Tag: Dinamo

  • Sports Flash

    Sports Flash

    In the 25th edition of the Romanian Football Superleague, scheduled midweek, FC Botosani outperformed Gloria Buzau 2-0 in an away match on Tuesday. The other two games of the day took place in Bucharest, where local side Rapid clinched a 2-1 win against Unirea Slobozia while another local team, Dinamo, managed a 1-0 win against Oţelul Galati.

    On Wednesday, CFR also managed a 1-0 home win against Hermannstadt, while in Craiova, local side Universitatea, obtained the same result against Universitatea Cluj. The leg’s last matches on Thursday will be pitching, Poli Iaşi against UTA, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe against Farul Constanţa and Petrolul Ploieşti against FCSB. Universitatea Cluj and Dinamo are topping the ranking, each with 44 points, followed by CFR Cluj, with 43.

    We continue with the latest from men’s basketball competitions. U-BT Cluj-Napoca has qualified for the EuroCup play-offs. In the group’s last match on Wednesday, Romania’s champions outperformed Greek side Aris Thessaloniki, 89-74. U-BT presently occupies the fifth place in Group B and will next be taking on the fourth side in Group A, Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius, of Lithuania.

    In FIBA Europe Cup, also on Wednesday, CSM CSU Oradea obtained a clear win against Estonian side Kalev/Cramo, 94-66, but failed to qualify for the quarterfinals.

    CSM’s best players proved to be Lithuanians, Paulius Petrilevicius, with 18 points, 6 recoveries, and Donatas Tarolis, with 15 points and 5 decisive passes. In order to advance, the Romanian vice-champions needed a win in Estonia and they also needed the victory of PAOK Thessaloniki in Dijon. However, the French won the match 97-93 and their win blew the Romanians’ qualification chances. PAOK topped the ranking with Dijon in the second position. Oradea came third followed by Kalev/Cramo. The first two sides have qualified for the quarterfinals.

    Now let’s have a look at the latest from water polo competitions. On Wednesday, CSM Oradea conceded a home defeat to the Italian side Savona 17-11, in the first leg of Group B of the Champions’ League quarterfinals. In the group’s other match, Ferencváros secured an 18-10 win against Atletic-Barceloneta cu 18-10. In the second leg Oradea will be playing in Barcelona, on February 26th.

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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The Romanian women’s handball side CSM Bucharest on Sunday made it to the third place of the ranking of the Champions League Group A. On Sunday, the Romanians secured a 29-27 win against Danish side, Nykøbing Falster. Cristina Neagu scored 7 goals for CSM while Crina Pintea added six more. In the same group on Saturday, Storhamar Handball Elite outperformed Krim Mercator Ljubljana, 29-28. On Saturday, Gloria Bistriţa-Năsăud conceded a 26-23 home defeat to Ferencváros Budapest and is presently ranking 7th in the group.

    On February 8, Gloria will be up against Krim Ljubljana in an away match, while a day later, CSM will be playing Podravka Koprivnica in Bucharest. In Group B, Rapid lost 26-28 to Danish side Team Esbjerg. Romania’s vice-champions are presently ranking 7th in Group B and will be playing German side Ludwigsburg in an away game on February 9.

    In the EHF European League’s Group A, Dunărea Brăila managed their third consecutive win: 26-22, in Buzău against German side Thüringer and is presently topping the group. They will be taking on Thuringer in Germany in a fortnight.

    Another Romanian side, SCM Ramnicu Valcea, which tops Group B, on Saturday clinched a 32-29 win against the Norwegians from Sola. SCM will be playing Sola in Norway on February 8.

    Last weekend saw the matches of the 23rd leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. Here are some results.

    On Friday, Gloria Buzău clinched a 3-0 home win against Unirea Slobozia, whereas the game in Bucharest pitching Dinamo against Universitatea Cluj ended in a goaless draw. On Saturday Hermannstadt secured a 2-0 away win against, Poli Iaşi, while in Bucharest, local side Rapid outperformed Universitatea Craiova one-nil. On Sunday, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe obtained a 2-0 home win against Oţelul Galaţi, and  FCSB defeated UTA Arad 1-0. The leg’s last games on Monday: Petrolul Ploieşti versus FC Botoşani and CFR Cluj versus Farul Constanţa. Universitatea Cluj and FCSB are topping the ranking each with 41 points, followed by Dinamo Bucharest with 38.

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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    After the first two matches, Romania ranks third in Group B of the European Women’s Handball Championships. In Debrecen, Hungary, the team coached by Florentin Pera secured a 29-28 win against Czechia on Friday, but lost to Montenegro on Sunday 25-27. Romania’s side is one of the youngest in competition after the withdrawal of several senior players including Cristina Neagu and Crina Pintea.

