Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Thursday, March 12, 2026, 7:17 p.m. / Updated Thursday, March 12, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
Mihai Stoica (60 years old), the president of the Board of Directors from FCSBrevealed how Mirel Rădoi (44 years old) was received in the locker room of the champion of the last two Superliga editions and talked about the investments in the training base required by the new technician.
“I am convinced that as long as Gigi gave his word he will keep it. It doesn't matter how we feel, in the end Elias and the Pintils are gone, but those formidable memories remain. This coaching couple has accomplished something fantastic, regardless of Gigi's involvement or not.
The pullback was big, this decline seemed to stop at some point, but it didn't. We failed to meet our minimum goal of qualifying for the play-offs, but we are still in the fight for a European competition. Conference League, that's all that's possible now”, began Mihai Stoica, this evening, in the “Fotbal Show” show on Prima Sport.
Mihai Stoica: “It was strange for me to present Mirel Rădoi in the locker room”
Then, Mihai Stoica revealed how Mirel Rădoi was received at FCSB: “The players reacted exactly as we expected. It's not about the change of coaches, it's not just new Mirel, it's also a new staff. It's about his simple presence, he's a remarkable person in the history of this team.
We know his personality, we know his CV. It was strange for me to present him in the dressing room, even foreigners knew who he was and who he is. Crețu and Chiricheș must have caught him playing (no laughs).
For them, Rădoi is the former U21 national team coach who played in the semifinals at the European Championship, which destroyed England. And if we take the names that made up the England team we learn football. He was also the national team selector. We are already talking about two big milestones in Mirel's career. There were a lot of selectors at U21, but the performance that Mirel achieved is something special”.
Mihai Stoica, about Mirel Rădoi: “He personally has nothing to gain”
“I think that what will happen with us will be different compared to what happened before at… (No. Craiova University). I think that there can be no divergences that lead to an untimely departure, especially if Gigi has given her word, nothing can happen.
He personally has nothing to gain, because any match you play you are the favorite. You have to think that this season we lost the most points to teams from the play-out. We managed a hard-to-achieve performance: to lose 6 points with FC Argeș, who reached the play-off precisely because of the victories with us. 4 points with Hermannstadt, 3 points with Metaloglobus, 2 points with Csikszereda, 3 points with Slobozia, 2 with Petrolul. We lost to everyone.
Practically, the only teams against which we have not lost points and are in the play-out are UTA and Oțelul.
In terms of image, Mirel has something to gain. He had the sympathy and appreciation of our supporters anyway, but now that has increased exponentially.
I know the dressing room well and I don't think there is a footballer who doesn't respect it a lot. I don't ever see any player not wanting to impress Mirel in training or not respecting what he says. We have disciplined players. We have players who during the match showed themselves in a certain way, but it's something else.
Collaboration will have no cracks. I know the job and I know what I have to do. At this moment, the club I lead is solvent in all respects. I have a boss who never said no when it came to investments, and Mirel might have some requests in this direction.
They work a lot with data, they are very meticulous. They need us to retechnology. I don't even have to ask Gigi when it comes to something like this: “Take everything that is the latest generation”. And Gigi knows how many teams have evolved with the recovery conditions. No one has what we have in the country.
Some platforms were discussed, more accurate monitoring of training and matches. We are open to anything. Yesterday, the coaches only stayed at the base for about 13 and a half hours. Today they were downloading Real Madrid against Manchester City, because they didn't get to see the match last night”.
