Article by Liviu Manolache, Adrian Duţă – published on Friday, September 12, 2025 21:15 / Updated on Friday, September 12, 202:45
Dan Nistor (37 years old), U Cluj's midfielder, was holder in The match with Rapidfrom stage #9 of the superlig. The veteran checked the match with the number 490 in Liga 1.
Thus, Nistor equalized on the legendary Costică Stefanescu, the former defender of Craiova, at the number of matches on the first stage. They are in 2nd place in the ranking of the number of parties in Liga 1.
They are surpassed only by Ionel Dănciunescu, the one who played for 515 in the first league in Romania. Thus, Nistor is only 25 games to equal the former striker from Steaua and Dinamo.
Nistor, on 2nd place at the number of all-time matches in Liga 1
Dan Nistor can dream of overcoming Dănciulescu this season. There are still 21 stages in the regular season, plus 9 more matches in the play-out or 10 in the play-off, depending on where U Cluj will be in the second part of the season.
Top 5 players as a number of presence in Liga 1:
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Ionel Dănciulescu – 515 matches
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Dan Nistor – 490 matches
Costică Stefanescu – 490 matches -
Florea Ispir – 485
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Ladislau Boloni – 484
Nistor's figures in the first league
Dan Nistor debuted in Liga 1 in the 2010-2011 season, while evolving at Pandurii Tg. Jiu. In that season he caught 26 parties in the first step. Adat a goal and an assist. The yield started to grow from the 2011-2012 season, when he played 33 games in Liga 1, managing to score two goals and offer 9 decisive passes.
In the 490 matches gathered in L1, the midfielder scored in total 63 goals and offered 100 decisive passese. He was the best passenger of the championship in seasons 2018-2019 (13 assists) and 2019-2020 (10 assists). In both seasons he evolved in Dinamo's shirt. In fact, throughout his career he played in Liga 1 in Pandurii, Dinamo, CFR Cluj, CS University Craiova and U Cluj.
10.04.2011It's the date Nistor scored the first goal in Liga 1 of the career, in Pandurii – Victoria Brănești 4-2
