The Botosani Courier
Match8 Aug 2026
Botosani win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 90th minute. CFR Cluj will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Market10 Aug 2026
Botosani turn down Dinamo Bucharest for Charles Petro
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Hervin Ongenda scores twice — 8.32
Two goals and a mark of 8.32 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Osnar Noronha rejects the move
Botosani had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Cesar Vallejo, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț watching Riad Šuta
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Botosani have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match8 Aug 2026
Botosani see off CFR Cluj
Three points for Botosani, 3‑2 the final word against CFR Cluj in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sassuolo tell Botosani: Luca Lipani is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Giannis Anestis 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Florin Maxim joins the Botosani first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Florin Maxim is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Dragos Deac joins the Botosani first team
- Player ratings A masterclass from Sebastian Mailat
- Squad Narcis Ilaş signs on for more