football team, who were semi-finalists at the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino, held this summer.
On 12 July Ianis Hagi, the captain of FC Viitorul Constanța at the time, signed for Belgian club K.R.C. Genk for a reported fee of €8 million.
October On 19 October, Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy announced the separation from Lucian Burchel.
On 27 October Louis Munteanu was the 39th player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.
November On 29 November the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy and FC Viitorul Constanța signed a partnership with CS Năvodari, a fellow professional Romanian club playing in Liga IV.
December On 6 December, Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy signed a partnership with AVA Football Academy London, the first ever international partnership for the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy.
January On 5 January, FC Viitorul Constanța announced the separation from George Ogăraru.
On 15 January the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy signed a partnership with LPS Bihorul Oradea.
February On 5 February Bogdan Țîru, the captain of FC Viitorul Constanța at the time, signed for Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok for a reported fee of €600,000.
June On 16 June Darius Grosu was the 40th player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.
July On 25 July Alexandru Georgescu was the 41st player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.
On 27 July the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy signed a partnership with iSport Vâlcea.
On 29 July Ștefan Bodișteanu was the 42nd player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.
August On 1 August Bogdan Lazăr was the 43rd player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.
On 2 August, FC Viitorul Constanța announced the separation from Gheorghe Hagi, the manager of FC Viitorul Constanța at the time.
On 5 August Luca Andronache was the 44th player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.
Gabriel Iancu ended the 2019–20 season as the top scorer of the league championship.
Club officials
Management RoleName Owner Gheorghe Hagi President Pavel Peniu Vice-President Neculai Tănasă Executive President Gheorghe Popescu Administrator Zoltán Iasko General Director Cristian Bivolaru Economic Director Gheorghe Mega Director of Scouting George Ogăraru Judicial Department Florin Comșa Organizer of Competitions Decebal Curumi Team Manager Costin Mega Responsible for Order and Safety Constantin Stamate Press Officer Ciprian Mihai Last updated: 1 June 2019 Source: Board of directors (Hagi Academy) Source: Board of directors (Viitorul)
Current technical staff RoleName Manager Gheorghe Hagi Assistant managers Cătălin Anghel Cristian Sava Alexandru Popovici Sorin Rădoi Goalkeeping coach Ștefan Preda Fitness coaches Juan Belmonte Antonio Camacho Club Doctor Shadi Flaha Kinetotherapist Denis Răilean Nutritionist Cristian Mărgărit Masseurs Cosmin Ghiorghe Daniel Stoian Storeman Ștefan Pețu Alexandru Căscătău U19 Managers Alejandro Ortiz Cristian Cămui Vasile Mănăilă Last updated: 7 August 2019 Source: Technical staff Source: Medical staff
Players
Current squad
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Goalkeepers 43 Cătălin Căbuz GK Academy 2009 1 Árpád Tordai GK Academy 2014 Defenders 2 Radu Boboc DF Academy 2013 3 Tiberiu Căpușă RB Academy 2016 4 Damien Dussaut DF FC Dinamo București 2019 5 Sebastian Mladen CB F.C. Südtirol 2017 6 Bradley de Nooijer DF FC Dordrecht 2017 16 Daniel Bîrzu DF Academy 2009 15 Alexandru Georgescu DF Academy 2010 21 Paul Iacob RB Academy 2009 - Cristian Ganea CB Athletic Bilbao 2020 20 Bogdan Lazăr DF Academy 2015 23 Virgil Ghiță DF Academy 2011 93 Gabriel Buta DF Academy 2009 97 Darius Grosu DF Academy 2009 Midfielders 8 Carlo Casap MF Academy 2017 13 Cosmin Matei MF Gençlerbirliği S.K. 2019 14 Roberto Mălăele MF Academy 2016 17 Andrei Ciobanu MF Academy 2010 18 Andrei Artean MF ACS Poli Timișoara 2018 19 Cosmin Bîrnoi MF FC Politehnica Iași 2020 - Malcom Edjouma MF FC Lorient 2020 27 Marco Dulca MF Swansea City U23 2019 77 Vlad Achim MF FCSB 2018 90 Doru Dumitrescu MF Academy 2015 96 Nicolas Popescu MF Academy 2018 Forwards 7 Rivaldinho FW CSKA Sofia 2019 10 Gabriel Iancu FW FC Dunărea Călărași 2019 11 George Ganea FW CFR Cluj 2019 25 Aurelian Chițu FW Daejeon Hana Citizen FC 2020 49 Luca Andronache FW Academy, previously from FCSB II 2019 80 Alexi Pitu FW Academy 2010 98 Louis Munteanu FW Academy 2010 99 Ștefan Bodișteanu FW Academy 2015
Transfers
In Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Gabriel Iancu FC Dunărea Călărași Free Steliano Filip FC Dunărea Călărași Free Marco Dulca Swansea City U23 Free Cătălin Căbuz FC Hermannstadt Free Loan return Tiberiu Căpușă Universitatea Cluj Free Loan return Doru Dumitrescu Universitatea Cluj Free Loan return Rivaldinho Levski Sofia Free previously on loan Cosmin Matei Gençlerbirliği S.K. Ankara Free Damien Dussaut FC Dinamo București Free Jacques Zoua AFC Astra Giurgiu Free Aurelian Chițu Daejeon Hana Citizen FC Free Cosmin Bîrnoi FC Politehnica Iași Free Malcom Edjouma FC Lorient Free Árpád Tordai Universitatea Cluj Free Loan return
Loans in Date Player Moving from Fee Notes Source Cristian Ganea Athletic Bilbao Free
Out Player Moving to Fee SourceMF Tudor Băluță Brighton & Hove Albion Loan return FW Alexandru Pop FC Universitatea Cluj Free MF Ionuț Vînă FCSB €750,000 MF Ianis Hagi K.R.C. Genk €8,000,000 DF Bas Kuipers NEC NijmegenFree MF Najib Ammari Damac FC, previously from Dunărea Călărași Free FW Hamidou Keyta FC Botoșani, previously from Dunărea CălărașiFree MF Denis Drăguș Standard Liège €2,000,000 MF Lyes Houri Fehérvár FC €600,000 MF Eric FC Voluntari Free MF Andreias Calcan Újpest FC €100,000MF Steliano Filip AEL Free DF Bogdan Țîru Jagiellonia Bialystok €600,000
Loans out
Retired players
