FC Politehnica Timioara

For the new entity formed on the basis of the original again for only a year.[12]
club, see ACS Poli Timioara. For the club founded by During the tiina years, Timioara won its rst trophy,
its supporters, see SS Politehnica Timioara.
the 195758 Romanian Cup, with a 10 victory against
Progresul Bucureti.[13]
Fotbal Club Politehnica Timioara, commonly re- From the 196667 season, the team started using the
ferred to as Poli Timioara, was a Romanian football name Politehnica Timioara,[14] but the team goes to the
club established in 1921[1] and dissolved in September second division in the same season.[14] Politehnica doesn't
2012. The team had won two Romanian Cups and was came back to the rst division until 1973.[15]
twice a runner-up in Liga I. It is ranked 8th in the Liga I
Politehnica played for the rst time in Europe in 197879
All-Time Table, with 49 seasons played.
UEFA Cup, after nishing third in the 197778 season.
Named after and initially run by the Polytechnic Univer- The team defeated MTK Budapest (20 and 12), but
sity of Timioara, the club was founded in 1921 by Traian lost in the second round against Honved Budapest (20
Lalescu. After two decades spent in the regional leagues, and 04).[16]
Poli promoted in the rst division in 1948. They have
since spent 49 seasons at the top level, nishing as runner- The second trophy won by Politehnica Timioara was
up twice and featuring in six Romanian Cup nals. In the 197980 Romanian Cup. The nal was disputed
the 201011 season, they nished in the second spot, but against Steaua Bucureti and the nal score was 21, af[13]
Politehnica played in the UEFA Cup
were relegated because of unpaid debts and incapacity to ter extra time.
Winners Cup, defeating Celtic Glasgow (10 and 12)
obtain a license for the next season.
and being defeated by West Ham United (10 and 04)
Over the years, Poli developed rivalries with Dinamo Bu- in the quarternals.[17] They played again in the UEFA
cureti and UTA Arad. Timioara and Arad are located Cup Winners Cup in 198182 season because the team
close to each other and are the main cities in the region. lost the 198081 Romanian Cup to that year champions,
Both Timioara and Arad claim to be the rst place where Universitatea Craiova (06). Politehnica skipped the rst
football was played in Romania. Poli has a friendly fan- round, and lost to Leipzig with 20 and 05.[17]
relationship with the supporters of Rapid Bucureti and
Politehnica Timioara played in the Divizia A for ten
Borussia Mnchengladbach.[2]
years, until 1983.[18] The next period was spent between
the Divizia A and the Divizia B, with promotions in
1984,[19] 1987,[20] 1989[21] and relegations in 1986 [22]
1 History
and 1988.[23]
After the 1989 Revolution, Politehnica played in the
199091 UEFA Cup, beating Atltico Madrid (20 and
01), but lost in the second round to Sporting Lisbon (20
[24]
The club was founded in 1921 by Polytechnic Univer- and 07). In 199293 UEFA Cup, Politehnica scored
sity of Timioara under the name Societatea Sportiva a draw against Real Madrid (11 in Timioara), but was
[24]
Politehnica.[1] Until the second World War, Poli was defeated in the next match (04).
outclassed by two other teams from the city, Ripensia The team was relegated to the Divizia B in 1994[25]
and Chinezul, both multiple winners of the Romanian and promoted back in 1995.[26] After the 199697
championship.[3]
relegation,[27] the team didn't came back in the rst diviThe club promoted for the rst time in the Divizia A in sion on competitions ground. Instead, it relegated again,
1948,[4] and played under the name CSU Timioara in this time to the Liga III, at the end of the 200102 season.
the rst season.[5]

1.1

Early years (19211997)

In the following seasons (from 1950[6] ), the club appear

with the name tiina Timioara. The club relegates for 1.2 The comeback and the record dispute
(20022011)
the rst time in 1951,[7] but promotes after only one
year[8] and played in the top league until the season 1958
59.[9] The team promoted back after only one year.[10] In 2002, AEK Bucharest were promoted to Liga I, RomaThe following relegation came in 196364 season,[11] nian footballs top division, for the rst time,[28] where1

upon Anton Dobo, the teams owner, moved it to Timioara. It was renamed Politehnica AEK Timioara, and
received the full support of local authorities and Politehnica fans. The team was on the verge of relegation
after only one year.[29] Poli was able to maintain the Liga
I spot after winning a play-o against Gloria Buzu.[30]

PLAYERS

2 Supporters and rivalries

The roots of the Poli ultras movement can be found in
1995 when groups like Urban Guerilla or Gruppo Autonomo Viola appear in the South End. Polis most important rivalry is with UTA Arad. The match between
them, Derby-ul Vestului (The West Derby), has been the
leading Romanian football encounter in the last 65 years,
as Poli and UTA are the two most successful football
teams from the west of the country.

