With serious financial problems and no established project, Giorgi-based Astra, champions of Ligue 1 in the 2015/16 season, became a “fragment” of the team that knocked West Ham out of the Europa League.

Astra Giurgiu, close to liquidation

In the last match of the championship, “Astra” lasted only 47 minutes, informs damboviteanul.com.

On the brink of collapse, Astra suffered a new humiliation in the third league, in a match against FC Puchioas, and “achieved” record after record.

The formation under the patronage of Ioan Nikulae lost 12-0 in front of the people of Dambovitsa, the result that was established after the break of the match.

At the start of the second half, some Astra players, 4 to be exact, refused to leave the locker room, so the game ended after only a few minutes when one player was injured.

With only 6 players, Astra could no longer continue the game and the center whistle ended the game.

The goalkeeper of FC “Puchioasa” scored in the goal of “Astra” from Giurgiu

Even the goalkeeper of Puchoasa scored, missing from 11 meters.

After 8 competitive stages, “Astra” did not score a single point, did not score a single goal, and the goal difference is taken from the computer game 0-78.

Astra Giurgiu, far from its former glory

The formation under the patronage of Ioan Nicolae was the fifth team from outside the capital to win the league title, while the city of Giurgiu was the 13th to win the championship in Romania.

Until 2016, the title holders were Bucharest, Arad, Timisoara, Ploiesti, Cluj-Napoca, Pitesti, Craiova, Oradea, Brasov, Urzicen, Resica and Brasov.

At European level, Astra became famous in Europe after the double against West Ham United, when fans of the British team went viral, they could not even pronounce the name of the Romanian team.