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Constantin Cernăianu

Constantin Cernăianu (12 October 1933 – 22 June 2015) was a Romanian football player and coach.[2]

Constantin Cernăianu
Personal information
Date of birth (1933-10-12)12 October 1933
Place of birth Târgu Jiu, Romania
Date of death 22 June 2015(2015-06-22) (aged 81)
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1953 Flacăra Târgu Jiu
1954–1955 Știința București
1955–1960 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Managerial career
1960–1964 Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
1965–1967 Petrolul Ploiești
1968–1969 Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
1969–1971 Petrolul Ploiești
1971–1976 Universitatea Craiova
1976–1978 Romania (assistant)
1979–1980 Romania
1979–1981 Romania U20
1980 Sportul Studențesc București
1981–1983 Steaua București
1983–1985 Olympiakos Nicosia
1985 Dinamo București
1986–1987 Rapid București
1987–1988 Gloria Bistrița
1988–1992 Olympiakos Nicosia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Constantin Cernăianu was born on 12 October 1933 in Târgu Jiu, Romania, starting to play football in 1949 at local club, Flacăra.[3][4][5] In 1954 he went for one year at Știința București, then he returned to Târgu Jiu at Pandurii where he played until 1960 when he retired.[3][4][5]

Managerial career

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Constantin Cernăianu became a football coach shortly after he retired from playing in 1960, becoming Ilie Oană's assistant at Petrolul Ploiești winning together the 1962–63 Cupa României.[5][6] Cernăianu became the team's head coach in 1965, helping it win the 1965–66 Divizia A championship, thus at age 32 becoming one of the youngest coaches who ever won the title.[2][3][5][7][8][9][10][11] In the middle of that season he went for a month to study the training sessions of Helenio Herrera's Inter Milan.[4][10] He then participated with The Yellow Wolves in the first round of the 1966–67 European Cup against Liverpool, earning a 3–1 victory which however was not enough to qualify to the next round.[2][4][5][7][12][13] In 1968, Ilie Oană came back to Petrolul, Cernăianu being his assistant again until 1969 when Oană left the club to go coach Panserraikos in Greece.[6] From 1969 until 1971 Cernăianu was the team's head coach but then Oană came back again and Cernăianu did not accept to be his assistant anymore, leaving the club.[6]

He went to be head coach at Universitatea Craiova, being close to win the title in the 1972–73 season but "U" finished on the second place on equal points with Dinamo București, losing controversially on the goal difference for which poet Adrian Păunescu nicknamed Craiova as "Campioana unei mari iubiri" (The Champion of a great love).[5][14][15] In the first round of the 1973–74 UEFA Cup season, "U" Craiova got pass Fiorentina with a 1–0 aggregate win, being eliminated in the following one by Standard Liège.[8][16] In the same season he helped Craiova win the league title, which was the first trophy in the club's history.[2][3][5][7][8][9] The following season, "U" suffered a 4–3 aggregate loss in front of Åtvidaberg in the first round of the European Cup, also the team reached the 1975 Cupa României final which was eventually lost after a 2–1 defeat with Rapid București.[17][18] Cernăianu is the coach that in 1973 gave 16-year-old Ilie Balaci his debut in professional football.[4][19]

In the same period he coached in parallel Romania's students football team, winning two Universiade gold medals in the 1972 edition that was held in Romania and the 1974 one from France.[2][4][5][7][8][12][20][21]

From 1976 until 1978 he was Ștefan Kovács's assistant at Romania's national team, failing to qualify to the 1978 World Cup.[2][3][4][5][8][12] In 1979 he became head coach of The Tricolours, his first game being a friendly which was lost 3–1 with Soviet Union.[2][22][23] His following two games were a loss with Yugoslavia and a victory over Cyprus at the Euro 1980 qualifiers.[22] He also led the national team in another loss with Yugoslavia at the final of the 1977–80 Balkan Cup, his last game taking place on 2 April 1980 in a 2–2 with East Germany, having a total of six games consisting of one victory, one draw and four losses.[22] He also worked for Romania's under-20 squad, guiding it at the 1981 World Youth Championship from Australia, helping the team finish the tournament in the third position, winning the bronze medal.[2][3][4][5][7]

Afterwards, Cernăianu went to coach several Bucharest clubs like Sportul Studențesc, Steaua, Dinamo and Rapid, also he had his first spell abroad, coaching Olympiakos Nicosia which he helped earn promotion to the first league.[2][3][4][5][7][12][10] Since 1987, he went to coach Gloria Bistrița for one year, than he made a comeback at Olympiakos Nicosia, working there for four years until 1992, managing to reach the 1990–91 Cypriot Cup final which was lost with 1–0 in front of Omonia Nicosia.[3][4][5][24]

