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Dumitru Munteanu
Dumitru Munteanu (3 July 1932 – 19 June 2020) was a Romanian footballer. Club career Dumitru Munteanu was born on 3 July 1932 in Bucharest and spent his entire career from junior to senior level playing alongside his twin brother Anton Munteanu, both of them being known for their dribbling abilities and spectacular play. He grew up in Dămăroaia and started to play junior level football at the local club, afterwards going at Laromet București, before moving at CCA Cluj where he spent only two weeks, then he joined Gloria Bistrița, a team he helped reach in 1954 a promotion play-off to Divizia B which was eventually lost. He made his Divizia A debut on 6 May 1955, playing for CCA București in a 1–0 loss against Flamura Roșie Arad, this being his only league appearance for the team. In 1956 he went to play for Petrolul Ploiești where he spent 9 seasons in which he helped the club win two Divizia A titles, in the first from the 1957–58 season he was used by coach Il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital of Romania in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly Eclectic, but also Neoclassical and Art Nouveau), interbellum ( Bauhaus, Art Deco and Romanian Revival architecture), socialist era, and modern. In the period between the two World Wars, the city's elegant architecture and the sophistication of its elite earned Bucharest the nickname of 'Paris of the East' ( ro, Parisul Estului) or 'Little Paris' ( ro, Micul Paris). Although buildings and districts in the historic city centre were heavily damaged or destroyed by war, earthquakes, and even Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilie Oană
Ilie Oană (16 August 1918 – 27 April 1993) was a football player and manager who represented and coached the Romania national football team. Career Oană was born in Indiana Harbor to Romanian parents who emigrated from Transylvania before the outbreak of World War I. In 1921, his parents moved back to their homeland, settling in Sibiu after the 1918 Union of Transylvania with Romania. Oană began his football career with local side Șoimii Sibiu. He joined Petrolul Ploiești in 1937. Because he was born in the United States, he was nicknamed "Americanul" ''(The American)''. Oană made two appearances for Romania, making his debut in a friendly which ended 2–2 against Hungary in October 1939. He also played in a 0–0 against Poland at the 1948 Balkan Cup. After he retired from playing, Oană became a football coach. He managed most of his career Petrolul Ploiești and he also had an experience outside the country at the Greek Superleague side Panserraikos. He won two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Cupa României
The 1955 Cupa României was the 18th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. The title was won by CCA București against Progresul Oradea. Format The competition is an annual knockout tournament. In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. First pot teams will play away. Each tie is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, the team who plays away will qualify. In case the teams are from same city, there a replay will be played. In case the teams play in the final, there a replay will be played. From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today. First round proper , colspan=3 style="background-color:#FFCCCC;", 13 October 1955 ... [...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] |
Ion Nunweiller
Ion Nunweiller (9 January 1936 – 3 February 2015) was a Romanian football defender and manager. Club career Ion Nunweiller was born in Piatra Neamț on 9 January 1936. He had an Austrian father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled in Piatra Neamț after World War II where he met his wife, Rozina, later they moved from Piatra Neamț to Bucharest. He had six brothers, the oldest one of them, Constantin was a water polo player and the other five: Dumitru, Lică, Victor, Radu and Eduard were footballers, each of them having at least one spell at Dinamo București, they are the reason why the club's nickname is "The Red Dogs". Ion made his Divizia A debut, playing for Dinamo București on 12 August 1956 in a 2–0 victory against Dinamo Bacău. Throughout his two spells at Dinamo București he won five Divizia A titles and three Cupa României, also appearing in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1956–57 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Teașcă
Constantin Teașcă also known as Titi Teașcă (25 September 1922 – 30 July 1996) was a Romanian association football, football play and manager. Teașcă was the manager of Romania national football team, Romania in 1962 and 1967. He managed Turkish side Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe from 1970 to 1971. He was also the manager of FC Steaua București, Steaua Bucharest from 1974 to 1975. Teașcă has a total of 323 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Liga I, Divizia A consisting of 120 victories, 64 draws and 139 losses. He was also an avid reader and a writer, with witty remarks that made him a celebrity, having written a total of five volumes: Fotbal și fotbaliști la diferite meridiane ''(Football and footballers at different meridians)'' (1962), Fotbal la poalele Cordilierilor ''(Football at the foot of the Cordilleras)'' (1966), Din nou pe meridianele fotbalului ''(Again on the meridians of football)'' (1967), Ce rău v-am făcut? ''(What harm ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, Fairs Cities' Cup, or simply as the Fairs Cup, was a European Association football, football competition played between 1955 and 1971. It is often considered the predecessor to the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Europa League). The competition was the idea of FIFA vice-president and executive committee member Ernst Thommen, Italian Football Federation president and FIFA executive committee member Ottorino Barassi, and the English The Football Association, Football Association general secretary and president of FIFA from 1961 to 1974, Stanley Rous. As the name suggests, the competition was set up to promote international trade fairs. Friendly games were regularly held between teams from cities holding trade fairs and it was from these games that the competition evolved. The competition was initially only open to teams from cities that hosted trade fairs and where these teams finished in their nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupa României
The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania, country's main cup competition, being open to all clubs affiliated with the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to. Currently, the winner of the competition is granted a place in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers and plays the Supercupa României. Most finals have been held at the Stadionul Național (1953), Stadionul Național (formerly known as "23 August"), and occasionally at other stadiums in Bucharest. During the construction of the Arena Națională, new Stadionul Național, the final was staged each year in a different major city of the country. In 2007, the final was held in Timișoara at the Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu, Dan Pălt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Politehnica Iași (1945)
Fotbal Club Politehnica Iași (), commonly known as Politehnica Iași or simply Poli Iași, was a Romanian football club from the city of Iași, Iași County. Named after the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, the team was founded in 1945. Its home stadium was the Stadionul Emil Alexandrescu, where it played in blue and white until being dissolved in 2010. In the same year, a successor club was formed under the name of ACSMU Politehnica Iași and currently competes in the second division. History The club was established as ''Sportul Studențesc Iași'' by a group of students on 27 April 1945, and first received the name of Politehnica one month later (''Asociația Sportivă Politehnica Iași''). It alternated between Romania's second and first leagues. They played in the Liga I for 28 seasons during the periods: 1960–61, 1962–1967 (under the name ''CSMS Iași''), 1968–1972, 1973–1981, 1982–1990, 1995–96, and 2004–2010. Recent history 2004–05 seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962–63 Cupa României
The 1962–63 Cupa României was the 25th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. The title was won by Petrolul Ploiești against Siderurgistul Galați. Format The competition is an annual knockout tournament. In the first round proper, two pots were made, first pot with Divizia A teams and other teams till 16 and the second pot with the rest of teams qualified in this phase. Each tie is played as a single leg. First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location. In the first round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, the team who played away will qualify. From the second round proper, if a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then a replay will be played. In case the game is still t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense (), commonly known as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first division of the Brazilian football league system, and the Campeonato Gaúcho, Rio Grande do Sul's top state league. The club was founded in 1903 by European immigrants Englishman Andy Fairbank and German Paul Cochlin. The club's home ground is the Arena do Grêmio, to which it moved in 2013, having previously played at Estádio Olímpico Monumental since 1954. Grêmio also became Champions of the Intercontinental Cup, after beating Hamburger SV in 1983 (2–1). Also, Grêmio is the Brazilian club that has won the most Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de América (3) titles alongside São Paulo, Santos, Palmeiras, and Flamengo. As of 2017, Grêmio was ranked number one in the CBF club rankings and is listed by ''Forbes'' as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
