LIVE CFR Cluj – Dinamo, tough duel in the 4th stage of the Superliga play-off

Cluj and Bucharest are separated by three points in the play-off. CFR Cluj is in 4th place and has 30 points, being 6 points behind U Cluj and Craiova University. He has two losses and one win in the first rounds of the playoffs.

This while Dinamo is last, with 27 points. He lost the first two games in the play-off and drew in the last stage, with FC Argeș.

CFR Cluj – Dinamo, live from 21:00

CFR Cluj – Dinamo, probable teams

CFR Cluj (4-2-3-1): M. Popa – Braun, Sinyan, Huja, Abeid – Muhar, T. Keita – Cordea, Korenica, Biloboc, Aliev
Reserves: Valceanu, Gal, Camora, Kun, M. Ilie, Djokovic, Deac, Ad. Păun, A. Fica, Şfaiț, Kamara, Zahovic
Absent: Rocha, Masic (injured)
Coach: Daniel Pancu

Dinamo (4-3-3): Roșca – Sivis, Boateng, Stoinov, Opruț – Cîrjan, Gnahore, Mărginean – Musi, Pușcaș, Karamoko
Reserves: Epassy, ​​Soro, Al, Pop, Milanov, Mazilu, Cr. Mihai, Tarbă, Caragea, Toader, Armstrong, Țicu, Niuwu, Duțu
Absent: Licsandru, Bordușanu (injured)
Coach: Zeljko Kopic

Referee: Marian Barbu // Assistants: Mihai Marica, Imre Bucsi
VAR referee: Florin Andrei // Assistant VAR: Marius Omuț

A different game awaits us than the one that was at the last one of us in the championship, in the last stage.

They are in better shape than then, they have important players back in attack, there are players who have returned to good form and I expect a very, very complicated and different game to the one that was in the last stage.

Next is a team with a very good coach who has been there for almost three years. You see a lot of things, they have their concept, they don't deviate from it, but we hope that tomorrow night we will be the ones to win the game again because we really need it.

We are coming off a defeat that personally hurt me a lot, but we are moving forward and thinking about the victory tomorrow night. If we don't win, it won't even make sense to talk about the title anymore. Nobody's goal is the title, absolutely nobody's, but I'm still convinced that it can be won. At the balance that exists in this play-off and the points that a team gains or loses, the championship can still be won.

– Daniel Pancu, CFR Cluj coach

We hope to get the first win, there are some players in a return to form, Karamoko is better, Pușcaș feels better, we have more options. There are 4 very important matches, after the one against CFR Cluj there will be 3 at home, with U Cluj, Craiova and Rapid.

We have expectations for this season, the first objective was achieved, we entered the play-offs. We had problems, some players were injured. Of course it's not easy, the results are not good, but just like when we win I don't want to fly, when we lose I don't want to be weak either.

FR is a tough opponent. In recent years, they were playing in European cups, we were struggling. This season we beat them, we remember Soro's goal, it was an important victory for us. We have to win away from home as well.

– Zeljko Kopic, Dinamo coach

The best statistics before CFR Cluj – Dinamo

• October 25, 2025, CFR Cluj-Farul 0-2 was the last defeat suffered by the Transylvanians in the championship at home. Eight wins in a row followed at home, four of which by at least two goals.

• February 16, 2026, Dinamo-Unirea Slobozia 1-0 was the only success achieved by Bucharest in the previous eight stages, in the rest two equal results and five lost games, four of which were close.

• CFR is the team with the most players used in the first 33 rounds 42, of which 15 are debutants. On the other hand, Dinamo relied on only 30 footballers, nine of them being natives born after January 1, 2004.

• The two teams have met in the main domestic competition 62 times, Cluj won 29 times, Bucharest won 21 times, and another 12 games ended in a draw.

• Records with CFR host: 31 games – 18 CFR Cluj victories – 6 draws – 7 Dinamo successes.

• The first game took place on November 28, 1948, Dinamo-CFR 1-0, goal Marin Apostol. The coaches of the two teams were Rudolf Wetzer and Nicolae Munteanu, respectively.

• The most goals were scored in the second leg of the 1948/1949 edition, with CFR the host, score 2-5 (Candrea double / Bartha double, Ozon double, Naciu). The Transylvanian team's failure was followed by a 0-9 against Metalochimic Bucureşti, as a result of which the “Višinie” team took the B road.

• The first victory for the Transylvanian team was recorded in the fourth direct duel, on July 15, 1970, CFR-Dinamo 2-1. The success contributed decisively to the rescue from relegation, the “ceferists” finishing the championship with one point over Crişul Oradea, the first team below the line.

• The biggest score difference: October 15, 2005, Dinamo-CFR 5-0. Interestingly, Dorinel Munteanu then used a starting formula consisting only of local players, the only foreigners used by Cluj entering after the break, Bruncevic and Zoran Milosevic. Ioan Andone was on the hosts' bench.

• Another landmark match was played on November 5, 2006, CFR Cluj-Dinamo 2-1 (Romeo Surdu / Radu Ştefan double), when Cluj stopped a streak of 13 consecutive victories achieved by the team coached at the time by Mircea Rednic.

• The last success achieved by the people of Bucharest on the first stage away from home: May 6, 2017, CFR Cluj-Dinamo 0-3.

• The most recent direct Superliga match: March 9, 2026, CFR Cluj-Dinamo 2-0 (Karlo Muhar, Alibek Aliev)