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Uneasy
Squad29 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Remus Guţea
“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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Gustavo Pereira 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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Steven N'Guessan has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Remus Guţea The manager makes an example of Remus Guţea
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Crisis
Match22 Nov 2027
Voluntari sink to position 911 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market22 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 Voluntari can pretend not to have heard.
Match20 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Match20 Nov 2027
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Radu Crişan 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.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Henrique Menke 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Squad15 Nov 2027
Daniel Toma : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match13 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Match13 Nov 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Daniel Toma Daniel Toma: that is not what I was promised
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Crisis
Squad8 Nov 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Remus Guţea and Voluntari agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match6 Nov 2027
A bad afternoon for Voluntari against Astra
1-3 to Astra , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 Nov 2027
68 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Crisis
Squad1 Nov 2027
Some 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.
Squad1 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.
Match30 Oct 2027
FCSB left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Luka Kukić Luka Kukić keeps Voluntari in it on his own
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Crisis
Match25 Oct 2027
Voluntari sink to position 911 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Steven N'Guessan : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad25 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Matko Babić
“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.
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Steady
Squad18 Oct 2027
Matko Babić takes the match ball home3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Match16 Oct 2027
Three points for Voluntari , 3-2 the final word against Botosani in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad18 Oct 2027
39 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad18 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.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Luka Kukić 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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Luka Kukić linked with a move awayThe name of Luka Kukić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Voluntari say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Squad11 Oct 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.
Match9 Oct 2027
Dinamo Bucharest left with the points after a 2-4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Lovro Cvek 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.
Mazlum Demir Mazlum Demir says Voluntari went back on their word
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Crisis
Squad4 Oct 2027
Luka Kukić 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.
Match2 Oct 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The terraces4 Oct 2027
The spotlight tightens on Luka Kukić
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
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Uneasy
Match27 Sep 2027
Voluntari are in real trouble nowPosition 9, 8 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad27 Sep 2027
A one-man rearguard from Luka Kukić
There were 8 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.
Match25 Sep 2027
Petrolul made Voluntari work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Remus Guţea 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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Ion Gheorghe 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Ion Gheorghe finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Voluntari have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Uneasy
Match18 Sep 2027
11 matches without a win for Voluntari
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Voluntari are no longer polite ones.
Squad20 Sep 2027
A one-man rearguard from Luka Kukić
There were 8 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Ionuţ Panţîru : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 68 days on the sidelines for Mihai Nedelcu , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad20 Sep 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.
Match18 Sep 2027
A 1-1 draw with CFR Cluj leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Uneasy
Match11 Sep 2027
10 matches without a win for Voluntari
The run now stands at 10, and the questions being asked around Voluntari are no longer polite ones.
Squad13 Sep 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Luka Kukić knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
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Crisis
Match4 Sep 2027
9 matches without a win for Voluntari
The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Voluntari are no longer polite ones.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Matteo Duţu : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match4 Sep 2027
A bad afternoon for Voluntari against Astra
2-3 to Astra , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Matteo Duţu Matteo Duţu: that is not what I was promised
Squad6 Sep 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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Florin Haită finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Voluntari have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Match30 Aug 2027
Voluntari are in real trouble nowPosition 10, 3 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match28 Aug 2027
0-3 to FCSB , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Match28 Aug 2027
8 matches without a win for Voluntari
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Voluntari are no longer polite ones.
Market30 Aug 2027
The bid was some way short and Voluntari did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market30 Aug 2027
George Merloi 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 Voluntari can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Matteo Duţu 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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Uneasy
Squad23 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Luka Kukić
There were 9 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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Pandurii ended it 2-2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match21 Aug 2027
7 matches without a win for Voluntari
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Voluntari are no longer polite ones.
Market23 Aug 2027
The paperwork is done: Claudiu Marin joins from Astra in a deal worth $1.0M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 100 days on the sidelines for Mihai Nedelcu , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad23 Aug 2027
32 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Crisis
Squad16 Aug 2027
Gustavo Pereira : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Lovro Cvek 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.
Match14 Aug 2027
0-1 to Botosani , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad16 Aug 2027
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market16 Aug 2027
David Popa is 20, and Voluntari have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Aug 2027
Remus Guţea : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match7 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Remus Guţea commits to Voluntari for another 5 years.
Remus Guţea Remus Guţea: that is not what I was promised
Squad9 Aug 2027
Matko Babić 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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Luka Kukić knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match7 Aug 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Crisis
Squad2 Aug 2027
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match31 Jul 2027
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Radu Crişan 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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Uneasy
Squad26 Jul 2027
Some 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.
