2005–06 FC Steaua București season

Steaua București
2005–06 season
Manager Protasov
Olăroiu
Divizia A Champions
Cupa României Round of 32
Supercupa României Champions
UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
UEFA Cup Semifinals
Top goalscorer Dică (15)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

This page covers all relevant details regarding FC Steaua București for all official competitions inside the 2005-06 season. Steaua won its 23rd title but failed to reach the UEFA Cup final, this year being the 20th celebration of its victory in the UEFA Champions League.

Contents

Competitions

Divizia A

Main article: 2005–06 Divizia A

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
 Head-to-head
1 Steaua București (C) 30 19 7 4 49 16 +33 64 2006–07 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Rapid București 30 17 8 5 47 23 +24 59 2006–07 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
3 Dinamo București 30 17 5 8 56 32 +24 56 DIN 4-5 SPO
SPO 0-2 DIN
4 Sportul Studențesc (R) 30 17 5 8 54 35 +19 56 Relegation to the Liga II

Source: (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) number of goals scored.
Sportul Studențesc was denied the right to participate for next seasons Liga I because it failed to meet the requirements, so Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (15th place in Divizia A 2005-06) took advantage and filed its place.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Date Venue Opponents Score Comp. Steaua scorers Match Report(s)
August 6, 2005 Nicolae Dobrin
Pitești, Romania		 FC Argeș Pitești 0 – 1 A Dică 35' Romanian Soccer
August 14, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 Național București 4 – 0 A Iacob 37', Ogăraru 44',
Dică 84', Paraschiv 90'		 Romanian Soccer
August 20, 2005 Dan Păltinișanu
Timișoara, Romania		 Politehnica Timișoara 0 – 0 A N/A Romanian Soccer
August 28, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 Oțelul Galați 4 – 0 A Paraschiv 9', Dică 20',
Iacob 57', Oprița 75'		 Romanian Soccer
September 11, 2005 Tudor Vladimirescu
Târgu Jiu, Romania		 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 – 2 A Nicoliță 10', Boștină 76' Romanian Soccer
September 18, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 Dinamo București 2 – 2 A Goian 6', Dică 15' Romanian Soccer
September 25, 2005 Emil Alexandrescu
Iași, Romania		 Poli Iași 0 – 1 A Boștină 65' (pen.) Romanian Soccer
October 2, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 FCM Bacău 1 – 0 A Paraschiv 27' Romanian Soccer
October 16, 2005 Gheorghe Hagi
Constanța, Romania		 Farul Constanța 1 – 4 A Iacob 16', 70', Dică 36',
Boștină 77'		 Romanian Soccer
October 23, 2005 Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
București, Romania		 Rapid București 0 – 0 A N/A Romanian Soccer
October 29, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 Gloria Bistrița 0 – 1 A N/A Romanian Soccer
November 6, 2005 Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Cluj-Napoca, Romania		 CFR Cluj 1 – 0 A N/A Romanian Soccer
November 20, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 Sportul Studențesc 4 – 1 A Rădoi 19', Dică 23',
Nicoliță 45', Iacob 57'		 Romanian Soccer
November 26, 2005 Jiul
Petroșani, Romania		 Jiul Petroșani 1 – 2 A Nicoliță 45', Dică 57' Romanian Soccer
December 4, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 FC Vaslui 2 – 2 A Dică 8', Boștină 75' Romanian Soccer
12 March 2006 Steaua
București, Romania		 Argeș Pitești 0 – 0 A N/A
19 March 2006 Cotroceni
București, Romania		 Național București 0 – 0 A N/A
26 March 2006 Steaua
București, Romania		 Politehnica Timișoara 2 – 1 A Dică 4', Nicoliță 21'
2 April 2006 Oțelul
București, Romania		 Oțelul Galați 0 – 3 A Cristea 35', Rădoi 47',
Cristea 91'
3 May 2006 Steaua
București, Romania		 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 – 0 A Naicu 79' (OG)
9 April 2006 Dinamo
București, Romania		 Dinamo București 1 – 1 A Cristocea 92'
April 12, 2006 Steaua
București, Romania		 Poli Iași 1 – 0 A Dică 64' (pen.)
May 17, 2006 Municipal
Bacău, Romania		 FCM Bacău 0 – 2 A Cristea 37', Lovin 65'
22 April 2006 Steaua
București, Romania		 Farul Constanța 3 – 0 A Nicoliță 48', 78', Dică 58'
30 April 2006 Steaua
București, Romania		 Rapid București 0 – 2 A N/A
6 May 2006 Gloria
Bistrița, Romania		 Gloria Bistrița 1 – 0 A N/A
14 May 2006 Steaua
București, Romania		 CFR Cluj 2 – 0 A Goian 58', Dică 85'
21 May 2006 Regie
București, Romania		 Sportul Studențesc 1 – 2 A Nicoliță 48', Rădoi 57' (pen.)
3 June 2006 Steaua
București, Romania		 Jiul Petroșani 1 – 0 A Cristocea 16'
7 June 2006 Municipal
Vaslui, Romania		 FC Vaslui 0 – 4 A Rădoi 5' (pen.),
Dică 10', 43', 56'

