Article by Eduard Apostol, Maria Olteanu – Published Sunday, January 25, 2026, 08:07 / Updated Sunday, January 25, 2026 08:08
Shortly after the match ended on Saturday evening, on “Ion Oblemenco”, score 2-0 in favor of Craiova, against FC Botoșani, in stage #23 of the Superliga, ANAD performed an anti-doping test.
The two teams had been informed of this aspect even before the start of the match, and 5 minutes before the final whistle, the 4 players to go to the test were chosen, two from each team.
Captain Nicușor Bancu and Vasile Mogoș from the home team, respectively Alex Cîmpanu and Andrei Dumitru were the chosen players, according to GSP.ro information.
Anti-doping control in Craiova on Saturday evening
The last control carried out by ANAD was at the match in December, won by Oțelul Galati with a score of 2-0 in front of those from Rapid.
Craiova had another test this Superliga season, in the very first match of Filipe Coelho on the bench, in November, after the 2-1 victory against FC Argeș, from Mioveni, in the 17th round.
Final with sparks in Banie
Immediately after the match at “Ion Oblemenco”, until the anti-doping control, the atmosphere heated up on the field, Mario Felgueiras being extremely angry at the referee.
The sports director of the Oltene team did not hold back immediately after the final whistle. He went “bullet” to Marcel Bîrsan, reproaching him for certain phases of the match. The Oltenians were annoyed by the “central” especially in the first half, when he dictated a foul during a shoulder to shoulder duel between Baiaram and Pavlovic.
For the exit from the end, the Olten official saw the red card, dictated after the last whistle of the match.
With 3 points in the account, Craiova is again the leader in the Superliga, where it has reached the 46th point. It cannot be beaten by Rapid, regardless of the result in Arad, and it is certain that it will end the round in the first position. In the next round, Olten plays away at Farul.
Superliga standings
