Article by George Nistor – Published Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 1:46 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 1:50 p.m.
Yellow cards received for protests by players from FCSB in the first part of the season they caused Gigi Becali and Mihai Stoica to take harsh measures and impose fines of 10,000 euros each. GSP.RO found out the list of footballers who have to withdraw good money from their accounts: Daniel Bîrligea leads the list of “nervous”.
The FCSB has decided to stop tolerating the players' nervous outbursts, especially if they result in warnings from the referees. Thus, Gigi Becali decided to impose a drastic measure: fine of 10,000 euros for each warning received as a result of the protests. And since then several players from the red-blue team have already been sanctioned.
Drastic fines at FCSB due to protest cards
Since the decision announced by Mihai Stoica, the president of the Board of Directors, and Gigi Becali, an impressive number of fines have been collected. No less than 16 sanctions were applied, each worth 10,000 euros.
In total, 160,000 euros have been taken out of the pockets of the champions' footballers in recent months, as a result of yellow or red cards received as a result of the protests.
Drastic fines at the FCSB due to protest cards // PHOTO: Imago Images
There were 11 players fined by the FCSB, the champion being Daniel Bîrligea, with four violations. So no less than 40,000 euros for the cards received for protests and unnecessary comments to the referees!
Alexandru Pantea and Valentin Crețu were sanctioned twice each, and Șut, Miculescu, Ngezana, Târnovanu, Alhassan, Tănase, Octavian Popescu and Graovac each received a fine.
For which matches FCSB players received fines
- Adrian Shut (FCSB – Lighthouse)
- Alexander Panthea (FC Basel – FCSB)
- Alexander Panthea (FCSB – U Craiova)
- Baba Alhassan (Go Ahead Eagles – FCSB)
- Daniel Birligea (FCSB – Bologna)
- Daniel Birligea (FC Basel – FCSB)
- Daniel Birligea (Hermannstadt – FCSB) – double penalty for removal
- Daniel Graovac (Hermannstadt – FCSB)
- David Miculescu (CFR Cluj – FCSB)
- Florin Tanase (Go Ahead Eagles – FCSB)
- Octavian Popescu (FCSB – Bologna)
- Siyabonga Ngezana (Metaloglobus – FCSB)
- Stefan Târnovanu (FCSB – Lighthouse)
- Valentin Crețu (Aberdeen – FCSB)
- Valentin Crețu (CFR Cluj – FCSB)
And Alibec receives a fine from Becali!
Denis Alibec (34 years old) arrived on the operating table, a surgical intervention considered inevitable by the doctors. The striker underwent surgery in November, which would keep him sidelined until February.
Because he operated without consulting the club's medical staff, Alibec will also be fined by the boss. “He went and operated without asking, without anything. He does what he wants. We'll see what is the maximum fine we can give him. He went, operated and said: 'Lord, I operated!'said Becali.
“It's crazy. You go and operate… Then we give you a 20,000 euro fine. Let's see how much we can give him the maximum. It doesn't work like that, you should go and have an operation… You have to ask the doctor, because that's why we have a doctor on the team!”, the team boss declared.
Mihai Stoica asked me: “Gigi, what do we do with Alibec, do we take him to the camp?”. I said that I still trust Alibec. Alibec can train, have a good training camp in the winter and be a bomb, the strongest striker. “Of course you take it”
Gigi Becali, FCSB patron
Two “protesters” have fun on vacation
Fined by Becali, Daniel Bîrligea and Ștefan Târnovanu (both 25 years old) take full advantage of the days off until the start of training in Turkey with FCSB. The players of the champion, together with their girlfriends, Antonia Salanța and Loredana Țurcanu, decided to spend their vacation in Kenya and Tenerife, respectively.
The Superliga is on break until January 16, but Romanian footballers only have a few days of vacation left. On January 3rd, the vast majority are expected to return to the country, so that on the 4th they will go to training courses this winter. This will also happen to the FCSB players, who will go to the training camp in Antalya.
