Live. Dinamo-U Cluj, in stage #9 of the Play-off of Superligii

The 9th stage program of the Superligi Play-off

Dinamo – U Cluj is tonight, from 9:00 pm, in the penultimate stage of the play -off on the National Arena. The “dogs” have only one victory in this phase of the competition, precisely at the tour of the tour with “Red Power”, 4-2 on the banks of Someș.

Dinamo – U Cluj, live from 21:00

Probable teams at Dinamo – U Cluj

Dinamo (4-3-3): Roşca – Sivis, Boateng, Homawoo, Opruț – Milanov, Mărginean, Cîrjan – Selmani, Perica, Political
reserves: Golubovic, A. Stoian, Patriche, Pașcalău, Caragea, Rotund, Abdallah, Al. Pop, C. Costin
Absent: Olsen (uncertain), gnahore, licsandru (injured),
Coach Zeljko kopic

U Cluj (4-3-1-2): Gertmonas – Oancea, Masoero, Artean, Chipciu – Codrea, Fabry, Simion – Nistor – Thiam, Blănuță
reserves: Lefter, Coșa, Mitrea, Macalou, Bota, Opriș, Silaghi, Duck, Mirayan, Oaid, O. Popescu
Absent: Betareb, Bic, van der Werff, Bobo, Cristeac (injured)
Coach Ioan Ovidiu Sabău

Referee: Istvan Kovacs / A1: Mihai Marica, A2: Ferencz Tunyogi
Var Referee: Iulian Dima / Assistant Var: Cătălin Popa

The up-to-day ranking in the play-off

Dinamo-U Cluj, the match-panel of the round #9 of the Superligi Play-off

U Cluj comes to the Capital after FCSB (0-2) failure on their own ground, But he still hopes to get the ticket for European cups.

The two galleries are twinned for years, even though the duels between the two teams have always been lit. Especially in recent years. Three years ago, at the promotion/relegation dam, U Cluj sent Dinamo to the second league after 2-0 in Transylvania and 1-1 in Stefan cel Mare.

Zeljko Kopic and midfielder Patrick Olsen are going on delicate moments in personal life, outside the field, each having a death in the family. Kopa went to Croatia to bury his father …

The most interesting information about Dinamo – U Cluj

• The Bucharest people are victory on their own ground in this edition of the play-off, their palmares at home comprising two equality results and two defeats.

• April 19, 2025, Rapid-University Cluj 0-2 was the only success checked by Transylvanians in the previous five trips in the championship, in the rest a draw (1-1 Lighthouse) and three games lost to zero.

• 26 of the 49 goals scored by Dynamoists in the current edition were registered in the first half, of which 13 between the minutes 31-45+.

• 21 of the 50 successes of the “red hats” were succeeded following fixed phases, a chapter that are exceeded only by CFR Cluj (22 goals).

• If it is used, Andrei Artean will check the match with number 300 in Superliga, being only the 164th player in the history of the championship that reaches this terminal.

The two teams met in the main internal competition 100 times, 53 times the people of Bucharest have prevailed, 23 times the Cluj won, and another 24 parties ended in a draw.

• The first match took place on September 19, 1948, U Cluj – Dinamo 1-1. The goals were scored by Justin Zehan, respectively Carol Bartha.
• Only in the fourth duel was the first victory: November 4, 1951, Science-Dinamo 1-2.
• On October 25, 1953, the first victory succeeded by Cluj, Science-Dinamo 4-2. The Transylvanians were trained by Stefan Kovacs, the one who had just started his coach's career. On the other side, another “titan”, Angelo Niculescu.
• Two of the 3 defeats with 0-8 in the championship were suffered by Cluj in the duels with Dinamo (1956, 1998), this being the most severe negative score recorded by the “red hats” on the first stage.
• The latest dispute in the Superliga Romania: April 12, 2025, Cluj-Dinamo University 2-4.

It should be remembered that, Ioan Ovidiu Sabău evolved as a player in the T-shirt of the dynamovists for two seasons (1988/1989, 1989/1990), being part of an exceptional generation coached by Mircea Lucescugeneration that won the title in 1989/1990, a season in which it reached the semifinals of the Cup Cup.

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