Last night, at 10 pm, Prof. Ion V. Ionescu, the legendary soccer coach, has gone to the Lord. He turned 88 on May 2. The funeral will take place on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the cemetery in Calea Șagului. God rest your soul, Professor. *** Ion V. Ionescu was born on May 2, 1936, in Rudna (Timis County) (“V.”, to be distinguished from Ion Ionescu, the former striker of…

On 1 June 1980, Politehnica Timișoara won its second and – so far – its last trophy. Romanian Cup. In the final played at the 23 August stadium in Bucharest, Poli defeated Steaua 2-1 after extra time. That year, Poli would only finish 10th in Division A. Some time ago, Steaua had crushed Poli in the championship, 7-1! The Ghencea Reds had a classy team, which lost the title on…

Politehnica Timișoara football team defeated in the second leg of the first round of the promotion play-off to the 2nd League, 1-0 (1-0), at CSC Ghiroda and Giarmata Vii. However, the result was not enough to qualify for the final after the 2-0 defeat in the first leg. The only goal of the match was scored by Bogdan Istratie with a low shot in the 39th minute. It was also…

The Politehnica Timisoara football team will lose in the first leg of the first round of the promotion play-off to League II. CSC Ghiroda and Giarmata Vii won 2-0 (0-0). In the first half, the guests dominated more. They had scoring chances in min. 5 (Buțu, blocked by Vlaicu at the edge of the box), 6 (Popovici shot, from distance, just wide), 31 (Trandu shot, Murariu concedes corner), 38 (shot…

Politehnica Timișoara football team will play today in the first leg of the first round of the promotion play-off to the 2nd League. The opponent will be the joint team of CSC Ghiroda and Giarmata Vii, the team in 1st place in the VII series. The match will take place at 6 pm at the Electrica stadium and will be televised by Tele Europa Nova Timișoara and also by Politehnica’s…

Politehnica Timișoara football team won 3-1 against Phoenix Buziaș in the 9th round, the last round of the 3rd League play-off. The white-violets opened the scoring early, in the 9th minute, through Emanuel Sfichi’s header from another youngster’s cross, Istratie. Six minutes later Alex Adamcsik made it 2-0 with a shot to Flonta’s right. The guests reduced the deficit in the 19th minute through Remus Bobocea. The final score was…