2019–20 FC Viitorul Constanța season explained

Club:	Viitorul Constanța
Season:	2019–20
Chrtitle:	General Manager
Manager:	Gheorghe Hagi(until 2 August) Cătălin Anghel (from 2 August)
Stadium:	Stadionul Viitorul (Ovidiu)
League:	Liga I
League Result:	7th
Cup1:	Cupa României
Cup1 Result:	Round of 32
Cup2:	Supercupa României
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Cup3:	Europa League
Cup3 Result:	Second qualifying round
League Topscorer:	Gabriel Iancu (18)
Season Topscorer:	Gabriel Iancu (20)
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Prevseason:	2018–19

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 României		Winner

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

October

On 19 October, Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy announced the separation from Lucian Burchel.^[3]

On 27 October Louis Munteanu was the 39th player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

January

On 5 January, FC Viitorul Constanța announced the separation from George Ogăraru.^[7]

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.^[8]

June

On 16 June Darius Grosu was the 40th player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.^[9]

July

On 25 July Alexandru Georgescu was the 41st player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.^[10]

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.^[11]

August

On 1 August Bogdan Lazăr was the 43rd player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.^[12]

On 2 August, FC Viitorul Constanța announced the separation from Gheorghe Hagi, the manager of FC Viitorul Constanța at the time.^[13]

On 5 August Luca Andronache was the 44th player from the Gheorghe Hagi Football Academy to be promoted to Liga 1.^[14]

Gabriel Iancu ended the 2019–20 season as the top scorer of the league championship.

Club officials

Management

Role	Name
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

Role	Name
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	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in
Goalkeepers
43	Cătălin Căbuz	GK	18 June 1996	Academy	2009
1	Árpád Tordai	GK	11 March 1997	Academy	2014
Defenders
2	Radu Boboc	DF	24 July 1999	Academy	2013
3	Tiberiu Căpușă	RB	6 April 1998	Academy	2016
4	Damien Dussaut	DF	8 November 1994	FC Dinamo București	2019
5	Sebastian Mladen	CB	11 December 1991	F.C. Südtirol	2017
6	Bradley de Nooijer	DF	7 November 1997	FC Dordrecht	2017
16	Daniel Bîrzu	DF	28 May 2002	Academy	2009
15	Alexandru Georgescu	DF	10 July 2001	Academy	2010
21	Paul Iacob	RB	21 June 1996	Academy	2009
-	Cristian Ganea	CB	24 May 1992	Athletic Bilbao	2020
20	Bogdan Lazăr	DF	26 June 2003	Academy	2015
23	Virgil Ghiță	DF	4 June 1998	Academy	2011
93	Gabriel Buta	DF	29 January 2002	Academy	2009
97	Darius Grosu	DF	7 June 2002	Academy	2009
Midfielders
8	Carlo Casap	MF	29 December 1998	Academy	2017
13	Cosmin Matei	MF	30 September 1991	Gençlerbirliği S.K.	2019
14	Roberto Mălăele	MF	29 March 2003	Academy	2016
17	Andrei Ciobanu	MF	18 January 1998	Academy	2010
18	Andrei Artean	MF	14 August 1993	ACS Poli Timișoara	2018
19	Cosmin Bîrnoi	MF	17 September 1997	FC Politehnica Iași	2020
-	Malcom Edjouma	MF	8 October 1996	FC Lorient	2020
27	Marco Dulca	MF	11 May 1999	Swansea City U23	2019
77	Vlad Achim	MF	7 April 1989	FCSB	2018
90	Doru Dumitrescu	MF	25 May 1998	Academy	2015
96	Nicolas Popescu	MF	2 January 2003	Academy	2018
Forwards
7	Rivaldinho	FW	29 April 1995	CSKA Sofia	2019
10	Gabriel Iancu	FW	29 April 1994	FC Dunărea Călărași	2019
11	George Ganea	FW	26 May 1999	CFR Cluj	2019
25	Aurelian Chițu	FW	25 March 1991	Daejeon Hana Citizen FC	2020
49	Luca Andronache	FW	26 July 2003	Academy,previously from FCSB II	2019
80	Alexi Pitu	FW	5 June 2002	Academy	2010
98	Louis Munteanu	FW	16 June 2002	Academy	2010
99	Ștefan Bodișteanu	FW	1 February 2003	Academy	2015

