Politehnica won today, 1-0 (1-0) against OFK Vršac, in a friendly played in Varsets. The white-violet scored through Serbian Stojanovic (4). Poli: Murariu – D. Radu, Bocșan (c), Porumb, Taub – Tiihonen, Ignea – Marincu, Bîrnoi (46, Gîdea), Stojanovic – Gavra. From the 60th minute D. Moldovan – Oanea and Sekulic entered, Murariu – Taub and Bocșan exited. From the 70th minute Gologan, Boariu, Târșa, A. Mada and Țurcaș entered,…

OFK Vršac was established only in 2007 as OFK Vršac United. Since 2017 it has the current name. Last year it was promoted for the first time to the Serbian second league. In the current standings, they are in 8th place with 25 points from 19 matches, which is the last play-off qualifying position. There are 16 teams, including Železničar Pančevo (also from Serbian Banat, it’s in 3rd place) and…

Politehnica will play their first away friendly of the year tomorrow and also the only international match of the winter. The opponent will be OFK Vršac, a Serbian second league team. The game will start at 13:00 local time (14:00 Romanian time) and will be played on the synthetic pitch next to the Gradski stadium in Varsets.

Costel Pantilimon was presented today at noon as general manager of the Politehnica Timisoara football team. He was born on 1 February 1987, in Bacău, where he also started playing football, with Aerostar, and where he also made his senior debut. In 2006 he transferred to FCU Politehnica Timișoara, brought by Gheorghe Hagi. He was part of the team that eliminated Shahtar Donetsk from the Champions League. In 2011 he…

Politehnica lost today, 1-2 (0-2) against SCM Zalău, in a friendly played on synthetic field, at Baza 2. The weather was bitter (is this global warming a fairy tale?), with cold, heavy rain and a biting wind. The white-violet team started with the basic formula, and by half-time the guests scored through the ex-international from Montenegro Nikolic (min. 6 and 45, at the last phase of the first half). In…

Tomorrow, Saturday, at 12 noon, at the Dan Paltinisanu stadium, Politehnica will play a new friendly match against SCM Zalău. The team from Sălăje is in 4th place in the Xth series of the 3rd League, with 24 points, eight points behind the leader Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud. The game will be played behind closed doors. As you know, the big stadium in Timisoara has been closed for competitions, so spectators are…