Football Field

Liga 1, the top tier of Romanian football, has been dominated by clubs hailing from Bucure tii since its inception in 1909. The most successful teams over the years have been Steaua Bucure ti and Dinamo Bucure_ti (Romania’s ‘Big Two’), with 23 and 18 titles respectively and the other notable teams are Universitatea Craiova, Rapid Bucure ti, and UTA (wtih Universitatea Craiova the last non-Bucure_ti team to win the championship in 1990-91). During the 2006/07 season CFR Cluj nearly broke the Bucure ti monopoly on the league, and this season they look to be on course to upset the apple-cart. So how has a relative unknown with no real history of success managed to challenge the Bucure i monopoly of Liga 1? In a nutshell the answer is rp d P szk ny. The Transylvanian tycoon has given CFR Cluj some clout, and he has made is possible for the little club from the city of Cluj-Napoca to challenge for the Liga 1 title. In just five year rp d P szk ny has taken his local club from Romania’s t …