2011 preparations for a new start

The winter between 2010 and 2011 was very strange for Universitatea Craiova. First of all, Victor Piturca was sacked. The new trainer of Universitatea Craiova is Nicolo Napoli now.

After this action, 10 football players left Universitatea Craiova: Razvan Stanca, Spase Dilevski, Jullius Wobay, Mihai Dina, Emil Gargorov, Valentin Iliev, Alex Piturca, Valerica Gaman, Stefan Barboianu and David Junior Lopes. In the last 5 years, this was the biggest amount of footbal players who leave our team once. Practically it is almost an entire team who went off from Craiova.

Universitatea had a training session in Antalya, Turkey and played some friendly games there. These are the results:

CSM RÂMNICU VÂLCEA - UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA 1-1

for Craiova scored Mihai Roman ('59)

SHINNIK YAROSLAVL - UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA 3-4

goals scored by Fl. Costea ('20), Gangioveanu ('22), Prepelita ('44), Mihai Roman('66)

UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA - MLADA BOLESLAV 1-1

for Craiova scored Mihai Costea ('29)

BORAC BANJA LUKA - UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA 1-0

UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA - MINIOR PERNIK 0-0

LOKOMOTIV MOSCOW - UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA 3-1

for Craiova scored Mihai Costea ('28)

CFR Cluj - Universitatea Craiova 2-1

Universitatea Craiova hoped to bring 3 points from Cluj. And there were chances for this. After an white first half, Dorel Stoica scored after a shot from 40 meters of Cluj's goal. Everything seemed to be OK after this, but CFR Cluj scored twice and the game was lost by Universitatea Craiova.

Madalin Ciuca get a red card in the end of the match. That is why he will miss next 2 games.

Our team: 1.Stanca – 6.Ciucă, 7.V. Găman, 5.Stoica, 2.Bărboianu - 30.Prepeliţă, 13.Dilevski, 23.Gargorov ('62 8.Ologu) - 77.Wobay ('82 9.M.Costea), 20.Dina, 27.Al.Piţurcă

Gaz Metan Medias - Universitatea Craiova 1-0

Universitatea Craiova lost another game. This time was an away match played against a team from Sibiu county: Gaz Metan Medias. Craiova tried so hard to get points from this play but we were not lucky enough.

After a 0-0 first half, everybody had the felling this game will be a draw. In the 67th minute of the game Litu scored for Gaz Metan. Craiova worked hard to score, and in the end of the we had the best opportunity a football team can have: penalty kick. After a fault against Julius Wobay in the penalty area, Gangioveanu took the ball trying to score. He missed and the game ended with 3 points for Medias. Universitatea Craiova still waits for a victory.

Our team: 1.Stanca - 18.Dananae, 5.Stoica, 3.Lopes, 6.M.Ciuca - 8.Ologu ('75 28.Gangioveanu), 13.Dilevski, 77.Wobay - 20.Dina ('84 19.Stoianof), 9.M. Costea ('65 10.Fl. Costea), 27.Al. Piturca

Universitatea Craiova - Gloria Bistrita 1-2

A game played in a Saturday. Universitatea Craiova lost the 16th round of Liga I, against Gloria Bistrita this time.

Junior Moraes scored two times for Gloria Bistrita (10th and 42nd minutes of the game) from almost indentical phases: counter attacks on wide spaces left by Universitatea's defenders and no reactions of Stanca.

Universitatea Craiova scored in the 27th minute of the game after a phase worked by Wobay and Mihai Costea. Madalin Ciuca scored for 1-1 but this result could not be maintained by our team until the end of the game.

Our team: 1.Stanca - 6.Ciuca, 7.Gaman, 5.Stoica, 2.Barboianu - 8.Ologu, 13.Dilevski - 77.Wobay (28.Gângioveanu '62), 20.Dina (19.Stoianof '80), 9.M.Costea (10.Fl. Costea '59) - 27.Al. Piturca