Gigi Bucur leads Timişoara to victory over Oţelul Galaţi

Timişoara returned to the winning column with a 1-0 hard fought victory over Oţelul Galaţi. The victory brings Gabi Balint's side to within four points of Dinamo Bucureşti as Liga 1 enters the final four weeks of the campaign.

The leagues top scorer, Romanian international Gigi Bucur broke the deadlock midway of the half as he out dueled Galaţi defender Sergiu Costin for a long ball on the right, turned and drove the ball with this left foot to the inside post.

On Sunday Timişoara heads to Bucureşti to face Dinamo whilst Oţelul Galaţi welcomes Unirea Urziceni.

CFR Cluj defeats Timişoara 2-0

Gabi Balint's Timişoara lost important ground in their championship race as they fell 2-0 to defending champions CFR Cluj. The result drops Timişoara six points off Dinamo Bucureşti whilst Cluj is rapidly gaining ground and only trail by four points in the final Europa League spot.

After a scoreless half Diego Ruiz gave Cluj the lead five minutes in as he accepted Sixto Peralta short volley into the box before driving the ball in from ten metres. Cluj's Argentine connection continued to shine as with eighteen minutes left as Ruiz raced into the box before sending the ball to Sebastián Dubarbier on his left. After a touch he drove the ball into the top of the net from twelve metres to make it 2-0

Gigel Bucur leads FC Timişoara to victory over Farul Constanţa

Gabi Balint's FC Timişoara maintain their third-place position in the table with a 3-2 win over Farul Constanţa.

Only nine minutes into the match Gigel Bucur connect from the spot to give Timişoara the 1-0 lead. Dejan Rusmir brought the match level one minute into added-time before the break as he flicked William Gerlem's free-kick into bottom left corner of the net. On the hour Timişoara grabbed the one goal lead as Alex Curtean's corner from the left was the beneficiary of Ben Teekloh's own-goal. Farul equalized the match only two minutes later as Willian Gerlem's free-kick into the box was controlled by Chico before driving the ball into the net from six metres. However Timişoara found the winning goal with nineteen minutes left as Stelian Stancu throw-in from the right went over Lukáš Magera and the Constanţa defenders before bouncing to Gigel Bucur to score from six metres out.

FC Timişoara returns to action on 6 May against CFR Cluj while Farul Constanţa faces Unirea Urziceni the previous day.

FC Timişoara advances in the Cupa României with win over Dinamo Bucureşti

Gabi Balint's FC Timişoara defeated Dinamo Bucureşti 4-1 in the semi-finals of the Cupa României (Romanian Cup).

Lukáš Magera gave Timişoara the 1-0 lead five minutes for the half hour mark as he pounced on Gigel Bucur's effort that pounded off the post and sent the ball in immediately. Timişoara doubled its lead on the hour as Iasmin Latovlevici took advantage of the poor clearance from Dinamo and after moving to the left side of the area, sent a low cross for Abiodun Agunbiade who promptly drove the ball to the left corner of the net from twelve metres. The Roş-albii brought the match within one as Adrian Cristea surged into the six-yard box box to head-in Osvaldo Miranda long cross from the left with eighteen minutes remaining. However only eight minutes later Timişoara restored its two goal margin as Winston Parks received a long diagonal cross on the edge of the Dinamo area before working down the bye-line and centering the ball for Gigel Bucur who volleyed the ball in from twelve metres. With four minutes remaining in the match Florin Maxim free-kick into the box was nodded in by Daré Nibombé to bring the match to its final 4-1 score.

Timişoara defeats Gloria Bistriţa 1-0

With a short-week following Wednesday's victory over Iaşi, Gabi Balint's Timişoara squeezed out a narrow 1-0 victory over Gloria Bistriţa.

Led by noted Ioan Sabău, the Vampirii Albaştri showed a very impressive form and looked to heading to a scoreless draw before a late goal. In a very controversial call Mădălin Ciucă was shown his second yellow card with fifteen minutes left, forcing Bistriţa to play a man down for the balance of the match. Finally a minute into added time the deadlock was broken as Alexandru Curtean accepted Iasmin Latovlevici's pass and fired a shocking drive to the top left corner from twenty five metres past 'keeper Ciprian Tătăruşanu.

Timişoara returns to action next Saturday as they welcome Farul Constanţa whilst Gloria Bistriţa visits Unirea Urziceni.

Arman Karamyan leads FC Timişoara to victory

Gabi Balint's FC Timişoara continued their push with a 3-0 victory over Politehnica Iaşi. Led by the brilliant work the Armenian international Arman Karamyan (Արման Քարամյան), Timişoara took the led at the eleventh minute as he accepted a long diagonal cross on the right and deftly out-maneuvered Iaşi defender Andrej Pečnik before sending the ball to the opposite corner past Iaşi keeper Răzvan Pleşca. Karamyan created a perfect opportunity for the second goal at the thirtieth minute as he crossed to Balázs Borbély in the box but the Slovak capped midfielders volley was easily dealt with by the Iaşi keeper. Timişoara extended its lead eight minutes into the new half via a one-man effort by Gheorghe Bucur who ran under a long ball down the left flank before turning back in front of the goal to score from eight metres. The day was not done as with six minutes left Iaşi keeper Răzvan Pleşca could only partially stop Lukáš Magera's shot from inside the box with the rebound coming to Karamyan's Armenian teammate Artiom Karamyan (Արտավազդ Քարամյան), who turned the ball in from four metres out.

Both clubs return to action on Saturday as Politehnica Iaşi welcomes Unirea Urziceni and FC Timişoara continues their race to catch Dinamo against Gloria Bistriţa.