FC Politehnica Iași
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Politehnica Iași |
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| Founded | 27 April 1945 |
| Dissolved | 2010 |
| Ground | Emil Alexandrescu |
| Capacity | 11,390 |
Fotbal Club Politehnica Iași (shortened to Poli Iași) was a football club from Iași, Romania. Its colours were blue and white. Named after the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, Politehnica Iași was founded in 1945 and dissolved in 2010. Its home stadium was the Emil Alexandrescu Stadium.
Politehnica was established on April 27, 1945, and first received this name in 1967. Politehnica alternated between Romania's second and first leagues. They played in the Liga I for 28 seasons during the periods: 1960–61, 1962–1967 (under the name CSMS Iași), 1968–1972, 1973–1981, 1982–1990, 1995–96, and 2004–2010.
2004–05 season
Politehnica started the 2004–05 season by winning only two points in eight rounds. After manager Vasile Simionaș was replaced with Ionuț Popa, Politehnica won the following fixture away against Steaua București, Adrian Cristea scoring the only goal of the match. The team gradually lifted itself from the bottom of the table, finally finishing 9th with 38 points.
In the Romanian Cup they were elimitated in the first round (sixteen-finals) by UTA Arad with 1–0.
2005–06 season
The 2005–06 season was a relatively good one for the Iași-based team, whose objective was to avoid relegation. They narrowly lost both matches against the future champions Steaua and the away match with runners-up Rapid București, all with the score of 1–0, after three penalty kicks. They also lost 2–0 against Dinamo București at home. However, they drew away against a weakened Dinamo team, after a second-half goal by Daniel Rednic. Politehnica Iași eventually finished 10th with 39 points.
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