Article by Sergiu Alexandru – Published Friday, February 20, 2026, 6:24 p.m. / Updated Friday, February 20, 2026, 6:25 p.m.
FC Botoșani and U Cluj face each other from 20:00 in an extremely important match of the 28th round of the Super League. The match between the two teams in the play-off zone will be liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on PrimaSport 1 and DigiSport 1.
With 27 stages played in the regular season, FC Botoșani and U Cluj are two of the teams fighting for the play-off places. And both hope to prevail in this match to increase their chances of staying in the top 6.
U Cluj, which will not have coach Cristiano Bergodi on the bench, suspended for a month, is in 4th place, with 45 points. And with a victory he will strengthen his position. On the other side, FC Botoșani, with only one victory in the last five rounds, is in 7th place, with 42 points. And the victory would help them stay in the fight for the play-offs.
FC Botoșani – U Cluj, live from 20:00
FC Botoșani – U Cluj, starting teams
FC Botosani: Anestis – Pavlovic, Mircon, Diaw, Creț – Bordeianu, Petrov – Mitrov, Ongenda, Mailtan – Kovtaliuk
Reserves: Kukic, Șigănaşu, Suta, Adams, Ilas, David, Popa, Dumitru, Bodisteanu, Pănoiu, Lopez, Dumiter
Absent: Sadiku (unmade)
Coach: Awesome Leo
U Cluj: Gertmonas – Mikanovic, Cisse, Coubiș, Chipciu – Codrea – Macalou, Drammeh, Nistor, El Sawy – Lukic
reserves: Lefter, Cosa, Chinteș, Capradossi, Murgia, Simion, Stanojev, Mendy, Gheorghiță, Fabry, Postolachi
Absent: Bic (suspended)
Coach: Eugeniu Cebotaru
Stadium: Municipal (Botoșani)
Referee: Marian Barbu // Assistants: Mariu Badea, Imre Bucsi
VAR referee: Cătălin Popa // Assistant VAR: Lucian Rusandu
The best statistics before FC Botoșani – U Cluj
- December 19, 2025, FC Botoșani-CFR Cluj 0-1 was the only defeat suffered by the Moldovans in the last 15 matches played in the championship at home, in the rest eight wins and six draws.
- The Cluj players won in seven of the 13 away games in the current season, and one match they ended in a draw.
- FC Botoșani collected 12 games without conceding a goal, a figure that we meet in the first 27 stages only against those from Dinamo and FC Argeș.
- The formations with the fewest goals conceded after some static moments meet, Cluj University – 3, FC Botoșani – 5.
- The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 13 times, the Botošanians won three times, the Transylvanian team won six times, and the other four games ended in a draw.
- The first confrontation took place on October 7, 2013, FC Botoşani-Universitatea Cluj 1-1 (coaches Cristian Popovici / Gheorghe Barbu).
- Two of the four ties ended without a goal scored, one of which was with the Moldovans as hosts (May 6, 2023).
- The most recent direct Superliga match: October 18, 2025, Cluj University-FC Botoșani 0-2, scorers Alexandru Cîmpanu and Hervin Ongenda.
