FCSB – FC Botoșani, the duel that closes the intermediate round of the Superliga, decisive in the equation of the battle for the play-off, will be played today, from 20:30. The duel will be transmitted in liveTEXT format by GSP.ro, being televised by PrimaSport 1 & DigiSport 1.
LIVE, from 20:30 » FCSB – FC Botoșani
FCSB – FC Botoșani, the starting teams
FCSB: Matei Popa – V. Crețu, Duarte, Ngezana, Radunovic – Lixandru, Fl. Tănase – Miculescu, Olaru, Cisotti – Thiam
Reserves: Târnovanu, Zima, Graovac, Dawa, Bîrligea, Joao Paulo, M. Toma, Pantea, Oct. Popescu, Alhassan, Stoian, D. Popa
Absent: M. Popescu, Cercel, Chiricheș (injured), Ofri Arad (after training)
Coach: Elias Charalambous
FC Botosani: Anestis – Pavlovic, Miron, Diaw, Creț – Bordeianu, Petro – Mitrov, Aldair, Mailat – E. Lopez
Reserves: Kukic, Adams, Suta, Papa, E. David, A. Dumitru, M. Dumitru, Bodisteanu, Dumiter, Ongenda, Kovtaliuk
Coach: Awesome Leo
Referee: Iulian Calin
Assistants: Marius Badea and Alexandru Vișan
VAR Referee: Sorin Costreie
Assistant VAR: Valentine Pigeon
Book: Andrei Chivulete
Observer: Augustus Constantine
Update, 19:15 » The wind is blowing at the gates of the Arena
Desolate atmosphere at the National Arena an hour and a quarter before the FCSB – FC Botoșan matchi, decisive in the fight for access to the Superliga play-off.
Even if it is played in the middle of the week, chances are that the attendance will be higher than last weekend's game with Csikszereda, which was attended by 2,642 spectators. Peluza Nord, who protested at the last two duels at home, those with Fenerbahce and Miercurea Ciuc, would have decided to return to the team.
Update, 19:10 » The Red-Blues have arrived at the National Arena
The Romanian champion arrived at the National Arena an hour and a quarter before the start. Charalambous' players are doomed to win to remain with important chances in the race for the play-offs.
Superliga live standings:
In the event of a victory, FCSB is only two points closer to the play-off zone. The champion would score 37 points and be very close to FC Botoșani. If the Moldovans win, they will reach 42 points and climb over U Cluj and FC Argeș, up to 4th place.
The best statistics before FCSB – FC Botoșani, provided by GSP statistician Liviu Manolache:
- Five wins, three draws and four defeats is the record recorded by the red-blues in the current edition at home. On the other hand, the Botošanians prevailed in four of the 12 trips, and four other times they ended in a tie.
- The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 29 times, 21 times the Bucharest team prevailed, three times the Botošan team won, and five other games ended in a draw.
- The first confrontation took place on September 22, 2013, FC Botoşani-FCSB 1-2, scorers Ciprian Dinu, respectively Lukasz Szukala and Federico Piovaccari.
- The biggest score difference was recorded in the second leg of the 2013/2014 season, on March 31, FCSB-FC Botoşani 4-0.
- The most goals were scored on November 8, 2015, FCSB-FC Botoşani 5-3.
- The most recent direct match in the Super League: September 19, 2025, FC Botoșani-FCSB 3-1 (Andrei Dumiter, Mykola Kovtaliuk – double / Daniel Bîrligea). This was only the second success achieved by coach Leo Grozavu in the 16 confrontations with the red-blue grouping, otherwise, the record of the current Moldovan technician includes five draws and nine defeats.
