Asociația Club Sportiv Municipal Politehnica Iași (Romanian pronunciation:[po.liˈteh.nika ˈjaʃʲ]), commonly known as Politehnica Iași or simply Poli Iași, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Iași, Iași County, which plays in the Liga II.
This article is about the football club established in 2010. For the original club dissolved in 2010, see FC Politehnica Iași (1945). For other uses, see Politehnica Iași.
Association football club in Iași
Football club
Politehnica Iași
Full name
Asociația Club Sportiv Municipal Politehnica Iași[note 1]
The team was formed in 2010 as ACSMU Politehnica Iași,[2] and regard themselves as the continuation of the original FC Politehnica Iași which was dissolved the same year; however, the club does not currently hold the record of the old entity. Between 2011 and 2016, it was rebranded as CSM Studențesc Iași, but returned to the name of Politehnica afterwards.
Politehnica Iași began competing in the second tier and made its first Liga I appearance in the 2012–13 season. In the 2017–18 campaign, it equalled the best result of its predecessor after finishing sixth in the Romanian league championship. The club plays in white and blue uniforms at the inherited Emil Alexandrescu Stadium, which has a capacity of 11,390 persons.
The original Politehnica Iași was established in April 1945 and folded in 2010 because of unpaid debts.[3] In August that year, Tricolorul Breaza merged with Navobi Iași and formed ACSMU Politehnica Iași.[4] Playing in the Liga II, the club's objective was to return to the first tier of Romanian football.
Ionuț Popa was appointed manager of the newly founded club and Grigore Sichitiu was elected as executive president.[5]
In the summer of 2011, the club was renamed Clubul Sportiv Municipal Studențesc Iași, or simply CSMS Iași. For the second half of the 2011–12 season ex-Romanian international Florin Prunea was brought in as president.[6] On 2 June 2012, after the 4–2 victory against Farul Constanța.[7] the team gained promotion to Liga I,[8] after two years in the second tier of Romanian football.
On 29 August, Liviu Ciobotariu was appointed head coach.[9] The Moldavian team finished the 2012–13 season in 17th place and were relegated to the second division. Even though there were hopes that they would be accepted for the 2013–14 Liga I season, eventually CS Concordia Chiajna secured the last place in the first league, due to the relegation of FC Rapid București for financial reasons.[10]
After Marius Lăcătuș replaced Enache as manager, Politehnica finished 1st in the 2013–14 Liga II and were promoted back to Liga I. For the 2014–15 season, the club played for their first time in the Cupa Ligii, defeating ASA Târgu Mureș and advancing to the last-16, where they eliminated former Romanian Cup and Liga I winner CFR Cluj.[12]
Name
Period
Politehnica Iași
2010–2011
Studențesc Iași
2011–2016
Politehnica Iași
2016–present
The 2015–16 Liga I season was one of the best in the short history of Politehnica Iași and in the football history of Iași. After a great campaign, the team finished 7th and qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League under the command of Italian coach Nicolò Napoli, with a team that relied on experienced players like: Andrei Cristea, Bojan Golubović, Ionuț Voicu and Branko Grahovac.[13] In the second round of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Politehnica encountered Croatian team Hajduk Split and after a 2–2 draw at Iași, they were defeated at Split 1–2, prematurely leaving the competition.[14]
On 22 July 2016, the club announced that it had changed its name, from CSM Studențesc Iași to CSM Politehnica Iași, a name more closely linked to the Iași football tradition and dissolved FC Politehnica Iași (1945).[15]
In June 2017, president Florin Prunea was let go after five years at the helm of Politehnica Iași.[16] Adrian Ambrosie was subsequently appointed to the position. After a number of major departures, with the likes of Lukács Bőle and Daisuke Sato finishing their contracts, the team went into major reconstruction and signed a number of foreign internationals, like Denis Rusu, Kamer Qaka, Luwagga Kizito and Platini.[17][18][19] On 24 February 2018, despite a 0–1 loss to defending champions Viitorul Constanța, Poli Iași became the first team from Moldavia to qualify for the Liga I play-off round since its introduction in 2015.[20] To the delight of manager Flavius Stoican, they went on to finish the league in 6th place, thus equalling the best result of predecessor FC Politehnica Iași.
On 11 July that year, the club announced that it earned the right to use the FC Politehnica Iași logo and name, which was considered to be the first step in the plan of regaining the club's full identity, the next one being the recovery of their record.[21]
Stadium
Politehnica Iași plays its home matches at the Emil Alexandrescu stadium. It is located in the borough of Copou, near the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, and has a capacity of 11,390 seats.[22]
Support
The biggest ultras groups of Politehnica Iași are Băieții Veseli and Ultras. Both supported FC Politehnica Iași (1945) until dissolution and regard the new team as its successor. They have friendly relationships with Zimbru Chișinău.[23]
Rivalries
Politehnica Iași's main rival is FC Vaslui, and matches between these clubs are known as the "The Derby of Moldavia". The rivalry developed in the 2001–02 Divizia C, when the previous club from Vaslui, Sportul Municipal, was fighting for promotion to Divizia B together with Poli Iaşi, with the latter winning the championship and earning promotion to Divizia B. The rivalry between FC Vaslui and Politehnica Iaşi was fueled by another clash for promotion, this time in the 2003–04 Divizia B, with the whites and blues prevailing yet again.[24]
Main article: FC Politehnica Iași (2010) in European football
As of 1 December 2017
Competition
S
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
UEFA Europa League
1
2
0
1
1
3
4
−1
Total
1
2
0
1
1
3
4
−1
References
Notes
The official name of the club is ACSM Politehnica Iași,[1] but refers to itself intermittently as either "CSM Politehnica Iași" or "FC Politehnica Iași".
Citations
"ACSM Politehnica Iaşi" (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
"Popa la ACSMU". bzi.ro (in Romanian). 2 July 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2012-06-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Popa revine la Iasi
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