FCM Bacau
Encyclopedia
FCM Bacău is a Romania
n football
club, founded in 1950, currently playing in the Liga II
. It's the best placed Moldovan
team in the Liga I All-Time Table, ranking 9th with 42 seasons played.
.
In the Romanian Cup
, FCM Bacău managed to reach the final in the 1990/1991 season, eventually being defeated 2-1 by Universitatea Craiova
, which also won the league that season. Their best European performance was achieved in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the predecessor of the U.E.F.A. Cup) in the 1969-1970
Edition when the team, named at that time Dinamo Bacau, reached the quarter-finals, after eliminating teams like F.C. Floriana (Malta), F.K Skeid (Norway) and Kilmarnock F.C. (Scotland), being defeated by the team who at the end of the competition would win the trophy Arsenal F.C. with a humiliating 0-2 in Romania and 7-1 on Highbury Stadium.
FCM Bacău won the 1998 edition of Cupa Ligii
and was runner-up in 2000.
In the 2001-2002
Divizia A season, Cătălin Cursaru
the FCM Bacau's striker was the national Top Goal Scorer, scoring 17 goals.
The team's pennant decline accelerated even more, and at the end of the 2009–10 Liga II
season, it relegated to the Liga III
.
The club finished 1st the first half of the 2010–11 Liga III
season, and their objective to promote back to the Liga II
seems just in grasps reach.
FCM Bacău promoted at the end of the 2010–11 Liga III
season after it finished 1st in the Seria I, with 23 victories, 3 draws and 0 loses.
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Liga II
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Liga III
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Romanian Cup
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Romanian League Cup
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UEFA Intertoto Cup
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club, founded in 1950, currently playing in the Liga II
Liga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....
. It's the best placed Moldovan
Moldavia
Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river...
team in the Liga I All-Time Table, ranking 9th with 42 seasons played.
History
The club was established in 1950, and has achieved some decent results in the league (despite never having finished in the top 3), 4th place in the 1972/1973 season and 5th place in the 1996/1997 season as its best results there. In 2001, FCM Bacău relegated to the second league, but maintained in the first division after buying a place from promoted FC Baia MareFC Baia Mare
FC Baia Mare was a Romanian football club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș, northern Romania. In the 2009–10 season, they played in the Liga II . The team played at Dealul Florilor Stadium , which hosted big names of European football such as Real Madrid, Dinamo Bucharest and Steaua Bucharest in the...
.
In the Romanian Cup
Romanian Cup
The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
, FCM Bacău managed to reach the final in the 1990/1991 season, eventually being defeated 2-1 by Universitatea Craiova
FC Universitatea Craiova
Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...
, which also won the league that season. Their best European performance was achieved in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the predecessor of the U.E.F.A. Cup) in the 1969-1970
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1969-70
The twelfth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1969-'70 season. The competition was won by Arsenal FC over two legs in the final against Anderlecht...
Edition when the team, named at that time Dinamo Bacau, reached the quarter-finals, after eliminating teams like F.C. Floriana (Malta), F.K Skeid (Norway) and Kilmarnock F.C. (Scotland), being defeated by the team who at the end of the competition would win the trophy Arsenal F.C. with a humiliating 0-2 in Romania and 7-1 on Highbury Stadium.
FCM Bacău won the 1998 edition of Cupa Ligii
Cupa Ligii
Cupa Ligii was a Romanian football cup created in 1998 to shorten the break between the end of the league season and the start of a major international competition. Managed by the Romanian professional football league, it was only played in 1998 and 2000. Only teams from the Romanian top division...
and was runner-up in 2000.
In the 2001-2002
Divizia A 2001-02
-League table:||rowspan=5|||rowspan=3|-Positions by round:-Results:...
Divizia A season, Cătălin Cursaru
Cătălin Cursaru
Cătălin Cursaru is a retired Romanian footballer.At his peak, he was considered amongst the best strikers in Romania, displaying a vast array of skills: dribble, shot accuracy, aerial ability and off-the-ball movements; he is best known for his FCM Bacău spell, where he played five full...
the FCM Bacau's striker was the national Top Goal Scorer, scoring 17 goals.
