Article by Romeo Ene – published Monday, August 18, 2025, 08:59 / Updated Monday, August 18, 2025 09:03
Controversial decision made by the newly promoted Csikszereda At the match with Craiova University on Sundayscore 1-2, in stage 6 of the Superliga. The players entered the field accompanied by children dressed in shirts with the signs of the Szekler land.
A few minutes before the start of the match, the children in the academy entered the field carrying shirts on which the back was registered with the name of a region that does not have an officially recognized administrative status in Romania.
Photo. Controversial decision at Csikszereda – Craiova University. Children wore T -shirts with Szekler Land
Supporters from Csikszereda, a newly promoted band in Superliga, displays the signs of the Szekler Land at each match.
And the children wore shirts in the colors associated with the area known as that name.
The t -shirts were blue, the color of the flag of the Szeklerland and were accompanied by the text “Szekelyfold” (No – Szekler Land).
Later, instead of the logo were printed the crescent and the sun, the symbols on the flag of the region that does not have an officially recognized administrative status in Romania.
The supporters of the Ciucans sing the anthem of the Szekler land at every match on their own ground in Superliga.
On the field, Craiova University was imposed after it was driven. Nsimba marked a “double”, and the Oltenians won 2-1 and remained undefeated after 6 stages.
What is the Szekler land
The so-called Szekler land is a territory of Covasna, Harghita and part of Mureș county, the counties with the highest Hungarian ethnic population: Harghita (85.2%), Covasna (73.7%), Mureș (38.1%).
The Hungarian ethnicities in the Szekler Land are advocated for increased autonomy compared to the other provinces, but the central authorities, from Bucharest, consider that the claims are contrasting and do not take any territorial autonomy project on ethnic basis.
Not to understand me wrong, I am very happy, but for us promotion in the first league was never the most important purpose.
I will be truly happy when a raised player at the football academy in the Szekler Land will debut in the national team of Hungary.
– Zoltan SzondiCsikszereda's president in April 2025
