Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Romania the Cup

 

Cup: Big derby at the final in which the Army prevailed over the Police.

Steaua București 2-1 Dinamo București

From left: Stefan Onisie (antrenor), Creiniceanu, Ciugariu, Iordanescu, Voinea, Suciu, Cristache, Negrea, Stefan Covaci - coach, Dumitriu III, Vigu, Dumitru Nicolae, Naom.

Steaua won its 10th Cup. The strong squad was due to their coach Stefan Covaci – better known as Stefan Kovacs - or Istvan Kovacs: ethnic Hungarian, the spelling of his name depends on the language used – either Romanian or Hungarian – and since his success led him to the great Ajax of the early 1970, internationally he was known as Stefan Kovacs – a combination of Romanian first name and Hungarian last name. The other big name in the team was Florea Voinea, already aging star of the 1960s, who went to play in France and here is the story of his transfer:  in June 1970 dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu went on a visit in France, invited by president Georges Pompidou. Pampidou took him to see Nîmes, a town where the communists were constantly winning the elections, there Ceaușescu talked to the mayor who complained about the poor results of the local football team, Nîmes Olympique so Ceaușescu told him that he was going to send two Romanian footballers to the club. The club sent scouts to see the 1970 Cupa României final which was won with 2–1 by Steaua București against Dinamo București, both of Steaua București's goals being scored by Voinea, and they selected Voinea from Steaua and Ion Pârcălab from Dinamo to come and play for Nîmes Olympique, where in the 1971–72 season they helped the team finish second in the championship, each of them scoring 11 goals.

Monday, July 7, 2025

Romania

 

Romania.

1. UTA (ARAD) 30 13 2 0 35 13 5 1 9 19 29 39
Second row from left: M.Barbulescu (antrenor principal), Ion Pop, Iordan Angelescu, Necula Raducanu, Ramureanu, Nicolae Lupescu, Dan Coe, Cristescu (antrenor secund)
Front: Ilie Greavu, Strat, Constantin Nasturescu, Sandu Neagu, Constantin Dinu, Ion Dumitru, Teo Codreanu, Petreanu
2. UFC Rapid Bucureşti 30 11 2 2 27 14 3 7 5 12 17 37

3. Steaua Bucureşti 30 8 4 3 37 17 6 2 7 19 20 34
4. Universitatea Craiova 30 12 2 1 29 9 1 5 9 11 28 33 5. Dinamo Bucureşti 30 10 1 4 34 17 4 3 8 17 24 32 6. Farul Constanţa 30 10 3 2 29 10 3 3 9 16 30 32 7. Jiul Petroşani 30 12 3 0 23 6 2 1 12 14 31 32
Standing from left: Ivăncescu, Jenei, Olteanu, Adamache, Albu, Cadar, Balint, Florescu. Crouching: Gergely, Necula, Dumitriu II, Pescaru, Drăgoi, Gyorffy, Rusu, Cojocaru.
8. Steagul roşu Braşov 30 11 1 3 31 15 1 5 9 7 26 30
9. Dinamo Bacău 30 9 6 0 26 11 1 4 10 11 31 30
10. FC Argeş Piteşti 30 10 3 2 36 16 1 4 10 15 31 29
11. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 30 7 5 3 25 14 2 5 8 15 23 28 12. Politehnica Iaşi 30 11 2 2 28 10 1 1 13 9 29 27 13. Petrolul Ploieşti 30 9 4 2 25 16 1 3 11 11 26 27 14. CFR Cluj-Napoca 30 8 6 1 17 9 2 1 12 12 36 27
15. CRIŞUL ORADEA 30 9 2 4 27 15 1 4 10 11 29 26
16. ASA TÂRGU-MUREŞ 30 5 5 5 17 13 0 2 13 6 36 17 Second Division winners, promoted to First Division: Seria I – Progresul (Bucharest) and Seria II – CFR (Timisoara).
UTA Arad – champion for second consecutive season. Crouching from left: Urmează Dembrovschi, Axente, Gornea, Bătrîna, Pojoni. Standing: Domide, Şchiopu, Lereter, Petescu, Brosovszky, Biro, Fl. Dumitrescu.
UTA won their 6th and last title.

Friday, July 4, 2025

Yugoslavia the Cup

 

Cup: Winner decided in overtime in the second match.

Olimpija - CRVENA ZVEZDA 2:2

CRVENA ZVEZDA - Olimpija 1:0 (aet)

Olimpija (Ljubljana) lost the final after all, but since Crvena zvezda was champion got the Yugoslavian spot in the Cup Winners Cup.

Swell season for Crvena zvezda (Belgrade) ending with a double.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Yugoslavia II Division

 


II Division: No direct promotion – playoffs between the top 2 teams from each league instead for 2 promotions.