    The decisive match for qualification will be on Tuesday when Romania is to take on Serbia, a side, which has so far lost two matches, to Montenegro and Czechia. The first two sides in each group will qualify for the competitions’ next stage.

    Last weekend saw the football matches counting towards the 18th leg of the Romanian Superleague. Both games held on Friday ended in draws: FC Botoşani vs. Farul Constanţa, nil-all, and Rapid Bucharest versus Petrolul Ploieşti, one-all. On Saturday, Hermannstadt clinched a 2-1 away win against Unirea Slobozia.

    Then Gloria Buzău obtained a 2-0 home win against Poli Iaşi. In the day’s last match, in Bucharest, local side Dinamo ended in a one-all draw their match against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. On Sunday, in the leg’s most important match, CFR Cluj clinched a 2-0 away win against Universitatea Craiova. In the leg’s last two matches on Monday, Universitatea Cluj takes on UTA and Oţelul Galaţi on FCSB. Two sides from Cluj, CFR and Universitatea, are presently topping the table at a difference of one point.

    Dennis Man, a midfielder of Romania’s national team was one of the best players of his side, Parma, during its game against Lazio in the 14th leg of the Italian championships, which ended 3-1 to Parma.

    Man capitalized on a mistake by Lazio’s players and put Parma in the lead in the 6th minute. This has been the fourth goal of the Romanian international in the present edition of Serie A. Tunisian Mohamad Haj added a second for Parma on minute 53, while Argentine Tay Castellanos scored for the visitors in the 80th minute. Enrico Del Prato sealed the points in the extra-time. Parma is presently ranking 11th in Serie A, with 15 points.

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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Romania’s handball team Dinamo Bucharest on Thursday outperformed German side Fuchse Berlin 38-31 in a home game counting towards the Champions League’s Group A. At the end of a balanced first half the visitors had one goal more than the hosts. However, Dinamo made a successful comeback and put on a better play in the second half of the game. The hosts’ best scorers were the Brazilian Haniel Langaro and Israeli Yoav Lumbroso, each with five goals.

    Following this result, Dinamo advanced to the third place in Group A, with 10 points out of 7 matches.  Veszprém and Paris Saint-Germain are ranking first in the group each with 12 points. Dinamo will be playing the first game on November 21 also against Fuchse, this time in Berlin.

    This week has seen the football matches of the groups stage of Romania’s Cup.  Two surprising results were registered on Thursday: third leaguer Sănătatea Cluj secured a one-all draw against first leaguer Farul Constanţa, which managed to score the equalizer only in the 85th minute of the game through Rivaldinho, the son of the great Brazilian footballer Rivaldo. Another surprising result was the one-all win of the second-leaguer Metalul Buzău against Universitatea Craiova. In the leg’s derby, FCSB secured a 4-0 win against Dinamo Bucharest.

    This weekend will be seeing the matches of the Superleague’s 15th leg. In the first match on Friday Gloria Buzău plays CFR Cluj. On Saturday, Sepsi OSK is taking on Petrolul Ploieşti in a home match while Dinamo Bucharest receives UTA of Arad. On Sunday, Politehnica Iaşi will be up at home against Oţelul Galaţi, while Universitatea Cluj on its own turf plays Farul Constanţa. Universitatea Craiova takes on FCSB in a home match. The leg’s last two matches are on Monday when Unirea Slobozia plays FC Botoşani and Rapid Bucharest plays FC Hermannstadt. Universitatea Cluj tops the ranking with 29 points, followed by Petrolul with 22.

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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Romanian tennis player Gabriela Ruse has joined the main draw of the US Open Grand Slam tournament to kick off on Monday at Flushing Meadows in New York. In the qualifiers’ last round she outperformed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Gabriela has thus won 100,000 dollars and 40 WTA points, being the third Romanian on the main board of the singles contest, after those directly qualified, Ana Bogdan and Jaqueline Cristian, respectively.

    Romania’s under-23 crew of four on Thursday walked away with gold from the World Rowing Championships held in St. Catherines, Canada. Romania’s four, made up of Emanuela Ciotău, Patricia Cireș, Mariana-Laura Dumitru and Manuela-Gabriela Lungu ended the race two seconds ahead the runner up Polish crew.

    The sides representing Romania in the European football contests obtained good results on Thursday. FCSB ended in a one-all draw their away game against the Austrian eleven LASK Linz in the play-offs of the Europa League.

    The French Adil Taoui put the hosts into the lead on the 34th minute, but David Miculescu scored the equalizer in the first half’s injury time. The qualification will be decided in Bucharest next week.

