2025–26 FCSB season

FCSB
2025–26 season
Manager	Elias Charalambous
Stadium	Arena Națională
Superliga	13th
Cupa României	Group stage
Supercupa României	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Second qualifying round
UEFA Europa League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Florin Tănase (4); All: Florin Tănase (4)

The 2025–26 season will be the 78th season in the history of FCSB, and the club's 78th consecutive season in Superliga. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României and the UEFA Champions League.

Season overview

Current squad

As of 21 August 2025^[1]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ROU	Valentin Crețu
4	DF	BIH	Daniel Graovac
5	DF	CMR	Joyskim Dawa
6	DF	ROU	Andrei Dăncuș
7	FW	ROU	Denis Alibec
8	MF	ROU	Adrian Șut (vice-captain)
9	FW	ROU	Daniel Bîrligea
10	FW	ROU	Florin Tănase (3rd captain)
11	FW	ROU	David Miculescu
12	DF	BEN	David Kiki
13	GK	ROU	Matei Popa
16	MF	ROU	Mihai Lixandru
17	DF	ROU	Mihai Popescu
18	MF	FRA	Malcom Edjouma
20	FW	ROU	Dennis Politic


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ROU	Vlad Chiricheș (4th captain)
22	MF	ROU	Mihai Toma
23	DF	ROU	Ionuț Cercel
27	MF	ROU	Darius Olaru (captain)
28	DF	ROU	Alexandru Pantea
30	DF	RSA	Siyabonga Ngezana
31	MF	ITA	Juri Cisotti
32	GK	ROU	Ștefan Târnovanu
33	DF	MNE	Risto Radunović
34	GK	ROU	Mihai Udrea
37	MF	ROU	Octavian Popescu
38	GK	CZE	Lukáš Zima
42	MF	GHA	Baba Alhassan
90	FW	ROU	Alexandru Stoian
93	FW	SEN	Mamadou Thiam

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ovidiu Perianu	Unirea Slobozia	Loan return	30 June 2025	^[3]
MF	Laurențiu Vlăsceanu	Unirea Slobozia	Loan return	30 June 2025	^[3]
GK	Alexandru Maxim	Olimpia Satu Mare	Loan return	30 June 2025	^[4]
DF	Ricardo Pădurariu	Gloria Bistrița	Loan return	30 June 2025	^[5]
DF	Daniel Graovac	CFR Cluj	Free agent	30 June 2025	^[6]
FW	Denis Alibec	Farul Constanța	Free agent	30 June 2025	^[7]
FW	Dennis Politic	Dinamo București	€700,000 & Alexandru Musi	30 June 2025	^[8]
FW	Andrei Gheorghiță	Politehnica Iași	Free	13 August 2025	^[9]
FW	Mamadou Thiam	Universitatea Cluj	€50,000 & Andrei Gheorghiță	20 August 2025	^[10]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	William Baeten	Flamurtari	End of contract	30 June 2025	^[11]^[12]
MF	Alexandru Musi	Dinamo București	Dennis Politic	30 June 2025	^[8]
GK	Alexandru Maxim	Voluntari	Loan	30 June 2025	^[4]
DF	Ricardo Pădurariu	Corvinul Hunedoara	Loan	4 July 2025	^[5]
FW	Marius Ștefănescu	Konyaspor	€300,000	30 July 2025	^[13]
MF	Laurențiu Vlăsceanu	UTA Arad	Loan	4 August 2025	^[14]
MF	Ovidiu Perianu	CFR Cluj	Mutual agreement	5 August 2025	^[15]
FW	Alexandru Băluță		Mutual agreement	8 August 2025	^[16]
FW	Andrei Gheorghiță	Universitatea Cluj	Loan	14 August 2025	^[17]
FW	Jordan Gele	Al Kharaitiyat	Free	15 August 2025	^[18]
FW	Andrei Gheorghiță	Universitatea Cluj	Mamadou Thiam	20 August 2025	^[10]

