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	Ion Barbu
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

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 02 April 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 GK Răzvan Began (on loan from CFR Cluj) 2 DF Bogdan Meleandră 4 DF Tudor Ţăranu 5 DF Doru Bratu 6 MF Adrian Ionescu 7 MF Cosmin Neagu 9 FW Sorin Chiţu 10 MF Valentin Munteanu (on loan from Pandurii Târgu Jiu) 11 FW Adrian Pătulea 12 GK Răzvan Negrilă (on loan from Pandurii Târgu Jiu) 13 DF Florin Popa 14 MF Marius Tigoianu 15 MF Ninel Corcoveanu 16 MF Alexandru Vlăescu

No. Position Player 17 FW Mihai Zugravu 18 FW Vlad Suciu 20 FW Alexandru Ioniță 21 MF Leonard Manole 22 DF Robert Băjan 23 DF Lucian Murgoci (on loan from Oțelul) 24 MF Adelin Cristea 25 MF Ciprian Milea 27 MF Ovidiu Vezan 28 MF George Pungă 77 DF Florin Pătraşcu (captain) 97 GK Cristian Nanu 98 GK Iulian Dinu

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 Director Cosmin Şişcu Sporting Manager Mihai Guliu Press Officer Marian Bocai

Current technical staff As of 25 April 2016.[4] Role Name Manager Ion Barbu Assistant Manager Vacant 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

1. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/16668/evolutia-denumirilor-echipelor-de-a-lungul-anilor.htm
2. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/balkanclub60s.html
3. "Romania 1998/99". Rsssf.com. 7 October 1999. Retrieved 2011-10-22.
4. ""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