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Sports roundup

We
begin with good news from handball. The Romanian women’s side CSM has received
a wildcard to participate in the next edition of the Champions League due to
unfold in a new format. Only SCM Ramnicu Valcea initially qualified for the
League after they had ended on the first position in the championships. Brest
Bretagne, TSK Moscow, Ferencvaros Budapest, Bietigheim, Podravca Koprivnica and
Krim Ljubljana have also received wildcards.

Romanian men’s side Dinamo
Bucharest also hoped for a wildcard for the Champions League, as they had been
edged out of the present edition without any defeat. However, their dreams have
been shattered by the European Federation whose decision allows Dinamo to play
in the new continental competition the European Handball League directly in the
groups’ stage.

The Dutch Martine Smeets,
one of the world’s best left wings, has been transferred to CSM Bucharest. A
world champion and bronze medalist in the European Championship with the Dutch
side, Smeets comes after a season at French team Metz. She is the fourth player
to have joined the Romanian side for the future season, after French Siraba
Dembele, Spanish Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa and Barbara Lazovic of Slovenia. On
the other hand Norwegian player Nora Mork has announced her departure from CSM
Bucharest.

Last weekend saw the matches
counting towards the championship of Romania’s first football league. On Friday
Universitatea Craiova secured a 2-1 win against Astra Giurgiu and CFR Cluj on
Saturday clinched a 2-0 away win against FC Botosani. On Sunday in Bucharest
FCSB and Gaz Metan Medias ended in a draw their game, two-all. CFR tops the
table in the first league with 36 points followed by Craiova with 29.

On Sunday FC Voluntari
secured a 1-0 home win against Poli Iasi while Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe managed a
3-1 away win against Dinamo Bucharest.

(translated by bill)

22 June 2020
True Stories of the Romanian Sports World

Ivan Patzaichin was the greatest
Romanian canoeist of all time. All along his career he reaped 8 world
titles between 1970 and 1983, as well as 4 Olympic gold medals at the
five Olympic Games he attended between 1968 and 1984.

He was born on November 26th
1949 and in 1967 he signed up with Dinamo Bucharest Sports Club. He
was inspired by the performance obtained by three boys from his
native village in the Danube Delta who had earlier become world
champions in Berlin. Patzaichin obtained his first notable
performance three months later, when he came in second in the
national under twenty-one championship. A year later in 1968 he won
his first Olympic gold in the 1000 meter men’s canoe double race
together with Serghei Covaliov.

Patzaichin made history at the Olympic
Games in Munich in 1972 after
his paddle had broken right at the beginning of the 1000 meter
qualifying race. The referees didn’t
stop the race as regulations required, so Patzaichin had to use what
was left of the paddle to end the race three minutes after the first
boat. There was a lot of talk, but the Romanian was eventually
allowed to compete in the semifinals on September 8th
when he ended the race three seconds ahead runner-up
Czech Jiří Čtvrtečka.

The Romanian was 20 seconds faster
than the winners of the other series and became the odds-on favourite
of the finals race on September 9, where he obtained a clear win
almost four seconds ahead the runner-up, Tamas Wichmann of Hungary.

By the end of his career Patzaichin
won two more Olympic gold medals: in 1980 in Moscow and in the 1000
meter double race of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles four years
later together with Toma
Semionov.

After withdrawing from competitions,
Patzaichin coached Romania’s kayak-canoe team for many years,
winning numerous medals in European, world and Olympic contests. He
later got involved in various projects of promoting the Danube Delta,
its people and traditions. He is staging traditional boat contests
and supports various projects on sustainable tourism in the region.

(translated by bill)

3 April 2020
Sports weekend

This weekend matches counting for the 25th leg of Romanias top football league are scheduled, accounting for the last but one stage in this regular season. Two matches on Friday, Chindia Targoviste vs FC Voluntari, in Ploiesti, and CFR Cluj vs Viitorul Constanta in Cluj, will be followed on Saturday by a game pitting Academica Clinceni against Gaz Metan Medias. Also on Saturday, Politehnica Iasi take on Universitatea Craiova. On Sunday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe face FC Botosani, while later in the evening the traditional Romanian derby between Dinamo Bucharest and FCSB takes place on the National Arena.

