The Astra Chronicle
Match26 Nov 2026
Astra do the business in Europe
3‑2. Continental football is where a club finds out what it actually is, and Astra came through the finding-out well against Vikingur.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Nobody could get near Claudiu Coman
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match26 Nov 2026
Astra are at home on the road
5 straight away victories. Sides that win away are usually sides that can defend and can counter, and the table has begun to reflect what those journeys have earned.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Florin Ştefan 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.
The terraces30 Nov 2026
Astra supporters have found a favourite in Florin Deac
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Florin Deac 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Razvan Marin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match26 Nov 2026
Ianis Burca at the heart of a fast Astra start
2 goals inside twenty minutes with Ianis Burca in the middle of it, and Vikingur unable to get near the ball long enough to change anything. Some matches are won before the first drink.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes of Paul Tanase at his very best
Marked 8.43. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Astra.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Alexandru Stanciu 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.
In brief
- Squad Bogdan Cicaldau left out for the big one
- Market The Razvan Marin question follows Astra around
- Market The shop window has Alexandru Hagi in it