FC Metaloglobus București

Metaloglobus București
Full name Fotbal Club Metaloglobus București
Short name Metaloglobus
Founded 1956 (1956)
Ground Metaloglobus
Ground Capacity 900
Owner Imad Kassas
Chairman Marius Burcă
Manager Bogdan Vintilă
League Liga II
2016–17 Liga III, Seria II, 1st (promoted)

Metaloglobus București is a Romanian football club based in București, currently playing in the Liga II.[1][2]

History

Metaloglobus București was founded in 1956 as the football team of the Metaloglobus factory, a powerful factory that was founded in 1923 by the Austrian industrialist Manfréd Weiss. The factory has been developed more in the communist period and produced all kinds of objects made of steel and iron from lanterns, bullets, boilers and from 1965 they started to produce toys. After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, the factory began to have financial problems and in 2000 was bought by Syrian businessman Imad Kassas. Now Metaloglobus has 20 employees and it's close to collapse.[3]

On the other hand, even though it always remained tied to factory, the football team has experienced a completely opposite scenario. The played in amateur leagues of Bucharest almost all of its existence, until 2011 when they won Liga IV Bucharest and qualified for the Liga III play-off where they lost against Rapid Clejani, Giurgiu County champions. After a lot of the Liga III teams abandoned the competition in that summer, Metaloglobus was invited in Liga III. In five consecutive seasons, the team was always ranked in the top half and their best performance was the third place in the 2012–13 and 2015–2016 seasons.[4]

At the end of the 2016–17 Liga III season, Metaloglobus won Seria II at a distance of 11 points from the 2nd place, Viitorul Domnești and promoted in Liga II for the first time in its over 60 years of existence.[5]

Stadium

The club plays its home matches on Stadionul Metaloglobus from Pantelimon neighbourhood, in Bucharest. The stadium was under renovations between 2011 and 2015 period in which the team played its home matches on Stadionul Clinceni or Stadionul CNAF.[6]

Honours

Liga III

Winners (1): 2016–17

Liga IV-Bucharest

Winners (1): 2010–11

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.

No. Position Player
1 Romania GK Robert Geantă
2 Romania MF Alin Robu
3 Romania DF Robert Gherghe
4 Romania DF George Caramalău
6 Romania DF Florin Iordache
7 Romania FW Alexandru Potecea
8 Romania MF Valentin Ghenovici
9 Romania FW Mihai Bilciurescu
10 Romania MF Ștefan Stângă (Captain)
11 Romania DF Andrei Roman (on loan from Astra)
13 Romania DF Andrei Sava
17 Romania MF Ion Marian
18 Romania MF Ștefan Niculae
19 Ghana MF Abdul Gafaru
No. Position Player
20 Romania MF Mădălin Răileanu (on loan from Astra)
21 Romania MF Antonio Popa
23 Romania MF Raul Negotei (on loan from Dinamo)
33 Romania GK Mihai Nedelcu
— Romania DF Andrei Dragomir
— Romania DF Vlad Georgescu (on loan from Dinamo)
— Romania DF Alexandru Mitroi
— Romania DF Claudiu Săftescu (on loan from Dinamo)
— Romania MF Dragoș Bătrânu
— Romania MF Silviu Dragomir
— Romania MF Ovidiu Marin (on loan from Concordia)
— Albania FW Franc Bakalli
— Romania FW Marius Șumudică jr. (on loan from Astra)
— Romania FW Andrei Voican

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
No. Position Player

Club Officials

Board of directors

Role Name
Owner Syria Romania Imad Kassas
President Romania Marius Burcă
Delegate Romania Adrian Bondoc

Current technical staff

Role Name
Manager Romania Bogdan Vintilă
Assistant Manager Romania Gigel Coman
Goalkeeping Coach Romania Marian Vlad
Masseur Romania Constantin Righel

References

  1. ↑ "S-au înscris patru goluri la meciul dintre Metaloglobus Bucureşti şi FC Viitorul II". 9 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "LIGA 3. Dinamo II București - Metaloglobus 1-3 (0-2) - Revista FC Dinamo - FC Dinamo Bucureşti". www.fcdinamo.ro.
  3. ↑ "ROMÂNIA FURATĂ. Fabricile de jucării românești, îngropate de speculanții imobiliari". www.digi24.ro.
  4. ↑ "Metaloglobus a fost primită în Liga 3 - Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro.
  5. ↑ "I-a venit rândul! VIDEO - Metaloglobus şi-a primit titlul de campioană şi medaliile pentru cucerirea Seriei a 3-a a Ligii 3. Bucureştenii vor juca în premieră în Liga 2 - Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro.
  6. ↑ "Sinteticul verde de acasă: arena Metaloglobus la debutul în Liga 3". 24 April 2015.
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