Petre Deselnicu Arena

One of the most important former players of Universitatea Craiova gave today his name to a new training field. The most important training field of our team is called Petre Deselnicu. He was a player of Universitatea Craiova from 1960 to 1978. At this important moment from our team's life were people 500. They celebrated the memory of Petre Deselnicu. Our team made a demonstrative game followed by a dinner offered by Universitatea Craiova's owner. This will be a new stadium with 3000 places and lighting improvements. You can see some pictures bellow:
On the memorial plate is written: Petre Deselnicu (aka Tai-Pan) 23 September 1946 - 14 July 2003. 243 games in the Romanian first league, 12 goals. One time Champion Of Romania (1973-1974) and one time Cup Of Romania winner (1977). He was vice-president of Universitatea Craiova in1990/1991 and 2002/2003 seasons. Maestro of the Sports and Honor Citizen of Craiova municipality.

Euro 2008: Czech Republic - Turkey 2-3

A heart attack football game. The Czech Republic football players had 2-0 in the 70th minute of the game. The Turks came back and changed the game result.

Unbelivable

Italy - Romania preview

It is a movie from 1966. This film is called "The Dacians" and is about 2000 years ago ancestors of Romanians. They fought against Roman Empire 2 times 101-102 and 105-106 a. C. I will make a translation for you:
Roman soldier: "Open the gates! We will give your lives and your freedom."
Dacian soldier: "Who are you?"
Roman soldier: "The masters of The World."
Dacian soldier: "You will... If you kill us all."

Euro 2008 - day 5

Cristiano Ronaldo scored one goal and set up two more to put Portugal on the brink of the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2008 after a 3-1 win over Group A rivals Czech Republic at the Stade de Genève.Deco had given Portugal an eighth-minute lead after good work from Ronaldo before Libor Sionko's thumping header levelled proceedings. However, Ronaldo turned on the style in the second half, providing a sublime finish from the edge of the area in the 63rd minute before supplying Ricardo Quaresma to round things off in added time. The win, which leaves Portugal top of Group A with six points, will almost certainly ensure them a last-eight place but it leaves the Czechs with a nervous finish in their final group game against Turkey on Sunday.
Ardan Turan's deflected goal deep in injury time gave Turkey a win that revived their UEFA EURO 2008 hopes – but ended those of co-hosts Switzerland on St. Jakob-Park in Basel.

Switzerland, like Turkey beaten on the opening day, dealt better with a first-half Basel downpour and Hakan Yakin put them ahead just past the half-hour with a rain-assisted goal. Semih, however, was a prolific scorer from the bench for Fenerbahçe SK this season and 12 minutes after his half-time introduction he repeated the trick for his nation. It seemed a draw would be the outcome but Arda had other ideas and now Turkey can reach the quarter-finals by winning their final Group A game against the Czech Republic on Sunday. Switzerland will finish in fourth place.

Euro 2008 - day 4

A scintillating hat-trick from David Villa gave Spain a clear-cut 4-1 victory over Russia in their first outing at UEFA EURO 2008 and confirmed the immense power of the Valencia CF striker's partnership with Fernando Torres.In a high-quality Group D encounter on Stadion Tivoli Neu, Russia provided moments to indicate that Luis Aragonés's side may still be vulnerable at the back and gained consolation with Roman Pavlyuchenko's 86th-minute header. But Villa's second goal in particular was a stunning team move which may already be one of the goals of the tournament. Only the seventh player in finals history to score three in a game, the 26-year-old's treble was the first in a EURO since Patrick Kluivert's against Yugoslavia eight years ago. Villa then utterly stamped his class on the match, crossing for Xavi Hernández to volley and substitute Cesc Fàbregas to head in the fourth in stoppage time.Sweden's Olof Mellberg was delighted with a "well-deserved win" against Greece at Stadion Salzburg Wals-Siezenheim last night.The imposing defender admitted the 2-0 victory had not been pretty, as Greece frustrated the Swedes until Zlatan Ibrahimović's fantastic goal in the 67th minute. Petter Hansson wrapped up the Group D points with a somewhat less eye-catching, bundled effort five minutes later. "I thought we played really well from start to finish. We defended well and created quite a few chances, so I think it was a well-deserved win in the end," said Mellberg. "Greece also defended well. They tried to keep the ball and it was probably not the best game to watch, especially in the first half, but we did our job against a really strong side."

