Florin Hagi

Right Forward - Pandurii
6 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Florin Hagi

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The Pandurii Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Sergiu Tanase

Successful dribbles: 67. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Pandurii through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Voluntari, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

The terraces

Supporters turn on the $590.0K sale of Ianis Stanciu

He is going to CFR Cluj, the club has $590.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Market

Pandurii say no — this time

The offer from Botosani for Nicusor Iancu 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.

Market

Florin Hagi 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 Pandurii can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Pandurii

Alexandru Stanciu 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.

Market

Business is business: Ianis Stanciu goes

CFR Cluj paid $590.0K and Pandurii took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

The terraces

Pandurii supporters have found a favourite in Nicusor Iancu

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Nicusor Iancu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Pandurii find a way past Botosani

Botosani made Pandurii work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief

Back issues
1 Edition

The Pandurii Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ovidiu Moldovan

Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Istra 1961 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.

Market

Eyes on Márcio Figueiredo again

The phone has started ringing about Márcio Figueiredo again, and this time the name on the line is Utrecht. Pandurii are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Tempers go at Pandurii

Márcio Figueiredo 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.

Match

Petrolul take the points off Pandurii

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Florin Iancu falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

Ionut Balasa signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ionut Balasa and Pandurii agree another 1 years.

Squad

Márcio Figueiredo knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pandurii, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Florin Hagi is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Pandurii has been clear about where Florin Hagi stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief