Virtus suffered a crushing 1–7 defeat to FCSB in the UEFA Champions League 2025 campaign on Tuesday, 9 July 2024. The match was the 1st Qualifying Round and kicked off at 19:00 UTC. The result left the Sammarinese side with a mountain to climb in the second leg, while the Romanian champions put themselves in complete control of the tie after the first matchday of the qualifying phase. The 1–7 scoreline was a stark statement of intent from FCSB on the European stage.

At that poin...