The Rapid Bucharest Post
Match2 Nov 2026
Nobody above Rapid Bucharest
First, on 29 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.
Match31 Oct 2026
Nobody wants to play Rapid Bucharest right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Rapid Bucharest
Léo Bolgado and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market2 Nov 2026
Rapid Bucharest promote Ciprian Chiriches from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ciprian Chiriches has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market2 Nov 2026
Rapid Bucharest promote George Cicaldau from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. George Cicaldau has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market2 Nov 2026
One of our own: Andrei Man joins the Rapid Bucharest first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrei Man is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Nov 2026
One of our own: Alexandru Burca joins the Rapid Bucharest first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexandru Burca is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match31 Oct 2026
Borisav Burmaz the difference as Rapid Bucharest beat Botosani
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Borisav Burmaz. 1‑0 against Botosani, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Borisav Burmaz takes the honours
Marked 7.99 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Rapid Bucharest had the best player on the pitch.
In brief
- Boardroom $3.2M on the table at Rapid Bucharest
- Squad A row about effort at Rapid Bucharest
- Squad A place in the month's best eleven for Marian Aioani