Romanian Football Federation (FRF) takes unbelivable decisions

"Modify of the regulation

Taking into consideration the verbal and phisical violences in this season, the board of FRF aproved some modifications on the system of point according.

The groups of fans which are producing damages on a stadium will be banned for that stadium for 2 years. If a certain football club will be punished there will be no more games on neutral field. All the games will be played on the own field of the home team, but without suporters (if the fans are guilty). If the incidents are produced because of the players, trainers or some officials of a football team, then the club find guilty will be punished subtracting 3 points in the final table of championship.

If a president or an official member of a football club brings an offence to someone, their own club will be punished by subtracting 3 points in the final table of championship.

The fans of all the teams from Liga I will be forbiden to came into stadium with other materials with the exception of those which are containing the logo of the football club. It is forbiden the acces of the fans who are in possesion of other kind of materials (banners, written messages a.s.o.)

These regulations will be apllied from 2 october 2006."


In my oppinion these unbelivable rules are made to obey the fans of the football teams and to make them to forget the football games in such a way the MAFIA from Romanian football to be free to operate their black undercover bussines.

If you are not agree with these rules please send us an encouraging message using this e-mail address: universitateacraiova@yahoo.com or a complain here: info@uefa.com or contact@fifa.org

Angola at World Cup 2006

Angola was a team who played good enough for a beginner. They made the following results:

Angola - Portugal 0-1
Mexico - Angola 0-0
Iran - Angola 1-1

Let's see some photos with the fans of this exotic team.

A teenager from AngolaSome german fans of Angola

This was Angola's image we had after the end of World Cup.

Female footbal fans from Europe

I will present you some girls who loves football in this continent. They have as much passion as the men and they live for this beautiful game.

Monika Vesela - Czech RepublicReal Madrid female fanBarcelona CF fan

Universitatea Craiova - Otelul Galati 0-2

Another match ended on Craiova, and another bad result. After this game the traners squad of the team were dismissed. So Nicolae Ungureanu, Costica Stefanescu and Ovidiu Stanga left from Craiova. The new coach of this team will be Stefan Stoica.I hope I can come back with some good news.

CFR Cluj - Universitatea Craiova 5-1

Today I am very upset. My favourite team lost in a tuff manner. Maybe Saturday we'll have more chance and I hope we'll winn. Please understand my bad mood. Thank you.

The Fans Of Craiova

In the last 50 years, only one Romanian football team had a more than warm stadium. Its name: Universitatea Craiova. This year, the situation was the same like always in our history. the game against Dinamo Bucharest brought 20.000 supporters in the aria of Ion Oblemenco Stadium. The did an incandescent atmosphere in such a way only here you may see.
Unfortunately Universitatea Craiova lost this game with 0-4, but the fans continued to sing and support the team despiting their lifetime enemy, the team of the red dogs - Dinamo Bucharest.
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England at World Cup 2006

The representative football team of England was a good presence at this World Cup.

This team arrived until the quarter-finals of the competition. Some things that we remeber are: David And Victoria Beckham, Sven Goran Eriksson, Tony Blair thanking Germnay for the tournament and the red card of Wayne Rooney.

David Beckham sport shoes

Victoria Beckham: a supporting wife right next her husband.

David Beckham: too much advertising for a football player.

Always impredictible English football fans.

Another kind of Victoria, but in the middle of fans this time.

That is what I call a stadium with supporters.

I hope you liked the pictures I provided. The fans of England are always excentric and very attached by their team.

Universitatea Craiova - Politehnica Iasi 3-3

Universitatea Craiova had a hard game yesterday. In the first 20 minutes of the game politehnica Iasi already had 2-0. Our team regained its forces and we realised to turn up the score at 3-2 for Craiova.

With one minute until the end of the game Politehnica Iasi scored once again and the result was 3-3. This draw help no one from these teams but gives us the hope of a good football. Our team played good enough and we know that our young players will grow in the future.



The goals of Universitatea Craiova were scored by M.Dina, Buta(owngoal) and F. Costea. You can see the last goal in the video above.

5 Games Played Until Now

In the new edition of "Liga I " (Romanian football first league), Universitatea Craiova played already 5 games. The scores were not the most wanted for us butour team showed real fotball qualities. Don't forget we played in the second football league last year.

These were the games:
Universitatea Craiova - FC Vaslui 0-0
Steaua Bucharest - Universitatea Craiova 3-0
Universitatea Craiova - FC Arges 3-1
(for Craiova scored Dina, Saceanu and Rose)
Rapid Bucharest - Universitatea Craiova 1-1

(for Craiova scored L.Parvu)
Universitatea Craiova - Dinamo Bucharest 0-4
(for Craiova scored Josh Mitchell)
Gloria Bistrita - Universitatea Craiova 4-1


Tomorow the 6th day of this championship will begin. At 20:00 East Europe time (18:00 GMT), Universitatea Craiova will meet Politehnica Iasi. I will tell you more after the game. Wish me luck. We need it.

