Petre Libardi

Petre Libardi
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-08-27)27 August 1942[1]
Place of birth Câmpulung-Muscel, Romania[1]
Date of death 14 August 2005(2005-08-14) (aged 62)[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder[1]
Youth career
1956–1957 Minerul Câmpulung
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1961[2] Minerul Câmpulung
1961–1962 Dinamo Pitești 0 (0)
1962–1963 Minerul Câmpulung
1963–1975 Jiul Petroșani[a] 263 (47)
International career
1967 Romania 2 (0)
Managerial career
1975–1976 Victoria Călan
1976–1977 Minerul Lupeni
1980–1982 Jiul Petroșani
1982–1985 Minerul Lupeni
Paroșeni Vulcan
1990–1991 Jiul Petroșani
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petre Libardi (27 August 1942 – 14 August 2005) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[1][2][3]

Club career

Libardi was born on 27 August 1942 in Câmpulung-Muscel and began playing football at Minerul Câmpulung.[1][2][4][5] He went for a short period to Dinamo Pitești, but then returned to Minerul.[1][2][4][5]

In 1963, Libardi joined Jiul Petroșani in Divizia B.[1][2][4][5] He helped them gain promotion to Divizia A three years later.[1][2][4][5] He made his debut in the competition on 21 August 1966 under coach Ștefan Coidum in a 7–0 victory against Steagul Roșu Brașov.[1][2][4][5][6] His first performance with The Miners was reaching the 1972 Cupa României final, where coach Eugen Iordache used him the entire match in the eventual 2–0 loss to Rapid București.[2][4][5][7] Libardi eventually won the competition two years later after a 4–2 victory against Politehnica Timișoara in the 1974 final, as coach Traian Ivănescu used him the full 90 minutes, helping Jiul win its first trophy.[1][2][4][5][8] Afterwards he played in both legs against Dundee United in the first round of the 1974–75 European Cup Winners' Cup which was lost with 3–2 on aggregate.[1][2][5][9][10] In May 1975, during a Jiul – Politehnica Iași home game, the wooden stand of the stadium started to burn due to a cigarette thrown into a pile of seed husks.[11] Libardi, along with teammates Gogu Tonca and Andrei Stocker jumped in to help the firefighters extinguish the fire.[11] Libardi was Jiul's captain ten years from 1965 until 1975, a period in which he appeared in 238 Divizia A games and scored 47 goals.[1][2][5][9] His last appearance in the competition occurred on 29 June 1975 in a 2–1 away loss to Universitatea Cluj.[1]

International career

Libardi played two games for Romania, making his debut under coach Bazil Marian in a 1–1 friendly draw against Uruguay, which took place in Montevideo at Estadio Gran Parque Central.[12][13] His second game was also a friendly which ended in a 0–0 draw against Poland.[12]

Managerial career

After he retired, Libardi worked as a manager, first in the Romanian lower leagues for clubs such as Victoria Călan, Minerul Lupeni and Paroșeni Vulcan.[5] His most notable performances were two spells in Divizia A at Jiul Petroșani, one in the early 1980s and the other in 1990.[2][4][5][14] He also served as Jiul's president.[2][4]

Personal life and death

In 2001 Libardi was awarded the Honorary Citizen of Petroșani title.[4][5][9] He died on 14 August 2005 at age 62.[1][2][5][9] In 2019, at 100 years after Jiul Petroșani was founded, the authorities decided to change the name of the local stadium from Jiul to "Petre Libardi" in his honor.[2][5][9][15]

Honours

Jiul Petroșani

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1963–64 and 1964–65 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Petre Libardi at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "In memoriam Dacă ar fi trăit, astăzi Petre Libardi ar fi împlinit 70 de ani" [In the memoriam If he lived today Petre Libardi would have turned 70 years old] (in Romanian). Gddhd.ro. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Fotbal. Inedit. Dacă era la Jiul, era al 11-lea!" [Football. Uncommon. If he was at Jiul, he would have been the 11th!] (in Romanian). Gddhd.ro. 29 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Stadionul Jiul devine Petre Libardi" [The Jiul stadium becomes Petre Libardi] (in Romanian). Cronicavj.ro. 20 June 2019. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Special. Jucătorul, omul și stadionul. Petre Libardi s-a născut și a murit în luna august…" [Special. The player, the man and the stadium. Petre Libardi was born and died in August...] (in Romanian). Cronicavj.ro. 11 August 2021. Archived from the original on 3 November 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Jiul Petrosani vs FC Brasov 7-0". Labtof. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1971–1972". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1973–1974". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Stadionul Jiul din Petroșani își schimbă denumirea! Va purta numele unui fost jucător și antrenor al clubului din Valea Jiului" [The Jiul stadium in Petroșani changes its name! It will be named after a former player and coach of the club from the Jiul Valley] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Dundee United vs. Jiul Petroșani 3 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
    "Jiul Petroșani vs. Dundee United 2 – 0". WorldFootball. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Ticăloșii fără glorie Povestea celui mai dur cuplu de fundași centrali din istoria Ligii 1: "Ne loveau încă de pe tunelul întunecat. Era îngrozitor"" [The gloryless villains. The story of the toughest pair of central defenders in the history of Liga 1: "They were starting to hit us from the dark tunnel. It was awful."] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Petre Libardi". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Uruguay - Romania 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Petre Libardi manager profile". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  15. ^ "Stadionul Jiul va purta numele "Petre Libardi"" [Jiul Stadium will be called "Petre Libardi"] (in Romanian). Avantulliber.ro. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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