This is the 176th match between the two Bucharest clubs, and we cannot help noticing the perfectly even score in direct matches so far: each team has won 59 games, and the other matches ended in draws. In terms of championship matches, Dinamo have a slight advantage, with 48 wins against 43, whereas in Romanias Cup FCSB have so far won 15 games and lost 8 of its matches against Dinamo.

The first time the 2 sides met in the Romanian League One was in November 1948, when Dinamo beat the Army Sports Club, as the team was called at that time, 1-nil. The most recent match was in October 2019, and was a 1-all draw. Dinamo has not won any direct matches against FCSB for almost 3 years, more specifically since May 1, 2017.

Sundays match comes at a time when the 2 sides are widely apart in the championship standings. FCSB is ranked 3rd at the moment and targets a new champion title. Dinamo, on the other hand, ranks 9th, stands no more chances to move up into the playoffs and, for the 3rd consecutive year, will stay in the play-outs. Still, this is the one match in which the players drive and sense of competitiveness might overturn any previous mathematical estimates.

We should also mention that the 25th championship leg will end on Monday with a game in Sibiu, pitting FC Hermannstadt against Astra Giurgiu.

Topping the charts at present are CFR Cluj with 48 points, followed by Craiova and FCSB with 43 points each.

(translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

14 February 2020
Sports weekend

This weekend matches counting for the 25th leg of Romanias top football league are scheduled, accounting for the last but one stage in this regular season. Two matches on Friday, Chindia Targoviste vs FC Voluntari, in Ploiesti, and CFR Cluj vs Viitorul Constanta in Cluj, will be followed on Saturday by a game pitting Academica Clinceni against Gaz Metan Medias. Also on Saturday, Politehnica Iasi take on Universitatea Craiova. On Sunday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe face FC Botosani, while later in the evening the traditional Romanian derby between Dinamo Bucharest and FCSB takes place on the National Arena.

This is the 176th match between the two Bucharest clubs, and we cannot help noticing the perfectly even score in direct matches so far: each team has won 59 games, and the other matches ended in draws. In terms of championship matches, Dinamo have a slight advantage, with 48 wins against 43, whereas in Romanias Cup FCSB have so far won 15 games and lost 8 of its matches against Dinamo.

The first time the 2 sides met in the Romanian League One was in November 1948, when Dinamo beat the Army Sports Club, as the team was called at that time, 1-nil. The most recent match was in October 2019, and was a 1-all draw. Dinamo has not won any direct matches against FCSB for almost 3 years, more specifically since May 1, 2017.

Sundays match comes at a time when the 2 sides are widely apart in the championship standings. FCSB is ranked 3rd at the moment and targets a new champion title. Dinamo, on the other hand, ranks 9th, stands no more chances to move up into the playoffs and, for the 3rd consecutive year, will stay in the play-outs. Still, this is the one match in which the players drive and sense of competitiveness might overturn any previous mathematical estimates.

We should also mention that the 25th championship leg will end on Monday with a game in Sibiu, pitting FC Hermannstadt against Astra Giurgiu.

Topping the charts at present are CFR Cluj with 48 points, followed by Craiova and FCSB with 43 points each.

(translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

14 February 2020
December 2, 2019 UPDATE

DAY ‘More than ever Romania needs cohesion around
its national projects, unity, consensus, tolerance and solidarity’, Romanian
president Klaus Iohannis said on Monday before Parliament in a solemn session
devoted to Romania’s National Day, celebrated on December 1st. In
turn, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said that December 1st is a day
of gratitude and profound respect towards those who a century ago managed to overcome
any political and personal differences and achieved the union of the Romanian
provinces. Among those invited to attend the Parliament’s solemn session were
former heads of state, Margareta, custodian of the Romanian crown, Daniel,
Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, which is the largest religious
denomination in Romania, the governor of the country’s central bank, Mugur
Isarescu as well as members of the government. An official holiday after the
anti-communist revolt in 1989, December 1st marks the formation of
the Romanian Unitary State in the wake of WWI, when all the provinces with a
Romanian majority until then part of the multinational neighboring empires
united to form a single country.

