2024–25 CFR Cluj season

The 2024–25 season was 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 participated in the Cupa României and the UEFA Conference League.

CFR Cluj

2024–25 season
Manager	Dan Petrescu
Stadium	Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium
Liga I	2nd
Cupa României	Winners
UEFA Conference League	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Louis Munteanu (22) All: Louis Munteanu (24)
Highest home attendance	11,152 vs FCSB
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

On 14 May 2025, Cluj defeated Hermannstadt in the 2025 Cupa României final.^[1]

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	[2]
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	[3]
FW	Virgiliu Postolachi	Grenoble Foot 38	€200,000	25 July 2024	[4]
FW	Louis Munteanu	Fiorentina	€2,500,000	31 July 2024	[5]

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	[6]
DF	Cristian Manea	Rapid București	End of contract	1 July 2024	[7]
MF	Omar El Kaddouri		End of contract	1 July 2024	[8]
MF	Durel Avounou	Çorum FK	Contract termination	29 July 2024	[9]

Pre-season and friendlies

Śląsk Wrocław v CFR Cluj

26 June 2024 Friendly	Śląsk Wrocław	1–0	CFR Cluj	Ottensheim, Austria
17:00	Jezierski 18'

CFR Cluj v Slovan Bratislava

29 June 2024 Friendly	CFR Cluj	1–0	Slovan Bratislava	Windischgarsten, Austria
18:00	Păun 88' (pen.)			Stadium: Sportplatz Windischgarsten

LASK v CFR Cluj

2 July 2024 Friendly	LASK	1–1	CFR Cluj	Pasching, Austria
17:00	Safin 84'		Ilie 41' Tachtsidis  69'	Stadium: voestalpine Stadium

CFR Cluj v Dumbrăvița

9 July 2024 Friendly	CFR Cluj	1–0	Dumbrăvița
18:00 UTC+3	Păun 65'

CFR Cluj v FC Voluntari

13 February 2025 Friendly	CFR Cluj	2-0	FC Voluntari	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
13:00 UTC+2	Name 31' Postolachi 53'			Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium

CFR Cluj v Unirea Ungheni

12 October 2024 Friendly	CFR Cluj	2-0	Unirea Ungheni	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
11:00 UTC+3	Bolgado 34' Kamara 74'

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 I

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Advances
1	FCSB	30	15	11	4	43	24	+19	56	Qualification for play-off round
2	CFR Cluj	30	14	12	4	56	32	+24	54
3	Universitatea Craiova	30	14	10	6	45	28	+17	52[a]
4	Universitatea Cluj	30	14	10	6	43	27	+16	52[a]
5	Dinamo București	30	13	12	5	41	26	+15	51

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.^[10]
Notes:

1. Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Craiova (4); Universitatea Cluj (1).

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
30	14	12	4	56	32	+24	54	9	3	3	35	20	+15	5	9	1	21	12	+9

Last updated: 9 March 2025.
Source: soccerway

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W
Position	1	4	8	11	6	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	4	5	5	5	3	4	3	1	4	3	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2025. Source: worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.^[11]

CFR Cluj v Dinamo București

14 July 2024 1	CFR Cluj	3–2	Dinamo București	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 UTC+3	Deac 42' (pen.) Bîrligea 52',  58' Kamara  66' Tachtsidis  84', 90+3'		Cîrjan 14' Abdallah 34' Politic  41' Boateng  87'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 7,756 Referee: Rareș Vidican

Rapid București v CFR Cluj

20 July 2024 2	Rapid București	2–2	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
22:00 UTC+3	Rrahmani 53' (pen.) Ignat  41' Hasani 90+7'		Bîrligea 28' Michael 75'	Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium Referee: István Kovács

CFR Cluj v Universitatea Craiova

28 July 2024 3	CFR Cluj	0–2	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3	Kamara  29'  45' Krešić  34' Ajeti  66'		Vlădoiu  47' Koljić 51' Crețu  57' Paradela  72' Mitriță 90+5',  90+6'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

CFR Cluj v Universitatea Cluj

4 August 2024 4	CFR Cluj	2–3	Universitatea Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3	Păun 24' Michael 72'		Masoero 59' Nistor 69' (pen.) Popescu 77'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Radu Petrescu

CFR Cluj v Unirea Slobozia

11 August 2024 5	CFR Cluj	3–0	Unirea Slobozia	Cluj-Napoca
22:00 UTC+3	Munteanu 38', 63' Păun 52'			Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Oțelul Galați v CFR Cluj

TBD 6	Oțelul Galați	v	CFR Cluj	Galați
				Stadium: Oțelul Stadium

CFR Cluj v Botoșani

25 August 2024 7	CFR Cluj	3–0	Botoșani	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EEST	Munteanu  37' Nkololo 52' Đoković 70' Filip 86'	Report	Álex Díez  30' Matricardi  86'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Robert Avram

FCV Farul Constanța v CFR Cluj

1 September 2024 8	FCV Farul Constanța	0–3	CFR Cluj	Ovidiu
18:45 EEST	Dican  39' Bălașa  40' Vînă  53'	Report	Deac 27' Kamara  42' Munteanu  45+1' Léo Bolgado 55' Korenica 90+3'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

CFR Cluj v FCSB

15 September 2024 9	CFR Cluj	2–2	FCSB	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST	Munteanu 36' 49' Filip  90+3' Postolachi  90+4'	Report	Pantea  35' Băluță 59' Dawa 87'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 11,252 Referee: Marian Barbu

Hermannstadt v CFR Cluj

21 September 2024 10	Hermannstadt	0–0	CFR Cluj	Sibiu
18:30 EEST	Robert Popescu  84'	Report	Kamara  87'	Stadium: Sibiu Municipal Stadium Attendance: 6,639 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