Amza Pellea

One of the most important actors of Romanian theater lived in Craiova and was the director of National Theater from Craiova.

This is the most important Romanian movie: "Mihai Viteazul". It is a film about one of the most important Romanian heroes called "Michael The Brave". He did it for barley a year while the papist west and the saracen east tried to pull the country apart from all sides and he was assassinated for it.

Movila wanted to get Mihai killed if possible on behalf of Bathory. I really doubt a peaceful resolution could have come through. Mihai's actions were flawless and if he hadn't been assassinated he would have kept the country for many more years.

Euro 2008 - Romania In

In the 3rd day of Euro 2008 Romania debuted against France. 0-0 was the score of this game. A hard work and the result we deserved.Romania made a promising start today, holding one of the tournament favourites, France, to a goalless draw at the Letzigrund Stadion in Zurich in Group C.

The Netherlands ended a 30-year wait for a victory over Italy in emphatic fashion as they began their Group C campaign with a rousing 3-0 victory against the world champions on Stade de Suisse from Berne.Ruud van Nistelrooy side-footed the Oranje ahead in the 26th minute, a lead doubled superbly by his Real Madrid CF colleague Wesley Sneijder soon after. Edwin van der Sar, becoming only the third player to appear in four UEFA European Championships, then kept the advantage intact, leaving Giovanni van Bronckhorst to complete the scoring with a headed third in the 79th minute. The Netherlands can now look forward with confidence to Friday's meeting with France, while Italy must pick themselves up from a worst-ever EURO defeat when they face Romania.

Euro 2008 - day 2

Austria went the same way at Ernst-Happel-Stadion from as fellow hosts Switzerland, opening their UEFA EURO 2008 challenge with a narrow defeat as Luka Modrić's early penalty gave Croatia victory in Vienna.

Modrić, Croatian midfielder, scored the only goal of the first Group B game in the fourth minute, driving in after Ivica Olić had been brought down by René Aufhauser – the fastest penalty in the history of the final tournament. The home side took time to find their feet after that early setback, but mounted a stirring late charge with substitute Roman Kienast heading centimetres past the post seconds before the whistle. In the other game of the day, Germany forward Lukas Podolski admitted to having "mixed feelings" about scoring the goals against Poland which gave Joachim Löw's team a winning start to their UEFA EURO 2008 campaign at the expense of his country of birth.The FC Bayern München player struck in the 20th and 72nd minutes – but celebrated neither – in Klagenfurt at Wörthersee Stadion to propel Germany to the top of Group B and earn himself the Carlsberg Man of the Match award. "Obviously I have mixed feelings," said Podolski. "I was born in Poland and I have a big family there so it's a very important thing for me. We applied what we worked on in training and must push forward from here." Following Croatia's success against Austria in the earlier fixture, the 23-year-old accepted the hard work was just beginning, saying: "As I said, this is the first step and we must continue – we can't relax. We have two days to refresh ourselves and then it's back to training and everything continues from there."

Josh Mitchell

Today is the birthday of Universitatea Craiova's player, Josh Mitchell. Happy Birthday, Josh!
Statistics:
Birth date: 08.06.1984
Height: 1,82 m
Weight: 73 kg
Nationality: Australian
Post: central defender / left defender
T-shirt number: 4
Debut in Liga I: 29.07.2006 • Universitatea Craiova - FC Vaslui 0-0
2005-2006 Universitatea Craiova - 23 matches / 0 goals
2006-2007 Universitatea Craiova - 29 matches / 1 goal

