2024–25 FC Rapid București season

FC Rapid București
2024–25 season
Manager	Neil Lennon; (until 20 August); Marius Șumudică
Stadium	Rapid-Giulești Stadium
Liga I	12th
Cupa României	Pre-season
Biggest defeat	Petrolul Ploiești 1–0 Rapid București

The 2024–25 season is the 102nd season in the history of FC Rapid București, and the club's fourth consecutive season in Liga I. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the Cupa României.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Jakub Hromada	Slavia Prague	€500,000	1 July 2024
MF	Luka Gojković	Javor Ivanjica	Undisclosed	1 July 2024
FW	Timotej Jambor	MŠK Žilina	€1,000,000	1 July 2024
DF	Cristian Manea	CFR Cluj	Free	1 July 2024	^[1]
DF	Alexandru Pașcanu	Ponferradina	€350,000	29 July 2024	^[2]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Ermal Krasniqi	Sparta Prague	€2,000,000	1 July 2024
MF	Funsho Bamgboye	Hatayspor	End of contract	1 July 2024	^[3]
GK	Codruț Sandu	FC U Craiova 1948	Loan	3 July 2024	^[4]
MF	Damjan Đoković		Contract termination	12 July 2024	^[5]

Friendlies

Pre-season

20 June 2024 Friendly	Rapid București	4–1	Gloria Buzău
09:00 UTC+2

25 June 2024 Friendly	NK Radomlje	1–2	Rapid București	Placerovci, Slovenia
16:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Sportni Center Gorišnica

25 June 2024 Friendly	Ružomberok	1–1	Rapid București	Slovenia
11:00 UTC+2

28 June 2024 Friendly	Celje	1–0	Rapid București	Maribor, Slovenia
11:00 UTC+2	Vuklišević 58'			Stadium: Ljudski vrt

1 July 2024 Friendly	Zagłębie Lubin	0–1	Rapid București	Moravske Toplice, Slovenia
17:30 UTC+2	Terlecki 57'		Stan 56' Rrahmani 82'	Stadium: Moravski Stadion

4 July 2024 Friendly	Maribor	0–4	Rapid București	Slovenia
11:00 UTC+2			Rrahmani 24', 49' Jambor 67' Gheorghe 86'

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	13 July 2024		Matchday 1	4	0	3	1	5	6	−1	000.00
Cupa României				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				4	0	3	1	5	6	−1	000.00

Last updated: 5 August 2024
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Advances
4	Universitatea Cluj	30	14	10	6	43	27	+16	52^[a]	Qualification for play-off round
5	Dinamo București	30	13	12	5	41	26	+15	51
6	Rapid București	30	11	13	6	35	26	+9	46
7	Sepsi OSK	30	11	8	11	38	35	+3	41^[b]	Qualification for play-out round
8	Hermannstadt	30	11	8	11	34	40	−6	41^[b]	Qualification for play-out round

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.^[6]
Notes:

^ Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Craiova (4); Universitatea Cluj (1).
^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Sepsi (+3); Hermannstadt (-3).

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

Last updated: 5 August 2024.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	D
Position	5	9	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2024. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The match schedule was released on 1 July 2024.^[7]

13 July 2024 1	UTA Arad	1–1	Rapid București	Arad
19:15 UTC+3	Cîmpanu 60' Omondi 90' Halaf 90+3' Pedro 90+6'		Braun 23' El Sawy 90+3' Iacob 90+4' Aioani 90+4'	Stadium: Francisc von Neuman Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

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

29 July 2024 3	Petrolul Ploiești	1–0	Rapid București	Ploiești
22:00 UTC+3	Berisha 31' Eșanu 90' Hanca 90+5'		Gojković 87'	Stadium: Ilie Oană Stadium Attendance: 9,700 Referee: Andrei Chivulete

5 August 2024 4	Rapid București	2–2	Sepsi OSK	Bucharest
22:00	Blažek 3' Petrila 42'		Varga 1' Debeljuh 68'	Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium Referee: Marian Barbu

10 August 2024 5	Gloria Buzău	1–1	Rapid București	Buzău
22:00	Čanađija 27' Prepeliță 41' Budescu 77' (pen.) Dumitru 81'	Report	Papeau 10'	Stadium: Buzău Municipal Stadium Attendance: 7,600 Referee: Horațiu Feșnic

18 August 2024 6	Rapid București	1–1	Dinamo București	Bucharest
21:30	Diogo Mendes 2' Petrila 53' (pen.) Săpunaru 59' Blažek 59' Ignat 77' Borza 86' Lennon 88'	Report	Sivis 59' Bani 59' Selmani 79' (pen.) 88' Cîrjan 82'	Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium Attendance: 12,378 Referee: Iulian Călin