HANDBALL Cristina Neagu, skipper of the Romanian women’s
handball side on Monday received the trophy for the world’s best handball
player in 2018 from the International Handball Federation. The ceremony took
place during the half time of the game pitching Japan against Congo in group D
of the world championship underway in Japan. Neagu is the first player to have
won the trophy four times after the editions of 2010, 2015 and 2016. With 110
goals, left back Neagu last year managed to get the title of the Champions
League’s top scorer for the second time in her career. During the
aforementioned competition in Japan Romania will be taking on Kazakhstan on
Tuesday after 16-31 against Spain and 29-24 against Senegal. Romania’s
champions Dinamo Bucharest secured a 32-31 win against Danish side GOG Gudme in
the men’s group D of the Champions League, where our handballers remained
undefeated with seven wins and three draws. Dinamo will be up against Sporting
Lisbon of Portugal in the competition’s playoffs in February.

JHA The Justice and Home Affairs
Council of the European Union is convening in Brussels on December 2-3. High on
the agenda are topics such as future EU policies on migration and asylum, home
security, combating terrorism, environmental crime and alternative detention
measures. On Tuesday, the new EU chief prosecutor, Romanian Laura Codruta
Kovesi will be presenting her plans and vision on the European Public
Prosecutor’s Office. The institution is set to start activity in November 2020,
by which date the chief prosecutor coordinates the setup and functioning of the
new structure. The EPPO will be investigating cross-border fraud cases at
community level. So far 22 Member States have officially joined the EPPO.

NATO London on Tuesday and Wednesday is
hosting the NATO summit, celebrating 70 years of NATO existence. High on the
agenda are the fight against terrorism, arms control and relations with Russia
and China. Representing Romania will be president Klaus Iohannis. According to
the presidency, Klaus Iohannis will highlight Romania’s contribution as a NATO
member and the need to continue determent and security efforts on the eastern
flank and in the Black Sea region.

(translated by bill)

2 December 2019
Sports Roundup

Romania’s women’s handball team failed to have a good start at the World Championship hosted by Japan. On Saturday they were defeated by Spain 31 to 16. On Sunday, in their second match in Group C, Romania defeated Senegal 29 to 24. On Tuesday the Romanian handballers will be up against the team of Kazakhstan and Wednesday they are going to play against Montenegro. The last match in the group will be against Hungary and it is scheduled for Friday. The first ranking teams in the group will qualify to the main stage of the championship.

Romania’s men’s handball team Dinamo Bucharest has managed to pass the group stage of the Champions League without being defeated. On Sunday, in the last stage of group D, Romania’s champions defeated, away from home, 32 to 31 the Danish team GOG Gudme and ended on first place in the group. In the League playoffs Dinamo will be up against the Portuguese team Sporting Lisbon. The two-legged tie is scheduled for February 2020. The two teams also faced each other in last year’s edition of the League when, in the same stage of the competition, the Portuguese won both legs.

Now news from football. Matches were played at the weekend counting for the 18th round of the Romanian First League. On Friday Astra Giurgiu defeated, on home ground, Gaz Metan Medias 1-0. Dinamo Bucharest defeated 1-0 in Bucharest the team Politehnica Iasi. On Saturday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe won, on home turf, the match against Universitatea Craiova 1-0. The match pitting FC Voluntari against FCSB was postponed because of the rain. On Sunday, in Ploiesti, Academica Clinceni defeated 5-2 Chindia Targoviste, and in Sibiu, FC Hermannstadt and CFR Cluj ended the match in a one-all draw. On Monday, in the last match of the stage FC Botosani will be up against Viitorul Constanta. CFR and Astra are first ranked in the classification with 34 points each. (translation by L. Simion)

2 December 2019
Sports Roundup

Romania’s women’s handball team failed to have a good start at the World Championship hosted by Japan. On Saturday they were defeated by Spain 31 to 16. On Sunday, in their second match in Group C, Romania defeated Senegal 29 to 24. On Tuesday the Romanian handballers will be up against the team of Kazakhstan and Wednesday they are going to play against Montenegro. The last match in the group will be against Hungary and it is scheduled for Friday. The first ranking teams in the group will qualify to the main stage of the championship.

