FC Dunărea Călărași
Full name | Fotbal Club Dunărea Călărași | |||
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Nickname(s) | Valahii (The Vlachs) | |||
Short name | Dunărea | |||
Founded |
1962 as FC Dunărea Călărași 2005 as FC Dunărea 2005 Călărași | |||
Ground | Ion Comșa | |||
Capacity | 10,400 | |||
Owner | Călărași Municipality | |||
Chairman | Cristian Zamfir | |||
Manager | Mirel Condei (caretaker) | |||
League | Liga II | |||
2016–17 | Liga II, 7th | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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FC Dunărea Călărași is a Romanian professional football club from Călărași, Călărași County, Romania, founded in 2005.
They currently play in the Liga II, in the 2016–2017 season after finishing 2nd in the 2015–16 Liga II.
History
In the 1988–1989 season, Dunărea Călărași has played in Divizia B, and after they relegated.
They came back in the Second League and played in 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1997–1998. In the 1997–1998 season, Valeriu Petrescu was the coach was and the Chairman was the mayor Nicolae Dragu and the club president was Constantin Sima. The main sponsors of the team were the mayor and the city council.
The best performance of the team was registered in the Cupa României, in the 1991–92 Cupa României edition. Dunărea Călărași played in that season in Divizia C, the Romanian Third League, and they would reach the Quarter-finals, being eliminated by Politehnica Timișoara, a team from Divizia A by 1–0 win at Home and 0–2 lost Away.
In that edition, Politehnica Timișoara played the Cup Final against Steaua București. To qualify in the Quarter-finals, the team eliminated Gloria Bistriţa also a team from Divizia A by 3–2 and after they won against ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș, another team from Divizia A, by 2–1.
Honours
Leagues
- Runners-up (1): 2015–16
- Winners (5): 1980–81, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1991–92, 2014–15
- Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 2005–06
Cups
- Quarter-finals (1): 1991–92
Players
First team squad
- As of 11 August 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club Officials
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Current technical staff
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Notable Managers
- Ionel Ganea
- Gabriel Stan
- Valeriu Petrescu
- Adrian Mihalcea
- Ion Moldovan