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Rapid Bucuresti

Superliga

Romania Cup World

Club Friendlies 3

Founded:	1923
Stadium:	Stadionul Valentin Stănescu
Coach:	Neil Lennon
Superliga Form:
Overall Form:

Rapid Bucuresti home ground venue is Stadionul Valentin Stănescu.

Neil Lennon is the current coach for Rapid Bucuresti.

Rapid Bucuresti Superliga Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Rapid Bucuresti have played a total of 20 matches in Romania Superliga. Their current statistics is 11 win, 2 draw and 7 lose.

Rapid Bucuresti did not lose their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Rapid Bucuresti results for their home or away matches in Superliga 2023/2024.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Rapid Bucuresti	20	11	2	7

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
19/05/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	2 - 0	FCSB	2-0	H2H	O	+
Funsho Bamgboye 12'		1 - 0
Funsho Bamgboye 14'
Claudiu Petrila 14'
			25' Nana Antwi
Florent Hasani 29'
Claudiu Petrila 42'		2 - 0
Cristian Săpunaru 46'
Iulian Cristea 46'
Mattias Käit 46'
Xian Emmers 46'
			46' D. Popa
			46' Jayson Papeau
			50' Răzvan Oaidă
Florent Hasani 64'
Luis Phelipe 64'
			64' Ionuț Panțîru
			64' A. Pandele
			69' Baba Alhassan
			69' Borisav Burmaz
Albion Rrahmani 73'
Ricardo Padurariu 73'
			78' Nana Antwi
			78' M. Toma
			78' Alexandru Băluță
			78' M. Toma
Ricardo Padurariu 90+5'
29/04/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	1 - 2	Universitatea Craiova	0-1	H2H	O	+
Albion Rrahmani 19'
			25' Gjoko Zajkov
		0 - 1	30' Andrei Ivan
Christopher Braun 46'
A. Borza 46'
Funsho Bamgboye 46'
Claudiu Petrila 46'
			56' Ș. Baiaram
			56' Marian Danciu
Răzvan Oaidă 58'
Borisav Burmaz 58'
Jayson Papeau 66'
Xian Emmers 66'
Mattias Käit 71'
Florent Hasani 71'
			74' Lyes Houri
			74' Alexandru Mateiu
			74' Andrei Ivan
			74' Alexandru Mitriţă
Borisav Burmaz 77'		1 - 1
Cristian Săpunaru 87'
Paul Iacob 90+2'
			90+5' Jovan Marković
			90+5' Jalen Blesa
		1 - 2	90+6' Alexandru Creţu
			90+7' Alexandru Creţu
15/04/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	0 - 1	Sepsi	0-0	H2H	O	+
Cristian Săpunaru 7'
			8' D. Oroian
			25' Isnik Alimi
			43' Pavol Safranko
Claudiu Petrila 61'
Funsho Bamgboye 61'
Răzvan Oaidă 61'
Xian Emmers 61'
Florent Hasani 65'
Borisav Burmaz 65'
			65' Pavol Safranko
			65' Gabriel Debeljuh
			65' Kevin Varga
			65' Marius Ștefănescu
			73' D. Oroian
			73' Bogdan Oteliță
			73' Sherif Kallaku
			73' Roland Varga
Albion Rrahmani 78'
			83' Nicolae Păun
			83' Adnan Aganovic
Jakub Hromada 85'
		0 - 1	90+5' Gabriel Debeljuh
06/04/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	1 - 4	CFR Cluj	0-4	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	4' Daniel Bîrligea