    In the Conference League’s play-offs, CFR Cluj clinched a one-nil win against Cypriot side Paphos. Kosovar Meriton Korenica fired home on minute 17 and CFR managed to keep its difference in spite of being outnumbered on the pitch after Ciprian Deac had been given an early shower for a challenge at Portuguese João Correia.

    The Romanian side put up a better show than their opponent with a sturdy defence line, bold and incisive counterstrikes.

    This weekend will be seeing the football matches counting towards the seventh leg of Romania’s Superleague. Two games are taking place on Friday: Petrolul Ploiesti versus Otelul Galati and Poli Iasi versus Rapid Bucharest. On Saturday, Sepsi are up, on their own turf, against Unirea Slobozia and Dinamo is playing Universitatea Craiova in a home game. On Sunday, CFR will be up against FC Botosani and FCSB will go to Sibiu to play FC Hermannstadt. On Monday, Gloria Buzau will be playing Universitate Cluj and UTA will be up against Farul Constanta.

    Universitatea Craiova tops the table with 14 points, two more than the second side in the ranking, Universitatea Cluj.

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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Romanian athlete Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu on Thursday qualified for the upcoming Olympics in Paris, after a couple of wins in the pre-Olympic wrestling tournament in Istanbul. The Romanian competed in the Greek-Roman style, the 130 kilogram category. A European champion in 2020, Alexuc also represented Romania at the London Olympics in 2012, in Rio, in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020. Romania presently boasts 83 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games in 12 disciplines.

    Romanian tennis players Sorana Cîrstea and Jaqueline Cristian on Thursday qualified for the third round of the WTA 1.000 tournament in Rome, a competition with 4,800,000 Euros in prize money.

    Sorana clinched a two-set win 7-5, 6-0 against Brenda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic and will be playing sixth seeded Marketa Vondrousova in the third round. Jaqueline Cristian who made it to the main draw as ”lucky loser”, obtained a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 win against Elina Avanesyan of Russia in a match that lasted almost three hours. In the third round the Romanian will be up against the world’s number three, Coco Gauff, of the United States.

    On Sunday in Brno, the Romanian national side will be playing the Czech selection in the second round of the playoffs for the World Handball Championships next year. The Romanians won the first match at home 31-30. The World handball Championships will be hosted by Croatia, Denmark and Norway over January 14th and February 2nd.

    Football lovers in Romania this weekend are going to find out the sides that will demote to the second football league. Two elevens, Dinamo and FCU Craiova, are on the last positions in the ranking to be demoted to the second league. Dinamo will be playing in a home game UTA Arad and Craiova will be up against FC Hermannstadt. Poli Iași also on their own turf will be playing Petrolul Ploiești while FC Voluntari also in a home match takes on Universitatea Cluj. Oțelul Galați, also at home, takes on FC Botoșani.

    Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe plays Rapid București, while the champions FCSB, will be meeting CFR Cluj in Bucharest on Saturday. CFR Cluj will fight for the second position in the ranking. Another side fighting for this position, which ensures qualification for the preliminaries of the Conference League, is Universitatea Craiova, which is taking on Farul Constanta in an away game. CFR and Craiova have the same number of points.

    In the end we remind you that you can revisit this report on the Internet at rri.ro as well as on Radio Romania International’s Facebook profile.

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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Romanian pugilist Lăcrămioara Perijoc will be fighting for the gold medal in the 54 kilogram category of the European Boxing Championships in Belgrade.

    In the semifinals on Thursday she outperformed Fay Niamh of Ireland and in the finals due on Sunday, Perijoc will be fighting the representative of the host country and the odds-on favourite Sara Cirkovici. In the 57 kg category, Claudia Nichita of Romania was left only with the silver medal after the defeat conceded to Bulgarian Svetlana Kamenova Staneva.

    After the races on Thursday, Romania has qualified with six teams at the European Rowing Championship underway in Szeged, Hungary. Among those qualified are the Romanian women’s double scull, the lightweight pair as well as the women’s eight. The Romanian women’s four, men’s four and eight ended on the second position in their races but are also directly qualified for the finals.

    Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea on Thursday qualified for the third round of the WTA 1.000 tournament in Madrid, a competition with more than 7 hundred thousand Euros in prize money. In the second round, she secured a 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 win against Alexandra Eala of the Philippines. In the competition’s third round, the Romanian will be playing the winner of the match pitching this weekend the world’s leader Iga Swiatek of Poland and Xiyu Wang of China.

    This weekend will be seeing the matches counting towards Romania’s Football Super-league. On Friday Dinamo Bucureşti plays FC Voluntari. FCU Craiova will taking on Universitatea Cluj on Saturday. On Sunday, Hermannstadt goes to Galati in eastern Romania to play local side Oţelul, while UTA will be up against Poli Iasi. On Monday, Petrolul, on their own turf, will be playing FC Botoşani. Dinamo and FC U Craiova are on the last positions in the ranking and struggling to avoid demotion.

