Derbies in Romania
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 File:Cătălin Hîldan - FC Dinamo București.jpg Steaua fans during a 2012 derby (top) and Dinamo fans during a 2005 derby (bottom). | |
| Other names | Eternul Derbi, Marele Derbi, Derbi de România or Clasicul României |
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This is a list of the derbies in Romania.
Many sports teams in Romania have organized supporter groups who are actively in involved in either the ultras scene or the hooligan scene. All these groups in Romania have 4 types of relationships between each other which are subject to change over time:
- friendships - alliances between two groups of supporters, whereby fans frequently visit each other's matches. During matches between two such sides, there usually are no divisions between away and home fans but both sets of fans are in the same stand.
- agreements - provisional agreements of co-operation between two groups of fans. If they last, they usually become friendships later on.
- neutral - there's no specific antipathy or sympathy towards each other.
- enemies - rival teams. A rival of a friend is also usually considered to be a rival.
These relationships can be complicated. However, local derbies are usually pre-determined by historical and geographical factors and it is very rare for a local derby not to be considered a fierce rivalry. In some cases, the rivalries extend beyond sport and are general rivalries between cities or towns.
National Derbies[edit]
In the antebellum period, in the Kingdom of Romania, the most disputed matches were between the teams in the capital, Olympia Bucuresti and Colentina Bucuresti against United Ploiesti and Prahova Ploiesti, while in the Romanian territories in Austro-Hungary, the derbies were between the cities of Arad and Timisoara on one hand and Cluj-Napoca on the other. Teams like CA Arad, CA Timisoara, Chinezul Timisoara, fought against Commercial Academy Cluj, Athletic Club Cluj, or Sporting Club Cluj(the future CFR Cluj). After the formation of the Central district(later Eastern District, Oradea Subdivision) CAO(Club Atletic Oradea) as champions of their district began to fight for the rural champion title.
After World War I, in the 20s, the district champions of the former Austro-Hungarian lands competed at the national level against the teams in the capital. The towns were the same, but the teams were different: Besides Chinezul Timisoara, there were Victoria Cluj and Universitatea Cluj, AMEF Arad, Vagonul Arad, and from the capital there were Olimpia Bucuresti(former Olympia Bucuresti), Unirea Tricolor Bucuresti, Venus Bucuresti and Prahova Ploiesti. Another smaller derby formed between the teams from the Bucovina region and the ones in the Bessarabia Region, teams teams from Cernauti like: Jahn, Hakoah, Polonia and Dragos Voda played against the champions from Chisinau: Fulgerul or Mihai Viteazul.
In the 30s, Timisoara was represented by Ripensia and Bucharest by Venus and Rapid.
During War World II, CA Oradea and CA Cluj competed for the title of district champion that conferred the accession to the first Hungarian League. A playoff game settled that the Cluj team would join the first tier. The next year CA Oradea got the promotion as well. During the 1942–43 season, CA Oradea won the Hungarian Championship while CA Cluj ended on the third place, and they met in the cup final where CAO won again. In Romania, FC Craiova, Unirea Tricolor and Rapid were the ones who disputed the title.
During communism, the departmental teams Steaua and Dinamo representing the capital, fought against UT Arad, FC Arges, Petrolul Ploiesti and Universitatea Craiova.
Since the '89 revolution, the same trend continued in the 90s, but in the 21st century, new teams found their way in the first league. In the early 2000s, the derbies were between the provincial teams and the ones in the capital. Besides the consecrated ones, new teams like FC Vaslui, Poli Timisoara, Otelul Galati, Astra Ploiesti.
The rise of CFR Cluj is the most prominent one, and the games against FCSB and Dinamo and CSU Craiova had record of audience. Also CFR Cluj equalized UTA having 6 titles, thus challenging the title of "The Champions of the Province", coroborated with the fact that UTA promoted to liga 1(after the 2019–2020 season) and has beaten CFR Cluj in Gruia(CFR's home stadium), a new derby is being born, the derby of the Province.
