Article by Liviu Manolache, Remus Dinu – Published Saturday, 01 November 2025, 09:40 / Updated Saturday, 01 November 2025 09:40
U Cluj – FCSB is Saturday's match, in the 15th round of the Superliga. The match between the two ranking neighbors will be played today, from 20:30 and is liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on TV on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
The “Red-Blues” can reach their third consecutive victory, while the Transylvanians have the chance to move up to the play-off spot, temporarily, if they win at home.
The duel will be a special one for Risto Radunovic who will mark the 250th match in the Superliga, a competition in which he made his debut on August 9, 2017, in Astra Giurgiu – Concordia Chiajna 1-0.
U Cluj – FCSB, live from 20:30
U Cluj – FCSB, probable teams
U Cluj: Left – Mikanovic, Cisse, Capradossi, Chipciu – Artean, Drammeh – Postolachi, Fabry, El Sawy – Lukic
reserves: Gertmonas, I. Cristea, O. Bic, A. Bota, D. Codrea, A. Gheorghita, A. Murgia, M. Silva, A. Toșca, A. Trică
Absent: Q. Taiwoo (not recorded), Van der Werff (not recovered)
Coach: Cristiano Bergodi
FCSB: Târnovanu – Pantea, Graovac, Cercel, Radunovic – Lixandru, Șut – Cisotti, Olaru, Tănase – Bîrligea
reserves: L. Zima, B. Alhassan, D. Alibec, A. Dăncuș, Edjouma, Kiki, Politic, O. Popescu, A. Stoian, Thiam, M. Toma, D. Miculescu
Absent: Chiricheș, V. Crețu, Dawa, M. Popescu (injured)
Coach: Elias Charalambous
Stadium: Cluj Arena (Cluj-Napoca)
Referee: Adrian Cojocaru (Galati)
ASSISTANT: Daniel Mitruți (Craiova) and Alexandru Filip (Constanța)
VAR referee: Rareș Vidican (Satu Mare)
Assistant VAR: Lucian Rusandu (Saint George)
Morale picked up a bit after we came in and the boys managed the two wins. We have confidence in what we can do, a very important match awaits us, FCSB is a team that does not deserve the group in the ranking. Sooner or later we had to play against them, I'm not worried about starting at home with a difficult game. No matter their hard time, everything changes from moment to moment. When you have quality players you don't have to worry. The championship is long, this match is not decisive.
– Cristiano Bergodi, U Cluj coach
6headed goals were achieved by Cluj in the first 14 stages, 3 of them being scored by Jovo Lukic.
We're coming off a good week, I can tell. We won the last match in the championship and the last match in the Cup. I hope we do that, we meet a team that is difficult to play with in Cluj. We are a club that always wants to be at the top. We will fight, the only thing we can think about now is to take it match by match, step by step. Now the only thing on our mind is the championship game.
– Elias Charalambous, FCSB coach
U Cluj – FCSB, statistics before the match
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On April 26, 2025, U Cluj – Universitatea Craiova 2-1 was the last successful victory of the Transylvanian team in the championship at home. Five draws and three lost games followed at home.
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The red-blues have scored only one success in the current edition as visitors, 1-0 against Petrolul (July 19, 2025), in the rest three draws and three defeats.
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Two teams will meet that have conceded many goals in the second half: U Cluj – 13 out of 16, respectively FCSB – 14 out of 20.
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Alexandru Chipciu (U Cluj) and Florin Tănase (FCSB) are the only players from the two groups who have attended each stage.
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Since the return of the Transylvanians on the first stage in 2022, the two teams have met in the main domestic competition eight times, three times Bucharest won, Cluj prevailed in one match, and four other games ended in a draw.
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