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PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS · ROMANIAN PERSPECTIVE

Success Index

Romanian clubs’ overall success against this opposition.

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61.7/ 100

Competitions included in this score: European Cup · UEFA Cup · UEFA Super Cup · Cup Winners’ Cup.

All scores measure Romanian clubs’ success against this opposition. Higher percentages mean greater success for Romania. They do not measure the opponent’s success.

60.0%

MS · Romanian match success

15 scored matches

62.5%

KP · Romanian qualification rate (knockout rounds only)

8 confirmed knockout encounters

Score details & methodology

MS: Romanian clubs earned 18 of 30 possible match points (7 wins and 4 draws in 15 matches), using two points for a win and one for a draw.

KP excludes group and unique group stages. Romanian clubs qualified for the next round or won the final in 5 of 8 confirmed knockout encounters against this opposition. Qualification outcomes: 5 qualified / won the final · 3 did not qualify / lost the final.

How the Success Index and its three measures work

This archive’s Success Index combines KP (40%), MS (20%) and GO (40%). Knockout qualification and group / unique group qualification receive equal weight. KP includes qualifying rounds as well as later knockout rounds; the index does not separately adjust for opponent strength. These are editorial weights, not an official UEFA rating. Only principal competitions are included. Each component is calculated before rounding.

Only measures with eligible records are used here. Their weights are redistributed proportionally: MS 33.3% · KP 66.7%. Missing records do not count as zero; profiles with different available measures are not directly equivalent.

MS = (2 × wins + draws) ÷ (2 × scored matches) × 100. Includes group and unique group matches. Results after extra time count; shoot-out goals do not. Awarded results count in totals, but are excluded from biggest-result records.

KP = successful Romanian qualification outcomes ÷ confirmed knockout encounters × 100. A success means the Romanian club qualified for the next round; in a final, it means the Romanian club won the trophy. Each whole tie or final counts once, including qualification decided by penalties, away goals or an additional match. Group and unique group stages are excluded.

GO = (Q + 0.50 × S + 0.25 × D) ÷ (Q + S + D + N + O) × 100. Q means only the Romanian club qualified in the same competition; S means both qualified there; D means the Romanian club transferred to another competition, regardless of its opponent’s outcome; N means neither continued; O means only the opponent continued. If the Romanian club qualified in the same competition while the opponent transferred, the comparison is Q.

Each Romanian club–opponent comparison counts once per group / unique group phase, regardless of the number of matches. A country total sums those opponent comparisons, not distinct group appearances. Different opponents in a unique group may have faced different schedules. Ongoing and unconfirmed outcomes are excluded. Sample sizes appear beside each score; small samples can produce extreme values. Goals are reported separately.

Open a section to explore the statistics, clubs or matches. Figures retain the association recorded at the time of each match.

Results & participationMatch totals, first encounters and competitions
Biggest resultsUp to six biggest Romanian victories and defeats

Principal competitions

Biggest Romanian victory
3

Top 6 results · ranked by goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

1988/89
Steaua București 3–0 Spartak MoscowEuropean Cup · Home · 26 October 1988
1988/89
Steaua București 2–1 Spartak MoscowEuropean Cup · Away · 9 November 1988
1970/71
Steaua București 1–0 Karpaty LvivCup Winners’ Cup · Away · 16 September 1970
1983/84
Dinamo București 1–0 Dinamo MinskEuropean Cup · Home · 21 March 1984
1985/86
Steaua București 1–0 Dynamo KyivUEFA Super Cup · Neutral · 24 February 1987
Heaviest Romanian defeats
3

Top 4 results · ranked by goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

1987/88
Victoria București 1–2 Dinamo TbilisiUEFA Cup · Home · 21 October 1987
1988/89
Victoria București 1–2 Dinamo MinskUEFA Cup · Away · 26 October 1988
Deciding momentsAway goals, penalties, extra time and additional matches

All outcomes are from the Romanian club’s perspective: Won means the Romanian club progressed or won the final; Lost means its opponent did. Away goals, shoot-outs and replays count once per tie. The a.e.t. row counts individual matches requiring extra time, including those later decided on penalties. Its Won / Lost columns show the eventual tie or final outcome.

Principal competitions

DecisionTimesWonLostUnconfirmed
Away goals1100
Penalty shoot-outs1010
After extra time (a.e.t.)1010

Only recorded decision methods are shown. An omitted method has no recorded instances in this archive; it does not prove that it never occurred.

Explore the clubs6 opponent teams · profiles and Success Index
Matches15 matches with recorded scores · representing Soviet Union

1970/71

1977/78

1983/84

1985/86

1987/88

15 entries · 8 competition entriesPage 1 of 2
Country connections & countingCurrent and historical associations

Present-day connections

Country connections follow the current and historical columns supplied by the owner. Historical matches retain their original association labels. No West Germany labels have been inferred from entries supplied as Germany.