The JCCJ admitted the appeal of Mititelu and annulled the decision by which the record of Rotaru's science was attributed!


Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Thursday, June 12, 2025, 17:16 / Updated Thursday, June 12, 2025 17:23
2 years after the record of the University of Mihai Rotaru the High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the appeal of Adrian Mititelu and annulled the decision by which the record of the University of Craiova was assigned to the team in the first division of Romanian football.
Adrian Mititelu argues that at this moment the record of the University of Craiova club belongs to him at this time, provisionally, in his possession: “I won at the JCCJ! At this moment the record of the University of Craiova was provisionally in our possession, in relation to the sentence of the Dolj Tribunal remaining in the being!”
The decision of the High Court of Cassation and Justice: “Admits the appeal”
Admits the appeal declared by the appellant-defendant football club U Craiova SA, through the judicial liquidator the SPRL insolvency agency, against the civil decision no. 360/A of July 10, 2023, pronounced by the Timişoara Court of Appeal – Insolvency Section, companies, unfair competition and disputes arising from the operation of an enterprise, as well as the appeal declared by the intervener in its own behalf of Craiova 1948 SA and the interveners in the interest of another person Peluza Sud, FAN CLUB NIVIATEIA XIIA XIII Craiova and FC U Craiova SA, through the judicial liquidator Expert Com SPRL, against the same decision and the conclusion of June 14, 2023, pronounced by the Timişoara Court of Appeal-Insolvency Section, Companies, unfair competition and disputes arising from the exploitation of an enterprise, in contradiction with the respondent-defendant, On behalf of another person U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv SA and with the respondents the Government of Romania and the Ministry of Education.
Part from the contested decision and sends the cause of the same court of appeal for a new judgment of the appellant-applicant Club Sportiv University Craiova against the civil sentence no. 149 of May 23, 2017, pronounced by the Dolj Court in File no. 11665/63/2014 **. It maintains the disposition from the decision appealed to reject the appeal declared by the appellant-intervenient accessory U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv SA (formerly Club Sportiv U Craiova SA). final
–June 12 June Decision 2025
In 2023, the Timișoara Court of Appeal transmitted that the track record of the University of Craiova club came into the possession of Mihai Rotaru CS University Craiova, the team that currently works in the first step of Romanian football.
History of the Craiova University Palmares case
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CS Craiova University, Mihai Rotaru's club, asked in court, among others, the recognition that he owns the entire palmares of the white-blue club, from 1948 to 1991.
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In 2018, after several pronouncements of the courts, the Timișoara Court of Appeal decided that “there is no evidence that the applicant was established in 1948, but, on the contrary, it turns out that it was established in 1991 and acquired legal personality in 1995. There is no evidence that between the applicant and the historical football team”
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CSU Craiova filed an appeal, and it was admitted by the High Court in 2021. The 3-judge's chain decided, score 2-1 in favor of the CSU, the re-examination of the case “for the procedural vices”
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The case arrived again on the table of the judges of the Court of Appeal, “who deliberate this time in favor of Craiova held by Mihai Rotaru. Mititelu's team can still appeal within 30 days, and the JCCJ will have to make a definitive decision.
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Basically, following the decision today, July 10, CSU Craiova receives the record of 1948 (the year of the establishment of science) – 1991 (when the club privatization took place). During this period all 4 titles were won.
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FCU Craiova now claims the record from 1991 to the present, based on the fact that FIFA considered it the continuous team when it judged disputes with foreign players who were legitimized at the deceased FC Craiova University.




