Iacob Felecan

Iacob Felecan
Personal information
Date of birth (1914-05-30)30 May 1914
Place of birth Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Date of death 1988(1988-00-00) (aged 73–74)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1930–1940 Victoria Cluj 145 (1)
1940–1942 Ripensia Timișoara 20 (0)
1942–1944 FC Craiova[a] 0 (0)
1945–1946 Victoria Cluj
1947–1949 CFR Cluj 39 (0)
Total 204 (1)
International career
1937–1943 Romania 9 (0)
Managerial career
1945–1946 Victoria Cluj
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Iacob Felecan (30 May 1914 – 1988) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender for Romania in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Club career

Felecan was born on 30 May 1914 in Cluj-Napoca, Austria-Hungary.[3][4] He began playing football in 1930 at local club, Victoria.[4] Subsequently, he made his Divizia A debut on 11 September 1932 in a 2–1 home loss to Gloria Arad.[5][6] In 1940, Felecan joined Ripensia Timișoara, as the northern part of Transylvania was ceded to Hungary due to the Second Vienna Award and he refused to stay in Cluj-Napoca under the Hungarian administration.[1][4][5] Two years later, he went to play for FC Craiova, with whom he won the 1942–43 championship which was not recognized by the Romanian Football Federation.[1][4][5] In 1945, after the end of the Second World War and the return of the northern part of Transylvania to Romania, Felecan returned to Victoria Cluj as a player-coach.[1][4] After two years, he went to play for CFR Cluj.[4][5] There, on 3 July 1949, he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 5–2 loss to Dinamo București, totaling 204 matches with one goal in the competition (without counting the unofficial appearances for FC Craiova).[4][5][7]

International career

Felecan played nine games for Romania, making his debut on 4 July 1937 under coach Constantin Rădulescu in a friendly that ended in a 4–2 away win over Poland.[3][4][8] He was selected by coaches Alexandru Săvulescu and Rădulescu to be part of the squad that participated in the 1938 World Cup.[3][4][9] He did not appear in the first game against Cuba, that ended in a 3–3 draw, but Felecan played in the replay which ended in a surprising 2–1 loss.[3][9][10] His last appearance for the national team took place on 13 June 1943 in a 2–2 friendly draw against Slovakia.[3]

Personal life and death

Felecan's brother, Theodor, was also a footballer.[4]

Shortly after ending his playing career, Felecan refused to be a member of the Romanian Communist Party and consequentially was forced to work at the Danube–Black Sea Canal.[4] He died in 1988.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ The 1940–41 Divizia A was the last season before World War II and the 1946–47 Divizia A was the first one after, so the appearances and goals scored during this period for FC Craiova are not official.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XXIV – "Ultimul șut aduce promovarea"" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XXIV - "The Last Shot Gets the Promotion"] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. ^ Iacob Felecan at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Iacob Felecan". European Football. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "A jucat pentru România la un Mondial, apoi a ajuns la Campionatul de la Canal! Povestea celei mai infame competiții din România: fotbal, muncă silnică și torturi aplicate de criminali de drept comun!" [He played for Romania at a World Cup, then reached the Canal Championship! The story of the most infamous competition in Romania: football, forced labor and torture by common criminals!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Iacob Felecan profile". Labtof. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Iacob Felecan. 1932-33 season". Labtof. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
    "Victoria Cluj vs Gloria Arad 1-2". Labtof. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Iacob Felecan. 1948-49 season". Labtof. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
    "CFR Cluj vs Dinamo București 2-5". Labtof. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Poland 2-4 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  9. ^ a b "România – Cuba: povestea eliminării ruşinoase de la Cupa Mondială a primei generații de excepţie din istoria "tricolorilor"" [Romania – Cuba: the story of the shameful elimination from the World Cup of the first exceptional generation in the history of the "tricolors"] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Cuba 3-3 România, 5 iunie 1938 (Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38)" [Cuba 3-3 Romania, June 5, 1938 (World Cup in France '38)] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
    "Campionatul Mondial din Franța '38: Cuba 2-1 România, 9 iunie 1938" [World Championship in France '38: Cuba 2-1 Romania, June 9, 1938] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
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