2012–13 FC Steaua București season

The 2012–13 season was the 65th season in the existence of FC Steaua București and the club's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, Steaua București participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României and the UEFA Europa League.^[1]

Steaua Bucharest

2012–13 season
Owner	George Becali
President	Valeriu Argăseală
Head coach	Laurențiu Reghecampf
Stadium	Arena Națională Stadionul Steaua
Liga I	1st (champions)
Cupa României	Round of 16
Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Raul Rusescu (21) All: Raul Rusescu (26)
Highest home attendance	50,445 vs Stuttgart (22 November 2012)
Average home league attendance	20,579
Home colours Away colours
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Previous season positions

	Competition	Position
	UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
	Liga I	3rd
	Cupa României	Round of 16
	Supercupa României	Runners-up

Players

Squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
1	GK		Stanca	33	EU	2011	9	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
2	RB		G. Matei	23	EU	2011	4	0	Undisclosed	€0.7M
2	RB		Râpă	23	EU	2013	0	0	Undisclosed	€0.1M
3	CB		Bratu	24	EU	2012	0	0	Undisclosed	Free
4	CB		Szukała	29	EU	2012	0	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
5	DM		Pintilii	28	EU	2012	0	0	2016	€0.6M
6	CB		Gardoș	23	EU	2010	31	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	Also plays as DM
7	AM		Chipciu	24	EU	2012	14	2	2017	Undisclosed
8	DM		Filip	22	EU	2009	2	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
9	FW		M. Costea	25	EU	2011	22	6	Undisclosed	€1.4M	40% of next sale will go to Universitatea Craiova
10	AM		Tănase	26	EU	2009[2]	78	6	2014[2]	€1.8M	Also plays as LW, RW and CM 50% of next sale will go to Argeș Pitești
11	CM		Prepeliță	27	EU	2011	11	0	2015	Free
12	GK		Tătărușanu	27	EU	2008	77	0	2013	€1.5M
14	LB		Latovlevici	27	EU	2010	49	1	2015	Undisclosed
17	RB		Georgievski	25	Non-EU	2012	0	0	Undisclosed	Free
19	LB		Lupu	22	EU	2011	2	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
20	FW		Tatu	31	Non-EU	2013	28	3	Undisclosed	Free
21	CB		Chiricheș	23	EU	2012	14	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
22	LW		Pârvulescu	24	EU	2012	13	1	2017	Undisclosed
24	FW		Rusescu	24	EU	2011	31	13	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
25	DM		Pușcaș	19	EU	2012	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
27	RW		Năstăsie	21	EU	2011	4	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
28	RW		Roșu	19	EU	2011	1	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
55	DM		Bourceanu	28	EU	2011	31	0	2014	€0.7M
77	RW		Ad. Popa	24	EU	2012	0	0	Undisclosed	€0.4M
80	AM		Iancu	18	EU	2013	0	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
90	FW		Nikolić	23	Non-EU	2012	20	2	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
95	GK		Cojocaru	17	EU	2011	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
99	FW		Rocha	27	Non-EU	2012	0	0	Undisclosed	Free
Players from YS
—	GK		Vârtej	18	EU	2013	0	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
Players sold or loaned out during the season
18	CB		Martinović	28	Non-EU	2010	27	5	2013	Undisclosed	Also plays as RB
19	LB		Lupu	22	EU	2011	2	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
23	RB		Dumitraș	25	EU	2012	0	0	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
27	RW		Năstăsie	21	EU	2011	4	0	Undisclosed	Youth system
29	FW		F. Costea	28	EU	2011	18	1	2015	Free
30	RW		T. Bălan	32	EU	2011	16	2	Undisclosed	Free
31	FW		Machado	23	Non-EU	2012	3	0	Undisclosed	€0.2M + D. Popa

