Success Index

1. Progression · Pv · 60%

Calculate the progression score for each eligible competition entry, then take their arithmetic mean. A competition entry is one club in one competition in one season. A transfer creates a separate entry; each group phase counts as one stage.

Before or at expectation: PvE = 100 × Cal / TExp

Beyond expectation: PvE = 100 + 10 × (Cal − TExp)

Pv = sum of eligible PvE values / number of eligible entries

Reaching an expected stage and passing an expected group are different: a club entering a group directly has not yet passed it. The expectation depends on the competition and season, and TExp counts the steps from the actual entry point.

2. Match performance · P · 20%

P = 100 × (wins + 0.5 × draws) / matches

Pool the results from all eligible completed entries. This component gives the same match-result value to qualifying and main-stage matches. Extra-time scores count; a shoot-out does not turn a drawn match into a match victory.

3. Points including bonuses · Pct · 15%

Pct = 100 × (PEt + PB) / Pd

Preliminary rounds, qualifying rounds and qualifying play-offs use 1 point per win and 0.5 per draw. Main-stage matches, including knockout phase play-offs after groups, use 2 points per win and 1 per draw.

Award one bonus for each group phase, each eligible post-group knockout round, quarter-final, semi-final and final played. The Round of 32 and Round of 16 earn bonuses only in group-based formats. As an exception in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the Round 3 European Spring appearances confirmed for Steagul Roșu Brașov (1965/66), Dinamo Pitești (1966/67) and Dinamo Bacău (1969/70) each earn one point; a quarter-final in the same campaign earns its own point. Do not give one bonus per match or count the same stage twice.

4. Goal Balance · GB · 5%

GB = 100 × GF / (GF + GA)

Use combined goals from the same eligible entries, rather than averaging match percentages. GF means goals for; GA means goals against. If matches were played and both totals are zero, GB = 50. If there are no eligible matches, GB is unavailable. Shoot-out goals are excluded.

Eligibility and the score scale

All four components use the same completed, resolved Principal Competition entries. Ongoing participation is excluded until that club’s entry ends. A completed entry from the same season can already count. An unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI; it is not silently omitted to produce a partial score. Clubs with no eligible Principal Competition entries have no SI.

The Romanian index is displayed /100, but is not mathematically capped. Progression bonuses can make Pv exceed 100, and match bonuses are outside Pd; therefore Pct and theoretically the final SI can exceed 100. The site retains the agreed formula without clamping it. This differs from the opposition model, whose components are bounded by 100.

1. Match success · MS · 20%

MS = 100 × (2 × wins + draws) / (2 × matches)

Use the old two-point system: a win earns 2, a draw 1 and a defeat 0. Include recorded qualifying, knockout, group and unique-group matches. For example, 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats produce MS = 55.0. There is no MS when no scored matches exist.

2. Knockout qualification rate · KP · 40%

KP = 100 × successful Romanian outcomes / confirmed knockout encounters

Count each whole tie once, across all its legs and any deciding match. Qualifying rounds count. Groups and unique groups do not. A success means the Romanian club qualified for the next stage; in a final, it means winning the trophy.

Away goals, penalties and additional matches determine qualification independently of the match balance. Two drawn legs can therefore produce a successful or unsuccessful KP outcome, while both matches remain draws for MS. Ongoing, conflicting and unconfirmed outcomes are excluded.

3. Group qualification success · GO · 40%

GO = 100 × (Q + 0.50 S + 0.25 D) / (Q + S + D + N + O)

These letters describe group outcomes; D here means a transfer, rather than a drawn match. First exclude unfinished or unconfirmed outcomes. A Romanian transfer is always D. If Romania qualified, use S when the opponent also qualified in that competition, or Q otherwise. If Romania was eliminated, use O when the opponent continued, or N when neither continued.

One comparison means one Romanian club–opponent pair in one group phase, regardless of the number of matches. Country totals sum those opponent comparisons, rather than distinct group appearances. Use each edition’s final standings and qualification rules. Unique-group advancement to either the Round of 16 or the knockout phase play-offs counts as qualification.

This compares the clubs’ outcomes; it does not claim their head-to-head results decided qualification. Unique-group opponents may also have faced different schedules.

Missing components and unfinished seasons

SI = sum of (available component × weight) / sum of available weights

Use weights KP = 40, MS = 20 and GO = 40. An unavailable component is omitted, rather than treated as zero. A confirmed zero keeps its weight. With KP = 60 and MS = 55 but no eligible GO, SI = (40 × 60 + 20 × 55) / 60 = 58.33.

Completed matches in an ongoing entry can contribute to MS, while unfinished knockout and group outcomes remain outside KP and GO. Each profile shows the sample sizes and any excluded outcomes.

How to read the comparison fairly

Small samples can create extreme scores. Compare the number of matches, confirmed knockout ties and group comparisons alongside the SI. Scores using different available components are not directly equivalent. This model does not adjust for opponent strength or distinguish qualifying-round strength from main-stage strength.

Results, identities and rounding

• Recorded awarded scores count in results, regular points and goals; biggest-result highlights exclude them.
• Scores after extra time count. Shoot-out goals never enter match goals or W/D/L totals.
• Romanian-versus-Romanian fixtures are excluded from opposition SI rankings. Each Romanian club’s own SI retains its own perspective on those matches.
• Country rankings use the association recorded at the time of the match. Former associations remain separate.
• Club profiles use the archive’s agreed canonical identities. Match-era names remain visible.
• Calculate with unrounded components, sort before rounding and display scores to one decimal place. Exact ties share a rank.

Trace a score

1. Open a Romanian club, country or opponent profile and find its SI panel.
2. Read the included competition list, component values and sample sizes.
3. For Romanian clubs, expand the competition-entry calculations to inspect Cal, TDis, TExp, PvE, regular points, Pd and bonuses.
4. For opposition, read the knockout outcomes and group comparison breakdown, then check the supporting matches and standings.

The calculations use the match records and corrections held on this website. Publishing the formula makes it possible to check the arithmetic, but does not prove that every historical record is correct.