		0 - 2	8' Daniel Bîrligea
			35' Kader Keita
		0 - 3	36' Daniel Bîrligea
		0 - 4	45+1' Cristian Manea
R. Bădescu 46'
A. Borza 46'
Damjan Djokovic 46'
Răzvan Oaidă 46'
Jayson Papeau 46'
Claudiu Petrila 46'
			48' Karlo Muhar
Răzvan Oaidă 54'
			58' Cristian Manea
Funsho Bamgboye 63'
Ermal Krasniqi 63'
Borisav Burmaz 70'
Florent Hasani 70'
			73' Durel Avounou
			73' Omar El Kaddouri
			73' Daniel Bîrligea
			73' Peter Michael
			79' Cristian Manea
			79' Alan Aussi
Albion Rrahmani 81'		1 - 4
			86' Aly Abeid
			86' Mário Camora
			86' Philip Otele
			86' Valentin Serebe
15/03/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	1 - 2	Farul Constanța	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	23' Louis Munteanu
Florent Hasani 46'
Alexandru Albu 46'
Jakub Hromada 46'
Claudiu Petrila 46'
Razvan Oaida 50'
		0 - 2	55' Louis Munteanu
Ermal Krasniqi 63'
Funsho Bamgboye 63'
Jayson Papeau 63'
Borisav Burmaz 63'
			66' Alexandru Buzbuchi
Razvan Oaida 67'
Robert Badescu 70'
Andrei Borza 70'
			70' Ronaldo Deaconu
			70' David Kiki
			75' Ionuț Cojocaru
			75' Luca Andronache
			75' Louis Munteanu
			75' Rivaldinho
			82' Rivaldinho
Funsho Bamgboye 83'
			83' Diogo Queirós
			84' Gustavo Marins
Cristian Sapunaru 84'
Albion Rrahmani 85'		1 - 2
			89' Constantin Grameni
			89' Gabriel Danuleasa
			90' Gustavo Marins
			90' Alexandru Stoian
Christopher Braun 90+10'
09/03/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	4 - 0	FCSB	1-0	H2H	O	+
			12' Adrian Sut
Paul Iacob 33'		1 - 0
Albion Rrahmani 53'		2 - 0
			63' Alexandru Baluta
			63' David Miculescu
			63' Octavian Popescu
			63' Andrei Pandele
			63' Mihai Lixandru
			63' Luis Phelipe
			72' Adrian Sut
			72' Baba Alhassan
Jakub Hromada 72'
Damjan Djokovic 72'
Ermal Krasniqi 74'		3 - 0
Jayson Papeau 76'
Claudiu Petrila 76'
Ermal Krasniqi 77'
Funsho Bamgboye 77'
Albion Rrahmani 82'		4 - 0
Florent Hasani 84'
Borisav Burmaz 84'
28/02/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	4 - 1	UTA Arad	2-1	H2H	O	+
Albion Rrahmani 1'		1 - 0
Robert Badescu 13'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	44' Claudiu Micovschi
Ermal Krasniqi 49'
Claudiu Petrila 55'
Funsho Bamgboye 55'
Florent Hasani 55'
Jayson Papeau 55'
Damjan Djokovic 61'
Jakub Hromada 61'
Jakub Hromada 69'
Ermal Krasniqi 69'
Borisav Burmaz 69'
			77' Tiberiu Căpuşă
			77' Andrej Fabry
			77' Vlad Morar
			77' Kevin Luckassen
			77' Alexandru Tudorie
Albion Rrahmani 82'		3 - 1
			82' Marcelo Freitas
			82' João Pedro
			86' Eric Omondi
			86' Andrei Alexandru David
			86' Diogo Rodrigues
			86' Razvan Alin Trif
			90+4' João Pedro
Borisav Burmaz 90+6'		4 - 1
16/02/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	2 - 0	Hermannstadt	0-0	H2H	O	+
			20' Valerică Găman
