Romanian Liga 1 2009/2010

Executor · Post by **Executor** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 17:54

All right! We're back in business! Bravely facing the wicked winter (sunny, +10 degrees

), our boys returned for the 2nd half. As kraken said, one game was already played, the other 8 will take place the following 3 days. Match of the MD: Urziceni - CFR Cluj. Plus Dinamo - Craiova. Should be an interesting one.

I just remembered I forgot to post the attendances for the last 3 MDs. So, here they are:

MD15

Total: 31,584
Average: 3,509
Procent of total capacity: 23.7%
Highest: Steaua - Vaslui 7,667
Lowest: Dinamo - Unirea Alba-Iulia 1,000

MD16

Total: 48,417
Average: 5,380
Procent of total capacity: 31.3%
Highest: Craiova - Steaua 15,000
Lowest: Unirea Alba-Iulia - Gaz Metan Mediaş 1,000

MD17

Total: 21,000 (lowest)
Average: 2,333 (lowest)
Procent of total capacity: 17% (lowest)
Highest: Oţelul Galaţi - Craiova & Gloria Bistriţa - Rapid 3,667
Lowest: Dinamo - Vaslui 1,500

This last MD was just awful. There were a lot of games who had more spectators than this entire MD!

Executor · Post by **Executor** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 17:56

And the attendances for home and away games of L1 teams after the 1st half of the championship:

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            Home                 Away

Timişoara  10085   | Dinamo     12004
Steaua      9987   | Steaua     11313
CFR         6638   | CFR         6403
Poli Iaşi   6292   | Rapid       5490
Craiova     5873   | Timişoara   4767
Rapid       5063   | Braşov      4513
Ceahlăul    4787   | Craiova     4426
Vaslui      4500   | Urziceni    4313
Pandurii    3952   | Vaslui      3556
Braşov      3926   | Oţelul      3431
Gaz Metan   3593   | Ceahlăul    3402
Oţelul      3219   | Pandurii    3095
Dinamo      3013   | Poli Iaşi   2917
Gloria Bt   2940   | Astra       2824
Astra       2912   | Inter       2752
Alba-Iulia  2806   | Gaz Metan   2750
Urziceni    2729   | Gloria Bt   2544
Inter       1620   | Alba-Iulia  2248

Executor · Post by **Executor** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 18:09

Top 5 games:

1. Timişoara - Steaua 25,667
2. Timişoara - Dinamo 24,000
3. Steaua - Dinamo 20,867
4. Steaua - CFR Cluj 17,887
5. Craiova - Dinamo 17,667

Bottom 5 (excluding games played behind closed doors):

1. Unirea Alba-Iulia - Oţelul 600
2-3. Astra - Ceahlăul 750
2-3. Internaţional - Astra 750
4. Craiova - Unirea Alba-Iulia 833
5. Unirea Alba-Iulia - Internaţional 850

kraken · Post by **kraken** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 15:00

Sunny day at Brasov and a more-than-decent game(surprisingly!-one side defensive, the other weak) between the hosts and Unirea Alba-Iulia.
Brasov MUST do something to improve their midfield and stop wasting so many opportunities if they are to get the EL spot and do something useful with it.
Unirea don't look like certain victims, they have some quality players, problem is most of them are on loan, so they've not much to build on, in perspective. One pleasant surprise was Enzo Bruno, transferred from Independiente, who, during the 20 minutes he played, managed to work pretty darn well through one of the best defenses in our league. The boy's got perspectives.

FC Brasov - Zaharia (31), Sburlea (85)

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Alba Iulia - C. Cristea (29)

Executor · Post by **Executor** » Sat Feb 20, 2010 22:18

So, 3-1 in Ghencea, pretty much an expected result......NOT!

Yes, I know Rapid also lost, but it was an away game and it was just 1-2. A home defeat in front of the last placed is always rated as Maximum Shame. And what beautifull goals....

If we consider how Timişoara played, I guess we should just send Unirea Urziceni in CL and get over with it...

kraken · Post by **kraken** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 18:29

crack, I'm almost sorry I missed y'day's later games-and today Vaslui unable to beat Gaz - what a hurricane-weekend.

Edgar · Post by **Edgar** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 13:41

Executor wrote:And the attendances for home and away games of L1 teams after the 1st half of the championship:

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            Home                 Away

Timişoara  10085   | Dinamo     12004
Steaua      9987   | Steaua     11313
CFR         6638   | CFR         6403
Poli Iaşi   6292   | Rapid       5490
Craiova     5873   | Timişoara   4767
Rapid       5063   | Braşov      4513
Ceahlăul    4787   | Craiova     4426
Vaslui      4500   | Urziceni    4313
Pandurii    3952   | Vaslui      3556
Braşov      3926   | Oţelul      3431
Gaz Metan   3593   | Ceahlăul    3402
Oţelul      3219   | Pandurii    3095
Dinamo      3013   | Poli Iaşi   2917
Gloria Bt   2940   | Astra       2824
Astra       2912   | Inter       2752
Alba-Iulia  2806   | Gaz Metan   2750
Urziceni    2729   | Gloria Bt   2544
Inter       1620   | Alba-Iulia  2248

With or without games played behind closed doors?

P.S. Look at that - Iasi in 4th place

Executor · Post by **Executor** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 14:12

Edgar wrote:With or without games played behind closed doors?

Without them. This table shows how many spectators each team attracts; I don't want "closed doors" games to influence the average.

