In the summer of 1974, the international Dembroschi chose to leave SC Bacău (where he had played as a starter at the World Cup in Mexico in 1970, where he was named the best Romanian player) and to come to Politehnica Timișoara. The transfer was a bumpy one, as the Bacau club did not accept the parting of their star player. The rules stipulated that a footballer who wanted to…

Politehnica Timișoara will meet for the first time in 2025, on Thursday, January 16, at the locker rooms of the “Dan Paltinișanu” stadium. The week of January 13-19 will be the first official working week for the white-violets to tackle the second part of the 2024-25 season. On Monday, January 13, our players will undergo a medical visit, followed by the first training session of the new year on Thursday,…

Politehnica Timisoara ended the year on an upward trend. Despite a start of the 2024-25 season with oscillating results in Series 9 of League 3, the young white-violets have left their supporters with four consecutive victories in the championship, currently occupying 4th place, thanks to the superior league position of Minerul Lupeni, one position below. There are still three rounds of the regular season to be played, after which the…

The appointment of Cristian Gălan on the bench of the “alb-violeleților” in the summer was perhaps viewed with distrust by many people, but the supporters and those always around Politehnicii Timișoara did not doubt the professionalism, hard work and ethics of the man who, as a player, wore the captain’s armband of our team. The interview below with the young coach focuses around the challenges of the fall How has…

Three decades ago, in December 1989, Romanian football was living moments of grace. The national team, with Emerich Jenei at the helm, had just qualified for the World Cup in Italy after a 3-1 win over Denmark. Politehnica Timisoara were in Division A and had had a good round. 0-0 with Flacăra Moreni (home), 0-1 with Dinamo (home), 0-3 with Steaua (away), 0-0 with Victoria (home), 1-0 with Universitatea Craiova…

Prof. Sorin Brîndescu took over at the end of July, in a very difficult moment for our club, the position of executive director of Politehnicii Timisoara. After the end of the first half of the championship we had a brief chat with him about how things have evolved at the team in the last five months or so and what are the team’s prospects for the future. Mr. Brîndescu, how…