Article by Ionuţ Coman, Liviu Manolache – Published Monday, December 15, 2025, 5:31 p.m. / Updated Monday, December 15, 2025, 5:37 p.m.
lighthouse – Atoin the 20th stage, opens the Superliga day. The match started at 17:30, it's liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
The schedule, results and scorers of stage #20 of the Superliga + standings
Five wins, two draws and only two defeats is the record recorded by the Dobrogeans in the current championship at home. Reasons for Zicu to hope for victory.
In Play » Farul – UTA Arad 0-0
Farul – UTA Arad, starting teams:
Lighthouse (4-3-3): Buzbuchi – Sîrbu, L. Pellegrini, Larie, Furtado – Vînă, Dican, Radaslavescu – Grigoryan, Ișfan, Tănasă.
Reserves: R. Munteanu – D. Maftei, S. Duțu, Ramalho, Marincean, C. Gheorghe, Doicaru, Al. Goncear, Sima, G. Inacu, Markovic, Vojtus
Abents: B. Tîru (suspended), I. Cojocaru, Gustavo Marins, L. Banu (injured), Nikolov, Cr. Gane
Coach: Ianis Zicu
UTA (4-4-2): Gorcea – Fl. Iacob, Poulolo, Pospelov, Alomerovic – V. Costache, Odada, L. Mihai, Țaroi – Abdallah, A. Roman.
Reserves: D. Iliev – M. Tuțu, Benga, , Vlăsceanu, Hrezdac, D. Barbu, S. Mino, Ov. Popescu, , M. Coman
Absent: Padula, Tzionis, Stolnik, Van Durmen
Coach: Adrian Mihalcea
Stadium: Central Academy of Hagi (Ovidiu)
Referee: Marian Barbu // Assistants: Mircea Grigoriu, Adrian Vornicu
VAR Referee: Julian Dima // AVAR Referee: Vasile Marinescu
The real-time situation in the Superliga
Farul – UTA, the first match of the day in the Superliga
Arădeni won four of the last five games played in the Superliga, as a result of which they ended the previous round in the play-off spot.
15 of the 23 goalscollected by the Constantinians were received in the first half, seven of which up to the 15th minute.
If he will be used, Alexandru Ișfan will mark the match with the number 150 in the Superliga, a competition in which he scored 15 times and provided seven assists.
With seven assists, Alin Roman ended the previous round at the top of the ranking of decisive passers in the current edition. The excellent season made by the Arad midfielder is completed with four scored goals, all decisive.
Lighthouse – UTA Arad. The boundaries of the party, synthesized by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache
- Since the return of the people from Arada on the first stage in 2020, Farul and UTA have met in the main domestic competition 13 times, the Constantinians won twice, the guests in this match prevailed three times, and eight other games ended in a draw.
- Four of the 13 duels ended without a goal scored, one of which was on the Dobrogean pitch (November 20, 2021).
- The last success scored by “Marinari”: February 24, 2023, UTA-Farul 0-1.
- The most recent Super League match: August 9, 2025, UTA-Farul 2-1 (scorers: Marinos Tzionis, Dmytro Pospielov / Eduard Radaslavescu).
- It should be remembered that, during the period in which they were active as players, Ianis Zicu and Adrian Mihalcea were colleagues at Dinamo for three seasons (2000/2001, 2001/2002, 2004/2005).
