The Pandurii Chronicle
Squad7 Sep 2026
Cosmin Balasa keeps Pandurii in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Dragos Tanase damages knee ligaments — 135 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 135 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match5 Sep 2026
Pandurii taken apart
0‑3 to FCSB, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market7 Sep 2026
Universitatea Craiova come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Pandurii did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ionut Coman breaks a bone — 19 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Federico Bicoro arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Federico Bicoro has, at Pandurii, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Pandurii close the window on a squad of their own making
6 in and 6 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Pandurii baulk at the price for Remus Guţea
Voluntari wanted more than $130.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Ionut Balasa 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Doors closed at Pandurii
- Market Still no ink between Pandurii and Federico Bicoro
- The dugout The manager’s verdict