Rapid – U Cluj A match of the great pride, especially after the last game directly from the regular season, is played this evening at the Giulești stadium, from 8:00 pm. The match will be livetext on GSP.ro, and on TV will be broadcast on the first sport 1 and on Digi Sport 1.
Rapid and U Cluj, separated by only one point, fight for a place to ensure their presence in the European Cups. In the regular season, both meetings were won by Transylvanians, 2-0 in Giulești and 2-1 in Cluj,
Rapid – U Cluj, live from 8:00 pm
Quick-Cluj, Probable teams
Quick (4-3-3): Aioani – Onea, D. Ciobotariu, Pașcanu, Borza – Kait, K. Keita, Christensen – Al. Dobre, Koljic, Petrila
Reserves: Stolz, cr. Manea, Braun, Ignat, Săpunaru, Bădeascu, Vulturar, Grameni, Gojkovic, Ademo, Ankeye, R. Pop, N'jie, Burmaz
Absent: Hromada, Mendes (injured)
Coach: Marius Șumudică
U Cluj (4-3-1-2): Gertmonas – Boboc, Masoero, I. Cristea, Chipciu – G. Simion, Artean, Bic – Nistor – Macalou, Blănuță
Reserves: Lefter, D. Moldovan, Codrea, Oancea, Betteb, Duck, Mirayan, Bota, Mitrea, Silaghi, Oaid, Thiam
Absent: Van der Werff, ov. Popescu (injured)
Coach: Ioan Ovidiu Sabău
Stadium: Steel
Referee: Sebastian Colţescu (Bucharest). Assistants: Radu Ghinguleac (Bucharest), George Neacşu (Câmpulung Muscel).
Var Referee: Sorin Costreie (Voluntari). Var assistant referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Râmnicu Vâlcea).
Alexandru Pașcanu, before Rapid – U Cluj: “It is probably the most important match of the season”
It's a pressure, it's probably the most important match of the season so far, but we are ready. I knew that we would reach this position, to fight, and we were prepared and happy that we have arrived here, to fight for the goals proposed at the beginning of the season.
I think we are at the near level. U Cluj was very, for a long time in the first place, he played this season very well. It will definitely be a very difficult match. We are in the books to fight there, up, and that's the most important. There are many more points in the game, but it is the most important match of the season, a 6 -point match.
– Alexandru Pașcanu, quick defender
Rapid – U Cluj, the most important information
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The fifth round in the play-off schedules the oldest duel in the history of the current championship, Rapid-University Cluj, the 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) prevailed on their own ground with 2-1 (Graţian Sepi, Silviu Ploeşteanu / Ştefan Boblea). In return, in Bucharest (April 21, 1934), the Ceferists also won the victory by 1-0, the goal being scored by Geza Medve, the striker “Giulesti” being debut. In the aforementioned edition, both teams accumulated 17 points (U Cluj 3rd place, 4th place).
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QIn total, the two teams met in the main internal competition 98 times, 43 times the Giulesti were imposed, 39 times they won the Transylvanian students, and another 16 games ended in a draw. Palmares with fast host: 49 games – 31 Victories Rapid – 5 draws – 13 successes u Cluj.
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The biggest difference recorded on the first stage: five goals, five times 5-0 (three times for U Cluj – twice for Rapid). -The latest championship dispute: February 1, 2025, Cluj -rapid University 2-1, goals scored by Lucas Masoero, Mamadou Thiam, respectively Tobias Christensen.
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The match will be a special one for Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, who evolved as a player in Giuleşti for four seasons (1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2002-2003), contributing to the last two titles won by the Vişinie group (he was a colleague with Marius Şumudică in 1998/1999 and 2001/2002). He also trained Rapid in the 2012/2013 season (16 matches in all competitions – 9 wins – 3 draws – 4 defeats).
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Marius Şumudică vs. Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, from the position of coaches: 6 games – 3 draws – 3 Sabău successes
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7 Data from the current season:
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Both teams have only one victory in the last six rounds, in which the Giulestii have recorded three draws, while the people of Cluj lost four games.
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There are the bands on the gates to which the most shot were drawn in the first four rounds of the play -off, Rapid – 26, U Cluj – 25.
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15 goals with the head scored the Transylvanians, 1st place this chapter. Five of the successes were succeeded by Vladislav Blănuță.
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With seven goals scored, 10 decisive passes and a penalty removed and transformed by another colleague, Claudiu Petrila contributed decisively to 43.9 % of the successes of Bucharest this season.
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11 of the 32 goals scored by Rapid were received after the 75th minute.
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11,283 spectators / match is the average registered by Giulesti in the current season, being exceeded by FCSB (12,289 spectators / match).
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If it is used, Vadim Rața will check the match with number 200 in Superliga.
