The Pandurii Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
A day Dorin Bancu will not forget
7 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Match1 Aug 2026
Pandurii tear Petrolul apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 18‑0 against Petrolul, and it could have been more.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A day Stefan Keseru will not forget
5 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mihai Nita takes the match ball home
4 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Market3 Aug 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ionut Mitrita unlocks it
Chances created: 18. The column nobody reads carried the whole story of the match, and his name was at the top of it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Pandurii
Dorin Bancu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match1 Aug 2026
Dorin Bancu among the goals in a wild afternoon
18 goals in one match, Dorin Bancu on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Pandurii and Petrolul.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Stefan Keseru in the eights
A performance of 9.85 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Paul Coman
- Market Cosmin Deac attracts admirers
- Player ratings Dorin Bancu was on a different afternoon to everybody else