Incredible! Where is FCSB in the second part of the regular season + Steep fall for Craiova


Article by Liviu Manolache, Adrian Duţă – Published on Wednesday, 03 December 2025, 07:26 / Updated on Wednesday, 03 December 2025 07:54
FCSB won on Sunday with Farul (2-1) and hopes to beat the Dinamo on Saturday, at the National Arena, to get even closer to the play-offs. The Romanian champion is still trying to fix the disastrous results from the first start of the championship. The results of the last 8 stages show a recovery of the red-blues.
Before the match with Dinamo, on Saturday, at 20:30, FCSB is in 9th place in the Superliga, with 24 points in 18 stages. The red-blues are two points below Farul, the team in 6th place, and could climb to the play-off spot in a favorable situation. He needs a success with Dinamo, and Farul, UTA and Oțelul to lose their games in the 19th stage.
FCSB, incredible recovery after stage 10
Splitting the regular season into three parts of 10 legs each, the rankings show incredible detail about FCSB. In the first part, i.e. in the first 10 rounds, the Romanian champion scored only 7 points. Before the 11th stage, the red-blues were in the 13th position, place of the relegation barrier.
Starting with stage 11, FCSB have scored 17 points. In a ranking made for rounds 11-18, the Romanian champion is in 2nd place, being surpassed only by Rapid, which scored 19 points in this interval.
FCSB have a 15-7 goal difference in their last 8 games and have lost one game, a shameful 1-2 against Metaloglobus. Also in the period of stages 11-18, Botoșani also obtained 17 points, having a lower goal difference than FCSB.
Craiova University, steep fall in the last rounds
At the opposite pole of FCSB is the University of Craiova, which not only lost its lead against the pursuers, but also remained 5 points behind the leader Rapid, being now in 4th place.
After the first part of the regular season, Craiova was the leader, with 23 points obtained in 10 stages. At that moment, Botoșani, Dinamo and Rapid were following the Olteni 4 points behind.
Meanwhile, in stages 11-18, all 3 went over the blue-white team. At this moment, Craiova occupies the 4th place, with 33 points. Rapid is the leader, with 38, Botoșani is in 2nd place, with 36 points, Dinamo completes the podium, having 34 points.
In the last 8 stages, the University of Craiova scored only 10 pointsfar below the performance from the beginning of the championship, when he had taken 23 points in 10 matches.
In a ranking of stages 11-18, Craiova is in 11th placeon a par with CFR Cluj and UTA, but with a better goal difference.
Superliga standings between stages 11-18
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Rapid – 19 points (goal difference 18-8)
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FCSB – 17 (15-7)
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FC Botosani – 17 (10-4)
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Dinamo – 15 (12-7)
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Oil – 13 (8-4)
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Lighthouse – 12 (12-8)
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Steel – 11 (14-7)
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FC Arges – 11 (7-6)
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U Cluj – 11 (10-10)
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Csikszereda – 11 (8-14)
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Craiova – 10 (10-9)
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CFR Cluj – 10 (9-11)
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UTA Arad – 10 (7-14)
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Metaloglobus – 5 (5-17)
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FC Hermannstadt – 2 (7-16)
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Unirea Slobozia – 1 (4-14)




