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  • Football Flash

    Football Flash

    The soap opera around who is going to be the new coach of Romania’s national football squad continues. The manager of Dinamo Bucharest, Cosmin Contra, is the main favorite to taking over the position of head coach. If Contra leaves Dinamo Bucharest, the current manager of FC Voluntari Claudiu Niculescu stands the highest chances to be appointed at the helm of FC Dinamo. With FC Voluntari, Niculescu has won two trophies this year, Romania’s Cup and the Supercup. Claudiu Niculescu is very popular among Dinamo’s fans, given that he boasts no less than 150 caps for Dinamo Bucharest.



    However, the Sports Gazette has mentioned there is a chance for a German coach to be Dinamo’s new head coach. The names that have been mentioned were those of Lothar Matthäus şi Stefan Effenberg, two former top-notch footballers. Matthäus is more experienced as a football manager, having been at the helm of teams such as Rapid Vienna and Partizan Belgrade, or the national teams of Hungary and Bulgaria. So far, Effenberg has only been football manager for Paderborn.



    In other news from domestic football, the mayor of Craiova Mihai Genoiu has said the municipality will directly manage the city’s new football stadium, in the first stage. The other municipality departments, capable of administering the stadium, be they administration companies or public limited companies are tax-paying entities, and for an establishment the size of the new stadium the tax would be very high.



    The mayor of Craiova has said he talked with the mayor of Cluj, Emil Boc. The latter told him the firm the Municipality had set up to manage the Cluj Arena was unable to cover the expenses, and in one year alone it was engulfed by the debts they made. Mihai Genoiu went on to say that in Bucharest the municipality has been in charge of the National Arena for quite a few months now, taking it over from the private firm that had managed the stadium.



  • Football Flash

    Football Flash

    The soap opera around who is going to be the new coach of Romania’s national football squad continues. The manager of Dinamo Bucharest, Cosmin Contra, is the main favorite to taking over the position of head coach. If Contra leaves Dinamo Bucharest, the current manager of FC Voluntari Claudiu Niculescu stands the highest chances to be appointed at the helm of FC Dinamo. With FC Voluntari, Niculescu has won two trophies this year, Romania’s Cup and the Supercup. Claudiu Niculescu is very popular among Dinamo’s fans, given that he boasts no less than 150 caps for Dinamo Bucharest.



    However, the Sports Gazette has mentioned there is a chance for a German coach to be Dinamo’s new head coach. The names that have been mentioned were those of Lothar Matthäus şi Stefan Effenberg, two former top-notch footballers. Matthäus is more experienced as a football manager, having been at the helm of teams such as Rapid Vienna and Partizan Belgrade, or the national teams of Hungary and Bulgaria. So far, Effenberg has only been football manager for Paderborn.



    In other news from domestic football, the mayor of Craiova Mihai Genoiu has said the municipality will directly manage the city’s new football stadium, in the first stage. The other municipality departments, capable of administering the stadium, be they administration companies or public limited companies are tax-paying entities, and for an establishment the size of the new stadium the tax would be very high.



    The mayor of Craiova has said he talked with the mayor of Cluj, Emil Boc. The latter told him the firm the Municipality had set up to manage the Cluj Arena was unable to cover the expenses, and in one year alone it was engulfed by the debts they made. Mihai Genoiu went on to say that in Bucharest the municipality has been in charge of the National Arena for quite a few months now, taking it over from the private firm that had managed the stadium.



  • Football Flash

    Football Flash

    The Romanian national team’s newly appointed manager Cristoph Daum has made public the enlarged pool of regulars to be used in the national team’s forthcoming fixtures counting towards the qualifying campaign for the World Championship in Russia. On October 8th, Romania takes on Armenia, while on October 11, the national team will be up against Kazakhstan. Just like in the fixture against Montenegro, Cristoph Daum’s option for the lineup was quite surprising.



    Steaua’s goalie Florin Nita may stand a chance to play for the national squad, given his excellent run in recent games, while Gabi Enache, one of the most controversial of Steaua’s footballers has also been included on Daum’s list. Romanian national squad’s pool of regulars includes the following football players: goalkeepers Ciprian Tătăruşanu (Fiorentina), Costel Pantilimon (Watford), Silviu Lung (Astra Giurgiu) and Florin Niţă (Steaua Bucharest).



