2022–23 CFR Cluj season

CFR Cluj
2022–23 season
Owner	Ioan Varga
Chairman	Cristian Balaj
Manager	Dan Petrescu
Stadium	Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Liga I	3rd
Cupa României	Semi-finals
Supercupa României	Runners-up
UEFA Champions League	First qualifying round
UEFA Europa Conference League	Knockout round play-offs
Top goalscorer	League: Rangelo Janga (11); All: Rangelo Janga (12)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →
	All statistics correct as of 23 May 2023.

The 2022–23 CFR Cluj season was the club's 115th season in existence and the 19th consecutive season in the top flight of Romanian football. In addition to the domestic league, CFR Cluj participated in this season's edition of the Cupa României, the Supercupa României, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa Conference League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

Players

First-team squad

As of 20 October 2022^[1]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ITA	Simone Scuffet
2	DF	CRO	Karlo Bručić
3	DF	ROU	Andrei Burcă (3rd captain)
4	DF	ROU	Cristian Manea
6	DF	CMR	Jean-Claude Billong
7	FW	POR	Zé Gomes
8	MF	BRA	Roger
9	FW	SUI	Cephas Malele (on loan from Al-Tai)
10	MF	ROU	Ciprian Deac (Vice-captain)
11	MF	ROU	Claudiu Petrila
12	GK	ROU	Mihai Pânzariu
15	FW	GHA	Emmanuel Yeboah
20	MF	DEN	Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati
21	MF	GHA	Nana Boateng
22	FW	CRO	Gabriel Debeljuh
23	GK	ROU	Rareș Gal
24	DF	ROU	Rareș Bălan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	MF	ROU	Ovidiu Hoban (4th captain)
30	FW	ROU	Daniel Bîrligea
32	FW	CUW	Rangelo Janga
33	DF	CRO	Denis Kolinger (on loan from Vejle)
34	GK	ROU	Cristian Bălgrădean
37	MF	ROU	Mihai Bordeianu
40	MF	CRO	Lovro Cvek
44	DF	BRA	Yuri Matias
45	DF	ROU	Mário Camora (Captain)
47	DF	GER	Christopher Braun
73	MF	CRO	Karlo Muhar
75	MF	ROU	Adrian Gîdea
76	MF	ROU	Tudor Lucaci
90	GK	ROU	Răzvan Sava
92	DF	SEN	Ibrahima Mbaye
94	MF	ROU	Cătălin Itu
99	FW	ROU	Sergiu Buș

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MTN	Guessouma Fofana

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	ESP	Jefté Betancor (to Pafos)
82	MF	ROU	Alin Fică (to Politehnica Iași)
86	FW	ROU	Denis Rusu (to CS Unirea Ungheni)
89	GK	ROU	Otto Hindrich (to Kisvárda)
92	MF	ROU	George Leață (to CSM Slatina)
—	DF	CIV	Abdoulaye Niakate (to Minaur Baia Mare)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ROU	Adrian Păun (to Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
—	MF	ROU	Sergiu Luca (to Gloria Bistrița)
—	MF	CIV	Ricky Gnéba (to Minaur Baia Mare)
—	FW	CIV	Kevin Bakare (to Minaur Baia Mare)
—	FW	MDA	Gheorghe Gondiu (to CSM Sighetu Marmației)

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

18 June 2022 Friendly	Koper	0–2	CFR Cluj	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Debeljuh 11' Dugandžić 54'	Stadium: Stadion Gornja Radgona

21 June 2022 Friendly	Napredak Kruševac	0–3	CFR Cluj	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dugandžić 57' (pen.) Betancor 73' Cvek 78'	Stadium: Stadion Gornja Radgona

24 June 2022 Friendly	Partizan	0–1	CFR Cluj	Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Dugandžić 35'	Stadium: Stadion Gornja Radgona

