The past gives Craiova shivers before the match with Hermannstadt » Has Dorinel Munteanu secured a point on his debut?!
Article by Liviu Manolache, Maria Olteanu – Published Sunday, December 14, 2025, 11:39 / Updated Sunday, December 14, 2025 11:42
The University of Craiova moves tonight to the field of Hermannstadt, in a game counting for round #20 of the Superliga. The people of Olten have reason to worry, considering an interesting statistic that has somehow turned into a “tradition”: after not a single European match in the group, Craiova failed to win the next game in the championship!
For Craiova, the trip to Sibiu is extremely important, considering the other results recorded so far in round number 20. Rapid lost last night with Oțelul, right at home, score 0-2, and did not move up in the hierarchy, while FC Botoșani drew with FC Argeș, score 0-0, another good result for Coelho's students.
Before the match on Sunday evening, which will also mark the debut of Dorinel Munteanu at the helm of the Sibiu team, Craiova is in 4th place, with 34 points, and needs success to get closer to the first places. However, past results indicate that so far, since the single group in the Conference League started, Craiova has never managed to win the next match played in the championship.
Craiova, without victory after the European matches in the group
So far, Olten have played 5 games in the only group in the Conference League. The last test, failed, with Sparta Prague, failure 1-2 in Bănie. Before, after the 4 matches in the group, Craiova lost every time in the championship and failed even once to win the next match after the confrontation in Europe.
In fact, even after the play-off with Istanbul Basaksehir, Craiova did not win the match immediately played in the Superliga.
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Craiova – Istanbul Basaksehir 3-1 » Botosani – Craiova 1-1
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Rakow – Craiova » FCSB – Craiova 1-0
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Craiova – FC Noah » Metaloglobus – Craiova 0-0
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Rapid Vienna – Craiova 0-1 » Craiova – UTA Arad 1-2
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Craiova – Mainz » U Cluj – Craiova 0-0
