Romania - Sweden 1-0

"Ion Oblemenco" stadium - Craiova - March 27th 2018

Romania met Sweden in a friendly game. Probably it was the most animated friendly game ever. That happened because of the fans of FC U 1948 - the historical team called in the past "Universitatea" Craiova. After this football team was abusively rejected from Romanian football the fans remained without a football team. More than this, the socialist political party (PSD) invented by night a football team with the same colors and symbols pretending that was the real Universitatea Craiova. This fake team is called CSU. UEFA doesn't agree with such a situation but, in Romania, the CSU easily stolen our stadium and our history. They started to play in the Romanian Second League just like this, even though Romanian football has 5 leagues and a new team should start from the lowest one.

In such circumstances the fans of FC U 1948 were sent out from their home - "Ion Oblemeco" stadium - and forced to start again from the last league of Romanian football. Today FC U 1948 is in the 4th Romanian Football League and is still banned to play its games on our former stadium. We are forced to play somewhere out of the city of Craiova, but in such conditions our team won all the games until now and has the biggest chances to promote in the 3rd League in this summer.

When the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) decided to play this friendly game against Sweden in Craiova all the fans of FC U 1948 bought tickets at this game. This was the only chance for them to show in Europe what a terrible injustice suffered their team. Romania did a great football game and won by 1-0 but this wasn't so important. The entire world was able to see there is angry people in Romania because of stealing of their property and replacing it with a clone. This happened by an abusive political involvement in football. PSD is not a socialist party, is a new communist dictatorial party using in Romania the methods they used in the '50s. This is our fight and it will never end!  

FC Universitatea 1948

As you might know, Universitatea Craiova was ejected from Romanian football by the ex-president of FRF (Romanian Football Federation) - Mircea Sandu. He was unsatisfied by disobedience of our club regarding his corruption policy and decided by himself to erase our team from Romanian football. More than that,  after 2 years, he contacted the most important Romanian political party and they founded a new team with the same colors and symbols pretending they are the real Universitatea Craiova. 

Because of this our team was forced to change its name in FC U 1948 Craiova, a name that explicitly shows we have the continuity of the old Universitatea Craiova. After all these years of fighting in justice and football fields in the same time FC U 1948 was denied to play on our stadium. Since 2011 we are forced to find new stadiums or football fields in order to remain a football team. Today March 26th 2018 it was the first time our players got access on Ion Oblemenco stadium, our home. It was very hard to get inside, but our players still managed to do it. Our fight still continues and it will never end!

Nicolae Tilihoi Is Dead

God bless him! Nicolae Tilihoi was one of the most representative football players of Universitatea Craiova. He was the most important defender of our team beside Costica Stefanescu being the central defender of Craiova Maxima - the best team we ever had. He was a big champion and a great character. He had a big heart and was one of the most loved football players in Craiova.

After a long fight against cancer he dead on 25th of March 2018. His casket was placed today in a hall of "Ion Oblemeco" stadium where it was visited by his friends, the 2 football teams from Craiova and Romanian National Football team. Rest In Peace, Nicolae Tilihoi! 

Lia Olguta Vasilescu In Prison

The long chain of corruption cases never ends in Romania. Today, after 5 hours of audition, the city mayor of Craiova was imprisoned. The prosecutors decided to put Vasilescu in detention after a long list of corruption and illegal election campaign funding proves. She is the second city mayor of Craiova who ends in prison. Aurica Solomon, the ex mayor of this city, interrupted his mandate in the same way. More Romanian Parliament members belonging of this zone were imprisoned in the last 4 years as well. Gigi Netoiu, former owner of Universitatea Craiova is between them.

This events are placing Craiova in the darkest corner of corruption map of Romania. Actually the situation in this city was never been so bad. Today people living in Craiova are not safe. Starting with the rullers of the city and ending with the smallest insignificant member of bureaucratic system, everybody steals, everybody deals with black money and everybody wants to became rich over night. Let's see where this snowball will stop.    

Craiova City Hall Has To Payback

The City Hall of Craiova made a chain of outlaw activities and now is ready to pay. All of them are football related. As a matter of fact a city hall can not support a football club. Or it should not do that. The mayor of Craiova did more than this. Lia Olguta Vasilescu destroyed the old football club and replaced it with a new one having the same colors, almost the same symbols and a similar name. 

This is the cost for such an action:

- €1,000,000 to start the new team and providing good conditions for training and playing their games

- €1,500,000 unpaid taxes by the new team, unpaid utilities and other expenses most of them because of using the stadium of Craiova

- €2,000,000 for canceling the opened action in court against FRF. This was the requested amount as material damages because of Romanian Football Federation abuse against FC Universitatea Craiova. City Hall of Craiova asked initially this money and canceled the process once the new football team was created.

- other expenses representing black money spent and washed through the new football club CSU Craiova.

- other expenses representing moral and material damages for destroying of  FC U Craiova. 

Being in such a situation the City Hall of Craiova has compromised their budget for next year. Waiting to see what will happen now...

Ektro - Stiinta suntem noi

Despite a long list of troubles the fans of Universitatea Craiova don't give up. This was their last move but they intend to rise again.

 I hope you will like it. Enjoy !

Funds raising for Universitatea Craiova

Fans of FC Universitatea Craiova decided to raise money for blue-white football players. Today, in the bank accounts supporters have opened, came first money.

This gesture was made ​​by supporters of FC Universitatea Craiova, who want to collect money as a bonus for our players. If they will not collect an amount to help reward the players in 2 months, the money will be returned to those who have sent.

"Boys need to be helped and this worth it, because they play for us. They represent Stiinta, and we are Stiinta "wrote a fan on Facebook. The financial situation of the two accounts in national currency (RON) and Euro will be presented to any person who donated ​​a sum of money.