23 August 2024 7	Politehnica Iași	1–2	Rapid București	Iași
22:00	Bordeianu 62' Tony 71' Gonçalo Filipe Carmo Teixeira 78' Samayoa 90+4'	Report	Pașcanu 44' Papeau 45+4' Braun 45+6' Pop 53' Șumudică 82' Ignat 86' Jambor 90+6'	Stadium: Emil Alexandrescu Stadium Attendance: 8,375 Referee: George Găman

31 August 2024 8	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	Rapid București	Craiova
21:30	Koljić 12' Grego 27' Mitriță 33' (pen.) Vlădoiu 52' Baiaram 53'	Report	Braun 18' Petrila 28' Săpunaru 32'	Stadium: Ion Oblemenco Stadium Attendance: 19,940 Referee: István Kovács

16 September 2024	Rapid București	–	Universitatea Cluj	Bucharest
21:00				Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium

23 September 2024	Unirea Slobozia	–	Rapid București	Clinceni
21:00				Stadium: Clinceni Stadium

28 September 2024	Rapid București	–	Oțelul Galați	Bucharest
21:30				Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium

6 October 2024	Botoșani	–	Rapid București	Botoșani
18:15				Stadium: Botoșani Municipal Stadium

21 October 2024	Rapid București	–	Farul Constanța	Bucharest
21:00				Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium

27 October 2024	FCSB	–	Rapid București	Bucharest
21:00				Stadium: Arena Națională

4 November 2024	Rapid București	–	Hermannstadt	Bucharest
21:00				Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium

9 November 2024	Rapid București	–	UTA Arad	Bucharest
21:00				Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium

23 November 2024	CFR Cluj	–	Rapid București	Cluj-Napoca
21:30				Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium

29 November 2024	Rapid București	–	Petrolul Ploiești	Bucharest
20:45				Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium

6 December 2024	Sepsi OSK	–	Rapid București	Sfântu Gheorghe
20:00				Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium

16 December 2024	Rapid București	–	Gloria Buzău	Bucharest
20:00				Stadium: Rapid-Giulești Stadium

22 December 2024	Dinamo București	–	Rapid București	Bucharest
20:00				Stadium: Arena Națională

Cupa României

References

^ Paraschiv, Alexandru (24 June 2024). "CRISTI MANEA A SEMNAT CU RAPID".
^ https://www.flashscore.ro/stiri/fotbal-liga-1-superliga-rapid-l-a-transferat-pe-alexandru-pascanu-de-la-ponferradina/d2J1RDd4/
^ Oyebola, Mike (5 July 2024). "Transfer: Bamgboye seals two-year Hatayspor deal". Daily Post. Lagos, Nigeria.
^ Paraschiv, Alexandru (3 July 2024). "CODRUȚ SANDU, ÎMPRUMUTAT LA FCU CRAIOVA".
^ "Damjan Djokovic, OUT de la Rapid! Suma primită de croat pentru a semna rezilierea". www.digisport.ro.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Programul integral al SuperLigii în sezonul 2024/2025. CFR Cluj - Dinamo, FCSB - U Cluj și UTA - Rapid în prima etapă". iamsport.ro.

[table_hth_UCV0.41265072413378-6] Ranked on head-to-head points: Universitatea Craiova (4); Universitatea Cluj (1).

[table_hth_SPS0.41265072413378-7] Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Sepsi (+3); Hermannstadt (-3).

[1] Paraschiv, Alexandru (24 June 2024). "CRISTI MANEA A SEMNAT CU RAPID".

[2] ttps://www.flashscore.ro/stiri/fotbal-liga-1-superliga-rapid-l-a-transferat-pe-alexandru-pascanu-de-la-ponferradina/d2J1RDd4/

[3] Oyebola, Mike (5 July 2024). "Transfer: Bamgboye seals two-year Hatayspor deal". Daily Post. Lagos, Nigeria.

[4] Paraschiv, Alexandru (3 July 2024). "CODRUȚ SANDU, ÎMPRUMUTAT LA FCU CRAIOVA".

[5] "Damjan Djokovic, OUT de la Rapid! Suma primită de croat pentru a semna rezilierea". www.digisport.ro.

[sw-8] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[9] "Programul integral al SuperLigii în sezonul 2024/2025. CFR Cluj - Dinamo, FCSB - U Cluj și UTA - Rapid în prima etapă". iamsport.ro.

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