Steaua Bucureşti advances in the Champions League after defeating Galatasaray 1-0 with Bănel Nicoliţă’s 57th-minute winning strike. The Turkish powerhouse sent out a highly attacking unit with Harry Kewell, Shabani Nonda, Lincoln and Arda Turan pushing forward but could not break through the defensive wall. Steaua played an extremely disciplined match and now advances [...]

Stadionul Ghencea will be the site for tomorrows exciting second leg of Champions League qualifier between Steaua Bucureşti and Istanbul’s legendary Galatasaray.
The first leg at the Cimbom ended in a 2-2 draw after Dairo Moreno and Romanian International Bănel Nicoliţă each found the back of the net within the first 12 minutes. Galatasaray fought back [...]

With Adrian Mutu ruled-out because of his recent elbow injury, Victor Piţurcă awarded Florin Costea of Universitatea Craiova his first International call-up. However the Tricolorii were dealing with considerable absences from the recent Euro squad including Cristian Chivu, Daniel Niculae, Nicolae Goian and Răzvan Raţ.
It was a tight tactical match, played mostly in the midfield [...]

Victor Piţurcă has named the following squad for the friendly against Latvia in Bucharest this Wednesay
Goal
Bogdan Ionuţ Lobonţ (FC Dinamo Bucureşti),
Eduard Cornel Stăncioiu (CFR 1907 Cluj)
Defender
Cristian Ionuţ Săpunaru (FC Porto), George Cristian Ogăraru (AFC Ajax Amsterdam), Gabriel Sebastian Tamaş (AJ Auxerre), Sorin Ghionea (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Cosmin Iosif Moţi, Corneliu Cristian Pulhac (FC Dinamo [...]

The deal to bring Marius Niculae from SPL’s Inverness CT back to Dinamo Bucureşti has now been completed.
The twenty-seven year-old native of Bucharest now returns home where his career started and will be a great asset to the club on the pitch as well as leadership in the community. Younger players, such as Gabriel Torje [...]

In the long line of exciting Footballers from Romania, Gabriel Torje is emerging in the footsteps of the regions tradition. The youngest player of Romania’s U21 squad at only eighteen years of age commands respect on the pitch for his creativity and flourish. Plying his trade for the illustrious FC Dinamo Bucureşti, he is displaying [...]

After weeks of speculation, Fiorentina has announced it has received a formal offer by Roma for Adrian Mutu. Per La Gazzetta dello Sport, it is expected the offer is in the €20m range.
Updates to follow as more information becomes available.

With a series of bids for Marius Niculae being rejected by his present club, SPL’s Inverness CT, it is quite possible that we’ll see him return to Dinamo Bucureşti, where he started his professional career.
The twenty-seven year-old native of Bucharest was given a weeks leave of absence from Inverness, noting it is unrelated to offers [...]

It was revealed today that twenty-four year-old Defender Gabriel Tamaş is in Glasgow, working on contractual terms with Celtic. AJ Auxerre has apparently been offered a fee in the €5m range, which they found acceptable. Details to follow but this would be a superb opportunity for Gabriel and expose him to top-flight to European competition.

By now, if you’re like me, the on again, off again story of where Adrian Mutu will be playing next season is turning into one of those irritating rumour mills. Seemingly in a perfect playing environment at Fiorentina and well respected by management, the initial clatter of his movement seemed to be the typical ploy [...]