FC Vaslui

Infobox Football club
clubname = SC Vaslui
current = FC Vaslui season 2008-09

| fullname = Sport Club Vaslui | nickname = "Galben-Verzii"
founded = 2002
ground = Municipal, Vaslui
capacity = 10,000
chairman = flagicon|Romania Adrian Porumboiu
manager = flagicon|Romania Viorel Hizo
league = Liga I
season = 2007-08position = Liga I, 7th
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Sport Club Vaslui is a professional football club from Vaslui, Romania. SC Vaslui was established in 2002. The official club colors are green and yellow. In the beginning, the club's goal was promotion in Liga II, and the goal was accomplished. After two seasons in Liga II, SC Vaslui was promoted to Liga I, breaking a professional Romanian football record by becoming the first team in history to reach Liga I after only three years of existence.

Honours

UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2008.

Seasons in Liga I

Season 2005/2006

In the first year of Liga I, SC Vaslui's owner decided to bring players with a lot of experience in the Romanian fooball. His first signing was the ex-Steaua player Claudiu Răducanu. He was transferred by SC Vaslui from the German team Arminia Bielefeld for free. Ngassam Falemi, Sabin Ilie and Ionuţ Badea were just a few players who signed for SC Vaslui after Răducanu. The team coach was named Basarab Panduru previously Poli Timişoara.

The first game was against Rapid Bucureşti, a match won by the Rapid with a score of 1-0. The next game meant the first point in the first league, a 1-1 against Gloria Bistriţa. After 3 defeats, Basarab Panduru decided to resign and the new coach was named Mircea Rednic.

The new coach didn't succeed too much in the first half of the season, only 5 points, but in the last match SC Vaslui was very close to the first win in the Divizia A, against Steaua Bucureşti (but the match finished 2-2). After Sorin Frunză disappointed as a captain for the team, Ionuţ Badea took the captaincy until the 25th game of the season.In the winter break , SC Vaslui decided to break up for the players who disappointed in the first half, and players like Claudiu Răducanu, Ngassam Falemi, Sabin Ilie, Dejan Pesic, Gabriel Kajcsa, George Şoltuz, Ionuţ Voicu, Darko Maletic were out.

Instead, Marius Croitoru, Sebastian Sfârlea, Sebastian Huţan, Adrian Mihalcea, Cătălin Cursaru and Milorad Bukvic were signed.

As a result in the 17th match of the season, SC Vaslui finally won a match against Gloria Bistriţa (2-0) the scorers being the new signings Croitoru and Bukvic. After a new serie of defeats, SC Vaslui again won against FC Arges with 3-0, a match who was suspected by Cornel Penescu as an arranged game.

After 2 victories against FC Naţional and Pandurii Târgu-Jiu, and 2 draws with Oţelul Galaţi and Poli Timişoara, SC Vaslui finally won a game against a top team. FC Dinamo Bucureşti received SC Vaslui in Ştefan cel Mare stadium and they were defeated by the future Steaua Bucureşti players Croitoru and Badea. In the 29th match, SC Vaslui has assured that the next season will be playing in the Liga I , after a 2-0 win against the relegated FCM Bacău.

In the final match, SC Vaslui received the visit of Steaua Bucureşti, a team who needed a victory to assure the Championship. Unsurprisingly, Steaua won, but that 4-0 score was contested by the Rapid Bucureşti officials and in the next day Adrian Porumboiu decided to retire from sponsoring SC Vaslui.

After Steaua Bucureşti won the title, Gigi Becali started negotiations for Valentin Badea and Bogdan Panait. Steaua paid for the players 1.2 million $. In that summer, Sebastian Huţan signed with the Russian team Dinamo Moskova, Adrian Mihalcea signed for the Cypriot team AEL Limassol and Sebastian Sfârlea signed for SC Vaslui's arch rivals Politehnica Iaşi. Players like Ilie Baicu , Cătălin Cursaru and Ionuţ Badea decided to leave the SC Vaslui team , and to sign with another teams.

Mircea Rednic decided to leave SC Vaslui and to sign for FC Dinamo Bucureşti (Regarding the final match of the season another controversy rises from the departure of Mircea Rednic: Steaua Bucureşti needed to win the Championship , for Dinamo Bucureşti to play in a European Cup).

Season 2006/2007

In the second season , SC Vaslui had only 6 players from the previous season : Cristian Hăisan , Bogdan Buhuş , Petar Jovanovic , Marius Croitoru , Vasile Buhăescu and Milorad Bukvic. The new SC Vaslui coach was named Gheorghe Mulţescu . SC Vaslui has signed in that summer 4 players from the relegated FCM Bacău : Ştefan Mardare , Marius Doboş , Adrian Gheorghiu and Răzvan Neagu . Another couple of players from the second division has signed with SC Vaslui : Laurenţiu Ivan , Horaţiu Popa , Daniel Sabou , Marian Alexandru , and a couple of players from outside : Jan Zolna , Jacov Nachtailer , Ştefan Apostol , Marko Ljubinkovic , Aleksandar Madzar. Because of his experience , Marius Croitoru has been named the captain of the team . The new season started with a 0-0 draw with the new promoted Universitatea Craiova. The next 3 matches were a nighmare for SC Vaslui : a 2-5 against FCM UTA Arad and a 1-3 against Farul Constanţa and Steaua Bucureşti. In the 5th match of the season , SC Vaslui has won against FC Argeş with 1-0 . In the 7th match of the season , SC Vaslui received the visit of Dinamo Bucureşti . After the 1-2 defeat against Dinamo , Adrian Porumboiu has criticed Marius Croitoru , Cristian Hăisan and Petar Jovanovic , saying that they better played with Dinamo's shirts . The next day , the players left from SC Vaslui's trainings . Gheorghe Mulţescu decided to name Bogdan Buhuş the new captain of the team . After a 0-3 defeat against Gloria Bistriţa , they has been returned to the team . The 9th match , SC Vaslui played against arch rivals , Politehnica Iaşi . The game ended with a 1-1 draw , and Gheorghe Mulţescu had resigned . Viorel Hizo has been named the new SC Vaslui coach , and he started with a 2-2 draw against CFR Cluj . The next match , was a 3-1 win against Oţelul Galaţi , when Viorel Frunză scored a hat-trick . After a new defeat against Unirea Urziceni , SC Vaslui had a serie of 5 wins consecutive . In the winter break , CFR Cluj signed for 350.000 USD top scorer Viorel Frunză (with 10 goals in the first half) , and Steaua Bucureşti signed Marius Croitoru for 350.000 $ and a exchange for Bogdan Panait .

Captains

Most appearances

Manager history

*flagicon|ROM Basarab Panduru (2005–2005)
*flagicon|ROM Mircea Rednic (2005–2006)
*flagicon|ROM Gheorghe Mulţescu (2006–2006)
*flagicon|ROM Viorel Hizo (2006–2007)
*flagicon|ROM Dorinel Munteanu (2007–2008)
*flagicon|ROM Emil Săndoi (2008-2008)
*flagicon|ROM Viorel Hizo (2008-)

Player of the year (2006–2008)

External links

Official

*ro icon [http://www.fotbalclubvaslui.ro FC Vaslui Official Website]

Unofficial

* [http://www.fcvaslui.info Totul despre FC Vaslui]
* [http://www.fcvaslui.ucoz.net Site suporteri]