    On Saturday, FCSB will be playing Farul Constanţa in Bucharest and if they manage to get a draw, FCSB will mathematically become Romania’s champions three legs before the end of the season. On Sunday, CFR will be playing Sepsi in Cluj, western Romania, while on Monday Rapid Bucharest, on their own ground will be up against Universitatea Craiova.

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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Romanian athletes walked away with four medals from the European Throwing Cup held in Leira, Portugal. Alin Firfirică became gold medalist in the discus throw event on Saturday, while on Sunday, Bianca Ghelber and Alexandru Novac won silver in the hammer throw and javelin events of the same competition. Also in the javelin throw, but in the under-23 competition, Vlad Alexandru Turcu stepped onto the podium’s third step.

     

    Friday and Saturday saw the quarter-finals matches of the regional ice hockey competition Erste League. ACSH Gheorgheni is leading 2-0 the Hungarian side Ujpest, after a 2-1 win on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday on their own ground. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc secured a 2-1 and 1-0 away victories against Budapest Jegkorong Academia. In Brașov, southern Romania, local side Corona conceded defeats to Jegesmedvek Miskolc, 3-2 in the first match and 3-1 in the second. The matches are taking place after ‘the best in seven games’ system.

     

    CSM CSU Constanța and CSM Târgoviște won the semis of Romania’s Cup in women’s basketball held in Sfântu Gheorghe on Sunday. CSU defeated the title-holder Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, 88-80. The vice-champions managed their second win this season against the en titre champions from Covasna. In the other semifinals game, CSM Târgoviște outperformed CSM Alexandria, 81-54. The finals is due on Monday.

     

    Last weekend saw the football games counting towards the 30th leg of Romania’s Superleague. Friday saw five matches: CFR, on their own turf, secured a 1-0 win against Hermannstadt. Dinamo obtained the same 1-0 win in Bucharest against UTA Arad. In Ploiești, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe clinched a 2-1 victory against local side Petrolul. FC Voluntari versus Universitatea Cluj and FC Botoșani versus Farul Constanța ended in goaless draws.

     

    At the National Arena in Bucharest on Saturday Rapid secured a 4-0 win against the team, which tops the table, FCSB. On Sunday in a local derby in Craiova, southern Romania, Universitatea obtained a 2-1 win against FCU 1948.

    The leg’s last match pitches Oțelul Galați against Poli Iași on Monday. FCSB goes into the play-off with 32 points followed by Rapid with 28, CFR with 27, Universitatea Craiova, with 25, then Farul and Sepsi, each with 22 points. In the play-offs first leg, on Friday Rapid takes on Farul Constanta in Bucharest, while on Saturday, CFR Cluj plays at home Universitatea Craiova. FCSB is taking on Sepsi in Bucharest on Sunday.

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  • שגריר ישראל ביקר במועדון ספורט בבוקרשט

    שגריר ישראל ביקר במועדון ספורט בבוקרשט

    ספורט מאחד אנשים ומייצג, בו זמנית, תחום מפתח של יחסים בין שתי מדינות ועמים.



    רומניה וישראל מחוברות על אחת כמה וכמה הודות לספורט, שכן מועדון הספורט דינמו, מבוקרשט, נוסד בדיוק באותו יום שבו הוכרזה עצמאותה של מדינת ישראל, ב-14 במאי 1948. יתרה על כך, האלוף האולימפי של רומניה בחתירת קאנו היה היהודי ליאון רוטמן, כך סיפר כשגריר ישראל ברומניה, ראובן אזר שביקר ביחד עם סגן השגריר רמי טפליצקי, במועדון הספורט דינמו בוקרשט.



    הביקור התקיים בהזמנתו של יונוץ אדריאן פופה, נשיא דינמו. בפגישה השתתף גם נשיא הכבוד של המועדון, שחקן אגדה בכדורגל הרומני, Ionuț Lupescu.



    השיחות התמקדו בשיתוף פעולה בתקופה הקשה במיוחד עבור האומה הישראלית ובמיוחד עבור הספורט הישראלי. הדיפלומטים ביקרו במתקני המועדון וזכו לפגוש את חברי קבוצות הכדורסל, הכדוריד, הכדורעף, הרוגבי והפולו של דינמו. הביקור הסתיים בסיור במוזיאון בו מוצגים הגביעים שזכו ספורטאי המועדון לאורך השנים.