From 200405 season, the team changed the name again

in FCU Politehnica Timioara.[31] From 2008, following a Court of Arbitration for Sport decision, the team
changed the name in FC Timioara. The colors and the
records before 2002 were lost in favor of Politehnica Tim- Other rivalries are shared with Dinamo Bucureti, CFR
ioara former owner, Claudio Zambon.[32]
Cluj and Steaua Bucureti, and a minor one with
At the end of 200708 Liga I, FC Timioara qualied for Universitatea Craiova.
UEFA Cup.[33] It was the rst time in sixteen years that Over the years, Politehnica Timioara fans have esa team from Timioara had achieved European qualica- tablished close friendships with the supporters from
tion. The team was eliminated by Partizan Belgrade in Rapid Bucureti and the Nordkurve from Borussia
the rst round by an aggregate score of 13.[34]
Mnchengladbach.
In 200809, Timioara nished the season in 2nd place,
qualifying the 3rd preliminary round of the 200910
UEFA Champions League.[35] The team defeated the 3 Achievements
reigning UEFA Cup champions Shakhtar Donetsk, but
they were eliminated from the competition during the Liga I
Playo Round by an aggregate score of 02 by German club VfB Stuttgart. In the 200910 UEFA Europa
Runners-up (2): 200809, 201011
League Group A, FC Timioara nished on the last place,
after Anderlecht, Ajax and Dinamo Zagreb.[34]
Liga II
After the 200910 Liga I, fth placed team FC Timioara were drawn in the third qualifying round of the Eu Winners (10): 194748, 1952, 195960, 196465,
ropa League against MyPa from Finland, which they sur197273, 198384, 198687, 198889, 199495,
passed 54 on aggregate, after a spectacular comeback
201112
from three goals down in the second leg. However, in the
Runners-up (2): 194344, 197071
play-o round they were drawn against Manchester City
[34]
and were defeated twice in a row, 01 and 02.
Romanian Cup
In November 2010, the Romanian Court of Appeal returned Politehnicas name, colors and records to FC
Winners (2): 195758, 197980
Timioara.[36] Due to rules that forbid changes of team
names during a season, the team used the name FC Tim Runners-up (6): 197374, 198081, 198283,
ioara until the end of 201011 season.
199192, 200607, 200809

4 European record
1.3

Relegated to Liga II by RFF and dissoMain article: FC Politehnica Timioara in European

lution (20112012)
football

Despite nishing second in the 201011 Liga I, the team

was relegated to Liga II after the club failed to meet the
requirements for obtaining the necessary licence to play
5 Players
in the rst division.[37] They played in the 201112 Liga
II under the name of Politehnica Timioara, and gained
promotion back to the Liga I but were again denied the 5.1 Most capped players
licence and were dissolved in September 2012. ACS Reca was moved to Timioara and was renamed ACS Poli 5.2 Notable former players
Timioara but the fans decided to support the amateur
team SS Politehnica Timioara, considering ACS Poli See also: Category:FC Politehnica Timioara players.
Timioara is a fraud and a political maneuver.

See also

[33] Poli qualied to UEFA Cup after 16 years. Realitatea

TV.

FC Politehnica II Timioara

[34] 20002010. StatisticiFotbal.ro.

[35] Poli qualied in UEFA Champions League. Timpul.

References

[36] comunicare (PDF). Opinia Timioarei.

[37] 13 cluburi din Liga I au primit licena pentru sezonul
20112012. FRF. 31 May 2011.

[1] History. fcupoli.com.

[2] Fan friendship. Tempo Poli.
[3] Romania List of Champions.
Statistics Foundation.

Rec.Sport.Soccer

[4] Season 194748. RomanianSoccer.ro.

[5] Season 194849. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[6] Season 1950. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[7] Season 1951. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[8] Season 1952. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[9] Season 195859. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[10] Season 195960. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[11] Season 196364. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[12] Season 196465. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[13] History of Poli. Tempo Poli.
[14] Season 196667. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[15] Season 197273. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[16] 19701980. StatisticiFotbal.ro.
[17] 19801990. StatisticiFotbal.ro.
[18] Season 198283. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[19] Season 198384. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[20] Season 198687. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[21] Season 198889. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[22] Season 198586. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[23] Season 198788. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[24] 19902000. StatisticiFotbal.ro.
[25] Season 199394. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[26] Season 1995-95. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[27] Season 199697. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[28] Season 200102. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[29] Season 200203. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[30] Poli remianing in Divizia A. Agenda.
[31] Season 200405. RomanianSoccer.ro.
[32] Arbitration CAS 2006/A/1109 (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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