    The defensive players are Cristian Săpunaru (Astra Giurgiu), Romario Benzar (Viitorul Constanta), Valerică Găman (Karabükspor), Cosmin Moţi (Ludogorets Razgrad), Dragoş Grigore (Al Sailiya), Alin Toşca (Steaua Bucureşti), Steliano Filip (Dinamo Buccharest), Gabriel Enache (Steaua Bucharest), Răzvan Raţ (Rayo Vallecano) and Iasmin Latovlevici (Karabükspor). Playing in the midfield are Eric Bicfalvi (Tom Tomsk), Ovidiu Hoban (Hapoel Beer Sheva), Răzvan Marin (Viitorul Constanta), Nicolae Stanciu (Anderlecht Brussels), Alexandru Maxim (VfB Stuttgart), Alexandru Chipciu (Anderlecht Brussels), Adrian Popa (Steaua Bucharest), Andrei Prepeliţă (FC Rostov), Dorin Rotariu (Dinamo Bucharest).



    The strikers summoned for the national team are Bogdan Stancu (Genclerbirligi), Florin Andone (Deportivo La Coruña), Claudiu Keşeru (Ludogorets Razgrad) and Denis Alibec (Astra Giurgiu).



    In a fixture counting towards the 9th round of domestic League One in football, Poli Iasi defeated Pandurii Targu Jiu, 3-2, while Viitorul from Constanta held Dinamo Bucharest to a 1-all draw. On Wednesday, Universitatea Craiova grabbed a 1-nil win in their fixture against FC Voluntari, while Concordia Chiajna sustained a 2-nil defeat against FC Botosani on home turf. On Thursday, Gaz Metan Medias go against Poli Timisoara, ASA Targu Mures take on Astra Giurgiu, while Steaua Bucharest face CFR Cluj. Steaua are on top position in the table with 20 points, followed in descending order by Universitatea Craiova with 17 points and Dinamo Bucharest with 16 points. Bottom-of-the-table teams are Astra Giurgiu with 5 points, ASA Targu Mures with minus 3 points and Poli Timisoara, with minus 10 points.



    (Translated by Eugen Nasta)

  • Football Flash

    Football Flash

    The Romanian national team’s newly appointed manager Cristoph Daum has made public the enlarged pool of regulars to be used in the national team’s forthcoming fixtures counting towards the qualifying campaign for the World Championship in Russia. On October 8th, Romania takes on Armenia, while on October 11, the national team will be up against Kazakhstan. Just like in the fixture against Montenegro, Cristoph Daum’s option for the lineup was quite surprising.



    Steaua’s goalie Florin Nita may stand a chance to play for the national squad, given his excellent run in recent games, while Gabi Enache, one of the most controversial of Steaua’s footballers has also been included on Daum’s list. Romanian national squad’s pool of regulars includes the following football players: goalkeepers Ciprian Tătăruşanu (Fiorentina), Costel Pantilimon (Watford), Silviu Lung (Astra Giurgiu) and Florin Niţă (Steaua Bucharest).



    The defensive players are Cristian Săpunaru (Astra Giurgiu), Romario Benzar (Viitorul Constanta), Valerică Găman (Karabükspor), Cosmin Moţi (Ludogorets Razgrad), Dragoş Grigore (Al Sailiya), Alin Toşca (Steaua Bucureşti), Steliano Filip (Dinamo Buccharest), Gabriel Enache (Steaua Bucharest), Răzvan Raţ (Rayo Vallecano) and Iasmin Latovlevici (Karabükspor). Playing in the midfield are Eric Bicfalvi (Tom Tomsk), Ovidiu Hoban (Hapoel Beer Sheva), Răzvan Marin (Viitorul Constanta), Nicolae Stanciu (Anderlecht Brussels), Alexandru Maxim (VfB Stuttgart), Alexandru Chipciu (Anderlecht Brussels), Adrian Popa (Steaua Bucharest), Andrei Prepeliţă (FC Rostov), Dorin Rotariu (Dinamo Bucharest).



    The strikers summoned for the national team are Bogdan Stancu (Genclerbirligi), Florin Andone (Deportivo La Coruña), Claudiu Keşeru (Ludogorets Razgrad) and Denis Alibec (Astra Giurgiu).



    In a fixture counting towards the 9th round of domestic League One in football, Poli Iasi defeated Pandurii Targu Jiu, 3-2, while Viitorul from Constanta held Dinamo Bucharest to a 1-all draw. On Wednesday, Universitatea Craiova grabbed a 1-nil win in their fixture against FC Voluntari, while Concordia Chiajna sustained a 2-nil defeat against FC Botosani on home turf. On Thursday, Gaz Metan Medias go against Poli Timisoara, ASA Targu Mures take on Astra Giurgiu, while Steaua Bucharest face CFR Cluj. Steaua are on top position in the table with 20 points, followed in descending order by Universitatea Craiova with 17 points and Dinamo Bucharest with 16 points. Bottom-of-the-table teams are Astra Giurgiu with 5 points, ASA Targu Mures with minus 3 points and Poli Timisoara, with minus 10 points.



    (Translated by Eugen Nasta)