Owner Adrian Porumboiu Stadium Municipal Cupa României Semifinals, eliminated | President Ciprian Damian Liga I 5th | |
Manager Viorel Hizo(Resigned on 1 November 2008)Viorel Moldovan(Resigned from 1 November 2008 to 26 May 2009)Cristian Dulca(from 26 May 2009) | ||
The 2008–09 season is FC Vaslui's 7th season of its existence, and its 4th in a row, in Liga I. Because it finished 7th, FC Vaslui played on UEFA Intertoto Cup in the third round. FC Vaslui passed by Neftchi Baku, and it qualified for the 3rd preliminary round of UEFA Cup. In the play-off, it was eliminated by Slavia Prague, because of the away goal rule, being the only Romanian team, who was eliminated, without losing in UEFA Cup that season. In the championship, they started perfectly, after a 1-0 win against FC Steaua Bucureşti and a 3-1 win against arch rivals Poli Iaşi. But because of the injuries, the team results began to be poor. After a 1-1 draw with Gaz Metan Mediaş, Viorel Hizo was dismissed, and Viorel Moldovan was named the new coach. The team entered in the winter break, on the 9th place. In the winter break, Adrian Porumboiu spent over 3 million €, for new signings, being the only Romanian team, who weren't affected by the Global Economical Crisis. With Moldovan, the team reached the semi-finals of Romanian Cup, but after a 1-4 loss against Gloria Buzău, Moldovan was also sacked, and as a manager, was named the assistant Dulca. With Dulca as a coach, FC Vaslui resurrected, and saved its season, in the last 2 games, after a 1-0 win against FC Rapid Bucureşti, and also a 1-0 win against Universitatea Craiova in front of 25.000 fans on Ion Oblemencu. The team finished 5th, and qualified in the 3rd round of UEFA Europa League.
Contents
First-team squad
Appearances and goals
Last updated on 10 June 2009.Performances
Updated to games played on 10 June 2009.
Goal minutes
Updated to games played on 10 June 2009.
League table
Source: LPF (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
FC Timişoara were docked 6 points after not respecting a ruling from CAS. However, this decision was revoked by the CAS on 11 June 2009.
1Since Cupa României 2008-09 finalists Timişoara have qualified for the UEFA Champions League, CFR Cluj are qualified for the UEFA Europa League as losing finalists at least. Due to their fourth-place finish, they will enter the competition in the play-off round. As a consequence, Steaua as sixth-placed team also qualified for the Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Results by round
Last updated: 10 June 2009 (UTC).
Source: LPF
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.