Alexandru Albu 24'
Ermal Krasniqi 54'		1 - 0
			59' Valerică Găman
			59' Cristian Neguț
Jayson Papeau 64'
Claudiu Petrila 64'
Alexandru Albu 65'
Razvan Oaida 65'
Albion Rrahmani 66'		2 - 0
			71' Florin Bejan
			72' Silviu Balaure
			72' Gabriel Iancu
			72' Ionuț Biceanu
			72' Alexandru Oroian
Ermal Krasniqi 75'
Funsho Bamgboye 75'
Borisav Burmaz 75'
Florent Hasani 75'
			80' Daniel Paraschiv
			80' Rúben Fonseca
			80' Ianis Stoica
			80' Alexandru Daniel Jipa
03/02/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	2 - 1	Otelul	2-0	H2H	O	+
Albion Rrahmani 5'		1 - 0
			45+2' Jonathan Cissé
Borisav Burmaz 45+2'		2 - 0
			46' Razvan Andrei Tanasa
			46' Andrei Rus
			46' Miguel Silva
			46' Diego Živulić
Damjan Djokovic 57'
			59' João Lameira
			59' Alexandru Pop
Damjan Djokovic 66'
Razvan Oaida 66'
Jayson Papeau 78'
Claudiu Petrila 78'
Ermal Krasniqi 79'
Funsho Bamgboye 79'
			82' Frédéric Maciel
			82' Mihai Andrei Adăscăliței
			82' Anes Rušević
			82' George Carjan
		2 - 1	87' Juri Cisotti
Albion Rrahmani 90+1'
Florent Hasani 90+1'
19/01/2024	Rapid Bucuresti	4 - 3	U Craiova 1948	1-1	H2H	O	+
			6' Alexandru Blidar
Cristiano Bergodi 7'
Razvan Onea 8'
		0 - 1	25' Dragos Albu
			26' Dragos Albu
Ermal Krasniqi 43'		1 - 1
Ermal Krasniqi 46'
Funsho Bamgboye 46'
		1 - 2	51' William Baeten
		1 - 3	56' Alexandru Blidar
Florent Hasani 60'
Borisav Burmaz 60'
Catalin Cirjan 60'
Omar El Sawy 60'
			66' Juan Bauza
			66' Jibril Ibrahim
			67' William Baeten
			67' Sekou Sidibe
Razvan Oaida 70'
Alexandru Albu 70'
Albion Rrahmani 76'		2 - 3
			78' Jibril Ibrahim
Razvan Onea 81'		3 - 3
			83' Alexandru Blidar
			83' Vladislav Blanuta
			87' Aurelian Chitu
			87' Matheus Mascarenhas
Borisav Burmaz 90+4'		4 - 3
Albion Rrahmani 90+8'
Iulian Cristea 90+8'
09/12/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	1 - 2	Voluntari	0-0	H2H	O	+
Mattias Käit 46'
Alexandru Albu 46'
Kévin Soni 46'
Alexandru Ioniță 46'
			62' Nicolae Carnat
			62' Cristian Paz
			62' Robert Popescu
			62' Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson
		0 - 1	66' Adam Nemec
Funsho Bamgboye 69'
Stefan Panoiu 69'
		0 - 2	73' Ricardinho
Borja Valle 74'
Juvhel Tsoumou 74'
			76' Ricardinho
			80' Adam Nemec
			80' Daniel Florea
Razvan Oaida 81'
Catalin Cirjan 81'
Jayson Papeau 82'		1 - 2
			90' Doru Andrei
			90' Roberto Voican
			90' Vadim Rata
			90' Lukas Droppa
			90+1' Doru Andrei
			90+1' Roberto Voican
27/11/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	2 - 3	Universitatea Cluj	2-1	H2H	O	+
Jayson Papeau 14'		1 - 0
Alexandru Ionita II 24'		2 - 0
			31' Marco Fossati
			31' Dorinel Oancea
		2 - 1	40' Daniel Popa
			52' Andrei Pițian
		2 - 2	55' Alexandru Chipciu
			64' Lucas Masoero
Mattias Käit 65'
Kévin Soni 65'
		2 - 3	73' Ianis Stoica
