Superliga: UTA Arad, first victory in the new season – FC Hermannstadt, first defeat


Illustrative photography – the supporters of Aradians encourage their favorites at the football match between UTA Arad and FCSB, held at the Francisc Neuman Stadium on January 26, 2025. Photo: Razvan Pasarica / Sport Pictures / Imago Sportfotadienst / Profimedia
UTA Arad defeated the FC Hermannstadt team, score 1-0, in a match played on Saturday, on the “Francisc Neuman” stadium, in the third stage of Superliga.
UTA Arad-FC Hermannstadt 1-0
The only goal of the match was scored in the 40th minute, when Abdallah, a football player who broke up with Dinamo this summer, sent a pass over the opposing defense for Romanianand this one on the lobby on Căbuz.
Thanks to this succees, UTA has accumulated 5 points and climbed second in the standings. In the first stages, the draw with Craiova University (3-0) and Cluj University (1-1).
On the other hand, FC Hermannstadt stays with 2 points and ranks 12th. It was coming with FCSB (1-1) and Metaloglobus (2-2).
The teams have evolved:
- UTA: Iliev – Ţuţu, Poulolo, Pospelov, Padula – Van Durmen, Ov. Popescu (Hrezdac '80) – Costache (Zsori '61), Roman (Benga '80), Tzionis (Mino '68) – Abdallah. Coach: Adrian Mihalcea
- Hermannstadt: Căbuz – Antwi, Tăuşă (Buș '73), Ionuț. Stoica, Selimovic (Karo '73), Ciubotaru (Oroian '73) – Balaure, Ivanov, D. Albu (Kujabi '46) – Chiţu (Vuc '46), Neguţ. Coach: Marius Măldărăşanu.




