Corvinul could still be seeded in EL Q1.

But, Zimbru would have to win the Moldovan Cup, Zira the Azeri Cup (or if not, at least Neftchi Baku can't end 2nd in the league), and Llapi has to finish 2nd in the Kosovo League.

In that case, their opponents could be:

Llapi, Zimbru, Zira (or less possibly Sabah or Sumqayit), Botev Plovdiv, Ruzomberok or a Slovenian team (Nova Gorica, L2 or Rogaska, 8/10 in L1).

None of those would be unbeatable for someone who can beat an average L1 team.

More likely, the opponents can be:

Tobol, Wisla, Pafos, Sheriff, Neftchi and Drita. Possibly Paksi and Elfsborg, depending on how many of the favorites reach EL.

 

Corvinul's opponent for the qualifying round will come from this batch:

• Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova)
• NK Maribor (Slovenia)
• Tobol Kustanai (Kazakhstan)
• Wisla Krakow (Poland)
• Paphos FC (Cyprus)
• Paksi FC (Hungary)

Maybe Elon Musk will buy this club and free them from the public money issue.

Let's see if Elon comes through

 

Nouă achiziții anunțate de Corvinul pentru noul sezon, Maxim își dorește cel puțin încă două

Corvinul a sunat, luni, adunarea pentru începerea pregătirii noului sezon.

La primul antrenament în vederea pregătirii sezonului 2024-2025, Florin Maxim a avut la dispoziție 26 de jucători, printre aceştia regăsindu-se Alexandru Gîrbiță (ex Viitorul Pandurii), nigerienii Goodnews Ibuchi Chukwu, Odejobi Toheeb Babatunde, Otega Jimmy King și Taiye Abolaji Rasaq, basarabeanul Ion Cărăruș (ex CS Mioveni) și Sergiu Buș (ex Politehnica Iași), adică șapte dintre cele opt transferuri anunțate de Corvinul după încheierea sezonului de Liga 2 și până la acel moment.

A absentat brazilianul Roger Junio (ex Universitatea Cluj), dar, dintre cei din lotul vechi, și căpitanul Alexandru Neacșa și Cristian Blaga, acesta din urmă fiind prezent la antrenamentele echipei de care aparține, UTA. Brazilianul și Neacșa au fost învoiți.




And today they announced Ubbink (ex-UTA).
Let's see what all those Nigerians can offer.

 

Nouă achiziții anunțate de Corvinul pentru noul sezon, Maxim își dorește cel puțin încă două

Corvinul a sunat, luni, adunarea pentru începerea pregătirii noului sezon.

La primul antrenament în vederea pregătirii sezonului 2024-2025, Florin Maxim a avut la dispoziție 26 de jucători, printre aceştia regăsindu-se Alexandru Gîrbiță (ex Viitorul Pandurii), nigerienii Goodnews Ibuchi Chukwu, Odejobi Toheeb Babatunde, Otega Jimmy King și Taiye Abolaji Rasaq, basarabeanul Ion Cărăruș (ex CS Mioveni) și Sergiu Buș (ex Politehnica Iași), adică șapte dintre cele opt transferuri anunțate de Corvinul după încheierea sezonului de Liga 2 și până la acel moment.

A absentat brazilianul Roger Junio (ex Universitatea Cluj), dar, dintre cei din lotul vechi, și căpitanul Alexandru Neacșa și Cristian Blaga, acesta din urmă fiind prezent la antrenamentele echipei de care aparține, UTA. Brazilianul și Neacșa au fost învoiți.

Google Translate is my friend.

Nine acquisitions announced by Corvinul for the new season, Maxim wants at least two more

Corvinul called, on Monday, the meeting to start the preparation of the new season.

At the first training in preparation for the 2024-2025 season, Florin Maxim had 26 players at his disposal, among them Alexandru Gîrbiță (ex Viitorul Pandurii), Nigerians Goodnews Ibuchi Chukwu, Odejobi Toheeb Babatunde, Otega Jimmy King and Taiye Abolaji Rasaq , the Bessarabian Ion Carăruș (ex CS Mioveni) and Sergiu Buș (ex Politehnica Iași), i.e. seven of the eight transfers announced by Corvinul after the end of the League 2 season and until that moment.

Brazilian Roger Junio (ex Cluj University) was absent, but, among those from the old team, also captain Alexandru Neacșa and Cristian Blaga, the latter being present at the training of the team he belongs to, UTA. The Brazilian and Neacşa were invited.

 

Good news about Goodnews

 

Yes! Good News might be the answer for Romanian footie.

Corvinul Hunedoara will play FCSB in some pre-season cup match in July, correct? When is that scheduled?

I was successful yesterday in finding my Argentinian team's match (Rosario Central) on pirate TV, and the Brazil-USA match, so am expecting the chance to see Corvinul as they start off on their Great European Adventure! And to see GoodNews.

 

The Romanian Super Cup will be played on July 4 between Corvinul and FCSB.

The website providing the information said that tickets will go for sale online on July 14!
I guess that people will want to see the result before buying a ticket.

 

The Romanian Super Cup will be played on July 4 between Corvinul and FCSB.

The website providing the information said that tickets will go for sale online on July 14!
I guess that people will want to see the result before buying a ticket.

