Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Saturday, March 14, 2026, 5:54 p.m. / Updated Saturday, March 14, 2026, 5:54 p.m.
The waters are troubled at FC Voluntari. The team that played several seasons in the Super League qualified for the League 2 play-off, but coach Florin Pîrvu is close to being fired. After the defeat in the last stage of the regular season against Gloria Bistrița, score 0-1, the management announced that they are thinking about replacing the technician.
Robert Gheorghe, the executive president of the Voluntari, is dissatisfied with the team's form and announced that the option of replacing Pîrvu is being considered in the context in which the Ilfoves have two consecutive defeats against much lower rated teams.
Florin Pîrvu, OUT from Voluntari? Robert Gheorghe: “I will also talk to Bogdan Bălănescu and we will make a decision”
“We have two defeats in the last two stages! We are not too far from the goal… Corvinul is far away, congratulations, he already has the tickets for League 1 in his pocket.
From the points point of view, five points between us and Sepsi… nothing is lost, there is also the direct game…
I'm very angry, but I don't want to talk on the nerves, I've never decided on the nerves, but it's a blockage at the team level, and at the level of expression, and at the level of results.
I'm envious during Corvinu, I have to admit, but we'll see what we'll do next with Pîrvu! We will see what decision we make now, we have an eight hour drive home, the way back. I will also talk to Bogdan Bălănescu and we will make a decision, it is clear that we cannot leave things like this! But, I don't want to talk in the heat of the moment, on nerves,” Robert Gheorghe said, according to liga2.ro.
I'm rooting for the team all the way, but it would be embarrassing not to acknowledge our very, very poor form. I don't know… I don't know what's happening, if the problem is with the players or the technical bench. I don't know!
If I had to say it now, I would say that we have no chance in the play-offs if we put it this way. We'll finish 6th at this pace, for sure, but I'm confident we can reach our goal.
Maybe the players, mentally, when we reached the play-off, thought that nothing else mattered. But, Sepsi is worth more than Corvinul Hunedoara, and we have to finish above the team from Sfântu Gheorghe
–Robert George
The standings before the start of the play-offs
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Corvinul Hunedoara – 53 points
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Sepsis – 44 points
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FC Voluntari – 39 points
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Chindia Târgoviște – 39 points
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FC Bihor – 39 points
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Star – 39 points
