LIVE: Universitatea Craiova – FCSB, the derby of stage #15 of the Superliga

• Craiova University – FCSB will be on TV on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1

CSU Craiova – FCSB, live from 21:00

Starting teams in Craiova – FCSB

University of Craiova: Popescu – Vlădoiu, Maldonado, Badelj, Bancu – Oshima, Screciu, Cicâldău – Baiaram, Ivan, Paradela
Reserves: Silviu Lung junior, Ndong, Căpățina, Zajkov, Perez, Anzor, Houri, Mora, D. Barbu, Bana, Mitriță, Koljic
Coach Constantin Galca

FCSB: Târnovanu – Crețu, Dawa, Ngezana, Radunovic – Tănase, Șut, Băluță – Miculescu, Bîrligea, Oct. Popescu
Reserves: Udrea, Vlad, Panțiru, Ștefănescu, M. Popescu, Edjouma, Daniel Popa, Chiricheș, Pantea, Musi, Alhassan, Luis Phelipe
Coach: Elias Charalambous

Stadium “Ion Oblemenco”
Referee: Florin Andrei (Târgu Mureș). Assistants: Mircea Grigoriu (Bucharest), Marius Badea (Râmnicu Vâlcea)
VAR Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Arad). Assistant VAR: Cristina Trandafir (Bucharest)

VIDEO. Interview with the former midfielder of Olten, Cristian Vasc, present at the derby on “Ion Oblemenco”

Cristian Vasc, the former midfielder of Craiova University, also came to the match and gave an interview to GSP before the match on “Ion Oblemenco”.

UPDATE at 20:00. Interview with Romică Buia, the one who will kick off the match

UPDATE at 19:50. Romulus Buia will kick off

Romulus Buia/ foto Eduard Apostol (GSP)

Romulus Buia, former player from FC Universitatea Craiova, came to the match and will kick off the match. He is accompanied to the stadium by Darius, his son.

The former offensive midfielder of the team from Bănie also received a t-shirt from Craiova University.

UPDATE at 19:30. Mitrita, with a hood on his head and a 2,500 euro backpack

From the Olten camp, Gâlcă was the first to leave the front door of the bus, wearing his Boss suit. Mitrita came with a hood pulled over her head and a 2,500 euro Prada backpack! Bancu, Oshima and Maldonado among the players shouted by the kids on the sidelines

UPDATE at 19:15. Octavian Popescu, called “George” by the children

Two hours before the start of the match, the red-blue team arrived at the stadium. Several children waited for the FCSB. Octavian Popescu was called “George” by them, as Gigi Becali baptized him.

UPDATE ora 14:00: According to Gazeta Sporturilur sources, approximately 10,000-11,000 tickets have been sold so far, and Olten officials estimate that there will be approximately 15,000 fans present at the time of the match.

University of Craiova – FCSB ends the regular season tour with force, tonight, from 21:00, on “Ion Oblemenco”. The Juves went through convulsions, but, forced by the circumstances, they confirmed the coach Constantin Gâlcă for this derby. FCSB comes after the fanfare victory in the Romanian Cup with Dinamo (4-0).

Costel Gâlcă beat FCSB once more, in the spring

Gâlcă will sit on the technical bench of Olten tonight and will face FCSB again, the team he made champion in 2015. In fact, Costelinho won three trophies then with Gigi Becali’s group. In the spring of 2024, the Juve players won 2-0 against “Oblemenco” in Gâlcă’s first match against FCSB.

Currently, the situation has changed a lot. At that time, FCSB was already champion, now, the Bucharesters are pushing hard to catch the play-off and return to the fight for supremacy in the championship. Gâlcă is under maximum pressure!

“We meet FCSB at a less good time for us, but we can take advantage of this fact, show a different face, convey to our supporters that we can do more, and the team to have more positive results in the future.

We need cohesion, attitude in the game, for sure many of the players will be at another level. They came after injuries, after weaker fluctuations in the game, but we have almost all the players available, they are getting better.

For now Mitriță has had problems, enterocolitis, and I hope we will have him as soon as possible. Depending on how he feels in training today, he could be in the squad for this game.

Olaru is an important player for FCSB, but they have a valuable team, they are in a good moment, it is an opportunity for us to prove that the value of our team is much better and can give much more”, said Costel Gâlcă at press conference.

Elias Charalambous spoke about the situation before the game

FCSB has won 3 of the last 5 championship matches, Universitatea Craiova has only one win in the last 8 stages. The two teams, both in play-off positions, will face each other on Sunday evening, in the 15th round of the championship.

Elias Charalambous expects a complicated match, although he says his team is going through a good period. The white-blues could have reinforcements, Elvir Koljic and Alexandru Mitriță overcoming the medical problems they faced later.

“We know that away games against Craiova are difficult, but I feel that we are in good shape now. We know we have to give our best to get the 3 points, that’s our goal. What happens there is none of our business.

For me, the most important thing is how we will play there and what we will do on the pitch. Mitrita and Koljic? I repeat, my team, my players matter to me. I only think of them. I think we’ve been in good shape for a few months. I have demonstrated it in many matches. We know very well that we can’t stop, we haven’t achieved anything so far,” said the Cypriot.

The most interesting information from the preview of the match Universitatea Craiova – FCSB

One of the most anticipated duels in the main domestic competition is the one between Craiova University and FCSB, a confrontation between two teams with passionate supporters, who turned this dispute into a real derby.

Olteni are undefeated at home this season, the home record of the white-blue team includes three wins and three draws.

August 25, 2024, FC Hermannstadt-FCSB 2-0 was the last defeat suffered by the people of Bucharest in the championship. Four victories and three draws followed in the Superliga.

Since 2014, since the return of Craiova football to the first stage, they have met 36 times in the main domestic competition, 24 times the red-blues won, seven times the Olts won, and five other games they ended in a tie.

• The first match in the aforementioned interval took place on August 2, 2014, FCSB-U Craiova 3-1, scorers Adi Popa, Lucian Sânmartean, Fernando Varela, respectively Andrei Ivan.

• The most goals were scored on October 29, 2017, U Craiova-FCSB 2-5.

• The last clean draw was recorded on April 4, 2021, with FCSB as host.

• The most recent direct match in the championship: May 6, 2024, U Craiova-FCSB 2-0 (Raul Silva, Andrei Ivan). The success of the Oltenians came after a series of invincibility of the red-blue team consisting of two draws and four consecutive victories.

Average ages: U Craiova – 25 years and 11 months; FCSB – 26 years and nine months.

• 26 players used Craiova this season, 11 of whom scored at least one goal.

• The Bucharest team relied on 29 footballers, 10 of whom each played more than 150 matches in the Super League.