Sportul Studenţesc
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| Full name | FC Sportul Studenţesc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Studenţii" (the students) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1916 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Regie stadium, Bucharest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 11,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Vasile Şiman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Gheorghe Mulţescu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Divizia B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | 4th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sportul Studenţesc is a Romanian football club that was established in 1916 (making it one of the oldest Romanian clubs still active). The Bucharest club has won the Balkans Cup once (in 1979) and its best result in the Romanian league is 2nd place in 1986. It has also played in European competitions, where its most notable result came in 1987 when it reached the 3rd round in the UEFA Cup.
Sportul has played in the Divizia A (the top Romanian league) and finished 6th in the 2004/2005 season, and is currently playing in Divizia B (the 2nd Romanian league).
The team coach is Gheorghe Mulţescu.
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[edit] Honours
- Romanian Cup finalist (3): 1939, 1943, 1979
- Balkans Cup (1): 1979
- Balkans Cup finalist (1): 1976
[edit] Previous names
- Sporting Club Universitar (1916-1919)
- Sportul Studenţesc (1919-1946 and 1969)
- Sparta Bucureşti (1946-1948)
- Clubul Sportiv Universitar (1948-1954)
- Ştiinţa Bucureşti (1954-1966)
- Politehnica Bucureşti (1966-1969)
[edit] History
On February 11th 1916 "Sporting Club Universitar Studentesc" was born, as an initiative of a group of professors and students having only football, athletics and tennis departments at the beginning. The president of the club was professor Traian Lalescu, the world famous mathematician.
"Sporting" had no stadium of its own and the team used to play here and there. Even after acceding in the first national league, the stadium was still in its project phase. It was only when the club "Stiinta" was established in 1954 and inherited the tradition of the student's sport that they were allowed to use the "Belvedere" stadium in "Regie".
The history of the club can be divided into several distinct periods. The first period lasted until the WWII and culminated with the accession in the first national league, then the club disappeared in the dawn of communism and was reborn and grown again to accede the first division; "the Hagi period" with its best performance, second place in 1986- a period bind by president Barbu Emil "Mac" Popescu; and finally the present marked by the president Vasile Siman, with Sportul Studentesc again among the best football teams in the championship.
The ‘80s were the best years in our history. Firstly because we achieved extraordinary performances (third place in 1892-’83 and second place in 1985-’86 championships) but mostly because back then stars like Marcel Coraş and Gheorghe Hagi played for Sportul…Yes, is that Hagi, the world famous player. He played for us until 1986, when Steaua Bucuresti "borrowed" him before the final of the Champions League. In 1998-1999 season Sportul Studentesc came close to demote to third league but the massive rejuvenation of the team, decided by the young investor Vasile Siman eventually proved itself to be successful and the team remained in the second league, even though the majority of the players were born in 1981 or were at the end of their careers. The 2000-2001 seasons brings for Sportul Studentesc its third accession in the first league, after coming out on the first place in the previous season in a fantastic struggle with Farul Constanta, with 81 points and a remarkable GD of 71-17. In the 2000-2001 seasons "the students" placed 13th but in the next season they demote again in the second division.
Sportul wins again the championship in the second league in 2003-2004 seasons and does once again accede to the first league, despite the facts that they had sold meanwhile half of their players from the previous season. They have a praiseworthy evolution in the 2004-2005 seasons, ending the championship on sixth place with Gigel Bucur the top scorer (21 goals). In 2005-2006 sesons the team, coached by former international player Dan Petrescu had a pretty good evolution ending the first half of the season on the ninth place and the second half on fourth place.
[edit] Current first team squad
As of February 2, 2007
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[edit] Club officials
[edit] Boardroom
- Owner:
Vasile Şiman - Director Economic: Daniela Nenciulescu
- Director Executive: Cristian Gheorghe
- Personal Chief: Claudia Drăghici
- Organization Director: Mihai Lăzărescu
- CCJ Organization Director: Constantin Pană
[edit] Management
- Manager: Gheorghe Mulţescu
- Assistant Manager: Dorel Chiriac
- Goalkeeping Coach: Gheorghe Niculescu
- Club Doctor: Mihai Băican
- Fitness Coach: Yuksel Yesilova
- Masseurs: Silviu Taşcă
- Second Team Coach: Dorel Chiriac