CFR Cluj v UTA Arad

28 September 2024 11	CFR Cluj	1–3	UTA Arad	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EEST	Simão Rocha  44' Tachtsidis 48'  56' Boben  52' Fică  56' Đoković  71'	Report	Costache 12'  51' Omondi 64' Kadiri 78'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 5,480 Referee: Radu Petrescu

CFR Cluj v Politehnica Iași

5 October 2024 12	CFR Cluj	2–1	Politehnica Iași	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EET	Kamara 10'  36'  76' Munteanu 16'	Report	Bordeianu 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Bogdan Dumitrache

Petrolul Ploiești v CFR Cluj

19 October 2024 13	Petrolul Ploiești	0–0	CFR Cluj	Ploiești
21:00 EET	Jyry  59' Hanca  70' Papp  88'	Report	Michael  40' Munteanu  74'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

CFR Cluj v Sepsi

25 October 2024 14	CFR Cluj	3–3	Sepsi	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET	Kamara 52' Simão Rocha  66' Postolachi 86' 90+3'	Report	Coman 37' Ciobotariu 55' Alimi  58' Ștefan 83' Dumitrescu  89'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 3,700 Referee: George Găman

Cupa României

Main article: 2024–25 Cupa României

Group stage

Main article: 2024–25 Cupa României § Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CFR	RAP	BOT	AFU	CEA	ARG
1	CFR Cluj	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	—	—	2–1	—
2	Rapid București	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6			0–2	—	—	—	—	—
3	Botoșani	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6			—	0–2	—	—	—	—
4	Afumați	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4			—	0–3	—	—	0–0	2–0
5	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1			1–2	—	0–1	—	—	—
6	Argeș Pitești	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1			2–2	—	0–3	—	—	—

Source: FRF

FC Argeș v CFR Cluj

29 October 2024 1	FC Argeș	2–2	CFR Cluj	Mioveni
21:00 EET (UTC+02)	Borța 7' Morar 76' (pen.)	Report	Mogoș 33' Abeid 44'	Stadium: Orășenesc Referee: George Cătălin Roman

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț v CFR Cluj

4 December 2024 2	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	1–2	CFR Cluj	Piatra Neamț
14:00 EET (UTC+02)	Petre 54'	Report	Nkololo 17' Korenica 67'	Stadium: Ceahlăul Referee: Gabriel Mihuleac

Rapid București v CFR Cluj

19 December 2024 3	Rapid București	0–2	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+02)		Report	Kamara 17' Fică 81'	Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs

Knockout stage

CFR Cluj v Universitatea Craiova

3 April 2025 Quarter-finals	CFR Cluj	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EEST (UTC+03)	Kamara 60'	Report	Baiaram 50'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Marcel Bîrsan
	Penalties
	Emërllahu Tachtsidis Korenica Păun Munteanu		Mekvabishvili Lukić Căpățînă Baiaram

CFR Cluj v Farul Constanța

24 April 2024 Semi-finals	CFR Cluj	4–1	Farul Constanța	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST (UTC+03)	Graovac 1' Abeid 42' Munteanu 45' Emërllahu 50'	Report	Alibec 35'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Radu Petrescu

CFR Cluj v Hermannstadt

14 May 2025 Final	CFR Cluj	3–2	Hermannstadt	Arad
20:30 EEST	Kamara 15' Munteanu 22' Nkololo 48'	Report	Căpușă 37' Buș 74'	Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Referee: Andrei Chivulete

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CFR	RAP	BOT	AFU	CEA	ARG
1	CFR Cluj	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout phase		—	—	—	—	2–1	—
2	Rapid București	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6			0–2	—	—	—	—	—
3	Botoșani	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6			—	0–2	—	—	—	—
4	Afumați	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4			—	0–3	—	—	0–0	2–0
5	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1			1–2	—	0–1	—	—	—
6	Argeș Pitești	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1			2–2	—	0–3	—	—	—

Source: FRF

Argeș v CFR Cluj

29 October 2024	Argeș	2-2	CFR Cluj	Mioveni
21:00 EET	Borța 7' Patrick Dulcea  69' Morar 77' (pen.)  90+2' Guilherme Garutti  90+3'	Report	Mogoș 32' Abeid 44'	Stadium: Orășenesc Stadium Referee: George Cătălin Roman

UEFA Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League

Second 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)

Neman Grodno v CFR Cluj

1 August 2024 Second leg	Neman Grodno	0–5 (0–5 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Győr, Hungary
20:00 UTC+2			Muhar 17' Bîrligea 39', 57' Korenica 59' N'Kololo 90+3'	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.[12]

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			Muhar 8'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Asparuhov Attendance: 147 Referee: Patrik Kolarić (Croatia)

CFR Cluj 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	Krešić 50'			Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 5,490 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Play-off round

CFR Cluj v Pafos

22 August 2024 First leg	CFR Cluj	1–0	Pafos	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EEST	Korenica 16' Deac  40' Boben  45+1' Tachtsidis  58' Bîrligea  58' Popa  90+3' Camora  90+5'	Report	Pêpê Rodrigues  34' Jairo  88' David Goldar  90+1' Luckassen  90+2'	Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium Attendance: 5,826 Referee: Novak Simović

Pafos v CFR Cluj

29 August 2024 Second leg	Pafos	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Limassol
20:00 EEST	Jajá 28' David Goldar 31'  60' Tanković 49' (pen.) Bruno Felipe  69' Dragomir  74'	Report	Popa  35' Tachtsidis  67' Kamara  83'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Attendance: 4,336 Referee: Craig Pawson