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FC Naţional Bucureşti (formerly Progresul) is a Romanian football club playing in Divizia A. Despite having long resided in the shadow of the three big Bucharest teams (Steaua, Dinamo and Rapid), the club has recently achieved some good results, having thrice finished runners up in the league (in 1996, 97 and 2002), in each case finishing behind one of its Bucharest rivals.
One of the biggest successes was elimination of Serbian side Partizan Belgrade in UEFA Cup competition in late 1990s.
The team won the Romanian Cup in 1960 and played another 4 finals in 1958, 1997, 2003 and 2006.
The 2004/2005 saw the team leading the league for a while early in the season, and though the form weakened National still managed to finish 4th, only just missing out on the chance to compete in the UEFA Cup to rivals Rapid Bucureşti.
[edit] Stadium information
- Name - Cotroceni
- City - Bucharest
- Capacity - 14,542
- Inauguration - 1995
- Pitch Size - 105 x 70 metres
[edit] Current squad
As of 20 Novembre 2006
| No. |
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Position |
Player |
| 2 |
 |
DF |
Emil Ninu Ducu |
| 3 |
 |
DF |
Martins Altamir Heitor |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Marius Rusu |
| 5 |
|
DF |
Mihai Panc |
| 6 |
|
MF |
Erik Lincar |
| 7 |
|
FW |
Daniel Marin |
| 8 |
|
DF |
Costel Ciprian Mozacu |
| 10 |
 |
MF |
Wayne John Srhoj |
| 11 |
|
FW |
Cătălin Marcel Cursaru |
| 12 |
 |
GK |
Radostin Lyubomirov Stanev |
| 13 |
|
GK |
Eugen Nae |
| 14 |
|
DF |
Daniel Ghindeanu |
| 15 |
|
FW |
Ionut Savu |
| 16 |
|
MF |
Ovidiu Herea |
| 17 |
|
DF |
Alin Marcu |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 18 |
|
FW |
Ciprian Stanciu |
| 19 |
|
FW |
Claudiu Drăgan |
| 20 |
|
DF |
Florentin Dumitru |
| 21 |
|
MF |
Mihnea Ilarian Ivan |
| 22 |
|
GK |
Radoie Milenovic |
| 23 |
|
FW |
Alin Burcea |
| 24 |
|
MF |
Roberto Iancu |
| 25 |
|
DF |
Liviu Nicolae Rusu |
| 26 |
|
DF |
Alin Sorin Ilin |
| 27 |
|
DF |
Ovidiu Nicuşor Burcă (captain) |
| 28 |
 |
MF |
Williams Binaware |
| 29 |
|
MF |
Raul Razvan Costin |
| 30 |
|
FW |
Alin Drăgan |
| 33 |
|
MF |
Ionut Pană |
| 23 |
|
MF |
Abiodun Agunbiade |
|
[edit] Starting Lineup
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Linkar
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Fl Dumitru
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Iancu
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Herea
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Dragan
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Cursaru
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[edit] Squad changes during 2006/07 season
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[edit] Achievements
Romanian Cup Winner
Romanian Cup Runner-Up
Divizia A
- 2nd position: 1955-1956, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 2001-2002
[edit] Famous players
[edit] Noted former players
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- Dinulescu
- V.Popescu
- Jan Grama
- Sandu Gabriel
- Marius Ciugarin
- N. Tănăsescu
- Mafteuta
- Aurel Beldeanu
- Aurel Mandoiu
- Gabriel Raksi
- Gino Iorgulescu
- Adalbert Kassay
- Mircea Sandu
- Mihai Stoichiţă
- Vlad Marica
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- Marian Ionescu
- Constantin Zamfir
- Em. Tevi
- Ion Apostol
- Dudu Georgescu
- Viorel Năstase
- George Pena
- Ionut Luţu
- Liviu Ciubotariu
- Tiberiu Curt
- Petre Marin
- Catalin Liţă
- Ovidiu Petre
- Gigel Coman
- Gabriel Caramarin
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[edit] Famous coaches
[edit] External links
Ersin Mehmedovic - On Loan From FCU Politehnica Timişoara
José Ramón Alexanko
Walter Zenga
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