Politehnica put an end to their two defeats this spring season with a 1-1 draw against arch-rivals Dinamo in Bucharest. The result was necessary, but not enough to get the red and white team out of the play-off. Timisoara started with D. Moldovan (in goal) and T. Calin in the starting line-up for the first time. As early as 1:40, the hosts sent the ball into the goal, but it…

A club of the Ministry of the Interior, founded in 1948 (three years after the Red Army had entered Romania by tank), Dinamo Bucharest was created after the “Dinamo” model, a club model of police forces established by the USSR in the countries it had conquered after the war. Thus was born a team that would become one of the two “greats” of Romanian football. Bearing a name that in…

Statements from today’s press conference: Octavian Benga, coach of Politehnica: “We have a very difficult match ahead of us, against Dinamo, a historical rival of Poli Timisoara and Timisoara in general. Two teams with different objectives are meeting. Namely, Dinamo, trying to get promoted, and Poli, struggling in the basement of the standings. I hope that I managed first of all to make our players, and I’ve been trying since…

Politehnica Timisoara will play on Sunday in the 19th round of the Second League. It is the last round of the regular season. The opponent will be Dinamo, and the match will be played at the Arcul de Triumf National Rugby Stadium, from 1pm. The other matches of this round will also take place then. In the standings, Poli is in 19th place, penultimate, with 12 points, and Dinamo is…

A strong start in Division A, in a superb autumn ’87: 2-1 over Universita Craiova and the epic 2-1 against Dinamo. Dinamo, the great “enemy” of Polist football, had one of the best club teams in Europe in those years and one of the best that Romania ever had. It was the high point of the Poli – Dinamo rivalry. In 1975, 1977 and 1982, Dinamo won the title at…

Politehnica was promoted to the 3rd League in 2015 after a battle with Ripensia. The Ripensia – Politehnica match 2-6, on 7 March 2015, in the IV League, played on “Dan Paltinisanu”, in front of 6,000 spectators, remains memorable! It was the most important match, until then, at the level of the 4th echelon of Romanian football post-december. The match was without history. But it was a historic match! Sunny…