 fotbal club politehnica iaÅi (shortened to poli iaÅi) was a football club from iaÅi, romania. its colours were blue and white. its home stadium was the emil alexandrescu stadium. it was founded in 1945 and dissolved in 2010. ==history== 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, 1962â1967 (under the name csms iaÅi), 1968â1972, 1973â1981, 1982â1990, 1995/96, and 2004-2010. ===recent history=== 2004/05 season the start of the 2004/05 season was disastrous, the team winning only two points in eight rounds. after manager vasile simionaÅ was replaced with ionuÅ£ popa, politehnica won the following fixture away against would-be champions steaua bucureÅti, 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. thumb|an old badge 2005/06 season the 2005/06 season was a relatively good one for the iaÅi-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 bucureÅti, all with the score of 1-0, after three penalty kicks. they also lost 2-0 against dinamo bucureÅti at home, after a better first half and some controversial decisions by the referee. however, they drew away against a weakened dinamo team, after a second-half goal by daniel rednic. politehnica iaÅi eventually finished 10th with 39 points. in the romanian cup they reached the quarter-finals, eliminating unirea dej (2-0) and fc vaslui (2-1 aet) in the progress. they were eliminated by rapid after a last-minute goal and af
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