Article by Eduard Apostol, Liviu Manolache – Published on Saturday, 18 October 2025, 15:02 / Updated on Saturday, 18 October 2025 15:02
U Cluj – FC Botoșani now, at Cluj Arena, a duel is being played between the formation that wants not to lose contact with the play-off and the pleasant surprise of the start of the season. The match is liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on TV on Digisport 1 and Primasport 1.
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The starting teams in U Cluj – FC Botoșani
U Cluj (4-2-3-1): Left – Mikanovic, Cisse, I. Cristea, Toșca – Murgia, Bic – Postolachi, Fabry, Chipciu – Lukic
reserves: I. Chirilă, Cosa Capradossi, Codrea, Artean, Bota, Drammeh, Silva, Macalou, Trică, D. Nistor, A. Gheorghiță
Absent: Van der Werff (injured)
Coach Ioan Ovidiu Sabău
FC Botosani (4-2-3-1): Anestis – Ilas, Miron, Diaw, Șigănașu – Ferreira, Bordeianu – A. Dumitru, Ongenda, Mitrov – Kovtaliuk
reserves: Kukic, Creț, Suta, M. Fernandez, Pavlovic, E. David, Papa, Cîmpanu, Mailat, Adams, Lopez, Dumiter
Absent: Sadiku, Francisco (injured)
Coach Awesome Leo
Stadium Cluj Arena
Referee Szabolcs Kovacs (Carrie). ASSISTANT Adrian Vornicu (Iasi), Marius Badea (Râmnicu Vâlcea)
VAR referee Rareș Vidican (Satu Mare). Assistant VAR Vlad Baban (Iasi)
U Cluj continues with Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, although the 57-year-old technician had announced that he wanted to resign after the failure at Miercurea Ciuc, 1-2 with Csikszereda, “Moțu” had a meeting with the management and, 48 hours after the negative thoughts, decided to continue with the “Red Caps”.
Instead, Leo Grozavu and his boys are on a roll. That's why they entered the competitive break in first place in the ranking. The coach is aware that the stakes are rising now, and the opponents will act accordingly in the games with the Botosani.
Being in the first place, any team looks at you with much more seriousness, attention, approaches you differently. I have aroused enough envy and others will behave as such. We have the necessary human resources to continue on this path. Valorically, we have a balanced batch, numerically, it's fine
Leo Grozavu, FC Botoșani coach
The most interesting information about U Cluj – FC Botoșani
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April 26, 2025, Universitatea Cluj-Universitatea Craiova 2-1 was the only victory of the Transylvanian team in the last nine matches played in the championship at home, the rest being five draws and three defeats.
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The Moldovans have a formidable course this season, with seven successes, four draws and only one lost game, as a result of which they finished the last stage at the top of the ranking.
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58.5% is the average possession recorded by U Cluj in the first 12 rounds, the highest in the championship (FC Botoșani – 47.9%).
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14 of the 24 goals scored by Botošaneni were scored in the second half, seven of which after the 75th minute.
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With six goals scored and three assists, Sebastian Mailat is the footballer with the most offensive contributions in the first 12 stages.
The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 12 times, the Transylvanians prevailed six times, the Moldovans won twice, and the other four games ended in a draw.
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The first confrontation took place on October 7, 2013, FC Botoşani-Universitatea Cluj 1-1 (coaches Cristian Popovici / Gheorghe Barbu).
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Two of the four ties ended without a goal scored, one of which was with Cluj students as hosts (March 17, 2015).
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The most recent direct Superliga match: March 1, 2025, Cluj University-FC Botoșani 0-1 (Enzo Lopez).