Cupa României

Main article: 2005–06 Cupa României
Date Venue Opponents Score Comp. Steaua scorers Match Report(s)
September 21, 2005 Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
București, Romania		 Rapid II București 0 – 0
8 – 7 P		 Cupa României

Supercupa României

Main article: 2006 Supercupa României
Date Venue Opponents Score Comp. Steaua scorers Match Report(s)
July 22, 2006 Național
București, Romania		 Rapid București 1 – 0 Supercupa României Oprița 90'

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
Date Venue Opponents Score Comp. Steaua scorers Match Report(s)
July 27, 2005 Tolka Park
Dublin, Ireland		 Shelbourne 0 – 0 UCL N/A Romanian Soccer
August 3, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 Shelbourne 4 – 1 UCL Nicoliță 18', Iacob 28',
Diniță 61', Oprița 95' (pen.)		 Romanian Soccer
August 10, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 Rosenborg 1 – 1 UCL Iacob 30' Romanian Soccer
August 23, 2005 Lerkendal
Trondheim, Norway		 Rosenborg 3 – 2 UCL Rădoi 74', Iacob 76' Romanian Soccer

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup

First round

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup first round
Date Venue Opponents Score Comp. Steaua scorers Match Report(s)
September 15, 2005 Ullevaal
Oslo, Norway		 Vålerenga 0 – 3 UCUP Rădoi 24', Iacob 35',
Goian 73'		 Romanian Soccer
September 29, 2005 Gheorghe Hagi
Constanța, Romania		 Vålerenga 3 – 1 UCUP Dică 31', Boștină 41',
Iacob 48'		 Romanian Soccer

Group stage

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup group stage
Group C standings
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Steaua București 8 4 2 2 0 7 0 +7
Lens 7 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2
Hertha Berlin 6 4 1 3 0 1 0 +1
Sampdoria 5 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1
Halmstad 0 4 0 0 4 1 12 -11

Results

Date Venue Opponents Score Comp. Steaua scorers Match Report(s)
October 20, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 Lens 4 – 0 UCUP Iacob 13', Goian 16',
Dică 45', 63'		 Romanian Soccer
November 3, 2005 Luigi Ferraris
Genoa, Italy		 Sampdoria 0 – 0 UCUP N/A Romanian Soccer
November 30, 2005 Steaua
București, Romania		 Halmstads 3 – 0 UCUP Rădoi 9', Goian 64',
Iacob 72'		 Romanian Soccer
December 15, 2005 Olympiastadion
Berlin, Germany		 Hertha BSC 0 – 0 UCUP N/A Romanian Soccer

Knockout phase

Main article: 2005–06 UEFA Cup final phase
Date Venue Opponents Score Comp Steaua scorers Match Report(s)
February 15, 2006 Abe Lenstra
Heerenveen, Netherlands		 Heerenveen 1 – 3 UCUP Dică 28', Goian 77',
Paraschiv 80'		 Romanian Soccer
February 23, 2006 Național
București, Romania		 Heerenveen 0 – 1 UCUP N/A Romanian Soccer
9 March 2006 Național
București, Romania		 Real Betis 0 – 0 UCUP N/A
16 March 2006 Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
Seville, Spain		 Real Betis 0 – 3 UCUP Nicoliță 53', 82', Iacob 77'
30 March 2006 Giulești-Valentin Stănescu
București, Romania		 Rapid București 1 – 1 UCUP Nicoliță 4'
6 April 2006 Național
București, Romania		 Rapid București 0 – 0 UCUP N/A
20 April 2006 Național
București, Romania		 Middlesbrough 1 – 0 UCUP Dică '29
27 April 2006 Riverside
Middlesbrough, England		 Middlesbrough 4 – 2 UCUP Dică '15, Goian '23

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