FC Farul Constanța

Farul Constanța

Full name

Fotbal Club Farul Constanța

Nickname(s)

Marinarii (The Sailors)
Rechinii (The Sharks)

Founded

1949

Ground

Farul

Capacity

15,520

Owner

Giani Nedelcu
Constanţa County Council

Chairman

Auraş Braşoveanu

Manager

Constantin Gache

League

Liga II

2014–15

Liga II, Seria I, 10th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

FC Farul Constanța (Romanian pronunciation: [fe t͡ʃe ˈfarul konˈstant͡sa]) is a professional football club from Constanța, Romania. Established in 1949, Farul is currently competing in the Liga II (formerly known as Divizia B), after being relegated at the end of the 2008–09 Liga I. The club has yet to win a Romanian title. Notably, the 2004–05 Divizia A 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 București.

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

History

In 1949, the two football clubs of Constanţa, Dezrobirea Constanța and PCA Constanța (Porturi Comunicaţii Ape), 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 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 final of the Balkans Cup, and also winning Liga II five times along the history.

Best positions in Liga I

1959–60, 4th place: Horia Ghibănescu, Nicolae Botescu, Grigore Ciuncan, Lucreţiu Florescu, Gheorghe Corneanu, Gheorghe Toma, Petre Comăniţă, Mircea Bibere, Eugen Pană, Gheorghe Datcu, Vasile Stancu, Constantin Moroianu, Ion Ciosescu, Paul Niculescu, Dumitru Sever, Iacob Olaru, Ştefan Nunu – squad; Iosif Lengheriu – head coach; Foti Foti – President
1962–63, 5th place: Horia Ghibănescu, Constantin Manciu, Firică, Octavian Brânzei, Lucreţiu Florescu, Martin Graef, Mihai Stoica, Constantin Pleşa, Vasile Buzea, Ion Vasilescu, Nicolae Neacşu, Constantin Tâlvescu, Constantin Moroianu, Iosif Bukossy, Ion Ciosescu, Ştefan Nunu, Constantin Dinulescu, Constantin Mănescu, Ilie Ologu, Vasile Dumbravă; Augustin Botescu – head coach; Foti Foti – President
1966–67, 4th place: Vasile Utu, Constantin Tâlvescu, Constantin Manciu, Marin Georgescu, Constantin Koszka, Martin Graef, Suliman Etem, Cicerone Manolache, Constantin Pleşa, Dumitru Antonescu, Ilie Ologu, Marin Tufan, Constantin Iancu, Tiberiu Kallo, Ion Zamfir, Dumitru Caraman, Iosif Bukossy, Constantin Mareş, Vasile Dumbravă – squad; Vintilă Mărdărescu – head coach; Foti Foti – President
1969–70, 6th place: Dan Ştefănescu, Gheorghe Popa, Petre Botea, Dumitru Popescu, Dumitru Tănase, Vasile Stancu, Constantin Tâlvescu, Constantin Mareş, Dumitru Antonescu, Mihai Stoica, Constantin Koszka, Constantin Pleşa, Ilhan Mustafa, Mircea Sasu, Sorin Avram, Marin Tufan, Tiberiu Kallo, Ilie Ologu, Nicolae Constantinescu, Alexandru Badea, Dumitru Caraman; Bazil Marian – Lucreţiu Florescu, Emanoil Haşotti – Robert Cosmoc – coaches; E. Monacu – President
1993–94, 6th place: Gheorghe Niţu, Stelian Carabaş, Tiberiu Curt, Alexandru Popovici, Florian Călin, Gheorghe Barbu, Marian Dinu, Gheorghe Ciurea, Marian Popa, Cătălin Plăcintă, Dennis Şerban, Arghir, Gheorghe Butoiu, Bănică Oprea; Gheorghe Constantin, Constantin Gache, Florin Marin – head coaches; Petre Buduru – President
2004–05, 5th place: George Curcă, Adrian Vlas, Ion Barbu, Răzvan Farmache, Laurenţiu Florea, Sorin Mocanu, Cosmin Paşcovici, Adrian Senin, Cristian Şchiopu, Iulian Apostol, Vasilică Cristocea, Robert Iacob, Dinu Todoran, George Uşurelu, Claudiu Voiculeţ, Mihai Baicu, Radu Doicaru, Mihai Guriţă, Liviu Mihai; Petre Grigoraş – head coach; Gheorghe Bosânceanu – President

