SS Politehnica Timișoara
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| Full name | Societatea Sportiva Politehnica Timișoara | ||
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| Nickname(s) |
Alb-Violeții (White and Purples) Băieții în Ghete (Boys in Boots) | ||
| Short name | SSPT | ||
| Founded | 1 July 2012 | ||
| Ground | Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu | ||
| Capacity | 32,972 | ||
| Owner | Druckeria | ||
| President | Nicolae Neguț | ||
| Head Coach | Sorin Brîndescu | ||
| League | Liga II | ||
| 2015–16 | Liga III, Seria IV, 1st (promoted) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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SS Politehnica Timișoara is a professional Romanian football club from Timișoara, Romania. Politehnica Timișoara is a football club that belongs to "Politechnica" University of Timișoara and is a fan-owned phoenix club formed after the dissolution of FC Politehnica Timișoara. ACS Recaș was moved to Timișoara and was renamed ACS Poli Timișoara but the fans decided to create and support an amateur team, stating that ACS Poli Timișoara is a fraud and a political maneuver.
History
Founding (2012)
Lacking other ambitions, in most of its business the team has evolved in the municipal championship. Following the dissolution of the Liga II team and disagreeing with the mayor's proposal to move ACS Recaș to Timișoara, South Lawn representatives, together with other fans of Politehnica Timișoara, decided to support the Liga V team, SS Politehnica, which is the only now that they can identify as belonging to the right of the Polytechnic Institute, institution which appeared in 1921 as Politehnica Timișoara. Even if SS Politehnica is not the legal successor of the former Divizia A and B team and even if not holding Polytechnics old track record, this is the only team that Poli supporters recognize as the one that can carry forward the spirit of the white and purple colours of Timișoara.
County Leagues (2012–2015)
On their first season after founding they reached the second place in 2012–2013 Liga V season and promoted to the next league, Liga IV Timiș County. They reached again the second place but this time they not promoted to Liga III, anyway they won their first trophy Cupa României, Timiș County round, beating FC Giarmata in the final. Next year they won the championship and qualifided to the 2014–15 Liga IV promotion play-offs. In the same year they won a new established trophy named Football without owners, a friendly tournament of four teams without owners from Romania. The other teams were fan-owned phoenix clubs like SS Poli named Argeș 1953 Pitești, FC Vaslui 2002 and the host LSS Voinţa Sibiu. On 11 June, was announced that the team will play against Voința Lupac, the champions of Liga IV Caraș-Severin County, in the play-off promotion match for a place in the 2015–16 Liga III season. In the home match they beat them (5–1) and secured the promotion. Away they lost (1–2) but they still promoted to Liga III, for the first time in their short history.
Professional Leagues (2015–Present)
SS Poli debuted very good in the 2015–16 Liga III with a victory against Minerul Motru (3–0), then they had their first victory away against Millenium Giarmata (3–1), and in the third round they defeated the last year series runners-up Metalurgistul Cugir (2–0). At the end of the season SS Poli won their series and promoted again, this time in Liga II, after a close fight with Performanța Ighiu and Metalurgistul Cugir. During the 2016–17 Cupa României, they had their first televised cup match, a 3-0 defeat against Pandurii Târgu Jiu in the Round of 32 , this was also the best result in the cup after they defeated Șoimii Pâncota in the fourth round.
Fans
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SS Poli has many fans in Romania but also in other countries. The roots of the Poli ultras movement was found in 1995 when groups like Urban Guerilla or Gruppo Autonomo Viola appear in the South End.
Over the years, Poli developed rivalries with UTA Arad and Dinamo București. The rivalry with UTA, also known as West Derby, stems from the natural competition between the cities of Timișoara and Arad, which are located close to each other and are the main cities in the region. Both Timișoara and Arad claim to be the first place where football was played in Romania, with Timișoara being the true first city in Romania to host a football game.[1]
Other rivalries are shared with CFR Cluj, Bihor Oradea, Steaua București and Universitatea Craiova.
Over the years, Politehnica Timișoara fans have established close friendships with the supporters of Rapid București and the Nordkurve from Borussia Mönchengladbach.[2]
Current squad
- As of 15 September 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club Officials
Board of directors
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Current technical staff
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Honours
Domestic
Championships
Winners (1): 2015–16
Runners-up (1): 2012–13
Cups
- Winners of Timiș County Round (1): 2013–14
Friendly
Football without Owners Tournament
- Winners (1): 2015
Dinu Instal Winter Cup
- Winners (1): 2014
Other Performances
- Round of 32 2016–17 Cupa României
- Biggest win: 14–0 ASCS Recaș.
Statistics
| Season | League | Pos. | Notes |
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| 2012–13 | Liga V-Timiș County | 2 | Promoted |
| 2013–14 | Liga IV-Timiș County | 2 | |
| 2014–15 | Liga IV-Timiș County | 1 | Qualifided to the promotion play-offs |
| 2015–16 | Liga III-Seria IV | 1 | Promoted |