  • Sports Weekend


    The goalkeeper of Romanias national football side, Horaţiu Moldovan, on Thursday became a substitute player for his new side, Atletico Madrid, in the quarterfinals match against FC Seville, in the Football Cup of Spain. Atletico won the game 1-0. We recall that Moldovan was transferred from Romanian side, Rapid Bucharest, after the Spanish club had paid the 800 thousand Euros for the termination of his contract. Moldovans transfer comes after that of the center back, Radu Dragusin, who left the Italian side Genoa to join Tottenham Hotspur.


    According to the local press, Dragusins transfer stood at 25 million sterling. The headcoach of Farul Constanta, Romanian football legend, Gheorghe Hagi, was quoted by Agerpres news agency as saying that major football clubs in Europe have been monitoring Romanian footballers since our national sides qualification for the European Championship this year. According to Hagi, the foreign clubs interests in the Romanian footballers will begin to grow.


    This weekend will be seeing the football matches counting towards the 23rd leg of the Romanian Superleague. On Friday, Farul Constanta takes on FCU Craiova while on Saturday, in Arad, western Romania, local side UTA will be playing Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. In Galati, eastern Romania, local side Otelul will be playing Petrolul Ploiesti, in keeping with the 60-year old tradition of matches pitching various teams of workers in Romania. Saturdays last match is the famous derby between Dinamo and Rapid on the National Arena in Bucharest.


    The difference between the two sides is huge. Rapid is currently ranking third whereas Dinamo is at the bottom of the table, ranking 15th. Three matches are due on Sunday: Hermannstadt on its own ground takes on FC Botosani, while Universitatea Cluj plays Poli Iasi. The day ends with another very interesting game: Universitatea Craiova versus FCSB. Monday will see only one game, the one pitching CFR Cluj against FC Voluntari. FCSB tops the ranking with 47 points, followed by CFR with 36.


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  • Săptămâna sportivă

    Săptămâna sportivă

    România a câştigat Trofeul Carpaţi la handbal feminin, după turneul încheiat sâmbătă la Bistriţa. Selecţionata tricoloră a terminat competiţia cu trei victorii: 33-28 cu Elveţia, 32-22 cu Portugalia şi 41-35 cu Austria. Pe locul secund s-a situat Austria, cu două victorii, iar pe trei s-a clasat Elveţia, cu un meci câştigat, cel cu Portugalia, care a ocupat ultimul loc. Turneul de la Bistriţa a fost o ultimă verificare înaintea participării la Campionatul Mondial din Danemarca, Norvegia şi Suedia, programat între 29 noiembrie şi 17 decembrie. România va juca în Grupa E, la Herning, în Danemarca.


    Cristina Neagu şi colegele sale vor întâlni, în ordine, echipa statului Chile, pe 1 decembrie, apoi Serbia, două zile mai târziu, şi Danemarca, pe 5 decembrie. Obiectivul Naţionalei române la Mondiale este clasarea pe unul dintre primele şapte locuri. Campioana mondială merge direct la Jocurile Olimpice de anul viitor, de la Paris, împreună cu echipele campioane continentale. Poziţiile 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 şi 7 vor asigura participarea la turneele preolimpice din aprilie, care vor completa lista echipelor participante la Jocurile de la Paris, de anul viitor. Să mai notăm că echipa României este singura care a participat la toate cele 26 de ediţii de până acum ale Campionatului Mondial de handbal feminin.



    Trecem la fotbal. FCSB a câştigat, duminică, derby-ul cu Dinamo Bucureşti. Liderul actual al clasamentului s-a impus cu 1-0, pe Arena Naţională din Capitală, unde gazde au fost dinamoviştii. Singurul gol al partidei a fost marcat de Florinel Coman, direct din lovitură liberă, în minutul 52. Etapa cu numărul 17 a Superligii a început vineri. La Sibiu, Hermannstadt şi Poli Iaşi au terminat la egalitate, scor 0 la 0, apoi, la Ploieşti, Petrolul a trecut de FC Botoşani cu 2-1. După 17 etape, formaţia din Botoşani nu a câştigat încă nici măcar un joc şi se află pe ultimul loc în clasament.


    Sâmbătă, FC Voluntari a învins, acasă, Farul Constanţa cu 4-2, apoi, la Cluj, jocul dintre CFR şi UTA Arad s-a terminat fără gol. În primul joc al zilei de duminică, Universitatea Craiova a dispus cu 3-1, în deplasare, de Oţelul Galaţi. Luni, ultimele două partide ale etapei: FC U Craiova 1948 cu Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe şi Rapid Bucureşti cu Universitatea Cluj. În fruntea clasamentului, FCSB are acum 37 de puncte, iar CFR Cluj, 32.

