CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as Minaur Baia Mare, simply as Baia Mare or unofficially as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a
Romania
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n
football
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club
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
, based in
Baia Mare
Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; la, Rivulus Dominarum) is a municipality along the Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș ...
,
Maramureș County
Maramureș County () is a county (județ)
in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ ...
, northern
Romania
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, founded in 1948. It currently plays in Romania's second league,
Liga II
The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...
, after promoting at the end of the
2021–22 season.
Chronology of names
*Note: 2 years of inactivity between 2010–2012, and the team was refounded as FCM Baia Mare in the
Liga IV
Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia D into Liga IV before the start of play for the 2006–07 season.
Current format
Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...
.
*Note: 1 year of inactivity between 2016–2017, and the team was refounded as CS Minaur Baia Mare in the
Liga IV
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Current format
Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...
.
History
The club was founded in 1948, from the merger of
Phoenix Baia Mare
Phoenix Baia Mare was a football club based in Baia Mare, Romania. It was founded in 1932 and dissolved in 2000.
The club of the Chemical Factory from Baia Mare, was founded in 1932 and the first leaders were: Petru Wider (Chairman), Şt. Vadás ...
(founded in 1932) and Minaur Baia Mare (founded in 1927).
The club was dissolved in the summer of 2010 because of financial problems, but was refounded in the summer of 2012 under the name of ''FCM Baia Mare''. Baia Mare was inactive for one season after withdrawing from the upcoming
Liga II season due to financial difficulties on 5 August 2016.
After one season of inactivity the club was refounded as Minaur Baia Mare, the historical name of the sports club, also used by the handball teams. The club was enrolled in the
Liga IV
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Current format
Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...
–
Maramureș County
Maramureș County () is a county (județ)
in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ ...
. In contrast to the handball section, the football section is known unofficially as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', one of the past names of the club and the most representative for supporters. Also the football section colours are different from those used for handball, if for handball squads the traditional colours are white, black and orange, for football are yellow and blue.
Timeline
* 1948 — CSM Baia Mare is founded;
* 1950 — The name is changed to Metalul Baia Mare;
* 1955 — Metalul Baia Mare is relegated in
Liga III
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;
* 1956 — The team become Energia Trustul Miner Baia Mare and win promotion in
Liga II
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;
* 1957 — The team become Minerul Baia Mare;
* 1958 — Third name change in three years, this time back to CSM Baia Mare;
* 1959 — CSM Baia Mare reach the final of
Romanian Cup
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**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
, only to be defeated by
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Places
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;
* 1962 — Another name change, this time back to Minerul Baia Mare;
* 1963 —
Mircea Sasu
Mircea Sasu, (5 October 1939 – 17 October 1983), was a Romanian football striker, who played for Minerul Baia Mare, UT Arad, Dinamo Bucharest, Farul Constanţa in Romania and Fenerbahçe SK in Turkey.
He was famous in Turkey
Turke ...
become the first player ever to be selected from Minerul Baia Mare into
the national team of Romania;
* 1964 — Minerul Baia Mare win the second series of Liga II and win promotion into
Liga I
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for the first time in their history, Phoenix / Carpati Baia Mare played before the World War II in the First League.
* 1965 — As the team finish only 13th out of 14 in Liga I, they are relegated after only one year;
* 1975 — The team become FC Baia Mare;
* 1978 — FC Baia Mare win promotion into Liga I. It is the third in the history. The ''Golden Age'' starts;
* 1979 — FC Baia Mare finish 5th out of 18 in Liga I;
* 1980 — The best performance in Liga I as they finish 4th out of 18;
* 1981 — A poor year followed by relegation back to Liga II, mainly due to internal issues;
* 1982 — FC Baia Mare reach the final of Romanian Cup where they are defeated by
Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
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Places
* Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia
* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...
. For the first time in their history FC Baia Mare play in
Cup Winners' Cup
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, against
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
of Spain.
* 1983 — FC Baia Mare win the fourth promotion in their history into Liga I;
* 1984 — A poor season in Liga I where the team finish 15th out of 18 but save themselves from relegation;
* 1985 — FC Baia Mare is relegated back to
Liga II
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. The ''Golden Era'' ends. The team become FC Maramureş Baia Mare.