Suzana Mira - Universitatea Craiova

This girl represents Universitatea Craiova. It is a contest called Divizia Sexy organised by a Romanian sport newspaper. For every Romanian football team from the first division is assigned a girl who represets that team.

The representant of Universitatea Craiova is called Suzana Mira. She is a beautiful girl and if you want to see her feel free to use the link I already provided.

If you want to vote her folow this link: http://www.gsp.ro/?c=76

4 More Days Until The Game Of The Year

This Sunday Universitatea Craiova meets Dinamo Bucharest. They are the grates rivlas of our team. Craiova needs to fight well and winn because this is the only way to thank to their fans. No other victory is so sweet like that against Dinamo Bucharest.

For people who doesn't know too much about the team of "red dogs" form the Capital of Romania, this was the club of the Romanian communist political police, called "Securitatea", between the years 1948-1989. In 41 years of communism they did such pain to the other football teams that is almost no one who like this horible club.
Craiova was one of the most important teams who fought against Dinamo Bucharest and Steaua in the years of communism and for this gathered a great capital of simpathy in Romania. There are only 4 days until the game against Dinamo. Follow this situation and you will see a nice show.

Get Well Soon Angie

The girlfriend of Michael Baird, Angie had serious health problems these days. Our aussie player left Romania with a quick fly to Australia to be near his girl in these terible times.

Because of these our team played last Saturday for Angie and the fans of Universitatea Craiova showed their affection using a banner titled: GET WELL ANGIE.

Universitatea Craiova realised a good game against Rapid Bucharest and the final result was 1-1. The next game will be in Craiova versus Dinamo Bucharest our rivals for a lifetime.

Michael Baird back in Australia?

QUEENSLAND Roar has sent out an SOS to former firebrand Michael Baird as its search for an impact striker for their upcoming A-League season continues.

Baird, 22, is signed with newly promoted Romanian first-division outfit Universitatea Craiova after leaving the Roar at the close of their inaugural season.

Prior to his exit he produced a lukewarm A-League performance that included just six goals in 20 games.

He was famously booed off the pitch by home-ground fans at Suncorp Stadium following a 3-1 loss to Melbourne that effectively ended the club's 2005 finals hopes.

But Roar coach Miron Bleiberg has fired off an email in an effort to lure Baird back to his former A-League club.

"He has improved a lot as a player in Romania from what I have heard, and I think he would provide some of the explosiveness that we need," Bleiberg said.

"I haven't heard back from him yet. He has three more years left on his contract (in Romania) but maybe he wants to come back."

Known as much for his outspoken personality as his on-field prowess, Baird has thrived in Romania where he has become a crowd favourite among for Universitatea faithful.

Just 12 weeks into his four-year deal with the club, Baird has already picked up seven goals, two man-of-the-match awards and is widely credited on the club's official fansite as the catalyst for the side's promotion to the first division for the 2006-07 season.

He fared far better than his former Roar teammate Karl Dodd who was sacked from the club after just one month into his five-year contract.

Bleiberg has three vacancies on his roster including one for an overseas striker, a position he could keep aside for Baird.

He dismissed any suggestion Baird left the club on bad terms and would be welcomed back to Queensland with open arms.

"Of course he would be welcome back here. There is no bad blood between Michael and the club at all," the coach said.

Wold Cup 2006

Today the biggest football holiday begun. 2006 Wold Cup Germany is the most important event of this year. First games Germany - Costa Rica 4-2 and Poland - Ecuador 0-2.
Let's see togheter some photos from this event.

Fans from Ecuador.

Fans from Poland

Claudia Schiffer, one of the most important fans of Germany Football Team.

Violence Is Not The Answer

Violence without limmits at a footbal game.

In the last day of the second Romanian football league the fans of Universitatea Craiova resisted at a violent atac of the fans of Dinamo Bucharest. 200 fans of Dinamo Bucharest organised a war with knifes, baseball bats and stones against 30 fans of Universitatea Craiova who came to see the game between the second team of Dinamo Bucharest and Universitatea Craiova.

The final bilance of this animalic behaviour of the fans from Bucharest were: 3 supporters of Craiova superficially stabed, one supporter in hospital and many others with superficial hurts.

