Andrei Bani
Andrei Ahmed Bani Mustafa ( ar, أندري بني مصطفى; born 22 August 2002) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Liga I club Dinamo București. Born in Jordan, he represents Romania at youth international level. Club career Bani joined the youth setup of Dinamo București in 2015, having previously played for Pro Luceafărul București. He made his professional debut for Dinamo on 23 February 2020, aged 17, in a 0–1 Liga I loss to Gaz Metan Mediaș. On 5 July that year, Bani scored his first goal in a 3–1 away win over Academica Clinceni. With Romanian Liga I clubs obliged to field a player eligible for the Under-21 team, Bani made 7 appearances for the first team during the 2019-20 season and 17 appearances during the 2020-21 season, including 6 as a starter. He played 28 times for the team, mostly as a substitute, during the 2021-22 season, which marked the first relegation in club history. Playing for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jerash
Jerash ( ar, جرش ''Ǧaraš''; grc, Γέρασα ''Gérasa'') is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located north of the capital city Amman. The earliest evidence of settlement in Jerash is in a Neolithic site known as Tal Abu Sowan, where rare human remains dating to around 7500 BC were uncovered. Jerash flourished during the Greek, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods until the mid-eighth century CE, when the 749 Galilee earthquake destroyed large parts of it, while subsequent earthquakes contributed to additional destruction. However, in the year 1120, Zahir ad-Din Toghtekin, atabeg of Damascus ordered a garrison of forty men to build up a fort in an unknown site of the ruins of the ancient city, likely the highest spot of the city walls in the north-eastern hills. It was captured in 1121 by Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem, and utterly destroyed. Then, the Cru ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ovidiu Burcă
Ovidiu Nicușor Burcă (born 16 March 1980) is a Romanian football manager and current head coach of Liga I side Dinamo București. Club career Early career Born in Slatina, Burcă began his youth career at Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu. Emelec He began his professional career in Ecuador at Club Sport Emelec in the Primera Categoría Serie A league making six appearances. JEF United Ichihara A year later he got noticed by the Japanese club JEF United Ichihara and signed with them. He played there only four matches and impressed the scouts of Ventforet Kofu and he was transferred immediately. Ventforet Kofu Burcă played sixteen matches and scored one goal for Ventforet. Universitatea Craiova After a year in Ecuador and near two years in Japan, Burcă returned to Romania to play for FC Universitatea Craiova a total of 25 matches, which impressed FC Dinamo București who signed him. Dinamo București He won with them the Romanian League during the 2003–04 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc
Futball Klub Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc (, ), commonly known as Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc or simply Csíkszereda, is a Romanian professional football club based in Miercurea Ciuc, Harghita County, which competes in the Liga II. The current name of the team is an amalgamation of both the Hungarian and Romanian names of the city, respectively, with Miercurea Ciuc having a majority of Szekler population. Csíkszereda was originally established in 1904 in Austria-Hungary, and was an amateur team without notable results at national level. Refounded in 1919, it participated in the Romanian leagues until 1940, and eventually reached the second tier of Hungary after Northern Transylvania was assigned to the latter country. After World War II, the region was returned to Romania and Csíkszereda took a downward slope until 1971, when it participated in the Romanian third division for the first time. After the fall of communism in 1989, the team encountered financial issues and mo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Universitatea Cluj
Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first tier of the Romanian league system. Founded in 1919 by doctor Iuliu Hațieganu, Universitatea Cluj has spent more than half of its history in the top flight, but never became national champion. It played five Cupa României finals under four names, and won the trophy in the 1964–65 season after a 2–1 defeat of Dinamo Pitești. Once considered the most important side in the region of Transylvania, its status has been threatened in the 21st century by the success of CFR Cluj, with whom it contests the Cluj derby. Universitatea players and fans are nicknamed ''Șepcile roșii'' ("the Red Caps") after the red berets worn by students of the Cluj University of Medicine. The team traditionally plays in white and black kits, although variations of red, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Domagoj Pavičić
Domagoj Pavičić (born 9 March 1994) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Konyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig. Club career Pavičić joined Lokomotiva on two loans from Dinamo Zagreb in order to get first team chances. He scored his first goal for the club against Zadar in a 2-0 away win. After returning from loan, it was announced that he would debut against his old club Lokomotiva. He came in the match as a 74th-minute substitute for Junior Fernandes as Dinamo won the match 2-0. Zoran Mamić, the coach of Dinamo Zagreb said: "Pavičić represents the future of Dinamo and maybe soon he will be in a very narrow choice for the first team." On 1 September 2017, Pavičić was loaned to Rijeka until January 2018. In January 2018, following the end of the loan, Pavičić signed a -year contract with Rijeka. After leaving Rijeka in summer 2022, he joined Konyaspor as a free agent, being followed by his teammate Robert Murić. Career statistics ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Politehnica Iași (2010)
Asociația Club Sportiv Municipal Politehnica Iași (), commonly known as Politehnica Iași or simply Poli Iași, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Iași, Iași County, which plays in the Liga II. The team was formed in 2010 as ''ACSMU Politehnica Iași'', and regard themselves as the continuation of the original FC Politehnica Iași which was dissolved the same year; however, the club does not currently hold the record of the old entity. Between 2011 and 2016, it was rebranded as ''CSM Studențesc Iași'', but returned to the name of Politehnica afterwards. Politehnica Iași began competing in the second tier and made its first Liga I appearance in the 2012–13 season. In the 2017–18 campaign, it equalled the best result of its predecessor after finishing sixth in the Romanian league championship. The club plays in white and blue uniforms at the inherited Emil Alexandrescu Stadium, which has a capacity of 11,390 persons. History Foundation an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Darko Velkovski
