Iosif Stibinger

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Iosif Stibinger / János Barna
Personal information
Full name Iosif Ioan Stibinger
Date of birth (1923-09-24)24 September 1923
Place of birth Reșița, Romania
Date of death 17 June 1949(1949-06-17) (aged 25)
Place of death Arad, Romania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941–1942 Elektromos 12 (5)
1942–1944 Nagyváradi AC 47 (10)
1945–1946 Elektromos 19 (4)
1946–1949 ITA Arad 50 (19)
Total 127 (38)
International career‡
1947–1948 Romania 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 November 2017

Iosif Ioan Stibinger (also known as János Stibinger or János Barna; 24 September 1923 – 17 June 1949) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker at international level for Romania.[1][2]

Club career

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Stibinger was born on 24 September 1923 in Reșița, Romania.[1][2][3][4][5] He began playing senior-level football at Hungarian team Elektromos at age 18, making his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut on 21 September 1941 under coach Gusztáv Sebes in a 3–1 loss to Gamma.[1][2][3][4][6] He scored his first goal in his next match, a 3–3 draw against Diósgyőr.[3] After one year, Stibinger joined Nagyváradi AC in Crișana, then occupied by Hungary, winning the 1943–44 Nemzeti Bajnokság I under coach Ferenc Rónay, contributing with three goals scored in 20 matches.[1][3][4][5][7] In 1945, he returned to play for one year at Elektromos.[2][3][4][5] Subsequently, Stibinger joined ITA Arad where he made his Divizia A debut on 11 May 1947 in a 1–1 draw against CFR București.[1][2][4][5] He scored four goals in six matches in his first season spent at ITA, as the club won the title.[1][3][4][5][8] In the following season, he helped the club win The Double, scoring 12 goals in 26 league matches under coach Petre Steinbach.[1][2][4][5][8] On 7 March 1948, in a 6–1 away victory against CSCA București, he and teammate Adalbert Kovács each scored three goals, marking the first time two players from the same team netted a hat-trick.[9] He also played the entire match in the 3–2 victory in the 1948 Cupa României final against CFR Timișoara.[10] Stibinger made his last Divizia A appearance in a 4–1 victory against CFR Cluj, having a total of 50 games with 19 goals scored in the competition, all for ITA.[1][5]

International career

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Stibinger played two games for Romania, making his debut under coach Colea Vâlcov in a 3–1 loss to Yugoslavia in the 1947 Balkan Cup, played at the Giulești Stadium in Bucharest.[11][12] His second and last appearance also took place at the Giulești Stadium in a 1–0 loss to Albania in the 1948 Balkan Cup.[11][13]

Death

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Stibinger died in the summer of 1949 in Arad at age 25, suffering from jaundice.[3][4][5]

Honours

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Nagyváradi AC

ITA Arad

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Iosif Stibinger at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Iosif Stibinger at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Iosif Stibinger profile" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 13 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Romanian Football" (in English and Romanian). Tumblr.com. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Iosif Stibinger" (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Elektromos FC - Gamma FC 1 : 3" (in Hungarian). Magyarfutball.hu. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Despre noi" [About us] (in Romanian). Caoradea.ro. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  9. ^ "Breviar sportiv arădean după 65 de ani: Imaginaţi-vă azi un Steaua - UTA 1-6!" [Aradean sports round after 65 years: Imagine today a Steaua - UTA 1-6!] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1947 - 1948". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Iosif Stibinger profile". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Romania 1-3 Yugoslavia". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Romania 0-1 Albania". European Football. Retrieved 26 July 2022.