Asocia?ia Sportiv? Universitatea Politehnica Timi?oara (Romanian pronunciation: [po.li'teh.nika timi'?o?ara]), commonly known as ASU Politehnica Timi?oara, or simply as ASU Poli, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Timi?oara, Timi? County, currently playing in the Liga II.
ASU Poli belongs to the Polytechnic University of Timi?oara and is a fan-owned phoenix club formed after the dissolution of the original FC Politehnica Timi?oara in 2012. Also in that year, ACS Reca? was moved to Timi?oara and renamed ACS Poli Timi?oara, but the fans decided to create and support an amateur team, being of the opinion that ACS Poli is a fraud and a political maneuver.
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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 Reca? to Timi?oara, South Lawn representatives, together with other fans of Politehnica Timi?oara, decided to support the Liga V team, ASU 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 Timi?oara. Even if ASU 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 Timi?oara.
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 Timi? County. They reached again the second place but this time they not promoted to Liga III, anyway they won their first trophy Cupa României, Timi? 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 ASU Poli named Arge? 1953 Pite?ti, FC Vaslui 2002 and the host LSS Voin?a Sibiu. On 11 June, was announced that the team will play against Voin?a Lupac, the champions of Liga IV Cara?-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)
ASU 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 ASU Poli won their series and promoted again, this time in Liga II, after a close fight with Performan?a 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 ?oimii Pâncota in the fourth round.
Maps ASU Politehnica Timi?oara
Support
ASU 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, Gruppo Soarelui, Frenetic, Banatica, Drojdierii or Gruppo Autonomo Viola appear in the South End.
Over the years, Poli developed rivalries with UTA Arad and Dinamo Bucure?ti. The rivalry with UTA, also known as West Derby, stems from the natural competition between the cities of Timi?oara and Arad, which are located close to each other and are the main cities in the region. Both Timi?oara and Arad claim to be the first place where football was played in Romania, with Timi?oara being the true first city in Romania to host a football game.
Other rivalries are shared with CFR Cluj, Bihor Oradea, Steaua Bucure?ti and Universitatea Craiova.
Over the years, Politehnica Timi?oara fans have established close friendships with the supporters of Rapid Bucure?ti and the Nordkurve from Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Honours
Domestic
Leagues
- Liga III
- Winners (1): 2015-16
- Liga IV - Timi? County
- Winners (1): 2014-15
- Runners-up (1): 2013-14
- Liga V - Timi? County
- Runners-up (1): 2012-13
Cups
- Cupa României
- Winners of Timi? 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
Players
First team squad
- As of 9 March 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Club Officials
Statistics
See also
- List of fan-owned sports teams
References
- "Derby în Timi?oara! ASU Poli a învins-o pe Ripensia, 6-2, în fa?a a 6.500 de fani". www.gsp.ro.
External links
- Official website
- ASU Politehnica Timi?oara on Facebook
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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