Constantin Cernăianu has a total of 390 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A consisting of 168 victories, 93 draws and 129 losses.[25]

Writing

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In 1997 he wrote a book about football coaching called Manualul antrenorului profesionist (The Professional Coach's Handbook).[10]

Death

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Constantin Cernăianu died on 22 June 2015 at age 81.[2][3][5][7][8][12]

Honours

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Manager

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Petrolul Ploiești

Universitatea Craiova

Olympiakos Nicosia

Romania University

References

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  1. ^ Constantin Cernăianu at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "S-a stins din viață fostul antrenor al naționalei României, Constantin Cernăianu" [Constantin Cernăianu, te former coach of romaniațs national team has passed away]. frf.ro. 22 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "A murit antrenorul Constantin Cernăianu, cel care a cucerit ultimul titlu al Petrolului și primul pentru Craiova" [Coach Constantin Cernăianu, who won the last title for Petrol and the first for Craiova, died] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Interviu cu singurul tehnician român care a învins Liverpool. Constantin Cernăianu: "Pasați! Cu tupeu!"" [Interview with the only Romanian technician who beat Liverpool. Constantin Cernăianu: "Pass! With guts!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Povestea unui colos: Cernăianu, omul care a făcut din Craiova "campioana unei mari iubiri" și ne-a adus bronzul mondial" [The story of a colossus: Cernăianu, the man who made Craiova "the champion of a great love" and brought us the world bronze] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b c "Ilie Oana: "Fotbalul a dat un rost adevarat vietii mele"" [Ilie Oana: "Football gave a real purpose to my life"] (in Romanian). Doarpetrolul.ro. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Constantin Cernăianu a murit. "A fost conștient până în ultima clipă, dar n-a vrut să-l mai vadă nimeni așa!"" [Constantin Cernăianu died. "He was conscious until the last moment, but he didn't want anyone to see him like that again!"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Fotbal – Oltenia plânge: Constantin Cernăianu a trecut în neființă" [Football - Oltenia is crying: Constantin Cernăianu passed away] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d "Profesorul Constantin Cernaianu" [The professor Constantin Cernaianu] (in Romanian). Coaches-ahead.ro. 22 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  11. ^ "Constantin Cernaianu – iubit si controversat" [Constantin Cernaianu – loved and controversial] (in Romanian). Doarpetrolul.ro. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d e "A murit Constantin Cernăianu, singurul antrenor român care a învins FC Liverpool" [Constantin Cernăianu, the only Romanian coach who defeated FC Liverpool, died] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Petrolul 66, 53 de ani de la victoria cu Liverpool. Supraviețuitorii succesului, sărbătoriți la Ploiești" [Petrolul 66, 53 years since the victory with Liverpool. The survivors of success, celebrated in Ploiesti] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
    "55 de ani de la istorica victorie a Petrolului cu Liverpooli" [55 years since the historic victory of Petrolul with Liverpool] (in Romanian). Wesport.ro. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Craiova, campioana unei mari iubiri. O idee care a intrat în legendă" [Craiova, the champion of a great love. An idea that has become legendary] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Campioana unei mari iubiri! Prima echipă de legendă a Universității Craiova s-a "născut" în anii 70!" [The champion of a great love! The first legendary team of the University of Craiova was "born" in the 70s!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Războiul olteano-florentin, primul episod" [The Olteano-Florentine War, the first episode] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  17. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1974 - 1975". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Universitatea Craiova - Åtvidaberg". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
    "Åtvidaberg - Universitatea Craiova". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Povestea lui Ilie Balaci a inceput la Petrosani" [Ilie Balaci's story began in Petrosani] (in Romanian). Cronicavj.ro. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
    "O jumătate de veac de la debutul lui Balaci în prima ligă" [Half a century since Balaci's debut in the first league] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  20. ^ a b "Au fost odată campioni mondiali" [Once they were world champions] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  21. ^ Garin, Erik (5 October 2000). "World University Championships (Outdoor) 1972". RSSSF.
    Garin, Erik (15 June 2002). "World University Championships (Outdoor) 1974". RSSSF.
  22. ^ a b c "Constantin Cernăianu manager profile". European Football. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  23. ^ Siminiceanu, Radu (6 April 2003). "Romania National Team 1980–1989 - Details". RSSSF.
  24. ^ a b "Cyprus 1990/91". RSSSF. 18 September 2024.
  25. ^ "Top 60 antrenori" [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
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