FC Naţional Bucureşti

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FC Naţional
Full name	FC Naţional Bucureşti
Nickname(s)	Bleu-Albaştrii, Bancarii
Founded	1944
Ground	Cotroceni, Bucharest
Capacity	14,542
Chairman	Constantin Iacov
Manager	Sorin Cârţu
League	Liga I
2005-06	Divizia A, 6th
Home colours 　 Away colours

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] Squad

[edit] Current squad

As of 20 November 2006

No. 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

  Stanev

  Ghindeanu

  Martins

  Burca

  Panc

  Lincar

  Dumitru

  Binaware

   Herea

  Dragan

  Cursaru

[edit] Squad changes during 2006/07 season

In:

• Liviu Rusu - Transferred From Sportul Studenţesc
• Alin Ilin - Transferred From Dinamo Bucureşti
• Mihnea Ivan - Transferred From Oltul Slatina
• Alin Burcea - Transferred From Oltul Slatina
• Claudiu Drăgan - Transferred From Dinamo Bucureşti
• Cătălin Cursaru - Transferred From FC Vaslui
• Florentin Dumitru - Transferred From Jiul Petroşani

Out:

• Ryan Alan Griffiths - Transferred To Rapid Bucureşti
• Cristian Sapunaru - Transferred To Rapid Bucureşti
• Ersin Mehmedovic - On Loan From FCU Politehnica Timişoara
• Mircea Vasile Oprea - On Loan From FCU Politehnica Timişoara
• Michael Thwaite - Transferred To Wisla Krakow
• Iulian Tameş On Loan From Dinamo Bucureşti
• Octavian Chihaia
• Hristu Chiacu
• Zeno Marius Bundea - Transferred To Maccabi Netanya

[edit] Achievements

Romanian Cup Winner

• 1959-1960 • 1 - 0 with Dinamo Obor Bucureşti

Romanian Cup Runner-Up

• 1957-1958 • 0 - 1 with Ştiinţa Timişoara
• 1996-1997 • 2 - 4 with Steaua Bucureşti
• 2002-2003 • 0 - 1 with FC Dinamo Bucureşti
• 2005-2006 • 0 - 1 with Rapid Bucureşti

Divizia A

• 2nd position: 1955-1956, 1995-1996, 1996-1997, 2001-2002

[edit] Famous players

[edit] Noted former players

[edit] Famous coaches

• José Ramón Alexanko
• Walter Zenga
• Viorel Mateianu
• Florin Halagian
• Paul Popescu
• Cosmin Olăroiu

[edit] External links

• FC National website
• Site-ul neoficial
• Forumul Suporterilor
• Forumul Nationalului pe sport365
• FC National - Liga 1

	Romanian Liga 1
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 |

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