Vasile Sfetcu

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Vasile Sfetcu
Vasile Sfetcu 1963.jpg
Sfetcu with Petrolul in 1963.
Personal information
Date of birth(1937-05-10)10 May 1937 [1]
Place of birth Ploiești, Romania [2]
Date of death 16 September 2016(2016-09-16) (aged 79) [2]
Place of death Constanța, Romania [3]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Goalkeeper [2]
Youth career
1951–1953 Metalul Ploiești
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1954–1955 Petrolul Ploiești 1 (0)
1956 Metalul 1 Mai Ploiești
1957–1969 Petrolul Ploiești [a] 160 (0)
1970–1973 Metalul Plopeni 7 (0)
Total168(0)
International career
1962 Romania 3 (0)
Managerial career
IMU Medgidia
Șoimii Cernavodă
CFR Constanța
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasile Sfetcu (10 May 1937 - 16 September 2016) was a Romanian football goalkeeper and manager. [3] [4] [5]

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Club career

Sfetcu was born on 10 May 1937 in Ploiești, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1951 at local club Metalul. [2] Afterwards he joined neighboring club Petrolul where he made his Divizia A debut on 24 November 1954 under coach Ilie Oană in a 3–1 away loss to Metalul Hunedoara. [2] [6] Subsequently, he went to play one season for Metalul 1 Mai Ploiești in Divizia B. [2] Sfetcu returned to Petrolul where he won two consecutive Divizia A titles in the 1957–58 and 1958–59 seasons. [2] [7] He was used by coach Oană in 17 matches in the first season and in 20 in the second one. [2] [7] Sfetcu was a starter under Oană in the 6–1 victory against Siderurgistul Galați in the 1963 Cupa României final until he was replaced by Mihai Ionescu in the 85th minute. [2] [8] [9] He played seven matches in the 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the team reaching the quarter-finals where they were defeated with 2–1 on aggregate by Ferencváros. [2] [8] [10] In the 1965–66 season he won another title with The Yellow Wolves , being used by coach Constantin Cernăianu in five games. [2] [7] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 26 March 1969 in Petrolul's 2–0 away loss to UTA Arad, totaling 161 matches in the competition and 14 appearances in European competitions (including seven games in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup). [2] After three more seasons spent at Metalul Plopeni in the Romanian lower leagues, Sfetcu retired from his playing career. [2] [3] [4]

International career

Sfetcu played three games for Romania, making his debut on 30 September 1962 when coach Constantin Teașcă sent him in the 80th minute to replace Gheorghe Dungu in a 4–0 friendly victory against Morocco. [11] [12] His second game was a 6–0 away loss against Spain in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers. [11] Sfetcu's last appearance was another friendly against Morocco which took place on 23 December 1962 and it ended with a 3–1 away loss, coach Silviu Ploeșteanu sending him in the 40th minute to replace Ion Voinescu. [11] [13]

Coaching career

Sfetcu coached the junior teams of Petrolul Ploiești and other clubs from the county. [3] [4] Afterwards he settled in Constanța, where he trained several other teams from the area: IMU Medgidia, Șoimii Cernavodă and CFR Constanța. [3] [4]

Death

Sfetcu died on 16 September 2016 in Constanța at age 79. [2] [3] [4]

Honours

Player

Petrolul Ploiești

Metalul Plopeni

Notes

  1. ↑ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances at that competition for Petrolul Ploiești are not official. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Vasile Sfetcu at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Vasile Sfetcu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Doliu în tabăra "lupilor" » A murit unul dintre jucătorii generației care a învins-o pe Liverpool la Ploiești" [Mourning in the camp of the "wolves" » One of the players of the generation who defeated Liverpool at Ploiești has died] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Așii Petrolului, Gazeta reconstituie portretele idolilor din trecut, din arhive și prin ochii cronicarilor acelor vremuri" [Aces of Petrolul, Gazeta reconstructs portraits of idols from the past, from archives and through the eyes of the chroniclers of those times] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Marile echipe ale Petrolului din anii '50-'60, 6 povești spectaculoase despre performanțele generațiilor de aur ale ploieștenilor" [The great Petrolul teams from the 50s-60s, 6 spectacular stories about the performances of the golden generations of the people of Ploiesti] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Corvinul Hunedoara vs Flacăra Ploiești 3-1". Labtof. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  8. 1 2 "57 de ani de la prima Cupă cucerită de Petrolul. Și de la gestul unicat făcut de ploieșteni" [57 years since Petrolul won its firs cup. The unique gesture done by the Ploiești players] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Romanian Cup – Season 1962–1963". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Vasile Sfetcu. UEFA Cup 1962/1963". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 "Vasile Sfetcu". European Football. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "Romania 4-0 Morocco". European Football. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Morocco 3-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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