25 June 2022 Friendly	Hajduk Split	0–2	CFR Cluj	Dietersdorf bei Fürstenfeld, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Krolo 69'	Report	Deac 39' (pen.) Manea 42' Burcă 87'	Stadium: Sportplatz Dietersdorf Referee: Michael Steindl

11 January 2023 Friendly	Holstein Kiel	1–1	CFR Cluj	Oliva, Spain
15:15 CET (UTC+1)	Mühling 75'		Petrila 67'	Stadium: Oliva Nova Golf & Beach Resort Campo 1

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga I	16 July 2022	May 2023	Matchday 1		26	17	2	7	41	23	+18	065.38
Cupa României	10 November 2022		Group stage		1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Supercupa României	9 July 2022		Final		1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
UEFA Champions League	5 July 2022	13 July 2022	First qualifying round	First qualifying round	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa Conference League	21 July 2022	23 February 2023	Second qualifying round		14	6	5	3	11	7	+4	042.86
Total					44	23	10	11	56	35	+21	052.27

Last updated: 23 February 2023
Source: Soccerway

Liga I

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
15	10	1	4	26	15	+11	31	7	0	2	18	8	+10	3	1	2	8	7	+1

Last updated: 7 November 2022.
Source: Liga 1

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	L	P	L	W	P	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W
Position	5	9	5	1	4	7	10	6	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2022. Source: Liga 1
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Farul Constanța	30	19	7	4	54	28	+26	64	Qualification for the Play-off round
2	CFR Cluj	30	20	3	7	54	28	+26	63
3	FCSB	30	17	6	7	51	35	+16	57
4	Universitatea Craiova	30	16	6	8	37	27	+10	54
5	Rapid București	30	15	7	8	40	26	+14	52

Source: LPF (in Romanian) Soccerway
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.^[3]

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 1 July 2022.^[4]

16 July 2022 1	CFR Cluj	1–0	Rapid București	Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Matias 17'			Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

24 July 2022 2	FC U Craiova 1948	3–1	CFR Cluj	Craiova
16:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Van Durmen 32', 72' Compagno 46'	Report	Deac 14'	Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: Andrei Chivulete

30 July 2022 3	CFR Cluj	4–2	Mioveni	Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Debeljuh 34', 38' Deac 45+2' (pen.) Hoban 72'	Report	Rusu 7', 60'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Bogdan Dumitrache

7 August 2022 4	Chindia Târgoviște	0–2	CFR Cluj	Ploiești
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Muhar 27' Yeboah 45+1'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: Iulian Călin

14 August 2022 5	CFR Cluj	0–1	Botoșani	Cluj-Napoca
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Camara 31'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: George Găman

28 August 2022 7	CFR Cluj	1–3	Farul Constanța	Cluj-Napoca
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Malele 10' (pen.)	Report	Pitu 34' Munteanu 63', 87'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Radu Petrescu

31 August 2022 8	CFR Cluj	4–0	Voluntari	Cluj-Napoca
19:15 EEST (UTC+3)	Petrila 32' Betancor 53' Hammershøy-Mistrati 80' Yeboah 88'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Horia Mladinovici

11 September 2022 10	CFR Cluj	2–0	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Muhar 17' Găman 27' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Andrei Chivulete

19 September 2022 11	Argeș Pitești	0–1	CFR Cluj	Pitești
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Camora 62'	Stadium: Stadionul Nicolae Dobrin Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

1 October 2022 12	CFR Cluj	1–0	Petrolul Ploiești	Cluj-Napoca
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Manea 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Cătălin Popa

10 October 2022 13	UTA Arad	1–1	CFR Cluj	Arad
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Benga 59'	Report	Boateng 32'	Stadium: Stadionul Francisc von Neuman Referee: Ionuţ Coza

17 October 2022 14	CFR Cluj	2–1	Sepsi OSK	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Matias 33' Muhar 84'	Report	Ciobotariu 27'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: István Kovács

