Article by Maria Olteanu – published on Thursday, September 11, 2025, 09:24 / Updated Thursday, September 11, 2025 09:28
On Wednesday evening, the chairman of the FCSB Board of Directors, Mihai Stoica, and the minority shareholder from Rapid, Victor Angelescu, spoke about the possible replacement of Mircea Lucescu, the coach recognizing that he seriously takes into account the position, if a viable successor will be found.
The Romanian national team had a modest action this month, losing the friend with Canada, from Bucharest, score 0-3, and only making a draw in Nicosia, With Cyprus, score 2-2, in the preliminaries of the 2026 World Championship.
Following the unsatisfactory result with Cyprus the question arose on Mircea Lucescu's departure from the team's rudder, But who would be the most appropriate man to take over the national and recover it, given the extremely delicate context.
Mihai Stoica and Victor Angelescu spoke about the possibility of Gică Hagi to take over the national
The officials of FCSB and Rapid debated at the “first sport” a possible installation on the national bank of Gheorghe Hagi, a free contract coach at this time, according to As.ro
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Victor Angelescu: “I think it will continue. I think, instead, if Răzvan Burleanu or FRF resign, he will leave.”
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Mihai Stoica: “If the people at the federation have already thought of a replacement, if Mircea Lucescu agrees with the name, I think the question is: Gică Hagi, who has refused so many times, returns?”.
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Victor Angelescu: “Is it allowed? Gică Hagi would be worth the peak and be thick.”
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Mihai Stoica: “I think this can be discussed at the level of emergency. It is a crisis situation. If we now consider that the coach must be replaced, it is a case of force majeure. (No we can have an exception) can be anything.”
I think it is the first option, in the event that Mircea would leave the national team. I think Gică Hagi is the first option.
100% (no if they would give up the actions of Lighthouse). That's what I say. 100% there is this possibility, only to get there. If you get there, we have variants, as we had in the past, when Gică was courted to take over the national team.
You know how it is, the world is thinking, doing analyzes. Now, I don't know if it will get there, we talk hypothetically. For now, we have a coach Mircea Lucescu. Out of respect for what Mircea Lucescu represents, we should not talk about another coach
– Gică Popescu about the possibility of Gică Hagi to take over national
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