The Pandurii Chronicle
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Sergiu Nita runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match31 Oct 2026
Pandurii find a way past Dinamo Bucharest
Dinamo Bucharest made Pandurii work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words at Pandurii training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marius Bancu is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Pandurii
Gastón Rossi 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.
The terraces2 Nov 2026
Pandurii supporters have found a favourite in Sergiu Nita
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Sergiu Nita 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Daniel Keseru
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Keseru, and the manager let it.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes of Ianis Man at his very best
Marked 8.04. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Pandurii.
Loan watch2 Nov 2026
Mihai Puscas counts the days
“I watch every Pandurii game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Viitorul runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Marius Bancu
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Marius Bancu has come out of that comparison in the side, and Pandurii have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
In brief
- Market George Deac leaves for nothing
- Player ratings Ianis Nedelcearu ran the game