  • Weekend sportiv

    La sfârşitul acestei săptamâni au loc jocuri în Superliga română de fotbal, contând pentru etapa a 17-a. Vineri, două partide: Hermannstadt cu Poli Iaşi şi Petrolul Ploieşti cu FC Botoşani. Sâmbătă, Farul Constanţa joacă la Voluntari, iar UTA Arad va evolua pe terenul echipei CFR Cluj. Prima partidă a zilei de duminică va avea loc la Galaţi, între Oţelul şi Universitatea Craiova. Meciul-vedetă al etapei este programat la ora 20.30, în Capitală, pe Arena Naţională, şi va opune echipele bucureştene Dinamo şi FCSB, fostă Steaua.



    Confruntarea dintre cele mai titrate echipe din fotbalul românesc a fost întotdeauna interesantă, indiferent de locurile ocupate în clasament, la momentul întâlnirii. Acum, de pildă, FCSB se află pe primul loc, iar Dinamo, pe 15, penultimul. Liderul clasamentului a câştigat 10 dintre cele 16 partide jucate în această ediţie a campionatului, a pierdut două şi a încheiat patru la egalitate. Dinamoviştii au o linie de clasament exact inversă: două victorii, patru egaluri şi zece înfrângeri.



    Din ultimele zece confruntări între cele două formaţii, trei s-au încheiat la egalitate. FCSB a câştigat cinci, iar Dinamo, două. Ultimul succes dinamovist s-a înregistrat în februarie 2021, scor 1-0, în Cupa României, dar în septembrie a urmat revanşa aspră a roş-albaştrilor, în prima ligă, cu 6-0. În aceste condiţii, FCSB pare, astăzi, echipa favorită, dar, adesea, când a fost vorba de derby-ul clasic al fotbalului românesc, statisticile s-au dovedit înşelătoare.



    Etapa a 17-a a Superligii continuă luni. FC U Craiova se va confrunta pe teren propriu cu Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, apoi Rapid Bucureşti va primi vizita echipei Universitatea Cluj. Este de menţionat faptul că şi duelul dintre feroviarii bucureşteni şi studenţii clujeni are un istoric impresionant, de nouă decenii. Primele meciuri directe între cele două echipe au avut loc în prima ediție a campionatului național, Divizia A, în sezonul 1933 – 1934. Universitatea a câștigat acasă cu 2-1, apoi feroviarii s-au impus, şi ei, pe teren propriu, cu 1-0.





  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The WTA 250 women’s tennis tournament
    in Cluj-Napoca, western Romania, ended on Sunday with the victory of German
    tennis player Tamara Korpatsch who defeated Elena Gabriela Ruse in the finals 6-3,
    6-4. The best result she got this year has also brought the Romanian 20,226 dollars
    and 180 WTA points, whereas Korpatsch got 34,228 dollars and 280 WTA points.




    Both the Romanian handball sides playing in
    the Champions League have been defeated by their opponents. On Saturday,
    Romania’s champions CSM Bucharest lost on their own ground to French side Brest
    Bretagne 30 – 28. Cristina Neagu was the best Romanian scorer with 8 goals
    scored. In Group A, CSM ranks fourth with four points and will be up against
    Buducnost Podgorica in Montenegro.




    In Group B, Rapid Bucharest was
    thrashed by French side Metz 33-22. The best scorer of the Romanian side was
    Serbian Andela Janjusevic, with four goals scored. With only three points in
    the present edition of the aforementioned league, after a win, a draw and three
    defeats, Rapid ranks only 6th in the group and will be up against
    Krim Ljubljana in a home match.


    In the regional ice hockey competition
    Erste League, ACSH Gheorgheni secured a 6-0 home win against Hungarian side Jegesmedvék
    of Miskolc. In Brasov, local side Corona lost to the competition’s leader Újpest
    Budapest, 1-2. Also on their own ground, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, lost 4 – 6 to
    Hungarian side Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia.




    Last weekend saw the matches of
    the 13th leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. On Friday in
    Oradea, UTA Arad versus Rapid Bucharest ended in a two-all draw. On Saturday,
    in Sibiu, central Romania, local side Hermannstadt clinched a 4-0 win against
    Dinamo Bucharest, while in Ovidiu, southern Romania, local team Farul Constanta
    and Universitatea Cluj ended their match in a one-all draw.


    On Sunday in Iasi, the match
    pitting local side Politehnica against FC U Craiova 1948 ended in a one-all
    draw whereas Petrolul Ploieşti secured a 3-1 away win against Universitatea
    Craiova. FCSB versus FC Voluntari ended in a goaless draw.


    Two matches to take place on
    Monday: Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe plays FC Botoşani and CFR Cluj takes on Oţelul
    Galaţi. FCSB tops the ranking with 30 points, followed by CFR with 26.


