Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Monday, December 15, 2025, 3:00 p.m. / Updated Monday, December 15, 2025 3:02 p.m.
In 10th place after 19 stages, FCSB desperately needs victories to succeed in the play-offs, and Florin Cernat, the club's sporting director, is convinced that the players will come back and fulfill their mission.
The titular champion is 5 points behind the 6th place, occupied by Oțelul Galați, which has one match more played. FCSB still has to play in this calendar year with Unirea Slobozia and Rapid.
In the round, the people from Ialomi achieved the surprise and prevailed with a score of 1-0 at the National Arena, and Rapid drew in extra time with FCSB, after the team coached by Elias Charalambous was leading with a score of 2-0 in the 82nd minute. The match ended with a score of 2-2, after the “double” signed by Elvir Koljic.
Florin Cernat believes that FCSB will qualify for the play-offs: “In the near future we will have a different face”
“After two very, very good years, moments like that happen in a team's career. Nobody is perfect and it was normal for a moment like that to happen. I think that in the near future we will have a different face and I trust all the guys. We have a very good and very balanced batch“, said Florin Cernat, in an interview for Sport Content EAD.
The most important are the 3 points, we really need victories, points in the ranking. It is clear that we want to enter the play-off zone as soon as possible and the points are the most important.
– Mihai LixandruFCSB midfielder
FCSB, champion in the last two Superliga seasons, had a disastrous start to the season, and the record so far is 6 wins, 7 draws and 6 failures.
Since the failure with Metaloglobus, suffered on October 18, FCSB has 6 consecutive matches without failure in the championship, of which 3 victories.
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