The first Superliga derby, Steaua – CSM Oradea is played in Otopeni. The coach of the Romanian champion, Bogdan Rath: Steaua is a competitive team

The two teams will also be opponents in group A of the Champions League. The first matches are scheduled next week: on October 8, Steaua will play away to Novi Beograd, and CSM Oradea will meet, in Germany, Hanover

Before the first derby, the coach of the Romanian champions, Bogdan Rath, sees his team still the favorite to win the title.

Bogdan Rath, the first derby of the championship is played before the debut in the most important competitive interclub in Europe, and Stela's opponent, CSM Oradea, was the surprise of the tournament from the Champions League preliminaries by qualifying in the main groups.

For me this qualification is not a surprise. This season they transferred several foreign players, and they played well in the tournament, I am pleased that the level of the championship in Romania is increasing. The pool game will show what the true values are.

The Romanian derby will also move to the Champions League, in a group in which there are also Novi Beohgrad and Hanover. As you can see is this group_

There will be more derbies! It's a pretty balanced group. Novi Belgrad is a very strong team, but they still lost some players from last year's team. Hanover is also a good team, but accessible for us, and I think that Oradea can also play very well with them. Athere each team will score points.

Compared to last year, there are changes in the Star team as well. Some players left. Are you happy with how the team looks now this season?

Yes, very much! We tried to cover some postures. I say the players that have come have great value. We haven't changed much, we already had a very young team, which has shown in these years that it carries the weight not only at Steaua, but also at national team. I think we have a very competitive team, if not the most competitive in the championship.