Romania’s men’s handball team Dinamo Bucharest has managed to pass the group stage of the Champions League without being defeated. On Sunday, in the last stage of group D, Romania’s champions defeated, away from home, 32 to 31 the Danish team GOG Gudme and ended on first place in the group. In the League playoffs Dinamo will be up against the Portuguese team Sporting Lisbon. The two-legged tie is scheduled for February 2020. The two teams also faced each other in last year’s edition of the League when, in the same stage of the competition, the Portuguese won both legs.

Now news from football. Matches were played at the weekend counting for the 18th round of the Romanian First League. On Friday Astra Giurgiu defeated, on home ground, Gaz Metan Medias 1-0. Dinamo Bucharest defeated 1-0 in Bucharest the team Politehnica Iasi. On Saturday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe won, on home turf, the match against Universitatea Craiova 1-0. The match pitting FC Voluntari against FCSB was postponed because of the rain. On Sunday, in Ploiesti, Academica Clinceni defeated 5-2 Chindia Targoviste, and in Sibiu, FC Hermannstadt and CFR Cluj ended the match in a one-all draw. On Monday, in the last match of the stage FC Botosani will be up against Viitorul Constanta. CFR and Astra are first ranked in the classification with 34 points each. (translation by L. Simion)

2 December 2019
November 6, 2019 UPDATE

FORECAST The European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revised up its estimates concerning Romania’s
economic development in 2019 and has maintained its forecast about Romania’s
GDP in 2020, an EBRD report published on Wednesday reads. According to the
latest EBRD forecasts, Romania’s economy might have a 4% growth as compared to
a previous forecast in May this year of only 3.2%. Last month another
prestigious financial institution, the IMF, also revised up its forecast on the
Romanian economy this year, which is expected to see a 4% growth while next
year is to be around 3.5%.

COMMISSIONER The
Romanian MEP Adina Valean was accepted by the elected European Commission
president Ursula von der Leyen for the position of the European Commissioner
for Transport, an EU spokesperson announced on Wednesday. Romania’s candidate is
to be interviewed by the Transport Committee of the European Parliament on
November 14th. Romania’s new Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on
Wednesday said the MEPs Siegfried Muresan and Adina Valean were the
government’s proposals for this position. Orban specified he had made this
decision after talks with the country’s president Klaus Iohannis. According to
the European Commission’s spokeswoman Mina Andreeva, there were serious doubts
over the legitimacy of the proposal coming from the country’s former PSD government
led by Viorica Dancila, who didn’t consult the country’s president on their
candidate, the former minister delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu. We
recall that another PSD candidate, Rovana Plumb had been rejected by the
European Parliament.

TALKS Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
on Wednesday held talks with Avraham Duvdevani, chairman of the World Zionist
Organisation. High on the agenda were the relations between Romania and Israel
as well as the efforts Bucharest makes to fight Antisemitism, xenophobia and
intolerance. According to a communiqué from the presidential administration,
Iohannis has underlined the fact that Israel is a trustworthy partner for
Romania as the two countries have enjoyed 71 years of uninterrupted diplomatic
relations based on political dialogue and good cooperation. Iohannis gave
assurances he would continue to pay special attention to the partnership
between Romania and Israel adding that the legislation against Antisemitism,
intolerance and xenophobia must be applied rigorously and the education about
the holocaust must be promoted.

PROTEST Romanian haulers have pointed to
the serious issues reported at the Hungarian border in the last few days, where
freight trucks have been waiting in a 25-km-long line to cross the border. One
of the biggest employers in the field has announced protests and the blocking
of crossing points for light traffic. The Europa 2002 Association of Transport
Employers from Arad says crossing the Hungarian border has never been harder,
pointing the finger at the Hungarian authorities, who starting November 1 have
been performing detailed inspections of freight transport vehicles, which
incrementally increases waiting times for crossing the border.

