SS Politehnica Timișoara
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| Full name | Societatea Sportiva Politehnica Timișoara | ||
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| Nickname(s) |
Alb-Violeţii (White and Purples) Băieţii în Ghete (Boys in Boots) | ||
| Short name | SSPT | ||
| Founded | 1 July 2012 | ||
| Ground | Știința | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Owner | Druckeria | ||
| President | Nicolae Neguţ | ||
| Head Coach | Sorin Brîndescu | ||
| League | Liga III | ||
| 2014–15 | Liga IV, Timiş County, 1st (promoted) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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SS Politehnica Timișoara is a professional Romanian football club from Timișoara, Romania. Politehnica Timișoara is a football club that belongs to "Politechnica" University of Timișoara. SS Poli is a fan-owned phoenix club formed after the dissolution of FC Politehnica Timișoara. ACS Recaș was moved to Timișoara and was renamed ACS Poli Timișoara but the fans decided to create and support an amateur team, stating that ACS Poli Timișoara is a fraud and a political maneuver.
Over the years, Poli developed rivalries with UTA Arad and Dinamo București. The rivalry with UTA stems from the natural competition between the cities of Timișoara and Arad, which are located close to each other and are the main cities in the region. Both Timișoara and Arad claim to be the first place where football was played in Romania, with Timișoara being the true first city in Romania to host a football game. Poli also has a friendly fan-relationship with the supporters of Rapid București and Borussia Mönchengladbach.[1]
History
Founding (2012)
Lacking other ambitions, in most of its business has evolved municipal championship. Following the dissolution of the Liga II team.Tired of the old leadership of identity of endless compromises, the emotional blackmail they were subjected to years of unfulfilled promises of representatives of local authorities and the moving team ACS Recaș in Timisoara, South Lawn representatives, together with other fans Politehnica Timișoara, decided to support team Liga V SS Politehnica, which is only now that we can identify as belonging to the right of the Polytechnic Institute, institution of which appeared in 1921 Politehnica Timișoara. Even if Polytechnic SS is not legal successor of the former divisional A and B and even if not holding Polytechnics old track record, this is the only team that identifies and Polist supporters perceive as one that can carry forward the spirit of lawn and purple the stands.
County Leagues (2012–2015)
On their first season after founding they reached the second place in 2012–2013 Liga V, the third series and promoted to the next league Liga IV Timiș region. They reached again the second place but this time they not promoted to Liga III, anyway they won their first trophy Cupa României Timiș County beating FC Giarmata in the final. Next year they won the championship and qualifided to the play-offs promotion to Liga III. In the same year they won a new established trophy named Football without owners, a tournament of four teams without owners in Romania the other teams was fan-owned phoenix clubs like SS Poli named F.C. Argeș 1953, FC Vaslui 2002 and the host LSS Voinţa Sibiu. On June 11, was announced that the team will play against Voința Lupac the champions of Liga IV Caraș-Severin County in the play-offs promotion match for a place in next league Liga III. In the home match they beat them (5–1) and secured the promotion. Away they lost (1–2) but they still promoted in Liga III for the first time ever.
Professional Leagues (2015–Present)
SS Poli debuted very good in the 2015–16 Liga III with a victory over Minerul Motru (3–0), then they had their first victory away against Millenium Giarmata (3–1), and in the third round they defeated the last year series runners-up Metalurgistul Cugir (2–0).
Fans
SS Poli has many fans in Romania but also in other countries. The roots of the Poli ultras movement can be found in 1995 when groups like Urban Guerilla or Gruppo Autonomo Viola appear in the South End. Poli's most important rivalry is with UTA Arad. The match between them, Derby-ul Vestului (The West Derby), has been the leading Romanian football encounter in the last 65 years, as Poli and UTA are the two most successful football teams from west the country.
Other rivalries are shared with Dinamo București, CFR Cluj, Steaua București and Universitatea Craiova.
Over the years, Politehnica Timișoara fans have established close friendships with the supporters from Rapid București and the Nordkurve from Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Current squad
- As of 11 February 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club Officials
Board of directors
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Current technical staff
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Honours
Domestic
Championships
Runners-up (1): 2012–13
Cups
Winners of Timiș County Round (1): 2013–14
Friendly
Football without Owners Tournament
- Winners (1): 2015
Other Performances
- Second round of the 2014–15 Cupa României
- Biggest win: 14–0 ASCS Recaş.
Statistics
| Season | League | Pos. | Notes |
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| 2012–13 | Liga V-Timiş County | 2 | Promoted |
| 2013–14 | Liga IV-Timiş County | 2 | |
| 2014–15 | Liga IV-Timiş County | 1 | Qualifided to the promotion play-offs |
| 2015–16 | Liga III-Seria IV | Ongoing |
See also
List of fan-owned sports teams
References
- ↑ "Fan friendship". Tempo Poli.
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