Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:24 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:27 p.m.
Ianis Zicu (42), the former coach of Farul Constanța, said that he expected FCSB to have a missed season since the middle of the championship.
FCSB is going through a season far below expectations. He finished 8th and is trembling for a place in the European cups. In order to qualify, it is necessary for Gigi Becali's team to get past Dinamo on Friday, May 29, in the Conference League play-off.
Ianis Zicu expected FCSB to have a missed season: “I told the players too”
Ianis Zicu said that he listened to the speeches that the FCSB had after the matches and realized that they were not aware of the situation in which they were in order to be able to fix things. He had told the players from Farul that FCSB would not enter the play-off since stage number 15.
“The players I coached can confirm that I told them from the 15th round that FCSB are not in the play-offs. When you don't realize the situation and you just go to the interview and you just say that you have value and that you will be there, often the opposite happens.
The FCSB players think they've been making that statement non-stop since the 12th round. “We have no way not to enter the play-off, we have no way”. And as the stages passed. Never be so sure about something, as I said about the situation in which the Lighthouse is.
Ianis Zicu, former trainer at Farul
Don't think that the 7 points lead we had after the match with Petrolul, from the first stage, is enough”, said Ianis Zicu, on the show “Fotbal Club”, from Digi Sport.
Ianis Zicu took over Farul in the summer, immediately after achieving promotion to the Superliga with Metaloglobus. He recorded 33 matches, 11 wins, 8 draws and 14 failures on the “sailors” bench.