The team's pennant decline accelerated even more, and at the end of the 2009–10 Liga II
2009–10 Liga II
The 2009–10 Liga II season is the 70th season of Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on August 15, 2009 and will end on June 5, 2010.-Seria I:||rowspan=9 style="background-color:white;"|...
season, it relegated to the Liga III
Liga III
Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.-Relegation:...
.
The club finished 1st the first half of the 2010–11 Liga III
2010–11 Liga III
The 2010–11 Liga III season was the 55th season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on August 27, 2010 and ended on June 3, 2011.The winners of each series promoted to the 2011–12 Liga II....
season, and their objective to promote back to the Liga II
Liga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....
seems just in grasps reach.
FCM Bacău promoted at the end of the 2010–11 Liga III
2010–11 Liga III
The 2010–11 Liga III season was the 55th season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on August 27, 2010 and ended on June 3, 2011.The winners of each series promoted to the 2011–12 Liga II....
season after it finished 1st in the Seria I, with 23 victories, 3 draws and 0 loses.
Current squad
Honours
Liga ILiga I
Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...
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- Winners (0):, Best finish: 4th 1972-73Divizia A 1972-73-Final classification:-Top scorers:*Ion Oblemenco - Universitatea Craiova - 21 goals...
Liga II
Liga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....
:
- Winners (4): 1955, 1966–67, 1974–75, 1994–95Divizia B 1994–95The Divizia B 1994–95 season was the 55th season of Divizia B, the second tier of the Romanian football league system.The winner of each series of the Divizia B was promoted to the Divizia A, and the runner up from each series played a playoff...
- Runners-up (3): 1954, 1957–58, 1964–65
Liga III
Liga III
Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.-Relegation:...
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- Winners (1): 2010–11
Romanian Cup
Romanian Cup
The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
:
- Winners (0):
- Runners-up (1): 1990–91
Romanian League Cup
Cupa Ligii
Cupa Ligii was a Romanian football cup created in 1998 to shorten the break between the end of the league season and the start of a major international competition. Managed by the Romanian professional football league, it was only played in 1998 and 2000. Only teams from the Romanian top division...
:
- Winners (1): 1998Cupa LigiiCupa Ligii was a Romanian football cup created in 1998 to shorten the break between the end of the league season and the start of a major international competition. Managed by the Romanian professional football league, it was only played in 1998 and 2000. Only teams from the Romanian top division...
European record
UEFA Cup Winners' CupUEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | First round |  Werder BremenSV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen is a German sports club best known for its association football team playing in Bremen, in the northwest German federal state of the same name. The club was founded on 4 February 1899 as Fußballverein Werder by a group of sixteen vocational high school students who had won a prize... |
0–6 | 0–5 | 0–11 |
UEFA Intertoto Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | First round |  Ararat YerevanFC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan , is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. Currently, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, and is one of the most popular teams in Armenia.- History :... |
0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Notable players
- Radu Eduard Ciobanu
- Ghiţă Aristică
- Narcis Coman
- Mircea Constantinescu
- Neculai Alexa
- Răzvan Lucescu
- Florin Prunea
- Ştefan Apostol
- Lorin Avădanei
- Emeric Dembrovschi
- Nicolae Vătafu
- Daniel Iftodi
- Florin Petcu
- Zeno Bundea
- Costel Solomon
- Gheorghe Viscreanu
- Daniel Scânteie
- Valentin Bădoi
- Cătălin Cursaru
- Andrei Cristea
- Vlad Munteanu
- Adrian Dragoş Pitu
- Narcis Răducan
- Vasile Şoiman
- Vasile Chitaru
- Mihai Rugiubei
- Mircea Nedelcu
- Sorin Condurache
- Eugen Baciu
- Eugen Băcoiu
- Valeriu Bordeanu
- Sorin Trofin
Notable managers
- Valeriu Neagu
- Gheorghe Constantin
- Traian Ionescu
- Angelo Niculescu
- Costică Rădulescu
- Dumitru Nicolae Nicuşor
- Nicolae Vătafu
- Mircea Nedelcu
- Grigore Sichitiu
- Vasile Sosu
- Mircea Pană
- Costică Ştefănescu
- Costel Orac
- Mihail Marian
- Florin Halagian
- Costel Pană
- Gheorghe Poenaru
- Mircea Rednic
- Ilie Dumitrescu
- Dumitru Dumitriu
- Ionuţ Lupescu
- Cristian Popovici