Transfers

In

Player	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
Gabriel Iancu	FC Dunărea Călărași	Free		^[15]
Steliano Filip	FC Dunărea Călărași	Free		^[16]
Marco Dulca	Swansea City U23	Free		^[17]
Cătălin Căbuz	FC Hermannstadt	Free	Loan return	^[18]
Tiberiu Căpușă	Universitatea Cluj	Free	Loan return	^[19]
Doru Dumitrescu	Universitatea Cluj	Free	Loan return	^[20]
Rivaldinho	Levski Sofia	Free	previously on loan	^[21]
Cosmin Matei	Gençlerbirliği S.K. Ankara	Free		^[22]
Damien Dussaut	FC Dinamo București	Free		^[23]
Jacques Zoua	AFC Astra Giurgiu	Free		^[24]
Aurelian Chițu	Daejeon Hana Citizen FC	Free		^[25]
Cosmin Bîrnoi	FC Politehnica Iași	Free		^[26]
Malcom Edjouma	FC Lorient	Free		^[27]
Árpád Tordai	Universitatea Cluj	Free	Loan return

Out

	Player	Moving to	Fee	Source
MF			Loan return
FW	Alexandru Pop		Free	^[29]
MF			€750,000	^[30]
MF			€8,000,000	^[31]
DF		NEC Nijmegen	Free	^[32]
MF			Free
FW		FC Botoșani, previously from Dunărea Călărași	Free	^[33]
MF			€2,000,000	^[34]
MF			€600,000
MF			Free	^[35]
MF			€100,000
MF			Free	^[36]
DF			€600,000

Retired players

Competitions

Supercupa României

See main article: 2019 Supercupa României.

Final


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GK	87	Giedrius Arlauskis
RB	77
CB	55
CB	30
LB	45	Camora (c)
RCM	37
CM	8
LCM	94
RW	10
CF	9
LW	18
Substitutes:
DF	3
MF	7
GK	12
DF	16
MF	19
FW	20
MF	62
Manager:
Dan Petrescu

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GK	1	Árpád Tordai
RB	5
CB	15	Bogdan Țîru (c)
CB	21
LB	6
RCM	19	Lyes Houri
CM	18
LCM	11	Ionuț Vînă
AM	28	Alexandru Mățan
FW	9
FW	99
Substitutes:
DF	4
GK	12	Valentin Cojocaru
MF	20	Andrei Tîrcoveanu
DF	25
MF	30
MF	77
MF	80	Alexi Pitu
Manager:
Gheorghe Hagi

Man of the match

Andrei Artean

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Ovidiu Artene
- Daniel Mitruţi
Fourth official:
- George Găman
Additional assistant referees:
- Ciprian Paraschiv
- Aron Huzu

Match rules

90 minutes.
Penalty shoot-out if the scores is still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of three substitutions.

Liga I

See main article: 2019–20 Liga I.

The Liga I fixture list was announced in July 2019.

Regular season

Matches

Relegation round

Matches

Cupa României

See main article: 2019–20 Cupa României. Viitorul will enter the Cupa României at the Round of 32.

Round of 32

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path).

Second qualifying round

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

	No.	Pos.	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Supercupa României	Europa League	Total
1	9	FW	Gabriel Iancu	18	0	0	2	20
2	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
5	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

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Supercupa României	Europa League	Total	Played 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 I	20	41,652	4,500	2,975	900
Cupa României	1	-	-	-	-
Supercupa României	1	7218	0	7,218	-
Europa League	2	4088	0	4088	4088

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)


Manager	From	To
Manager	From	To
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.^[37] ^[38]

Rank	Team	Points
194	FC Luzern	5.500
195	FC Pyunik	5.500
196	FC Vaduz	5.500
197	FC Viitorul Constanța	5.500
198	FK Kukësi	5.500
199	AS Trenčín	5.500
200	FK Mladá Boleslav	4.500