"I did not think that can happen on a Romanian football field! Pure and simple I can not find any sense in those facts. I would like to be only a nightmare. In this way mybe I will forget someday", said Ovidiu Stanga - the coach of Universitatea Craiova.

"Petre Buduru, the president of Dinamo Bucharest, called me for a transfer at that club. I will not play in the team of red dogs for good. All my life I will remember the things happen in Bucharest last Saturday!", said Mircea Bornescu, goalkeeper of Universitatea Craiova.

As a conclusion: violence bring nothing than other violence.

Michael Baird

"I hope I was at the level of the fans expectations"

Michael Baird left Craiova for a holiday in Antalya, Turkey, where he will join his friend Jon McKain, the player of Politehnica Timisoara.

Reporter: Michael, did you have a season at the level of your expectations, or do you think it could be done more?
Michael Baird: If you speak about our team, I don't see what is the better we could do. We arrived in Romanian football first league with three days before the end of the championship, we wonn the most important game (against Petrolul Ploiesti), we riched our goal. Speaking about me, I can say I am satisfied, I'm coming after a year full of competions without a pause and I can feel this. I hope our fans were satisfied with what I did until now.
Rep: You scored less goals than you expected...
M.B.: Yes, it is true, I scored three goals, but I belive I helped Craiova with my work here. Anyhow, I did not missed too much opportunities, I scored in almost all my ocasions I had. I hope I will score more goals in the future. Look at Ryan Griffiths. Now he is in a big shape and everybody is speaking about him, but FC National had patience with him about two years. Until now he rarely arrived in the first 11.
Rep: What are your holiday plans, do you comeback in Australia?
M.B.: No. I get used with Europe and I will stay here. Saturday I will leave Romania for a holiday in Antalya, Turkey. My girlfriend, Angie, Jon McKain and his girlfriend will join me there until June the 17th, when we comeback in Craiova. I'm waiting for this holiday from a long time and I want to use it at maximum.
Rep: How do you think the first league will be?
M.B.: I will be harder for sure. We must improve the team and our play, also. If some players with experience will came at Craiova, we can fight for the first places.

Rep: Romanians or foreigners?
M.B.: Doesn't matter. They must be valuable.
Rep: What news do you have about Josh Mitchell?
M.B.: He is in Australia, he has some days of holiday there and I believe will see eachother in Austria, because he will came straight forward.
Rep: Enjoy your holiday.
M.B.: Thank you! Stay cool, for the next season I will score more goals, I promise.

High School Yard

Yesterday our team played a football game on the field of the most important high school from Craiova. It was a game against the football team of "Carol I" high school.

Bornescu, Cristescu, Gane, Lung, Stanga and the others had a good time between thier younger fans and they are preparing the last game from this season which will be this Saturday against Dinamo II Bucharest.

On the other hand, it seems that the official presentation of our team it will be in a friendly game against Borussia Dortumnd on June 22nd.

Summer Training Tour

This summer Universitatea Craiova goes in Austria and Germany for a training tour.

The first part of this tour will be in Austria between June 22nd and 30th. It will be a phisically training sesion. Our team will stay at Sport Hotel Kurz from Oberpullendorf, Burgenland, for this period. This is a 4 star hotel with tennis courts, and a hall for football, handball, basketball or bodybuilding. There are also four pools and has impresive conditions for reposing and retrivering. There is also free internet.

On July 8th our team goes Germany. Universitatea Craiova will stay until July 18th in Goch, Kleve-Westfalia, a German town posted at the border with Nederland, in the North of the Rihn River. Our team will have a special program here. There will be test games against Vitesse Arnhem, NAC Breda, Ipswich Town, Sparta Rotterdam or Roda Kerkrade and Gaziantepspor or Rizespor. There are also 99% chances to see in this period a match between Universitatea Craiova and Feyenoord Rotterdam.

After this tour, on July 22nd it is scheduled another test game, in Romania this time, but the opponent team it isn't known at this time. With this ocassion will be made a team presenting in front of its fans.

The entire schedule:

June 19th: team reunion

June 20-21nd: MD check-up

June 22-30th: Austrian tour

July 8-18th: German tour

July 22nd: Official presentation of the team

July 29th: First game in Romanian first football league

Sezione Ultra'

This is one of the most important fan groups of our team. Sure it is the most known and this is also because of its number of members. Sezione Ultra' was founded in 1998 and was initially the name of the whole group of fans of Universitatea Craiova. Its first founders were Ionut Chelu and Ionut Coanda (aka Charlie). In that time the trainer of Universitatea Craiova was Ilie Balaci, a legendary name for this team. Unfortunately Ilie Balaci have given up to lead Universitatea Craiova and in the same time Ionut Chelu made the same thing as a solidarity gesture with him.