WIN The Romanian men’s handball side Dinamo Bucharest on
Wednesday clinched a 27-26 win against Kadetten Schaffhausen of Switzerland in
Champions League Group D. Dinamo has thus secured mathematical qualification for
the playoff. The Romanian side ranks first in the group tables with 10 points,
followed by GOG Svendborg of Denmark with 8 points, Kadetten of Switzerland
with 6 points, Wisla Plock of Poland with 5 points, Chehkovskie Medvedi of
Russia with 4 points and Kristianstad of Sweden with 3 points. The top two
teams will advance to the next phase. In the women’s Champions League, CSM
Bucharest has already qualified to the main group phase, while champions SCM
Ramnicu Valcea on Sunday is playing SG BBM Bietigheim of Germany in Group C. Brest
Bretagne Handball of France is top of the tables with 6 points, followed by
Buducnost of Montenegro with 6 points, SCM Ramnicu Valcea with 2 points and SG
BBM Bietigheim with 0 points. The top three teams will qualify to the main
group phase.

(translated by
bill)

6 November 2019
Sportevents: Rumänien-Rundfahrt, WM im Boxen und Ringen, Fußball

Ein Radsportler aus den Niederlanden ist der Gewinner der diesjährigen Rumänien-Rundfahrt: Alex Molenaar vom Team Monkey Town – A Block CT kam am Sonntag als erster ins Ziel des 52. Radrennens. Ihm folgte nach 15 Sekunden der Russe Savva Nowikow vom Team Lokosphinx. Dritter wurde der Tscheche Karel Hnik von Elkov Author, 46 Sekunden hinter dem Sieger. Der Gewinner der Rundfahrt vom letzten Jahr, der Rumäne Serghei Zvetkow, wurde Vierter, zwei Sekunden hinter dem Siegertreppchen.

Und nun zum Boxen und der Weltmeisterschaft im russischen Ekaterinburg: Der rumänische Boxer Paul Andrei Arădoaie ist ins Achtelfinale der Kategorie 81 Kilogramm eingezogen : er bezwang am Sonntag nach Punkten, mit 3 :2, den Niederländer Artjom Kasparian. In der Runde der letzten 16 trifft Arădoaie am Dienstag auf den Usbeken Dilschodbek Ruzmetow. Von den vier angetretenen Rumänen ist er als einziger noch im Rennen. Die anderen drei Boxer, bzw. Marian Gabriel Şchiopu in der Kategorie 52 Kilogramm, Vasile Suciu in der Kategorie 63 Kilogramm und Cristian Răzvan Filip in der Gewichtsklasse 91 Kilogramm verloren jeweils den ersten Kampf. Rumäniens Boxer haben seit der Weltmeisterschaft 2011 keine WM-Medaille mehr gewonnen: Damals hatte Bogdan Juratoni in Baku Bronze in der Kategorie 75 Kilogramm geholt.

Insgesamt 14 rumänische Ringer sind zur Weltmeisterschaft nach Kasachstan gereist – die WM begann am letzten Wochenende und zählt auch als Qualifikationsturnier für die Olympischen Spiele im kommenden Jahr. Die jeweils fünf ersten Sportler einer jeden Kategorie dürfen 2020 nach Tokio reisen. Bei der letzten Weltmeisterschaft in Budapest 2018 hatten Rumäniens Ringer kein Edelmetall erobern können. Die letzte Medaillengewinnerin bei einer WM im Ringen war Alina Vuc, die 2017 in Paris Silber geholt hatte.

Und schließlich Fußball und der neunte Spieltag der ersten Rumänischen Liga. Am Freitag trennten sich in Călăraşi der Aufsteiger Academica Clinceni und Astra Giurgiu 1 :1 Unentschieden, in Klausenburg überrollte der CFR den FC Voluntari mit 5 :0. Die Begegnung zwischen dem zweiten Aufsteiger Chindia Târgovişte und Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe am Samstag in Ploieşti endete torlos. Ebenfalls mit einem Unentschieden, diesmal mit 1:1, endete die Partie Dinamo-FC Botoşani in der National Arena zu Bukarest. Am Sonntag gab es in der Begegnung zwischen Politehnica Iaşi und dem FC Hermannstadt keine Tore und im Derby dieses Spieltags gewann der FCSB knapp bei Universitatea Craiova mit 1:0. Die letzte Partie des 9. Spieltags findet am Montag statt: der FC Viitorul Constanţa empfängt dabei Gaz Metan Mediasch. In der Tabelle führt der amtierende Meister Klausenburg mit 20 Punkten, gefolgt von Gaz Metan mit 18 Zählern.

