Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Wednesday, 01 April 2026 21:06 / Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2026 21:09
Mihai Stoica (60 years old), the president of the FCSB Board of Directors, named Cosmin Olăroiu (56 years old) as his favorite to take over the technical bench of the national team, after Mircea Lucescu's term came to an end.
At this moment, the favorite to take the first representative is Gheorghe Hagifree of contract after leaving the Lighthouse. All indications lead to his appointment to the position, but given to choose a technician that he would appoint at this moment, if he could and if the contractual situation were not taken into account, MM Stoica appointed Cosmin Olăroiu, currently the selector of the United Arab Emirates national team.
Olăroiu has been on the bench of the United Arab Emirates since April 2025, during which he has collected 13 matches and an average of 1.31 points / match.
MM Stoica would put Cosmin Olăroiu on the bank of Romania
“The coach, when he enters the dressing room, when the players introduce themselves, has to be respected, and that hasn't always happened, I'm generally speaking. The players are always looking for alibis, that's the reality. If a coach makes a mistake, including in the way he expresses himself, they immediately react.
I don't think anyone has the courage to pass in front of Gică Hagi. Gică Hagi is, in my opinion, the best tactician in Romanian football. I think I played in a completely wrong system in many matches. We have players for another profile. I would choose Cosmin Olăroiu as a future selector”said MM Stoica, on the show “Fotbal Show”, from Prima Sport.
Cosmin Olăroiu/ photo: X @SharjahFC
Hearing the opinion of MM Stoica, Sorin Cârțu, the honorary president of Craiova University, contradicted him: “If we want local, on Hagi. There is no better one… there is no Olăroiu…”
“Răzvan was there, Gică was there, Oli I know he would have wanted to and it wasn't”, said MM Stoica, supplemented by Andrei Nicolescu, the president of Dinamo: “The Hagi version is very good. There could be foreign coaches of Hagi's quality, but the aura he brings, the respect he commands, are seen by everyone.
The solution to rebuild, he has the courage he has shown in the club team, to promote young people, exactly what we need. The courage of Farul, when he won, with which players he won, no one else had. If he keeps this courage in the national team as well…”, added Nicolescu, to Prima Sport.
Gică Hagi is a lifeline for the FRF and, of course, he will be elected. All the controversy is around Hagi. The same thing happened with Mircea Lucescu, at that time. They said that we have the most gallant one, look, they put it on and nothing was solved.
– Sorin Cârțu, about the appointment of Gică Hagi