• Last updated: 15 January 2013 (UTC)
• Source: Steaua News

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
90	FW		Nikolić	22	Non-EU	Politehnica Timișoara	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
5	DM		Pintilii	27	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Transfer	Summer	2016	€0.6M
8	DM		Filip	21	EU	Concordia Chiajna	Loan return1	Summer	Undisclosed	—
23	RB		Dumitraș	24	EU	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Undisclosed
25	DM		Pușcaș	18	EU	Youth system	Promoted	Summer	Undisclosed	Youth system
99	FW		Rocha	26	Non-EU	Concordia Chiajna	Free transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
3	CB		Bratu	23	EU	Concordia Chiajna	Free transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
17	RB		Georgievski	24	Non-EU	Šibenik	Free transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	Free
77	RW		Ad. Popa	24	EU	Concordia Chiajna	Transfer	Summer	Undisclosed	€0.4M
4	CB		Szukała	28	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	Transfer	Summer	2012	Undisclosed
80	AM		Iancu	18	EU	Viitorul Constanța	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Undisclosed	FCSB
19	LB		Lupu	21	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Loan return	Winter	Undisclosed	—
27	RW		Năstăsie	21	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Loan return	Winter	Undisclosed	—
20	FW		Tatu	30	Non-EU	Steaua București	Free transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	Free
2	RB		Râpă	23	EU	Oțelul Galați	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed	€0.1M

Notes

• ^1 On 2009–10 season, Steaua's coach dismiss Filip and sent him to second team, from here was loaned to Unirea Urziceni, Snagov and Concordia Chiajna, in June 2012 he returned to first team after in 2011 second team was dissolved.

Out

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
—	DM		Onicaș	22	EU	Viitorul Constanța	Loan extended	Summer	Undisclosed
3	CB		Iliev	31	EU	Volyn Lutsk	End of contract	Summer	Free
8	AM		Răduț	22	EU	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Loan	Summer	—
20	RB		Dănănae	26	EU	Turnu Severin	Mutual termination	Summer	Free
23	CB		Geraldo	31	EU	Petrolul Ploiești	End of contract	Summer	Free
26	CM		Bicfalvi	24	EU	Volyn Lutsk	End of contract	Summer	Free
77	FW		L. Tatu	30	Non-EU	Steaua București	End of contract	Summer	Free
90	FW		Nikolić	22	Non-EU	Politehnica Timișoara	End of loan	Summer	—
19	LB		Lupu	21	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Loan	Summer	—
27	RW		Năstăsie	20	EU	Universitatea Cluj	Loan	Summer	—
29	FW		F. Costea	27	EU	Turnu Severin	Mutual termination	Summer	—
23	RB		Dumitraș	24	EU	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Transfer	Winter	Undisclosed
31	FW		Machado	23	Non-EU	Rayo Vallecano	Mutual termination	Winter	Free
30	RW		T. Bălan	31	EU	Rapid București	Mutual termination	Winter	Free
18	CB		Martinović	27	Non-EU	Wuhan Zall	Mutual termination	Winter	Free

Statistics

Goalscorers

Player	Liga I	Cupa României	Europa League	Fixture Total	Friendlies	Total
Raul Rusescu	21	0	5	26	4	30
Adi Rocha	9	0	3	12	4	16
Alexandru Chipciu	6	0	2	8	2	10
Cristian Tănase	7	0	0	7	3	10
Stefan Nikolić	5	1	1	7	3	10
Mihai Costea	2	2	1	5	2	7
Mihai Pintilii	5	0	0	5	2	7
Vlad Chiricheș	1	0	3	4	0	4
Iasmin Latovlevici	2	0	2	4	0	4
Łukasz Szukała	4	0	0	4	0	4
Leandro Tatu	2	0	0	2	2	4
Novak Martinović	1	0	1	2	1	3
Adrian Popa	1	0	1	2	1	3
Gabriel Iancu	2	0	0	2	1	3
Alexandru Bourceanu	2	0	0	2	0	2
Florin Gardoș	1	0	0	1	1	2
Andrei Dumitraș	0	0	1	1	1	2
Andrei Prepeliță	1	0	0	1	0	1
Florin Costea	0	0	0	0	2	2
Lucian Filip	0	0	0	0	1	1
Paul Pârvulescu	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals
Octavian Abrudan	1	0	0	1	0	1
Boubacar Mansaly	1	0	0	1	0	1
Ragnar Sigurðsson	0	0	1	1	0	1

