Article by Cezar Titor – Published Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 5:47 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 5:48 p.m.
For the game with Mainzthe fourth of the current Conference League season, those from University of Craiova they have already sold over 27,000 tickets, including the packages on sale for the European games. However, the organizers expect a sell-out. About 2,000 German fans will attend the match.
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The University of Craiova – Mainz will play tomorrow, from 19:45, on “Ion Oblemenco”. The duel will be transmitted in liveTEXT format by GSP.ro, with the most relevant information from the spot, and televised by PrimaSport1 & DigiSport1.
In this Conference League season, the Oltenians created an incandescent atmosphere every time. First, in the preliminaries with Sarajevo, Spartak Trnava or Istanbul Basaksehir. Each time, the blue-whites prevailed! Later, 18,000 fans attended the game against the Armenians from Noah, the only one played on home soil so far in the group stage.
Craiova University, one step away from the European spring
Olteni are in the play-off spot at the moment in the third most important continental competition (20), accumulating 4 points in the first 3 rounds, goal difference 2-3. The boys of Coelho, the new coach of the University, are only two lengths away from the top 8 positions, the ones that lead directly to the “eighties”.
Craiova's only success came in Austria, 1-0 with Rapid Vienna, match where the University was supported by a consistent “contingent” of supporters.
If we were to refer to previous Conference seasons, 7 points would be enough for the Oltenians to catch the European spring, a place in the first 24, which would guarantee their presence in the play-offs. After the match with Mainz, Olten will play against Sparta Prague (at home, on December 11) and AEK Athens (away, a week later, on December 18). The duel with Mainz will also be Coelho's first on the continental stage.
Mainz is not going through a favorable period in the Bundesliga, being directly relegated, with 6 points collected in 11 stages. He compensates by playing in the Conference, where he has the maximum score, 3 wins out of 3: 2-1 with Fiorentina, 1-0 with Zrinjski Mostar, 1-0 with Omonia Nicosia.
