Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Monday, March 16, 2026, 6:00 p.m. / Updated Monday, March 16, 2026 6:04 p.m.
FC Botoșani and Unirea Slobozia meet NOW, in a match from the first stage of the play-out. The match started at 17:30 and is liveTEXT on GSP.ro and live on Prima Sport 1 and Digi Sport 1.
After missing the play-off due to a series of catastrophic matches, FC Botoșani debuts in the play-out with a new coach, Marius Croitoru. And he hopes to return to the fight for the first places. On the other side, Unirea Slobozia is on the verge of promotion/relegation and needs points to get out of the hot zone of the ranking.
LIVE. FC Botoșani – Unirea Slobozia 1-2
FC Botoșani – Unirea Slobozia, starting teams:
FC Botosani: Anestis – Ilaș, Miron, Diaw, Șigănașu – E. Papa, Petro – Mailat, Ongenda, Mitrov – Kovtaliuk
Reserves: Kukic, Creț, Suta, Adams, Bordeianu, Aldair, Bota, Bodisteanu, Dumiter, E. Lopez
Coach: Marius Tailor
Union of Slobozia: Rusu – Orozco, Antoche, Safronov – Dorobanțu, Lungu, A. Albu, Dragu – Ponde, Espinosa, Yakanov
Reserves: R. Popa, Ibrian, Şerbănica, A. Toma, Coada, Lemnaru, V. Pop, Vlăsceanu, Bărbut, Dulcea, Dahan, Said
Coach: Claudiu Niculescu
Referee: Marcel Bîrsan // Assistants: Radu Ghinguleac, Doru Lucaciu
VAR Referee: Sebastian Colțescu // Assistant VAR: Sebastian Gheorghe
With a victory today, FC Botoșani would reach 24 points, tied with FCSB, and would climb to 2nd place in the play-out. On the other hand, if they took three points, Unirea Slobozia would reach 16 points, as many as Petrolul, the team above them.
The best statistics before FC Botoșani – Unirea Slobozia
- February 8, 2026, FC Botoșani-Metaloglobus 3-0 was the only victory achieved by the Moldovans in the last 12 stages, in the rest three draws and eight lost games.
- The Ialomi team suffered 19 defeats during the current edition, 12 of which were on the limit.
- Botošaneni have 12 games without conceding a goal, but only two of them were in 2026.
- Unirea collected 14 matches without a goal scored during the championship, the most of all competitors.
- 29 players (16 domestic) used the hosts in this match in the first 30 rounds. On the other hand, the visitors relied on 37 footballers (23 domestic).
- The two teams have met in the main domestic competition five times, three times Botošan won, one game was won by Ialomi, and one game ended in a draw.
- The first match took place on November 4, 2024, Unirea Slobozia-FC Botoșani 1-0.
- The most recent direct Super League match: November 30, 2025, Unirea Slobozia-FC Botoșani 0-1, goal scored by Sebastian Mailat.
