FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Full name FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Nickname(s)
  • Nemţenii (Men from Neamț)
  • Urșii carpatini (Carpathian Bears)
Founded 20 October 1919 (1919-10-20)
Ground Ceahlăul
Ground Capacity 18,000
Owner Angelo Massone
Chairman Ioan Mironaş
Manager Stefano Maccoppi
League Liga II
2014–15 Liga I, 18th (relegated)
Website Club home page

Fotbal Club Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț is a Romanian football club based in Piatra Neamț, established on 20 October 1919.

The club's home ground is Ceahlăul Stadium with a capacity of 18,000 seats.[1] Team colors are, starting with the 2006/07 season, orange, yellow and black.

The club takes its name from the Ceahlău mountain.

History

Ceahlăul promoted for the very first time in history to the Liga I in 1993 and played there until 2004, when it relegated to the Liga II with head coach Viorel Hizo and his assistant Toader Șteț, for the first time since its promotion.

They promoted back to the Liga I the very next season. They were supposed to play in the Liga II for the 2007/08 season after finishing 15th out of 18 teams, but Liga II team Delta Tulcea could not obtain the license for the 2007/08 season of Liga I, so Ceahlăul played in its place. But it was a short lived joy, because it relegated once again, only to promote immediately after.

The objective for the 2009/10 season of the Liga I was to avoid relegation, but once again the club relegated, for the third time in the last 6 years.

Ceahlăul started strong the 2010–11 Liga II season and dominated the series until the end, promoting once again in Liga I.

European record

Competition S P W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Intertoto Cup 41911443119+ 12
Total 4 19 11 4 4 31 19 + 12

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1995 Group stage (9) Bulgaria Bulgaria Etar Veliko Tarnovo 2–0 1st place
Belgium Belgium Beveren 2–0
Czech Republic Czech Republic Boby Brno 2–0
Netherlands Netherlands Groningen 0–0
Round of 16 France France Metz 0–2 0–2
1999 First round Lithuania Lithuania FK Ekranas 1–0 1–0 2–0
Second round Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina NK Jedinstvo Bihać 2–1 3–1 5–2
Third round Italy Italy Juventus 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2000 First round Estonia Estonia Narva Trans 4–2 5–2 9–4
Second round Spain Spain RCD Mallorca 3–1 1–2 4–3
Third round Austria Austria Austria Wien 2–2 0–3 2–5
2003 First round Finland Finland Tampere United 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)

Players

Current squad

As of 9 February 2016

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

No. Position Player
1 Romania GK Alexandru Barna (captain)
3 Romania DF Victor Călin
12 Romania GK Teodor Cîmpianu
14 Romania FW Dan Nedelcu
15 Romania FW Marian Drăghiceanu
16 Romania MF Sorin Tăbăcariu
22 Romania GK Marius Chelaru
32 Romania MF Alexandru Margină
33 Romania MF Cristian Copoţ-Barb
22 Romania GK Eduard Chiruţă
— Spain DF Cristian Castells
— Spain DF Cerra
— Romania DF Gabriel Amariei
— Romania DF Daniel Mitrofan
No. Position Player
— Italy DF Simone Napoli
— Romania DF Dragoş Olteanu
— Romania DF Cosmin Rotaru
— Romania DF Mihnea Şoimaru
— Spain MF José Galán
— Romania MF Liviu Antim
— Ivory Coast MF Seydou Bamba
— Romania MF Viorel Cristea
— Romania MF Florin Hebriştean
— Romania MF Cătălin Mateeş
— Romania MF Andrei Mateiciuc
— Romania MF Sorin Pintilie
— Romania MF Mircea Ştefăniţă
— Romania FW Vasile Lupei

Club Officials

Board of directors

Role Name
Owner Italy Angelo Massone
Executive Director Romania Ioan Mironaş
Marketing Director Romania Radu Birlică
Youth Center Director Romania Toader Şteţ

Current technical staff

Role Name
Manager Italy Stefano Maccoppi
Assistant Manager Italy Dario Dighera
Assistant Manager Romania Lidi Chertic

Former managers
  • Romania Mihai Stoica (July 1, 2006 – Aug 13, 2006)
  • Romania Ion Moldovan (Aug 19, 2006 – Oct 29, 2006)
  • Romania Florin Marin (Nov 9, 2006 – March 18, 2007)
  • Romania Aurel Șunda (March 19, 2007 – June 30, 2007)
  • Romania Viorel Hizo (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008)
  • Romania Florin Marin (July 10, 2008 – Oct 25, 2009)
  • Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu (Oct 30, 2009 – Feb 27, 2010)
  • Montenegro Zoran Filipović (March 3, 2010 – May 26, 2010)
  • Romania Marin Barbu (June 15, 2010 – Feb 3, 2011)
  • Romania Costel Enache (Feb 3, 2011 – May 12, 2013)
  • Romania Viorel Hizo (May 12, 2013 – June 3, 2013)
  • Romania Vasile Miriuță (June 17, 2013 – Dec 26, 2013)
  • Romania Constantin Ilie (Dec 30, 2013 – April 9, 2014)
  • Romania Marian Bondrea (April 9, 2014 – April 29, 2014)
  • Romania Marin Barbu (April 30, 2014 – August 2, 2014)
  • Romania Florin Marin (August 2, 2014 – January 15, 2015)
  • Brazil Zé Maria (January 15, 2015 – April 20, 2015)
  • Serbia Vanja Radinović (April 21, 2015 – May 31, 2015)
  • Romania Constantin Ilie (July 21, 2015 –Oct 4, 2015)
  • Romania Mihai Ionescu (Oct 4, 2015 –Oct 29, 2015)
  • Italy Simone Mazzali (Oct 29, 2015 –Nov 23, 2015)
  • Romania Lidi Chertic (Nov 23, 2015 –January 18, 2016)
  • Italy Stefano Maccoppi (January 18, 2015 –present)

Honours

Liga I

Liga II

Liga III

References

  1. ↑ "Prezentare" -official club presentation (Romanian)

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