INRTU Men's Football Team Wins the Irkutsk Region Universiade

The INRTU football team delivered a strong performance at the Universiade of Higher Education Institutions of Irkutsk Region in men's football. Our team achieved the best result and won the gold medal.

The men's football matches of the Universiade of Higher Education Institutions of the Irkutsk Region were held on October 8-14. The games took place at the INRTU stadium among eight teams fr om various universities. INRTU took first place on the podium. Second and third places went to Irkutsk State University (ISU) and Irkutsk State Agrarian University (IrSAU), respectively.
As football team coach Maxim Orobei explained, our football players met five matches to achieve a high result and earn the gold medal:

"In the semifinal, INRTU students defeated the team from (Irkutsk Transport University) IrGUPS. The score was 5:2. In the final, the guys showed an excellent result, meeting the ISU team on the football pitch. A single goal proved decisive. The match ended with a score of 2:1. Even the rain did not prevent the victory".

According to the coach, first-year students made a huge contribution to the victory – they renewed the team's roster last autumn and managed to quickly and effectively build chemistry with the veteran players:

"The newcomers scored confident and accurate goals. Experienced INRTU players helped the first-years keep possession of the ball. A very strong team has come together, one that is only moving forward.
Our footballers left their opponents no chances, demonstrating true team spirit, as well as skill and the will to win".

Currently, the athletes are participating in the Freshman Cup and preparing for city competitions.

The Football Federation of the Irkutsk Region congratulated INRTU on the victory in the regional Universiade of higher education institutions and wished the team success at the next stage, wh ere it will represent Irkutsk Region.

Recall that the INRTU team recently returned fr om Ulan-Ude, wh ere the III interregional stage of the All-Russian Football Competition among students "All-Russian Division" in memory of Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan was held. The INRTU team became silver medalist.