FCU Craiova Facing Total Exclusion as Debt Crisis Deepens
FCU Craiova’s future is hanging by a thread as the club confronts one of the most severe financial and sporting crises in Romanian football history. According to multiple reports, the team is “at risk of being excluded from all competitions” if it fails to settle long‑standing debts owed to former players, coaches, employees, and rival club Dinamo București.
Mounting Debts Trigger Historic Sanctions
The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has already imposed unprecedented penalties on the club, including a record 94‑point deduction ahead of the upcoming Liga III season. The sanctions stem from unpaid financial obligations accumulated over several years, with disciplinary actions escalating month after month.
Reports indicate that FCU Craiova has repeatedly failed to meet payment deadlines, prompting the FRF Disciplinary and Ethics Commission to issue increasingly severe measures. The club now faces a final deadline to clear its arrears or face complete disaffiliation from Romanian football structures.
Countdown to Possible Expulsion
The situation has reached a critical stage. According to Romanian media, FCU Craiova must settle its debts within the federation’s mandated timeframe or risk immediate exclusion from all FRF‑organized competitions. Failure to comply could result in the club being removed not only from Liga III but from the entire national football system.
This scenario is not hypothetical—FRF has already excluded FCU 1948 Craiova from competitions in a related case involving unresolved debts and licensing failures, underscoring the seriousness of the federation’s stance has pushed FCU Craiova to the edge of collapse.
Club officials have criticized the sanctions as excessive, but unless the outstanding debts are resolved swiftly, the FRF appears poised to enforce the ultimate penalty.
What Comes Next?
If FCU Craiova fails to meet the final payment deadlines, the club could be fully disaffiliated, leaving Craiova with only one active professional team and ending a turbulent chapter marked by financial turmoil and institutional conflict.