Friendlies

Pre-season

28 June 2025 Friendly	Almere City	2–3	FCSB	Almere, Netherlands
14:00 UTC+3	Rijkhoff 13', 41'	Report	Alibec 40' Gheorghiță 51' Tănase 78'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadion

1 July 2025 Friendly	Utrecht	1–3	FCSB	Zeist, Netherlands
12:00 UTC+3	Min 66'		Cisotti 9' Politic 76' Perianu 77'	Stadium: KNVB Campus

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Superliga	12 July 2025	May 2026	Matchday 1		5	1	1	3	6	8	−2	020.00
Cupa României	October 2025		Group stage		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Supercupa României	5 July 2025		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
UEFA Champions League	9 July 2025	30 July 2025	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	4	1	0	3	5	6	−1	025.00
UEFA Europa League	7 August 2025		Third qualifying round		2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	100.00
Total					12	5	1	6	19	18	+1	041.67

Last updated: 14 August 2025
Source: Soccerway

Superliga

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
11	Oțelul Galați	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6	Advances to Play-out
12	CFR Cluj	5	1	2	2	8	10	−2	5
13	FCSB	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5
14	Hermannstadt	6	0	4	2	6	8	−2	4
15	Metaloglobus București	6	0	1	5	5	14	−9	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2025. Source: LPF (in Romanian)
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.

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
6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	5	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1	1	1	6	6	0

Source: ^[19]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	L	D
Position	11	6	9	12	12	13

Source: ^[20]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

12 July 2025 (2025-07-12) 1	FCSB	1–1	Hermannstadt	Bucharest
21:30 UTC+3	Stoian 90+3'	Report	Selimović 24' Kujabi 75'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 6,029 Referee: Viorel Flueran

19 July 2025 (2025-07-19) 2	Petrolul Ploiești	0–1	FCSB	Ploiești
21:30 UTC+3	Boțogan 50' Prce 75' Keita 82'	Report	Stoian 45+1' Tănase 75' Miculescu 83' Cercel 84' Popescu 90+3'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

26 July 2025 (2025-07-26) 3	FCSB	1–2	Farul Constanța	Bucharest
21:30 UTC+3	Miculescu 2' Lixandru 5' Alhassan 50' Popescu 68' Târnovanu 68', 68' Șut 82'	Report	Larie 59' (pen.) Ramalho 90+6' Ișfan 90+10'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 7,514 Referee: George Găman

2 August 2025 (2025-08-02) 4	Dinamo București	4–3	FCSB	Bucharest
21:30 UTC+3	Musi 34' Armstrong 45+4' (pen.), 57' (pen.), 79' Boateng 90'	Report	Tănase 19' (pen.), 50', 90+1' (pen.) Radunović 45+2' Miculescu 48' Ngezana 85'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 23,215 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

10 August 2025 (2025-08-10) 5	FCSB	0–1	Unirea Slobozia	Bucharest
21:30 UTC+3	Tănase 76' Kiki 90+3'	Report	Rotund 34' Rusu 74' Said 79'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 6,083 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

17 August 2025 (2025-08-17) 6	Rapid București	2–2	FCSB	Bucharest
21:30 UTC+3	Koljić 83', 90+2' Pașcanu 86'	Report	Lixandru 7', 77' Bîrligea 61' Popescu 71' Pantea 85'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 26,871 Referee: István Kovács

Cupa României

Group stage

Supercupa României

5 July 2025 Final	FCSB	2–1	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:00 UTC+3	Politic 49' Radunović 90+1'	Report	Sfait 36' Abeid 62' Fică 65' Camora 88'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 20,133 Referee: Marian Barbu

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase

First qualifying round

9 July 2025 First leg	FCSB	3–1	Inter Club d'Escaldes	Bucharest
20:30 UTC+3	Politic 30' Miculescu 37' Olaru 45+3' (pen.) Ștefănescu 53', 78' Gheorghiță 80'	Report	Díaz 45+2' Rafinha 65'	Stadium: Steaua Stadium Attendance: 13,080 Referee: Danilo Nikolić (Serbia)

