26th of March 2022 will remain always and forever in the history of Rapid Bucharest, as the day when the new Giulești stadium will be officially opened, with an 8 hour event, topped by a friendly game with Poli Timișoara, a second tier squad about which I will discuss separately why I don’t consider to…
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Răzvan Lucescu, the vice-president goalkeeper
Now, Răzvan Lucescu, is the manager of Romanian national football team, but he used to train with great success Rapid Bucharest. More than that, Lucescu even played a full season for the club from Giulești. It is well known that Răzvan is a big supporter of Rapid and the fans of the club love him…
A legend from Turda, Arieșul
Almost two years past from the moment when I took a trip on Arieșuls’ valley. Yesterday, watching a friendly match between the Romanian champions, CFR Cluj and the little team from second league, Arieșul Turda, I studently remembered of that trip. But it also remind me of an achievement of this small football team, that…
Rapid – steaua 5-1. The story of an unforgettable night
For Rapid fans it’s a disaster that the team did not qualify for the European Cups in the last two years, but still, the players brought them a couple of memorable nights. Most important of all, was the game against Steaua, which had been played in april 2010. Rapid won that game with 5-1! It…
Colo Colo: animal, șef de trib sau echipă de fotbal?!
În 2007, IFFHS includea multipla campioană a statului Chile, Colo Colo Santiago, între primele 30 cele mai bune echipe din istoria fotbalului. Faptul că au cucerit 29 de campionate interne și că sunt singurul club chilian ce nu a retrogradat niciodată din prima ligă, a contribuit din plin la acest statut. Mai mult, echipa este…
Rapid, revenge of the fallen
As I grew up supporting Rapid, I was accustomed with the teams’ “almost performance”. Even if the club played very well since 2000 in the continental competitions the players did not managed to break through the superior stages. In 2000, on Giulești Stadium, FC Liverpool was arriving. They won 1-0 and despite Rapids’ efforts on…
Juliano Spadacio, the perfect player for Liga 1
Juliano Spadacio, the perfect player for Liga 1. All started in 2006. Rapid Bucureşti was playing in the first round of the UEFA Trophy. The opponent team was Nacional Madeira from Portugal. After a 1-0 home win, thanks to a goal by Viorel Moldovan, the Romanian team had serious problems to qualify. With only a…
Giulești stadium: oldie but (no more) goodie
Some facts about Giulești stadium. Rapid Bucureşti is the only football team from Romania that made performance in every decade since the early ‘30s. Such a team needed a stadium on its’ measure and so the “Giuleşti” ground was constructed in 1936. In fact, that year marked the start of the construction. The initiators were…
Alex Ioniță, show them who you are!
Alex Ioniţă, left Rapid Bucureşti, for FC Koln. Even tough he signed the contract a year ago, the German club permitted him to play at the Romanian team until the end of the 2009-2010 season. He remained there, but his form was never the same. Still, he scored 4 goals, from which two against Steaua…