LIVE. U Cluj – Rapid, crucial duel in the fight for the title in the Superliga

• U Cluj must win with Rapid to depend only on her in the title fight. At this moment, Transylvanian people are at their best. If they win all their remaining matches, they are champions.

• If they don't win with Rapid, U Cluj can mathematically lose the title in the next round, when they have a match with Universitatea Craiova. In the event of a draw, Olten would be champions.

U Cluj is fighting to catch up with Universitatea Craiova, before a double confrontation with Olten, in which the stakes of the season are played. First, the final of the Romanian Cup in Sibiu, then the direct match in Bănie.

LIVE » U Cluj – Rapid 1-0

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• Scored: Codrea 17

• 15,043 spectators are at this match, official number

• The match at Cluj Arena was stopped after just a few seconds from the first whistle, after the fans of the hosts made a spectacular scenography, in which they threw several rolls of paper onto the lawn. The game was resumed in the 6th minute

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Starting teams at U Cluj – Rapid

U Cluj (4-1-2-3): Left – Mikanovic, I. Cristea, Capradossi, M. Gomes – Codrea – Nistor, Bic – Macalou, Postolachi, Stanojev
reserves: Gertmonas, Coșa, Coubiș, Chipciu, G. Simion, Murgia, Drammeh, Pall, A. Gheorghiță, O. Mendy, A. Trică, J. Lukic
Absent: El Sawy (no right to play), Chinteș (injured)
Coach Cristiano Bergodi

Quick (4-3-3): Aioani – Onea, Ciobotariu, Kramer, Sălceanu – Moruțan, K. Keita, Christensen – Hazrollaj, Burmaz, D. Paraschiv
reserves: Briciu, Šimonia, D. Todoran, M. Costache, Borza, C. Grameni, A. Pîrvu, A. Grosu, E. Koljic
Absent: Pașcanu (suspended), Bolgado, C. Gheorghe, Iliev, Cr. Manea, Petrila, Vulturar, Mendes (injured), Al. Good (medical problem)
Coach: Costel Gâlcă

Stadium: Cluj Arena
Referee: Rareș Vidican (Satu Mare). ASSISTANT Radu Ghinguleac (Bucharest), Alexandru Corb (Satu Mare)
VAR referee Sorin Costreie (Volunteers). Assistant VAR Andrei Chivulete (Bucharest)

Information about the match U Cluj – Rapid

• November 1, 2025, Universitatea Cluj-FCSB 0-2 was the last defeat suffered by the Transylvanians in the championship at home. 10 home wins and a draw followed.

• The Giulești team won eight of the 18 matches in the current edition, and four other times they ended in a draw.

• 31 of the 59 goals scored by Cluj were scored in the second half, 14 of which after the 75th minute.

• 12 of the goals scored by the speedsters in the current edition were scored by defenders.

• The goal scored by Dan Nistor in the last round (1-0 against FC Argeș) was the 70th scored in the Super League by the current Transylvanian midfielder, a competition in which he also made 104 decisive assists (509 matches).

• Alexandru Dobre is the only player from the two groups who has attended all 37 stages.

The duel between Cluj University and Rapid is the oldest in the history of the current championshipthe first direct confrontation taking place in the second season in which the internal competition took place in a divisional system, 1933/1934. On November 26, 1933, the students of Adalbert Molnar (U) won at home with 2-1 (Grațian Sepi, Silviu Ploeşteanu / Ştefan Boblea). In the return leg, in Bucharest (April 21, 1934), the Ceferists won in turn with 1-0, the goal being scored by Geza Medve, the striker of “Giuleşte” making his debut. In the mentioned edition, both teams accumulated 17 points each (U Cluj – 3rd place, CFR Bucharest – 4th place).

In total, the two teams met in the main domestic competition 103 times, 42 times Transylvania won, 43 times Giulești prevailed, and another 18 games ended in a draw.

• The biggest difference recorded on the first stage: five goals, five times 5-0 (three times for U Cluj – twice for Rapid).

• The last success ticked off by the people of Bucharest in Super League disputes: July 23, 2023, U Cluj-Rapid 0-3.

• The most recent match in the championship: April 5, 2026, Rapid-U Cluj 1-2 (Cătălin Vulturar / Oucasse Mendy – double).

6consecutive stages without a win has collected Rapid, 5 failures and a draw

2-1was the score with which U Cluj prevailed in Giulesti, in the play-off round