Article by Cezar Titor – Published Monday, May 18, 2026 11:45 p.m. / Updated Monday, May 18, 2026 11:49 p.m.
Thus, the Dobrogens will face Chindia Târgoviște to stay in the Superleague. However, at the end of the match, Flavius Stoican, 49 years old, the technician of the “sailors” urged optimism.
Flavius Stoican: “We must accept criticism”
“I don't want us to think we are kites without being. People encouraged us, we missed, we crossed, but in vain. That's it, we have to keep our heads up. We have to accept criticism to become better and stay in League 1 further.
We have a 100% fair championship. The steel played its chance, and we were very attentive to what we had to do. We knew the strength of the Steel and that we had a tough game ahead of us. We took some goals from young kids and it cost us.
However, it is a good team, to which we have also given new problems. In the end, they were happy. I knew that they play good football, and this victory means a lot for them from a financial point of view as well”, said Flavius Stoican, at the end of the failure that recorded the presence of the blue-and-whites at the dam.
The outcome of the play-out:
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Petrol was saved directly, being the only team that did not benefit from points rounding;
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Unirea Slobozia relegated to the 2nd League;
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Farul and Hermannstadt will play the tie. The Constantinians, with Chindia Târgoviște, the Sibiians, with FC Voluntari. The round-robin leg will be played between May 23-24, and the return leg on May 30-31 or June 1;
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UTA Arad won the play-out;
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FCSB finished 2nd, FC Botoșani 4th. The two will play the semi-final of the Conference League bracket, being the best ranked teams with a European license. This duel will take place on Sunday, May 24, from 20:30;
Final play-out standings:
