{"id":1046196,"date":"2026-08-07T13:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=1046196"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T10:43:39","slug":"sport-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html","title":{"rendered":"Sport Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universitatea Craiova football team ended in a draw 1-1 Thursday\u2019s away match against the Finnish team KuPS Kuopio in the third qualifying round of the Europa League. The Romanian champions controlled the game in the first half, which they ended with a lead thanks to a goal scored by \u0218tefan Baiaram in the 39<sup>th<\/sup> minute. In the second half, the hosts refused to be dominated, came out strong, and evened the score. In the 72<sup>nd<\/sup> minute, the Finnish side equalized through Nicaraguan Jaime Moreno. The score remained unchanged until the end of the match, so the fate of qualification for the Europa League playoffs will be decided next Thursday in Craiova. If Universitatea defeats KuPS Kuopio, they will play for a spot in the Europa League group stage against the loser of the match between the Armenian team Ararat and the Slovenian team Celje, who are facing off in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. In the first leg, the Armenians won 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If they are eliminated by KuPS Kuopio, Universitatea will play in the Conference League playoffs against the loser of the match between Ireland\u2019s Shamrock Rovers FC and the Albanian team KF Egnatia. In the first leg, the Irish team won 3-1. Romania\u2019s representative in the third qualifying round of the Conference League, CFR Cluj, was defeated at home by the Norwegian team Troms\u00f8, score 5-0. The Transylvanian club thus suffered its most crushing home defeat in the history of its participation in European competitions. The second leg is scheduled for next Thursday in Norway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We remain in the world of football, to inform you that matches counting toward the fourth round of the Romanian Super League championship will take place this weekend. On Friday, there\u2019s just one game: UTA Arad vs. Rapid Bucharest. Two matches are scheduled for Saturday. In Ovidiu, Farul Constan\u021ba will face Csikszereda, and in Bucharest, Dinamo will take on FC Voluntari. Sunday kicks off with a traditional Romanian football derby. In Gala\u021bi, O\u021belul will face Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti. Another historic derby will take place in Craiova, between Universitatea and FC Arge\u0219. On Monday, FC Boto\u0219ani will host Corvinul Hunedoara, and FCSB will play Sepsi in Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe. The Cluj derby, between CFR and Universitatea, has been postponed until October. FCSB and Rapid lead the Superliga standings with 7 points each. Three teams follow with 6 points each: Universitatea Craiova, Universitatea Cluj, and FC Arge\u0219. (LS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universitatea Craiova football team ended in a draw 1-1 Thursday\u2019s away match against the Finnish team KuPS Kuopio in the third qualifying round of the Europa League. The Romanian champions controlled the game in the first half, which they ended with a lead thanks to a goal scored by \u0218tefan Baiaram in the 39th minute. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":723688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[29134],"coauthors":[113302],"class_list":["post-1046196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-football"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sport Weekend - Radio Romania International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sport Weekend - Radio Romania International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Universitatea Craiova football team ended in a draw 1-1 Thursday\u2019s away match against the Finnish team KuPS Kuopio in the third qualifying round of the Europa League. The Romanian champions controlled the game in the first half, which they ended with a lead thanks to a goal scored by \u0218tefan Baiaram in the 39th minute. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Radio Romania International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T10:45:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Florin Orban\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Florin Orban\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Florin Orban\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69677d14c8796101e5d809074fc06fde\"},\"headline\":\"Sport Weekend\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-07T10:45:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html\"},\"wordCount\":415,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"football\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html\",\"name\":\"Sport Weekend - Radio Romania International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-07T10:45:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69677d14c8796101e5d809074fc06fde\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":540},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\\\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Homepage\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Actualitate\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/actualitate\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Sport\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/sport\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Sport Weekend\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/\",\"name\":\"Radio Romania International\",\"description\":\"Totul despre Rom\u00e2nia \u015fi rom\u00e2ni, \u00een 13 limbi\\\/dialecte!\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/69677d14c8796101e5d809074fc06fde\",\"name\":\"Florin Orban\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/author\\\/florin-orban\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sport Weekend - Radio Romania International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sport Weekend - Radio Romania International","og_description":"Universitatea Craiova football team ended in a draw 1-1 Thursday\u2019s away match against the Finnish team KuPS Kuopio in the third qualifying round of the Europa League. The Romanian champions controlled the game in the first half, which they ended with a lead thanks to a goal scored by \u0218tefan Baiaram in the 39th minute. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html","og_site_name":"Radio Romania International","article_published_time":"2026-08-07T10:45:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Florin Orban","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Florin Orban","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html"},"author":{"name":"Florin Orban","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/69677d14c8796101e5d809074fc06fde"},"headline":"Sport Weekend","datePublished":"2026-08-07T10:45:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html"},"wordCount":415,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg","keywords":["football"],"articleSection":["Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html","name":"Sport Weekend - Radio Romania International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-07T10:45:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/69677d14c8796101e5d809074fc06fde"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/colaj-sport-nou-2024.jpg","width":960,"height":540},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sport-weekend-2-id1046196.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Homepage","item":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Actualitate","item":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/actualitate"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Sport","item":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Sport Weekend"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/","name":"Radio Romania International","description":"Totul despre Rom\u00e2nia \u015fi rom\u00e2ni, \u00een 13 limbi\/dialecte!","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/69677d14c8796101e5d809074fc06fde","name":"Florin Orban","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/author\/florin-orban"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046196"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1046305,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046196\/revisions\/1046305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046196"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1046196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}