16 September 2019
Sports Weekend

Romanian handball side Dinamo
Bucharest ended in a 28-all draw the away game they played against Swiss
challenger Kadetten Schaffhausen in the Champions League’s group D. The game
was balanced and the score was 15-14 to Dinamo before the break.

The Swiss made a comeback and got
the upper-hand in the second half of the game, which it maintained right until
the end, when Tunisian Amine Bannour leveled the points for the Romanian
champions. Dinamo’s most efficient player was Croatian Ante Kuduz with six
goals scored. Dinamo will be up against IKK Kristianstad on September 18th
in Bucharest.

On Thursday in Montpellier,
Romania’s volleyball side came a cropper against France 3-0 in the European
Championship’s group A. France, the European champions in 2015 needed only 64
minutes to thrash the Romanian side. With 12 points scored, Robert Adrian
Aciobanitei was the best player of the Romanian side who made its comeback to
the competition after 24 years. In the other games of the group Bulgaria
defeated Greece 3-0, while Italy secured also a 3-0 win against Portugal.

Football now. This weekend will be
seeing the matches counting towards the 9th leg of Romania’s first
football league. Two games are scheduled for Friday when Academica Clinceni
takes on Astra Giurgiu, and CFR Cluj is up against FC Voluntari.

On Saturday in Ploiesti, Chindia
Targoviste plays Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, while in Bucharest local side Dinamo
plays FC Botosani. On Sunday Poli Iasi takes on FC Hermannstadt, while
Universitatea Craiova is up against FCSB. On Monday Viitorul Constanta is up
against Gaz Metan Medias. FC Botosani tops the table with 18 points followed by
CFR Cluj with 17.

(translated by bill)

13 September 2019
Sports Weekend

Romanian handball side Dinamo
Bucharest ended in a 28-all draw the away game they played against Swiss
challenger Kadetten Schaffhausen in the Champions League’s group D. The game
was balanced and the score was 15-14 to Dinamo before the break.

The Swiss made a comeback and got
the upper-hand in the second half of the game, which it maintained right until
the end, when Tunisian Amine Bannour leveled the points for the Romanian
champions. Dinamo’s most efficient player was Croatian Ante Kuduz with six
goals scored. Dinamo will be up against IKK Kristianstad on September 18th
in Bucharest.

On Thursday in Montpellier,
Romania’s volleyball side came a cropper against France 3-0 in the European
Championship’s group A. France, the European champions in 2015 needed only 64
minutes to thrash the Romanian side. With 12 points scored, Robert Adrian
Aciobanitei was the best player of the Romanian side who made its comeback to
the competition after 24 years. In the other games of the group Bulgaria
defeated Greece 3-0, while Italy secured also a 3-0 win against Portugal.

Football now. This weekend will be
seeing the matches counting towards the 9th leg of Romania’s first
football league. Two games are scheduled for Friday when Academica Clinceni
takes on Astra Giurgiu, and CFR Cluj is up against FC Voluntari.

On Saturday in Ploiesti, Chindia
Targoviste plays Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, while in Bucharest local side Dinamo
plays FC Botosani. On Sunday Poli Iasi takes on FC Hermannstadt, while
Universitatea Craiova is up against FCSB. On Monday Viitorul Constanta is up
against Gaz Metan Medias. FC Botosani tops the table with 18 points followed by
CFR Cluj with 17.

(translated by bill)

13 September 2019
Football Flash

Juventus Bucharest have been virtually relegated from League One of the Romanian domestic football championship. In the 12th round of League Ones Group 1 stage, Juventus sustained a 1-3 home defeat in the fixture they played against Concordia Chiajna. So Juventus had no choice other that leave the championships elite echelon after only one season in League One.

