Give A Hand For Universitatea Craiova !

Our team is in coma. There is no hope to save it. The only thing we can do is trying. Which is if you know someone who lives in Craiova, Romania please, send that person to our protest. We can do a lot or we can not do a thing but we have to try. This is, maybe, last time we hear about Universitatea Craiova, that beautiful team who was 30 years ago the princess of Europe. Now this team is broke, old and sick. You don't need to give your blood. Just get out of your house next Saturday 15:00 o'clock and be present in front of "Ion Oblemenco" Stadium. Let's hope there will be enough people to keep Stiinta alive. 

Petrodollars for Craiova

A businessman from Dubai wants to donate a significant amount of money to Independent Supporters Association of FC Universitatea Craiova. This association will finance our team until the end of the championship. The information was made ​​public by website www.stiridesport.ro

The white-blue team could receive "petrodollars" being just one step before bankruptcy. Our players are unpaid for seven months. Tomorrow, they will leave Craiova for Cisnădie. There is a possibility to play the rest of the games in this location until the new staium of Craiova will be built.

According www.fcuniversitatea.ro, the official Stiinta's website, on February 22nd Universitatea Craiova will play a friendly match against Rapid Bucharest. Every fan has to be present for this game.

Season Preparations Started

Universitatea Craiova started the pre-season training. Our team will do 2 weeks of physical training. After this there is a schedule for several friendly games.

The fans did not lost their time as well. They had Supporter's Party Show in January and started a crowd funding campaign. This campaign is supposed to finish on March the 1st 2014. Let 's hope it will be a succesfull initiative.

Universitatea Craiova's Fans Party

Universitatea Craiova's fans organize today the first party in 2014. This event is supposed to be great having as guests our team footballers, the coach Nicoo Napoli and the new club's manager Marian Condescu. 

Between our guests it will be included "Ektro", one of the most beloved artists of the new wave of Romanian's hip-hop music. He will do a live performance singing his well-known tracks dedicated to Universitatea Craiova. There will be prizes awarded and the fans may take advantage of the opportunity to purchase promotional materials related to our football team. 

This party promises to be a success and will be broadcasted in the Romanian media and online as well. Do not miss your opportunity to demonstrate the attachment for Nicolo Napoli. All the details of this party can be found following this link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1434627330094662/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular

O Craiovano Wants To Visit Craiova

João Vítor Roberge, journalism student at the Santa Catarina Federal University (UFSC), in Florianópolis, Brazil since March 2012. He is a member of the UFSC Sports Radiojournalism Center, and there he participates on two radio shows: "Ponto de Encontro" and "Grande Jornada Esportiva" broadcasted by Rádio Ponto UFSC. He likes the most unknown things about football.

He used to watch OFC Champions League and he supported Slovenia at World Cup 2010. There are many European teams he follows like: Newcastle in England, Lyon in France, Villarreal in Spain, Marítimo in Portugal, Fiorentina in Italy, Twente in Netherlands or Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.

"I think determination is a really valuable quality, and I believe they may conquer wins against hard opponents anywhere. I'm a Vasco da Gama and Portuguesa supporter. Juninho Pernambucano is my idol since I was 6. I play both FIFA and PES, and Universitatea Craiova is in my heart and in my table football teams" says João Vítor. 

Despite a distance of 11,100 Km between Brazil and Craiova João Vítor really appreciate our football team. He became a true fan of Universitatea Craiova and wants to visit Craiova someday. Let's hope he will get the chance to see a match of Universitatea Craiova played on "Ion Oblemenco" Stadium.

You may read the Portuguese language version of this articol here: http://craiovano.wordpress.com/quem/

If you would like to support João Vítor's project and send some cash, feel free to use our paypal account. This will probaly be the longest travel for a football game ever. Maybe "Guiness World of Records" will take his voyage into account.