FC Voluntari

FC Voluntari

File:FC Voluntari 2 logo.png
Full name	Fotbal Club Voluntari
Nickname(s)	Alb-Vișinii (The White and Burgundies)
Short name	Voluntari
Founded	2010 (2010) as Inter Voluntari
Ground	Anghel Iordănescu
Capacity	4,600
Owner	Voluntari Municipality
Chairman	Bogdan Nicolae
Manager	Dinu Todoran
League	Liga I
2015–16	Liga I, 12th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

FC Voluntari is a Romanian professional football club from Voluntari, Ilfov County, Romania, founded in 2010. In 2015, the team was promoted to Liga I for the first time in their history.

History

Early years

In the 2012–13 season of Liga IV, they finished second and promoted to the next league Liga III. This time they won the 2013–14 Liga III and promoted again to Liga II. In Liga II they had notable performances against Farul Constanța and CF Brăila. They qualified via the promotion play-offs to Liga I from the first place.

Major leagues

At the end of 2014–15 Liga II season, they were promoted for the first time in their club history to Liga I, via the promotion playoffs. This is currently the greatest achievement in their short history. They debuted with a draw against CSMS Iași. At the end their first season in Liga I they finished 12th and played the relegation play-offs match against UTA Arad. They won on aggregate 3–1 with a victory at home (3–0) and loss away (0–1) which secured the team another season in Liga I.

Stadium

The club plays its home matches on Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu in Voluntari.

Players

First team squad

As of 1 September 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ROU	Cosmin Achim
4	DF	ROU	Mircea Leasă
6	MF	ROU	Sorin Tăbăcariu
7	MF	ROU	Petre Ivanovici
8	MF	ROU	Daniel Novac
9	FW	ROU	Mihai Voduț
10	MF	ROU	Florin Cernat
11	MF	ROU	Mihai Căpățînă
12	DF	ROU	Alexandru Coman
14	MF	ROU	Andrei Lungu
15	MF	ROU	Costin Lazăr
17	MF	ROU	Marius Tudorică
19	FW	ROU	Adrian Voicu

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ROU	Laurențiu Marinescu
22	GK	ROU	Dragoș Balauru
23	GK	ROU	Mircea Bornescu
24	DF	ROU	Vasile Maftei (Captain)
25	DF	ROU	Lucian Cazan
26	MF	ROU	Gabriel Deac
27	GK	ROU	Răzvan Petrariu
28	DF	ROU	Ionuț Balaur
44	DF	CRO	Hrvoje Spahija
45	DF	BUL	Venelin Filipov
59	MF	ROU	Doru Popadiuc
87	DF	ROU	Florin Acsinte
90	FW	ROU	Adrian Bălan

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ROU	Vasile Mihai (at Unirea Tărlungeni)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Second team squad (Voluntari II)

As of 2 October 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ROU	Iulian Motoi
—	GK	ROU	Bogdan Scorici
—	GK	ROU	Andrei Stamate
—	DF	ROU	Marius Bîrsan
—	DF	ROU	Daniel Bratu
—	DF	ROU	Dumitru Cristil
—	DF	ROU	Mihai Dragne
—	DF	ROU	Robert Gherghe
—	DF	ROU	Alexandru Ghiță
—	DF	ROU	Costel Toader
—	DF	ROU	Giorgoian Uțoiu

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ROU	Constantin Clătinici
—	MF	ROU	Mihai Dragne
—	MF	ROU	Marius Halmaghe
—	MF	ROU	Cristian Nica
—	MF	ROU	Bogdan Rotaru
—	MF	ROU	Elvis Stan
—	MF	ROU	Raphael Stănescu
—	FW	ROU	Daniel Ene
—	FW	ROU	Laurențiu Lapteș
—	FW	ROU	Marius Matei

Club Officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owner	Voluntari Municipality
President	Bogdan Nicolae
Secretary	Florin Verigeanu
Board Member	Robert Gherghe
General Manager	Dan Leasă
Sporting Director	George Galamaz
Executive Director	Ionuț Bogaciu
Press Officer	Lucian Ionescu

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Technical Director	Florin Marin
Manager	Dinu Todoran
Assistant Manager	Cornel Dobre
Goalkeeping Coach	Cristian Preda
Fitness coach	Pǎtru Lǎzǎrescu
Second Team Manager	Cătălin Bârleanu

Former managers

• Romică Bunică (Jul 1, 2010 – Jun 1, 2011)
• Bogdan Andone (Jul 1, 2011 – Oct 3, 2012)
• Romică Bunică (Oct 3, 2012 – Jul 9, 2013)
• Adrian Iencsi (Jul 9, 2013 – Jun 2, 2014)
• Ilie Poenaru (Jun 3, 2014 – Jun 30, 2015)
• Bogdan Vintilă (Jul 1, 2015 – Aug 14, 2015)
• Flavius Stoican (Aug 15, 2015 – Sep 24, 2015)
• Mircea Rădulescu (Sep 24, 2015 – Oct 8, 2015)
• Gheorghe Mulțescu (Oct 8, 2015 – Jan 22, 2016)
• Ionel Ganea (Jan 24, 2016 – April 25, 2016)
• Sorin Popescu (Apr 27, 2016 – May 24, 2016)

Honours

Liga II

• Winners (1): 2014–15

Liga III

• Winners (1): 2013–14

Liga IV

• Runners-up (1): 2012–13

Statistics

Season	League	Pos.	Notes
2012/13	Liga IV	2	Promoted
2013/14	Liga III	1	Promoted
2014/15	Liga II	1	Promoted
2015/16	Liga I	12	Won the relegation play-offs

External links

• FC Voluntari Official website