Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ

Football club infobox
clubname = FC Ceahlăul


fullname = FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
nickname = "Carpathian bears" | founded = 1919
ground = Ceahlăul,
Piatra Neamţ
capacity = 17,500
chairman = flagicon|Romania Gheorghe Ştefan
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager = flagicon|Romania Florin Marin
league = Liga II
season = 2007-08
position = Liga I, 15th
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FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ is a Romanian football club based in Piatra Neamţ, established October 20, 1919.

The club's home ground is Ceahlăul Stadium with a capacity of 17,500 seats (in 2007). Team colors are, as of 2006-2007 season, orange, yellow and black.

The club takes its name from the Ceahlău mountain.

Ceahlăul played in Divizia A between 1993 and 2004, when the team relegated to Divizia B.They promoted back to Divizia A for the 2006–2007 season.They were supposed to play in Divizia B for the 2007-08 season after finishing 15th out of 18 teams,but Divizia B team Delta Tulcea could not obtain the license for promotion,and Ceahlaul remained in Divizia A.

History

* 1919 CS Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
* 1949 Progresul Piatra Neamţ
* 1951 Avîntul Piatra Neamţ
* 1954 Merged with Hîrtia Piatra Neamţ and Celuloza Piatra Neamţ
* 1956 Recolta Piatra Neamţ
* 1957 Divided into Avîntul Piatra Neamţ and Rapid Piatra Neamţ
* 1958 CS Piatra Neamţ (after Avîntul Piatra Neamţ and Rapid Piatra Neamţ merged again)
* 1961 CS Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
* 1979 Relon Ceahlǎul Piatra Neamţ (after merger with Relonul Savineşti)
* 1980 CS Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (after Relonul Savineşti was re-established)
* later: FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ

Notable players

* Adrian Iencsi

External links

* [http://www.fcceahlaul.ro/ FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ official web site]