Jayson Papeau 77'
Omar El Sawy 77'
Alexandru Ionita II 77'
Juvhel Tsoumou 77'
			81' Daniel Popa
			81' Doru Popadiuc
			82' Kevin Doukoure
			82' Ioan Filip
			87' Dorinel Oancea
Funsho Bamgboye 87'
Catalin Cirjan 87'
Andrei Borza 87'
Razvan Onea 87'
			89' Ianis Stoica
			89' Filip Ilie
Christopher Braun 90+2'
			90+2' Doru Popadiuc
29/10/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	2 - 0	Universitatea Craiova	1-0	H2H	O	+
			33' Lyes Houri
Funsho Bamgboye 36'		1 - 0
Paul Iacob 45+1'
Razvan Oaida 49'
			52' Juraj Badelj
			59' Andrei Ivan
			59' Jovan Marković
Claudiu Petrila 66'
Jayson Papeau 66'
Alexandru Ionita II 66'
Alexandru Stan 66'
Andrei Borza 70'
Razvan Onea 70'
Christopher Braun 70'
			77' Alexandru Cretu
			77' Ante Roguljic
Borja Valle 80'		2 - 0
Borja Valle 81'
Catalin Cirjan 81'
Razvan Oaida 81'
Mattias Käit 81'
			83' Jasmin Kurtic
			83' Alexandru Mateiu
			83' Marian Danciu
			83' Atanas Trica
06/10/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	3 - 2	CSM Iaşi	2-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	6' Sergiu Buş
Claudiu Petrila 20'		1 - 1
Alexandru Ionita II 22'		2 - 1
		2 - 2	39' Julián Augusto Marchioni
Albion Rrahmani 45+4'
			54' Mihai Bordeianu
			54' Claudiu Belu
			54' Andrei Cosmin Gheorghiță
			54' Antonio Dumitru
			57' Florin Ilie
Alexandru Ionita II 60'		3 - 2
Funsho Bamgboye 64'
Jayson Papeau 64'
			65' Nicolás Samayoa
			65' Matija Katanec
			76' Alin Roman
			76' Robert Ion
Alexandru Ionita II 76'
Mattias Käit 76'
			76' Luis Phelipe
			76' Jakub Vojtuš
Claudiu Petrila 87'
Claudiu Petrila 87'
Catalin Cirjan 87'
Razvan Oaida 87'
Stefan Panoiu 87'
Catalin Cirjan 88'
25/09/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	3 - 1	CFR Cluj	1-1	H2H	O	+
Albion Rrahmani 5'
Albion Rrahmani 5'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	10' Ciprian Deac
			23' Luka Juričić
Claudiu Petrila 45+4'
			46' Luka Juričić
			46' Philip Otele
Albion Rrahmani 51'		2 - 1
			62' Daniel Bîrligea
			62' Jefté Betancor
			62' Ciprian Deac
			62' Ermal Krasniqi
			70' Panagiotis Tachtsidis
			70' Robert Filip
Claudiu Petrila 71'		3 - 1
			75' Durel Avounou
			77' Durel Avounou
			77' Luca Mihai
Alexandru Ionita II 81'
Catalin Cirjan 81'
Christopher Braun 87'
Razvan Onea 87'
Claudiu Petrila 87'
Stefan Panoiu 87'
Xian Emmers 90+3'
Borja Valle 90+3'
Alexandru Albu 90+6'
01/09/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	4 - 0	Dinamo Bucureşti	1-0	H2H	O	+
			19' Costin Amzar
Albion Rrahmani 35'		1 - 0
Cristian Sapunaru 39'
			46' Costin Amzar
			46' Andrei Bani
			53' Christian Ilic
Razvan Oaida 56'		2 - 0
			57' Gonçalo Gregório
			57' Lamine Ghezali
			57' Gorka Larrucea
			57' Nelut Rosu
Claudiu Petrila 61'		3 - 0
Borja Valle 71'
Alexandru Ionita II 71'
			72' Nelut Rosu
Cristian Sapunaru 79'
Iulian Cristea 79'
			80' Dennis Politic
			80' Antonio Bordusanu
Razvan Oaida 80'
Mattias Käit 80'
Albion Rrahmani 82'		4 - 0
Funsho Bamgboye 84'
Jayson Papeau 84'
Claudiu Petrila 84'
Stefan Panoiu 84'
			90' Quentin Bena
			90' Iulian Rosu
20/08/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	3 - 1	Farul Constanța	2-0	H2H	O	+
			7' Mihai Popescu
			7' Kevin Boli
			8' Andrei Artean
			13' Constantin Grameni
			33' Ionut Larie
Xian Emmers 34'		1 - 0
Marko Dugandzic 38'		2 - 0
Cristiano Bergodi 54+54'
Marko Dugandzic 57'
Claudiu Petrila 64'
Jayson Papeau 64'
			65' David Kiki
			65' Damien Dussaut
			65' Andrei Artean
			65' Dragos Nedelcu
Christopher Braun 65'
Razvan Onea 65'
			65' Constantin Grameni
			65' Ionut Vina
			71' Enes Sali
			71' Constantin Budescu
Borja Valle 76'
Alexandru Ionita II 76'
Xian Emmers 76'
Mattias Käit 76'
		2 - 1	79' Adrian Mazilu
Razvan Oaida 81'
Alexandru Albu 81'
Alexandru Ionita II 88'		3 - 1
13/08/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	0 - 2	Petrolul 52	0-0	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	63' Razvan Oaida
Catalin Cirjan 68'
Stefan Panoiu 68'
Claudiu Petrila 69'
Jayson Papeau 69'
Funsho Bamgboye 69'
Borja Valle 69'
			76' Gheorghe Grozav
			76' Jefferson Junior
			76' Christian Irobiso
			76' Zoran Petrović
Razvan Oaida 81'
Razvan Oaida 82'
Mattias Käit 82'
			90+1' Sergiu Hanca
			90+1' Lucian Dumitriu
		0 - 2	90+5' Borja Valle
28/07/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	2 - 2	Botoşani	1-0	H2H	O	+
			0' Mihai Ciobanu
Marko Dugandžić 14'		1 - 0
			30' Victor Dican
Cristiano Bergodi 31'
			46' Fabrice Olinga
			46' Sekou Camara
			46' Iulian Costin Petrisor
			46' Gabriel Eugen David
		1 - 1	51' Virgile Pinson
		1 - 2	59' Eduard Florescu
Jayson Papeau 63'
Valentin Costache 63'
Funsho Bamgboye 63'
Alexandru Ionita II 63'
Cătălin Cîrjan 63'
Ștefan Călin Pănoiu 63'
Alexandru Albu 73'
Mattias Käit 73'
			77' Virgile Pinson
			77' Jean-Armel Drolé
Marko Dugandžić 82'		2 - 2
			86' Răzvan Ducan
Răzvan Oaidă 87'
Xian Emmers 87'
			90+2' Virgile Pinson
			90+2' Mihai Roman II
			90+2' Andrei Dragu
Ștefan Călin Pănoiu 90+4'
14/07/2023	Rapid Bucuresti	0 - 0	Sepsi	0-0	H2H	O	+
			2' Mihai Balasa
Iulian Cristea 9'
			30' Bogdan Otelita
			60' Ion Gheorghe
			60' Vitalie Damascan
Razvan Oaida 63'
Mattias Käit 63'
			64' Nicolae Paun
			68' Roland Niczuly
			68' Jonathan Rodríguez
			68' Marius Stefanescu
Jayson Papeau 70'
Alexandru Ionita II 70'
Cătălin Cîrjan 70'
Ștefan Călin Pănoiu 70'
Alexandru Albu 79'
Borja Valle 79'
			80' Cosmin Matei
			80' Isnik Alimi
			81' Pavol Safranko
			81' Mario Rondón
			86' Marius Stefanescu
			86' Andres Dumitrescu
			86' Bogdan Otelita
			86' Darius Adrian Oroian
Borja Valle 90+5'

Chart Analysis

The graph shows the performance and results of Rapid Bucuresti in Superliga.

Statistics & Analysis of Rapid Bucuresti

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	5
Longest losing streak	4
Longest run without loss	5
Longest run without win	4
Clean sheets	6
Matches over 2.25 goals	14
Matches under 2.25 goals	6
Matches First Half Over 0.5	15
Matches First Half Under 0.5	5
Matches odd	10
Matches even	10
Average goals scored	2.05
Average goals allowed	1.35
Failure to score	3
Biggest victory	4 - 0
Biggest defeat	1 - 4
Missed penalties	2
Penalty goals	4
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	1 (5%)
Goalless draw at away match	0
Comeback win	2

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Rapid Bucuresti Squad

Detailed statistics of each Rapid Bucuresti player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Rapid Bucuresti top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
3	Robert Bădescu	386	5		2	1
3	Florin Bogdan Ștefan
4	Mattias Käit	854	23	15	6			1	1
4	Ljuban Crepulja
5	Cristian Ignat
6	Paul Alexandru Iacob	3250	37	1		2		5
7	Funsho Ibrahim Bamgboye	2135	39	16	13	5		5
7	Antonio Valentin Sefer
8	Florent Hasani	831	17	6	10			1
8	Andrei Virgil Ciobanu
8	Claudiu Micovschi
9	Albion Rrahmani	2134	25	1	6	17	4	5
10	Alexandru Ioniţă
11	Borja Valle Balonga	1018	16	4	7	1		2
11	Borisav Burmaz	800	18	12	3	7
13	Juvhel Hama Tsoumou	61	3	3
13	Iraneuton Sousa Morais Junior	46	1		1
14	Jakub Hromada	436	8	2	5	1		3
15	Iulian Lucian Cristea	928	14	5	1			1
15	Damien Dussaut
16	Mihai Marian Aioani	1216	14		1			1
17	Ștefan Călin Pănoiu	213	12	11	1			2
18	Valentin Ionuţ Costache	88	3	2	1
18	Cătălin Alin Vulturar
19	Răzvan Philippe Onea	1352	21	7	1	1		2
21	Dragoș Grigore	109	3	1	2			2
22	Ionuț Cristian Săpunaru	3159	37	1	3	1		5
23	Cristian Alexandru Albu	1926	29	8	8			3
24	Andrei Sebastian Borza	2230	29	5	2					1
25	Xian Emmers	691	15	8	6	1		2
26	Răzvan Constantin Oaidă	2374	36	9	17	1		7	1
27	Claudiu Petrila	1624	28	11	17	6		3
29	Gabriel Gheorghe
30	Alexandru Cristian Stan	101	3	2	1			1
31	Horaţiu Moldovan	1980	22
35	Hervin Scicchitano Ongenda
42	Kevin Luckassen
47	Christopher Braun	3022	36	1	6			5
57	Younes Bnou Marzouk
77	Ermal Krasniqi	1264	17	1	10	6		1
77	Claudiu Belu-Iordache
80	Catalin Cirjan	648	17	10	6			3
88	Damjan Đoković	663	10	1	6	1		2
90	Virgil Andrei Drăghia	44	1	1
91	Omar Sayed Mohamed Mahmoud El Sawy	182	6	4	2
93	Kévin Soni	136	5	4	1	0		1
96	Jayson Papeau	1797	33	12	18	5		7
99	George Bogdan Ungureanu	360	4
	Marko Dugandžić	586	7		1	6	2	1
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	Alexandru Despa
	Alin Mihai Șerban Demici
	David Iordache

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

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H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

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Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.