In another fixture, Dinamo grabbed a 2-nil home win against FC Voluntari. The 12th round will also see Gaz Metan Medias taking on Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, while FC Botosani will face Poli Timisoara. With 23 points on their record sheet, Poli Timisoara are the last-but-one team in the as-it-stands table, while Sepsi are the bottom-of-the-table team, with 16 points. Both teams will be relegated to the second league. Two rounds before the end of the competition season, FC Voluntari are the 6th-placed team with 25 points and will play a playoff match to maintain their position in League One.

Representing FC Hermannstandt, former football manager Viorel Hizo and former international footballer Gheorghe Craioveanu, representing CS Universitatea Craiova have been designated ambassadors of Romanian Cups final. The match is scheduled for Sunday, May 27, on the National Arena in Bucharest, starting 9 pm. Before the start, Hizo and Craioveanu will be showing the trophy to football fans at the National Arena. For ten years Viorel Hizo was signed up by ASA Sibiu, while over 1991 and 1993 Hizo was head coach for Inter Sibiu, a team with which he won the Balkan Cup in 1995. Gheorghe Craioveanu played for Universitatea Craiova between 1991 and 1995. Craioveanu scored 61 goals for Universitatea and played 129 matches for his team.

The president of the “Catalin Haldan Stand” Association of Dinamo Football Club Supporters, Cristian Haldan, has stated that in time, fans intend to buy as many shares as possible of the FC Dinamo football club, through the socios project, titled DDB. Thus supporters can have a bigger say in the clubs Managing Board. Haldan has also stated that the association is set to speed up the pace of construction works for the new Dinamo stadium. Former Dinamo footballer Claudiu Vaiscovici, who is also a member of the DDB board, has stated that he wants to see as many Dinamo fans as possible joining the socios project. (translated by Eugen Nasta)

24 May 2018
Football Flash

Juventus Bucharest have been virtually relegated from League One of the Romanian domestic football championship. In the 12th round of League Ones Group 1 stage, Juventus sustained a 1-3 home defeat in the fixture they played against Concordia Chiajna. So Juventus had no choice other that leave the championships elite echelon after only one season in League One.

In another fixture, Dinamo grabbed a 2-nil home win against FC Voluntari. The 12th round will also see Gaz Metan Medias taking on Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, while FC Botosani will face Poli Timisoara. With 23 points on their record sheet, Poli Timisoara are the last-but-one team in the as-it-stands table, while Sepsi are the bottom-of-the-table team, with 16 points. Both teams will be relegated to the second league. Two rounds before the end of the competition season, FC Voluntari are the 6th-placed team with 25 points and will play a playoff match to maintain their position in League One.

Representing FC Hermannstandt, former football manager Viorel Hizo and former international footballer Gheorghe Craioveanu, representing CS Universitatea Craiova have been designated ambassadors of Romanian Cups final. The match is scheduled for Sunday, May 27, on the National Arena in Bucharest, starting 9 pm. Before the start, Hizo and Craioveanu will be showing the trophy to football fans at the National Arena. For ten years Viorel Hizo was signed up by ASA Sibiu, while over 1991 and 1993 Hizo was head coach for Inter Sibiu, a team with which he won the Balkan Cup in 1995. Gheorghe Craioveanu played for Universitatea Craiova between 1991 and 1995. Craioveanu scored 61 goals for Universitatea and played 129 matches for his team.

The president of the “Catalin Haldan Stand” Association of Dinamo Football Club Supporters, Cristian Haldan, has stated that in time, fans intend to buy as many shares as possible of the FC Dinamo football club, through the socios project, titled DDB. Thus supporters can have a bigger say in the clubs Managing Board. Haldan has also stated that the association is set to speed up the pace of construction works for the new Dinamo stadium. Former Dinamo footballer Claudiu Vaiscovici, who is also a member of the DDB board, has stated that he wants to see as many Dinamo fans as possible joining the socios project. (translated by Eugen Nasta)

24 May 2018
Football Flash

As Romanias current Prime Minister Mihai Tudose has recently announced on a TV station, the former international footballer Gheorghe Popescu has been appointed sports adviser to the Prime Minister. Over 1988 and 2003, Gheorghe Popescu had 115 caps for the national squad, for which he scored 16 goals. Among the club teams he was signed up by, there were Universitatea Craiova, Steaua Bucharest, Barcelona FC and Turkeys Galatasaray. In 2014, Gheorghe Popescu received a three-year prison sentence in a file linked to illegal transfer of footballers. Popescu was released on parole in 2015.