Sezione Ultra' resisted in time and Charlie became its leader.

In the year 2000 this group of fans was reorganised as an ultras group, following the model of Italian ultras groups, and Corny came to lead it toghether with Charlie. In mean time another fan organizations were formed, and Sezione Ultra' took the role of leader group in the South side of "Ion Oblemenco" Stadium called "Peluza Sud". Other important fan groups were: FREAK BOYS,BLUE LIONS or TESTE MATTE.
In the year 2001 Sezione Ultra' had an important role for the chaseing of Gigi Netoiu (the former boss of Universitatea Craiova). The unity of this group was the key point and the target of this group was finally touched when this character full of shame left Craiova for good.
Today Sezione Ultra has an important number of members and it is a mature ultras group which independetly exists and has an important support for our team.
additional link: http://www.sezione.ro

Cristi Minculescu - Iris

Discography:
1984: Iris
1987: Iris II
1988: Iris III - Nu te opri!
1990: Iris IV
1993: Iris 1993
1993: Best of Iris
1996: Lună plină
1997: Iris - 20 de ani
1998: Mirage
1999: Casino
1999: Iris 2000
2000: De vei pleca
2000: Athenaeum (live) - Vol. 1
2000: Athenaeum (live) - Vol. 2
2002: Da, da, eu ştiu!
2002: Mătase albă
2003: 4Motion
2005: Maxima

Band biography:
The hard rock band called Iris was formed in 1977 in Bucharest. The band members were: Nelu Dumitrescu - drums, Nuţu Olteanu - guitar, voice and Emil Lechinţeanu - bass

Cristi Minculescu (voice), firstly the frontmen of the band "Harap Alb" (between 1979 - 1980), joined Iris in 1980.

In 1980, Nuţu Olteanu and Nelu Dumitrescu left the band for 'Roşu şi Negru'. New mebers joined Iris: Clement Iordănescu, Sorin Chifiriuc, Anton Haseas, and then Adrian Ilie, the composer of the songs: 'Valuri', 'Pămîntul îl cuprind', 'Călătorul', 'Speranţa', 'Cine mă strigă în noapte', which became great hits of this legendary band.

In 1982 Nuţu Olteanu and Nelu Dumitrescu came back being the colleagues of Cristi Minculescu (voice) and Marti Popescu (bass). Adrian Ilie was replaced by Florin Ochescu (guitar). In the same year Ilie and Minculescu made a new group called "Voltaj". In 1984 Minculescu joined 'Cenaclul Flacăra', a caravan show which traveled along Romania, becoming a part of the band "Totuşi", formed by Andrei Păunescu and Ioana Păunescu.

Between 1982 and 1985 the voice of Iris was Dan Bitman. In 1985 Cristi Minculescu came back into this band and Dan Bitman and Marti Popescu made a new band called "Holograf". In february 1985 the band was composed from: Nuţu Olteanu, Nelu Dumitrescu, Doru Borobeică, Cristi Minculescu, Bogdan Stănescu.

In 1986, Olteanu joined Marti popescu in Holograf. He was replaced by Valter Popa, helped by Mihai Alexandru and then by Dan Alex. Sîrbu.

In 1990 Iris made a performace at Agrigento festival (an Italian tour also). In 1993 they represent Romania at "Rock à l'Est" Cannes Festival, and with this ocassion they are shown on MTV for a 65 seconds reportage. In the same year they were the opening band of "Nazareth" concert in Bucharest. This band participated also at a tour called "Marlboro Music" toghether with "Holograf" and "Compact".

Iris 2002 was: Cristi Minculescu - voice; Nelu Dumitrescu - drums; Boro (Doru Borobeică) - bass; Valter Popa - guitars

In 2003 a book called "Iris - Spectacolul abia începe" appeared in the book shops from Romania. This book was launched in the MUZZAK collection. Its writter was Miron Ghiu Caia. In this collection also were books dedicated to great artists like Ozzy Osbourne, The Beatles or Marilyn Manson.
Cristi Minculescu: "the book written by Miron Ghiu Caia, will sprise a part of the Iris activity. Our fans will not find sensational news about us, or things they doesn't know until now. That is because we didn't hide them ever. We allways were open to them, there are not hidden things and never will be".

Cristi Minculescu is one of the most important fans of Universitatea Craiova and he allways shown his passion for this footbal team. The last CD of IRIs was called MAXIMA. This is the same name like the nick name of Universitatea Craiova when this band had its best performaces ever.

Additional links:
http://www.linkmania.ro/live/iris/
http://www.irisonline.ro/
http://www.rockmania.net/iris/main.php