* 1993 — The ''Silver Era'' starts as FC Maramureş Baia Mare reach the semifinals of Romanian Cup;
* 1994 — After a series of average and poor seasons in Liga II during the past decade, FC Maramureş Baia Mare win promotion in Liga I for the fifth time in their history;
* 1995 — FC Maramureş Baia Mare reach the quarter-finals of Romanian Cup, but at the end of the season is relegated back to Liga II. The ''Silver Era'' ends.
* 1998 — Another name change, this time back to FC Baia Mare;
* 1999 — FC Baia Mare is relegated to Liga III for the second time in their history;
* 2000 — The team promote back to Liga II;
* 2001 — Second promotion in only two years, this time in Liga I, as FC Baia Mare win the promotion play-offs, however, the team's owner decides to trade the team's place in Liga I to another team, arguing the lack of financial resources to keep them over the competitional season. FC Baia Mare return to
Liga II
The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...
;
* 2002 — FC Baia Mare qualify again for promotion play-offs but do not win promotion;
* 2004 — Relegation in Liga III;
* 2006 — After two years in Liga III, FC Baia Mare win promotion to Liga II;
* 2007 — The club is relegated back to Liga III and face serious financial issues. Brazilian
Ayres Cerqueira Simao
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becomes the first foreign player ever to play for FC Baia Mare;
* 2008 — Despite being in the frame for a promotion back to Liga II, a series of poor results and a players strike due to unpaid wages and bonuses left the club in Liga III for at least one more year. Yet, at the beginning of the 2008 – 09 season the club manage to transfer some players with good experience in Liga I, such as:
Daniel Rednic
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and
Sorin Iodi
Sorin Adrian Iodi (born 12 June 1976 in Sighetu Marmaţiei) is a Romanian former football player.
Club career
Iodi started his football career at Olimpia Satu Mare.
He played 113 matches for this team and scored 5 goals. In 1999, he was trans ...
, thus becoming top favourites to win promotion into Liga II.
* 2009 – FC Baia Mare promoted to the
Liga II
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after finishing first the
2008–09 Liga III
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The winners of each division got promoted to the 2009–10 Liga II season. There were also two playoff tournaments held at neutr ...
.
* 2010 – Finished 8th in the
2009–10 Liga II
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The format has been maintained to two series, each of them consisting of 18 teams. ...
season and was dissolved shortly after.
* 2012 – Refounded as FCM Baia Mare in the
Liga IV
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Current format
Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...
.
* 2013 – Promoted to the
Liga III
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.
* 2015 – Promoted to the
Liga II
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.
* 2016 – Withdrew from the upcoming
Liga II season due to financial difficulties.
* 2017 – Refounded as Minaur Baia Mare in the
Liga IV
Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia D into Liga IV before the start of play for the 2006–07 season.
Current format
Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...
.
* 2018 – Promoted to the
Liga III
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.
Performances
FC Baia Mare was a finalist in the
Romanian Cup
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in 1959 and 1982, while in the
Liga I
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, their best performance was 4th out of 18 at the end of the
1979–80 season.
The club played in the Liga I in other few occasions: in 1964–65 (13th out of 14), 1978–79 (5th out of 18); 1980–81 (17th out of 18), 1983–84 (15th out of 18), 1984–85 (17th out of 18) and 1994–95 (17th out of 18).
The team played mainly in the
Liga II
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where FC Baia Mare is ranked first in an all-time standing, obtaining the most points and scoring the most goals.
In 1982–83 FC Baia Mare played in
Cup Winners' Cup
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against
Real Madrid
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then coached by
Alfredo Di Stéfano
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. After 0 : 0 in the first leg, FC Baia Mare lost 2–5 in the second leg.
Koller and Buzgău scored for the Romanian side on
Santiago Bernabeu.
In the summer of 1982, FC Baia Mare played a friendly game against
AC Fiorentina
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in Italy and won 3 : 1.
Giancarlo Antognoni
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and
Francesco Graziani
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He began his career with Arezzo in 1970, and later joined Torino in 1973, where he remained until 1981, win ...
, both world champions with
Italy
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at the
1982 World Cup
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, as well as
Daniel Bertoni
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and
Daniel Passarella
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, both world champions with
Argentina
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at the
1978 World Cup
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played for
AC Fiorentina
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in that game. This is, without doubt, the greatest achievement of FC Baia Mare to date.
The largest win in
Divizia A
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is against
FCM Galaţi The word FCM may refer to:
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* Fuel-containing material
* Flight control module, a computer that assists in the control of an aircraft
C ...
