SSU Politehnica Timișoara

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Asociația Club Sportiv Știința Poli Timișoara (Romanian pronunciation: [poliˈtehnika timiˈʃo̯ara]), commonly known as Politehnica Timișoara, Știința Poli Timișoara or simply Poli Timișoara, is a Romanian professional football club based in Timișoara, Timiș County, that competes in Liga II, the second tier of Romanian football. The original FC Politehnica Timișoara was founded in 1921 by the Politehnica University of Timișoara and won the Cupa României twice, in 1957–58 and 1979–80. Following its dissolution in 2012, many supporters backed Politehnica University of Timișoara's existing amateur team, ASU Politehnica, while ACS Recaș was relocated to Timișoara and renamed ACS Poli Timișoara that year. The original club's sporting record was subsequently transferred free of charge to ACS Poli in March 2014. Meanwhile, ASU Politehnica was competing in fifth tier of Romanian football. The two clubs attracted different sections of the city's football supporters and followed separate sporting...

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