Article by Romeo Ene – Published Saturday, April 11, 2026, 8:24 p.m. / Updated Saturday, April 11, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
Arădeni are the leaders, with 31 points, but they cannot participate in the play-off for qualification in the Conference League preliminaries. The reason? UTA did not obtain the license, but Mihalcea knew this aspect from the beginning of the season.
The technician is looking forward to the end of the season and hopes that his team will not have problems from any point of view.
Adrian Mihalcea, declared after UTA Arad – FC Botoșani 3-1: “Only if something extremely negative happened for us could we reach the relegation zone”
“I am happy and congratulate the staff for the attitude on the sidelines and how they achieved this victory (no – Mihalcea was suspended). Now it seems that the next stage will be much more difficult to make the team. Today, against a good team, we managed to win.
Only if something extremely negative happened for us could we reach that zone, of relegation. We can last one more month to finish the championship well. It has nothing to do with the fact that we do not have the right to participate in European cups.
We knew from the beginning of the season. We have a good atmosphere. Even if we know we don't have the right, we want to rank as high as possible. It's important money for the club.
We look good, we are few. We had quality, we just needed that button. For us, it would be good if FCSB wins with Oțelul”, said Adrian Mihalcea, according to digisport.ro.
For UTA Arad, the away duel with Oțelul Galati follows on April 17 (5:30 p.m.). Arad is almost certain of avoiding relegation at the moment.
Ranking up to date from the play-out
