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CFR Cluj football team have yet again emerged as Romania’s
\ntitle holders, One round ahead of the end of the ongoing football season, head-coach
\nDan Petrescu’s trainees are four points clear of the main runner-up team, FCSB.
\nAt this stage of the championship, no other team can outclass CFR Cluj. This
\npast Sunday, on the National Arena in Bucharest, FCSB were held to a 2-all draw
\nby FC Voluntari; the result was a real setback for FCSB. As for CFR Cluj, this
\npast Sunday they won their home game against Universitatea Craiova, 2-1. For
\nCFR Cluj, this is the eighth champion title in the club’s history and the fifth
\nconsecutive title. CFR’s most recent feat has booked them the ticket for the Champions
\nLeague preliminaries. FCSB has in turn gained
\naccess to Europe’s Conference League qualifiers. According to the Professional
\nFootball League’s regulations, in their bid to gain access to the Conference League,
\n3rd placed team Universitatea Craiova play the winner of the match
\npitting 1st against 2nd-placed team according to the
\ndomestic championship’s Group 1. They are Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe and FC Boto\u0219ani,
\nrespectively. If, on Thursday, Sepsi win the Romanian Cup final against FC Voluntari,
\nthey will play straight in Conference League. With no further formalities, Universitatea
\nCraiova travel to FC Boto\u0219ani. But until then, there is still a round to go in
\nGroup 2. On Friday, Craiova play a home game against Farul Constanta. On
\nSunday, FCSB play CFR Cluj, in Buzau. This coming Monday, in Pitesti, the local
\nteam FC Arges play a home game against FC Voluntari. <\/p>\n
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Earlier this week the domestic championship’s Group 2
\nstage came to an end. League One’s 16th and 15th placed teams, Gaz
\nMetan Media\u0219 and Academica Clinceni, respectively, have been relegated to League
\nTwo. Top-of-the-table and second-placed second-tier teams, Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti and
\nFC Hermannstadt, respectively, have gained their access to League One’s next
\nseason and on Wednesday they are to play a playoff fixture, decisive for them to
\nmaintain their League One position. The team from Bucharest face League Two’s 3rd
\nplaced team, Universitatea Cluj, while Chindia Targoviste take on 5th-placed team Concordia Chiajna. Chindia Targvoste should have played 4th-placed
\nteam CSA Steaua, but the team from Bucharest, belonging to the Army, cannot officially
\npromote to League One as they do not have the professional status required by
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