The Croatian midfielder Ivan Pesic signed a contract with Dinamo Bucharest football club. The contract is valid until the summer of 2020. Born on April 6, 1992, Pesic began his football career with Hajduk Split. Pesic also played for Austria Klagenfurt, Sibenik, Zadar and RNK Split. The Croatian midfielder played 108 matches and scored 9 goals in Croatias League One, for such teams as NK Zadar, RNK Split and Hajduk Split. For the 2017-2018 season, Ivan Pesic played in 12 domestic championship matches and in Hajduk Splits fixture in the Cup of Croatia.

For the ongoing competition break, the transfer of Pesic is the first one made by Dinamo Bucharest. Also, returning to Dinamos pool of regulars are three footballers that were on loan in the first part of the domestic championship. They are Mihai Popescu and Vlad Olteanu who played for FC Voluntari, and Daniel Popa, who played for FC Botoşani.

Romanias football champions FC Viitorul Constanţa is to play a friendly game against Galatasaray Istanbul on January 14. The match is part of the Romanian champion teams training stage in Turkey, scheduled over January 12 and 26. Scheduled for Viitoruls training period in Belek are seven other training matches. On January 18, Viitorul will take on Russian second league team Luci Vladivostok and Swiss team Grasshopper Zurich. On January 22nd Viitorul Constanta will take on Azeri team Kapaz and Russias FC Rostov. On January 25 Romanias champions will play Cernomoreţ Odesa of Ukraine and Polands Jagiellonia Bialystok.

(translated by: Eugen Nasta)

11 January 2018
Football Flash

As Romanias current Prime Minister Mihai Tudose has recently announced on a TV station, the former international footballer Gheorghe Popescu has been appointed sports adviser to the Prime Minister. Over 1988 and 2003, Gheorghe Popescu had 115 caps for the national squad, for which he scored 16 goals. Among the club teams he was signed up by, there were Universitatea Craiova, Steaua Bucharest, Barcelona FC and Turkeys Galatasaray. In 2014, Gheorghe Popescu received a three-year prison sentence in a file linked to illegal transfer of footballers. Popescu was released on parole in 2015.

The Croatian midfielder Ivan Pesic signed a contract with Dinamo Bucharest football club. The contract is valid until the summer of 2020. Born on April 6, 1992, Pesic began his football career with Hajduk Split. Pesic also played for Austria Klagenfurt, Sibenik, Zadar and RNK Split. The Croatian midfielder played 108 matches and scored 9 goals in Croatias League One, for such teams as NK Zadar, RNK Split and Hajduk Split. For the 2017-2018 season, Ivan Pesic played in 12 domestic championship matches and in Hajduk Splits fixture in the Cup of Croatia.

For the ongoing competition break, the transfer of Pesic is the first one made by Dinamo Bucharest. Also, returning to Dinamos pool of regulars are three footballers that were on loan in the first part of the domestic championship. They are Mihai Popescu and Vlad Olteanu who played for FC Voluntari, and Daniel Popa, who played for FC Botoşani.

Romanias football champions FC Viitorul Constanţa is to play a friendly game against Galatasaray Istanbul on January 14. The match is part of the Romanian champion teams training stage in Turkey, scheduled over January 12 and 26. Scheduled for Viitoruls training period in Belek are seven other training matches. On January 18, Viitorul will take on Russian second league team Luci Vladivostok and Swiss team Grasshopper Zurich. On January 22nd Viitorul Constanta will take on Azeri team Kapaz and Russias FC Rostov. On January 25 Romanias champions will play Cernomoreţ Odesa of Ukraine and Polands Jagiellonia Bialystok.

(translated by: Eugen Nasta)

11 January 2018