IntroductionFootball is the most popular sport in Romania. The Romanian Football Federation (Romanian: Federaţia Română de Fotbal or FRF), a member of UEFA, is the sport's national governing body. Selected articleFotbal Club Timişoara is a Romanian football club which was established in 2002 and is currently playing in Romania's top league, Liga I. The club was born when Owner of AEK Bucureşti, Anton Doboș, moved the team to Timişoara after obtaining promotion to Liga I, finishing 1st in the 2001–02 season of Liga II, Seria 1. However, there is an issue regarding the club's rights to the history of FC Politehnica Timișoara, as former owner Claudio Zambon has been claiming he is the rightful holder of the club records. Despite all this controversy, FC Timişoara remains one of the most popular football clubs in the country. Since joining the first league in the 2002–03 season, it has always had the highest average attendance at home matches. More . . . Selected biographyDaniel Vasile Petrescu (born 22 December 1967 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian former international football player most famous for having played for FA Premier League club Chelsea. Other clubs included Steaua Bucureşti and Sheffield Wednesday. Petrescu received 95 international caps for the Romanian national side. He is currently managing FC Kuban Krasnodar after resigning as the manager of Romanian Liga 1 team Unirea Urziceni in December 2009. After playing for Steaua Bucureşti's youth teams, Dan Petrescu was promoted into the first team in 1986 in a game played by Steaua just one month after winning the European Cup. Petrescu was loaned to FC Olt for the 1986–87 season, but asked to come back to Steaua Bucureşti in 1987. More . . . Selected foreign playersJúlio César Santos Correa (born 18 November 1978 in São Luís, Maranhão), known as Júlio César, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for C.S. Marítimo in Portugal, as a central defender. Júlio César made his professional debuts in Honduras, with C.D. Marathón, but signed at the age of only 17 with La Liga side Real Valladolid. He immediately began playing regularly (25 matches in his first season, with his team ranking seventh and qualifying for the UEFA Cup), soon attracting interest from bigger clubs. In the 1999 summer, Júlio César was bought by Spanish giants Real Madrid, appearing regularly in his first year, in a team which also included as centre-backs the established Fernando Hierro, Iván Helguera and Aitor Karanka, as well as Iván Campo. He helped the capital side to the season's UEFA Champions League, although he did not make the list of 18 for the final itself. Initially loaned to A.C. Milan in the 2000 summer, César quickly left the Italian club, unsettled, after which he returned to Spain, with Real Sociedad, also on loan. After one-year spells – already released by the Merengues – with S.L. Benfica and FK Austria Wien, Júlio César returned to his main club, Valladolid, again being a starter, but seeing the Castile and León side be relegated to the second division. More . . . TopicsRelated portalsWikiProjectsDirect relationWikiProject Romania • WikiProject Football WikiProject Football Task Forces and sub-projectsThings to doCollaborate: Help improve the article Italy national football team, this is the focus of the current football article improvement drive Expand stubs: Competitions in Romania • Organizations Expand club articles of teams from Romania. Expand biographies of Romanians associated with the game Create: Most wanted football articles • Requested general football articles Add: Infoboxes • Images (General requests, Requested images of people) Review: articles currently under review Revert Vandalism on this portal and on Romanian football articles Assist in maintaining this Portal Associated Wikimedia |