Article by Eduard Apostol, Daniel Grigore – Published Tuesday, 02 June 2026, 11:50 / Updated Tuesday, 02 June 2026 11:50
Farul will announce today the separation from coach Flavius Stoican (49 years old). Under his command, the Dobrogeans seriously trembled for the Super League.
The Lighthouse had great emotions in this season finale. With Ianis Zicu resigning in April, the chairman-shareholder Gică Popescu decided to hire Flavius Stoican to lead the team in the last hundred meters of the championship.
Under Stoican's leadership, Farul did not win any of the 7 games played, needing penalty kicks to avoid relegation to the play-off with Chindia6th place in the second league.
The lighthouse will announce the separation from Flavius Stoican
Farul will continue in the first league, but with a different name on the bench. Stoican and Farul signed the amicable termination of the contract that was due in the summer of 2027. The official announcement will come shortly.
Stoican has already said goodbye to the Lighthouse. “We came, we saved ourselves, objective achieved! Good luck and continued success, Farul!”, he told GSP.ro.
Ioan Becali announces: “Alibec remains”
Instead, Denis Alibec will continue at Farul, as revealed by the impresario Ioan Becali, who has important connections to the Dobrogean club. by the way the caretaker had announced after the decisive leg of the dam that he wants to stay: “If the people from Farul want me, I'm open”.
“Gica is looking for a coach. Sabău would be extraordinary, but I heard that it doesn't come with the amounts given at the Lighthouse. At Farul, a coach can take 5,000, 6,000… an exception was made at Alibec, which took more. (…)
Alibec continues, for Alibec they can sacrifice. Alibec is from there, he is from the place. When the bullet passes by your ear, you have nothing else to do…”, said Ioan Becali at fanatik.ro.
Ioan Becali: “I would try with Ionuț Chirilă”
Becali also appointed a coach whom he would see fit on the bench of Farului. It is about Ionuț Chirilă (60 years old), who last worked at Academica Clinceni, at the end of 2021:
“He must be careful which players he brings. How to play with Larie at 39 years old, Șîru, Vîna? At Farul, Gică was the right coach. I don't know if he has Gică's patience, he had it because it was his investment.
If I were at Farul, I would try with Ionuț Chirilă. I would try another Teja, calm, quiet, patient. We left Ionuț Chirilă 7 stages, mandatory, no matter if he lost them, and we saw where he was. He trained a bunch of young players and saved Dinamo twice”.
