Foresta Fălticeni
| Full name | Foresta Fălticeni | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1954 | ||
| Dissolved | 2003 | ||
| Ground | Areni/Nada Florilor | ||
| Capacity | 12,500/10,000 | ||
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Foresta Fălticeni (also known as Foresta Suceava) was a Romanian professional football club from Fălticeni, Suceava County, Romania, founded in 1954 as Avântul Fălticeni and subsequently dissolved in 2003.
History
The club was founded in 1954 in Fălticeni under the name of Avântul Fălticeni.
Foresta played one Romanian Cup final against Steaua Bucureşti at the end of the 1966–67 season, but lost 0-6.
In 1997, the club was moved to Suceava after it won the promotion to the Divizia A for the first time in history. Another reason for the move was, that the main team in the city, CSM Suceava had failed to achieve any notable performances during the previous decade.
During the 3 seasons it spent in the Divizia A, a notable match was played against Dinamo Bucureşti in which Dinamo was leading with 4-0 in the 70th minute, only to see Foresta turn the tables on them and win 5-4 in the end. The man of those 20 minutes was Robert Niţă who scored 2 goals. [1]
Before it was dissolved in 2003 it moved back to Fălticeni to play the last matches in its history there.
Name timeline: Avântul Fălticeni (1954–1956), Recolta Fălticeni (1956), Energia Fălticeni (1957), Chimia Fălticeni (1982–1988); NC Foresta Suceava (1997–2002); Foresta Fălticeni (1957–1982, 1988–1997, 2003)
Notable former players
Gheorghe Eugen- Gheorghe Pantazi
- Eugen Nae
- Constantin Schumacher
- Constantin Ciubotaru
- Daniel Bălan
- Daniel Munteanu
- Dorel Bernard
- Aristică Cioabă
- Ovidiu Ciobanu
- Gheorghe Goian
- Dorin Goian
- Lucian Goian
- Mircea Minescu
- Cristian Şchiopu
- Robert Ilyeş
- Remus Marta
- Dorin Semeghin
- Iulian Miu
- Mihai Botan
- Sergiu Brujan
- Robert Dani
- Mihai Baicu
- Giani Căpuşă
- Alexandru Cioloca
Éric Fannis- Dumitru Gavrilescu
- Alexandru Gheorghe
- Robert Niţă
- Marius Păcurar
- Adrian Dobrea
- Adrian Bontea
- Vasile Chitaru
- Iulian Buzea
- Vasile Prisacă
- Viorel Dumitrescu
- Mihai Guriță
- Alexandru Cioloca
- Neculai Grosu
- Eusebiu Robu
- Florin Ghinea
- Ioan Maftei
- Daniel Mihăilă
- Valentin Bălan
- Cătălin Beldeanu
Notable former managers
- Ionel Iuga
- Nicolae Babeti
- Vasile Florea
- Nicolae Constantin
- Cristian Antoniu
- Cornel Anton
- Ion Buzoianu
- Constantin Jamaischi
- Barbu Marin
Honours
- Winners (0):, Best finnish: 13th 2000–01
- Winners (2): 1996–97, 1999–00
- Runners-up (1): 1995–96
- Winners (5): 1956, 1973–74, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1994–95
- Runners-up (3): 1968–69, 1979–80, 1980–81
Romanian Cup:
- Winners (0):
- Runners-up (1): 1966–67