23 October 2022 15	Universitatea Cluj	1–2	CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ilie 23' Simion 58' Vlădoiu 58' Pires 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Deac 25' (pen.) Boateng 54' Malele 61' (pen.) Yeboah 70' Petrila 83' Kolinger 90+2' Hoban 90+5'	Stadium: Cluj Arena Referee: Radu Petrescu

30 October 2022 16	Rapid București	2–1	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Săpunaru 36' (pen.) Dugandžić 71' (pen.)	Report	Muhar 54'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Cătălin Popa

7 November 2022 17	CFR Cluj	3–1	FC U Craiova 1948	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Janga 16' Manea 33' Yeboah 67'	Report	Ganea 61'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Florin Andrei

13 November 2022 18	Mioveni	0–1	CFR Cluj	Mioveni
18:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Malele 87'	Stadium: Stadionul Orășenesc Referee: Horia Mladinovici

30 November 2022 6	Hermannstadt	2–3	CFR Cluj	Mediaș
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Paraschiv 35' Oroian 56'	Report	Janga 10', 26' Malele 73'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Gaz Metan Referee: Andrei Moroiță

4 December 2022 19	CFR Cluj	2–0	Chindia Târgoviște	Cluj-Napoca
15:30 EET (UTC+2)	Kolinger 17' Manea 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Marian Barbu

11 December 2022 20	Botoșani	1–1	CFR Cluj	Botoșani
17:30 EET (UTC+2)	Dragu 90+1'	Report	Cvek 28'	Stadium: Stadionul Municipal Referee: Szabolcs Kovacs

15 December 2022 9	FCSB	0–1	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Janga 69'	Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: István Kovács

20 December 2022 21	CFR Cluj	0–1	Hermannstadt	Cluj-Napoca
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Bejan 90+5'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Andrei Chivulete

23 January 2023 22	Farul Constanța	0–3	CFR Cluj	Ovidiu
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Krasniqi 49' Manea 59' (pen.) Petrila 77'	Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: István Kovács

30 January 2023 23	Voluntari	0–1	CFR Cluj	Voluntari
20:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Paz 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

5 February 2023 24	CFR Cluj	0–1	FCSB	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Edjouma 88'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

11 February 2023 25	Universitatea Craiova	2–0	CFR Cluj	Craiova
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Ivan 67', 86'	Report	Manea 66'	Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

19 February 2023 26	CFR Cluj	3–1	Argeș Pitești	Cluj-Napoca
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Deac 2' Janga 25' Krasniqi 90+4'	Report	Kolinger 61' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Viorel Flueran

27 February 2023 27	Petrolul Ploiești	2–5	CFR Cluj	Ploiești
20:00 EET (UTC+2)	Bratu 77' Purtić 83'	Report	Deac 11' Bîrligea 49' Boateng 63', 80' Janga 66' Maglica 73'	Stadium: Stadionul Ilie Oană Referee: George Găman

2 March 2023 28	CFR Cluj	2–1	UTA Arad	Cluj-Napoca
17:00 EET (UTC+2)	Krasniqi 15' Matias 62'	Report	Pop 47'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Lucian Rusandu

6 March 2023 29	Sepsi OSK	2–2	CFR Cluj	Sfântu Gheorghe
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Tamás 10' Šafranko 73'	Report	Matias 31' Janga 36'	Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

13 March 2023 30	CFR Cluj	4–0	Universitatea Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
20:30 EET (UTC+2)	Janga 25' (pen.) Krasniqi 32', 81' Manea 42' (pen.) Bîrligea 90+4'	Report	Martić 45' Goranov 90+2' Ispas 90+6'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Play-off round

