ACS Poli Timișoara

This article is about the football club established in 2012. For the dissolved club, see FC Politehnica Timișoara.
ACS Poli Timișoara
Full name Asociația Club Sportiv Poli Timișoara
Nickname(s) Alb-Violeţii
(The White and Purples)
Founded 2012 (2012)
Ground Dan Păltinișanu
Ground Capacity 32,972
Owner Timișoara Municipality
Chairman Liviu Anton
Manager Florin Marin
League Liga I
2014–15 Liga II, Seria II, 1st (promoted)
Website Club home page

ACS Poli Timișoara is a professional Romanian football club from Timișoara, Timiș County, Romania. Founded in 2012, the club regards themselves as the successor of the original club founded in 1921, FC Politehnica Timișoara, who went bankrupt and was dissolved, following the 2011–12 season.

History

Former logo.

In the summer of 2012 the club ACS Recaș was moved to Timișoara and renamed ACS Poli Timișoara[1][2] after the dissolution of FC Politehnica Timișoara.[3] Valentin Velcea continued as head coach.[4] The club received most of its budget for the upcoming season from the local authorities.[5]

On 7 December 2012, Nicolae Robu, mayor of Timișoara, announced that ACS Poli has received, free, from Marian Iancu, FC Politehnica Timișoara's badge, history, records and colours [6] and that it can use them starting with the 2013–14 season.[7] However, due to the complications of the legal formalities and because of the FC Politehnica's debts, the team will play as ACS Poli in the 2013–14 season.[8][9][10]

At the end of the 2012–13 Liga II the club promoted to the Liga I, but the club got relegated the following year, finishing 16th out of 18 teams in the 2013–14 Liga I season.

In the 2014–2015 Liga II season, ACS Poli sealed the league win with four matches left to play, ensuring promotion once more to first division of Romanian football.

Current squad

As of 13 February 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Romania GK Mădălin Smaranda
4 Spain DF Manu Torres
6 Spain MF Abel Suárez
7 Romania DF Claudiu Belu-Iordache
9 Curaçao FW Prince Rajcomar
10 Romania FW Dorin Goga
11 Spain MF Javi Hernández
13 Romania DF Cristian Scutaru (captain)
15 Romania DF Cristian Bocșan
17 Curaçao MF Everon Pisas
19 Romania FW Róbert Elek
23 Romania DF Gabriel Cânu
24 Romania DF Daniel Popescu
No. Position Player
25 Spain MF Fernando Llorente
26 Romania DF Cristian Melinte
28 Israel GK Ram Strauss
42 Romania MF Deian Sorescu
55 Romania MF Cătălin Doman
77 Romania MF Cristian Bărbuț
83 Romania MF Ianis Zicu
91 Brazil FW Pedro Henrique
94 Romania MF Ovidiu Popescu
— Romania GK Daniel Rusu
— Romania DF Harald Fridrich
— Romania FW Andrei Sântean

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
18 Romania MF Andrei Artean (on loan at Râmnicu Vâlcea)
No. Position Player
Romania MF Mădălin Livan (on loan at Brașov)

Club Officials

Board of directors

Role Name
Owner Romania Timișoara Municipality
President Romania Liviu Anton
Vice-president Romania Florenţiu Staicu
Board member Romania Stelu Iordache
Board member Romania Ioan Miculaş
Board member Romania Viorel Boiţ
Sporting manager Romania Daniel Stanciu
Administrative director Romania Ovidiu Maier
Financial director Romania Mircea Mihuţ
Responsible for licensing Romania Petre Muşat
Marketing manager Romania Radu Birlică
Organizer of competitions Romania Viorel Vişan
HR inspector Romania Liliana Filip
Economist Romania Monica Jipescu
IT adviser Romania Ionel Poclid
Relationship with fans manager Romania Marius Babuciu
Management adviser Romania Giorgiana Prodanciuc
Press officer Romania Levente Balint
TMS manager Romania Răzvan Muşat
Secretary Romania Alexandra Manole
Football fields administrator Romania Gheorghe Bogdan
Judicial adviser Romania Alina Atanasescu

Current technical staff

Role Name
Manager Romania Florin Marin
Assistant manager Romania Iosif Rotariu
Assistant manager Romania Octavian Benga
Goalkeeping coach Romania Petru Țurcaș
Physiotherapist Romania Mihai Alexandru
Club doctor Iran Teymoor Ahmadi
Club doctor Romania Samer Hosin
Physiokinetotherapist Romania Stanislav Savici
Masseur Romania Mihai Preda
Masseur Romania Adrian Rus
Masseur Romania Marius Cristescu
Masseur Romania Adrian Blaj
Storeman Romania Ovidiu Moraru

Honours

Domestic

League

Liga II

Managers

Statistics

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe League Cup Notes Manager
2012–13 L2 2 241293 391945 5th round Promoted Valentin Velcea
2013–14 L1 16 3410816 264238 Last 32 Relegated Valentin Velcea, Dan Alexa
2014–15 L2 1 301992 521166 5th round Promoted Dan Alexa
2015–16 L1 11 234910 213221 Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Dan Alexa, Florin Marin

Color:

Gold Winner
Silver Runner-up
Bronze 3rd place (Semi-final)
Relegated Second Division

Players

Appearances

Competitive, professional matches only.

As of 21 December 2015

NameYearsLeagueCupTotal
1Romania Cristian Barbut2012–present72678
2Romania Razvan Trandu2012–201570474
3Romania Cristian Boldea2012–present72274
4Romania Adrian Poparadu2012–present69271
5Romania Cristian Scutaru2012–present67471

Goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Appearances, including substitutes, appear in brackets.

As of 21 December 2015

#NameYearsLeagueCupTotalRatio
1Romania Szabolcs Szekely2012–201518 (57)2 (2)20 (59)0.34
2Romania Cristian Boldea2012–present12 (72)0 (2)12 (74)0.16
3Romania Cristian Barbut2012–present10 (72)1 (6)11 (78)0.14
4Brazil Pedro Henrique2014–present11 (20)0 (0)11 (20)0.55
5Romania Robert Elek2015–present8 (32)2 (4)10 (36)0.25

References

  1. ↑ Robu a elucidat misterul: "Nu-i spunem Politehnica, îi spunem Poli!"
  2. ↑ ACS Recaş a primit acordul lui Marian Iancu pentru a purta denumirea ACS Poli Timișoara
  3. ↑ A treia operaţie estetică! AC Recaş se mută de luni pe "Dan Păltinişanu"
  4. ↑ Velcea, reconfirmat ca antrenor la Timișoara! Ce a spus primarul după întâlnirea cu jucătorii
  5. ↑ ACS Recaş, transformată în ACS Poli, trăieşte din bani publici: CLT i-a dat 4 milioane de lei!
  6. ↑ Marian Iancu a cedat gratuit palmaresul Politehnicii Timișoara!
  7. ↑ ACS Poli s-a transformat în Politehnica Timișoara! Iancu le-a cedat culorile, denumirea şi palmaresul
  8. ↑ "Marian Iancu explică de ce ACS Poli nu joacă în alb-violet la şase luni de la anunţul triumfalist al primarului Robu". pressalert.ro. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "ACS Poli şi-a prezentat noile echipamente fără urmă de violet". pressalert.ro. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Planuri mari la ACS Poli Timișoara » Ce a promis primarul Nicolae Robu". Gazeta sporturilor. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

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