Article by Cosmin Nistor – Published Friday, 06 March 2026, 19:21 / Updated Friday, 06 March 2026 19:22
Unprecedented situation in League 3. The Ariesăl Turda bottle was excluded from Series 8 after not appearing in two consecutive matches in the championship. The team from Turda lost the first game of this year on the green table, after not showing up for the game with Viitorul Cluj. The situation was repeated at the game scheduled for Friday, at Unirea Dej, and the regulation provides for the exclusion of the team from the competition after two no-shows.
Under these conditions, the club was removed from the championship, and all the matches it was going to play until the end of the season will be approved 3-0 for the opponents. The results recorded up to this point remain valid.
Arieseș Turda, excluded from League 3
In the 18 stages played so far, Sticla Arieseșul Turda has collected only two points. The team scored 11 times and conceded 47 goals, and the chances of avoiding relegation were minimal from the first part of the season.
The Turdean group was initially preparing to play in League 4, but less than a week before the start of the season, it was announced that it would take the place of a withdrawn team and play in League 3.
At the Friday match, the club's juniors were present at the stadium, but did not enter the field. They stood in the stands and applauded the entry of the visiting team, in a gesture of protest against the situation in the club.
According to the publication TurdaNews, several players would not have received their salaries from the summer of last year. At the same time, the president of the club, Artur Podar, would have a salary of approximately 9,000 lei per month, while some of the footballers with senior contracts should have received around 1,000 lei per month.
Former winner of the Romanian Cup
Sticla Ariesul Turda won the Romanian Cup in the 1960-1961 season, after winning the final with a score of 2-1 against Rapid Bucharest. During that course, the Turdens, who played in the second league, eliminated teams such as Corvinul Hunedoara, Iași and Politehnica Timișoara. In the final, Rapid was led by Ion Motroc.
