The 2020–21 season is the 50th season in CFR Cluj's history, and the 25th in the top-flight of Romanian football. CFR Cluj is competing in Liga I and the Cupa României, having also competed in the Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
Players First-team squad
Transfers
In
Loans in
Out
Loans out
Overall transfer activity
Expenditure Summer: €1,050,000
Winter: €0
Total: €1,050,000
Income Summer: €1,900,000
Winter: €500,000
Total: €2,400,000
Net Totals Summer: €850,000
Winter: €500,000
Total: €1,350,000
Preseason and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Liga I
The Liga I fixture list was announced in August 2020.
Regular season Table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Championship round Table
Results summary
Position by round
Matches
Cupa României
CFR Cluj entered the Cupa României at the Round of 32.
Supercupa României
CFR Cluj will play in the Romanian Supercup as winners of the Liga I against Cupa României winners FCSB.
UEFA Champions League
As winners of the 2019-20 Liga I, CFR Cluj entered the Champions League at the first qualifying round.
First qualifying round The draw for the first round took place on 9 August. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Maltese champions Floriana.
Second qualifying round CFR Cluj advanced to the second qualifying round. The draw for the second round took place on 10 August. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb.
UEFA Europa League
After losing to Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League second qualifying round, CFR Cluj progressed to the Europa League third qualifying round.
Third qualifying round The draw for the third round took place on 1 September. CFR Cluj were drawn to face either the Swedish champions Djurgårdens IF or the champions of Gibraltar Europa. On 17 September Djurgårdens IF won against Europa 2−1.
Play-off Round CFR Cluj advanced to the play-off round. The draw for the play-off round took place on 18 September. CFR Cluj was drawn to play against Finnish champions KuPS.
Group stage
CFR Cluj progressed to the Europa League group stage. The draw was held on 2 October. CFR Cluj was drawn with Roma, Young Boys and CSKA Sofia.
Statistics Appearances and goals
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Squad statistics {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! ! style="width:70px;"|Liga I ! style="width:70px;"|Cupa României ! style="width:70px;"|Supercupa României ! style="width:70px;"|UEFA Champions League ! style="width:70px;"|UEFA Europa League ! style="width:70px;"|Home ! style="width:70px;"|Away ! style="width:70px;"|Neutral ! style="width:70px;"|Total Stats |- |align=left|Games played || 40 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 8 || 25 || 26 || 1 || 52 |- |align=left|Games won || 26 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 12 || 18 || 0 || 30 |- |align=left|Games drawn || 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 8 || 3 || 1 || 12 |- |align=left|Games lost || 6 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 10 |- |align=left|Goals scored || 57 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 8 || 36 || 33 || 0 || 69 |- |align=left|Goals conceded || 20 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 11 || 16 || 18 || 0 || 34 |- |align=left|Goal difference || 37 || −1 || 0 || 2 || −3 || 20 || 15 || 0 || 35 |- |align=left|Clean sheets || 25 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 13 || 16 || 1 || 30 |- |align=left|Goal by Substitute || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- |align=left|Total shots || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Shots on target || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Corners || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Players used || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Offsides || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Fouls suffered || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Fouls committed || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – |- |align=left|Yellow cards || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- |align=left|Red cards || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- |align=left|Winning rate || 0% || 0% || 0% || 0% || 0% || 0% || 0% || 0% || 0%
Goalscorers
Rank Position Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României Champions League Europa League Total 1 MF Ciprian Deac 13 0 0 0 1 14 2 FW Gabriel Debeljuh 9 0 0 1 2 12 3 FW Mario Rondón 5 0 0 0 4 9 4 MF Alexandru Păun 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 FW Valentin Costache 4 0 0 0 0 4 6 DF Paulo Vinícius 3 0 0 0 1 4 7 FW Billel Omrani 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 MF Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 MF Cătălin Itu 3 0 0 0 0 3 10 MF Alexandru Chipciu 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 DF Andrei Burcă 2 0 0 0 0 2 12 DF Mike Cestor 0 0 0 1 0 1 13 FW Cătălin Golofca 0 0 0 1 0 1 14 MF Claudiu Petrila 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 MF Michaël Pereira 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 DF Denis Ciobotariu 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 MF Ovidiu Hoban 1 0 0 0 0 1 18 FW Adrian Gîdea 1 0 0 0 0 1 – – Own goal 1 0 0 0 0 1
Goal minutes 1'–15' 16'–30' 31'–HT 46'–60' 61'–75' 76'–FT Extra time Forfeit Goals 11 3 11 13 16 15 0 0 Percentage % % % % % % % %
Hat-tricks
Player Against Result Date Competition
Clean sheets
Rank Name Liga I Cupa României Supercupa României UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League Total Games played 1 Cristian Bălgrădean 17 (1) 0 0 1 3 21 (1) 35 (1) 2 Grzegorz Sandomierski 4 (1) 0 0 0 0 4 (1) 10 (2) 3 Giedrius Arlauskis 4 0 1 0 0 5 7 4 Rareș Murariu 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 (1) Total 24 0 1 1 3 30 52
Disciplinary record
See also 2020–21 Cupa României 2020–21 Liga I
References