Squad26 Jul 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Matteo Duţu , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Luka Kukić Luka Kukić keeps Voluntari in it on his own
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Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market19 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Alexandru Deac is back at Voluntari , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market19 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Claudiu Dragusin is back at Voluntari , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market19 Jul 2027
The shirt still fits. Daniel Stanciu is back at Voluntari , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Gustavo Pereira
“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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Luka Kukić has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Luka Kukić keeps the shirt for now, at Voluntari 's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Match12 Jul 2027
Voluntari are in real trouble nowPosition 10, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Efrén Mendoza , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market12 Jul 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Uneasy
Market5 Jul 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad5 Jul 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.
Market5 Jul 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Luka Kukić Voluntari turn down CFR Cluj for Luka Kukić
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Uneasy
Squad28 Jun 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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Doru Andrei keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Doru Andrei plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Jun 2027
35 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad21 Jun 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.
Market21 Jun 2027
The Luka Kukić talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Voluntari know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Match14 Jun 2027
Voluntari are in real trouble nowPosition 10, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ion Gheorghe and Voluntari agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Mihael Onişa 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Lovro Cvek has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Lovro Cvek keeps the shirt for now, at Voluntari 's convenience rather than his own.
Market14 Jun 2027
A season-long audition: Dinamo Bucharest still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Voluntari 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
Market14 Jun 2027
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Augusto Fernández arrives at Voluntari with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Uneasy
Market7 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market7 Jun 2027
Mihael Onişa 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 Voluntari can pretend not to have heard.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Remus Guţea and Voluntari agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Luka Kukić Voluntari turn down Dinamo Bucharest for Luka Kukić
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Uneasy
Squad31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Alexandru Şuteu
“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.
Squad31 May 2027
Remus Guţea 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad31 May 2027
The manager comes out for Ion Gheorghe
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ion Gheorghe has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad24 May 2027
65 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market24 May 2027
The Luka Kukić talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Voluntari know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad24 May 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Andrei Piţian plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Match17 May 2027
Voluntari are in real trouble nowPosition 10, 10 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad17 May 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.
Squad17 May 2027
Radu Crişan keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Radu Crişan plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Market10 May 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad10 May 2027
Gabriel David 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad10 May 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: George Merloi plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Gabriel David Voluntari and Gabriel David are talking past each other
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Uneasy
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Efrén Mendoza
“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.
Market3 May 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Loan watch3 May 2027
“I did not go to Astra to sit and watch. I want to come back to Voluntari and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Apr 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Mihael Onişa
“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.
Market26 Apr 2027
The Luka Kukić talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Voluntari know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Ionuţ Panţîru Ionuţ Panţîru says Voluntari went back on their word
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Uneasy
Match19 Apr 2027
Voluntari sink to position 1010 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad19 Apr 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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Mihael Onişa 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Apr 2027
Efrén Mendoza 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Andrei Piţian has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Aliou Thiaré has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Squad5 Apr 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.
Loan watch5 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 Voluntari , and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Mihai Roman 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
Market29 Mar 2027
Efrén Mendoza 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 Voluntari can pretend not to have heard.
Market29 Mar 2027
Luka Kukić linked with a move awayThe name of Luka Kukić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Voluntari say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Mihai Roman 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match22 Mar 2027
Voluntari sink to position 1010 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad22 Mar 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Efrén Mendoza Efrén Mendoza says Voluntari went back on their word
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Uneasy
Squad15 Mar 2027
Mihael Onişa 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Andrei Piţian has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luka Kukić commits to Voluntari for another 3 years.
Squad8 Mar 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.
Loan watch8 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 Voluntari , and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Efrén Mendoza
“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.
Market1 Mar 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market1 Mar 2027
Luka Kukić linked with a move awayThe name of Luka Kukić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Voluntari say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Match22 Feb 2027
Voluntari sink to position 1010 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The medical room confirms 54 days on the sidelines for Cristian Hodor , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Gustavo Pereira
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad15 Feb 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Mazlum Demir
“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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Efrén Mendoza 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Mihael Onişa Mihael Onişa says Voluntari went back on their word
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Squad8 Feb 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Mihael Onişa
“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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Nahuel Arias 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Mihai Roman Mihai Roman says Voluntari went back on their word
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Uneasy
Squad1 Feb 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Ionuţ Panţîru
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Nahuel Arias 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.
