30.06.2025
Watch the match broadcast on the YouTube channel "Metalist 1925":
Preparation: "Metalist 1925", having received a new head coach, Mladen Bartulovich, came out of vacation 10 days ago. Initially, the team trained at the base in Shchaslyve, and then, two days ago, arrived in Austria, where two stages of the training camp will take place. The team will play against 7-8 opponents, some of them very famous, with the first being the Romanian club "Botosani".
The Romanian club started preparing for the new season on June 11th, when "Metalist 1925" had just finished the previous season. The start of the new season in Romania is planned for the next weekend. The team initially trained at home, and a few days earlier than "Metalist 1925", they arrived in Austria, where they had already played against the Czech "Jablonec" (5th place in the elite league last season) and lost 5-1. Overall, the news about the opponents of "Botosani" in Austria starts with the words "scary opponents", who frightens the Romanians, who are nicknamed "Moldavians" in their homeland, besides "Jablonec" and "Metalist 1925"? It is a lower-league Austrian club and the renowned Czech "Viktoria", who finished second in the national championship.
Last season: "Botosani" is a young club founded in 2001. It took them over ten years to first reach the elite. This happened in 2013, and already in 2015, "Botosani" made their debut in European competitions. Since 2013, the "red-white-blues" have been playing in the elite of Romanian football, and in the 2024-2025 season, they finished in 12th position. The highest position "Botosani" achieved was in the 2019-2020 season when they finished 4th.
Geography: the football club "Botosani" represents the town of Botosani, located just a few dozen kilometers from the border with Ukraine and Moldova. Population - 90,000. According to "Google maps", to travel from Kharkiv to Botosani, you need to first reach the Chernivtsi region, cross the border, and you are almost in Botosani. It takes a little over 14 hours by car for such a journey.
Transfermarkt: the well-known portal evaluates the total value of the club's players at 10.65 million euros. Paul Jakob was on loan from "Rapid 1923" and according to the documents, this loan expires today. So, we are unlikely to expect him today. The second most expensive is left-back Michael Pavlovich. His estimated value is 700,000 euros. He is a player of the Slovenian youth national team, who ended up in Romania last summer. Overall, the team has quite a few foreign players from Argentina, Spain, France, Albania, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Malawi. Charles Petro from Malawi, Stefan Bodistyanu from Moldova, and Aldair Ferreira from Angola are active players of their national teams. Zoran Mitrov plays for the Romanian youth team. Several other players have experience playing for their national teams. Romario Benzar played for Romania, Fransishku Junior for Guinea-Bissau, Alexandru Albu for Romania, and goalkeeper Yannis Anestis was called up to the Greek national team.
Summer transfers: five players have already left "Botosani" this summer. Four have joined: Sebastian Maylat, Mihai Bordeyanu, Bosnian Riad Suta, and Andrei Dumiter, and a group of players have returned from loan. You can read about the transfers of "Metalist 1925" that have already taken place here and here.
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Share your expectations for the match on the guest page of our website or in the club chat on Telegram.
Photos of the preparation in Austria can be found on our Instagram page.
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Matchday. "Metalist 1925" - "Botosani". Match #1. Summer training camp 2025
On June 30th, at 18:30 (17:30 local time), in Austria, in the village of Angerberg, at the "Sportplatz Angerberg" stadium. Friendly Match #1. Summer training camp 2025Watch the match broadcast on the YouTube channel "Metalist 1925":
Preparation: "Metalist 1925", having received a new head coach, Mladen Bartulovich, came out of vacation 10 days ago. Initially, the team trained at the base in Shchaslyve, and then, two days ago, arrived in Austria, where two stages of the training camp will take place. The team will play against 7-8 opponents, some of them very famous, with the first being the Romanian club "Botosani".
The Romanian club started preparing for the new season on June 11th, when "Metalist 1925" had just finished the previous season. The start of the new season in Romania is planned for the next weekend. The team initially trained at home, and a few days earlier than "Metalist 1925", they arrived in Austria, where they had already played against the Czech "Jablonec" (5th place in the elite league last season) and lost 5-1. Overall, the news about the opponents of "Botosani" in Austria starts with the words "scary opponents", who frightens the Romanians, who are nicknamed "Moldavians" in their homeland, besides "Jablonec" and "Metalist 1925"? It is a lower-league Austrian club and the renowned Czech "Viktoria", who finished second in the national championship.
Last season: "Botosani" is a young club founded in 2001. It took them over ten years to first reach the elite. This happened in 2013, and already in 2015, "Botosani" made their debut in European competitions. Since 2013, the "red-white-blues" have been playing in the elite of Romanian football, and in the 2024-2025 season, they finished in 12th position. The highest position "Botosani" achieved was in the 2019-2020 season when they finished 4th.
Geography: the football club "Botosani" represents the town of Botosani, located just a few dozen kilometers from the border with Ukraine and Moldova. Population - 90,000. According to "Google maps", to travel from Kharkiv to Botosani, you need to first reach the Chernivtsi region, cross the border, and you are almost in Botosani. It takes a little over 14 hours by car for such a journey.
Transfermarkt: the well-known portal evaluates the total value of the club's players at 10.65 million euros. Paul Jakob was on loan from "Rapid 1923" and according to the documents, this loan expires today. So, we are unlikely to expect him today. The second most expensive is left-back Michael Pavlovich. His estimated value is 700,000 euros. He is a player of the Slovenian youth national team, who ended up in Romania last summer. Overall, the team has quite a few foreign players from Argentina, Spain, France, Albania, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Malawi. Charles Petro from Malawi, Stefan Bodistyanu from Moldova, and Aldair Ferreira from Angola are active players of their national teams. Zoran Mitrov plays for the Romanian youth team. Several other players have experience playing for their national teams. Romario Benzar played for Romania, Fransishku Junior for Guinea-Bissau, Alexandru Albu for Romania, and goalkeeper Yannis Anestis was called up to the Greek national team.
Summer transfers: five players have already left "Botosani" this summer. Four have joined: Sebastian Maylat, Mihai Bordeyanu, Bosnian Riad Suta, and Andrei Dumiter, and a group of players have returned from loan. You can read about the transfers of "Metalist 1925" that have already taken place here and here.
Support "Metalist 1925"!
Share your expectations for the match on the guest page of our website or in the club chat on Telegram.
Photos of the preparation in Austria can be found on our Instagram page.
Watch videos of "Metalist 1925" training on TikTok.
Find out club news on Facebook.
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