Article by Cosmin Nistor – published on Sunday, September 28, 2025, 16:33 / Updated Sunday, September 28, 2025 4:39 pm
The draw of the group phase in the Romanian Cup has brought a duel that aroused the attention of Hungarian newspapers: Sepsi OSK and Csikszereda Miercuea Ciuc will officially meet, in what the Hungarian press called the “Szekler derby”.
Both teams were distributed in Group C, together with the University of Cluj, Steel Galați, Metal Buzău and Sporting Liești (Liga 3). The confrontation of Sepsi – Csikszereda will take place in the first stage.
The match is scheduled at Miercurea Ciuc, but the people from Sepsi want to propose to take place in Sfântu Gheorghe, where the stadium is much larger.
As in the last season, the two Szekler teams were distributed in the same group in the Romanian Cup, but this time they will also meet on the field. In the current special format, each team plays three matches in the groups of six, and the teams extracted from the same ballot box must duel.
As Sepsi OSK, winner of the cup in 2022 and 2023, as well as FK Csikszereda, were distributed in the second ballot, the draw has established that they are part of Group C, which means that they will face Sfântu Gheorghe, in the third stage, between 16 and 18 December (in the first stage, in the first stage, in the first stage, in the first stage, in the first stage, in the first stage, in the first stage, in the first stage, in October 28).
The other teams in the group are the University of Cluj, the Galați, Metal Buzău and Sporting Liești. FK will play against the team from Cluj and those from Buzau, and Sepsi will meet the opponents from Galați and Liești.
– wrote the ones from Nemzetisport.Hu.
Group C program in the Romanian Cup:
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Sepsi's patron's reaction, Laszlo Dioszegi
The owner of Sepsi OSK reacted in Hungarian on the official Facebook page:
“We all know that after 10 years we play an official match with Csikszereda! I think it will be a huge interest for this duel, so I suggest the club management to play the match in Sepsi Arena, that 8,500 spectators to enjoy this show. Win! ”
Csikszereda ranks 15th in the Romanian Superliga, while Sepsi Sf.Gheorghe ranks 11th in the second step in Romania.
