FC Politehnica Iaşi
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Politehnica Iaşi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1945 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ground | Emil Alexandrescu, Iaşi |
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| Capacity | 12,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Gheorghe Nichita |
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| Manager | Ionuţ Popa |
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| League | Liga I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Divizia A, 10th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FC Politehnica Iaşi (also known as Poli Iaşi) is a football club from Iaşi, Romania. Its colours are blue and white. Its home is the Emil Alexandrescu Stadium in Iaşi.
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[edit] History
Politehnica was established in 27 April 1945, and has its current name since 1967. Politehnica alternated between Romania's second and first leagues; they were present in the Divizia A in 1960/61, 1962-1967, 1968-1972, 1973-1981, 1982-1990, 1995/96, and also from 2004 onwards. In 2001, after relegating for the first time in Divizia C (Romanian third Division), Politehnica merged with another local club, Unirea 2000, and got the official, though less known, name Poli Unirea. In 2004, the first season in Divizia A after nine years of absence, the team switched back to its old name, FC Politehnica Iaşi.
[edit] 2004/05 season
The start of the 2004/05 season was desastrous, the team winning only two points in eight rounds. After manager Vasile Simionaş was replaced with Ionuţ Popa, Politehnica won the following fixture away against would-be champions Steaua Bucureşti, Adrian Cristea scoring the only goal of the match. The team gradually lifted itself from the bottom of the table, finally finishing 9th with 38 points.
In the Romanian Cup they were elimitated in the first round (sixteen-finals) by UT Arad with 1-0.
[edit] 2005/06 season
The 2005/06 season was a relatively good one for the Iaşi-based team, whose objective was to avoid relegation. They narrowly lost both matches against the future champions Steaua and the away match with runners-up Rapid Bucureşti, all with the score of 1-0, after three penalty kicks. They also lost 2-0 against Dinamo Bucureşti at home, after a better first half and some controversial decisions by the referee. However, they drawed away against a weakened Dinamo team, after a second-half goal by Daniel Rednic. Politehnica Iaşi eventually finished 10th with 39 points.
In the Romanian Cup they reached the quarter-finals, eliminating Unirea Dej (2-0) and FC Vaslui (2-1 AET) in the progress. They were eliminated by Rapid after a last-minute goal by Robert Ilyeş and after the referee disallowed a controversial goal scored in the second half by Politehnica.
During the season Politehnica experienced major financial problems, which resulted in the impossibility to buy better players for the team and difficulties encountered in receiving the club license necessary for playing in the 2006/07 season in Liga I. The license was finally obtained after the efforts made by chairman and mayor of Iaşi Gheorghe Nichita.
[edit] 2006/07 season
Politehnica Iaşi started the season with the same financial problems, resulting in only four players joining the team in the pre-season break and many salaries and debts paid late. In addition, the conflict between Gheorghe Nichita and Iaşi prefect Radu Prisăcaru concerning public funding of the club and interference by the press spiced up the atmosphere. Despite all odds, Politehnica kept itself between the top six teams after the first 12 matches and was unbeaten for eight consecutive matches (seven in Liga I and one cup match), drawing at home with Steaua (1-1), Rapid and FCU Politehnica Timişoara (0-0). A negative run followed with one point in seven league matches and was followed by a 4-0 away victory against local rivals Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ. Politehnica is currently 9th with 31 points after 23 matches. (correct as of March 27, 2007)
The team qualified for the second time in a row in the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup, disposing of Universitatea Cluj (2-1) and Farul Constanţa (1-0), however, they were eliminated by Poli Timişoara, score 1-2.
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Squad changes during the 2006/2007 season
In:
- Sebastian Sfârlea from FC Vaslui
- Cornel Buta from Pandurii Târgu-Jiu
Srecko Mitrovic from Morro d'Oro Calcio- Alexandru Leucuţă from CS Tricotaje Ineu
- Răzvan Ţârlea from CFR Ecomax Cluj
- Svetozar Mijin from CFR Ecomax Cluj
- Adrian Ilie from Politehnica Timişoara, one year loan
- Leonard Naidin from Politehnica Timişoara
Gustavo Paruolo from Audax Italiano- Cristian Silvăşan from Politehnica Timişoara
Out:
- Tiberiu Beceru to FCM Bacău
- Dănuţ Mitruc to Gloria Bistriţa
- Daniel Rednic to FC Argeş Piteşti
- Alin Câţă to Prefabricate Modelu
- Iulian Arhire to Oţelul Galaţi
- Alejandro Gavatorta to FC Thun
- Valeriu Bordeanu to Unirea Urziceni
- Marius Onofraş to Unirea Urziceni
- Ciprian Dianu to Zalaegerszegi TE
- Claudiu Ionescu to Gloria Buzău
- Marius Ciubăncan
[edit] Famous players
- Daniel Pancu
- Laurenţiu Roşu
- Bogdan Stelea
- Vasile Simionaş
- Mihai Romila
- "Coco" Deleanu
- Vasile Iordache
- Constantin Matei
- Aurelian Cuperman
[edit] Rivalries with other clubs
Rivalry with FC Vaslui
The rivalry between the 2 moldavian teams is well known all over Romania. The security measures when a game between the two is held are very high. However, nobody can say when and why it all started.
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Romanian Liga 1 | |
| 2006/07 Season |
FC Argeş Piteşti | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca | Dinamo Bucureşti | Farul Constanţa | Gloria Bistriţa | Jiul Petroşani | FC Naţional Bucureşti | Oţelul Galaţi | Pandurii Târgu-Jiu | FC Politehnica Iaşi | FCU Politehnica Timişoara | Rapid Bucureşti | Steaua Bucureşti | Unirea Urziceni | Universitatea Craiova | UT Arad | FC Vaslui | |