Edgar wrote:P.S. Look at that - Iasi in 4th place

Yes, very impressive

EarlofBug · Post by **EarlofBug** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 15:21

Executor wrote:And the attendances for home and away games of L1 teams after the 1st half of the championship:

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            Home                 Away

Timişoara  10085   | Dinamo     12004
Steaua      9987   | Steaua     11313
CFR         6638   | CFR         6403
Poli Iaşi   6292   | Rapid       5490
Craiova     5873   | Timişoara   4767
Rapid       5063   | Braşov      4513
Ceahlăul    4787   | Craiova     4426
Vaslui      4500   | Urziceni    4313
Pandurii    3952   | Vaslui      3556
Braşov      3926   | Oţelul      3431
Gaz Metan   3593   | Ceahlăul    3402
Oţelul      3219   | Pandurii    3095
Dinamo      3013   | Poli Iaşi   2917
Gloria Bt   2940   | Astra       2824
Astra       2912   | Inter       2752
Alba-Iulia  2806   | Gaz Metan   2750
Urziceni    2729   | Gloria Bt   2544
Inter       1620   | Alba-Iulia  2248

How do you explain the difference between Dinamo's home and away games?
Are they playing at home behind closed doors (like in Europe)? because it's weird that they have the biggest attendance away, but so little at home. I thought maybe their fans can't come to the home games, so they are going to the away games. Is it true?

Executor · Post by **Executor** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 16:14

EarlofBug wrote:How do you explain the difference between Dinamo's home and away games?
Are they playing at home behind closed doors (like in Europe)? because it's weird that they have the biggest attendance away, but so little at home. I thought maybe their fans can't come to the home games, so they are going to the away games. Is it true?

Dinamo played just one game behind closed doors in this championship, but even that it is not taken into account (otherwise the average would've been lower). The reason for such a low home attendance is represented by the cold relations between the fans and the mnagement of the club. Plus, the fans also dislike how Dinamo players behave (on and off the pitch). Indolent in the first case, party leaders in the other.

Also, the famous home game with Slovan Liberec (when the fans invaded the pitch) put more distance between the 2 sides. As a result, the next home game after that incident (vs. CFR Cluj, a derby otherwise) had only 1,500 spectators.

On away games it's another story. The fans of the home team come in great numbers to watcha big match. When Dinamo visits a city, it means a hot game is about to be played, so the audience is great. Plus, the Dinamo fans outside Bucharest (especially from Transilvania) are a bit more tolerant to the management and players. That's why there is a huge gap between the 2 attendances.

Executor · Post by **Executor** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 18:20

MD 18

Oţelul Galaţi 1 - 0 Internaţional Curtea de Argeş
FC Braşov 2 - 1 Unirea Alba-Iulia
Gloria Bistriţa 0 - 0 FC Timişoara
Politehnica Iaşi 2 - 1 Rapid
Steaua 1 - 3 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
Gaz Metan Mediaş 0 - 0 SC Vaslui
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 0 - 2 Astra Ploieşti
Dinamo 2 - 1 U Craiova
Unirea Urziceni 0 - 1 CFR Cluj

Only one of the Top 6 teams won, although Urziceni deserved not to lose. Meanwhile, Ceahlăul's win adds more pressure at the bottom.

37 CFR (C)

34 Urziceni ..... Steaua

32 Timişoara
31 Rapid ..... Vaslui (C)
30 Braşov (C) ..... Dinamo (C)

25 Oţelul

22 Gaz Metan
21 Astra ..... Iaşi
20 Pandurii

17 Craiova
16 Internaţional
15 Bistriţa
14 Alba-Iulia
13 Ceahlăul

(C) - Team still in the Cup

aladdin · Post by **aladdin** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 20:09

Guess it's the first time this season when the top two teams are separated by three (or more) points. It may be the last time, too, though I don't think Steaua will managed to take any points at Cluj next match day.

So, CFR won against Unirea with the same team they finished the first phase of the season. (Less Dubarbier, of course.) As far as I can tell, none of the newly transferred players were used, though N. Dica was on the substitutes' bench. (He will probably play next game versus Steaua, his former team.) Not too sure what's going on with the two Italians that came on loan; are they still behind with the physical preparation?

Traore seems to be on track to take off from Cluj at the end of the season. He only needs to score four more goals or so and make sure escapes any major injury.

To me, the surprise in this match day was Timisoara, who failed to win away at Bistrita. Guess, Iancu's eagerness of getting rid of the Karamyan brothers is starting to show on the team's results.

I'm also a little surprised by Craiova's coach. I mean, his declarations after the game, blaming the referee for the result. Considering he's a Dutch I would have expected more restraint on his side.

Anyone following Vaslui more closely? Only a draw at Medias... Hmmm...

og2002gr · Post by **og2002gr** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 20:28

Very competitive championship, with many teams so close!
I think in the first round, there were 6-7 teamson top, with the same points!

But, why do you have so poor results in Europian Cups?

Leader Cluj was eliminated in EL groups, finishing 4th in an easy group,
2nd Steaua was in a difficult group but finished behind Sheriff,
while Dinamo (5th) and Vaslui (7th) (I know them from their games with our teams) weren't too strong.

kraken · Post by **kraken** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 21:41

@aladdin

well there's nothing surprising in Vaslui drawing that fisty GazMetan team, especially when your technical players are knee-deep in mud + you have that joke of a coach(lacatus) behind the team.

aladdin · Post by **aladdin** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 16:24

og2002gr wrote: But, why do you have so poor results in Europian Cups?

Well, you know, European Cups are kind of boring and not so competitive anymore... Whenever a Romanian team wants to have a training day they sign up for a play in CL or EL.