Euro 2008 started today

The first game of the tournament was Switzerland-Czech Republic 0-1. First of it we had a colourful ceremony at St. Jakob-Park in Basel.The display, conceptually designed by artistic director Martin Arnaud and the Auditoire agency, combined the various elements that will make EURO a memorable experience – the heritage of the two host countries, sport and culture, and UEFA's values of fair play, respect and the joy of football. The 13-minute show featured around 1,000 performers of various nationalities, aged between 14 and 70. Among the images prevalent were Alpine horns and yodellers, the green summer pastures and white winter landscapes of both countries, and the splendour of Lake Constance, bordered by both host nations.Svěrkoš took on the role with 19 minutes remaining. Following a period of Czech pressure prompted by Sionko and Plašil, the striker latched on to Zdeněk Grygera's forward header to direct a cool, low finish to Benaglio's left – the 24-year-old's first international goal. A player from FC Baník Ostrava had just ruined Switzerland's big day.
Portugal won against Turkey by 2 second-half strikes from Pepe and substitute Raul Meireles who secured all three points for Cristiano Ronaldo's team at the Stade de Genève.

It was a deserved victory for Luiz Felipe Scolari's men who also rattled the woodwork twice through Nuno Gomes. For Turkey, by contrast, defeat here continues their unhappy sequence of results against not just Portugal but also teams coached by Scolari – his Brazil beat them twice at the 2002 FIFA World Cup – and makes Wednesday's Group A meeting with Switzerland a virtual eliminator.

Tudor Gheorghe

One of the most beloved artists from Craiova is Tudor Gheorghe. He is an actor of National Theater from Craiova. He played in numerously dramas, and he is also a very popular singer.

Tudor Gheorghe composed one of the Universitatea Craiova's anthems. That is beacause our team has 2 anthems.

He made numerously shows all over the world. But there is no place on the Earth where he is beloved like in Craiova.

2008-2009 Romanian Championship program

Etapa 1, 26 iulie

Rapid - Gloria Bistriţa
Universitatea Craiova - Politehnica Iaşi
FC Vaslui - Steaua
FC Braşov - Unirea Urziceni
Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu - Dinamo
FC Argeş - Poli Timişoara
Gaz Metan Mediaş - Oţelul Galaţi
CS Otopeni - CFR Cluj
Gloria Buzău - Farul Constanţa

Etapa 2, 2 august

Gloria Bistriţa - Universitatea Craiova
Politehnica Iaşi - FC Vaslui
Steaua - FC Braşov
Unirea Urziceni - FC Argeş
Dinamo - Gaz Metan Mediaş
Poli Timişoara - Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu
Oţelul Galaţi - CS Otopeni
CFR Cluj - Gloria Buzău
Farul Constanţa - Rapid

Etapa 3, 9 august

Rapid - CFR Cluj
Universitatea Craiova - Farul Constanţa
FC Vaslui - Gloria Bistriţa
Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu - Unirea Urziceni
FC Argeş - FC Braşov
Gaz Metan Mediaş - Poli Timişoara
CS Otopeni - Dinamo
Gloria Buzău - Oţelul Galaţi
Politehnica Iaşi - Steaua

Etapa 4, 16 august

FC Braşov - Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu
Gloria Bistriţa - Politehnica Iaşi
Steaua - FC Argeş
Unirea Urziceni - Gaz Metan Mediaş
Dinamo - Gloria Buzău
Poli Timişoara - CS Otopeni
Oţelul Galaţi - Rapid
CFR Cluj - Universitatea Craiova
Farul Constanţa - FC Vaslui

Etapa 5, 23 august

Rapid - Dinamo
Universitatea Craiova - Oţelul Galaţi
FC Vaslui - CFR Cluj
Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu - FC Argeş
Gaz Metan Mediaş - FC Braşov
CS Otopeni - Unirea Urziceni
Gloria Buzău - Poli Timişoara
Gloria Bistriţa - Steaua
Politehnica Iaşi - Farul Constanţa

Etapa 6, 30 august

FC Braşov - CS Otopeni
FC Argeş - Gaz Metan Mediaş
Steaua - Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu
Unirea Urziceni - Gloria Buzău
Dinamo - Universitatea Craiova
Poli Timişoara - Rapid
Oţelul Galaţi - FC Vaslui
CFR Cluj - Politehnica Iaşi
Farul Constanţa - Gloria Bistriţa

Etapa 7, 13 septembrie

Rapid - Unirea Urziceni
Universitatea Craiova - Poli Timişoara
FC Vaslui - Dinamo
Gaz Metan Mediaş - Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu
CS Otopeni - FC Argeş
Gloria Buzău - FC Braşov
Gloria Bistriţa - CFR Cluj
Politehnica Iaşi - Oţelul Galaţi
Farul Constanţa - Steaua

