Ioan Andone - Coaching Career

Coaching Career

After retiring as a player, Andone started coaching Sportul Studenţesc. He later coached U Cluj for two years, Sportul Studenţesc for a second period, Petrolul Ploieşti, FC Farul Constanţa, FC Braşov, FC Bihor Oradea and Sportul Studenţesc for a third time. In 2003 he took over Dinamo Bucureşti, and led them to one league championship and three consecutive cup titles. In December 2005 he took over Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia and stayed there until January 2007.

In 2008 won Liga I and Romanian Cup with CFR Cluj in an astonishing performance for a team which played six years before in the third league.

After that he was coaching Al-Ettifaq Club of Saudi Arabia. On 8 June 2009 he started coaching Al Ahli club (Dubai). In the beginning of October 2009, after Dinamo Bucureşti sacked Italian coach Dario Bonetti, Andone was offered the position of general manager. Although he stated that he would have wanted to train Dinamo Bucureşti again, he could not fulfill his wish because Al-Ahli Dubai's officials asked him to respect his contract and denied his permission to leave the club from UAE. On 5 November 2009 the Romanian manager, leaves the bench of Al Ahli, the new manager is Mahdi Ali. On 17 January 2010, he signed a year and a half contract with CSKA Sofia and just two months later, on 30 March 2010, announced his resignation. On 1 April 2010 Rapid Bucureşti officials appointed the former CSKA Sofia Coach to replace Nicolae Manea until the end of the season 2010.

He returned to Dinamo in June 2010 to help rebuild the team and bring the title after a four year break. He failed to succeed, Dinamo finished only sixth, and he was sacked at the end of the season.

In April 2012, Andone came back to CFR Cluj, and helped the team winning its third Liga I title. Under his guidance, CFR accessed to the UEFA Champions League group stage, after winning all four qualifying games. He resigned in October 2012, because of the poor results in Liga I.