CFR Cluj 2024–25 football season
| 2024–25 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Dan Petrescu | |||
| Stadium | Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium | |||
| Liga I | 6th | |||
| Cupa României | Pre-season | |||
| UEFA Conference League | Third qualifying round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Daniel Bîrligea (2) All: Daniel Bîrligea (4) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 7,756 vs Dinamo București | |||
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| ← 2023–24 | ||||
The 2024–25 season is the 117th season in the history of CFR Cluj, and the club's 21st consecutive season in Liga I. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României and the UEFA Conference League.
Transfers
In
| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  Anton Krešić
|
HNK Rijeka
|
€400,000 | 1 July 2024 | |
| MF |  Mohammed Kamara
|
 Hapoel Haifa
|
Free | 1 July 2024 | |
| MF |  Andrei Artean
|
 Apollon Limassol
|
Free | 1 July 2024 | |
| MF |  Kalifa Kujabi
|
 Frosinone
|
Free | 1 July 2024 | |
| DF |  Simão Rocha
|
Paços de Ferreira
|
Free | 1 July 2024 | |
| MF | Adrian Păun
|
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
|
Free | 1 July 2024 | |
| DF |  Armend Thaqi
|
FC Ballkani
|
Free | 1 July 2024 | |
| MF |  Béni Nkololo
|
 Al-Orobah
|
Free | 4 July 2024 | |
| FW |  Virgiliu Postolachi
|
Grenoble Foot 38
|
€200,000 | 25 July 2024 | |
| FW | Louis Munteanu
|
Fiorentina
|
€2,500,000 | 31 July 2024 |
Out
| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Cătălin Căbuz
|
FC Hermannstadt
|
€50,000 | 1 July 2024 | |
| MF | Filippo Falco
|
Contract termination | 1 July 2024 | ||
| DF | Cristian Manea
|
Rapid București
|
End of contract | 1 July 2024 | |
| MF |  Omar El Kaddouri
|
End of contract | 1 July 2024 | ||
| MF |  Durel Avounou
|
 Çorum FK
|
Contract termination | 29 July 2024 |
Friendlies
Pre-season
Śląsk Wrocław
v CFR Cluj
| 26 June 2024 Friendly | Śląsk Wrocław | 1–0 | CFR Cluj | Ottensheim, Austria |
| 17:00 |
|
18' v 
Slovan Bratislava
| 29 June 2024 Friendly | CFR Cluj | 1–0 | Slovan Bratislava | Windischgarsten, Austria |
| 18:00 | Stadium: Sportplatz Windischgarsten |
v CFR Cluj
| 2 July 2024 Friendly | LASK | 1–1 | CFR Cluj | Pasching, Austria |
| 17:00 |
|
|
Stadium: voestalpine Stadium |
69' v Dumbrăvița
| 9 July 2024 Friendly | CFR Cluj | 1–0 | Dumbrăvița | |
| 18:00 UTC+3 |
|
Competitions
Overall record
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Liga I | 14 July 2024 | Matchday 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 040.00 | |
| Cupa României | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |||
| UEFA Conference League | 25 July 2024 | Second qualifying round | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 075.00 | |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 055.56 | |||
Last updated: 15 August 2024
Source: Soccerway
Liga I
Main article: 2024–25 Liga ILeague table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Dinamo București | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 20 | +11 | 37 | Qualification for play-off round |
| 4 | Universitatea Craiova | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 36 | |
| 5 | CFR Cluj | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 36 | |
| 6 | Rapid București | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 32 | |
| 7 | Petrolul Ploiești | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 32 | Qualification for play-out round |
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 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated: 11 August 2024.
Source:
Results by round
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | L | W | P |
| Position | 1 | 4 |
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.
CFR Cluj v Dinamo București| 14 July 2024 1 | CFR Cluj | 3–2 | Dinamo București | Cluj-Napoca |
| 19:00 UTC+3 |
|
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 7,756 Referee: Rareș Vidican |
| 20 July 2024 2 | Rapid București | 2–2 | CFR Cluj | Bucharest |
| 22:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium Referee: István Kovács |
| 28 July 2024 3 | CFR Cluj | 0–2 | Universitatea Craiova | Cluj-Napoca |
| 22:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Marcel Bîrsan |
45'| 4 August 2024 4 | CFR Cluj | 2–3 | Universitatea Cluj | Cluj-Napoca |
| 22:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Radu Petrescu |
| 11 August 2024 5 | CFR Cluj | 3–0 | Unirea Slobozia | Cluj-Napoca |
| 22:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Andrei Chivulete |
| TBD 6 | Oțelul Galați | v | CFR Cluj | Galați |
| Stadium: Oțelul Stadium |
Cupa României
Main article: 2024–25 Cupa RomânieiUEFA Conference League
Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference LeagueSecond qualifying round
The draw was held on 19 June 2024.
CFR Cluj v 
Neman Grodno
| 25 July 2024 First leg | CFR Cluj | 0–0 | Neman Grodno | Cluj-Napoca |
| 20:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Miloš Gigovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
v CFR Cluj
| 1 August 2024 Second leg | Neman Grodno | 0–5 (0–5 agg.) | CFR Cluj | Győr, Hungary |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Ménfői úti Stadion | |||
| Note: Due to a penalty from UEFA resulting from Belarus's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian clubs plays their home matches on neutral grounds until further notice. | ||||
Third qualifying round
Maccabi Petah Tikva v CFR Cluj
| 8 August 2024 First leg | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 0–1 | CFR Cluj | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 21:00 UTC+3 |
|
Stadium: Stadion Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 147 Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia) |
v Maccabi Petah Tikva
| 15 August 2024 Second leg | CFR Cluj | 1–0 (2–0 agg.) | Maccabi Petah Tikva | Cluj-Napoca |
| 20:00 UTC+3 |
|
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 5,490 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary) |
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