AFC Săgeata Năvodari

Săgeata Năvodari
Full name AFC Săgeata Năvodari
Short name Săgeata
Founded 1960
Ground Petromidia
(Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman Cristian Costea
Manager Constantin Gache
League Liga II
2010–11 Liga II, Seria I, 3rd
Home colours
Away colours

Săgeata Năvodari is a Romanian professional football club from Năvodari, Constanţa County, Romania, founded in 1960. They currently play in Liga II, Seria I of the 2011–12 season, after finishing 3rd in the 2010–11 season of Liga II. They were included in a promotion playoff against Voinţa Sibiu, the fourth team in Seria II, but they were eliminated.

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History

The club played its entire history in the lower leagues of the Romanian football system, recently achieving some performances. At the end of the 2007-08 season of the Liga IV they promoted for the first time in history to the Liga III. The first season in the third league level of the Romanian football system, meant a reasonable performance, finishing 5th in the 2nd series.

In July 2009, it was announced by the Buftea mayor that CS Buftea sold its Liga II place to Săgeata Stejaru for 500.000 €.[1][2]

Săgeata had a resonable start in its first Liga II season in history, finishing 4th at the end of the first half of the championship. By the end of the season Săgeata targeted the first two places but failed to reach them and finished the championship 6th.

At the end of July 2010 the team moved from Stejaru to Năvodari and changed its name from Săgeata Stejaru to Săgeata Năvodari[3]. Thus continuing the football tradition in Năvodari after the dissolution of CS Năvodari, former Midia Năvodari.

Săgeata finished 2nd in the series the first half of the 2010–11 Liga II season, and was in the battle for the promotion with Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ and Concordia Chiajna. By the end of the season Săgeata targeted the first two places but failed to reach them and finished the championship 3rd. But all was not lost, because FRF decided that a play-off round will be played between Voinţa Sibiu and Săgeata Năvodari for the last vacant place in the 2011–12 Liga I.[4]

Săgeata lost the play-off round against Voinţa Sibiu with aggregate score of 0-2.

Săgeata started fairly well the 2011–12 Liga II season, currently ranking 3rd in the table after 11 rounds, just 4 points behind FC Delta Tulcea. The battle for promotion will be fierce this season, with FC Viitorul Constanţa and FC Delta Tulcea as opponets.

Honours

Liga IV:

  • Winners (1): 2007–08

Current squad

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 Florin Olteanu
2 DF Gheorghe Goşa (captain)
3 DF Ciprian Dinu
5 MF Valentin Apostol
6 DF Decebal Gheară
7 MF Ovidiu Vezan
8 MF Andrei Boroştean
9 FW Alexandru Chiţu
10 FW Vasile Şicu
11 MF Marius Jianu
No. Position Player
12 GK Vlad Gordin
14 MF Mircea Gheorghe
15 MF Teo Şamata
16 MF Lucian Turcu
18 DF Alexandru Vlad
20 DF Florin Bold
24 FW Lucian Itu
- GK Alexandru Ariton
- DF Florin Popa
- MF Adrian Olah

Gallery

References

  1. ^ CS Buftea sells the Liga II place
  2. ^ Stejaru buys CS Buftea's place in Liga II
  3. ^ "Săgeata Stejaru becomes Săgeata Năvodari!". LigaB.ro. http://ligab.gsp.ro/stiri/3950/sageata_stejaru_se_va_numi_sageata_navodari.html. Retrieved 30 July 2010. 
  4. ^ "Comitetul de urgenţă al FRF". FRF. 22 June 2011. http://frf.ro/sectiune/stiri/articol/comitetul-urgenta-al-frf. 

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