 The following season the club won the league for the first time, after they beat Timişoara 2–1, and qualified for the Champions League.The club finished 3rd in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage, obtaining 8 points.They beat Rangers 4–1 in Glasgow and Sevilla in Bucharest 1–0 and drew 1–1, with VfB Stuttgart and Rangers at Bucharest.