FC Zaria Bălți

FC Zaria Bălți

Full name	Football Club Zaria Bălți
Founded	1984
Ground	Stadionul Orășenesc Bălți, Moldova
Capacity	5,953
Chairman	Andrian Bogdan
Manager	Ihor Rakhayev
League	Divizia Naţională
2014-15	9th
Home colours Away colours

Old logo

FC Zaria Bălți is a Moldovan football club based in Bălți, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Națională, the top division in Moldovan football. Between 1992 and 2014 the club was known as Olimpia Bălți.

The club gained worldwide notoriety in December 2009 for putting an online bid through which the winner would awarded a one-year contract as a player with the club.^[1] The winner was a Brazilian businessman who had a brief career as a footballer in his native country. Nevertheless, the winning bidder declined the position stating that, since he never paid the application fee, he assumed his bid would not be taken into account.^[2] In April 2010 the club called for a new bidding round.^[3] The winner was never announced, though.

European record

UEFA Europa League

Season	Round	Opponents	Home leg	Away leg	Aggregate
2010–11	Q1	Khazar Lankaran	0–0	1–1	1–1
	Q2	Dinamo București	0–2	1–5	1–7

Notes

• Q1: First qualifying round
• Q2: Second qualifying round

UEFA rankings

UEFA team ranking 2015

Rank	Country	Team	Points
374		Tiraspol	2.500
375		Nitra	2.500
376		Zaria Bălți	2.500
377		Crusaders	2.475
378		MTK Budapest	2.450

As of 6 June 2015. Source

Current squad

As of 3 April 2016^[4]

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 Vladimir Livșiț 13 GK Lucian Cebotari 33 GK Serghei Pașcenco 2 DF Andriy Slinkin 3 DF Ion Burlacu 5 DF Andriy Nesterov 14 DF Radu Rogac 16 DF Cristian Dros 23 DF Mohammed Koné 26 DF Artyom Khachaturov 27 DF Aziz Deen-Conteh 4 MF Alexandru Onica (captain) 6 MF Sekou Doumbia

No. Position Player 7 MF Bohdan Boychuk 8 MF Yacouba Bamba 10 MF Igor Țîgîrlaș 21 MF Andriy Yakovlyev 22 MF Rubén Gómez 77 MF Oleksandr Yermachenko 88 MF Alexandru Grosu 9 FW Gheorghe Ovseanicov 11 FW Gheorghe Boghiu 18 FW Vadim Gulceac 19 FW Lassina Dao 97 FW Artem Dovbyk 99 FW Ivan Lacusta

Club officials

Coaching staff As of 21 March 2016[5] Position Name Head coach Ihor Rakhayev Assistant coach Viktor Dohadaylo Goalkeeping coach Andriy Kudymov

Board of directors As of 21 March 2016[6] Position Name President Andrian Bogdan Sporting director Svyatoslav Syrota

Former players

• Eric Sackey
• Jude Ogada
• Julius Adaramola
• Jean-Robens Jerome
• Serghei Paşcenco

Managers

• Ivan Daniliants (1984-1986)
• Mykhailo Dunets (2007)
• Valeriu Pogorelov
• Emil Caras (July 30, 2009–Aug 16, 2009)
• Nicolae Bunea (July 1, 2009–Oct 2, 2012)
• Albert Solomonov (Oct 1, 2012–Dec 31, 2012)
• Vitalie Mostovoi (Jan 22, 2013–Feb 26, 2013)
• Serghei Rogaciov (interim) (March 2, 2013 – March 7, 2013)
• Igor Ursachi (April 2, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
• Leonid Tcaci (July 1, 2013–Dec 26, 2013)
• Nicolae Bunea (Dec 26, 2013–July 2015)
• Serhiy Zaytsev (July 2015–)

References

1. "Футбольный клуб "Олимпия" (Бельцы)". Fcolimpia.md. 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
2. Thiago Lavinas Rio de Janeiro. "Globoesporte.com > Futebol Internacional - NOTÍCIAS - Brasileiro vence leilão para jogar na Moldávia, mas avisa que vai dar bolo". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
3. "Футбольный клуб "Олимпия" (Бельцы)". Fcolimpia.md. 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
4. http://fczaria.md/igroki
5. Coaching staff
6. Board of directors

External links

• Official website (Russian)
• Profile at DiviziaNationala.com (Romanian)