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  • Football Flash

    Football Flash

    FC Voluntari managed to remain in Romania’s first football league
    after a play-off win against Chindia Targoviste. Voluntari won the away
    play-off match in the penalty shoot-out. Voluntari had secured a one-nil
    victory in the first match but Denis Ciobotariu leveled the points for Chindia
    in the 67th minute of the second match. Florin Cernat, Laurentiu
    Marinescu and Mircea Leasa scored three times for the visitors in the penalty
    shootout. Chindia missed three shots, two of them being deflected by goalie
    Mihai Dinca.

    Voluntari had also won a play-off to remain in the first football
    league in 2016 when they outperformed UTA. Chindia blew their chances to come
    back to the first stage of the Romanian football after an absence of 20 years.
    Two second-leaguers, Dunarea Galati and FC Hermannstadt have joined the fist
    football division, while Juventus Bucharest and Poli Timisoara have been
    demoted.


    Edward Iordanescu is the new headcoach of the national football
    champion CFR Cluj. He was introduced on Wednesday by the club’s president Iuliu
    Muresan who also announced the signing of a three-year contract. Muresan has
    thus replaced Dan Petrescu who is currently training Chinese side Guizhou
    Hengfeng. Iordanescu told a news conference that his contract with Cluj honors
    him and that he wants to consolidate the lineup Petrescu put up at CFR.

    Over
    June 17th and 27th CFR is training in Brasov, central
    Romania for the new football season. CFR’s Kevin Boli has been transferred to
    the Chinese side coached by Petrescu in exchange for 2.7 million euros.
    According to Digisport channel the sides are also negotiating for the transfer
    of Ciprian Deac. (translated by Danitel Bilt)

  • Football Flash

    Football Flash

    FC Voluntari managed to remain in Romania’s first football league
    after a play-off win against Chindia Targoviste. Voluntari won the away
    play-off match in the penalty shoot-out. Voluntari had secured a one-nil
    victory in the first match but Denis Ciobotariu leveled the points for Chindia
    in the 67th minute of the second match. Florin Cernat, Laurentiu
    Marinescu and Mircea Leasa scored three times for the visitors in the penalty
    shootout. Chindia missed three shots, two of them being deflected by goalie
    Mihai Dinca.

    Voluntari had also won a play-off to remain in the first football
    league in 2016 when they outperformed UTA. Chindia blew their chances to come
    back to the first stage of the Romanian football after an absence of 20 years.
    Two second-leaguers, Dunarea Galati and FC Hermannstadt have joined the fist
    football division, while Juventus Bucharest and Poli Timisoara have been
    demoted.


    Edward Iordanescu is the new headcoach of the national football
    champion CFR Cluj. He was introduced on Wednesday by the club’s president Iuliu
    Muresan who also announced the signing of a three-year contract. Muresan has
    thus replaced Dan Petrescu who is currently training Chinese side Guizhou
    Hengfeng. Iordanescu told a news conference that his contract with Cluj honors
    him and that he wants to consolidate the lineup Petrescu put up at CFR.

    Over
    June 17th and 27th CFR is training in Brasov, central
    Romania for the new football season. CFR’s Kevin Boli has been transferred to
    the Chinese side coached by Petrescu in exchange for 2.7 million euros.
    According to Digisport channel the sides are also negotiating for the transfer
    of Ciprian Deac. (translated by Danitel Bilt)

  • Football Flash

    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)


  • Football Flash

    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)


  • Football Flash

    Football Flash

    The 2017-2018 football season is set to kick off this weekend.
    Taking part will be a total of 14 teams, the same number as last year. At the
    end of the regular season, the top six teams will play each other twice in
    Group 1, while the last eight will do the same as part of Group 2.


    Two teams were promoted to the First League this year: Juventus Bucharest and Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe.
    Juventus is in no way connected to the team bearing the same name in the interwar
    period, which later became Petrolul Ploiesti. The current club was founded in
    1992 and is coached by Daniel Oprita, a former Steaua Bucharest player. Given
    that the club’s current stadium is subject to ongoing legal disputes, Juventus will play its home fixtures in
    Ploiesti.


    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe on the other hand was founded in 2011. It is
    the most important club in Sfantu Gheorghe, the largest city in Covasna County,
    central Romania. It is the first club from Covasna to play in the first-tier football
    division. Unfortunately its stadium does not meet the minimum conditions
    required of first-league clubs, so Sepsi will play its home matches in Brasov.


    Meanwhile, Romanian clubs have played their last matches as part of
    their summer training campaigns. Romania’s champions, Viitorul Constanta,
    played Olympique Marseille of France in a match hosted by Lausanne,
    Switzerland. Gheorghe Hagi’s trainees lost 2-4.


    With the transfer window closing soon, let us note that Dinamo
    Bucharest has signed attacking midfielder Juan Albin. Aged 30, the Uruguayan
    player comes after a 7-year spell in Spain, where he played for Getafe and
    Espanyol. In the 2013-2014 season Albin played for Petrolul Ploiesti in
    Romania. He is now playing for Veracruz, Mexico, and will come to Dinamo on a
    one-year loan, with the prospect of being transferred at the end of the season.


    (Translated by Vlad Palcu)

  • Football Flash

    Football Flash

    The 2017-2018 football season is set to kick off this weekend.
    Taking part will be a total of 14 teams, the same number as last year. At the
    end of the regular season, the top six teams will play each other twice in
    Group 1, while the last eight will do the same as part of Group 2.


    Two teams were promoted to the First League this year: Juventus Bucharest and Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe.
    Juventus is in no way connected to the team bearing the same name in the interwar
    period, which later became Petrolul Ploiesti. The current club was founded in
    1992 and is coached by Daniel Oprita, a former Steaua Bucharest player. Given
    that the club’s current stadium is subject to ongoing legal disputes, Juventus will play its home fixtures in
    Ploiesti.


    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe on the other hand was founded in 2011. It is
    the most important club in Sfantu Gheorghe, the largest city in Covasna County,
    central Romania. It is the first club from Covasna to play in the first-tier football
    division. Unfortunately its stadium does not meet the minimum conditions
    required of first-league clubs, so Sepsi will play its home matches in Brasov.


    Meanwhile, Romanian clubs have played their last matches as part of
    their summer training campaigns. Romania’s champions, Viitorul Constanta,
    played Olympique Marseille of France in a match hosted by Lausanne,
    Switzerland. Gheorghe Hagi’s trainees lost 2-4.


    With the transfer window closing soon, let us note that Dinamo
    Bucharest has signed attacking midfielder Juan Albin. Aged 30, the Uruguayan
    player comes after a 7-year spell in Spain, where he played for Getafe and
    Espanyol. In the 2013-2014 season Albin played for Petrolul Ploiesti in
    Romania. He is now playing for Veracruz, Mexico, and will come to Dinamo on a
    one-year loan, with the prospect of being transferred at the end of the season.


    (Translated by Vlad Palcu)