Poli had qualified for the UEFA Cup. The first round seemed to be the last. The opponents were the famous Atletico Madrid, the team of the volcanic president Jesus Gil y Gil, the Croatian (then Yugoslavian) coach Tomislav Ivic, with players like the Brazilians Donato (later naturalised for the Spanish national team) and Baltazar, the Spaniards Solozabal and Manolo, the Austrian Rodax and, above all, the Portuguese Futre. But on…

For the past year our boys have been constantly hydrated by Apuseana spring water. This brand built by the Alconor Company, from Satu Mare, has had and continues to have faith in our soul project. Apuseana is a water with tradition, being bottled for the first time in 2004, given to us by the lands of Salsom, spoiled by nature and peace. Over the years it has constantly improved and…

At the end of the match against FC Bihor, the Polist leader Costel Pantilimon condemned the refereeing, and not only… “I watched, from above it seemed to me that it was not (editor’s note: penalty) and I stand by my opinion, I’ve said it before, from my point of view I think everyone should realize that football is played on the pitch. It’s not made for someone to have priority…

In 1992, two years later, the other famous Madrid side, Real, Atletico’s great local rival, came to Timisoara. Real Madrid, the most important club in the history of world football, an unofficial status kept permanently since the second half of the 1950s, when they won the first five editions of the European Champions Cup! Gh. Hagi, the greatest Romanian footballer of all time, had just left the “albi”, to Brescia,…

Politehnica Timisoara football team will play on Saturday in the 4th round of the 3rd League. The opponent will be FC Bihor Oradea, and the match will take place from 17:00 at Electrica Stadium. It will be the second consecutive match of the white-violet team on home ground, after the victory against CS Socodor. In the standings, FC Bihor is the leader, with maximum points in the first three rounds…

Over the years, several memorable derbies have taken place between Poli and FC Bihor, especially in the second division. Here is an excerpt from the book “Politehnica Timișoara – Football and Handball”, by Octavian Stăncioiu and Viorel Jurcuț, published by Politehnica Publishing House on 4 December 2021, on the occasion of the Centenary of the Politehnica Timișoara Sports Society: Access to D1 would only become possible in 1973, when coach…