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FAR	FCS	CFR	CRA	RAP	SPS
1	Farul Constanța (C)	10	6	3	1	22	13	+9	53	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round		3–2	1–0	3–2	7–2	2–1
2	FCSB	10	5	2	3	15	15	0	46	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round	2–1		1–0	1–1	1–5	3–1
3	CFR Cluj (O)	10	2	4	4	11	14	−3	42	Qualification to European competition play-offs	1–2	1–1		1–1	2–2	2–1
4	Universitatea Craiova	10	3	4	3	15	14	+1	40		1–1	1–2	1–1		3–1	0–1
5	Rapid București	10	3	3	4	17	20	−3	38		1–1	1–0	3–1	2–3		0–0
6	Sepsi OSK^[a]	10	2	2	6	10	14	−4	29	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0

Source: Soccerway, FRF (in Romanian), LPF (in Romanian)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points without rounding; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Play-off (only if needed to decide champion or teams for UEFA competitions). (Note: only criteria 6 and 7 are applied to establish the classification during the competition.)^[5]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

^ Cup winner

Matches

19 March 2023 1	CFR Cluj	2–2	Rapid București	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EET (UTC+2)	Janga 4' (pen.) Boateng 23'	Report	Käit 11' Onea 55'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Andrei Chivulete

2 April 2023 2	Universitatea Craiova	1–1	CFR Cluj	Craiova
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Koljić 72'	Report	Cvek 69'	Stadium: Stadionul Ion Oblemenco Referee: István Kovács

9 April 2023 3	CFR Cluj	1–1	FCSB	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bîrligea 19'	Report	Coman 68'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Radu Petrescu

15 April 2023 4	CFR Cluj	2–1	Sepsi OSK	Cluj-Napoca
19:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bîrligea 44' Deac 53'	Report	Dumitrescu 28'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Iulian Călin

22 April 2023 5	Farul Constanța	1–0	CFR Cluj	Ovidiu
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Mazilu 53'	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

1 May 2023 6	Rapid București	3–1	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Dugandžić 9' (pen.), 45+2' Käit 12'	Report	Braun 15'	Stadium: Superbet Arena-Giulești Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

7 May 2023 7	CFR Cluj	1–1	Universitatea Craiova	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Muhar 66'	Report	Ivan 69'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Radu Petrescu

14 May 2023 8	FCSB	1–0	CFR Cluj	Bucharest
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Coman 49'	Report		Stadium: Arena Națională Referee: Sebastian Colțescu

20 May 2023 9	Sepsi OSK	1–2	CFR Cluj	Sfântu Gheorghe
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Tudorie 43'	Report	Petrila 33' Janga 82'	Stadium: Sepsi Arena Stadium Referee: Adrian Costreie

28 May 2023 10	CFR Cluj	1–2	Farul Constanța	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Bîrligea 15'	Report	Munteanu 42', 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Marcel Bîrsan

Cupa României

Group stage

20 October 2022 1	Universitatea Cluj	1–1	CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
21:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Roger 64' (o.g.)		Bîrligea 2'	Stadium: Cluj Arena

10 November 2022 2	Dumbrăvița	0–5	CFR Cluj	Cluj-Napoca
18:15 EET (UTC+2)		Report	Hammershøy-Mistrati 42' Hoban 50' Malele 81' Bîrligea 87' 90' 90+1'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Referee: Robert Avram

7 December 2022 3	Farul Constanța	v	CFR Cluj	TBD
--:-- EET (UTC+2)

Supercupa României

9 July 2022 Final	CFR Cluj	1–2	Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe	Arad
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Păun 2'	Report	Matei 45+3' Rondón 85'	Stadium: Stadionul Francisc von Neuman Attendance: 10,571 Referee: Adrian Cojocaru

UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round

5 July 2022 First leg	Pyunik	0–0	CFR Cluj	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 AMT (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

13 July 2022 Second leg	CFR Cluj	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (3–4 p)	Pyunik	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
21:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Adjei-Boateng 6' Petrila 94'	Report	Gajić 89', 119'	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 7,017 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
	Penalties
	Dugandžić Petrila Burcă Muhar Camora		Cociuc Dashyan Harutyunyan Avagyan