Time travellers only

 

Possible FCSB opponents:

Dinamo Batumi

Dinamo Minsk

Ordabasy

Virtus

 

Virtus - FCSB it is

 

Virtus - FCSB it is

San Marino's AC Virtus has a market value of €1.04m. Who knows: their striker might be worth €1m and the rest of the squad €0.04m? Mostly Italians in their squad.

First legs to be played July 9-10, and second legs July 16-17. Cool. Gives us some July footie to look forward to.

 

Possible Corvinul opponents

Sheriff Tiraspol

Maribor

Tobol

Wisła Kraków

Pafos

Paks

Draw in half an hour.

 

Paksi - Corvinul it is

 

It's Paks. Or Paksi FC.

Good luck you guys. And congrats on the EURO win. I'm still shellshocked by Hungary's defeat.

 

How good is Paks Dandeer?

Good luck to you guys too!

 

It's fine, it's a solid club. They won't be knocking on the doors of any group stages anytime soon but their coach is quality and the team has been together for a long time. Solid is an appropriate word for them. They like to have more of the ball if possible and attack a lot.

 

Wow, Paksi FC has a stadium whose rated capacity is only 4,950? Perhaps they hold big matches elsewhere.

 

I assure you they do not hold big matches elsewhere. Of course the Hungarian Cup final was played in Budapest at the Puskás Aréna.

 

Okay. Well, if the Paksi home match (either July 11 or 18) is a sell out, I will be streaming it in my TV room so you all are welcome to come over and watch.

 

Also, they're a "Hungarians only" club.

 

That's interesting. So, why?

Is it because they are like Athletic Bilbao in Spain, whose pride in Basque nationality is so strong that they only want Basques in the squad;

OR

Is it because they can't afford to get any non-Hungarians into their squad?

Asking for some friends.

 

It's probably more the first, everybody can afford some cheap twin brothers nowadays from obscure football countries
They probably invested more in their youth and made this their philosophy instead of buying 3rd class foreigners

 

Conference League, R2

CSU Craiova vs loser of Botev Plovdiv/NK Maribor

CFR Cluj vs Neman Grodno

Corvinul vs AEK Larnaca (if they lose to Paks)


Europa League, R2

Corvinul vs Rijeka (if they get past Paks)

Champions League, R2

FCSB vs Maccabi Tel Aviv

 

Good draw for Corvinul considering the options. We'll see if Fl. Maxim can do magic again.

FCSB lucky as usual

CFR aswell

Craiova has a harder opponent. With Galca they look somehow better so we'll see

 

Virtus San Marino - FCSB today.

FCSB will be without five players: Chiricheș and Ștefănescu are both suspended; Musi (minor injury); Popescu and Pantea (injured list).

Likely lineup:
Târnovanu
Antwi, Ngezana, Dawa, Radunović
Șut, Edjouma (or Alhassan)
Băluță, Olaru, Phelipe
Miculescu

 

FCSB will be without five players: Chiricheș and Ștefănescu are both suspended; Musi (minor injury); Popescu and Pantea (injured list).

Oh no, how will they cope?

So I take it you will watch this over Spain - Farce?

 

FCSB qualified after 12 minutes. 0-2, Olaru double

 

1-7 FT... they got scored on, the absolute madmen

Yeah, that was a training match until 86' when Virtus pulled one back giving them a slight chance for the return leg.

Olaru with 3 goals and an assist; Popa and Miculescu with a pair of goals each. Which begs the question: Why was the Romanian champion put in the first qualifying round against a minnow of Europe? I will have to research that.

Also glad to see that Spain won in regular time. I did have two screens going so watched both matches.

 

1-7 FT... they got scored on, the absolute madmen

 

Brazil Germany vibes...FCSB might win this whole thing then.

@Teak_ my guess: Cyprus has around 3-4 clubs which are sometimes pretty decent/good in Europe probably due to some shady businessmen who control those clubs and can afford to buy 2nd and 3rd class foreigners who they can attract due to their higher financial possibilities compared to let's say hungarian and romanian clubs. There were times were Romania was like 7th in Europe and it made kinda no sense either...summary: cyprus league is bad but still better than Liga I due to a few somewhat "successful" clubs whereas we have troubles to get even 1 club past qualification rounds because we fail against powerhouses like Stavanger (who completely destroyed us last time) or some obscure club you never heard of.

 

@Teak_ my guess: Cyprus has around 3-4 clubs which are sometimes pretty decent/good in Europe probably due to some shady businessmen who control those clubs and can afford to buy 2nd and 3rd class foreigners who they can attract due to their higher financial possibilities compared to let's say hungarian and romanian clubs. There were times were Romania was like 7th in Europe and it made kinda no sense either...summary: cyprus league is bad but still better than Liga I due to a few somewhat "successful" clubs whereas we have troubles to get even 1 club past qualification rounds because we fail against powerhouses like Stavanger (who completely destroyed us last time) or some obscure club you never heard of.

Perhaps FCSB can break that streak of bad luck this season. It sure won't be Corvinul Hunedoara.

 

Corvinul has better odds than Romania did vs Netherlands @forestasuceava

 

Unfortunately, Corvinul is only 2-0 up at half time in Paks. Should've been more...

 

Corvinul look like FCSB vs a Faroes team.

 

Red card for Paks

 

0-4 FT

Corvinul with more points in 1 night than Viitorul/Farul in its existence (jk)

 

My stream froze up just as they were doing the VAR check. Was a PK not given, or was one given and missed?

Excellent result for both Romanian squads in their away matches. I can see Round 2 from here.

 

Not given, FK instead