The Pandurii Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Terms done: Ianis Burca is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and FC Copenhagen waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Pandurii is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Match8 Aug 2026
Pandurii taken apart
2‑5 to Universitatea Craiova, 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Daniel Nedelcearu beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 33. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market10 Aug 2026
Pandurii say no — this time
The offer from Astra for Luiz Porto was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Luiz Porto
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $1.6M for Oleksandr Romanchuk
Pandurii have gone to Universitatea Craiova with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marcelo Simunovic 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 The request is on a desk at Pandurii, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ianis Burca signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ianis Burca commits to Pandurii for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Pandurii
Dorin Maxim 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.
In brief
- Match Nobody could stop scoring
- Transfer targets Too dear: Pandurii walk away from Adrian Caragea
- The terraces The town asked, and Pandurii paid $1.2M