Vasile Sfetcu

Vasile Sfetcu
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*
Years Team Apps (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)
Total 168 (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]

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, having a total of 161 matches in the competition, also totaling 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Vasile Sfetcu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b c d e f "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. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ a b c "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1962–1963". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Vasile Sfetcu. UEFA Cup 1962/1963". WorldFootball. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  11. ^ a b c "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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