15 July 2025 Second leg	Inter Club d'Escaldes	2–1 (3–4 agg.)	FCSB	Encamp, Andorra
21:30 UTC+3	Sascha 67' Muñoz 81' Llovet 88'	Report	Ngezana 29' Radunović 51' Popescu 66'	Stadium: Estadi de la FAF Attendance: 509^[21] Referee: Ishmael Barbara (Malta)

Second qualifying round

22 July 2025 (2025-07-22) First leg	Shkëndija	1–0	FCSB	Skopje, North Macedonia
21:00 UTC+3	Krstevski 42' Alhassan 65' Qaka 70'	Report	Ngezana 18' Tănase 79'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 4,438 Referee: Nathan Verboomen (Belgium)

30 July 2025 (2025-07-30) Second leg	FCSB	1–2 (1–3 agg.)	Shkëndija	Bucharest
20:30 UTC+3	Cisotti 28' Ngezana 62' Chiricheș 77'	Report	Webster 21' Latifi 33' Fetai 81' Tamba 87' Krstevski 87'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 32,457^[22] Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Ukraine)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Third qualifying round

7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) First leg	FCSB	3–2	Drita	Bucharest
21:30 UTC+3	Bîrligea 64', 90+4' (pen.) Graovac 72' Șut 72'	Report	Tusha 7' Manaj 50' Maloku 72' Dabiqaj 83' Krasniqi 90+6'	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 13,825 Referee: Damian Sylwestrzak (Poland)

14 August 2025 (2025-08-14) Second leg	Drita	1–3 (3–6 agg.)	FCSB	Pristina, Kosovo
21:00 UTC+3	Tusha 52' Bejtullai 56' Broja 68' Morina 82'	Report	Cisotti 1', 83' Miculescu 18' Șut 53' Politic 85'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 6,530 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Play-off round

21 August 2025 First leg	Aberdeen	v	FCSB	Aberdeen, Scotland
21:45 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

28 August 2025 Second leg	FCSB	v	Aberdeen	Bucharest
21:30 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 17 August 2025

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I	Champions League	Europa League	Supercupa României	Total
1	FW	Florin Tănase	4	0	0	0	4
2	FW	David Miculescu	1	1	1	0	3
2	FW	Daniel Bîrligea	1	0	2	0	3
4	DF	Risto Radunović	0	1	0	1	2
	FW	Dennis Politic	0	0	1	1	2
	MF	Juri Cisotti	0	1	1	0	2
6	MF	Darius Olaru	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	Marius Ștefănescu	0	1	0	0	1
	FW	Alexandru Stoian	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Daniel Graovac	0	0	1	0	1
	MF	Mihai Lixandru	1	0	0	0	1

Clean sheets

As of 17 August 2025

Rank	Name	Liga I	Cupa României	Champions League	Europa League	Supercupa României	Total	Games played
1	Ștefan Târnovanu	1	0	0	0	0	1	11
2	Lukáš Zima	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

Disciplinary record

As of 17 August 2025

Rank	Position	Name	Liga I			Cupa României			Champions League			Europa League			Supercupa României			Total
Rank	Position	Name
1	GK	Ștefan Târnovanu	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1	FW	Florin Tănase	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
3	DF	Siyabonga Ngezana	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
3	DF	Mihai Popescu	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	MF	Adrian Șut	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	FW	David Miculescu	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
6	MF	Mihai Lixandru	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	FW	Dennis Politic	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Andrei Gheorghiță	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Marius Ștefănescu	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	Alexandru Stoian	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	Ionuț Cercel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	Baba Alhassan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	Vlad Chiricheș	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	Risto Radunović	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	David Kiki	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	Juri Cisotti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	Alexandru Pantea	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0

