FC Farul Constanţa

Farul Constanţa
Full name Fotbal Club Farul Constanţa
Nickname(s) Marinarii (The Sailors)
Rechinii (The Sharks)
Founded 1949
Ground Farul
(Capacity: 15,500)
Owner Giani Nedelcu
Chairman Nelu Damian
Manager Vacant
League Liga II
2010–11 Liga II, Seria I, 13th
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

FC Farul Constanţa (Romanian pronunciation: [fe t͡ʃe ˈfarul konˈstant͡sa]) is a professional football club from Constanţa, Romania. Established in 1949, Farul is currently competing in Liga II (formerly known as Divizia B),after being relegated at the end of Liga I 2008-09. 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, which they lost 0-1 to FC Dinamo Bucureşti.

In Romanian farul means "the lighthouse". Farul Constanţa are also a well-known rugby union team, which hosted the first Heineken Cup rugby match.

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History

In 1949, the two football clubs of Constanţa, Dezrobirea and PCA, were merged to create a new team, Locomotiva PCA Constanţa, that played in the Divizia B (the 2nd League). After the 1954 edition, the team was promoted for the first time to the 1st League (Divizia A), and in 1958, the team's name was changed from Locomotiva to Farul Constanţa.

Its best achievements are reaching the fourth place in Liga I and the semi-finals of the Balkans Cup, and winning Liga II four times.

Best positions in Liga I

Milestones

Honours

Domestic

Liga I:

Liga II:

  • Winners (5): 1954, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1980–81, 1987–88
  • Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 2000-01

Romanian Cup:

  • Winners (0):
  • Runners-up (1): 2004–05

European

Balkans Cup:

  • Winners (0):
  • Runners-up (1): 1964–66

UEFA Intertoto Cup:

  • Winners (0):
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

European record

UEFA Intertoto Cup
Season Round Club Home Away Aggr.
1995 Group stage Bečej — 2–1
Pogoń Szczecin 2–1 —
Cannes — 0–0
Dnepr Mogilev 2–0 —
Round of 16 Heerenveen — 0–4
2006 First round Pobeda 2–0 2–2 4–2
Second round Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2–1 1–1 3–2
Third round Auxerre 1–0 1–4 2–4

Current squad

As of January, 2010

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Radu Sardescu
2 DF Nicolae Buzea
4 FW Cosmin Pascovici
5 DF Ion Barbu
7 FW Marius Ene
10 MF Lucian Leu
15 DF Cristian Şchiopu
No. Position Player
18 MF Liviu Mihai
26 MF Marius Soare
28 FW Emil Nanu
30 GK Adrian Vlas
24 DF Nicolas Vajou
TBA GK Cornel Cernea
TBA FW Adrian Pătulea

Notable players

The most famous player that played for Farul is of course Romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi (1982-1983).

Club officials

Boardroom

Management

Youth centre staff

References

  1. ^ "Romania 1998/99". Rsssf.com. 1999-10-07. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesr/roem99.html. Retrieved 2011-10-22. 

External links

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