With António Conceição staying as the main coach ( brought in last season in a care-taker role), the club is the midst of pre-season training and friendlies in Portugal. 3 matches against Portuguese clubs ( Freamunde 2nd div, V. Guimaraes and Beira-Mar Liga 1 ) that have ended in defeats, and on Tuesday, a scheduled match versus last season's Europa League sub-champion, Sporting Braga, and then another match,on Friday, against Liga 2 side Penafiel FC. It looks like will be their last chance to prepare abroad for the upcoming domestic Liga I Bergenbier competition.
Brasov played well against Vaslui last week, and won 2-1. Today, they got a point from an away game, against Otelul.