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Liga I	—	—	Champions	23 July 2012	28 May 2013
Cupa României	Round of 32	—	Round of 16	27 September 2012	31 October 2012
Europa League	Third qualifying round	—	Round of 16	2 August 2012	14 March 2013

Liga I

Main article: 2012–13 Liga I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Steaua București (C)	34	24	7	3	74	29	+45	79	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	34	19	6	9	57	43	+14	63	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3	Petrolul Ploiești	34	16	14	4	60	34	+26	62
4	Astra Giurgiu	34	17	9	8	64	37	+27	60	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5	Vaslui	34	16	10	8	50	34	+16	58

Source: Liga I (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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Astra Giurgiu qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa as Petrolul won the 2012–13 Cupa României and secured a place in the second qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa.

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
34	24	7	3	74	29	+45	79	15	1	1	41	12	+29	9	6	2	33	17	+16

Source: LT

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	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	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W
Position	5	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Points by opponent

Team	Results		Points
	Home	Away
Astra Giurgiu	2–0	4–3	6
Brașov	4–0	1–3	3
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	3–0	4–3	6
CFR Cluj	1–0	0–0	4
Concordia Chiajna	1–0	6–0	6
Dinamo București	3–1	2–0	6
Gaz Metan Mediaș	3–0	1–1	4
Gloria Bistrița	4–0	1–0	6
Oțelul Galați	2–1	1–1	4
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2–0	0–0	4
Petrolul Ploiești	2–2	2–1	4
Rapid București	1–0	1–1	4
Studențesc Iași	3–1	3–0	6
Turnu Severin	2–1	1–1	4
Universitatea Cluj	5–1	1–0	6
Vaslui	1–0	1–3	3
Viitorul Constanța	2–5	4–0	3

Matches

Steaua București v Concordia Chiajna

23 July 2012 Round 1	Steaua București	1–0	Concordia Chiajna	Bucharest
21:30	Rusescu 49'			Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 15,636 Referee: Robert Dumitru

Astra Giurgiu v Steaua București

28 July 2012 Round 2	Astra Giurgiu	3–4	Steaua București	Ploiești
21:15	Enache 12', 38' Morais 48'		19' Tănase 21' Martinović 62' Rusescu 67' Rocha	Stadium: Astra Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Steaua București v Universitatea Cluj

5 August 2012 Round 3	Steaua București	5–1	Universitatea Cluj	Bucharest
21:30	Rocha 16', 60' Rusescu 62' Tănase 71' (pen.), 84'		81' Dinu	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 14,370 Referee: Iulian Dima

Gaz Metan Mediaș v Steaua București

12 August 2012 Round 4	Gaz Metan Mediaș	1–1	Steaua București	Mediaș
21:30	Astafei 36'		79' Rusescu	Stadium: Gaz Metan Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Steaua București v Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

19 August 2012 Round 5	Steaua București	3–0	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	Bucharest
22:00	Rusescu 11', 59' Rocha 33'			Stadium: Steaua Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

Vaslui v Steaua București

27 August 2012 Round 6	Vaslui	3–1	Steaua București	Vaslui
21:30	Celeban 58' L. Sânmărtean 83' M. Niculae 88'		51' Chipciu	Stadium: Municipal Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Steaua București v Oțelul Galați

2 September 2012 Round 7	Steaua București	2–1	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
18:55	Rocha 3' Pintilii 8'		Viglianti 13'	Stadium: Steaua Attendance: 12,320 Referee: Cătălin Popa

Studențesc Iași v Steaua București

16 September 2012 Round 8	Studențesc Iași	0–3	Steaua București	Iași
21:30			18', 72' Chipciu 71' Rocha	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Steaua București v Rapid București

24 September 2012 Round 9	Steaua București	1–0	Rapid București	Bucharest
20:30	Bourceanu 90+6'			Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 42,876 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Petrolul Ploiești v Steaua București

30 September 2012 Round 10	Petrolul Ploiești	1–2	Steaua București	Ploiești
21:30	Bokila 38'		45' Nikolić 65' Latovlevici	Stadium: Ilie Oană Referee: Marius Avram

Steaua București v CFR Cluj

7 October 2012 Round 11	Steaua București	1–0	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:30	Rusescu 75'			Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 45,803 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy)