References

^ "First Team". FCSB. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ "FOTBAL CLUB FCSB" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Noi apariţii în lotul FCSB! O "perlă" şi fotbalistul pe care "îl vor jumătate din echipele din Superliga"".
^ ^a ^b "Un "wonderkid" a plecat de la FCSB!".
^ ^a ^b "Fotbalistul cedat astăzi de FCSB la o altă echipă din România".
^ "FCSB, transfer bombă de la CFR".
^ "Denis Alibec este noul jucător al FCSB-ului!".
^ ^a ^b "Dennis Politic a fost prezentat la FCSB, dar campioana a încurcat pozele » Postarea eronată a fost ștearsă rapid".
^ "Andrei Gheorghiță, liber de contract după decizia Comisiilor FRF. La ce echipă ar urma să joace".
^ ^a ^b "Gigi Becali, prima reacție după transferul lui Thiam la FCSB » Cât plătește campioana".
^ "Primul fotbalist pe care Gigi Becali l-a dat afară de la FCSB. I-a reziliat contractul: „M-a ajutat, dar am închis-o cu el". EXCLUSIV".
^ "William Baeten, fostul mijlocaș de la FCSB, a fost prezentat la noua echipă".
^ "Marius Ștefănescu, prezentat la noua echipă ca o supervedetă: „Marele maestru a venit!"".
^ "Mutare de ultimă oră » Jucătorul de la FCSB, cedat la UTA: „În această după-amiază va efectua primul antrenament"".
^ "Surpriză majoră: și-a reziliat contractul cu FCSB și semnează cu CFR Cluj! Răsturnare de situație în ultimele 24 de ore".
^ "Alexandru Băluță și-a reziliat contractul cu FCSB: "În seara asta a semnat"".
^ "FCSB a s-a despărțit de Andrei Gheorghiță! Campioana a anunțat unde va evolua mijlocașul".
^ "Jordan Gele și-a găsit echipă! Unde va juca atacantul exilat de FCSB".
^ "SC Fotbal Club FCSB SA".
^ "Liga I".
^ "Inter Escaldes vs FCSB" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
^ "FCSB vs. Shkëndija" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.

[1] "First Team". FCSB. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[FOTBAL_CLUB_FCSB-2] "FOTBAL CLUB FCSB" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

[slobozia-3] "Noi apariţii în lotul FCSB! O "perlă" şi fotbalistul pe care "îl vor jumătate din echipele din Superliga"".

[maxim-4] "Un "wonderkid" a plecat de la FCSB!".

[ricardo-5] "Fotbalistul cedat astăzi de FCSB la o altă echipă din România".

[6] "FCSB, transfer bombă de la CFR".

[7] "Denis Alibec este noul jucător al FCSB-ului!".

[swap-8] "Dennis Politic a fost prezentat la FCSB, dar campioana a încurcat pozele » Postarea eronată a fost ștearsă rapid".

[9] "Andrei Gheorghiță, liber de contract după decizia Comisiilor FRF. La ce echipă ar urma să joace".

[thiam-10] "Gigi Becali, prima reacție după transferul lui Thiam la FCSB » Cât plătește campioana".

[11] "Primul fotbalist pe care Gigi Becali l-a dat afară de la FCSB. I-a reziliat contractul: „M-a ajutat, dar am închis-o cu el". EXCLUSIV".

[12] "William Baeten, fostul mijlocaș de la FCSB, a fost prezentat la noua echipă".

[13] "Marius Ștefănescu, prezentat la noua echipă ca o supervedetă: „Marele maestru a venit!"".

[14] "Mutare de ultimă oră » Jucătorul de la FCSB, cedat la UTA: „În această după-amiază va efectua primul antrenament"".

[15] "Surpriză majoră: și-a reziliat contractul cu FCSB și semnează cu CFR Cluj! Răsturnare de situație în ultimele 24 de ore".

[16] "Alexandru Băluță și-a reziliat contractul cu FCSB: "În seara asta a semnat"".

[17] "FCSB a s-a despărțit de Andrei Gheorghiță! Campioana a anunțat unde va evolua mijlocașul".

[18] "Jordan Gele și-a găsit echipă! Unde va juca atacantul exilat de FCSB".

[19] "SC Fotbal Club FCSB SA".

[20] "Liga I".

[21] "Inter Escaldes vs FCSB" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.

[22] "FCSB vs. Shkëndija" (JSON). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.

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