II LIGA ZAPAD 1969/70

1 Rijeka 30 24 5 1 74:11 53 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF

2 Borac Banja Luka 30 20 7 3 82:29 47 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
3 Rudar Ljubija 30 14 10 6 38:22 38
4 Orijent Rijeka 30 16 3 11 48:30 35
5 Karlovac 30 14 4 12 40:42 32
Standing from left: Sertić, Lepan, Pavičić, Ivančić, Fak, Kiner, Župan, Ujević.
Front: Špehar, Mihoci, Cinkuš, Vidaković, Ličina, Došen, Kotoran
6 Jedinstvo Zagreb 30 12 6 12 36:40 30 7 Zeleznicar Maribor 30 10 9 11 42:39 29 8 Tresnjevka Zagreb 30 14 1 15 38:66 29 9 Metalac Zagreb 30 11 7 12 43:60 29 10 Ljubljana 30 13 2 15 47:54 28 11 Sibenik 30 12 3 15 40:41 27 12 Split 30 9 8 13 33:40 26 13 Varteks Varazdin 30 9 8 13 43:54 26 14 Zadar 30 8 8 14 33:51 24 RELEGATED
15 BSK Banja Luka 30 6 8 16 22:56 20 RELEGATED
Second row from left: stoje: Rod, Lacković, Petrinec, Sumor, Škrinjar, Lipovac
Crouching: Habek, Ivić, Benić, Haraminčić, Mušović
16 Lokomotiva Zagreb 30 2 7 21 26:72 11 RELEGATED
________________________________________________________________ Relegated from 1st league: Zagreb Promoted from 3rd league: Rovinj, Mura (Murska Sobota) and Jedinstvo (Bihac) II LIGA SEVER 1969/70 1 Osijek 30 17 8 5 60:21 42 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
2 Crvenka 30 16 10 4 52:24 42 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
Standing from left: Laslo Seleš, Milan Vujin, Milenko Rus, Milutin Bajac, Jovo Kovrlija, Radivoje Drašković.
First row: Petar Mićić, Radomir Miškov, Nenad Bjeković, Slobodan Stojović, Petar Rašić.
3 Proleter Zrenjanin 30 17 7 6 65:38 41 4 Belisce 30 12 8 10 42:43 32 5 Dinamo Pancevo 30 11 9 10 39:34 31
6 Backa Backa Palanka 30 12 7 11 38:40 31
Back row from left: Zenunović, Jesenković, Sirćo, Omeragić, Ćenanović, Mandić, Bukurecki;
Front: J. Marić , Braunović, Suljaković, Ćosović
7 JedinstvO Brcko 30 11 8 11 30:28 30
Dinamo (stripes) on the left vs Jedinstvo (Brcko)
8 Dinamo Vinkovci 30 10 9 11 38:41 29
9 Metalac Valjevo 30 10 9 11 34:42 29
10 Borovo 30 9 10 11 29:40 28 11 Spartak Subotica 30 7 13 10 31:31 27 12 Novi Sad 30 11 5 14 40:58 27 13 Metalac Osijek 30 10 6 14 34:47 26 14 BSK Slavonski Brod 30 7 10 13 32:41 24 15 Vozdovacki Beograd 30 7 10 13 33:44 24 16 Radnicki Beograd 30 5 7 18 28:53 17 RELEGATED ____________________________________________________________________ Promoted from 3rd league: Hajduk (Kula) and Galenika (Zemun) II LIGA ISTOK 1969/70
1 Sloga Kraljevo 30 17 4 9 46:28 38 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
2 Borac Cacak 30 14 10 6 40:22 38 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF 3 Pristina 30 15 7 8 57:35 37
4 Sloboda Titovo Uzice 30 14 9 7 40:20 37
5 Napredak Krusevac 30 15 7 8 35:27 37
6 Bregalnica Stip 30 15 4 11 43:34 33 (-1) 7 Dubocica Leskovac 30 14 5 11 46:41 33
8 Radnicki Pirot 30 10 11 9 42:37 31
9 Rabotnicki Skopje 30 11 8 11 44:39 30
10 Pobeda Prilep 30 9 10 11 38:37 28
Standing from left: Delibašić, Đukić, Veljković, Džakaj, Mušikić, Novaković;
Crouching: Mrđa, Mađuni, Đurica, Ganić, Pindović.
11 Trepca Kosovska Mitrovica 30 11 5 14 43:42 27 12 Zeleznicar Nis 30 10 7 13 36:44 27 13 Teteks Tetovo 30 10 5 15 34:57 25 14 Buducnost Pec 30 8 5 17 27:46 21 RELEGATED 15 EI Mladost Nis 30 5 10 15 22:48 20 RELEGATED 16 Tikves Kavadarci 30 6 4 20 27:63 16 RELEGATED _________________________________________________________________________ Relegated from 1st league: Vardar (Skopje) Promoted from 3rd league: MIK (Skopje) and FAP (Priboj) II LIGA JUG 1969/70
1 Sutjeska Niksic 30 22 4 4 67:13 48 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
2 Buducnost Titograd 30 19 8 3 61:15 46 PROMOTION PLAY-OFF
3 Pofalicki Sarajevo 30 14 7 9 40:23 35 4 GOSK Dubrovnik 30 15 3 12 51:51 33 5 Rudar Kakanj 30 13 6 11 40:35 32 6 Lovcen Cetinje 30 10 9 11 33:33 29 7 OFK Titograd 30 11 7 12 40:42 29 8 Leotar Trebinje 30 13 2 15 35:41 28 9 Borac Capljina 30 11 6 13 39:43 28 10 Borac Travnik 30 7 13 10 33:35 27 11 Bosna Visoko 30 10 7 13 29:39 27 12 Famos Hrasnica 30 9 8 13 37:42 26 13 Bosna Sarajevo 30 7 11 12 28:38 25 14 Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 30 8 7 15 34:51 23 RELEGATED
15 Lokomotiva Mostar 30 7 9 14 26:49 23 RELEGATED
16 Tara Titograd 30 8 5 17 32:85 21 RELEGATED _____________________________________________________________________ Promoted from 3rd league: Igman (Konjic), UNIS (Vogosca) and Iskra (Danilovgrad) PROMOTION PLAY-OFF __________________ Semifinals: Rijeka - CRVENKA 0:0 and 2:2 (Crvenka won on penalties) SLOGA - Buducnost 2:0 and 0:2 (Sloga won on penalties) Osijek - BORAC (Banja Luka) 1:1 and 1:2 Sutjeska - BORAC (Cacak) 1:0 and 0:2 Finals: CRVENKA - Sloga 3:0 and 1:3 BORAC (Banja Luka) - Borac (Cacak) 1:0 and 1:0 Promoted to 1st league:
Borac (Banja Luka) and
Crvenka