Gabriel David Gabriel David says Voluntari went back on their word
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Uneasy
Match25 Jan 2027
Voluntari sink to position 1010 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market25 Jan 2027
Astra pay $100.0K, 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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“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
Squad18 Jan 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Mazlum Demir
“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.
Market18 Jan 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Mihael Onişa has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Voluntari .
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Uneasy
Squad11 Jan 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Somebody is after Lovro Cvek ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Lovro Cvek suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Voluntari have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Ionuţ Panţîru
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Aliou Thiaré 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
Match28 Dec 2026
Voluntari sink to position 1010 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Aliou Thiaré : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 150% of everything Voluntari earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Efrén Mendoza 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad21 Dec 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Mihael Onişa has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Mazlum Demir 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Mihai Roman 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
Squad7 Dec 2026
Alexandru Maxim : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad7 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Ionuţ Panţîru
“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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ştefan Ioniţă and Voluntari agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Uneasy
Match30 Nov 2026
Voluntari sink to position 1010 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market30 Nov 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.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 186% of everything Voluntari earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Crisis
Match18 Nov 2026
FCSB ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Luka Kukić 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.
Squad23 Nov 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Match14 Nov 2026
CFR Cluj made Voluntari work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
No place for Nahuel Arias on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Voluntari pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Aliou Thiaré finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Voluntari have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Boardroom16 Nov 2026
A squad written off a fortnight ago has closed ranks. Whatever was said behind that door, it has held so far.
The terraces16 Nov 2026
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Crisis
Match7 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Efrén Mendoza : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Matko Babić 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
Match2 Nov 2026
Voluntari are in real trouble nowPosition 10, 7 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A one-man rearguard from Luka Kukić
There were 10 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Market2 Nov 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
A bad afternoon for Voluntari against Astra
2-4 to Astra , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 186% of everything Voluntari earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Crisis
Match24 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Daniel Toma : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Voluntari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match24 Oct 2026
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Daniel Toma Daniel Toma: that is not what I was promised
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Uneasy
Match17 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Mihai Roman 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Uneasy
Match10 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Matko Babić 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Botosani defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Uneasy
Match5 Oct 2026
Voluntari are in real trouble nowPosition 10, 5 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Match3 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad5 Oct 2026
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
308% of the income goes out in wages at Voluntari
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“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.
Match3 Oct 2026
A 3-3 draw with Dinamo Bucharest leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Match26 Sep 2026
1-2 to Universitatea Craiova , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Luka Kukić 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
Match19 Sep 2026
0-4 to Petrolul , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A one-man rearguard from Luka Kukić
There were 8 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.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 29 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad21 Sep 2026
17 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Radu Crişan 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.
Boardroom21 Sep 2026
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
Matko Babić 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. CFR Cluj will be the happier side with the point.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Mihai Roman 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 Voluntari , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match7 Sep 2026
Voluntari are in real trouble nowPosition 10, 3 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
233% of the income goes out in wages at Voluntari
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Match5 Sep 2026
Viitorul left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Nahuel Arias
“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.
Market7 Sep 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Mihai Roman 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
Market31 Aug 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.
Match29 Aug 2026
A 1-0 win over Astra , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Efrén Mendoza
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Nahuel Arias 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
At 31 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Voluntari are won quietly and lost loudly.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A rating of 6.59 was enough for the selectors, and nobody who watched the match is going to argue with them.
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Uneasy
Squad24 Aug 2026
Luka Kukić is the hero from the spotA shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Luka Kukić : 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match19 Aug 2026
Voluntari march on in the cupPandurii are out and Voluntari go through, 2-2 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Voluntari can pretend not to have heard.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Voluntari 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Voluntari has to find a result from somewhere.
Match22 Aug 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad24 Aug 2026
51 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Crisis
Match15 Aug 2026
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Luka Kukić 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Voluntari bring in an old headNahuel Arias is 35 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Market17 Aug 2026
Voluntari bring in an old headEfrén Mendoza is 34 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Radu Crişan finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Voluntari have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Luka Kukić
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.
Match8 Aug 2026
0-2 to Botosani , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“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
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Matko Babić 's contract
48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market10 Aug 2026
Voluntari have made Eduard Chioveanu available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Crisis
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lovro Cvek and Voluntari agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match1 Aug 2026
1-3 to Dinamo Bucharest , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Matko Babić
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Lovro Cvek 's contract
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
Radu Ciuciulete is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Voluntari has been clear about where Radu Ciuciulete stands, which is more than many ever get.