VOLLEY-BALL
A resounding failure for CSM Bucharest! Firea and Szabo's team collapsed in B »Culmea! Enter Pandele's team and ... also Szabo
Article by Marian Ursescu
CSM Bucharest, Romania's former women's volleyball champion, will be replaced in the first league by the Voluntari City team. A "business" that seems to be in the family, among the mayors.
On the website of the Romanian Volleyball Federation appeared the composition of the teams that will start next season, both in the first league and in the second league.
For women, in Division A2, the Eastern series, CSM Bucharest is the first team nominated. The vice-champion of Romania retired this season due to the club's financial problems, and CSM announced that he will not register the team in the second league either. Following the negotiations with the federation, however, it seems that there are premises that bring changes in this case. The general manager Gabriela Szabo is expected to leave on holiday, the only one who has to approve the registration in the second league.The SCM will bet, in this case, more on the juniors, having no immediate goals. Surprisingly, the CSM gave players, including juniors, the freedom to find their teams. Francisca Alupei (17 years old), one of the most talented players in the new wave, who had a contract with CSM Bucharest, arrived this summer at the Alba Blaj Volleyball champion.
Voluntari in the first league!
But the surprise comes in the first league, where the place of withdrawal of CSM Bucharest was taken by ... CSO Voluntari 2005! In other words, the team of the mayor of Bucharest, Gabriela Firea, comes out and enters the formation of the mayor of Voluntari, Florentin Pandele, nobody other than her husband.
Moreover, the sports manager of Voluntari is Zsolt Gyongyossy, the husband of the general manager of CSM Bucharest, Gabriela Szabo!
CSO Voluntari was invited by the Romanian Volleyball Federation to enter the first league, although it is only one year in the second stage, and in the debut season the team finished in 4th place out of 8 participating teams.
5 teams in the second league
After co-opting CSO Voluntari in the first women's league, Division A will have 12 teams in the next season. However, five of them were promoted from the second league: FC Arges, CSM Tg. Mureș from the Western series, CS Medgidia, Rapid București and now CSO Voluntari 2005 from the Eastern series.
No money found!
The management of CSM Bucharest decided this summer that out of the 5 teams that he had in team sports (girls and boys volleyball, handball girls and boys, rugby) to keep only handball. For the rest, no money was found after the club budget was reduced by 30%! The women's volleyball team was the most titled after the women's handball. The "Tigroaicele" from volleyball won the national title in 2018, participating in the Champions League groups. Two years earlier, in 2016, CSM had won the Challenge Cup, the third European trophy in value.
"I have no connection with Voluntari anymore!"
Zsolt Gyongyossy, the husband of the General Manager of CSM Bucharest, Gabriela Szabo, argues that since he was appointed State Undersecretary with responsibilities in the field of sports, he no longer holds any public office at Voluntari. "It was ethical and moral to give up all public functions," said the technician. CSO Voluntari acknowledges, however, that she was invited to Division A1 and as such will have girls volleyball teams in the first rank.
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A resounding failure for CSM Bucharest! Firea and Szabo's team collapsed in B »Culmea! Enter Pandele's team and ... also Szabo
Article by Marian Ursescu
CSM Bucharest, Romania's former women's volleyball champion, will be replaced in the first league by the Voluntari City team. A "business" that seems to be in the family, among the mayors.
On the website of the Romanian Volleyball Federation appeared the composition of the teams that will start next season, both in the first league and in the second league.
For women, in Division A2, the Eastern series, CSM Bucharest is the first team nominated. The vice-champion of Romania retired this season due to the club's financial problems, and CSM announced that he will not register the team in the second league either. Following the negotiations with the federation, however, it seems that there are premises that bring changes in this case. The general manager Gabriela Szabo is expected to leave on holiday, the only one who has to approve the registration in the second league.The SCM will bet, in this case, more on the juniors, having no immediate goals. Surprisingly, the CSM gave players, including juniors, the freedom to find their teams. Francisca Alupei (17 years old), one of the most talented players in the new wave, who had a contract with CSM Bucharest, arrived this summer at the Alba Blaj Volleyball champion.
Voluntari in the first league!
But the surprise comes in the first league, where the place of withdrawal of CSM Bucharest was taken by ... CSO Voluntari 2005! In other words, the team of the mayor of Bucharest, Gabriela Firea, comes out and enters the formation of the mayor of Voluntari, Florentin Pandele, nobody other than her husband.
Moreover, the sports manager of Voluntari is Zsolt Gyongyossy, the husband of the general manager of CSM Bucharest, Gabriela Szabo!
CSO Voluntari was invited by the Romanian Volleyball Federation to enter the first league, although it is only one year in the second stage, and in the debut season the team finished in 4th place out of 8 participating teams.
5 teams in the second league
After co-opting CSO Voluntari in the first women's league, Division A will have 12 teams in the next season. However, five of them were promoted from the second league: FC Arges, CSM Tg. Mureș from the Western series, CS Medgidia, Rapid București and now CSO Voluntari 2005 from the Eastern series.
No money found!
The management of CSM Bucharest decided this summer that out of the 5 teams that he had in team sports (girls and boys volleyball, handball girls and boys, rugby) to keep only handball. For the rest, no money was found after the club budget was reduced by 30%! The women's volleyball team was the most titled after the women's handball. The "Tigroaicele" from volleyball won the national title in 2018, participating in the Champions League groups. Two years earlier, in 2016, CSM had won the Challenge Cup, the third European trophy in value.
"I have no connection with Voluntari anymore!"
Zsolt Gyongyossy, the husband of the General Manager of CSM Bucharest, Gabriela Szabo, argues that since he was appointed State Undersecretary with responsibilities in the field of sports, he no longer holds any public office at Voluntari. "It was ethical and moral to give up all public functions," said the technician. CSO Voluntari acknowledges, however, that she was invited to Division A1 and as such will have girls volleyball teams in the first rank.
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