From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market15 Nov 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Astra can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Astra , and 0 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
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Crisis
Match25 Oct 2027
Astra sink to position 816 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Bebeto keeps Astra in it on his ownSome afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match23 Oct 2027
4 matches without a win for Astra
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Astra are no longer polite ones.
Match23 Oct 2027
A bad afternoon for Astra against Petrolul
1-2 to Petrolul , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Market18 Oct 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Astra can pretend not to have heard.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Jordan Ikoko gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch18 Oct 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Astra , and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
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Crisis
Squad11 Oct 2027
Bebeto keeps Astra in it on his ownSome afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match9 Oct 2027
A bad afternoon for Astra against Viitorul
1-3 to Viitorul , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Nicusor Nita
“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.
Bebeto Bebeto keeps Astra in it on his own
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Steady
Squad13 Sep 2027
Bebeto gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Adrian Mitrita and Astra agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match11 Sep 2027
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Bebeto Bebeto gets it from the manager
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Steady
Squad30 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Mihnea Toader , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match28 Aug 2027
Universitatea Craiova made Astra work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Stefan Tanase
“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.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
“I did not go to FCSB to sit and watch. I want to come back to Astra and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
Market30 Aug 2027
Astra have made Daniel Mitrita available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Uneasy
Match18 Aug 2027
The cup run ends for Astra
0-1 against Botosani , and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Bebeto keeps Astra in it on his ownSome afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad23 Aug 2027
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Bebeto Bebeto keeps Astra in it on his own
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market23 Aug 2027
Voluntari pay $1.0M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market23 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Astra have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match21 Aug 2027
A 3-1 win over Petrolul , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market23 Aug 2027
Daniel Mitrita is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Astra has been clear about where Daniel Mitrita stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Nicusor Nita gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Crisis
Match31 Jul 2027
6 matches without a win for Astra
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Astra are no longer polite ones.
The terraces2 Aug 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 5 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad2 Aug 2027
41 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market2 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Astra have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market2 Aug 2027
Petrolul pay $91.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Match31 Jul 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Bebeto lets one through his handsA defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Loan watch2 Aug 2027
“I did not go to FCSB to sit and watch. I want to come back to Astra and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 6 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
Sergiu Balasa 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 Astra can pretend not to have heard.
Market21 Jun 2027
The deal that would have taken Nicusor Mihaila to Voluntari has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Astra with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Market21 Jun 2027
Ionut Iancu has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Astra they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Nicusor Mihaila asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A new face in his position, and Claudiu Marin suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Astra have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Apr 2027
100 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Apr 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch19 Apr 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Astra , and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
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Uneasy
Market22 Mar 2027
“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.
Loan watch22 Mar 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Astra , and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Astra that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
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Uneasy
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nicusor Nita and Astra agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Ianis Cicaldau 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 Astra , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Daniel Mitrita has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
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Steady
Market19 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A one-man rearguard from Bebeto
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Astra have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
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Crisis
Match3 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Astra 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Astra has to find a result from somewhere.
Match5 Oct 2026
Astra sink to position 97 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market5 Oct 2026
“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.
Match3 Oct 2026
Viitorul left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch5 Oct 2026
“I did not go to Dinamo Bucharest to sit and watch. I want to come back to Astra and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Daniel Mitrita . Astra will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad5 Oct 2026
At 20 years old, Florin Deac became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Cosmin Moldovan asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market21 Sep 2026
“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.
Match19 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Astra 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Astra has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Stefan Tanase
“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.
Match19 Sep 2026
Astra and FCSB take a point apieceIt finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Astra , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market21 Sep 2026
The Ciprian Hagi talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Astra know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Fábio Pereira has left for Spartak Moscow in a $12.7M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market10 Aug 2026
Claudiu Marin 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 Astra can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bebeto signs a new deal“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bebeto commits to Astra for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Bebeto
“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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A 2-2 draw with CFR Cluj leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.