Omar El Sawy’s goal settled the match between UTA Arad and CFR Cluj, while Corbu Marius started both a Europa League victory and a league draw. Our roundup covers the performances of former players of the Szeklerland Football Academy between 12 and 18 October 2026.
Omar El Sawy’s goal settled the match between UTA Arad and CFR Cluj, while Corbu Marius started both a Europa League victory and a league draw. Our roundup covers the performances of former players of the Szeklerland Football Academy between 12 and 18 October 2026.
Omar El Sawy scored UTA Arad’s winning goal against CFR Cluj. He started Sunday’s match, found the net in the 55th minute and was substituted in the 79th. He finished with 79 minutes of playing time and a goal worth three points. UTA won 1–0 and sit ninth in the Romanian Superliga with 15 points after 12 matches.
Corbu Marius started both of Ferencváros’s matches. On Thursday, he played until the first minute of stoppage time in their 2–1 victory over Viktoria Plzeň in the Europa League league phase, when Madarász Ádám replaced him. The Green and Whites have six points after two rounds in the competition. On Sunday, Corbu played the full match in the 1–1 league draw at Kisvárda. He recorded no goals, assists or bookings in either game. Ferencváros are sixth in NB I with 14 points from nine league matches.
Puskás Akadémia won 1–0 away at Újpest and lead NB I with 21 points. Dusinszki Szabolcs, Brugger Dániel and Bencze Lóránd were not included in the squad for the top-flight fixture. Puskás Akadémia II drew 2–2 away at Haladás in Hungary’s NB III. Bencze Lóránd started and played until the 64th minute. Sajgó Kristóf and Brugger Dániel were not in the matchday squad. The Felcsút reserve side are ninth with 17 points.
ETO FC won 2–1 at Paks. Bödő Zoltán Efraim remained an unused substitute in the top-flight match. The Győr side are second in NB I with 18 points. Bödő was also absent from ETO Akadémia’s squad for their 3–0 NB III defeat at Mosonmagyaróvár.
Tamás Nándor remained an unused substitute in KFC Komárno’s home league match against Ružomberok. Komárno lost 1–0 and sit 12th in the Niké Liga with six points after 11 matches.
Vajda Roland Ottó started and played the opening 45 minutes of HR-Rent Kozármisleny’s match at Nagykanizsa, with Debreceni Zalán replacing him at half-time. He neither scored nor received a booking. The visitors struck three times in the second half to secure a 3–0 victory. Kozármisleny are 15th in NB II with seven points.
Gyenge Szilárd started in goal for Sepsi OSK on this occasion and played the full 90 minutes in their 1–1 draw away at Petrolul. The hosts took the lead in the 26th minute, with Sepsi equalising in the 34th. Sepsi are 12th in the Romanian Superliga with 14 points after 12 matches.
In Romania’s second tier, Simon Máté played the full match and kept a clean sheet in Steaua București’s home league fixture against Metaloglobus. The game ended 0–0, with Simon completing 90 minutes. Steaua are 17th with seven points.
CSM Slatina defeated Unirea Slobozia 1–0. Alexandru Ureche, the home side’s reserve goalkeeper, and Albert Hunor, his counterpart on the visitors’ bench, were both unused substitutes. Slatina lead Liga 2 with 25 points, while Slobozia are 16th with seven.
Bara Levente came on in the 68th minute of CSM Olimpia Satu Mare’s home match against Metalul Buzău, playing 22 minutes. The game ended goalless. The Satu Mare side are 19th with six points.
CSC Dumbrăvița lost 2–0 at home to FC Bihor Oradea. Leczki Norbert was not included in the matchday squad. The Timiș County side are 22nd in Liga 2 with three points.
Demeter Zsombor’s team, ASA Târgu Mureș, did not play a league match during the week covered: their home fixture against Chindia Târgoviște was scheduled for Tuesday, 20 October. They sit 14th with 11 points from nine matches.
Liga 3
CSM Gheorgheni drew 2–2 at home to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. Gergely Botond, Jakab Krisztián and Simó Csongor all played the full match. László Norbert started, played until the 90th minute and opened the scoring in the tenth. Balogh Szilárd started and played 76 minutes, while Sebestyén Botond came on in the 62nd minute, completing 28 minutes of regulation time. Simó scored in the 89th minute, but the visitors equalised in the third minute of stoppage time. Gheorgheni are ninth with eight points.
Minaur Baia Mare drew 0–0 away at Bihorul Beiuș. Iosif Cristian started and played 70 minutes, receiving a yellow card in the 44th before being replaced by Robert Filip. Minaur retained top spot with 20 points.
FC Odorheiu Secuiesc drew 2–2 at home to CS USV CSM Iași. Antonucci Michele, Keszler-Nagy Roland and Lázár Kristóf all played the full match. Kárándi Roland came on in the 77th minute, completing 13 minutes of regulation time, while Marosi Krisztián entered the game in the first minute of stoppage time. Lukács Dániel remained an unused substitute. The hosts conceded the equaliser in the third minute of stoppage time and sit sixth with 14 points.
CSM Deva lost 2–1 at home to Unirea Alba Iulia. Györfi Attila and Juhos Gábor both started and played the full match. Juhos was booked in the 28th minute and Györfi in the 89th. Deva are fifth with 15 points.
Unirea Tășnad won 2–1 away at Transilvania Sport Academy. Kárándi Botond and Erdei Ramón were included in neither the starting line-up nor the substitutes’ bench and therefore did not make the matchday squad. Unirea Tășnad are tenth with nine points.
Jiul Petroșani defeated CSM Târgu Jiu 2–0 at home. Polgár Denis started and played until the 84th minute, while Păcuraru Luca came on in the 74th, completing 16 minutes of regulation time. Neither player scored or received a booking. Jiul are fifth with 14 points.
Unirea Dej suffered a 2–1 home defeat to Crișul Sântandrei. Szőke Lénárd came on in the 80th minute, playing ten minutes of regulation time. Dej are 11th with five points.
Our roundup was compiled using official club and league announcements, the Hungarian Football Federation’s database, Romanian Liga 2 and Liga 3 match reports and team sheets, and sports media coverage.
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Photo: UTA Arad