This must be the most exciting title race finish in the history of the Liga I. Here is the live reports from the two crucial matches, FC Steaua vs. FC Vaslui and CFR Cluj vs. Astra.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
The final chapther
Big day, big match, complex calculations, who will win the title ? Below we have the interviews with Vaslui's Lopez Caro, Steaua's Andrei Tudor and Ramiro Vitorino.
The Liga I 34th matchday. If FC Vaslui wins at Steaua, they are 100% champions, if they draw and CFR Cluj wins against Astra, CFR are the new title champions. The only way for Steaua Bucharest to win the title, is if they beat Vaslui, and CFR Cluj trips against Astra and fail to win.
The only good thing following this sad season could be my great striking force (81 goals in 33 matches at the moment).
This is the update regarding the most recent results of my team.
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.
Things don't look to good for my FC Steaua Bucharest. With 15 points left on the table and 6 behind leading FC Vaslui, the current title holders look very far from bagging the 3rd consecutive title.
Even so we have to finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tommorow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely...
My biggest concern at the moment is very complex. It isn't that I can't see the solution, it's that I can't see the problem at the club.
Adrian Ropotan is the latest squad addition at Steaua Bucharest. Ropotan played in his career until joining Steaua for Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Bucharest and a short period on loan at Rapid Bucharest.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Financial happiness
One of the most important things in the Football Manager world are the finances. If you have the money power over your rivals, you can sign better players or staff. I am very proud of the financial status at my current team, Steaua.
A romanian football team is not one that can get big money from gate receipts or season tickets, as you can see below.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Steaua after 30 months with Tudor
Here we have my tactic that i've been using since Football Manager 2010. Playing a very offensive style can have many advantages, but at the same time many unwanted problems. 285 goals scored in 135 matches (2.11 goals per match), 157 goals conceded (1.16 goals per match) and a win ration of 65%.
Below we have the Steaua squad at the middle of the 3rd season. The only player that is not posted here is Adrian Ropotan, the defensive midfielder who just signed for the club a couple of days ago.
Andrej Kramaric is the best poacher in my squad at the moment. He arrived from Dinamo Zagreb on 23.02.2011 for the amount 1.4 mil. euros. He is one of the most wanted players at Steaua and more than sure he will have the chance to play for one of the best teams in Europe.
Dzimitry Verkhovtsov is the rock at the back of the Steaua defense, he arrived at Steaua from belarus side Naftan in 25.10.2012 for 700k euros. With his fantastic heading ability he is also a threat at the teams corners.
Ivo Pekalski is the playmaker in the middle of the park for my team. Always putting in a more than decent performance, Pekalski is the youngster from Malmo who makes a difference on the pitch. He arrived from Malmo in 20.06.2011 for 1.5 mil. euros.
Diogo joined Steaua on 18.03.2012 on a free transfer. The brazilian’s performances are at the moment a joy to watch for the clubs fans. Dorian Dervite arrived at the club also on a free transfer 1.7.2012. He is a very sure and secure defender, doing his job without any problems. Pantelis Kapetanos is the man, the target man. The greek international is a very strong striker, his goals beeing more than useful for Steaua.
Below we have the Steaua squad at the middle of the 3rd season. The only player that is not posted here is Adrian Ropotan, the defensive midfielder who just signed for the club a couple of days ago.
Trying to make it 3 in a row
The league battle is far from over, even if I am just 3rd in the standings, 7 points behind FC Vaslui’s Lopez Caro. With a possible of a maximum of 45 points left, all is possible.
The first half of the season was sensational, because of the two thrashing of local rivals, Rapid (4-0 at Ghencea Stadium) and Dinamo (4-0 at Dinamo Stadium).
The UEFA Champions League is the competitions were everything is perfect until the group stage. I’m not saying playing in the group stage is a bad thing (TV rights and prize money are very important for the club finances), but there is a very big difference between a club from
This year I am proud to present one of the future stars of the football world, Ramiro Vitorino, 17 years who plays both AMC and ST. He joined us from Sporting Lisboa for an outstanding 5 mil. euros. Also two former Serie A players Paolo Sammarco and Manuele Blasi joined the club being formerly released by their clubs.
