Sven Dijkstra

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Free Agent
30 Jan 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Sven Dijkstra

98 Edition

The FC Bihor Oradea Chronicle

12 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Nazim Babaï puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at FC Bihor Oradea, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Bachirou Yaméogo 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 FC Bihor Oradea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A row about effort at FC Bihor Oradea

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tommi Jyry was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Botosani tell FC Bihor Oradea: Ouparine Djoco is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

A muscle injury sidelines Sven Dijkstra for 17 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. FC Bihor Oradea will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

The dugout

No hiding place for Adelin Nica

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adelin Nica, and the manager let it.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at FC Bihor Oradea

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Transfer targets

FC Bihor Oradea ask about Adrian Frănculescu

A loan enquiry to CFR Cluj: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets

FC Bihor Oradea try to borrow Peter Holič

Slovacko have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

Back issues
92 Edition

The FC Bihor Oradea Chronicle

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Bachirou Yaméogo breaks a bone — 46 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 46 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Home is on Željko Vitorović's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; FC Bihor Oradea are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

Luca Andronache 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 FC Bihor Oradea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

Belts tighten at FC Bihor Oradea

The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.

Squad

Words at FC Bihor Oradea training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tommi Jyry is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

No hiding place for Željko Vitorović

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Željko Vitorović, and the manager let it.

Market

FC Bihor Oradea and Bachirou Yaméogo are talking past each other

“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.

Player ratings

Tommi Jyry beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 15. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Cosmin Chiriches chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.

In brief

66 Edition

The FC Bihor Oradea Chronicle

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout

Juan Gancheff: 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.” FC Bihor Oradea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

A falling-out at FC Bihor Oradea

Tommi Jyry and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match

Tommi Jyry’s goal not enough for FC Bihor Oradea

Tommi Jyry scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to CS Tunari, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Bachirou Yaméogo

“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.

Squad

Words at FC Bihor Oradea training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sorin Şerban is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Boardroom

Wages swallow 122% of the FC Bihor Oradea income

Every club 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 it has been tried.

Player ratings

Alexandru Boiciuc runs at them all day

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.

The dugout

Cosmin Chiriches faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Cosmin Chiriches after 2‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad

Sergiu Jurj slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Sergiu Jurj is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

In brief