Article by Alexandru Barbu – published on Friday, September 26, 2025, 20:16 / Updated on Friday, September 26, 2025:20
Justin Stefan, Secretary General of the Professional Football League, was the guest of edition #25 a GSP podcast “2 to 1”format made by Alexandru Barbu and Raul Rusescu.
- The podcast with Justin Stefan It is available on the youtube channel of the Sports Gazette (Subscribe here!) as well as on gsp.ro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=birxv-m250a
Two hours of lawyer discussion, between formal and familiar. Protagonist: One of the most influential leaders in Romanian football. How to negotiate TV rights, a decisive element of League 1? Who will be the next LPF president? And below the relations of Justin Stefan with Mircea Sandu, Gigi Becali, Marian Iancu.
“2 to 1” with Justin Stefan. The main topics addressed:
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with what condition he will run for the head of LPF;
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What new format is thinking about the superliga;
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The scandal in which Dan Șucu asked for the resignation of Gino Iorgulescu;
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TV rights negotiations;
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clubs all the time dissatisfied with appointments;
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refused to answer two questions;
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How the collaboration with Gigi Becali went to FCSB;
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It cuts the accusation “The League negotiates the rights, then enters hibernation”;
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disputes with Mircea Sandu;
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What hobbies has, what no one knows about the league official.
About Justin Stefan:
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He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Bucharest;
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has a master's degree in business law;
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In 2006, at 25, he became the personal counselor of the president of the Romanian Football Federation (Mircea Sandu) on legal issues;
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In 2011 he arrived at FCSB, where he was a member of the Board of Directors;
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He also worked with Marian Iancu at Poli Timișoara;
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Since 2013 he holds the position of Secretary General of the Professional Football League.
The other editions of Podcastului GSP “2 to 1”:
1) Ciprian Tătărușanu and the betrayal of the career: “I cheated on me and lied to me. The wife did not believe”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yalmqoss3
2) Daniel Niculae: “For this you have to do prison!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw3hjonotpc
3) Ionel Dănciulescu: “I was alone, I was crying in the locker room”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owiuuj6yya
4) Daniel Pancu: “Almost two years I cried every day. No doctor knew what I had”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spn7gaquonq
5) Adrian Mititelu: “Florin Costea was owned by the houses. I released him under slavery”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgt5s6xqptw
6) Bogdan Stelea: “Puiu Iordănescu did not believe more in the golden generation”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_fpnfhysg4
7) Alexandru Chipciu: “At FCSB, I was demonized, broken in two! But I also made a mistake”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g67cycyvblo
8) You know Dumitriu: “At Steaua, Valentin Ceausescu asked for my team. If he did not go well …”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5llalqzvje
9) Ionuț Chirilă: “I say it with the risk of never training in Liga 1”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1azfxmfqs4
10) Vasile Maftei: “Dan Petrescu told us that we have no chance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtkge9ibb50
11) Adrian Ilie: “They vomited 5 minutes before the Champions League final”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6irm —xows
12) Dorinel Munteanu: “I was no longer normal, I gave up psychically!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eqmh9cyyu
13) Ovidiu Ioanițoaia: “It would be easier to say that Ștucan Mind”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyfkpdrmuey
14) Rusescu river: “Adi Popa called me to come to CSA Steaua”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtdkihvxmh8
15) Alexandru Bourceanu: “This is the moment that killed me!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xetsh9jio
16) Leonard Doroftei: “They take fire! They must be suspended for life!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiktd70kxdm
17) Mihai Pintilii: “We were slaves, guinea pigs”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4thsv7p4ug
18) Ioana Cosma: “After I told Banciu, he left the show”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcj6pcwbpge
19) Ciprian Marica: “I tell you for the first time why I did not come to the national team”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcegtirixam
20) Gabi Torje: “I pray to God to take my father”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxptjuw9w3k
21) Vlad Munteanu: “He beat me with the belt. I remember how much and where he gave me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBBW1QD_M8
22) Andrei Vochin: “Becali offered me at Steaua to teach football on Hagi. 100,000 a year”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Iiflll5v1ie
23) Sorin Ghionea: “With Mihai Stoica there will never be communication”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72Lnk57RT-4
24) Florentin Petre: “Becali saved my life. It was to die twice”
