The Astra Chronicle
Squad14 Sep 2026
Yannick Semedo 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. Yannick Semedo has, at Astra, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market14 Sep 2026
Ionut Ratiu asks to leave Astra
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Yannick Semedo goes up and wins it — 7.54
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.54 for the rest of it.
Market14 Sep 2026
Astra turn down Pandurii for Andrei Iancu
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match12 Sep 2026
Still nobody has beaten Astra
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Zvonimir Šarlija 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 Astra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Aldair Ferreira runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Sep 2026
Astra keep winning on the road
4 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
Match12 Sep 2026
Astra see off Pandurii
Three points for Astra, 2‑0 the final word against Pandurii in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Aldair Ferreira
- Looking ahead The big one: FCSB come into view
- Player ratings Ciprian Nedelcearu in the eights