Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Sunday, April 12, 2026, 9:25 p.m. / Updated Sunday, April 12, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
Dinamothe team for which Mircea Lucescu wrote history, came to Cluj to play the first match after the death of the great coach. A minute's silence was held before kick-off, and the “dogs” changed their shirts to pay tribute to the late coach.
The “dogs” replaced the face of Cătălin Hîldan on the chest with the image of Mircea Lucescu. The image of Hîldan was not removed completely, but moved to the sleeve of the shirt.
Dinamo, at the first match after the death of Mircea Lucescu: minutes of silence and special shirts for “dogs”
The match started with a moment of silence on the arena in Gruia. Dinamo wore the black away shirt, while the players from CFR, who have the white equipment, wore shirts with Mircea Lucescu's face over the equipment during the moment of silence. The Dynamo players also had the shirts worn by the Cluj players when leaving the locker room, but they took them off during the moment. The hosts also displayed the late coach on the scoreboard.
After the emotional moment at the start, Mircea Lucescu's name was shouted at the stadium in Gruia, and then the home fans went to trivia about the “dogs”.
Mircea Lucescu wrote history at Dinamo
Mircea Lucescu took his first steps in football at Dinamo Bucharest, the team with which he has spent most of his career. As a player, he won 7 championship titles and a Romanian Cup, all with Dinamo.
He also performed at Știința Bucharest and Corvinul Hunedoara.
Throughout his coaching career, he trained Corvinul, the Romanian national team, Dinamo, Pisa, Brescia, Reggiana, Rapid, Inter, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Shakhtior, Zenit, the Turkish national team and Dinamo Kiev.
He won 36 trophies in his career as a technician: 9 times the championship of Ukraine, 8 times the Ukrainian Cup, 7 times the Ukrainian Supercup, 3 times the Romanian Cup, 2 times the Romanian championship, 2 times the Turkish championship, as well as the UEFA Cup, the European Super Cup, the Russian Super Cup and the Anglo-Italian Cup.