Etapa 8, 20 septembrie

FC Braşov - Rapid
Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu - CS Otopeni
FC Argeş - Gloria Buzău
Steaua - Gaz Metan Mediaş
Unirea Urziceni - Universitatea Craiova
Dinamo - Politehnica Iaşi
Poli Timişoara - FC Vaslui
Oţelul Galaţi - Gloria Bistriţa
CFR Cluj - Farul Constanţa

Etapa 9

Rapid - FC Argeş
Universitatea Craiova - FC Braşov
FC Vaslui - Unirea Urziceni
CS Otopeni - Gaz Metan Mediaş
Gloria Buzău - Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu
Gloria Bistriţa - Dinamo
Politehnica Iaşi - Poli Timişoara
CFR Cluj - Steaua
Farul Constanţa - Oţelul Galaţi

Etapa 10

FC Braşov - FC Vaslui
Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu - Rapid
FC Argeş - Universitatea Craiova
Gaz Metan Mediaş - Gloria Buzău
Steaua - CS Otopeni
Unirea Urziceni - Politehnica Iaşi
Dinamo - Farul Constanţa
Poli Timişoara - Gloria Bistriţa
Oţelul Galaţi - CFR Cluj

Etapa 11

Rapid - Gaz Metan Mediaş
Universitatea Craiova - Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu
FC Vaslui - FC Argeş
Gloria Buzău - CS Otopeni
Gloria Bistriţa - Unirea Urziceni
Politehnica Iaşi - FC Braşov
Oţelul Galaţi - Steaua
CFR Cluj - Dinamo
Farul Constanţa - Poli Timişoara

Etapa 12

FC Braşov - Gloria Bistriţa
Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu - FC Vaslui
FC Argeş - Politehnica Iaşi
Gaz Metan Mediaş - Universitatea Craiova
CS Otopeni - Rapid
Steaua - Gloria Buzău
Unirea Urziceni - Farul Constanţa
Dinamo - Oţelul Galaţi
Poli Timişoara - CFR Cluj

Etapa 13

Rapid - Gloria Buzău
Universitatea Craiova - CS Otopeni
FC Vaslui - Gaz Metan Mediaş
Gloria Bistriţa - FC Argeş
Politehnica Iaşi - Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu
Dinamo - Steaua
Oţelul Galaţi - Poli Timişoara
CFR Cluj - Unirea Urziceni
Farul Constanţa - FC Braşov

Etapa 14

Rapid - Steaua
FC Braşov - CFR Cluj
Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu - Gloria Bistriţa
FC Argeş - Farul Constanţa
Gaz Metan Mediaş - Politehnica Iaşi
CS Otopeni - FC Vaslui
Gloria Buzău - Universitatea Craiova
Unirea Urziceni - Oţelul Galaţi
Poli Timişoara - Dinamo

Etapa 15

Universitatea Craiova - Rapid
FC Vaslui - Gloria Buzău
Gloria Bistriţa - Gaz Metan Mediaş
Politehnica Iaşi - CS Otopeni
Steaua - Poli Timişoara
Dinamo - Unirea Urziceni
Oţelul Galaţi - FC Braşov
CFR Cluj - FC Argeş
Farul Constanţa - Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu

Etapa 16

Rapid - FC Vaslui
Universitatea Craiova - Steaua
FC Braşov - Dinamo
Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu - CFR Cluj
FC Argeş - Oţelul Galaţi
Gaz Metan Mediaş - Farul Constanţa
CS Otopeni - Gloria Bistriţa
Gloria Buzău - Politehnica Iaşi
Unirea Urziceni - Poli Timişoara

Etapa 17

FC Vaslui - Universitatea Craiova
Gloria Bistriţa - Gloria Buzău
Politehnica Iaşi - Rapid
Steaua - Unirea Urziceni
Dinamo - FC Argeş
Poli Timişoara - FC Braşov
Oţelul Galaţi - Pandurii Tîrgu-Jiu
CFR Cluj - Gaz Metan Mediaş
Farul Constanţa - CS Otopeni