, 7 : 1 in August 1979, however the club's finest hour in a
Divizia A
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game came in June 1981 with a tremendous 5 : 0 win against
Steaua Bucharest.
Honours
The most successful team from
Maramureș County
Maramureș County () is a county (județ)
in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ ...
.
Leagues
*
Liga I
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** Best finish: 4th
1979–80
*
Liga II
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** Winners (4):
1963–64,
1977–78,
1982–83,
1993–94
** Runners-up (11):
1959–60,
1960–61,
1965–66,
1966–67,
1971–72,
1981–82,
1985–86,
1986–87,
1991–92,
2000–01,
2001–02
*
Liga III
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** Winners (7):
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
,
1999–2000,
2005–06,
2008–09,
2014–15,
2020–21
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,
2021–22
** Runners-up (1):
2019–20
*
Liga IV – Maramureș County
** Winners (2):
2012–13
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,
2017–18
Cups
*
Cupa României
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** Runners-up (2):
1958–59,
1981–82
*
Cupa României
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–
Maramureș County
Maramureș County () is a county (județ)
in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.
Name
In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ ...
** Winners (1): 2017–18
International
*
European Cup Winners' Cup
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: * First Round (1):
1982–83
In Europe
First leg
Second leg
Players
First team squad
Out on loan
Club Officials
Board of directors
Current technical staff
Statistics — Domestic Leagues
''Up to and including the end of 2009–10 season''
League and Cup History
From Minaur Baia Mare to Romania National Football Team
*
Mircea Sasu
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He was famous in Turkey
Turke ...
1 (6 caps / 1 goal): 1963: vs. ''Denmark'' (1 goal); 1964: vs. ''Bulgaria'', vs. ''Hungary''; 1965: vs. ''Czechoslovakia''; 1966: vs. ''Portugal'', vs. ''Czechoslovakia'';
1 Mircea Sasu
Mircea Sasu, (5 October 1939 – 17 October 1983), was a Romanian football striker, who played for Minerul Baia Mare, UT Arad, Dinamo Bucharest, Farul Constanţa in Romania and Fenerbahçe SK in Turkey.
He was famous in Turkey
Turke ...
played an extra three games for
Romania
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after he left FC Baia Mare and scored one goal: 1967: vs. East Germany, vs. Congo (1 goal); 1968: vs. Austria.
*
Alexandru Koller
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He played for Unirea Zalău, ASA Târgu Mureș (1962), ASA ...
: (5 caps / 0 goals): 1976: vs. ''Iran''; 1978: vs. ''Poland''; 1979: vs. ''East Germany'', vs. ''Poland'', vs. ''USSR''
*
Alexandru Terheş: (3 caps / 0 goals): 1978: vs. ''Poland''; 1979: vs. ''East Germany''; 1980: ''Hungary''
*
Romulus Buia
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: (2 caps / 0 goals): 1991: vs. ''USA''; 1992 vs. ''Mexico''
Famous players
The following players who played for the club also had caps for their national team.
*
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*George Necula, a Romanian computer scientist
*Iulia Necula
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– 61 caps for
Romania
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, including at
1970 FIFA World Cup
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. Also played for
Rapid Bucharest
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Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a '' cascade' ...
and
Steaua Bucharest.
*
Vasile Zavoda
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– 20 caps for
Romania
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, also played for
Steaua Bucharest;
*
Vasile Gergely
László Vasile Gergely ( hu, Gergely László; born 28 October 1941) is a Romanian former football player and manager.
Club career
Vasile Gergely was born on 28 October 1941 in Baia Mare and started playing football in Divizia B at local club, ...
– 36 caps for
Romania
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, including at
1970 FIFA World Cup
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. Also played for
Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to:
Places
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and
Hertha BSC Berlin
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;
*
Leontin Grozavu
Leontin Florian Grozavu (born 19 August 1967), commonly known as Leo Grozavu, is a Romanian football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. He is currently the manager of Liga II side Politehnica Iași.
Club career
G ...
– 1 cap for
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
, played for
Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to:
Places
* Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia
* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...
and
FC Saarbrücken
FC may refer to:
Businesses, organisations, and schools
* Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India
* Finncomm Airlines (IATA code)
* FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC
* Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakis ...
.
*
Vasile Miriuţă – 9 caps for
Hungary
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. Also played for
Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to:
Places
* Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia
* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...
,
Ferencvárosi TC
Ferencvárosi Torna Club, known as Ferencváros (), Fradi, or simply FTC, is a professional football club based in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, that competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, the top flight of Hungarian football. Ferencváros wa ...
,
Energie Cottbus
FC Energie Cottbus ( Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons i ...
and
MSV Duisburg
Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...
;
*
Francisc Zavoda
Francisc Zavoda (14 April 1927 – July 2011), also known as Zavoda I, was a Romanian footballer. He was the older brother of Vasile Zavoda who was also an International footballer and they played together at Steaua București.
Career as f ...
– 8 caps for
Romania
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, also played for
Steaua Bucharest;
*
Mircea Sasu
Mircea Sasu, (5 October 1939 – 17 October 1983), was a Romanian football striker, who played for Minerul Baia Mare, UT Arad, Dinamo Bucharest, Farul Constanţa in Romania and Fenerbahçe SK in Turkey.
He was famous in Turkey
Turke ...
– 9 caps for
Romania
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. Also played for
UT Arad
Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County, which competes in the Liga I. The UTA acronym stands for ''Uzina Textilă Arad'' ("Text ...
,
Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to:
Places
* Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia
* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...
and
Fenerbahçe SK;
*
Zoltan Crişan – 46 caps for
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
. Also played for
Universitatea Craiova;
*
Ioan Condruc - the captain from the golden period of Viorel Mateianu. He played also for UTA Arad when UTA won the title and defeated Feyenoord in ECC.
*
Lucian Balan he won the ECC, European Super Cup, and was finalist in Intercontinental Cup final.
*
Alexandru Koller
Alexandru Koller (German: Alexander Köller), (born 20 April 1953 in Cehu Silvaniei, Sălaj County, Sălaj, Romania), is a former association football, football player turned businessman.
He played for Unirea Zalău, ASA Târgu Mureș (1962), ASA ...
– 5 caps for
Romania
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.
*
Alexandru Terheş – 3 caps for
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
.
*
Romulus Buia
Romulus "Romică" Buia (born 15 June 1970 in Baia Mare) is a Romanian former football player and currently a manager. He was nicknamed "Figo from Berceni" by the fans of Rocar București which played the home games on the "Drumul Găzarului" fi ...
– 2 caps for
Romania
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. Also played for
Germinal Ekeren
Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were r ...
,
Universitatea Craiova and
Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to:
Places
* Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia
* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...
.
Famous coaches
*
Gyula Bíró
Gyula Bíró (10 May 1890 – 14 June 1951) was a Hungarian Olympic football player and manager of Jewish heritage.
Playing career Club career
Bíró spent his career as player playing for MTK Hungária FC, where he made first team debut in 19 ...
– coached in several countries including Hungary, Germany, Romania, Poland, Spain and Mexico;
*
Florin Halagian
Florin Vașken Halagian (7 March 1939 – 12 August 2019) was a Romanian football player and manager of Armenian descent, hence the nickname ''Armeanul'' (The Armenian). He is the manager who has the most matches in Liga I with 878 games consist ...
– won several
Liga I
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championships with
Argeș Pitești and
Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to:
Places
* Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia
* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...
;
*
Ştefan Onisie – won one
Liga I
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championship with
Steaua Bucharest;
*
Viorel Mateianu
Viorel Mateianu (1 June 1938 – 25 November 1997) was a Romanian football player and coach.
Club career
Mateianu was born in Lipănești, Prahova and started playing football in the Romanian lower leagues at Flacăra Boldești and Progresul ...
– coached FC Baia Mare during their golden era when he invented some
football
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techniques used today by
Mircea Lucescu
Mircea Lucescu (; born 29 July 1945) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently head coach of Ukrainian Premier League club Dynamo Kyiv. He is one of the most decorated managers of all time.
Lucescu is also ...
;
*
Dumitru Nicolae Nicuşor – won several
Liga I
The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...
championships with
Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to:
Places
* Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia
* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...
;
*
Ion Nunweiller – won two
Liga I
The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...
championships with
Dinamo Bucharest A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator.
Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to:
Places
* Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia
* Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...
;
*
Ioan Sdrobiş
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– well known for promoting youngsters in the teams he coached. He discovered
Cristian Chivu
Cristian Eugen Chivu (; born 26 October 1980) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Inter Milan's under-19 side.
A defender, he began his career with hometown club CSM Reșița before moving to ...
amongst many others.
References
RomanianSoccer.roLabtof.ro
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