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Adrian Pigulea
Adrian Pigulea (born 12 May 1968) is a retired Romanian football striker. Club career Adrian Pigulea was born on 12 May 1968 in Strehaia, Romania, starting to play junior level football at local club, Armătura. He started to play senior football in 1987 at Liga II, Divizia B club, Electromureș Târgu-Mureș. In 1988 he went at CS Universitatea Craiova, Universitatea Craiova where on 4 September he made his Liga I, Divizia A debut in a 5–0 away loss in front of FC Argeș Pitești, Argeș Pitești. Pigulea helped the club win Double (association football), The Double in the 1990–91 Divizia A, 1990–91 season under the guidance of coach Sorin Cârțu in which he contributed with 12 goals scored in 31 league appearances, being the team's second top-goalscorer, with one goal behind Gheorghe Ciurea, also he played as a starter until the 87th minute when he was replaced with Gheorghe Craioveanu in the 2–1 win over FCM Bacău, FC Bacău from the 1991 Cupa României final, Cupa R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strehaia
Strehaia () is a town in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania. It is situated on the Motru (river), Motru River valley, in the eastern part of the county. Nine villages are administered by the town: Ciochiuța, Comanda, Hurducești, Lunca Banului, Menți, Motruleni, Slătinicu Mare, Slătinicu Mic, and Stăncești. Geography The town is located east of the county seat, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, on Roads in Romania, national road DN6 (part of the European route E70). It lies on the border with Gorj County, west of Filiași and southeast of Motru. Forests in the vicinity are home to the largest Hermann's tortoise colonies in Oltenia. Demographics At the 2011 Romanian census, 2011 census, the town had a population of 9,837. Of these, 88.79% were Romanians and 11.11% Romani people in Romania, Roma; 99.4% were Romanian Orthodox. By the 2021 Romanian census, 2021 census, Strehaia's population had decreased to 9,059 inhabitants; of those, 72.26% were Romanians and 14.28% Roma. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypriot First Division
The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Football Association, the league is contested by fourteen teams and runs from August to May, with the three lowest-placed teams being relegated to the Cypriot Second Division, and replaced by the top three teams in that division. History Football was introduced to Cyprus early in the 20th century by the British. Initially played in the island's schools, it proved hugely popular and a number of clubs were duly formed. Anorthosis Famagusta FC was founded in 1911, after which many other clubs were established. In 1932, the annual Cypriot Championship began, at first unofficially. Every season, the championship was organised by a different football club, which caused conflict among some of the teams. As football became more established, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Men's National Soccer Team
The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT), officially recognized as USA by FIFA, represents the United States in men's international Association football, soccer. The team is governed by the United States Soccer Federation, which is a member of FIFA since 1914 and was a founding member of CONCACAF since 1961. It was also affiliated with North American Football Confederation, NAFC, which was a predecessor confederation of CONCACAF and the governing soccer body in North America from 1946 to 1961. The U.S. has appeared in eleven FIFA World Cups, including the first in 1930 FIFA World Cup, 1930, where they reached the semifinals; their third-place finish, which was later awarded through overall tournament records, is the best result by a team from outside UEFA and CONMEBOL. They returned in 1934 FIFA World Cup, 1934 and 1950 FIFA World Cup, 1950, defeating England national football team, England United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup), 1–0 in the latter, but did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Timofte
Ion Timofte (born 16 December 1967) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He spent the vast majority of his career in Portugal, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 215 matches and 61 goals over nine seasons with Porto and Boavista and winning seven major titles both clubs combined. Club career Early years / Politehnica Timișoara Ion Timofte was born on 16 December 1967 in Anina, Romania, starting to play junior level football at local club, Minerul, starting his senior career at the same team in Divizia C. In 1988 he went to play for Divizia B side CSM Reșița. His talent was noticed by coach Constantin Rădulescu who brought him to Politehnica Timișoara where he made his Divizia A debut on 23 August 1989 in a 2–1 home loss in front of Bihor Oradea. Rădulescu also used him in all four matches from the 1990–91 UEFA Cup campaign where they eliminated in the first round Atlético Madrid with 2–1 on aggregate, being eliminated in the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mircea Rădulescu
