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Alexandru Ene
Alexandru Ene (also known as Alexandru Ene I; 19 September 1928 – 22 May 2011) was a Romanian football striker. Club career Alexandru Ene was born on 19 September 1928 in Brăila, Romania and he started playing football at junior level at Olympia București from 1941 to 1947, then he went to play Metalul București at senior level in Divizia B, helping the team promote to Divizia A where he made his debut under coach Augustin Botescu on 22 August 1948 in a 6–1 loss against CFR Timișoara. He was transferred at Dinamo București in 1951 where he spent 8 seasons, being loaned in 1953 at Dinamo Brașov, afterwards returning to Dinamo where in the 1954 Divizia A season he became the top-scorer of the league with 20 goals, in the following season he helped the club win the first Divizia A title in its history, being used by coach Angelo Niculescu in 23 matches in which he scored 14 goals, being the top-scorer of the team. He also won the 1958–59 Cupa României and played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brăila
Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila. According to the 2011 Romanian census there were 180,302 people living within the city of Brăila, making it the 11th most populous city in Romania. The current mayor of Brăila is . History Origins Before 14th century, a small village existed in the place of today's Brăila, probably inhabited by fishermen and small merchants.Rădvan, p.248 The village fell to the Mongols during the 1241 Mongol invasion of Europe and it was under direct control of the rulers of Argeș in mid-14th century. A settlement called ''Drinago'' was found in several 14th century Catalan and Castillian portolan charts ( Angelino de Dalorto, 1325/1330 and Angelino Dulcert, 1339), as well as in the ''Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms''. This may have been an erroneous transcription of ''Brillago'', a name which was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Niculescu
Angelo Niculescu (1 October 1921 – 20 June 2015) was a Romanian football player and manager. He was the coach of the Romania national football team during the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He is best remembered in Romania for inventing the "temporizare" ("delaying") tactics in which the team keeps the possession of the ball inside its own half and the players are using many short passes from one side to another of the field in order to disrupt the opponents patience when they go out of their field to make pressing; this is also known as tiki-taka. With such tactics Romania qualified for a World Cup after more than 30 years and registered a win against Czechoslovakia. Honours Manager Dinamo București *Divizia A: 1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ..., 1964–65 Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadionul Republicii
Stadionul Republicii (, ''Stadium of the Republic'') was a multi-use stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It was used mostly for football (soccer), football matches. The stadium was able to hold 28,026 spectators at its height and originally opened in 1926. It hosted 42 matches for the Romania national football team, 1 match for the Olympic National Team, 22 Romanian Football Cup finals and 15 European Cup matches. The stadium was originally built in 1926 as the Stadionul Oficiul Național de Educație Fizică, or simply Stadionul ONEF, and inaugurated on 9 May 1926 with a rugby match against the French army. It was destroyed by fire and rebuilt under the name Stadionul Republicii in 1948. It is located on Spirii Hill, the current location of the Palace of the Parliament. Since everything on the hill was cleared, including a former social high class and historic neighborhood, the stadium was demolished, but even to this day the ruins of the stands can be seen from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Germany National Football Team
The East Germany national football team, recognized as Germany DR by FIFA, was from 1952 to 1990 the football team of East Germany, playing as one of three post-war German teams, along with Saarland and West Germany. After German reunification in 1990, the Deutscher Fußball Verband der DDR (DFV, ), and with it the East German team, joined the ''Deutscher Fußball Bund'' (DFB) and the West Germany national football team that had just won the World Cup. History In 1949, before East Germany (GDR) was founded and while regular private clubs were still banned under Soviet occupation, efforts were made to play football anyway. Helmut Schön coached selections of Saxony and the Soviet occupation zone before moving to the West. On 6 February 1951, the GDR applied for FIFA membership, which was protested against by the German Football Association, which was already a full member. FIFA accepted the GDR association (later called DFV) on 6 October 1951 as a provisional member, and on 24 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 7
The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Yugoslavia qualified for the 1958 FIFA World Cup held in Sweden. Table Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- References External linksFIFA official page {{DEFAULTSORT:World Cup 7 1956–57 in Greek football 1957–58 in Greek football [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslavia National Football Team
The Yugoslavia national football team; hr, Jugoslavenska nogometna reprezentacija; sl, Jugoslovanska nogometna reprezentanca; mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Југославија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Jugoslavija represented Yugoslavia in international association football. Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia, various iterations of the state were formally constituted in football, including the: * Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929) * Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1945) * Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1945) * Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1963) * Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963–1992) It enjoyed success in international competition, finishing in fourth place at the 1930 and 1962 FIFA World Cups. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international competition as part of the United Nations sanctions o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece National Football Team
