Article by Eduard Apostol, Cezar Titor – Published Saturday, January 10, 2026, 2:50 p.m. / Updated Saturday, January 10, 2026 2:52 p.m.
University of Craiovaa club that extended its training camp in Antalya until January 16, due to the unfavorable weather conditions in the country, will play the second and last test in Turkey today, against those from VFB Stuttgart 2, the club's second team in the Bundesliga.
The match is scheduled for 16:00 local time, 15:00 in Romania. It will be transmitted in liveTEXT format by GSP.ro, with the most important information from the spot. The duel will be broadcast on the Youtube channel of Olten.
The match will be played in the “Arcadia” sports base, in the same place where Olten played against Konyaspor, 13th place in the SuperLig.
The starting teams in Craiova – Stuttgart 2
University of Craiova: Isenko – Teles, A. Rus, Romanchuck – Mora, Anzor, Crețu, Cicâldău, D. Matei – Nsimba, Etim
Reserves: L. Popescu, Lung, Stevanovic, Fălcușan, Gașpar, Fl. Ștefan, S. Şerban, Mogoș, Băsceanu, Houri, D. Muntean, Bancu, Băluță
Coach: Filipe Coelho
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Ștefan Baiaram, the star of the team, is OUT for this match, due to a load felt on the muscles of his left leg. Juraj Badelj and Assad Al-Hamlawi are out for this match.
Update, 14:30 » Mihai Rotaru will be present at the match again
Craiova's players came out to warm up for this afternoon's duel. The patron of Olten, Mihai Rotaru, will be in the stands again, to see the “Jews” at work, as happened in the first friendly of this winter, with Konyaspor, which ended with the success of Olten, score 1-0.
Update, 13:00 » Craiova – Stuttgart 2, in three halves!
Filipe Coelho, before Craiova – Stuttgart 2
Olten's game today with the team from the third echelon in Germany will have 3 halves of 40 minutes each!
Craiova, friendly with the second team from Stuttgart
At the moment, Stuttgart 2 is in the middle of the standings in the German third tier – 10th place with 29 points after 19 rounds.
In the first friendly match in Antalya, the Oltenians prevailed at the limit, score 1-0, against the Turks from Konyaspor, a match that ended with a general fight. Anzor scored the only goal of that game, after masterfully executing a free kick.
The first official match of the blue-and-whites is scheduled for Monday, January 19, from 20:00, away, against Petrolul Ploiești.
Given the fact that the camp period of Filipe Coelho's formation was extended by 4 days, it is expected that the Oltenians will schedule one more training match, but this remains to be seen at the moment.
The group moved by Olteni in Antalya:
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Goalkeepers: Pavlo Isenko, Laurentiu Popescu, Silviu Lung jr, Alexandru Glodean
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defense: Florin Gaspar, Oleksandr Romanciuk, Vasile Mogoș, Adrian Rus, Nicușor Bancu, Carlos Mora, Vladimir Screciu, Juraj Badelj, Nikola Stevanovic, Darius Falcușan, Florin Ștefan
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midfielders: Anzor Mekvabisvili, Mihnea Rădulescu, Tudor Băluță, Alexandru Cicâldău, Samuel Teles, Alexandru Crețu, Lyes Houri, Luca Băsceanu, David Matei, Denys Muntean, Sebastian Șerban
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Strikers: Assad Al-Hamlawi, Stefan Baiaram, Monday Etim, Steven Nsimba.