UEFA Europa Conference League

Second qualifying round

21 July 2022 First leg	CFR Cluj	3–0	Inter Club d'Escaldes	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
20:30 EEST (UTC+3)	Betancor 5' (pen.) Debeljuh 38' Feher 84' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 4,421 Referee: Alex Troleis (Faroe Islands)

27 July 2022 Second leg	Inter Club d'Escaldes	1–1 (1–4 agg.)	CFR Cluj	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Soldevila 21'	Report	Deac 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadi Comunal Attendance: 242 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

Third qualifying round

4 August 2022 First leg	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	0–0	CFR Cluj	Adapazarı, Turkey
20:00 TRT (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: New Sakarya Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ioannis Papadopoulos (Greece)
Note: Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian teams were required to play their home matches at neutral venues and behind closed doors until further notice.^[6]

11 August 2022 Second leg	CFR Cluj	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Betancor 37'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

Play-off round

18 August 2022 First leg	Maribor	0–0	CFR Cluj	Maribor, Slovenia
20:15 CEST (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Ljudski vrt Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

25 August 2022 Second leg	CFR Cluj	1–0 (1–0 agg.)	Maribor	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Cvek 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 9,852 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SIV	CLJ	SLP	BLK
1	Sivasspor	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11	Advance to round of 16	—	3–0	1–1	3–4
2	CFR Cluj	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10	Advance to knockout round play-offs	0–1	—	2–0	1–0
3	Slavia Prague	6	2	2	2	6	7	−1	8		1–1	0–1	—	3–2
4	Ballkani	6	1	1	4	8	11	−3	4		1–2	1–1	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

8 September 2022 1	Ballkani	1–1	CFR Cluj	Pristina
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Ar. Thaqi 65'	Report	Matias 90+1'	Stadium: Fadil Vokrri Stadium Attendance: 5,673 Referee: Urs Schnyder (Switzerland)
Note: Ballkani played their home matches at Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, instead of their regular stadium, Suva Reka City Stadium, Suhareka, which did not meet UEFA requirements.

15 September 2022 2	CFR Cluj	0–1	Sivasspor	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)		Report	Gradel 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 7,026 Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

6 October 2022 3	Slavia Prague	0–1	CFR Cluj	Prague, Czech Republic
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Janga 45'	Stadium: Fortuna Arena Attendance: 18,271 Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

13 October 2022 4	CFR Cluj	2–0	Slavia Prague	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Deac 11' (pen.) Matias 84'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 11,218 Referee: Luís Godinho (Portugal)

27 October 2022 5	Sivasspor	3–0	CFR Cluj	Sivas, Turkey
22:00 TRT (UTC+3)	Yatabaré 22', 73' Janga 64' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: New Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium Attendance: 6,050 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

3 November 2022 6	CFR Cluj	1–0	Ballkani	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
19:45 EET (UTC+2)	Adjei-Boateng 17'	Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 11,723 Referee: Daniel Schlager (Germany)

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 7 November 2022.

16 February 2023 First leg	Lazio	1–0	CFR Cluj	Rome, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Immobile 45+4'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

23 February 2023 Second leg	CFR Cluj	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Lazio	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
19:45 EET (UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu

References

^ "Echipa" [Squad] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ "FC CFR 1907 CLUJ" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
^ "Programul complet al etapelor din Superliga 2022–2023". July 2022.
^ "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
^ "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[table_note_SPS0.99518744321316-5] Cup winner

[1] "Echipa" [Squad] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

[2] "FC CFR 1907 CLUJ" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

[sw-3] "Liga I 2022/2023". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

[4] "Programul complet al etapelor din Superliga 2022–2023". July 2022.

[6] "FRF - Regulamentul de Organizare a activitatii fotbalistice" (PDF). Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). pp. 29–30, article 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[7] "Belarus teams to play on neutral ground in UEFA competitions". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

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