Mihai Cristian Stoichiță (born 10 May 1954) is a

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manager who last coached

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side Petrolul Ploiești.

Coaching career

Stoichiță joined Steaua București in 1994 as an assistant coach under

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. When Dumitriu stepped down at the beginning of the 1997–98 season, Stoichiță became head coach. He led the team to the league title, and followed this success by winning the

1998 Supercupa României The 1998 Supercupa României was the third edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The match was played in Bucharest at Stadionul Naţional on 9 September 1998, and was contested between Divizia A title holders, Steaua București and ...

. Stoichiță led

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to a fourth-place ranking at the

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held in Honduras. The

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hired him in 2006 to coach its national football team. Stoichiţă's was tasked to earn one point from the away match at

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to qualify for a two-legged play-off against

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in the World Cup Qualifiers. Despite leading with two goals after the first 30 minutes, Bahrain lost 2-3 and was eliminated from the World Cup. On 18 September 2009, two hours after

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was sacked, he was announced by Steaua București's owner, Gigi Becali, as the new manager of the team. He resigned in May 2010, after finishing the 2009–10 season on the fourth position. In June 2010, Stoichiţă joined

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but was sacked after only a couple of months due to poor results. He returned to Cyprus, for a second spell at AEL Limassol. In September 2011, Stoichiţă returned to Romania to help newly promoted CS Mioveni in their attempt to avoid relegation, but an offer from

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

made him move back to Cyprus. At the beginning of March 2012, he ended his contract and returned to Romania. On 27 March 2012, he returned to Steaua, signing a contract until the end of the season. His contract wasn't renewed because he failed to win the title with Steaua.

Honours

''Player'' Jiul Petroşani *

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''Manager'' Steaua București *

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Sheriff Tiraspol *

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* Armenian Cup: 1 **

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References

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