Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Tuesday, April 21, 2026 9:19 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, April 21, 2026 9:19 p.m.
Rapid is going through a modest period in the Superliga, with 4 points obtained in 5 play-off stages. Giulești scored 3 goals in this interval, none of them signed by the attackers. Elvira Koljic hasn't scored since August 2025!
Rapid did not score in the last two stages, with Argeș (0-0) and Universitatea Craiova (0-1). The last goal from Giulești dates back to April 5, from 1-2 with U Cluj. Then, the midfielder Cătălin Vulturar put the ball in the goal, before he got injured.
Rapid also scored in the play-off with Dinamo, 3 times. Grameni, Petrila and Vulturar brought the victory with 3-2 for Giulești. So far, Rapid's top scorer in the play-offs is midfielder Vulturar, who will not play again until the end of the season.
Paraschiv and Koljic, without a goal in the play-off
Elvir Koljic and Daniel Paraschiv are the strikers that Constantin Gâlcă has at his disposal, with Burmaz still not recovered from the cruciate ligament rupture suffered in the summer.
Paraschiv, brought in in the winter, scored two goals this season for Rapid. Koljic has 4 successes in the Giulești shirt in 30 matches in the Superliga. In the Cup he ticked off a game, without putting the ball in the goal.
Paraschiv scored in the 28th and 29th stages of the regular season, 2-1 with Dinamo and 2-1 with Unirea Slobozia. Since then, the drought began for the player on loan from Leonesa, from La Liga 2.
Elvir Koljic, 28 consecutive matches without scoring
If Paraschiv hasn't scored in almost two months, Elvir Koljic's statistics look even worse. The Bosnian last scored last summer. Koljic has not scored since August 22, from the 2-1 with Metaloglobus, in the 7th stage of the Superliga.
Since then, the Bosnian has played 28 matches for Rapid in League 1 and the Romanian Cup, without appearing on the scoreboard.
The Bosnian was transferred by Rapid in February 2025, from Craiova University. The people of Giulești paid 100,000 euros to blow the rival from FCSB, where Koljic had managed to have a medical visit before changing his mind.
In total, Elvir has 43 appearances in the cherry shirt and scored 7 times in all competitions.
In the play-off, Koljic and Paraschiv shared their minutes, the Romanian being preferred starter 3 times in 5 stages.
If Rapid had a striker, besides Dobre, he was in first place 100%. I'm glad that Rapid was pragmatic in some matches, it's important to get the points, you have to bring a title, something. You play nice for nothing. Points and wins bring peace.
Without a striker, a Dugandzic, a Rrahmani, Rapid cannot win the title. When you have one Rrahmani and he leaves, you bring another Rrahmani. I think that Rapid is a pragmatic, good team, but they don't have a championship striker. Both Paraschiv and Koljic, I don't think they missed 5 goals. Lukic has 18 goals and the team is in first place. From this point of view, Rapid could do a lot more.
– Adrian Mutu, former Rapid coach
