Marked for Doru Andrei
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad27 Sep 2027
A one-man rearguard from Luka Kukić
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market27 Sep 2027
Marvin Schieb hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Voluntari can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 25 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Luka Kukić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
A performance of 9.28 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match25 Sep 2027
A 1‑0 win over Petrolul, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad27 Sep 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexandru Gîţ, and the manager let it.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Uneasy
Squad20 Sep 2027
Vyacheslav Karavaev was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings20 Sep 2027
A performance of 8.78 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad20 Sep 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad20 Sep 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Luka Kukić knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match18 Sep 2027
It needed Ion Gheorghe to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against CFR Cluj, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
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Uneasy
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 32 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Market13 Sep 2027
Alexandru Gîţ hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Voluntari can pretend not to have heard.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A one-man rearguard from Luka Kukić
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad13 Sep 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Voluntari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 19 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Player ratings13 Sep 2027
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match11 Sep 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Viitorul defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Jul 2027
A one-man rearguard from Luka Kukić
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market26 Jul 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Voluntari, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 24 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Luka Kukić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Voluntari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Adams Friday gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match24 Jul 2027
Three points for Voluntari, 1‑0 the final word against Petrolul in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
A performance of 8.19 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad26 Jul 2027
33 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Squad3 May 2027
Ilija Mašić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 May 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lukas König and Voluntari agree another 4 years.
Market3 May 2027
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Voluntari, another week without a signature from Luka Kukić.
In brief
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Squad
The manager plants his flag on Enzo López
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Squad
Doru Andrei is training like a man with a point to make
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match14 Nov 2026
6 matches without a win for Voluntari
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Voluntari are no longer polite ones.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Luka Kukić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Enzo López, and the manager let it.
Match14 Nov 2026
CFR Cluj left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Matko Babić left out for the big one
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Matko Babić will call it something else in private.
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Uneasy
Match2 Nov 2026
Voluntari are in real trouble now
Position 8, 12 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match31 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Voluntari's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Ilija Mašić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Voluntari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 226% of everything Voluntari earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.53, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Market2 Nov 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Voluntari, another week without a signature from Enzo López.
Match31 Oct 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Vlad Coman
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad26 Oct 2026
Alexandru Şuteu: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Ilija Mašić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match24 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Voluntari against FCSB
1‑3 to FCSB, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.41, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Voluntari may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Ilija Mašić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Voluntari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matko Babić, and the manager let it.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.74 on the card, and the Voluntari support went home talking about one name.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Defensive actions: 16, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Voluntari may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Ilija Mašić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.92, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Lukas König
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad12 Oct 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Luka Kukić knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match10 Oct 2026
It needed Doru Andrei to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Botosani, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Market12 Oct 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Voluntari, another week without a signature from Alexandru Gîţ.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match5 Oct 2026
Voluntari are in real trouble now
Position 8, 9 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Ilija Mašić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Voluntari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match3 Oct 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Florin Haită. 2‑1 against Dinamo Bucharest, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
380% of the income goes out in wages at Voluntari
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.87, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Guido Nogar
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market5 Oct 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad28 Sep 2026
Luka Kukić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Voluntari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match26 Sep 2026
1‑2 to Universitatea Craiova, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Enzo López gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.19 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Enzo López leaves them behind him
Shots: 7. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
Luka Kukić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Lovro Cvek
Defensive actions: 22. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.65 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match19 Sep 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Doru Andrei. 1‑0 against Petrolul, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Ilija Mašić
Defensive actions: 19. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match7 Sep 2026
Voluntari sink to position 10
3 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market7 Sep 2026
Alexandru Gîţ hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Voluntari can pretend not to have heard.
Match5 Sep 2026
7 matches without a win for Voluntari
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Voluntari are no longer polite ones.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ilija Mašić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Voluntari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
290% of the income goes out in wages at Voluntari
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Guido Nogar
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Lovro Cvek
Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market7 Sep 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luka Kukić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Voluntari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Marked 8.97 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months and counting on Matko Babić
Still no offer on the table, and Matko Babić’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Match8 Aug 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.