Article by Maria Olteanu – Published on Wednesday, 03 June 2026 19:23 / Updated on Wednesday, 03 June 2026 22:20
Corvinul Hunedoara announced on Wednesday, officially, the first two transfers for the return to the Superliga. Transylvania presented right defender Flavius Iacob (25 years old) and goalkeeper Adrian Franculescu (21 years old).
Corvinul is back on the first stage of Romanian football after 34 years and has high expectations from the season that will start in mid-July. After dominating League 2, Corvinul now wants to make a nice figure in the Super League, so he started moving in the transfer market since the beginning of June.
Flavius Iacob returns to Corvinul, after two seasons in which he was on loan at CFR Cluj and UTA Arad, while Adrian Franculescu reached an agreement with the Hunedorens after leaving Steaua. He comes in the form of a loan for a season from CFR Cluj.
Corvinul presented the first two moves of the summer
Welcome back, “China”! Flavius Iacob returns home, to Hunedoara! The 25-year-old player's loan at UTA Arad has expired, so Flavius will wear the blue-white shirt again!
Left in the summer of 2024 on loan to CFR Cluj (with which he won the Romanian Cup), then a year later to Arad, “China” collected 36 games for the two Superliga teams, both in the championship and in the Cup, scoring two goals and an assist for the “Old Lady” – achieved in the recently concluded season.
A product of Hunedor football, Flavius returns to the team where he experienced the greatest satisfaction and for which he progressed from the Fourth League to the Europa League! And now it's time for the Super League games!
Welcome back, Flavius and good luck in our shirt!
– Corvinul communicated, after the return of Flavius Iacob
Flavius Iacob returned to Corvinul // photo: Facebook
Welcome, Adrian Franculescu! Our club and CFR Cluj have reached an agreement regarding Adrian Franculescu's loan for one season! The 21-year-old goalkeeper defended the goal of Steaua Bucharest in the last three seasons, ticking off 76 appearances in the championship for the red-blues, managing to close the goal in 27 games.
Originally from Drobeta Turnu-Severin, Adrian was one of the main players of the Bucharest team, since his move to the Capital. In the 2023/24 edition he made 22 appearances in League 2 (17 in the regular season and 5 in the play-out), in the 2024/25 season he was used in 23 games (10 in the regular season and 10 in the play-off), and in the recently concluded championship, 2025/26, he had 31 appearances in the Stela goal (21 in the regular season and 10 in play-offs).
Adrian is a U17, U19 and U21 international for Romania. Welcome Adi and good luck in our shirt!
– announced Corvinul, after Adrian Franculescu's loan
Adrian Franculescu goes on loan to Corvinul for a year // photo: Facebook
The Corvinus met on June 3
The newly promoted team from Hunedoara is the first team from the Superliga to meet for the new competitive season.
Florin Maxim called the meeting at the stadium, and 23 players were present at the first training for the preparation of the new Super League season.
Until June 21, the team will continue training locally, after which the delegation will leave for Slovenia, in the resort of Rogla, for a ten-day training camp. There, Corvinul will play at least three friendly matches, matches to be announced later.