Darko Velkovski ( mk, Дарко Велковски; born 21 June 1995) is a Macedonian footballer. He was born in Skopje, and he currently plays for Saudi club Al-Ettifaq as a centre-back or as a central midfielder. International career He made his senior debut for North Macedonia in a June 2014 friendly match against China and as of then, he has earned a total of 41 caps, scoring 3 goals. International goals :''As of match played 11 October 2021. North Macedonia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Velkovski goal.'' Honours Club Rabotnički *Macedonian First League **Winner: 2013–14 *Macedonian Football Cup **Winner: 2013–14, 2014–15 Vardar *Macedonian First League **Winner: 2015–16, 2016–17 Rijeka *Croatian Football Cup The Hrvatski nogometni kup ( eng, Croatian football cup), also colloquially known as Rabuzinovo sunce (), is an annually held football tournament for Croatian football clubs and is the second most important com ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Željko Kopić
Željko Kopić (born 10 September 1977) is a Croatian football manager and former player. Playing career In his playing days, Željko Kopić played for Croatian clubs NK Čakovec, NK Marsonia and NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Australian club Sydney United 58 FC. Coaching career In October 2009, Kopić was appointed as manager of Zagorec in the fourth tier of Croatian league system. After two months in charge, he was signed by Druga HNL team Segesta. After winning only three points in first five matches, he was sacked in March 2010 leaving Segesta in relegation zone. In August 2011, he succeeded Dražen Biškup at the helm of Lučko in the first division. Lučko finished 2011–12 Prva HNL season in 13th place and was relegated to the second division. At the start of the following season, Kopić signed a two-year contract with Cibalia. In November 2012, he resigned as manager after winning only one match in last seven rounds. In June 2014, he took over the helm of NK Zagreb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Metaloglobus București
Fotbal Club Metaloglobus București, commonly known as Metaloglobus București or simply as Metaloglobus, is a Romanian football club based in București, currently playing in the Liga II. History Metaloglobus București was founded in 1923 as the football team of the Metaloglobus factory, a powerful factory that was founded in the same year by the Austrian industrialist Manfréd Weiss. The factory has been developed more in the communist period and produced all kinds of objects made of steel and iron from lanterns, bullets, boilers and from 1965 they started to produce toys. After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, the factory began to have financial problems and in 2000 was bought by Syrian businessman Imad Kassas. The football team experienced success. They played in amateur leagues of Bucharest almost all of its existence, until 2011 when they won Liga IV Bucharest and qualified for the Liga III play-off where they lost against Rapid Clejani, Giurgiu County champions. After a lo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cupa României
The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a football cup competition for Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, being open to all clubs affiliated with the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to. Currently, the winner of the competition is granted a place in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers and plays the Supercupa României. Most finals have been held at the Stadionul Național (formerly known as "23 August"), and occasionally at other stadiums in Bucharest. During the construction of the new Stadionul Național, the final was staged each year in a different major city of the country. In 2007, the final was held in Timișoara at the Dan Păltinișanu stadium, this being the second occasion when the last game was played outside Bucharest (the first occurrence took place in 1989, when Brașov hosted the e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Antonio Bordușanu
Antonio Alexandru Bordușanu (born 10 August 2004) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga I club Dinamo București. He entered the history of Dinamo București as the first ever goal-scorer for the team in the second division, in the 1-0 win against Progresul Spartac in August 2022. Club career Dinamo București A product of the Dinamo București academy, he made his senior debut for the club on 26 February 2021, in a 0-5 defeat against Viitorul Constanta, when he replaced Diego Fabbrini in the 89th minute. During the Liga I 2021-2022 season, he became a first-team regular, especially in the second part of the season, when he was used as the mandatory under-21 player in the team, as required by the rules of the national competition. On 22 February 2022, he was selected in the team of the week by the LPF, after the game against Gaz Metan Mediaș where he scored his first ever senior goal in a 4-0 win. The season finished with the relegation of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Voluntari
Fotbal Club Voluntari (), commonly known as FC Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian professional football club based in Voluntari, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga I. Founded in 2010, it has been playing since the 2015–16 season in the Liga I, the highest tier of the Romanian league system. Voluntari claimed its first major honour the following campaign, after defeating Astra Giurgiu in the penalty shootout of the Cupa României final, and went on to win the Supercupa României the same year. Voluntari's home ground is the Anghel Iordănescu Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,600 people. History Early years FC Voluntari was founded in the summer of 2010 and enrolled directly in the Liga III, after acquiring the berth of Petrolul Berca. During their debut season in the third league, ''Ilfovenii'' finished in sixth place with Romeo Bunică as a head coach, and repeated the performance the next season with Bogdan Andone in charge. The 2012–13 sea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |