Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Monday, March 30, 2026 10:49 p.m. / Updated Monday, March 30, 2026 10:49 p.m.
Mihai Stoica, the president of the FCSB Board of Directors, spoke about the situation of the unavailable players from the red-blue squad.
Mihai Stoica said that Ofri Arad will start training with the team after the match with FC Botoșani and also mentioned that Ionuț Cercel and Vlad Chiricheș also have muscle problems. Likewise, Daniel Bîrligea, called up for national team action this spring, has muscle problems and is uncertain for the match against Slovakia, scheduled for March 31, at 9:45 p.m.
FCSB has a scheduled match on April 3 from 20:30 on the field of FC Botoșani. Mihai Stoica also spoke about the fact that the red-blues have many footballers summoned to the squads who are question marks for the match in Moldova due to the busy schedule: the footballers would come on Wednesday morning and leave with the team for Botoșani on Thursday.
FCSB medical bulletin » Mihai Stoica: “Cercel had acute laryngitis and is out for three days”
“Ofri Arad will join the integrated team after the match with FC Botoșani, next week. He will probably be fit for the match with Oțelul Galați. Chiricheş is back. They leave him something, they take something else. He is 36 years old, he has been tested. He had problems from ankles to shoulder throughout his career. Cercel had surgery, he trained normally, but he developed acute laryngitis and is out. Three they don't train for days. We've had a virus in the locker room for a month, some haven't recovered until now,” Mihai Stoica told Prima Sport.
The players return at 4am on Wednesday. We have a match on Friday and we leave for Suceava on Thursday and then by bus to Botoșani. We also have Joao Paulo and Risto Radunovic, in addition to Bîrligea, Miculescu and Tănase. That's why Toma, Stoian and Matei Popa are still gone. Matei Popa was in the stands for two matches so…
–Mihai Stoicapresident of FCSB
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