Adrian Mutu and Mihăița Neșu are back to play in
Romeo Surdu left to OB Odense in Denmark for 3,9 mil., Marius Bilașco to FC Midtjylland also in Denmark for 1,2 mil. and Dieguinho to Standard
One of the most important problems with my squad I can say that is the number of players. So, the departures were many and very consistent.
Second season as Steaua manager
Another great season performance in the Liga I allowed me to go and secure the title in front of rivals,
This was a very disappointing season in the Champions League for me and Steaua, finishing last in the group stage, with no points at all, in a very tough group if I might say, alongside
Steaua in FM 11
A very hard and long battle to win the league title! It all came down to the last matchday fixture against FC Vaslui, which I won by a very big margin, 5-0.
As a great supporter of the romanian side of Steaua Bucharest, i decided to give it a go with the brand new Football Manager 2010 at the head seat. The game predicted many new entriguing things that in the end, proved to make the game more complex and more interesting (the private chat with board/players, league repuatitions, up-to-date european competitions coefficients).
First of all I am more than pround to present my Europa League run in the 2010/11 season. To bad it had to end in tears on the Anfield Stadium in Liverpool.
As the new database was reconfigured due to the new day-by-day transfers, with my favorite players, Robert Lewandowski and Mario Mandzukic transfering themselvs to Dortmund and Wolfsburg, I had to set a scouting crusade over the world, mainly in South America.
Who is FC Steaua Bucharest ?
Fotbal Club Steaua Bucureşti is a Romanian professional football club in Bucharest. They are the most successful Romanian football team in European competitions as well in the Romanian Liga I (23 championship wins). They became the first Eastern European team to win the UEFA Champions League being victorious in the 1986 European Cup Final.
The club is historically known as the Romanian Army sports club. The football department separated, however, in 1998. At the moment, its only direct link to the Army is their home ground, Ghencea Stadium, property of the Ministry of National Defense.
Steaua was founded on 7 June 1947, at the initiative of several officers of the Romanian Royal House. The establishment took place following a decree signed by General Mihai Lascăr, High Commander of the Romanian Royal Army. The club's first name was ASA Bucureşti (Asociaţia Sportivă a Armatei Bucureşti – Army Sports Association). It was formed as a sports society with seven initial sections, including football, coached by Coloman Braun-Bogdan. ASA was renamed CSCA (Clubul Sportiv Central al Armatei –Central Sports Club of the Army) in 1948 and CCA (Casa Centrală a Armatei – Central House of the Army) in 1950.
Steaua currently boasts itself with the most impressive pedigree in Romania. With 60 seasons spent in Liga I, they are one of the three teams to have played only in the first national league, along with Dinamo Buc. (59 seasons). At the same time, the club is the current record holder for the number of national championships (23), romanian cups (20) and national super cups (five). Internationally, they are the only domestic club to have won a European Cup (European Champions Cup in 1986 and the European SuperCup in 1987) and to have qualified inside a UEFA final (European Champions Cup in 1986 and 1989).
For three years and three months (June 1986 – September 1989), Steaua counted a number of 104 unbeaten matches in the league, establishing, at that moment, a former world record and a European one still standing. Also inside the national league, they counted 112 matches between November 1989 and August 1996 of unbeatability at Ghencea Stadium in Liga I. Their run of 17 straight wins in 1988 is another record, equal to the one held by Dinamo as of one year later.
Tudorel Stoica is the player with the most appearances for Steaua in Liga I, a record unlikely to be broken in the nearby future, as none of the current players have entered the top 10 so far. The club's all-time top scorer in the league is Anghel Iordănescu with 146 goals, a record that also looks solid, out of the same reason as above-mentioned. Other records are currently owned by former players such as Dorinel Munteanu (most national caps – 134) or Gh.Hagi (most goals scored for Romania – 35; most appearances of a Romanian player in the European cups – 93).
Monday, December 13, 2010
Writing brake over
After a very long time without any news about the progress of my teams I am glad to announce that I am back in business. After some fantastic adventures in the Football Manager 2010 game with AC Milan, Benfica,
For the moment I will be still bringing news on the good old Football Manager 10, with the neighbors of
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
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