Sports weekend

The latest from women's handball, football and rugby

Eugen Nasta, 08.11.2024, 13:45

Romanian football team FCSB has succeeded yet another win in UEFA Europa League. On Thursday, holders FCSB grabbed a 2-nil home win against Danish opponents Mitdjylland. Scoring for FSCB were Florin Tănase, in minute 16, and Daniel Bîrligea, in the 10th second of the second half. With three wins and a defeat, FCSB has climbed to the 8th place.

We recall that at the end of this phase of the League, the first eight teams in descending order advance straight to the round of 16, while 9th to 24th-placed teams will be engaged in play-off fixtures 25th to 36th-placed teams as well as the teams that re defeated in the playoffs will be eliminated from competition. Holders FCSB’s next match on November 28 is the home confrontation against Greek opponents Olympiakos Piraeus.

This coming weekend will see Romanian Football Super league matches being played, counting towards the regular season’s 18th-round. On Friday, Oţelul Galaţi play FC Botoşani, while Dinamo Bucharest take on CFR Cluj. On Saturday, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe play an away match against Poli Iasi, Universitatea Craiova play a home fixture against FC Hermannstadt, Sibiu, while in Bucharest, Rapid receive the visit of UTA Arad. On Sunday in Clinceni, Unirea Slobozia play Farul Constanţa, while in Cluj, FCSB are pitted against top-of-the-table team Universitata Cluj. On Monday, Gloria Buzau play Petrolul Ploiesti.

Three Romanian women’s handball teams this coming weekend will play their Champions league fixtures.in Group B on Saturday, Rapid Bucharest play an away game against Gyor of Hungary. After 6 rounds, Rapid are 7th-placed in the group, with 3 points. Hungary’s Gyor are 2nd-placed, with 9 points. In Group A on Saturday, Gloria Bistriţa-Năsăud play a home game against Danish opponents Nykøbing Falster. On Sunday, CSM Bucureşti play Hungarian opponents Ferencvàros, also at home. CSM are 4th- placed with 8 points, while Gloria are 7th-placed, with 2 points.

In Bucharest on Sunday, the Romanian national rugby team will play this fall’s first test-match. The national team goes against Tonga, on November 16 the national team play Canada, then on November 23rd Romania will play Uruguay.