What's next for FCSB after the unfortunate failure with CFR Cluj » FOUR “hot” matches with direct opponents for the play-offs

Ashley Davis26/01/2026

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Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Monday, January 26, 2026, 10:20 / Updated Monday, January 26, 2026 10:38

FCSB made a laughingstock on Sunday evening, at home, against CFR Cluj, losing with an incredible 1-4 a match that was essential in the fight for the play-offs. The reigning champion stayed at the 31st post and risks missing the top 6. She still has 7 stages in which she can recover, but the program is by no means the easiest.

At the moment, FCSB is in 11th place with 31 points. It has 5 less than Cluj University, the last team that takes position in the leading platoon, at this moment.

Between now and the first week of March, when the regular season ends, FCSB has 7 more tests. There are 7 play-off finals or matches that can mark a negative milestone: the champion in the play-out, in the fight to save from relegation!

How does FCSB's schedule look in the last 7 stages of the regular season

Even if it got rid of some of the “dragons”, such as Dinamo or Rapid, the schedule is not at all easy for the red-blue formation: it has a match on the field of the leader Universitatea Craiova, four games with direct opponents in the play-off and two more games that, at least on paper, do not seem so complicated, against the codas Metaloglobus and Csikszereda.

In the tour, in the last 7 stages, against the opponents they are going to play now, FCSB collected 13 points out of 21 possible: one draw, four wins and two defeats.

Surprisingly, however, he got bogged down where it seemed easier, picking up just one point from the matches against Csikszereda and Metaloglobus.

Now, in this group of 7 matches, FCSB has four matches against the direct candidates for a play-off place: Botoșani (5th place), Oțelul (8th place), UTA (7th place) and U Cluj (6th place).