CSM Jiul Petroșani
Clubul Sportiv Municipal Jiul Petroșani, commonly known as Jiul Petroșani, simply as Jiul, is a professional football (soccer), football football team, club based in Petroșani, Hunedoara County, founded in 1919 under the name of ''CAM Petroșani''. Jiul Petroșani is one of the oldest active clubs in Romania. Founded before teams such as CSA Steaua București (football), Steaua București, FC Dinamo București, Dinamo București or FC Rapid București, Rapid București, Jiul, at its best, was ranked 2nd (1924–25 Divizia A, 1924–25) in the top-flight. For most of its existence, Jiul has been a constant presence in the first two tiers of the Romanian football league system, making it a traditional club in the country. In 1990, the closure of the Jiu Valley mines, the main engine of the local economy, led to the decay of Jiul, annually putting the club in danger of bankruptcy. History 1919–1937: Foundation and early years Football was introduced to Jiu Valley in the earl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jiu Valley
The Jiu Valley ( , ) is a region in southwestern Transylvania, Romania, in Hunedoara county, situated in a valley of the Jiu River between the Retezat Mountains and the Parâng Mountains. The region was heavily industrialised and the main activity was coal mines, coal mining, but due to low efficiency, most of the mines were closed down in the years following the collapse of Communist Romania, Communism in Romania. For a long time the place was called Romania's biggest coalfield. History Before the 19th century The region was populated since ancient times, being part of Dacia. During the Middle Ages, the inhabitants of the Jiu Valley lived in huts spread along the mountains, and often near the river, and the main activity was shepherding. Until the early 19th century the region remained sparsely populated due to its geographical isolation (being surrounded by mountains). 19th century and early 20th century The development of coal mining started in the Jiu Valley about 160 years ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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FC Universitatea Cluj
Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. 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 has played six Cupa României finals under four names, and won the trophy in the 1964–65 Cupa României, 1964–65 season after a 2–1 defeat of FC Argeș Pitești, 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 Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj University of Medicin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Promotion And Relegation
Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes called open leagues. In a system of promotion and relegation, the best-ranked team(s) in a lower division are ''promoted'' to a higher division for the next season, and the worst-ranked team(s) in the higher division are ''relegated'' to the lower division for the next season. During the season, teams that are high enough in the league table that they would qualify for promotion are sometimes said to be in the ''promotion zone'', and those at the bottom are in the ''relegation zone'' (colloquially the ''drop zone'' or ''facing the drop''). These can also involve being in zones where promotion and relegation is not automatic but subject to a playoff, such as in the EFL Championship where teams 3rd to 6th enter a playoff for promotion to the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liga II
The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting company under the official name Liga 2 Casa Pariurilor. Format Since its inception in 1934, Liga II has had between 2 and 9 parallel divisions, with clubs divided based on geographic regions. But since the 2016–17 Liga II, 2016-17 Liga II, it changed to one group of 20 teams. Currently, the top six teams goes in the promotion play-off, in which the top 2 teams get promoted and the next 2 play a promotion play-off against teams from Liga I. In the play-out, there are 2 groups, 7th, 10th, 11th, etc. in group 1, 8th, 9th, 12th, etc. in group 2. the bottom 2 teams from each group gets relegated and the 3rd worst places in the 2 groups play each other home and away to decide the last tea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1932–33 Divizia A
The 1932–33 Divizia A was the twenty-first season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Group 1 League table Results Group 2 League table Results Final Top goalscorers Champion squad References {{DEFAULTSORT:1932-33 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 the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ... 1932–33 in Romanian football ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liga I
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation from and to Liga II. The teams play 30 matches each in the regular season, before entering the championship play-offs or the relegation play-outs according to their position in the regular table. Liga I was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909–10 Divizia A, 1909–10 campaign, being currently 25th in UEFA's UEFA coefficient#League coefficient, league coefficient ranking list. It is administered by the Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal, also known by the acronym LPF. Before the 2006–07 Liga I, 2006–07 season, the competition was known as ''Divizia A'', but the name had to be changed following the finding that someone else had registered that trademark. The best p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jiu River
