Mihai Stoica Resigns From FCSB, Gigi Becali Confirms

Mihai Stoica resigned as president of the FCSB board of administration on Thursday after poor team results.

Club owner Gigi Becali confirmed the departure to AGERPRES. Becali tried to persuade Stoica to stay.

Stoica, aged 61, spent 19 years working at the club across various executive roles. His leadership tenure at FCSB includes six Romanian league championship titles won in the 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 seasons, alongside two Romanian Cups conquered in 2011 and 2020, four Supercups obtained in 2006, 2013, 2024, and 2025, and the League Cup from 2016.

Before his extended stint with the red-and-blues, which spanned two distinct periods between 2002 and 2005 and from 2010 onward, he also held a management position at Unirea Urziceni from 2007 to 2010.

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Becali said that “The most important thing that happened is the departure of Mihai Stoica,” according to AGERPRES. “I knew he was going to leave, that he was going to make this decision. But I thought he would do it with pride, yet he did it with friendship, with peace, with good thoughts.”

His career in football began in February 1992, as reported by Antena 3.

Stoica said in his farewell message: “I thank everyone who has been by my side in my career that began in February 1992, especially Marius Stan, the one who brought me into football, and Gigi Becali, the man who offered me the opportunity to turn a dream into reality and who was close to me in the difficult moments of my life. Without listing the performances, without melodramatic accents. As simple as that.” Despite speculation regarding other clubs in the SuperLiga, he dismissed any possibility of joining rival teams such as Dinamo or Rapid, noting in an interview with Sport that such scenarios were absurd.

Stoica said that “Don’t even say that about Rapid, because it’s ugly,” as reported by Sport. “Dinamo and Rapid do not exist, they do not exist.”

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Former Dinamo official Cristi Borcea expressed to Sport his hope that Becali and Stoica would reconcile, calling Stoica the best administrator in Romanian football.

Becali suggested that a potential return to FCSB could happen next summer if the team wins the championship title. The owner pointed to recent tension surrounding summer transfers, specifically singling out Aymen Boutoutaou, for whom the club cheltuie 3 milioane de euro. Asta e supărarea mea mare, added Becali, according to AGERPRES.