Chronology of names

Name ^[1]	Period	Notes
Locomotiva PCA Constanța	1949–1953	Merged between Dezrobirea Constanța and PCA Constanța (Porturi Comunicaţii Ape).
Locomotiva Constanța	1953–1958
Farul Constanța	1958–1972
FC Constanța	1972–1988
Farul Constanța	1988–present

Milestones

1949: Year of establishment after the merge of Dezrobirea and PCA (Porturi Comunicaţii Ape).
1955: First match in Divizia A: Dinamo Bucureşti 4–1 Farul Constanţa
1957: Farul Stadium was built.
1966: Balkans Cup Final: Rapid Bucureşti – Farul Constanţa 3–0, 3–5 ^[2]
1995: First participation in UEFA Intertoto Cup
1999: 1000th match in the Divizia A: Foresta Fălticeni 2–0 Farul Constanţa ^[3]
2005: 2005 Cupa României Final: Dinamo Bucureşti 1–0 Farul Constanţa
2006: UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round: Auxerre – Farul Constanţa 4–1, 0–1

European Record

Main article: FC Farul Constanţa in Europe

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Intertoto Cup	2	11	6	3	2	15	14	+ 1
Total	2	11	6	3	2	15	14	+ 1

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995	Group stage (8)	Serbia and Montenegro	Bečej		2–1	1st place
		Poland	Pogoń Szczecin	2–1
		France	Cannes		0–0
		Belarus	Dnepr	2–0
	Round of 16	Netherlands	Heerenveen		0–4	0–4
2006	First round	Republic of Macedonia	FK Pobeda	2–0	2–2	4–2
	Second round	Bulgaria	PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv	2–1	1–1	3–2
	Third round	France	AJ Auxerre	1–0	1–4	2–4

Current squad

As of 09 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
4	DF	Tudor Ţăranu
5	DF	Doru Bratu
6	MF	Adrian Ionescu
9	FW	Sorin Chiţu
10	MF	Vasilică Cristocea
11	FW	Adrian Pătulea
12	GK	Iulian Dinu
15	MF	Ninel Corcoveanu
18	FW	Vlad Suciu
22	DF	Robert Băjan
25	MF	Ciprian Milea
77	DF	Florin Pătraşcu (captain)
97	GK	Cristian Nanu

No.	Position	Player
—	GK	Adrian Mihalcea
—	DF	Alexandru Dumitru
—	DF	Lucian Murgoci (on loan from Oțelul)
—	DF	Florin Popa
—	MF	Marius Tigoianu
—	MF	Ovidiu Vezan
—	MF	Alberto Airinei
—	MF	Adelin Cristea
—	MF	Alexandru Matei
—	MF	George Pungă
—	MF	Cosmin Neagu
—	FW	Alexandru Vlăescu
—	FW	Mihai Zugravu

Club officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owner	Giani Nedelcu
Honorary President	Marios N. Lefkaritis
Executive President	Auraş Braşoveanu
Marketing Director	Mihai-Gabriel Diaconescu
Judicial Director	Valentina Petre
Sporting Manager	Mihai Guliu
Press Officer	Marian Bocai

Current technical staff

As of 14 July 2015.^[4]

Role	Name
Manager	Constantin Gache
Assistant Manager	Ion Barbu
Goalkeeping Coach	Gheorghe Mina
Club Doctor	Liviu Muja
Fitness Coach	Gheorghe Avram
Masseur	Nicolae Iorga
Second Team Coach	Lucian Marinof
Youth Centre Manager	Petre Comăniţă

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Liga II

Winners (5): 1954, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1980–81, 1987–88

Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 2000–01

Cups

Romanian Cup

Runners-up (1): 2004–05

European

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Runners-up (1): 2006

Balkans Cup

Runners-up (1): 1964–66

References

↑ http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/16668/evolutia-denumirilor-echipelor-de-a-lungul-anilor.htm
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/balkanclub60s.html
↑ "Romania 1998/99". Rsssf.com. 7 October 1999. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
↑ ""Marinarii" dau credit tinereţii. FC Farul a dat start pregătirii cu 24 de jucători şi cu multe incertitudini: "În acest moment şovăim"" (in Romanian). ProSport. 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-07-15.

External links

Official website

2015–16 Liga II

Seria I	Academica Bacău Balotești Berceni Bucovina Ceahlăul Dacia Unirea Dorohoi Dunărea Farul Constanța Gloria Buzău Oţelul Rapid Bucureşti Rapid CFR Suceava

Seria II	Baia Mare Bihor Oradea Braşov Caransebeș Chindia Gaz Metan Metalul Reșița Mioveni Olimpia Râmnicu Vâlcea Șoimii Pâncota Unirea Tărlungeni U Cluj UTA Arad

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