    În final, vă amintim că puteţi
    găsi rubrica noastră sportivă şi pe Internet, mai exact pe site-ul web rri.ro,
    precum şi în reţeaua Facebook, pe profilul Radio România Internaţional.

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  • Sports Weekend

    In the fifth leg of the Champions League in womens handball on Saturday and Sunday, two Romanian sides will be taking on their French opponents. In group A, Romanian side CSM Bucharest, on their own turf, will be up against the French team Brest Bretagne. Hungarian side Gyor tops the group with 8 points while CSM ranks fourth with 4 points. Sunday will see the second Romanian – French game, when in Group B, Rapid Bucharest will be playing Metz away. The first side in the group is Herning Ikast with 8 points while Rapid is coming sixth with 3 points.



    On Saturday in the second round of the the second preliminary leg of the European Cup, Romanian mens handball side and vicechampions, Minaur Baia Mare, will be playing Ukrainian side Odesa. Minaur won the first match at home 52 – 26. In the same competition, Romanian team Steaua București won their match against Israeli squad Hapoel Ashdod by forfeit, 10-0.



    On Friday in the ice hockey Erste League, Romanian sides Sports Club Miercurea Ciuc, ACSH Gheorgheni and Corona Brașov are playing on their own turf three Hungarian sides.



    Miercurea Ciuc plays UTE, Gheorgheni plays Budapest Akademia, while Corona Braşov takes on DVTK Jegesmedvek.



    On Sunday, Corona Brașov plays Hungarian side Ujpest, Gheorgheni takes on DVTK and Miercurea Ciuc will be up against Budapest Akademia.



    ACSH Gheorgheni comes second in the ranking with 17 points, Corona Brașov comes third with 14 points and Miercurea Ciuc ranks tenth with only 3 points.



    In the 13th leg of the Romanian football Superleague, UTA Arad plays Rapid Bucharest on Friday, while on Saturday, FC Hermannstadt takes on Dinamo Bucharest. Farul Constanta also plays Universitatea Cluj on Saturday.



    On Sunday, Poli Iasi plays FCU Craiova, while Petrolu Ploiesti takes on CSU Craiova. FCSB takes on FC Voluntari on the same day. The leg ends on Monday with Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe versus FC Botoșani and CFR Cluj versus Oțelul Galați. FCSB tops the ranking with 29 points followed by CFR Cluj with 26 points, Rapid Bucharest and CSU Craiova each with 22 points.


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  • Le club de football Rapid de Bucarest

    Le club de football Rapid de Bucarest

    Rapid Bucarest est sans doute le
    club de football de première division qui peut se targuer d’une existence aussi longue
    que riche. Fondé il y a cent ans, en 1923, le club a longtemps joui d’une notoriété
    sans pareil, due autant à ses origines populaires, ouvrières, qu’au fait d’avoir
    survécu à l’arrivée des communistes au pouvoir, en 1945, lorsque bon nombre de
    clubs de tradition sont passés à la trappe. Mieux encore,
    cette équipe populaire a peu bénéficié des faveurs du régime honni, la famille
    Ceausescu et les caciques du régime privilégiant plus volontiers les clubs de Steaua
    ou de Dinamo de Bucarest, les deux fondés après 1945, et qui se trouvaient dans
    le giron du ministère de la Défense, respectivement de l’Intérieur. Pourtant,
    dans ses cent années d’existence, le Club de foot Rapid de Bucarest est malgré
    tout, parvenu à remporter à 3 reprises le championnat, 13 fois la Coupe de
    Roumanie, et 4 fois le Trophée des champions. Au plan international, il est arrivé dans les quarts de finale de la coupe UEFA de la saison 2005-2006,
    remportant à 2 reprises la Coupe des Balkans des clubs.


    L’histoire
    du club démarre en 1923, lorsque les cheminots bucarestois des Ateliers Grivita
    parviennent à convaincre le patronat de subventionner la création d’une équipe
    de foot. L’historien Pompiliu Constantin, auteur de l’ouvrage « Rapid și
    rapidismul », soit « Le club de foot Rapid et ses supporters » en traduction
    française, parle de cette double naissance du club : le 11 et le 25 juin 1923,
    selon les sources. Quoi qu’il en soit, le mois de juin de l’année 1923 allait
    voir la naissance de CFR Bucarest, un club de foot qui sera aimé, adoré, porté
    aux nues par des générations d’habitants du quartier populaire de Giulești, par
    des générations de cheminots, avec leurs gosses. Au milieu des années 1930, le CFR
    Bucarest change de titulature pour devenir le club de foot Rapid, qui adopte
    du coup sa bannière blanc-bordeaux. Le club établit d’abord ses quartiers en
    louant le stade d’ONEF, avant d’avoir, à partir de 1936 son propre stade, érigé
    dans son quartier d’élection, le quartier Giulesti, de Bucarest. Sous la
    pression des communistes, le club change à nouveau de nom en 1944, pour
    redevenir « le CFR club », ensuite « La Locomotive », avant
    de recouvrir la titulature qui l’avait consacrée, FC Rapid, en 1958.

