Europa League: FCSB – Young Boys Berna, today, 7:45 pm. The champion attacks the Swiss bank
FCSB ends in Europe, one week after Victoria in the Netherlands, 1-0 with GO Ahead Eagles, and will receive a visit from Young Boys, today, from 7:45 pm, at the second stage of the main phase in the Europa League. The FCSB – Young Boys confrontation, hosted by the “National Arena”, will be able to be watched live on the Digi Sport 1 and the first sport 1 channels, which have the transmission rights.
Alibec will be holder in champion attack
After the good start in the main phase of the second inter-club competition in Europe, score 1-0 with GO Ahead Eagles, the FCSB hopes to repeat the figure in front of the “WankDorf Stadium” group. Three days before confrontation with Giorgio Contini's students, the fans purchased about 18,000 tickets for the match that will take place on the “National Arena”. The cheapest ticket available is at the lawn and costs 40 lei, while the most expensive is at VIP and costs 500 lei.
Repeat the strategy in the match with Go Ahead
Even though he announced in the past that he will not change the first 11 at the championship matches and the European cups, Gigi Becali has changed his mind. He decided to give minutes to the Europa League to players who evolve less in superlig, and in the match with Young Boys will follow new changes in the first 11. Specifically, players such as Denis Alibec, Baba Alhassan, Malcom Edjouma or Octavian Popescu would appear. We remind that Valentin Crețu, Daniel Graovac or Adrian Şut are injured, while Vlad Chiricheș was not included on the UEFA list. How could FCSB look with Young Boys: Târnovanu – Pantea, Ngzana, M. Popescu, Radunovic – Alhassan, Edjoa – Miculescu, Oct. Popescu, Cisotti – Alibec.
Officiate an officer
The match between FCSB and Young Boys will be led from the center by Mohammed Al-Hakim, a 40-year-old referee. It will be accompanied by assistants Mehmet Culum and Fredrik Klyver (both from Sweden). The delegation will be completed by Pawel Malec (Poland), respectively by the assistant Kornel Paszkiewicz (Poland), who are in the Var room. The reserve referee will be Joakim Östling (Sweden), according to uefa.com. Mohammed Al-Hakim was in the middle of a scandal in 2021, when he was investigated in Sweden due to undeclared money from UEFA. Specifically, the referee acknowledged that he did not notify the Swedish Fiscal Agency in 2015-2019 on the amount of 45,000 euros. In addition to the referee job, Mohammed Al-Hakim works half-time as an officer in the Swedish armed forces, according to the Sweden press.
They will reveal
Footballer Darian Males said on Wednesday in a press conference held at the National Arena in the Capital, that the Young Boys Berna team must be revealed in the match with FCSB after the failure with Panathinikos (score 1-4) in the first stage of the Europa League.
“The atmosphere is good after the victory in the championship with Thun (4-2), it was a very important success. Now we are glad we are here. We have to re -reveal ourselves after the failure of the match with Panathinaikos. We have the opportunity that at the end of the 90 minutes of tomorrow's match we will go home with at least one point ”he said.
Asked if the condition of the lawn in the National Arena will affect the game of its band, Darian Males replied: 'We will see what the lawn is here, but anyway we are not allowed to look for excuses. We have to adapt.
The FCSB football team meets the Swiss team Young Boys Berna, on Thursday, at 7:45 pm, on the National Arena in Bucharest, in a match counting for the second stage of the Europa League.
Alibec, used favorite in external duels
For the game with Young Boys Berna, the owner of Gigi Becali said that it will be the match in which Dennis Alibec and Octavian Popescu will evolve from the first minute. The champion recorded the second success of this season, but is at a great distance from the play-off, so Gigi Becali (67) was asked if he would sacrifice Europe for Superliga. The financier said that there is no question of such a strategy and explained, for example, why he transferred Denis Alibec (34 years). “Why don't I mean so? One in the championship. Solutions. I want to win the match (no with Young Boys).
Swiss, leafy at home
The “red-blue” won 1-0 in front of Galați steel on Sunday evening, in the number 11 stage of the regular season of the Superligion of Romania, thanks to Florin Tanase's success (penalty, 48), and are in the second part of the standings. Like the red-blue, Young Boys also won the match in the Switzerland championship. In the seventh round, the team prepared by Giorgio Contini defeated Thun 4-2. Contract of the Romanian champion, Young Boys lost the first duel in the main phase of the UEFA Europa League competition, 1-4 with Panathinikos, while FCSB won 1-0 in front of GO Ahead Eagles. In the ranking of the first step in Switzerland, Young Boys are in second place with 14 points. After seven stages, the club checked four victories, to which were added two equality results and a defeat.
Kadar is “second” in Bern
One of the Seconds from Young Boys Berna is a Romanian, the former right defender Zoltan Kadar, a player in Dinamo and U Cluj, who is in the Staff of the Swiss in 2022. Kadar spoke about the match and acknowledged that FCSB is leaving a favorite. “We started the competition with a defeat, FCSB with a victory. He leaves favorite. With Panathinaikos, we received goals from half an occasion, the whole team was shocked. We had opportunities, but in the end we lost and deserved to lose. Last year, FCSB arrived until this competition, we played, Negative, with zero points.
Autumn are the buds
FCSB disposed of the limit of Go Ahead Eagles, score 1-0, during the first stage of the main phase in the Europa League. After the victory with GO Ahead Eagles, FCSB reached the top teams with the most successes in the European cups in season 2025 – 2026. The success of “Adelaarshorst” brought to the account of the Fifth European victory in the current season, after defeating the preliminary round of the Champions League, the Europa D'Aclades, Drita and Aberdeen. Football Meets analysts have placed “red-blue” in the top of the most successes of this European season. The Romanian champion of Romania is exceeded in this ranking only by Midtjyland, Braga, Qarabag and Malmo, the groups that won 6 wins in the current season.
The victories obtained by FCSB at European level, in season 2025 – 2026
FCSB – Inter Club d'Aclades 3-1 (first preliminary round of the Champions League)
FCSB – Drita 3-2 (Tour 3 Preliminary of the Europa League)
Drita – FCSB 1-3 (Tour 3 Preliminary in the Europa League)
FCSB-Aberdeen 3-0 (Play-off Europa League)
Go Ahead Eagles – FCSB 0-1 (the main phase of the Europa League)
