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The Romanian Football federation mulls banning Romanian football fans from traveling to Kosovo as supporters of the national squad in the match against Kosovo, a fixture scheduled in Pristina on June 16. The game counts towards the Euro 2024 preliminaries. The decision could be taken in the wake of the incidents that have been ongoing on the Serbian border.
In matches counting towards the Group 1's last round as part of Romania Super league, the guest teams won all three matches. On Saturday, FCSB were trounced by Rapid Bucharest, 1-5. On Sunday in Cluj-Napoca, CFR sustained a 1-2 defeat by the new title holders, Farul Constanta. Universitatea Craiova lost their home game against Romanian Cup winners, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, nil-1. According to the final rankings, FC Farul Constanța are at the top of the table, with 53 points. Following in descending order are FCSB, with 46, CFR Cluj, with 42, Universitatea Craiova with 40, Rapid Bucharest with 38 points and Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, with 29 points. Farul Constanța play for the Champions League preliminaries, while FCSB play for Europe Conference League preliminaries. In a fixture counting towards a second place in Europe Conference League preliminaries on Thursday, CFR Cluj played Universitatea 1948 Craiova, a team coming from Group 2. In the first eliminatory match Universitatea 1948 Craiova defeated FC Voluntari, 4-3.
In Group 2, with 26 points, 13th-placed was UTA Arad, while 14th-placed FC Argeș, with 24 points. The two teams will play their playoffs fixtures if they want to maintain their position in the Superleague. With 23 points, Chindia Targoviste was 15th-placed, while CS Mioveni came in 16th, with 11 points. Chindia and Mioveni have relegated straight to the second-tier championship. Politehnica Iași and Oțelul Galați au have been promote straight to the Superleague.
In the playoff fixtures counting towards promotion, the two legs have already been played. Gloria Buzău ended the match against UTA Arad in a blank draw, while Dinamo București defeated FC Argeș, 6-1. The coming weekend will see matches being played, counting towards the second leg, in Arad and Pitesti, respectively.
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