Pandurii Târgu Jiu v Steaua București

21 October 2012 Round 12	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	0–0	Steaua București	Târgu Jiu
21:30				Stadium: Tudor Vladimirescu Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Steaua București v Gloria Bistrița

28 October 2012 Round 13	Steaua București	4–0	Gloria Bistrița	Bucharest
21:30	M. Costea 7', 29' Rusescu 24', 84'			Stadium: Steaua Referee: Iulian Dima

Steaua București v Dinamo București

4 November 2012 Round 14	Steaua București	3–1	Dinamo București	Bucharest
21:30	Rusescu 63' (pen.), 83' Szukała 87'		38' Alexe	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 49,112 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

Viitorul Constanța v Steaua București

11 November 2012 Round 15	Viitorul Constanța	0–4	Steaua București	Constanța
21:30			2' Chipciu 5' (pen.), 68' Rusescu 27' Gardoș	Stadium: Farul Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

Steaua București v Turnu Severin

18 November 2012 Round 16	Steaua București	2–1	Turnu Severin	Bucharest
20:30	Tănase 20' Rusescu 27'		16' Vancea	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Dragoș Teodor

Brașov v Steaua București

26 November 2012 Round 17	Brașov	3–1	Steaua București	Brașov
20:30	Batin 15' (pen.) Păun 61' Buga 85' (pen.)		24' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Rusescu	Stadium: Silviu Ploeșteanu Referee: Marius Avram

Concordia Chiajna v Steaua București

30 November 2012 Round 18	Concordia Chiajna	0–6	Steaua București	Chiajna
20:00			14' Chiricheș 33', 41' Rusescu 49' Nikolić 55' Tănase 76' Rocha	Stadium: Concordia Referee: Radu Petrescu

Steaua București v Astra Giurgiu

10 December 2012 Round 19	Steaua București	2–0	Astra Giurgiu	Bucharest
20:30	Tănase 13' Prepeliță 75'			Stadium: Steaua Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Universitatea Cluj v Steaua București

25 February 2013 Round 20	Universitatea Cluj	0–1	Steaua București	Cluj
19:30			34' Rusescu	Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Steaua București v Gaz Metan Mediaș

2 March 2013 Round 21	Steaua București	3–0	Gaz Metan Mediaș	Bucharest
19:15	Nikolić 33' Pintilii 72', 88' (pen.)			Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: István Kovacs

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț v Steaua București

10 March 2013 Round 22	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	3–4	Steaua București	Piatra Neamț
20:30	Gheorghiu 8' Golubović 35' (pen.) Constantinescu 90+1'		3' Bourceanu 10' Rocha 12' Pintilii 60' Tatu	Stadium: Ceahlăul Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

Steaua București v Vaslui

17 March 2013 Round 23	Steaua București	1–0	Vaslui	Bucharest
20:00	Chipciu 45'			Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Oțelul Galați v Steaua București

1 April 2013 Round 24	Oțelul Galați	1–1	Steaua București	Galați
21:30	Sârghi 90+4'		63' Szukała	Stadium: Oțelul Referee: Alexandru Tudor

Steaua București v Studențesc Iași

7 April 2013 Round 25	Steaua București	3–1	Studențesc Iași	Bucharest
21:30	Chipciu 45+2' Pintilii 59' Tatu 85'		15' (pen.) Cl. Tudor	Stadium: Steaua Referee: George Rădulescu

Rapid București v Steaua București

14 April 2013 Round 26	Rapid București	1–1	Steaua București	Bucharest
20:30	Herea 10'		81' (o.g.) Abrudan	Stadium: Giulești-Valentin Stănescu Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Steaua București v Petrolul Ploiești

22 April 2013 Round 27	Steaua București	2–2	Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest
20:45	Rusescu 23' (pen.) Latovlevici 79' (pen.)		45+2' Hoban 84' (o.g.) Chiricheș	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 35,480 Referee: Alexandru Tudor

CFR Cluj v Steaua București

28 April 2013 Round 28	CFR Cluj	0–0	Steaua București	Cluj
20:30				Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan

Steaua București v Pandurii Târgu Jiu

3 May 2013 Round 29	Steaua București	2–0	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	Bucharest
19:45	Rusescu 12' Szukała 42'			Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Cristian Balaj

Gloria Bistrița v Steaua București

7 May 2013 Round 30	Gloria Bistrița	0–1	Steaua București	Bistrița
21:30			59' Iancu	Stadium: Jean Pădureanu Referee: Cătălin Găman

Dinamo București v Steaua București

10 May 2013 Round 31	Dinamo București	0–2	Steaua București	Bucharest
21:00			13' (o.g.) Boubacar 69' Tănase	Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 43,782 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

Steaua București v Viitorul Constanța

19 May 2013 Round 32	Steaua București	2–5	Viitorul Constanța	Bucharest
20:30	Nikolić 37' (pen.) Rocha 57'		9', 38' Chițu 34' (pen.) Dică 41' Larie 64' Nikolov 90+4' (pen.) Rusu	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Iulian Dima

Turnu Severin v Steaua București

26 May 2013 Round 33	Turnu Severin	1–1	Steaua București	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
19:00	Roman 25'		90' Iancu	Stadium: Municipal Referee: George Rădulescu

Steaua București v Brașov

28 May 2013 Round 34	Steaua București	4–0	Brașov	Bucharest
18:00	Rusescu 2' Szukała 7' Nikolić 56' Ad. Popa 87'			Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 50,224 Referee: Marius Avram

Cupa României

Main article: 2012–13 Cupa României

Results

Steaua București v Târgu Mureș

27 September 2012 Round of 32	Steaua București	3–1	Târgu Mureș	Bucharest
21:30	M. Costea 13' (pen.), 50' Nikolić 47'	Report	40' Dîlbea	Stadium: Steaua Referee: Lucian Rusandu

Concordia Chiajna v Steaua București

31 October 2012 Round of 16	Concordia Chiajna	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Steaua București	Chiajna
21:30				Stadium: Concordia Referee: Marian Balaci
	Penalties
	Pană Ispir Belu Damian Zuluf		Nikolić Pârvulescu Filip Chipciu Tănase

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

Steaua București v Spartak Trnava

2 August 2012 First leg	Steaua București	0–1	Spartak Trnava	Bucharest, Romania
20:45			6' Mikovič	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Spartak Trnava v Steaua București

9 August 2012 Second leg	Spartak Trnava	0–3 (1–3 agg.)	Steaua București	Trnava, Slovakia
20:30			8' Rocha 77' Rusescu 84' Nikolić	Stadium: Antona Malatinského Referee: Yevhen Aranovskiy (Ukraine)

Play-off round

Ekranas v Steaua București

23 August 2012 First leg	Ekranas	0–2	Steaua București	Vilnius, Lithuania
19:45			36' Martinović 76' Ad. Popa	Stadium: LFF Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Steaua București v Ekranas

30 August 2012 Second leg	Steaua București	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	Ekranas	Bucharest, Romania
20:30	Rocha 21', 86' Dumitraș 31'			Stadium: Steaua Referee: Tony Asumaa (Finland)

Group stage

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage

Group E standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STE	STU	COP	MOL
1	Steaua București	6	3	2	1	9	9	0	11	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–5	1–0	2–0
2	VfB Stuttgart	6	2	2	2	9	6	+3	8[a]			2–2	—	0–0	0–1
3	Copenhagen	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8[a]			1–1	0–2	—	2–1
4	Molde	6	2	0	4	6	8	−2	6			1–2	2–0	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: VfB Stuttgart 4, Copenhagen 1.

