LIVE FCSB – Rapid, derby in the Superliga in the last stage of 2025

After 20 games, the two teams are in different situations in the standings. FCSB is in 9th place, with 28 points. With a win, he can get two points closer to the play-off places again. On the other hand, Rapid has 39 points and can finish the year in the leading position.

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FCSB – Quick, probable teams:

FCSB (4-2-3-1): Târnovanu – Pantea, Lixandru, Graovac, Radunovic – Șut, Olaru – Cisotti, Fl. Tănase, Toma – Bîrligea
Reserves: Zima, Udrea, Dâncuș, Crețu, Chiricheș, Edjouma, Politic, D. Popa, Stoian, Oct. Popescu, Thiam
Absent: Ngezana, Kiki, Alhassan (at the African Cup), Cercel, Alibec, Miculescu (injured)
Coach: Elias Charalambous

Quick (4-3-3): Aioani – Manea, Ciobotariu, Kramer, Borza – Christensen, Keita, Grameni – Dobre, Koljic, Petrila
Reserves: Stolz, Badescu, Bolgado, Onea, Braun, Ignat, Vulturar, G. Gheorghe, Gojkovic, R. Pop, Micovschi, Jambor
Absent: Baron (excluded), Burmaz, Hazrollaj, Mendes, Pașcanu, Hromada (unavailable)
Coach: Costel Gâlcă

Stadium: National Arena
Referee: Istvan Kovacs // Assistants: Vasile Marinescu, Ovidiu Artene
VAR referee: Cătălin Popa // Assistant VAR: Ferencz Tunyogi

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What Elias Charalambous and Costel Gâlcă said before FCSB – Rapid

We are in good shape and we have to show that at game time to win. It is very important for us to win this match. I hope we do well and get the three points. I hope we can make the fans happy before Christmas. It's a derby, a tough match for us. But I hope we win and make the fans happy. I hope we have as many supporters as possible with us. We need them more than ever.

I think that in this type of matches no one is a favorite and the results from the previous stages do not matter. It's a derby. It's an even chance. No one knows what will decide this match. But the little details make the difference in games like this.

Rapid is a good team, they have done well this season. But for me it's my team that matters. It's important to play our game. We have to be focused from start to finish.

– Elias Charalambous, FCSB coach

I'm glad, I'm very glad because we need, as I said in the last matches we had at home, an experienced referee.

This match is not a test match, we kind of know what we want, we know all the players, for them it's a test every day, every match or training.

For us it is important to have positive results, after that we will see what happens with the other teams. It is the last impression of this year, but there are still matches to be played.

It is important that our supporters have come in great numbers this year, we have to reward them with a game and a positive result. I tell you honestly, I wouldn't have wanted to stop, maybe a competitive break, but I would have liked to still have them, to be able to correct what we haven't done well so far.

– Costel Gâlcă, coach Rapid

Hottest stats ahead of FCSB – Rapid

• October 18, 2025, Metaloglobus-FCSB 2-1 was the only defeat suffered by the red-blues in the last 10 stages, during which they recorded six successes and three draws.

• The Giulio team lost only one game in the previous 15 trips in the Superliga (November 23, 2025, CFR Cluj-Rapid 3-0), in the rest six victories and eight draws.

• The dispute will also offer a duel between the footballers with the most offensive contributions in the first 20 stages, Florin Tănase – 13 (9 goals, 4 assists), respectively Alexandru Dobre – 12 (10 goals, 2 assists).

• Rapid ended the previous stage with the best attack in the championship, 33 goals scored, 14 of which up to the 30th minute.

• 14 of the 29 goals scored by the hosts in this match were scored from set pieces, the 1st place in this chapter.

• FCSB and Rapid are the only teams that, over time, have faced each other in five different major competitions: Superliga, Romanian Cup, Supercup, League Cup and European cups.

• April 27, 2025, Rapid-FCSB 1-2 was the only victory achieved by the red-blues in the last 11 direct duels in the main domestic competition, in the rest five successes for Giulești and five draws.

• The most recent direct match in the championship: August 17, 2025, Rapid-FCSB 2-2 (scorers: Elvir Koljic – double / Mihai Lixandru, Daniel Bîrligea).

• As a coach, Constantin Gâlcă won three trophies with the red-blue team in 2014/2015: the title, the Romanian Cup and the League Cup.

• The Rapid technician is undefeated in the four official duels with Elias Charalambous, with two wins and two draws being recorded.