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FCM Bacău 
Full name Fotbal Club Municipal Bacău Nickname(s) Taurii Furioşi (The Mad Bulls) Founded 1950 Ground Municipal
(Capacity: 17,500)Chairman Dumitru Sechelariu Manager Gheorghe Poenaru League Liga II 2010–11 Liga III, Seria I, 1st (Promoted) Website Club home page 
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Current seasonFCM Bacău is a Romanian football club, founded in 1950, currently playing in the Liga II. It's the best placed Moldovan team in the Liga I All-Time Table, ranking 9th with 42 seasons played.
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History
The club was established in 1950, and has achieved some decent results in the league (despite never having finished in the top 3), 4th place in the 1972/1973 season and 5th place in the 1996/1997 season as its best results there. In 2001, FCM Bacău relegated to the second league, but maintained in the first division after buying a place from promoted FC Baia Mare.
In the Romanian Cup, FCM Bacău managed to reach the final in the 1990/1991 season, eventually being defeated 2-1 by Universitatea Craiova, which also won the league that season. Their best European performance was achieved in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the predecessor of the U.E.F.A. Cup) in the 1969-1970 Edition when the team, named at that time Dinamo Bacau, reached the quarter-finals, after eliminating teams like F.C. Floriana (Malta), F.K Skeid (Norway) and Kilmarnock F.C. (Scotland), being defeated by the team who at the end of the competition would win the trophy Arsenal F.C. with a humiliating 0-2 in Romania and 7-1 on Highbury Stadium.
FCM Bacău won the 1998 edition of Cupa Ligii and was runner-up in 2000.
In the 2001-2002 Divizia A season, Cătălin Cursaru the FCM Bacau's striker was the national Top Goal Scorer, scoring 17 goals.
The team's pennant decline accelerated even more, and at the end of the 2009–10 Liga II season, it relegated to the Liga III.
The club finished 1st the first half of the 2010–11 Liga III season, and their objective to promote back to the Liga II seems just in grasps reach.
FCM Bacău promoted at the end of the 2010–11 Liga III season after it finished 1st in the Seria I, with 23 victories, 3 draws and 0 loses.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 
GK Catalin Pascal GK Viorel Ignătescu DF Eugen Baciu DF Vasile Dobârceanu DF Ciprian Dediu DF Razvan Adăscăliţei DF Ionut Mihălăchioaie DF Andrei Bursuc DF Ciprian Răduțoiu DF Ionut Varea No. Position Player MF Dragos Petrache MF Remus Cojocaru MF Dragos Huiban MF Marius Doboş MF George Taban FW Cătălin Vraciu FW Gabriel Petrea FW Ionut Radu FW Eduard Tismănaru Honours
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- Winners (0):, Best finish: 4th 1972-73
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- Winners (4): 1955, 1966–67, 1974–75, 1994–95
- Runners-up (3): 1954, 1957–58, 1964–65
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- Winners (1): 2010–11
Romanian Cup:
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- Winners (0):
- Runners-up (1): 1990–91
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- Winners (1): 1998
European record
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1991–92 First round 
Werder Bremen0–6 0–5 0–11 Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1999 First round 
Ararat Yerevan0–1 0–1 0–2 Notable players
- Radu Eduard Ciobanu
- Ghiţă Aristică
- Narcis Coman
- Mircea Constantinescu
- Neculai Alexa
- Răzvan Lucescu
- Florin Prunea
- Ştefan Apostol
- Lorin Avădanei
- Emeric Dembrovschi
- Nicolae Vătafu
- Daniel Iftodi
- Florin Petcu
- Zeno Bundea
- Costel Solomon
- Gheorghe Viscreanu
- Daniel Scânteie
- Valentin Bădoi
- Cătălin Cursaru
- Andrei Cristea
- Vlad Munteanu
- Adrian Dragoş Pitu
- Narcis Răducan
- Vasile Şoiman
- Vasile Chitaru
- Mihai Rugiubei
- Mircea Nedelcu
- Sorin Condurache
- Eugen Baciu
- Eugen Băcoiu
- Valeriu Bordeanu
- Sorin Trofin
Notable managers
- Valeriu Neagu
- Gheorghe Constantin
- Traian Ionescu
- Angelo Niculescu
- Costică Rădulescu
- Dumitru Nicolae Nicuşor
- Nicolae Vătafu
- Mircea Nedelcu
- Grigore Sichitiu
- Vasile Sosu
- Mircea Pană
- Costică Ştefănescu
- Costel Orac
- Mihail Marian
- Florin Halagian
- Costel Pană
- Gheorghe Poenaru
- Mircea Rednic
- Ilie Dumitrescu
- Dumitru Dumitriu
- Ionuţ Lupescu
- Cristian Popovici
References
External links
- (Romanian) Official FCM Bacău website
- (Romanian) Facebook Page
- (Romanian) FCM Bacău News
- (Romanian) BacauSport
- (Romanian) Sports Blog
2011–12 Liga II Seria I Astra Giurgiu · Bacău · Botoşani · Brăila · Callatis Mangalia · Delta Tulcea · Dinamo II Bucureşti · Dunărea Galaţi · Farul Constanţa · Gloria Buzău · Iaşi · Otopeni · Săgeata Năvodari · Snagov · Victoria Brăneşti · Viitorul ConstanţaSeria II Alro Slatina · Argeş Piteşti · Arieşul Turda · Bihor Oradea · Chindia Târgovişte · Gaz Metan CFR Craiova · Gloria Bistriţa · Juventus Bucureşti · Luceafărul Oradea · Maramureş Baia Mare · Mureşul Deva · Olt Slatina · Râmnicu Vâlcea · Timişoara · Unirea Alba Iulia · UTA AradLiga II seasons 1940–41 · 1941–42 · 1942–43 · 1943–44 · 1944–45 · 1945–46 · 1946–47 · 1947–48 · 1948–49 ·1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957–58 · 1958–59 · 1959–601960–61 · 1961–62 · 1962–63 · 1963–64 · 1964–65 · 1965–66 · 1966–67 · 1967–68 · 1968–69 · 1969–701970–71 · 1971–72 · 1972–73 · 1973–74 · 1974–75 · 1975–76 · 1976–77 · 1977–78 · 1978–79 · 1979–802010–11 · 2011–12Categories:- Bacău
- Association football clubs established in 1950
- Romanian football clubs
- Liga I clubs
- Liga II clubs
- Liga III clubs
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