Mircea Rădulescu (born 31 August 1941 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former football player and manager. Life and career Rădulescu was born in Bucharest and appeared in nearly 300 football matches. He was a member of Rapid București at junior level and later joined FC Sportul Studențesc București, being part of the great team that promoted in 1971–72 to Liga I. He spent his entire career with Sportul. He later coached the national teams of Romania, Egypt, Syria and Algeria. Honours Player ;Sportul Studențesc *Divizia B: 1971–72 Manager ;Sportul Studențesc *Balkans Cup: 1979–80 *Cupa României runner-up: 1978–79 ;Club Africain *Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ... References Selected works * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Radu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The 1997–98 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against Stuttgart. Teams Qualifying round ;Notes *Note 1: Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3–0 win in the qualifying round first leg after Dinamo Batumi were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player — Sotogashvili. The match originally ended as a 4–2 win for Dinamo Batumi. First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg ''APOEL won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''ÍBV won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Legia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Național București won 12–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinaburg won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kilmarnock won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''BVS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cwmbrân Town A
Cwmbran ( ; , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales. Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Geography Comprising the villages of Old Cwmbran, Pontnewydd, Upper Cwmbran, Henllys, Croesyceiliog, Llantarnam and Llanyrafon, its population had grown to 48,535 by 2011. This makes it the sixth largest urban area in Wales. Sitting as it does at the corner of the South Wales Coalfield, it has a hilly aspect to its western and northern edges, with the surrounding hills climbing to over . The Afon Llwyd forms the major river valley, although the most significant water course is probably the remains of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal. To the east of Cwmbran the land is less hilly, forming part of the Usk valley. Etymology The name of the town in Welsh m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from , "between" and , " betting pool"),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition between European clubs. The competition was discontinued after the 2008 tournament. The tournament was founded in 1961–62, but was only taken over by UEFA in 1995. Initially, the tournament ended with a single champion, who received the Intertoto Cup. Starting in 1967, the tournament ended with a number of group winners (7 to 14 winners), who received cash prizes. When UEFA took on the tournament, it became a qualifier for the UEFA Cup, with 2 to 11 Intertoto winners advancing to the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. Any club who wished to participate had to apply for entry, with the highest placed clubs (by league position in their domestic league) at the end of the season entering the competition. The club did not have to be ranked directly below the clubs which had qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000–01 Divizia A
The 2000–01 Divizia A was the eighty-third season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2000 and ended in May 2001. Steaua București was crowned as champion for the 21st time. Team changes Relegated The teams that were relegated to Divizia B at the end of the previous season: * Farul Constanța * FC Onești * CSM Reșița * Extensiv Craiova Promoted The teams that were promoted from Divizia B at the start of the season: * Foresta Fălticeni * Gaz Metan Mediaș Venues Personnel and kits League table Promotion / relegation play-off Note: FC Baia Mare sold their 2001–02 Divizia A place to FCM Bacău. Positions by round Results Top goalscorers Champion squad References {{DEFAULTSORT:2000-01 Divizia A Liga I seasons Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSA Steaua București (football)
Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București (), commonly known as Steaua București, or simply as Steaua, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in Bucharest. It is one of the sporting sections of the namesake CSA Steaua București and competes in the Liga II. In 2017, the parent club reactivated its football section and entered it into the 2017–18 Liga IV, 2017–18 season of Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. According to the club's records and the latest Romanian court orders (July 2019Tribunalul BUCUREŞTI: Informaţii dosar (Bucharest tribunals: File information), Ministerul Justiției al României (Romanian Ministry of Justice), 4 July 2019 and June 2021 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cătălin Liță
Cătălin Nicolae Liță (born 23 March 1975) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Honours Național București *Cupa României runner-up: 1996–97 Steaua București *Divizia A: 2000–01 *Supercupa României: 2001 MTK Budapest *Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...: 2002–03 References 1975 births Living people Romanian men's footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Azerbaijan Premier League players FC Progresul București players FC Petrolul Ploiești players FCSB players MTK Budapest FC players Khazar Lankaran FK players Apollon Limassol FC players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Halagian
Florin Vașken Halagian (7 March 1939 – 12 August 2019) was a Romanian football player and manager of Armenian descent, hence the nickname ''Armeanul'' (The Armenian). With 878 games, he is the manager who has the most matches in the Liga I, Romanian top-division. Playing career Halagian was born on 7 March 1939 in Bucharest, Romania, starting to play junior level football in 1950 at local club, FC Dinamo București, Dinamo where he was formed and taught by coaches like Colea Vâlcov, Petre Steinbach and Ion Nedelescu. In 1957 he starts his senior career at Liga II, Divizia B club, Progresul CPCS București for whom he scored four goals. After one year he left the club to go at Victoria București, Pompierul București. In 1959, he switched teams again as he went at FC Argeș Pitești, Dinamo Pitești with whom in 1961 he promoted to Liga I, Divizia A, a competition in which he made his debut and scored his first goal on 20 August in a 4–3 loss in front of eventual champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
