The Universitatea Cluj Courier
Squad7 Dec 2026
Andrei Vlad breaks a bone — 79 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 79 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Ştefan Lefter keeps Universitatea Cluj in it on his own
Some 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Universitatea Cluj
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jug Stanojev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Universitatea Cluj
Mouhamadou Drammeh 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.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Andrei Vlad
“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.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Tino Kadewere was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Mouhamadou Drammeh's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Match5 Dec 2026
Universitatea Cluj and FK Csíkszereda take a point apiece
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” George Puscas was not hiding it after 1‑1, and nobody in the Universitatea Cluj dressing room was either.
In brief
- Player ratings A day to forget for Jonathan Cissé
- Market The Tino Kadewere talk will not go away
- Player ratings Mouhamadou Drammeh could not find anything