F. C. Farul Constanţa

Football club infobox
clubname = F.C. Farul Constanţa


fullname = Fotbal Club
Farul Constanţa
nickname = "Marinarii" (The Sailors)
"Rechinii" (The Sharks)
founded = 1920
ground = Farul,
Constanţa, Constanţa,
Romania
capacity = 15,520
chairman = flagicon|Romania Gheorghe Bosânceanu
manager = flagicon|Romania Marin Ion
league = Liga I
season = 2007-08
position = Liga I, 13th
shirtsupplier = Lotto
shirtsponsors = SNC
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F. C. Farul Constanţa is a professional football club from Constanţa, Romania. Established in 1949, Farul is currently competing in Liga 1 (formerly known as Divizia A). The club has yet to win a Romanian title. Notably, the 2004/2005 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, unfortunately lost, 0-1, to FC Dinamo Bucureşti.

In Romanian "farul" means "the lighthouse".

Farul Constanţa are also a well-known rugby union team, who hosted the first Heineken Cup rugby match.

History

In 1949, the two football clubs of Constanţa, Dezrobirea and PCA, 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 was 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 1 and the semi-finals of the Balkans Cup, and winning Liga 2 four times.

The best positions of Farul Constanta in Liga 1

* in 1959-1960, the 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
* in 1962-1963, the 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
* in 1966-1967, the 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
* in 1969-1970, the 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
* in 1993-1994, the 6th place: "Gheorghe" Niţu, "Stelian" Carabaş, "Tiberiu" Curt, "Alexandru" Popovici, "Florian" Călin, "Gheorghe" Barbu, "Marian" Dinu, "Gheorghe" Ciurea, "Marian" Popa, Plăcintă, "Dennis" Şerban, Arghir, "Gheorghe" Butoiu, "Bănică" Oprea; "Gheorghe" Constantin, "Constantin" Gache, "Florin" Marin - head coaches; "Petre" Buduru - President
* in 2004-2005, the 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

Club's milestones

* 1949: year of establishment;
* 1955: first match in Divizia A: Dinamo Bucureşti - Farul 1-6
* 1957: Farul Stadium was built
* 1966: first international cup final: Rapid Bucureşti - Farul 3-0, 3-5
* 1995: first participation in UEFA
* 1999: 1000th match in the Divizia A: Foresta Fălticeni - Farul 2-7
* 2005: Romanian Cup playoffs: Dinamo - Farul 1-0
* 2006: UEFA Intertoto Cup playoffs: AJ Auxerre - Farul 4-1 0-1

Honours

* Romanian Cup:
** Playoffs - 2005 - 0-1 with Dinamo Bucureşti
* Balkans Cup:
** Playoffs - 1966 - 0-2 3-3 with Rapid Bucureşti
* UEFA Intertoto Cup:
** Playoffs - 2006 - 1-4 1-0 with AJ Auxerre

Current squad

"As of 25 July, 2008"

Notable players

"see also cl|Farul Constanţa players"

The most famous player that played for Farul is of course Romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi (1982-1983).

* "Goalkeepers": Dan Ştefănescu, Gheorghe Niţu, Cristian Munteanu, Eugen Nae George Curcă, Adrian Vlas
* "Defernders": Alexandru Popovici, Dumitru Antonescu, Constantin Mareş, Dumitru Nistor, Surian Borali, Iosif Vigu, Ion Moldovan, Cristian Petcu, Cristian Abăluţă, Gabriel Vochin, Valeriu Răchită, Gheorghe Barbu, Cristian Şchiopu, Cosmin Paşcovici
* "Midfielders": Constantin Koszka, Vasile Mănăilă, Constantin Bârbora, Gheorghe Hagi, Mihai Stere, Cristian Mustacă, Petre Buduru, Ştefan Hoffmeister, Dănuţ Moisescu, Dănuţ Moisescu, Ionuţ Bădescu, Vasilică Cristocea, Marian Aliuţă, Bănică Oprea, Bogdan Andone, Stelian Carabaş, Ianis Zicu, Adrian Senin
* "Strikers": Aurel Rădulescu, Pavel Peniu, Petre Grigoraş, Marin Tufan, Tiberiu Kallo, Ilie Ologu, Mircea Sasu, Alexandru Badea, Constantin Mărculescu, Dumitru Caraman, Emanoil Haşotti, Constantin Iancu, Marian Popa, Bogdan Mara, Cicerone Manolache, Gheorghe Butoiu, Liviu Mihai, Ioan Ciosescu, Mihai Guriţă, Tibor Moldovan

Club officials

Boardroom

*Owner: flagicon|Romania Gheorghe Bosânceanu
*Honour president: flagicon|Cyprus Marios N. Lefkaritis
*Chief Executive: flagicon|Romania Florin Chiforeanu
*Director Marketing: flagicon|Romania Mihai-Gabriel Diaconescu
*Director Juridic: flagicon|Romania Valentina Petre
*Press Officer: flagicon|Romania Marian Bocai

Management

*Manager: flagicon|Romania Constantin Gache
*Tehnic Director: flagicon|Romania Ion Marin
*Assistant Manager 1: flagicon|Romania Cristian Mustacă
*Assistant Manager 2: flagicon|Romania Cristian Cămui
*Goalkeeping Coach: flagicon|Romania Ion Răuţă
*Club Doctor: flagicon|Romania Liviu Muja
*Fitness Coach: flagicon|Romania Gheorghe Avram
*Masseurs: flagicon|Romania Paul Ciocănescu, flagicon|Romania Valentin Constantin
*Second Team Coach: flagicon|Romania Lucian Marinof

Youth centre staff

*Youth Centre Manager: flagicon|Romania Petre Comăniţă
*Group Coaches: Vasile Mănăilă, Mugur Corlăţeanu, Marian Florea, Gheorghe Butoiu, Eugen Savoilă, Mihai Turcu, Constantin Mareş, Ionel Melenco, Sevastian Iovănescu, Constantin Gârjoabă

External links

* [http://www.fcfarul.ro/ FC Farul Constanta - Official site]