Article by Remus Dinu – published on Thursday, July 03, 2025, 22:37 / Updated Thursday, July 3, 2025 22:44
The news that CFR Cluj could change the historical name of the stadium He did not do well to Constantin Rădulescu's daughter, the personality that gives the name of the arena in Gruia. The “railway” tested the track of a partnership with a company from Turkey, and part of the business was to be replaced by the current name of the stadium, to take over a commercial title, on a western model.
The champion of the province, CFR Cluj, evaluated the feasibility of paraphrase a large partnership with a corporation in Turkey, Can Holding, which performs in the field of appliances.
From the information that the Sports Gazeta presented to you the previous days, Turkey's holding holding to set the new name of the Gruia stadium, which, for 20 years, is called “Dr. Constantin Rădulescu”, a tribute to the one considered the modern founder of the railway club.
Beyond the financial mirage of the business, not everyone looks at the respective business idea. The hypothetical change in the name of the stadium is deeply anxious to Stanca Ioana Gidro, the daughter of the late Constantin Rădulescu.
As a lawyer and former dean of the Cluj-Napoca Bar, the direct heir to Dr. Rădulescu responded on Thursday to the GSP call, expressing his deep indignation about the version carried out the previous days.
Gazeta spoke with Stanca Gidro, the daughter of Constantin Rădulescu: “No one asked me, nobody considered to be announced”
Whether the business is moving forward or not, the daughter of the one who gives the stadium name has a wisdom: the management of the club to notify in advance if he planns to change the name of the arena:
“Absolutely no one told me anything! Even anything, I don't know, just what I heard, what I saw in the press. No one thought I should be asked …. or at least announced.
My father created the modern CFR team in 1968, if I remember. The stadium is from 1973, made by Dad, with the money of the CFR regional. It was his idea, his conception. There he stayed on the footballers.
Dad was really worth bearing the name of the stadium. I repeat, no one asked me, you realize that I am upset!
Stanca Gidro, the daughter of Constantin Rădulescu
[Ce plănuiți să faceți?] I don't know. First let's see what happens, beyond the negotiations I read in the press. Do you think he is interested in my position? I don't think so! Have you heard of respect? I am 70 years old, I am more and more shocked by the way things happen.I repeat, I know nothing, just what was written in the press. I will react when it happens if it happens. It seems a total lack of respect for a man who, in fact, was dedicated to the team, ”stated Stanca Gidro, in a dialogue worn with the Sports Gazette.
👉Stanca-Ioana Gidro is described as one of the most experienced lawyers in Cluj-Napoca, having a professional experience of 40 years in the legal field. He is a doctor in civil law and held the position of dean of the Cluj Bar between 2006 and 2014.
The last hour, Cristi Balaj, the president of CFR Cluj, left that the negotiations with the Turkish company would not be a priority at this time: “I do not know anything about this topic, I have no detail, not to sign such a contract,” Balaj said, in the conference on Thursday.
Dr. Constantin Rădulescu stadium. Photo: CFR Cluj
Constantin Rădulescu means CFR Cluj!
Constantin “half” Rădulescu is a personality who does not need any presentation in Cluj. Dr.
First at “U”, between 1943 and 1949, then at CFR, where it arrived in 1950, when the team still bore the name “locomotive”.
Withdrawn early, because of an injury, Dr. Rădulescu became a manager, training “railway” for a long time. Last time, in the early 1990s. Ceased life in 2001, And CFR rewarded the entire activity in 2005, when he named the Gruia stadium in his memory.
CFR Cluj's Old-Chool fans describe Constantin Rădulescu as a character who has dedicated over 30 years in the life of the club in Gruia.
In 1949, after the completion of the faculty, Constantin Rădulescu transferred to the CFR, who assured him as a doctor in the hospital of the same name in the city. Before his death, Rădulescu published his memoirs in the book “A life dedicated to football”.
Constantin Rădulescu was a loved person in Gruia
Dr. Stadium “Constantin Rădulescu”, House of the province champion
The “Dr Constantin Rădulescu” stadium has a current capacity of 17,000 places and has gone through a large renovation process in 2008, after the first title of the cherries. The original arena was built in 1973, and until 2004 could accommodate a maximum of 10,000 spectators.
