FC Argeș and FCSB face each other NOW, in the first Superliga match of 2026. The match started at 20:00 and is liveTEXT on GSP.ro and on TV on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
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Min. 39: Huge opportunity missed by Bîrligea! He remains alone with Lazar and shoots with the right. The goalkeeper of the Argesians rejects in the corner.
Min. 38: Toma receives in the box from Bîrligea. The champion's under mishandles and closes her angle, and the shot is weak.
Min. 35: Crețu crosses for Bîrligea, the striker stretches out his leg, but does not reach the ball.
Min. 30: Toma manages a nice action on the left side, but is stopped by the Pitesti players before he crosses. The champion gets a corner.
Min. 28: 1-0 for FC Arges! A mistake in midfield causes the ball to reach Moldoveanu. He advances and passes to Pîrvu, who beats Târnovanu with a shot placed in the long corner. The first goal in the Superliga in 2026.
Video source: First Sport 1
Min. 26: Charalambous' team dominates the game territorially, but without endangering the opposing box.
Min. 19: Blagaic executes a kick from the corner of the field, but Lixandru rejects without danger. Very close match in Pitesti.
Min. 11: Bogdan Andone sees the yellow card, after a nervous reaction immediately after a duel between Chiricheș and Moldoveanu. The coach of Pitesti took off his badge and left it on the ground.
Bogdan Andone got angry in FC Argeș – FCSB
Min. 6: Bîrligea sprinted towards the hosts' goal and shot from 20 meters. The ball went a little wide. Tănăse was in a good position and reproached the attacker for not caring.
FC Argeș – FCSB, starting teams:
FC Arges: David Lazar – Tofan, M. Tudose, Garutti, Borța – Rață, Sierra, Blagaic – Y. Pîrvu, Bettaieb, R. Moldoveanu
Reserves: C. Straton – Oancea, Orozco, Seto, Briceag, Micovschi, R. Popescu, Radescu, Emmers, Brobbey, Manole, Bușe
Coach: Bogdan Andone
FCSB: Târnovanu – Crețu, Lixandru, Dawa, Pantea – F. Tănase, Chiricheș – Cisotti, Olaru, M. Toma – Bîrligea
Reserves: Udrea, Zima, Dăncuș, Alibec, Miculescu, D. Popa, Politic, Radunovic, Oct. Popescu, Alhassan, Stoian, Thiam
Coach: Elias Charalambous
In the absence of Andre Duarte, who has not yet received the “green card”, Joyskim Dawa, returned after 10 months, and the striker Mihai Lixandru form the pair of stoppers in the Argeș match. Vlad Chiricheș and Florin Tănase are on the score sheet at the end.
Arena: City Stadium (Mioveni)
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan / Assistants: Ioan Corb, Cristian Ilinca
VAR Referee: Florin Andrei / AVAR Referee: Julian Dima
UPDATE. 19:45: The entire press table is occupied by locals! Mihai Stoica, conflict with the spectators
Inadequate conditions for journalists present at Mioveni. Absolutely all the seats at the press table, which should have been intended for them, are occupied by the fans of Pitesti. There is no free seat.
While climbing to the stands, Mihai Stoica was involved in a verbal conflict with the spectators who support FC Argeș. Curses difficult to reproduce were addressed to him. The official of the champion argued with one of the fans, then he was hardly kept by those close to him from going down to continue the exchange of lines.
UPDATE. 19:40: Nocturna is working again
Nocturna started up again after not working for a few minutes.
VIDEO. FCSB warm-up before the match with FC Argeș
UPDATE. 19:20: FCSB footballers were cursed when they came out for the warm-up
The entire stadium started booing when the champions' footballers came out to warm up. Chiricheș and Lixandru were among the most apostrophized.
UPDATE. 19:05: Night has fallen again!
Half an hour after the first nighttime problem, solved by turning on the generator, the power went out in the entire stadium. After 8 minutes, only one light pole out of the 4 is working.
Night fell before FC Argeș – FCSB
UPDATE. 18:35: FCSB players inspected the pitch before the match with FC Argeș
The champions' players came out to inspect the turf about an hour and a half before kick-off, and the first thing they were interested in was the condition of the pitch.
