FC Astra Giurgiu in European football explained

Continent:Europe
FC Astra Giurgiu in European football
Club:Astra Giurgiu
First Entry:2013–14 UEFA Europa League
Last Entry:2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu is a Romanian professional football club based in Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. The club have participated in 4 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, three in Europa League and one in Champions League. In 2013–14 season, they managed to qualify for the group stages of Europa League for the first time, after defeating French giants Lyon; they finished fourth in a group against Red Bull Salzburg, Celtic, and Dinamo Zagreb. In 2014–15, they knocked out English side West Ham United, after 2–2 at London and 2–1 at Giurgiu.

In 2015–16 Liga I the club managed to win the title for the first time in their history; that meant qualification to the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. The club drew FC København, and couldn't manage to win the tie after drawing 1–1 in Giurgiu and losing 0–3 in Copenhagen against the Danish team.

In the Europa League play-off Astra was drawn against English side West Ham United and managed to eliminate them for the second successive season, by winning 1–0 at the Olympic Stadium after having drawn 1–1 at home.

After qualifying, the club was seeded in Group E against AS Roma, Viktoria Plzen, and Austria Wien. Astra managed to come second after a tight group and qualified for the round of 32 where they played against Belgian side KRC Genk.

All-time statistics

Competition
UEFA Champions League1201114–3
UEFA Europa League5381512114850–2
Total 6 40 15 13 12 49 54 –5

Opponents

CountryClub
align=left rowspan="2" AustriaAustria Wien2101440
Red Bull Salzburg200227–5
Subtotal4103611–5
AzerbaijanZira211031+2
Subtotal211031+2
BelgiumGenk201123–1
Subtotal201123–1
CroatiaDinamo Zagreb210125–3
Subtotal210125–3
CyprusOmonia211032+1
Subtotal211032+1
align=left rowspan="2" Czech RepublicSlovan Liberec220062+4
Viktoria Plzeň211032+1
Subtotal431094+5
DenmarkCopenhagen201114–3
Subtotal201114–3
EnglandWest Ham United422064+2
Subtotal422064+2
FranceLyon2101220
Subtotal2101220
[Israel |align=left|[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]|2||0||1||1||1||3||–2|-| colspan=2 align-"center" | Subtotal|2||0||1||1||1||3||–2|- !colspan=9 height="18" style="background:#DCDCDC"||-!colspan=9 height="18" style="background:#DCDCDC"||-|align=left| Italy|align=left|Roma|2||0||1||1||0||4||–4|-| colspan=2 align-"center" | Subtotal|2||0||1||1||0||4||–4|- !colspan=9 height="18" style="background:#DCDCDC"||-|align=left| Netherlands|align=left|AZ Alkmaar|2||1||0||1||3||4||–1|-| colspan=2 align-"center" | Subtotal|2||1||0||1||3||4||–1|- !colspan=9 height="18" style="background:#DCDCDC"||-|align=left rowspan="2"| Scotland|align=left|Celtic|2||0||1||1||2||3||–1|-|align=left|Inverness|2||1||1||0||1||0||+1|-| colspan=2 align-"center" | Subtotal|4||1||2||1||3||3||0|-!colspan=9 height="18" style="background:#DCDCDC"||-|align=left| Slovenia|align=left|Domžale|2||2||0||0||3||0||+3|-| colspan=2 align-"center" | Subtotal|2||2||0||0||3||0||+3|- !colspan=9 height="18" style="background:#DCDCDC"||- |align=left| Slovakia|align=left|Trenčín|2||1||1||0||5||3||+2|-| colspan=2 align-"center" | Subtotal|2||1||1||0||5||3||+2|- |- !colspan=9 height="18" style="background:#DCDCDC"||- |align=left| Ukraine|align=left|Oleksandriya|2||0||1||1||0||1||–1|-| colspan=2 align-"center" | Subtotal|2||0||1||1||0||1||–1|- !colspan=9 height="18" style="background:#DCDCDC"||-|colspan=2 align-"center" | Total|40||15||13||12||49||54||–5|- |}

History of matches

Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:

  • 1QR: First qualifying round
  • 2QR: Second qualifying round
  • 3QR: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round
  • R32: Round of 32
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2013–14UEFA Europa League1Q Domžale2–01–0bgcolor=lightgreen align="center"3–0
2Q Omonia1–12–1bgcolor=lightgreen align="center"3–2
3Q AS Trenčín2–23–1bgcolor=lightgreen align="center"5–3
PO Maccabi Haifa1–10–2bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;"1–3
2014–15UEFA Europa League3Q Slovan Liberec3–03–2bgcolor=lightgreen align="center"6–2
PO Lyon0–12–1bgcolor=lightgreen align="center"2–2 (a)
Group D Red Bull Salzburg1–21–54th
Celtic1–11–2
Dinamo Zagreb1–01–5
2015–16UEFA Europa League2Q Inverness CT0–01–0bgcolor=lightgreen align="center"1–0
3Q West Ham United2–12–2bgcolor=lightgreen align="center"4–3
PO AZ3–20–2bgcolor=pink align="center"3–4
2016–17UEFA Champions League3Q Copenhagen1–10–3bgcolor=pink align="center"1–4
UEFA Europa LeaguePO West Ham United1–11–0bgcolor=lightgreen align="center"2–1
Group E Viktoria Plzeň1–12–12nd
Roma0–00–4
Austria Wien2–32–1
R32 Genk2–20–1bgcolor=pink align="center"2–3
2017–18UEFA Europa League2Q Zira3–10–0bgcolor=lightgreen align="center"3–1
3Q Oleksandriya0–00–1bgcolor=pink align="center"0–1

Top scorers

PlayerCountryGoals
1Constantin Budescu Romania9
2Kehinde Fatai Nigeria5
3 Romania4
4Fwayo Tembo Zambia3
5Sadat Bukari Ghana
6Takayuki Seto Japan2
7Alexandru Dandea Romania
8Gabriel Enache Romania
9Filipe Teixeira Portugal
10Fernando Boldrin Brazil
11Mirko Ivanovski Macedonia1
12Valerică Găman Romania
13Cristian Săpunaru Romania
14William De Amorim Brazil
15Laurențiu Rus Romania
16Alexandru Stan Romania
17Alexandru Ioniță Romania
18George Florescu Romania
19Aurelian Chițu Romania
20Daniel Florea Romania
21Anthony Le Tallec France

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