Regional Derbies[edit]
Banat Derby[edit]
The first derby was between Athletic Club Timisoara and Athletic Club Arad who fought for the title of the Southern District of the Second Hungarian League. During the interwar period Chinezul Timisoara and UD Resita(CSM Resita) took the lead in the 20s, followed by Ripensia Timisoara and AMEF Arad(Vagonul Arad) in the 30s.
West Derby[edit]
UT Arad and CA Oradea in the 50s were followed by Poli and UTA in the 70s all the way to the 2000s. In the 21st century, with the resurrections of Ripensia and CAO, corroborated with the bankruptcy of Poli Timisoara we might see a challenge from the latter.
Another small derby was disputed between FC Bihor and Olimpia Satu Mare. Even though the supporters of the two teams have an alliance.
Derby of Transylvania[edit]
Like in Moldova, also in Transylvania, the teams that were competing in the first tier whether it was called Divizia A or Liga 1, when they were playing each other, the match was designated as the Transylvanian Derby. Throughout time the actors changed, but the teams usually represented the towns of Sibiu and Brasov, sometimes the city of Targu Mures was involved.
Oltenia's Derby[edit]
During World War II, FC Craiova and CFR Turnu Severin disputed the derby of Oltenia. In the 80s, FC Olt Scornicesti and Universitatea Craiova were the main contenders in this region. In the first two decades of the 21st century when both teams Universitatea Craiova and Pandurii Targu Jiu were in Liga 1, a short derby began to be developed. Since then, both teams had financial or legal problems and they were in different leagues.
Derby of Moldova[edit]
The derby was designated so, based on the teams that were at that time in the first tier of the Romanian football. The oldest derby was Otelul Galati v Poli Iasi, during communist years. In the 90s, FCM Bacau v Foresta Suceava v Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt where nicknamed the derby of Moldova. In the 2000s, FC Vaslui v Otelul(in the first decade) and FC Botosani v Poli Iasi(in the second decade) were called as the Moldova derby.
Local Derbies[edit]
Cluj Derby[edit]
  CFR fans (top) and Universitatea fans (bottom) | |
Cluj Derby is the oldest derby in Romania. It started in 1907–1908 season, and it was between Athletic Club and Comercial Academy, then between CFR Cluj and Athletic Club. After the war Victoria and U had the big derby while CFR and AC disputed the small derby of Cluj. During the Second World War, AC and Bastia(Dermata). During and after the communist era ended, the main actors of the Cluj Derby are CFR Cluj and U Cluj. AC Cluj was reestablished in 2013, while Victoria Cluj was reestablished in 2019.
Timisoara Derby[edit]
Derby of Timisoara was between AC and Chinezul in the antebellum period, later on during the interwar period it was between AC and Ripensia. After the bankruptcy of FC Timisoara(former FC Politehnica Timișoara), the two off-shutes ACS Poli Timisoara and ASU Poli played in Liga II. Lately, Ripensia and ASU Poli played the Timisoara derby.
Bucharest Derby[edit]
Eternal derby[edit]
Between 1956 and 1974 there were 7 matches that had over 80 000 spectators on the 23 August Stadium.
Big Bucharest derby[edit]
The peak of the derby was the quarter of the final of the UEFA Europa League in 2006.
Small/Traditional Bucharest derby[edit]
- Sportul Studențesc vs. Progresul București[4]
- Any match between Progresul București or Sportul Studențesc vs. Rapid București or FCSB or Dinamo București
Ploiesti Derby[edit]
Astra Giurgiu was named Astra Ploiesti and when the home stadium was in the same city as Petrolul Ploiesti, the matches had a special meaning. Even after the owner moved the team to Giurgiu, people still remember where Astra came from.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rapid – Steaua 14.04.2013". Ultras-Tifo.
- ↑ "Dinamo Bucuresti – Rapid Bucuresti 22.10.2012". Ultras-Tifo.
- ↑ "Dinamo Bucuresti – Steaua Bucuresti 17.04.2014". Ultras-Tifo.
- ↑ "Derby de tradiţie, în anonimat. Progresul şi Sportul Studenţesc s-au înfruntat în Liga a 4-a VIDEO". Telekomsport.ro.
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