Results

Stuttgart v Steaua București

20 September 2012 Matchday 1	Stuttgart	2–2	Steaua București	Stuttgart, Germany
20:00	Ibišević 5' Niedermeier 85'		6' Chipciu 80' (pen.) Rusescu	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Arena Referee: Serge Gumienny (Belgium)

Steaua București v København

4 October 2012 Matchday 2	Steaua București	1–0	København	Bucharest, Romania
22:05	Sigurðsson 83' (o.g.)			Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 48,694 Referee: Antonio Damato (Italy)

Steaua București v Molde

25 October 2012 Matchday 3	Steaua București	2–0	Molde	Bucharest, Romania
22:05	Chiricheș 30' Rusescu 32' Tănase 58' (pen.)			Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 43,651 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Molde v Steaua București

8 November 2012 Matchday 4	Molde	1–2	Steaua București	Molde, Norway
20:00	Chima 56'		21' Chipciu 37' Latovlevici	Stadium: Aker Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Steaua București v Stuttgart

22 November 2012 Matchday 5	Steaua București	1–5	Stuttgart	Bucharest, Romania
22:05	M. Costea 83'		5' Tasci 18' Harnik 23' Sakai 31', 55' Okazaki	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (Greece)

København v Steaua București

6 December 2012 Matchday 6	København	1–1	Steaua București	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:00	Vetokele 87'		73' Rusescu	Stadium: Parken Referee: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2012–13 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 32

Ajax v Steaua București

14 February 2013 First leg	Ajax	2–0	Steaua București	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:00	Alderweireld 28' van Rhijn 48'			Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,493 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

Steaua București v Ajax

21 February 2013 Second leg	Steaua București	2–0 (2–2 agg.) (4–2 p)	Ajax	Bucharest, Romania
22:05	Latovlevici 38' Chiricheș 76'			Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Paolo Tagliavento (Italy)
	Penalties
	Rusescu Nikolić Filip Latovlevici		Eriksen Schöne de Jong Moisander

Round of 16

Steaua București v Chelsea

7 March 2013 First leg	Steaua București	1–0	Chelsea	Bucharest, Romania
20:00	Rusescu 34' (pen.)			Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Chelsea v Steaua București

14 March 2013 Second leg	Chelsea	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Steaua București	London, England
22:05	Mata 34' Terry 58' Torres 71', 87' (pen.)		45+1' Chiricheș	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 28,817 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (France)

Non competitive matches

Date	Team	Results			Steaua scorers
		Home	Away	Neutral
20 June 2012	Torpedo Kutaisi			1–1	35' Rusescu
23 June 2012	Basel			4–2	14' Rusescu, 16' Rocha, 49' F. Costea, 64' Nikolić
30 June 2012	Lokomotiv Plovdiv			4–0	30' Rocha, 32' Martinović, 63' (pen.) Pintilii, 72' F. Costea
4 July 2012	Red Bull Salzburg			2–3	23' Filip, 69' (pen.) Tănase
7 July 2012	Zestafoni			0–0
10 July 2012	Aalen			2–1	5' Gardoș, 49' Rocha
15 July 2012	Litex Lovech	3–0[3]			36' Dumitraș, 44' Chipciu, 65' M. Costea
8 September 2012	Ludogorets Razgrad		1–1		60' Rocha
15 January 2013	Celtic			1–2	13' Nikolić
18 January 2013	Basel			1–1	80' Pintilii
21 January 2013	Dynamo Kyiv			2–0	32' Rusescu, 64' Tănase
23 January 2013	Ferencváros			1–2	17' Chipciu
30 January 2013	Gabala			0–1
1 February 2013	Sturm Graz			3–3	26' (pen.) Rusescu, 85' Pârvulescu, 86' Tănase
3 February 2013	Dynamo Moscow			1–2	3' Tatu
5 February 2013	Mladá Boleslav			0–1
7 February 2013	Slovan Bratislava			3–1	14' Tatu, 58' Ad. Popa, 76' M. Costea
9 February 2013	Baumit Jablonec			1–1	70' Iancu
23 March 2013	Brăila		0–1

UEFA Club rankings

This is the current UEFA Club Rankings, including season 2011–12.^[4]

Rank	Team	Points	Mvmnt
71	Hertha	28.037	(–1)
72	P.A.O.K.	27.920	(+37)
73	Aston Villa	27.882	(–4)
74	Lokomotiv Moscow	27.066	(+32)
75	Sampdoria	26.996	(–3)
76	Steaua București	26.764	(–9)
77	Saint-Étienne	25.835	(–2)
78	Sparta Prague	25.570	(–13)
79	AaB Aalborg	25.005	(–2)
80	Stoke City	24.882	(+316)
81	Racing de Santander	24.837	(–2)