    Un
    club de tradition certes, mais aussi un club extrêmement populaire. Sur les
    raisons de cet amour qui a défié le temps se penche l’historien Pompiliu
    Constantin :


    « La
    fin des années 30 marque la fin de certains club nés dans la période de l’entre deux guerres
    : Carmen, Macabi, Venus. Dans
    ce contexte, bon nombre de leurs supporters deviennent des inconditionnels du
    FC Rapid. Et la popularité du club ne fait que monter. Des articles sportifs des
    années 50 estimaient à près d’un million le nombre de ses supporters. Pourtant,
    dans la période de l’entre-deux-guerres, d’autres équipes, telles Venus et
    Ripensia étaient plébiscitées par les amateurs du ballon rond. Mais les choses
    changent avec la guerre et avec l’arrivée des communistes au pouvoi
    r ».


    Aussi,
    après 1945 le FC Rapid devient la coqueluche des classes populaires amatrice du
    jeu au ballon rond. Pompiliu Constantin :


    « A
    ce moment, le FC Rapid devient le chouchou incontesté du public, sans aucun
    doute. Le régime communiste avait besoin de cette vitrine du sport de masses, issue
    du monde ouvrier, de cet ouvrier vaillant, sportif, optimiste et efficace.
    Certains caciques du régime communiste des années 50 soutiennent ouvertement le
    club. Bien que cheminot à l’origine, le secrétaire-général du parti, Gheorghe
    Gheorghiu-Dej, s’était tenu à l’écart des passions du stade. Mais d’autres
    pontes du régime, tel Gheorghe Apostol, deviennent des inconditionnels de l’équipe
    de Giulesti, jusqu’à essayer de contourner le règlement, et tenter de maintenir
    l’équipe lorsqu’elle rétrograde en seconde division parce que… trop populaire.
    Le piston politique ne suffira pas pour lui faire éviter la déchéance, une
    déchéance brève pourtant, car elle revient la saison suivante en Ligue 1. »


    Les rivaux
    d’autrefois, tels les clubs de foot le Venus et le Progrès de Bucarest, le Ripensia
    de Timișoara, ou encore le FC Petrolul de Ploiești se débattaient dans l’anonymat.
    Les nouvelles étoiles montantes du régime, la Steaua de Bucarest et le Dinamo
    de la même ville, finissent pourtant par avoir raison de la vieille dame du
    quartier Giulesti. Ces nouvelles venues, fer de lance de l’identité répressive
    du régime, car porte-drapeaux sportifs des ministères communistes de la Défense
    et de l’Intérieur, peinent à faire l’unanimité au sein des amoureux du ballon
    rond. Les tribunes du stade de Giulesti tonnent parfois, au grand dam de la
    Securitate, la police politique du régime, des slogans anti-communistes. Pompiliu
    Constantin croit pourtant qu’il ne s’agissait pas tant d’un anti-communisme viscéral
    des supporters rapidistes, mais plutôt des manifestations de joie ou de dépit
    conjoncturelles, au gré des victoires et des défaites de FC Rapid contre les
    équipes de Steaua ou de Dinamo. Pompiliu Constantin :


    « Cette
    période est marquée par l’apparition d’un esprit de corps des tifosis de Rapid,
    agencés autour du rejet du système. Les performances de l’équipe n’étaient plus
    au rendez-vous, elle était souvent reléguée dans les bas-fonds du classement en
    Ligue 1, parfois en National 2. Les tifosis mettent la mauvaise performance de
    leurs préférés sur le compte des magouilles dirigées dans les sphères raréfiées
    du pouvoir communiste. Et en réalité, ce n’est pas tout à fait faux. Beaucoup
    de matchs sont décidés par les caciques du régime, par la famille Ceausescu,
    derrière les portes fermées. Cela, les supporters l’apprennent d’une manière ou
    d’une autre. Et de là jusqu’aux slogans anticommunistes que l’on pouvait
    entendre de manière récurrente dans les tribunes du stade dans les années 80, notamment
    lors des matchs contre les équipes de Steaua ou de Dinamo, il n’y avait qu’un
    pas
    . »


    A
    cent ans depuis sa création, le football club Rapid de Bucarest caracole encore
    vers le podium de la première division et semble regarder l’avenir avec sérénité. (Trad
    Ionut Jugureanu)