UPDATE. 18:30: How the pitch looks before FC Argeș – FCSB
Those from the FCSB were very worried about how the lawn at Mioveni would look and even threatened not to enter the field if the ice was frozen.
An hour and a half before the start, the organizers were marking the pitch with red paint. The grass still has snow on it but is playable. It's not frozen at all. They are still cleaning up with brooms and shovels. The thermometers indicated minus 3 degrees Celsius at 18:30.
Nocturna went down for a few seconds, but the generator started up immediately, and the problem was solved.
FC Argeș took a picture of the lawn in Mioveni, after FCSB threatened not to show up
At the start time of the match Argeș – FCSB, -4 degrees Celsius are forecast in Mioveni. The Red-Blues fear the pitch will be frozen and have warned the LPF about the requirement for League 1 stadiums to have functional pitch heating. FCSB has threatened not to enter the field if it is frozen.
On Wednesday evening, the white-purple club presented the state of the lawn of “Orăsenescu” in Mioveni. Only a few small areas of ice are visible in the image, positive signs for the match.
This is how the lawn of the Mioveni stadium looks in the afternoon of January 14 // photo source: Facebook @ FC Arges Pitesti
FC Argeș – FCSB, the battle for the Superliga play-off
The players from Bucharest won six of the previous 10 direct duels in the championship, during which the players from Pitesti prevailed twice, and the other two games ended in a draw.
Five wins, two draws and three defeats is the record recorded by the people of Pitesti in the current edition at home. The most recent direct Superliga match: August 24, 2025, FCSB-FC Argeș 0-2 (scorers: Adel Bettaieb, Robert Moldoveanu).
Bogdan Andone, about the duel with FCSB: “Perhaps the most experienced and qualitative team in our championship”
“It will be an extremely difficult match both from the point of view of the opponent, who is of very high quality, perhaps the most experienced and qualitative team in our championship, they are in the European spring, they won the championship in the last two years, and from the perspective of the importance of the game for the play-off fight.
Our playing style is a positive team. We try to play offensively, to create situations. It will be a game like any other from a technical-tactical point of view, we'll just have to pay attention to the details. They have great experience and great quality.
Some teams trained in the country, others abroad. Some came earlier, some later. It is difficult to predict how the teams will perform at this stage. Next week will be different. For the first stage it is difficult to predict, regardless of the game or the difference in value“, stated Bogdan Andone about the duel with the champion.
Don't scare people. It's not that cold. It's going to be 0, minus a maximum degree. It is important for the team that the stadium is full, as it was in almost all matches. It's important to support the boys. He needs to be with the team and trust the team all the time, 100%. I ask him to be with the team! Only together can we win and achieve our goals.
– Bogdan Andone
Elias Charalambous prefaced the first match of 2026: “I have to be honest with you”
“We had a very good training camp. The most important thing is that all the players are healthy, especially in the given conditions, with very hard training. The whole team is fine. The players had a very good attitude in training. All the staff are happy. But now we start the championship.
We play Argeș in two days. You know how badly we need points. There is a little bit left until the end of the championship, but we will take each match individually and hope to get all 3 points.
We are waiting to win the first game, we are taking it step by step. The objective of this club is always to win the title. I have to be honest with you, the only thing on our mind is winning the title”, Charalambous said at the pre-match conference.
The most important information about FC Argeș – FCSB
- October 18, 2025, Metaloglobus – FCSB 2-1 was the only game lost by the red-blues in the last 11 stages, in the rest seven successes and three draw results.
- 10 of the 27 goals scored by Argeşe were scored on the counterattack, the 1st place in this chapter.
- 18 of the 26 goals conceded by the title holders came in the second half, nine of which came after the 75th minute.
- Technician Bogdan Andone has met FCSB six times, won three games and lost three. It should be remembered that he coached the red-blue team at the beginning of the 2019/'20 season (7 matches in all competitions – 4 wins – 1 draw – 2 defeats).
- Three players from the two groups have checked attendance in all 21 stages, they are Mario Tudose, Roberto Sierra (FC Argeș), respectively Florin Tănase (FCSB).
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