Another overall positive weekend for the Polytechnic Academy juniors. If the U18s got off to a bad start (and) the play-out, in the Elite League our teams started the play-off with wins on two tough fields. Poli U17s defeated the leader of the West Series – Universitatea Craiova, while Poli U16s defeated UTA again and reached five consecutive wins in the championship. Youth League Our under-18 team lost in the…

Here are the most important figures of yesterday’s Timisoara derby, made by Cristian Novac for Stats Perform:  

The Timisoara derby was settled in the first minute of extra time. Then, new signing Mihai Ene, formerly of Poli, flawlessly converted a free kick from 20m out, easily from the left side, the ball hitting the sidebar at the short corner before going into the net of Murariu, his former teammate at Academia Hagi. The game was heading for 0-0, although there was no shortage of chances. As early…

In order to stop the decline of Timisoara football, Dr. Cornel Lazăr, the former president of the Chinez, set up the first professional club in Romania. On 21 October 1928, FC Ripensia was founded in Timișoara as a joint-stock company. Colours, red and yellow. On 26 October 1930, professionalism was finally admitted by the FRFA, which created the Central Commission for Professional Football, based in Timișoara and chaired by Dr…

ASU Poli was promoted to the Third League in 2015 after a battle with Ripensia. The match Ripensia – ASU Politehnica 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 tier of Romanian football post-december. The match was without history. But it was a historic…

Politehnica Timisoara will play on Saturday in the 13th round of the Second League. The opponent will be Ripensia, and the match will be played away, at Electrica stadium, from 11 am. In the standings, Poli is in 19th place, penultimate, with 8 points, and Ripensia, 16th, with 12 points. For the first time in a long time, the white-violet team has no players unavailable. Quotes: Octavian Benga, Politehnica coach:…