Fotbal Club Politehnica Iași (), commonly known as Politehnica Iași or simply Poli Iași, was a Romanian

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club from the city of

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. 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 first 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

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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 season Politehnica started the 2004–05 season by winning only two points in eight rounds. After manager Vasile Simionaș was replaced with Ionuț Popa, Politehnica won the following fixture away against Steaua București, Adrian Cristea scoring the only goal of the match. The team gradually lifted itself from the bottom of the table, finally finishing 9th with 38 points. In the

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they were eliminated in the first round (sixteen-finals) by UTA Arad with 1–0. 2005–06 season The 2005–06 season was a relatively good one for the Iași-based team, whose objective was to avoid relegation. They narrowly lost both matches against the future champions Steaua and the away match with runners-up

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, all with the score of 1–0, after three

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s. They also lost 2–0 against Dinamo București at home. However, they drew away against a weakened Dinamo team, after a second-half goal by Daniel Rednic. Politehnica Iași eventually finished 10th with 39 points. In the

they reached the quarter-finals, eliminating Unirea Dej (2–0) and

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(2–1 AET) in the progress. They were eliminated by Rapid after a last-minute goal and after the referee disallowed a controversial goal scored in the second half by Politehnica. During the season Politehnica experienced major financial problems, which resulted in the impossibility to buy better players for the team and difficulties encountered in receiving the club license necessary for playing in the 2006/07 season in

. The license was finally obtained after the efforts made by chairman and

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of Iași Gheorghe Nichita. 2006–07 season Politehnica Iași started the season with the same financial problems, resulting in only four players joining the team in the pre-season break and many salaries and debts paid late. In addition, the conflict between Gheorghe Nichita and Iași

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Radu Prisăcaru concerning public funding of the club and interference by the press spiced up the atmosphere. Despite all odds, Politehnica kept itself between the top six teams after the first 12 matches and was unbeaten for eight consecutive matches (seven in

and one cup match), drawing at home with Steaua (1–1), Rapid and FCU Politehnica Timișoara (0–0). A negative run followed with one point in seven league matches and was followed by a 4–0 away victory against local rivals Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. Politehnica finally finished 13th with 40 points. The team qualified for the second time in a row in the quarter-finals of the

, disposing of Universitatea Cluj (2–1) and Farul Constanța (1–0), however, they were eliminated by Poli Timișoara, score 1–2. 2009–10 season The club relegated from the

at the end of the season.

Dissolution

After it relegated in 2010, the club became

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because of debts that were accumulated during the years. The football tradition in Iași has been continued by Politehnica Iași (2010), which regard themselves as the continuation of the original team. In 2018, they earned the right to use the logo and name of FC Politehnica.

Honours

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**Winners (6): 1959–60, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1981–82, 2003–04 **Runners-up (4): 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1993–94 *

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**Winners (1): 2001–02

Rivalries with other clubs

Politehnica Iași had a rivalry with

and Oțelul Galați.

Former managers

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(1952–1960) * Ion Unguroiu (1960–1961) * Traian Iordache (1962–1963) * Constantin Teașcă (1963–1965) * Augustin Botescu (1965–1967) * Ion Zaharia (1967–1968) * Șerban Iustin (1968–1970) * Vintilă Mărdărescu (1970–1972) * Ilie Oană (1973–1977) * Leonida Antohi (1977–1981) * Gheorghe Constantin (1981–1982) * Ioan Marica (1982–1983) * Ion Motroc (1982–1983) * Ioan Marica (1983–1984) * Vasile Ianul (1983–1984) * Vasile Simionaș (1983–1984) *

Constantin Oțet Constantin 'Tică' Oțet (24 December 1940 – 19 February 1999) was a Romanian football coach. Career Oțet was born in 1940 in Poroina, a village in Șimian commune, Mehedinți County. In 1959, Oțet began playing for Metalul Turnu Seve ...

(1984–1985) * Vasile Simionaș (1984–1985) * Dumitru Anton (1995–1996) * Leonida Antohi (1995–1996) * Narcis Ciocîrlan (1995–1996) * Silviu Stănescu (1995–1996) * Constantin Moldoveanu (1996–1997) * Marian Moldovan (1997–1998) * Ioan Marica (1998) * Ion Moldovan (1998–1999) * Mihai Dănilă (1999–2000) * Leonida Nedelcu (1999–2000) * Ion Dumitru (2000–2001) * Vasile Simionaș (2001–2002) * Marin Barbu (2002–2003) * Vasile Simionaș & Narcis Ciocîrlan (2003–2004) * Ionuț Popa (2004–2008) *

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(2008–2009) * Ionuț Popa (2008–2009) * Dumitru Dumitriu (2009–2010) *

Petre Grigoraș Petre Grigoraș (born 15 November 1964, in Poduri, Bacău County, Bacău) is a Romanian football (soccer), football manager and former player. He is known as "Petre Grigoraș, cel mai tare din oraș" ("Petre Grigoraș, best man of the city"), as ...

(2009–2010)

References

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