Balkans Cup and reaching the 1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup sixteenths-finals as the club was eliminated by Espanyol Barcelona against whom he earned a 4–2 victory. In 1962 he also started coaching Romania's national team simultaneously while still coaching Steagul, leading the national team in four friendly games which consist of one victory, two draws and one loss, afterwards coaching Romania's Olympic team which he helped qualify to the 1964 Summer Olympics where the team finished on the 5th place. In January 1967, Ploeșteanu took the decision to change the colors of Steagul from white and blue to black and yellow, considering that in the new colors the team will be seen better on the field, being inspired to take this decision by his player, Csaba Györffy who participated with Romania's Olympic team in a tournament in Uruguay where after a match with Peñarol, Györffy received from captain Alberto Spencer the shirt with which he played and at the return in the country, he wore the shirt during his training sessions with the team. After 20 years spent at Steagul he was dismissed after the team finished on the last place of the 1967–68 season, relegating to Divizia B. His last coaching experience took part at Tractorul Brașov from 1968 until 1969. Silviu Ploeșteanu has a total of 249 Divizia A games as a manager, consisting of 104 victories, 49 draws and 96 losses. Personal life Silviu Ploeșteanu was known as an anti-communist, telling everyone whom he would interact:"Never call me comrade! I was born a sir and I will always be a sir". After dying of a heart attack on 13 April 1969, people who were close to him claim that one of the reasons of his death was because of the sadness he felt after being dismissed by Steagul Roșu Brașov after coaching it for 20 years. The Stadionul Silviu Ploeșteanu from Brașov is named in his honor. Honours Player UD Reșița Divizia A: 1930–31, runner-up 1931–32 Universitatea Cluj Divizia A runner-up: 1932–33 Cupa României runner-up: 1933–34 Venus București Divizia A: 1938–39, 1939–40 Cupa României runner-up: 1939–40 Manager Steagul Roșu Brașov Divizia A runner-up: 1959–60 Divizia B: 1956 Balkans Cup: 1960–61 References External links 1913 births 1969 deaths FC Brașov (1936) managers CSM Reșița players Venus București players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Universitatea Cluj players Romanian football managers Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Liga I players Romania national