Notes and References

Web site: Gheorghe Popescu prezentat ca presedinte al FC Viitorul . 23 December 2019 . 23 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191223141027/https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/gheorghe-popescu-prezentat-ca-presedinte-al-fc-viitorul . dead .
Web site: Transfer news: Gheorghe Hagi's son Ianis joins Genk Goal.com. goal.com. 2020-02-07.
Web site: Mulțumim, Lucian Burchel!.
Web site: Louis Munteanu, al 39-lea jucător debutat de FC Viitorul în Liga 1 !.
Web site: Parteneriat între Academia Hagi și CS Năvodari. www.academiahagi.ro. 24 March 2023.
Web site: Parteneriat între Academia Gheorghe Hagi și AVA Football Academy din Londra.
Web site: Mulțumim, George Ogăraru!.
Web site: Mulțumim, Bogdan Țîru !.
Web site: Darius Grosu, al 40-lea jucător debutat de FC Viitorul în Liga 1 !. 2020-08-05. 2020-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20201003050633/https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/debut-al-40-lea-jucator-debutat-de-fc-viitorul-in-liga-1. dead.
Web site: Alexandru Georgescu, al 41-lea jucător promovat în Liga 1 de Viitorul Constanța !.
Web site: Ștefan Bodișteanu, al 42-lea jucător produs de Academia Gheorghe Hagi și debutat în Liga 1 de FC Viitorul Constanța !.
Web site: Bogdan Lazăr, al 43-a jucător format de Academia Gheorghe Hagi și promovat în Liga 1 de FC Viitorul Constanța !.
Web site: Comunicat Gheorghe Hagi !.
Web site: Luca Andronache, al 44-lea jucător format de Academia Hagi și promovat în Liga 1 de Viitorul Constanța.
Web site: 14 June 2019 . Video (14.06.2019) - FC Viitorul și-a prezentat primele achiziții ! . Clubului FC Viitorul Constanța .
Web site: 21 June 2019. Video (21.06.2019) - Bine ai venit, Steliano Filip! . Clubului FC Viitorul Constanța .
Web site: Bine ai venit, Marco Dulca ! | FC Viitorul . 2019-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190703082224/https://fcviitorul.ro/bine-ai-venit-marco-dulca . 2019-07-03 . dead .
Web site: FC Hermannstadt. facebook.com.
Web site: Tiberiu Căpușă — FC Viitorul . 2020-07-08 . ro.
Web site: Doru Dumitrescu — FC Viitorul . 2020-07-08 . ro.
Web site: Bine ai revenit, Riva !. fcviitorul.ro. 2019-07-27. 2019-07-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20190727174733/https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/bine-ai-revenit-riva. dead.
Web site: Bine ai venit, Cosmin Matei !. fcviitorul.ro. 2019-08-26. 2019-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20190826164707/https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/bine-ai-venit-cosmin-matei. dead.
Web site: Bienvenue, Damien !. fcviitorul.ro. 2019-10-24. 2019-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20190920173303/https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/bienvenue-damien. dead.
Web site: Video - Bine ai venit, Jacques Zoua !.
Web site: Bine ai revenit, Aurelian Chițu!.
Web site: Video - Bine ai venit, Cosmin Bîrnoi! Interviu cu noul jucător al echipei noastre!. 2020-01-16. 2020-08-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200813084502/https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/bine-ai-venit-cosmin-birnoi. dead.
Web site: Bine ai venit, Malcom Edjouma!.
Web site: Cristi Ganea, împrumutat la FC Viitorul !.
Web site: Alex Pop, unul dintre cei mai talentați tineri din Liga I, a semnat cu Universitatea! . fcuniversitateacluj.ro/.
Web site: Mulțumim, Ionuț Vînă !. fcviitorul.ro.
Web site: Mulțumim, Ianis Hagi !. fcviitorul.ro.
Web site: Mulțumim, Bas Kuipers și Najib Ammari!. fcviitorul.ro.
Web site: Hamidou Keyta nu mai este jucătorul Viitorului !. fcviitorul.ro.
Web site: Mulțumim, Denis Drăguș!. fcviitorul.ro. 2019-08-07. 2019-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20190807170618/https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/multumim-denis-dragus. dead.
Web site: Mulțumim, Eric de Oliveira!. 14 January 2020. 14 January 2020. Mihaitalazarica. Viitorul Constanța. Romanian. 14 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200114184406/https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/multumim-eric-de-oliveira. dead.
Web site: Mulțumim, Steliano Filip!. 20 January 2020. 20 January 2020. Viitorul Constanța. Romanian. 15 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215124405/https://www.fcviitorul.ro/stiri/noutati/multumim-steliano-filip. dead.
Web site: UEFA Team Ranking 2019 . www.uefa.com . 2019-06-01 . 2019-06-01.
Web site: UEFA Team Ranking 2019 . www.xs4all.nl. 2019-06-01 . 2019-06-01.

2019–20 FC Viitorul Constanța season explained

Previous season positions

Season overview

June

July

October

November

December

January

February

June

July

August

Club officials

Management

Current technical staff

Players

Current squad

Transfers

In

Out

Retired players

Competitions

Supercupa României

Final

Liga I

Regular season

Matches

Relegation round

Matches

Cupa României

Round of 32

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Attendances

Disciplinary record

Managerial statistics (2019-20 season)

UEFA Club rankings

See also

Notes and References