Article by GSP – Published Saturday, October 25, 2025, 10:08 / Updated Saturday, October 25, 2025 10:08
CFR Cluj and Farul meet from 21:00 in a match from the 14th round of the Super League. The match will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on PrimaSport and DigiSport.
With 13 matches played, CFR Cluj is not in the best situation. The Transylvanians, who have just parted ways with coach Andrea Mandorlini and are currently coached by Ovidiu Hoban, are in 11th place, with 13 points. But with a win they could get closer to the play-off zone. The headlight is a bit better. With 16 points, the team coached by Ianis Zicu is in 8th place, with 16 points.
CFR Cluj – Farul, live from 21:00
CFR Cluj – Farul, the likely teams
CFR Cluj: Hindrich – Coco, Zouma, M. Ilie, Camora – Emerllahu, T. Keita, Djokovic, – Korenica, Slimani, Biliboc
Reserves: Gal, Vâlceanu, Fică, Cordea, Abeid, Biliboc, Gyorgy, Sinyan, Kresic, Perianu, Paun, Badamosi, Sfait, Cernigoi
Coach: Ovidiu Hoban
Lighthouse: Buzbuchi – D. Maftei, Larie, Tîru, C. Ganea – Vîna, Nikolov, Ramalho – Grigoryan, Ișfan, Tănasă
Reserves: R. Munteanu, Furtado, Duțu, Pellegrini, Dican, De Oliveira, Banu, Radaslavescu, G. Iancu, I. Cojocaru, Markovic, Vojtus
Coach: Ianis Zicu
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan // ASSISTANT: Ferencz Tunyogi, Adrian Popescu
VAR Referee: Adrian Popescu // Assistant VAR: Rareș Vidican
So far, Cluj have registered only two wins in the first 13 matches, recording another 7 draws and 4 defeats. On the other side, Farul has 4 wins and 4 draws, but also 5 defeats.
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The best statistics before CFR Cluj – Farul
- Two wins (2-1 Unirea Slobozia, 2-1 FC Hermannstadt), three draws and two defeats is the record recorded by the Transylvanian team in the current championship at home.
- The Cluj players have scored at least one goal in 24 of the previous 25 matches played at home on the first stage.
- Dobrogeni have only one success in the current edition as visitors, 2-1 with FCSB (July 26, 2025), in the rest two draws and four lost games.
- The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 38 times, 19 times Transylvania won, 12 times Constantin won, and seven other games ended in a draw.
- The last victory ticked by Dobrogeni on the opposite field: May 28, 2023, CFR Cluj-Farul 1-2.
- The most recent Super League match: January 27, 2025, CFR Cluj-Farul 3-1 (Louis Munteanu – triple / Carlo Casap).
- The game will be a special one for Ionuț Larie, the captain of the visitors, facing his 400th match in the Romanian Superliga, a competition in which he made his debut against today's opponent, on June 7, 2006, in CFR Cluj-Farul Constanța 3-0. It should be remembered that the Dobrogean veteran also wore the shirt of the group from Gruia for three seasons (2014/15-2016/17).