The Jiu (; ; ; ) is a river in southern Romania. It is formed near Petroșani by the confluence of headwaters Jiul de Vest and Jiul de Est. It flows southward through the Romanian counties Hunedoara, Gorj, Mehedinți and Dolj before flowing into the Danube near Zăval, a few kilometers upstream from the Bulgarian city of Oryahovo. It is long, including its source river, Jiul de Vest. It has a basin of . p. 13 Its average discharge at the is . The upper [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CS Colțea Brașov
CS Colțea Brașov is a football club based in Brașov, in central Romania. It was founded in 1920, and it soon became one of the best teams in the country, winning one Romanian Championship in 1928. The club was dissolved in 1931 and refounded in 2015. It currently plays in the Liga IV. History A subsidiary of Colțea București, Colțea Brașov was founded in the year 1920 in Brașov by Vintilă Cristescu, Puiu Pavel and Iacobescu, all three of them being players of Colțea București. Colțea Brașov entered in the circuit of the local and national competitions in 1921. In 1925–1926, it won the regional championship, but in the national championship 1925–26, it was eliminated in the quarter-finals by AMEF Arad. The next year, in 1926–27, the club reached the final of the national championship, but lost to Chinezul Timișoara 2–2 and 2–3. The squad that was used included the following players: Kiss – Zarkoszy, Columban, Balint, Ad. Hrehuss, Adamovici, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1927–28 Divizia A
The 1927–28 Divizia A was the sixteenth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Participating teams Final Tournament of Regions Preliminary round Quarters Semifinals 1 The team from Sibiu failed to appear, so it lost the game with 0–3, by administrative decision. Final Champion squad References {{DEFAULTSORT:1927-28 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 the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ... 1927–28 in Romanian football ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aurel Guga
Aurel Guga (10 August 1898 – 7 November 1936) was a Romanian football player. Regarded as one of the most talented and versatile players of the early 1920s, Guga was the first captain of the Romania football team. He was also part of Romania's squad for the football tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Early life Born in Temeskubin (''Cuvin'') in what is now Serbia on 10 August 1898, with other sources claiming that he was born in 1900, Guga finished high school in Oravița, before moving to Lugoj. Because of World War I he could not start playing football until 1919, when he was 21. He started at the local club, Vulturii Lugoj, but stayed only one year because he wanted to apply for the Commercial Academy from Cluj. Career After his arrival in Cluj, he joined U Cluj, a club formed one year earlier by the "Sports Society of University Students". At the time, he only played with his team in local competitions since there was not any football championship at a national lev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ioan Kiss
Ioan Kiss (8 April 1901 – 19 November 2006) was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. International career Ioan Kiss played four friendly matches for Romania, making his debut on 25 April 1926 under coach Teofil Morariu in a 6–1 victory against Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t .... ::''Scores and results table. Romania's goal tally first:'' References External links * 1901 births 2006 deaths Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Place of birth missing Men's association football goalkeepers Liga I players CSM Jiul Petroșani players Romanian men centenarians 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CS Minerul Lupeni
Clubul Sportiv Viitorul Minerul Lupeni, commonly referred to as Minerul Lupeni, is a Romanian Association football, football club based in Lupeni, Hunedoara County, which competes in Liga III , the third tier of the Romanian football league system. Established in 1920 as ''Jiul Lupeni'', the club changed its name several times to ''Partizanul (1950), Flacăra (1951), Minerul (1953 and 1957) and Energia (1956)''. Dissolved in 2010, the club from Jiu Valley was re-founded as Viitorul Minerul Lupeni in 2021. History The team of miners from the Lupeni Coal Mine, Lupeni coal basin was founded in 1920 as Jiul Lupeni. In 1926, the club merger for a short time with Jiul Petroșani, CAMP playing under the name of Jiul Lupeni. In the 1927–28 Divizia A, 1927–28 season, the Jiu Valley team won the Arad Regional Championship, qualified for the Divizia A national tournament and reached the final, losing to Colțea Brașov, 2–3. The lineup from the final with Adalbert Szabo as coach: Ioa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |