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2021 Cupa României Final
The 2021 Cupa României Final was the final match of the 2020–21 Cupa României and the 83rd final of the Cupa României, Romania's premier football cup competition. It was played on 22 May 2021 between Astra Giurgiu and Universitatea Craiova and was the first major sports event in Romania to be played with fans in attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic, though to a limited capacity. The game took place on Ilie Oană in Ploiești, Universitatea Craiova claiming its eight cup after a 3–2 victory in extra time. Route to the final Match Notes References External links Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Cupa Romaniei 2021 Final 2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ... 2020–21 Cupa României May 2021 sports events in Europe May 2021 in Romania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Cupa României
The 2020–21 Cupa României was the 83rd season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament. The winner qualified for the second qualifying round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League. Times up to 26 October 2020 and from 29 March 2021 are EEST (UTC+3). Times between 27 October 2020 and 28 March 2021 are EET (UTC+2 UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. As standard time (year-round) Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...). Participating clubs The following 128 teams qualified for the competition: Round and draw dates Source: Preliminary rounds The first rounds, and any preliminaries, are organised by the Regional Leagues. First round All matches were played on 9 September 2020. , colspan="3" style="background-color:#97DEFF", 9 September 2020 Second round All matches we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Botoșani
Asociația Fotbal Club Botoșani (), commonly known as FC Botoșani or simply Botoșani, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Botoșani, Botoșani County, that competes in the Liga I. In 2013, twelve years after being established, FC Botoșani became the first team from its county to be promoted to the top tier of the Romanian league system. It recorded its first European appearance in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League season. ''Botoșănenii'' play in predominantly white home kits, while their away equipment is generally blue. Their home ground is the 7,782-seater Municipal stadium. History Predecessors Before World War II, the main local team of the city of Botoșani was ''Venus''. After the war ended, the team was successively named ''Flamura Roșie'', ''Textila'' and ''Unirea'', and played mostly in the regional championship and the third division (Divizia C) without significant performances. In 1973, the team was renamed ''CS Botoșani''. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Sousa
Hugo Filipe Gonçalves Martins de Sousa (born 4 June 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Super League Greece 2 club A.E. Kifisia. Club career Born in Santa Marinha (Vila Nova de Gaia), Sousa joined FC Porto's youth system in 2004, aged 12. Seven years later, after having playing in several sides at the club, he made his senior debut with FC Brașov in the Romanian Liga I, signing alongside compatriot Ricardo Machado. In the summer of 2013, after one and a half seasons in the Cypriot First Division with two teams, Sousa moved back to his homeland by joining Sporting CP's reserves of the Segunda Liga. Subsequently, he returned to top-flight football with Belgian Pro League's Waasland-Beveren. On 13 January 2017, Aris Thessaloniki F.C. announced the signing of Sousa on a one-and-a-half-year deal. He made his official debut 12 days later, in a 1–1 home draw against Olympiacos F.C. in the round of 16 of the Greek Football Cup. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Popa
Mihai Maximilian Popa (; born 12 October 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Torino. Club career Early career / Farul Constanța Popa started practising youth football with his hometown club Farul Constanța at age seven, and two years later moved to the nearby Gheorghe Hagi Academy. He returned to his former side in 2018, going on to make his senior debut in a 1–0 Liga II win over Viitorul Târgu Jiu on 30 September. Astra Giurgiu Popa joined Liga I team Astra Giurgiu in the summer of 2019, but did not feature in any matches during his first year in the top flight. On 14 February 2020, he was loaned out to Liga II side Rapid București for the remainder of the season. On 11 July 2020, in a league derby against Petrolul Ploiești, Popa was given two yellow cards and sent off for stepping out of the goal-line twice during a penalty kick; Petrolul missed the subsequent third shot and the game finished goalless. On 14 Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Screciu
Vladimir Ionuț Screciu (; born 13 January 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or a centre-backfor Liga I club Universitatea Craiova and the Romania national team. Club career Early career / Universitatea Craiova Born in Corabia, Olt County, Screciu began his career with local CSȘ Corabia in 2010. The following year he joined the youth setup of FC Universitatea Craiova, and in 2013 moved to CS Universitatea Craiova. On 2 October 2016, 16-year-old Screciu was handed his Liga I debut by head coach Gheorghe Mulțescu, entering in the 82nd minute of a 1–2 away loss to FC Steaua București. In April 2017, Portuguese newspaper ''O Jogo'' reported that Benfica showed interest in signing the player. He was an unused substitute in the 2018 Cupa României Final on 27 May, as the ''Alb-albaștrii'' won 2–0 over Hermannstadt. During his first spell at the club, Screciu amassed 44 appearances in all competitions. Genk On 19 June 2018, Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Nistor
Dan Nicolae Nistor (born 6 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Universitatea Cluj. After starting out in the lower leagues, Nistor made over 90 Liga I appearances for Pandurii Târgu Jiu between 2010 and 2013. His performances earned him a move abroad to Evian, but was used sparingly in France and soon returned to Pandurii. Since 2016, he has spent his career with Romanian clubs Dinamo București, CFR Cluj, Universitatea Craiova, and Universitatea Cluj. Nistor made his senior international debut for Romania in June 2013, in a 4–0 victory over for Trinidad and Tobago. Club career Early career Nistor did not play football at junior level, but in 2005 joined his hometown club AS Rucăr in the lower leagues. Roughly two years later, during a match against the reserves of Argeș Pitești, he impressed Internațional Curtea de Argeș owner Benone Lazăr who was in the attendance. Nistor was then transferred to the latter clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrei Ivan
Andrei Virgil Ivan (; born 4 January 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Panserraikos. Ivan started out as a senior at Universitatea Craiova in 2014, and three and a half years later earned a €4 million transfer abroad to Russian Premier League side Krasnodar. He did not impose himself in Russia and was loaned for one season to Rapid Wien, before returning to Universitatea Craiova in the summer of 2019. Ivan registered his senior debut for the Romania national team in November 2015, in a 1–1 exhibition draw with Italy. Club career Early career / Universitatea Craiova Ivan began playing youth football at local Flacăra Moreni, before moving in 2011 to Sporting Pitești. On 30 December 2013, he joined Universitatea Craiova on a two-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Ivan scored his first goal for the club on 28 May 2014, in a 2–0 home victory over ASA Târgu Mureș counting for the Liga II championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yann Boé-Kane
Yann Boé-Kane (born 5 April 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Personal life Yann Boé-Kane was born in Angoulême in western France. He holds French and Senegalese nationalities. Career After making his debut in the French semi-professional leagues with Vannes, Boé-Kane made his full professional debut when he joined Auxerre in 2013, with a 0–0 Ligue 2 draw against Nancy. After spending six months in Greece with Ergotelis, Boé-Kane joined Ligue 2 newcomers Red Star in June 2015. After having a successful campaign with Red Star, in which the team finished fifth in the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, Boé-Kane joined AC Ajaccio on a two-year deal, in July 2016. On 20 June 2019, after three years at Ajaccio, Boé-Kane joined newly promoted Ligue 2 club Le Mans FC Le Mans Football Club (; commonly referred to as Le Mans FC) is a French professional football club based in Le Mans. The club set to compete in Ligue 2 from 2025–26, the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerică Găman
Valerică Marius Găman (born 25 February 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga I club Hermannstadt. Club career Universitatea Craiova He was the captain of Universitatea Craiova and a regular player for Romania U21. In February 2011 he was declared free agent, but in the meantime he signed a new contract with U Craiova, from 1 July 2011. So he played in the Spring of 2011 for Dinamo București, and returned to Craiova in July. Astra Giurgiu Following the disaffiliation of Universitatea, Găman was again declared free agent and signed on 3 August 2011 a contract for five years with Astra Giurgiu. Personal life He has two brothers, one of them is Robert Irinel who was also a footballer at Universitatea Craiova and the other one is George who is a football referee. Career statistics Club International International goals Honours Club Astra Giurgiu *Liga I: 2015–16 *Cupa României: 2013–14 *Supercupa României: 2014 U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes it the same as Arabia Standard Time, East Africa Time, and Moscow Time. During the winter periods, Eastern European Time ( UTC+02:00) is used. Since 1996, European Summer Time has been applied from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Previously, the rules were not uniform across the European Union. Usage The following countries and territories use Eastern European Summer Time during the summer: * Belarus, Moscow Summer Time in years 1981–89, regular EEST from 1991-2011 * Bulgaria, regular EEST since 1979 * Cyprus, regular EEST since 1979 ( Northern Cyprus stopped using EEST in September 2016, but returned to EEST in March 2018) * Egypt, in the years 1988–2010, 2014–2015 and since 2023 (see also Egypt Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACS Viitorul Târgu Jiu
Asociația Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu, commonly known as Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu or Viitorul Târgu Jiu, was a Romanian Association football, football club from Târgu Jiu, Gorj County. Established in 1998, the team was known as ''Șirineasa'' and ''ACS Energeticianul'', before moving to Târgu Jiu in the summer of 2019 and renaming as Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu. It was dissolved in October 2024. History ''Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu'' was founded in 1998 as ''AS Șirineasa'' and played for almost all its history at the county level, Liga IV and Liga V. At the end of the 2015–16 Liga IV season, the team was crowned the champion of Vâlcea County and went to the promotion play-off match where they defeated Dolj County champions, Tractorul Cetate, 5–4 on an Playoff format, aggregate and promoted to Liga III for the first time in the history of the club. The first Liga III season was a very difficult one, with financial problems and the weak number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
