Romanian Football

The Myth of Mircea Lucescu

by Craig Turp January 8, 2012 Bucharest

 On Friday morning Mircea Lucescu, Romanian coach of the Ukrainian football team Shakthar Donetsk was seriously injured in a car accident in the Drumul Taberei district of Bucharest. According to initial reports, Lucescu – in Romania for the winter holidays – allegedly caused the accident himself by attempting an illegal U-turn across a double tram [...]

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Where is Otelul Galati?

by Craig Turp August 25, 2011 Bucharest

 Drawn this afternoon in the same Champions League group as Manchester United, it is odds-on that a few curious United fans have been dropping Otelul Galati into their search engines. First off, you should read this When Saturday Comes brief about last season’s Romanian championship (which Otelul won, and which gave them a place direct [...]

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The bizarre world of Romanian football revisited

by Craig Turp August 11, 2011 Bucharest

 Not so long ago we wrote at length over at Bucharest In Your Pocket about football in Bucharest. Since then, a new season has begun and the bizarre, gravity-defying world of Romanian football has gone from bad to worse. For a start there is the strange case of Sportul Studentesc. Although they finished bottom of [...]

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It was 25 years ago today…

by Craig Turp May 7, 2011 Bucharest

 Seville, May 7, 1986: The European Cup Final, Steaua Bucharest v. Barcelona. A reminder of just how far Steaua (and with them Romanian football) have fallen…

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Romanian football hits new low

by Craig Turp April 29, 2011 Bucharest

 Just when you thought the reputation of Romanian football couldn’t get any worse, this week has seen the sport hit a new low, courtesy of the alleged actions of ten Dinamo Bucharest players. On Monday night, while warming up at Steaua Bucharest’s Ghencea Stadium ahead of the derby match between the two sides (a game [...]

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Six packets of overpriced Romanian rubbish go unsold. What a surprise!

by Craig Turp April 4, 2011 Bucharest

 Worried faces abound in the murky world of Romanian football this afternoon. At an auction designed to squeeze as much as €150 million out of Romanian television stations for the right to broadcast the Romanian First Division (Liga 1) for the next three seasons, just three of the eight packages of matches were sold. In [...]

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CFR Cluj: Where violence is the manager’s job

by Craig Turp November 25, 2010 Romania

 CFR Cluj, Romanian football champions two out of the past three years (for what that’s worth) will be looking for a new manager tomorrow. Why? Because they just sacked the last one. For doing this on Tuesday night* As we have always said, if you are going to go beserk, do it properly. *Anyone who [...]

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