These are the bank accounts:

RO57INGB0000999902763027 

RO96INGB0000999903904306 

If you want to support Universitatea Craiova you may use the donate button placed in the right of this page. Thank you.

Back In Business

Universitatea Craiova came back in the football field. We are now playing in Romanian's second football league and we are doing this well.

It happened a lot, but the most important is this: our team is on the 3rd place in the table and we really hope to be in the first league starting with 2014. Nicolo Napoli is our team's coach again. There are many players who came back to help our team - Madalin Ciuca, Robert Saceanu, Michael Baird. But our biggest wish is to see Romanian Football Federation 's chief - Mircea Sandu - in prison. There were 2 years of pain and sacrifices for 2 million fans of this important Romanian football team. Someone must pay for this abuse!

These are the results of our team, until now:

Olimpia Satu-Mare - UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA 1-1

UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA - CSU 0-0

Minerul Motru - UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA 0-1

UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA - FC Olt Slatina 2-0

FC Bihor Oradea - UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA 1-1

Universitatea Craiova's fans in London

It's been almost 2 years since Universitatea Craiova was abusively erased form Romanian football's history.  This legendary team has the most passionate fans in Romania.

They recently protested in London at the football game Chelsea FC - Steaua Bucharest asking their team to be let to play again.

The protests did not end here. Today a fan climbed a light pile of  "Ion Oblemenco" stadium asking the same thing. Romanian football is not the same without Universitatea Craiova.

Brotherhood Napoli Craiova

Universitatea Craiova and SSC Napoli are 2 legendary football teams. They supported each other and they have almost the same history. The fans of these 2 football teams have common feelings and the same colors to support.

Craiova is the warmest place in Romania. The fans of this Universitatea have the same passion like Napoli's. Both cities are old and carrying a great history. The brotherhood between these teams started in 1979 when Gianfranco Menegalli, the referee of the UEFA cup match  U Craiova - Leeds United 2-0 declared: "In Craiova is same as in Naples". This phrase described the passion of the fans and the atmosphere in the stadium.

In October 2010, at a game played in Romania, Steaua Bucharest - Napoli 3-3, there were a lor of fans of universitatea Craiova supporting the Italian team. This gesture was granted by thanks in Napoli's fans forum. After 3 days, the ultras of Universitatea Craiova sang and gave a big applause for Napoli's result against Steaua.

The Mafia in Romanian footbal canceled Universitatea Craiova in 2011. The team was just erased in any competition and from the Romanian football history. Universitatea Craiova - the first Romanian football team who played a semifinal of an European Cup was not mentioned in official Romanian Federation documents concerning the 2012 UEFA Cup final - Atheltic Bilbao - Atletico Madrid 0-3 - played in Bucharest.

Today Universitatea Craiova's fans are looking for justice trying to bring back their team in football. Napoli's supporters showed their support in a game played in Serie A, Napoli-Lazio, 26th of September 2012. This means friendship. Forza Napoli ! Justice for Craiova !

Corneliu Andrei Stroe

Corneliu Stroe brought glory for the football in Craiova. Now he wants to bring our team back to life. Corneliu Andrei Stroe built Craiova Maxima and now has a plan for the revival of Craiova's football.

Pavel Badea is the president of Sport Club Universitatea Craiova which contains teams from 5 kinds of sport. This was the mother club of the actual football team. Football Club Universitatea Craiova was separated from Sport Club in 1990. ​​Stroe is trying now to create a football club for Sport Club Universitatea. The new football club will contain students and children from Craiova and will start in the 4th Romanian Football League. It is only The Ministry Of Education which needs to approve this demand. The team will be self-financed and maintained. There can be easily found sponsors for this activity.

Corneli Stroe was bornin July 2nd 1943, in Diosti, Dolj, Romania
1958-1964: was an athlete for Banatul Timisoara and Stiinta Bucharest
1961, 1962: was champion of Romania in triatlon si pentatlon
1962-1966: studied at Physical Culture Institute from Bucharest
1966: professor at University from Craiova, teaching sports
1966-1970: secretary at Universitatea Craiova
1970-1983: vice-president at Universitatea Craiova
1983-1984: president of Universitatea Craiova
1986: president of FC Olt Slatina
1990: founded FEFS as a part of University of Craiova
1992: doctor in sports at ANEFS Bucharest
2002: president of Universitatea Craiova
2004: dean of FEFS at University of Craiova
2005: doctor in Economics at University of Craiova
Honor citizen of Craiova city.

Back to Ion Oblemenco Stadium

Universitatea Craiova used to play the games considered at home, in Severin. There are 120 Km between Craiova and Drobeta Turnu-Severin, next big city to west. Oltenia region consists in 5 disctricts: Dolj, Olt, Gorj, Mehedinti and Valcea. Capital of Dolj county is Craiova. Capital of Mehedinti county is Drobeta Turnu-Severin. 

The next match, against FC Timisoara, will be played on the old Central stadium from Craiova. This stadium was built in 1968 and get the name of the most important football player of Universitatea Craiova, Ion Oblemenco, on 1st September 1996, when this great man died.

This is first game played in Craiova by Universitatea since December 2009. The City Hall of Craiova decided this team should leave Ion Oblemenco stadium and our favorite players used the arena from Severin instead. Now it is the time from Craiova to come back home. Welcome back Stiinta!

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.

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.

Oltenia Force One

The bus of our team. Nicolo Napoli is our trainer. Universitatea Craiova is the most beloved football team.

Guns N'Roses - Don't Damn Me

Sometimes I want to kill
Sometimes I wanna die
I want to destroy
Sometimes I want to cry