Friendly matches
Competitions
Supercupa României
Final
GK 87 Giedrius ArlauskisRB 77 Andrei Peteleu CB 55 Paulo Vinícius CB 30 Andrei Mureșan LB 45 Camora (c) RCM37 Mihai Bordeianu CM8 Damjan Djoković LCM94 Cătălin Itu RW10 Ciprian Deac CF9 Billel Omrani LW18 Valentin Costache Substitutes:DF3 Andrei Burcă MF7 Alexandru Păun GK12 Cosmin Vâtcă DF16 Mateo Sušić MF19 Emmanuel Culio FW20 George Țucudean MF62 Claudiu Petrila Manager: Dan Petrescu GK 1 Árpád TordaiRB 5 Sebastian Mladen CB 15 Bogdan Țîru (c) CB 21 Paul Iacob LB 6 Bradley de Nooijer RCM 19 Lyes HouriCM 18 Andrei Artean LCM 11 Ionuț VînăAM 28 Alexandru MățanFW 9 Gabriel Iancu FW 99 George Ganea Substitutes:DF 4 Bas Kuipers GK 12 Valentin CojocaruMF 20 Andrei TîrcoveanuDF 25 Marius Leca MF 30 Andreias Calcan MF 77 Vlad Achim MF 80 Alexi PituManager: Gheorghe Hagi
Man of the match Andrei Artean
Match officials Assistant referees: Ovidiu Artene Daniel Mitruți Fourth official: George Găman Additional assistant referees: Ciprian Paraschiv Aron HuzuMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if the scores is still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Liga I
The Liga I fixture list was announced in July 2019.
Regular season
Table
Results by round
Matches
Relegation round
Table
Results by round
Matches
Cupa României
Viitorul will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.
Round of 32
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
Second qualifying round
Statistics
Appearances and goals
! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Players sent out on loan this season
! colspan="13" style="background:#DCDCDC; text-align:center" | Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers No.Pos.NationNameLiga ICupa RomânieiSupercupa RomânieiEuropa LeagueTotal1 9 FW Gabriel Iancu 18 0 0 2 202 7 FW Rivaldinho 11 0 0 0 11 3 10 MF Eric 5 0 0 0 5 15 MF Bogdan Țîru 3 0 0 2 5 77 MF Vlad Achim 5 0 0 0 5 4 11 FW George Ganea 4 0 0 0 4 23 DF Virgil Ghiță 4 0 0 0 4 13 MF Cosmin Matei 4 0 0 0 4 5 98 FW Louis Munteanu 3 0 0 0 3 17 MF Andrei Ciobanu 3 0 0 0 3 6 2 DF Radu Boboc 2 0 0 0 2 7 18 MF Andrei Artean 0 0 1 0 1 30 MF Andreias Calcan 1 0 0 0 1 5 MF Sebastian Mladen 0 0 0 1 1 19 MF Lyes Houri 1 0 0 0 1 49 FW Jacques Zoua 1 0 0 0 1 22 DF Cristian Ganea 1 0 0 0 1 4 DF Damien Dussaut 1 0 0 0 1
Clean sheets RankNameLiga ICupa RomânieiSupercupa RomânieiEuropa LeagueTotalPlayed Games 1 Cătălin Căbuz 6 0 0 0 6 30 2 Árpád Tordai 5 0 1 0 6 13 3 Valentin Cojocaru1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Valentin Cojocaru was transferred to FC Voluntari during the winter transfer window.
Attendances
Liga I2041,6524,5002,975900Cupa României1----Supercupa României1721807,218-Europa League2 4088 040884088
Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for FC Viitorul Constanța first squad during the season.
| 21 | MF | |Paul Iacob | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 ! 5 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 9 | FW | |Gabriel Iancu | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 ! 10 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 18 | MF | |Andrei Artean | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 8 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 20 | MF | |Andrei Tîrcoveanu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 4 | DF | |Bas Kuipers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 15 | DF | |Bogdan Țîru | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 8 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 11 | DF | |George Ganea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 ! 5 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 6 | DF | |Bradley de Nooijer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 ! 2 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 2 | DF | |Radu Boboc | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 6 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 3 | DF | |Steliano Filip | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 3 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 77 | MF | |Vlad Achim | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 7 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 19 | MF | |Lyes Houri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 4 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 5 | DF | |Sebastian Mladen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 8 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 27 | MF | |Marco Dulca | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 2 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 13 | MF | |Cosmin Matei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 4 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 43 | GK | |Cătălin Căbuz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 3 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 17 | MF | |Andrei Ciobanu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 4 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |- | 5 | DF | |Virgil Ghiță | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 3 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0
| 22 | DF | |Cristian Ganea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0
| 4 | DF | |Damien Dussaut | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 4 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0
| 20 | MF | |Malcom Edjouma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0
| 97 | DF | |Darius Grosu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0
| 20 | DF | |Bogdan Lazăr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ! 1 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0
Managerial statistics (2019-20 season)
+ ManagerFromToRecord Gheorghe Hagi September 2014 2 August 2020 Cătălin Anghel(caretaker) 2 August 2020 6 August 2020
UEFA Club rankings This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2019–20.