Monday, June 30, 2025

Yugoslavia I Division

 

Yugoslavia. I Division. Last two relegated.

1. C.Zvezda Beograd 34 20 6 8 67 37 46
Second row: Ćurković, Bajić, Marić, Paunović, Budišić, Katić; Crouching:Kovačević, Bjeković, Vukotić, Đorđević, S.Petrović.
2. Partizan Beograd 34 16 12 6 47 27 44
3. Velez Mostar 34 17 9 8 64 44 43
4. Zeljeznicar Sarajevo 34 17 9 8 52 33 43
Standing from left: Mitrović, Krivokuca, Stepanović, Mešanović, Vukašinović, Đorđević; Front: Turudija, Zec, Santrač, Stojanović, Petković
5. OFK Beograd 34 13 12 9 53 32 38
Standing from left: Belin, Dautbegović, Gračanin, Pirić, Blašković, Ramljak; Crouching: Čerček, Valec, Novak, Guzmirtl, Rora.
6. Dinamo Zagreb 34 13 12 9 47 42 38
7. Hajduk Split 34 16 5 13 51 37 37
Second row from left: Knežević, Rajković, Dimitrijević, Ilić, Čolaković,Dimoski; Front: Janković, Cvetković Radivojević, Grebenarević, Alimpić.
8. Radnicki Nis 34 14 9 11 36 33 37
9. Sloboda Tuzla 34 11 13 10 35 34 35
10. Maribor 34 13 7 14 40 51 33
11. Vojvodina Novi Sad 34 11 10 13 38 42 32
12. Sarajevo 34 9 12 13 32 42 30


Standing from left: Trener Nikolić, Pintol, Herceg, Čerimagić, Talić, Stijović, Golubović; Front: Mujkić, Smajlović, Renić, Lalić, Rašić. 13. Celik Zenica 34 10 10 14 35 48 30
Second row from left: Radulović, Vuković, Brašanac, Petković, Sopić, Manić, Veljković, Petrović, Hajduković, trener Žigante. First row: Perišić, Bubanja, Radović, Tomić, Komljenović, Jandrić, Angelovski
14. Bor 34 6 16 12 32 47 28
Standing from left: Trener Nenković, Živadinović, Bilić, Ivanović, Nikolić, Topalović, N. Matić, Paunović, Martinović, pomoćni trener Vukotić; Front: Paunovski, Živković, Đorđević, Milić, Vučković, Ličanin, Kostić, Radivojević, D. Matić.
15. Radnicki Kragujevac 34 11 5 18 34 42 27
16. Olimpija Ljubljana 34 13 4 17 43 52 27 (-3)
From left: Trener Janevski, S.Mojsov, Barjaktarević, Mečkarov, Rac, Ančevski, Srebrov, Nikolovski, Georgiev, Drobac, Mutibarić, M. Spasovski.
17. Vardar Skopje 34 9 8 17 25 46 26
18. Zagreb 34 4 7 23 22 64 15

Crvena zvezda – champion (again).