Farul Constanţa

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FC Farul Constanţa
Full name	Fotbal Club Farul Constanţa
Nickname(s)	Marinarii (The Sailors) Rechinii (The Sharks)
Founded	1949
Ground	Farul, Constanţa, Constanţa, Romania
Capacity	15,520
Chairman	Gheorghe Bosânceanu
Manager	Basarab Panduru
League	Divizia A
2005-06	Divizia A, 7th
Home colours 　 Away colours

FC Farul Constanţa is a professional football club from Constanţa, Romania. Established in 1949, Farul is currently competing in Liga 1 (formerly known as Divizia A). The club has yet to win a Romanian title. Notably, the 2004/2005 season brought for Farul some outstanding performances that enabled it to finish the season on the 5th place and reach to its first ever Romanian Cup final match, unfortunately lost, 0-1, to FC Dinamo Bucureşti.

In Romanian language, 'farul' means "the lighthouse".

Farul Constanţa are also a well-known rugby union team, who hosted the first Heineken Cup rugby competition.

[edit] Previous names

• Locomotiva P.C.A. Constanţa (1949-1958)
• Farul Constanţa (1958-1972)
• FC Constanţa (1972-1988)
• FC Farul Constanţa (1988-present)

[edit] Honours

• Romanian Cup:
  • Runners-up - 2005 - 0-1 with Dinamo Bucureşti
• Balkans Cup:
  • Runners-up - 1966 - 0-2 3-3 with Rapid Bucureşti
• UEFA Intertoto Cup:
  • Runners-up - 2006 - 1-4 1-0 with AJ Auxerre

[edit] Current first team squad

As of August 10, 2006

No. Position Player 1 GK George Curcă 2 DF Răzvan Farmache 3 DF Ion Barbu 4 DF Szabolcs Perenyi 5 DF Cristian Şchiopu 6 DF Decebal Gheară 7 FW Liviu Mihai 8 MF Florin Lungu 9 FW Armel Disney 10 MF Adrian Senin 11 FW Mihai Guriţă 14 MF Claudiu Voiculeţ

No. Position Player 15 MF Ionuţ Larie 16 DF Vasile Păcuraru 17 MF Dinu Todoran 18 MF Marius Soare 19 FW Florin Neaga 20 DF Laurenţiu Florea 21 MF Cosmin Băcilă 23 FW Tibor Moldovan 25 MF Marius Nae 27 DF Florin Maxim 30 GK Adrian Vlas 32 MF Iulian Apostol

[edit] Squad changes during 2006/07 season

In:

• Armel Disney - Signed From Pandurii Târgu-Jiu
• Cosmin Băcilă - Signed From Forex Braşov
• Szabolcs Perenyi - Signed From Dinamo Bucureşti
• Iulian Apostol - Returned From Oţelul Galaţi
• Florin Neaga - Signed From FC Bihor Oradea
• Marius Nae - Signed From Sportul Studenţesc
• Florin Maxim - Signed From Sportul Studenţesc

Out:

• Cosmin Paşcovici - Transferred To Dinamo Bucureşti
• Bogdan Apostu - On loan To UTA Arad
• Răzvan Stanca - On loan To Sportul Studenţesc
• George Uşurelu - Transferred To CFR Timişoara
• Viorel Gheorghe - Transferred To FC Braşov
• Mario Carlos - Released his contract

[edit] Starting lineup

 1. George Curcă
25   1,87m Romania

 2. Răzvan Farmache
28  1,78m Romania

 3. Ion Barbu
29  1,92m Romania

 5. Cristian Şchiopu
32   1,75m Romania

 20. Laurenţiu Florea
25  1,80m  Romania

 17. Dinu Todoran
28  1,80m Romania

 8. Florin Lungu
26  1,79m Romania

 14. Claudiu Voiculeţ
21   1,76m Romania

 11. Mihai Guriţă (Cap)
33  1,75m  Romania

 7. Liviu Mihai
29  1,81m  Romania

 9. Armel Disney
26  1,76m  Congo DR

[edit] Second lineup

 30. Adrian Vlas
24   1,87m Romania

 21. Cosmin Băcilă
23  1,72m Romania

 6. Decebal Gheară
28  1,90m Romania

 16. Vasile Păcuraru
19   1,75m Romania

 27. Florin Maxim
25  1,78m  Romania

 18. Marius Soare
28  1,80m Romania

 15. Ionuţ Larie
19  1,86m Romania

 32. Iulian Apostol
26  1,74m Romania

 10. Adrian Senin (Cap)
28  1,71m Romania

 25. Marius Nae
25  1,73m  Romania

 23. Tibor Moldovan
24  1,88m  Romania

[edit] Club officials

[edit] Boardroom

• Owner: Gheorghe Bosânceanu
• Honour president: Marios N. Lefkaritis
• Chief Executive: Florin Chiforeanu
• Director Marketing: Mihai-Gabriel Diaconescu
• Director Juridic: Valentina Petre
• Press Officer: Marian Bocai

[edit] Management

• Manager: Basarab Panduru
• Tehnic Director: Ion Marin
• Assistant Manager 1: Sandu Rocco
• Assistant Manager 2: Cristian Cămui
• Goalkeeping Coach: Ion Răuţă
• Club Doctor: Liviu Muja
• Fitness Coach: Gheorghe Avram
• Masseurs: Paul Ciocănescu, Valentin Constantin
• Second Team Coach: Sebastian Iovănescu

[edit] External links

• Official Farul website
• Farul fan website
• Farul fan website
• Farul - Romanian Soccer News
• Farul - Liga 1 ranking

	Romanian Liga I
2006/07 Season	FC Argeş Piteşti | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca | Dinamo Bucureşti | Farul Constanţa | Gloria Bistriţa | Jiul Petroşani | FC Naţional Bucureşti | Oţelul Galaţi | Pandurii Târgu-Jiu | FC Politehnica Iaşi | FCU Politehnica Timişoara | Rapid Bucureşti | Steaua Bucureşti | Unirea Urziceni | Universitatea Craiova | UT Arad | FC Vaslui |