Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 08:29 / Updated Wednesday, February 18, 2026 09:01
Next to Andrei Niculescu, in the studio, Mihai Stoica (60 years old), the president of the Board of Directors from FCSBcompared the first two ranked Superliga, University of Craiova and Dinamo.
FCSB played back and forth in the regular season against both Dinamo and Olten. With the University, the results were mixed, narrowly winning in the round (1-0), narrowly failing in the return leg (0-1). He failed to beat his local rival, 3-4 in the round, 0-0 in the return leg.
With the memory of the return match against Craiova still fresh, Mihai Stoica was challenged to compare the top two teams. There are 3 stages left in the regular season, and the University is the leader, 53 points, one more than Dinamo.
The conclusion of the official champion? Craiova has a better team and a plus in the offensive phase, but Dinamo is more solid defensively, with a more balanced game.
Dinamo or Craiova University, how does Mihai Stoica compare them?
“Dinamo is more balanced, Craiova is better offensively. More balanced, in the sense that it is a team that you score harder than Craiova. At least that's my perception.
Craiova has a clearly greater offensive force, because it has doubles in the post. At Dinamo we kind of know. The only question is, when are they all [disponibili]if Soro or Armstrong are playing. Beyond, you have Al Hamlawi or Nsimba, Baiaram or Etim, there is also Basceanu…
Plus, in the middle compartment, Dinamo has 3 players who are clear starters: Mărginean, Gnahore, Cîrjan. Beyond you have Băluță or Anzor, Teles, Cicâldău, Matei… Craiova has several options, that's clear.
But it was also normal for the team to be structured differently, because it had another competition. A competition from which even now no one understands how it came out. Normally they should have qualified further.
The fact that we know Dinamo's “11” matters a lot, what Dinamo plays and how difficult it is to play against Dinamo. With Craiova you reach the gate. The only team that I didn't quite get to the goal was Dinamoat least in the second part of the season”, commented Mihai Stoica in the PrimaSport studio, next to Andrei Nicolescu, Dinamo's president.
2-2 and 1-1are the results recorded between Dinamo and Universitatea Craiova in the regular season
