Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Tuesday, 05 May 2026, 15:42 / Updated Tuesday, 05 May 2026 15:46
Mihai Stoica (61 years old), the president of the Board of Directors at FCSB, was recently abroad to look for new players. He went to the lower leagues in France to make his first impression, and at the end of this week he will leave again, to another country.
FCSB missed the current season, failing to enter the play-offs and defend their title won in the previous championship. In the Romanian Cup, the red-blues were eliminated prematurely, after the group stage. In this context, the officials of the capital group are already thinking about the next season.
With the hope that the end of the season will ultimately be saved by qualifying for the Conference League preliminaries, from the play-off route, FCSB have started to draw up their transfer strategy for the summer. And MM Stoica, commissioned by the Becali boss to bring him players, started his homework. On the short list of priorities, he has a number 6, a number 9, two full-backs and two wings.
MM Stoica went to France to look for players for FCSB
“I was in France, basically I went to see some matches to educate myself on the level of the lower leagues. Of course, we are not talking about the first league. What can be interesting for us are the teams in League 3, which next year, that is, from the summer, will go professional. So the French will have three professional leagues, it's a big change. That is why the level is very high.
I saw Ligue 2 and Ligue 3 matches. Players from Ligue 2 can also be interesting, but from the bottom of the table, because if you see Troyes playing now, I think not only the play-offs with us, but they would even have the first chance at the championship. They are now promoted to the first league in France.
The organization and the quality, especially the attacking players, everywhere… I just wanted to see matches. Now we start to go putty. It's just a market we're prospecting. On Saturday I'm leaving again, but closer”said MM Stoica, quoted by fanatik.ro.
What's on Gigi Becali's wish list
Asked what positions he would like to cover in the summer mercato, MM Stoica answered:
“Our priorities are a number 6 and a number 9. That's right. After which Gigi wants to bring in two full-backs and two extremes. We are closed in central defenders. Well at this moment we have safety Dawa, safety Andre Duarte, safety Ngezana.
Mihai Popescu, Gigi says that he is offering him an extension and I think we will get along. We also have Graovac, which we have an option for. So we basically have 5, probably 4 will remain, because there is also Lixandru who can also play central defender at any time, so 4 are probably enough. Gigi will decide which of them to drop after the draw,” the FCSB official added.
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After the first 7 stages of the play-out, FCSB is first, with 36 points. He mathematically ensured his qualification for the first stage of Europe, with the next ranked and eligible from the play-out;
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The semi-final of the Conference pool, between the play-out teams, will be played on May 23 or 24;
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The final of the Conference bracket, between the play-out team and the play-off team, will be played on May 31;
Play-out standings