The Greece national football team ( el, Εθνική Ελλάδας, ) represents Greece in men's international football matches and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece play most of their home matches in Attica, either in Athens at the Olympic Stadium in the Marousi section of the city or in the port city of Piraeus at the Karaiskakis Stadium. Greece is one of only ten national teams to have been crowned UEFA European Champions. Greece had a small presence in international football. From the 1980s they have experienced the first taste of, but not a banquet, of football achievement. Their first appearance in a major tournaments was at UEFA Euro 1980. They never made it through the group stage. Their qualification to the then eight-teams tournaments gave them a position in the top eight European football nations that year. Greece did not qualify for another major tournament until the 1994 FIFA World Cup and after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification
A total of 37 teams entered the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Switzerland, as the hosts, and Uruguay, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. 37 teams were divided into 13 groups, based on geographical considerations, as follows: * Groups 1 to 10 – Europe: ''11 places'', contested by 27 teams (including Egypt and Israel). * Group 11 and 12 – The Americas: ''2 places'', contested by 7 teams. * Group 13 – Asia: ''1 place'', contested by 3 teams. A total of 33 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 57 qualifying matches were played, and 208 goals were scored (an average of 3.65 per match). Listed below are the dates and results of the qualification rounds. Groups The 13 groups had different rules, as follows: * Groups 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 had 3 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgaria National Football Team
The Bulgaria national football team ( bg, Български национален отбор по футбол, Bǎlgarski natsionalen otbor po futbol) represents Bulgaria in men's international Association football, football and is administered by the Bulgarian Football Union, a member association of UEFA. Bulgaria's best achievements are reaching the final at the Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 Football at the Summer Olympics, Summer Olympics and the fourth place at the FIFA World Cup in 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994. Bulgaria have competed at a total of seven World Cups, debuting in 1962 FIFA World Cup, 1962 and last appearing in 1998 FIFA World Cup, 1998. In addition, they have participated in two UEFA European Championship, European Championships, in UEFA Euro 1996, 1996 and UEFA Euro 2004, 2004. The team has also competed at the Balkan Cup, winning three titles. However, Bulgaria have failed to qualify for any major tournament since UEFA Euro 2004. History Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gheorghe Popescu I
Gheorghe Popescu (8 August 1919 – 1 January 2001) was a Romanian footballer and also a manager. He played as a striker. International career Gheorghe Popescu I played 6 friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut under Constantin Rădulescu in a 2–1 home victory against Belgium. He scored his only goal in a 2–1 away victory against Yugoslavia. Popescu's last appearance was in a 2–2 against Slovakia. Managerial career Gheorghe Popescu was a successful manager, training in his career only two teams, Steaua București and Romania national football team. After retiring as manager, he was the President of Romanian Football Federation and the vice-president of Steaua București. Honours Player CCA/Steaua București *Romanian Cup (1): 1948–49 Manager CCA/Steaua București *Romanian League (4): 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960 *Romanian Cup (3): 1951, 1952, 1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FCV Farul Constanța
FCV Farul Constanța (), commonly known as Farul Constanța or simply as Farul, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Constanța, Constanța County, which currently plays in the Liga I. ''Farul'' is a Romanian word which translates as "the Lighthouse", alluding the fact that Constanța is the largest port on the Black Sea coast. Established in 1920 as ''SPM Constanța'', the team has spent over 40 seasons in the first league, the highest position it achieved being fourth place on three occasions, last time at the end of the 1973–74 season. It also played one Cupa României final in 2005, which it lost 0–1 to Dinamo București. Farul has produced several talented players, the most notable of them being Gheorghe Hagi, the joint top goalscorer of the Romania national team; he currently holds shares in the company and is also in charge of the senior team. "The White and Blues" play their home games on the Viitorul Stadium in Ovidiu, since their tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFC CSKA Sofia
CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ( bg, Централен Спортен Клуб на Армията). Officially established on 5 May 1948, CSKA's roots date back to an army officers' club founded in 1923. The club has won a record 31 Bulgarian titles and 21 Bulgarian Cups. Internationally, CSKA are the only Bulgarian club to have reached the semi-finals of the European Cup, which they have done twice, and they have also reached the semi-final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup once. CSKA's home colors are red and white and its home ground is the Bulgarian Army Stadium. The club's biggest rivals are Levski Sofia and matches between the two sides are known as " The Eternal Derby of Bulgaria". History 1923–1948 In November 1923, football clubs ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
