The Universitatea Craiova Herald
Market3 Aug 2026
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Universitatea Craiova did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A career in one shirt: Nicuşor Bancu
12 seasons and 424 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ştefan Baiaram stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ştefan Baiaram and Universitatea Craiova agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Universitatea Craiova
Nicuşor Bancu 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Assad Al Hamlawi’s goal not enough for Universitatea Craiova
Assad Al Hamlawi scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to FCSB, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market3 Aug 2026
Petrolul Ploiești join the queue for Darius Fălcuşan
Add another name to the list: Petrolul Ploiești have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Darius Fălcuşan. The answer from Universitatea Craiova has not changed — yet.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Universitatea Craiova and Steven Nsimba
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Universitatea Craiova, another week without a signature from Steven Nsimba.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Sergiu Nita faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Sergiu Nita after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Universitatea Craiova try to borrow Denis Radu
Petrolul Ploiești have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Squad 5 new faces, and Universitatea Craiova are still learning each other
- Player ratings Alexandru Iamandache's mistake decides it
- The dugout Baptiste Roux gets it from the manager