The West Derby (Romanian: Derbiul Vestului) is a match between the fierce rivals SSU Politehnica Timișoara and UTA Arad, the biggest and most popular football clubs in the western of Romania.

Both teams were hungry for points and the pressure was greater on the shoulders of Timișoara players, who were in a tough situation, the bottom of the table.

On UTA's bench was Coloman Braun-Bogdan aka "Csibi", coach that a year before finished in 3rd place with Timișoara.

When people saw that, they triggered the scandal", remember, many years ago, Cicerone Manolache, one of the protagonists of that match.

Timișoara stadium was suspended, they disputed their last home matches in exile, at Reșița.

Then in 2012 FC Politehnica Timișoara went bankrupt and it was followed by her biggest rival UTA Arad, two years later, in 2014.

[clarification needed] Even though UTA controlled the match from the beginning to end, Poli managed to score the opening goal.