ACS Rapid CFR Suceava
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| Full name | Asociaţia Club Sportiv Rapid CFR Suceava | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Feroviarii (The Railwaymen) | |||
| Founded | 1946 | |||
| Ground | Areni | |||
| Capacity | 12,500 | |||
| Owner | Costel Bujoreanu Ionuş Boghiu | |||
| Chairman | Bogdan Tudoreanu | |||
| Manager | Daniel Bălan | |||
| League | Liga II | |||
| 2014–15 | Liga II, Seria I, 5th | |||
| Website | http://www.rapidsuceava.ro | |||
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Rapid CFR Suceava is a professional football club from Romania, based in Suceava and founded in 1946 as Locomotiva Ițcani. Previously, the club changed its name to A.S. C.F.R. Ițcani as well.
They currently play in the Liga II, Seria I in the 2015-16 season after finishing on the 5th place in the same competition, at the end of the 2014-2015 season.
History
Rapid Suceava was founded to continue the football tradition in the city of Suceava after the dissolution of FC Cetatea Suceava, CSM Suceava (Bucovina Suceava) and Foresta Suceava. In the 2011-2012 season the club managed to win Liga III and as such to gain promotion to Liga II. Thus, since the 2011-2012 season A.C.S. C.F.R. Rapid Suceava plays in Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football system.
Rapid started the 2014-2015 Liga II season with exceptional results in the first 5 matches, being able of emerging victorious 3 times and also managing to draw twice, thus at the end of September they topped the Seria I of Liga II on the first places. The most notable performance from those fixtures was the home match against AFC Săgeata Năvodari, a club which previously played in Liga I for the very first time in its history during the 2013-2014 season, when Rapid got twice leaded by their opponents but managed each time to score the equalizers. Mircea Negru and Marius Matei managed to score the goals for Rapid in that respective match.[1] Another remarkable play took place during the 5th fixture of the second tier when Rapid encountered CS Balotești. Rapid was leaded 1-0 until the 88th minute, but only to ultimately turn the tables over CS Balotești in the last minutes with two goals scored by Cătălin Golofca and Sascha Marinkovic. Along with this win, Rapid ascended to the second place in Seria I of Liga II with 11 points after 5 matches.[2]
In the 2014-2015 season the club additionally managed to qualify in the Round of 16 of the domestic cup competition Cupa României following a 1-0 win over Liga I side Gaz Metan Mediaș in the Round of 32 on September 23, 2014.[3] After the Round of 32, Rapid Suceava alongside Dacia Mioveni were the only two football clubs from the second division to qualify in the next phase after both having managed to obtain their qualifications from blowout results with teams higher rated than them from the first tier. Nonetheless, beforehand defeating Gaz Metan Mediaș, Rapid did also win two other domestic cup matches against Liga III sides CS Știința Miroslava (3-0) and FC Cetatea Târgu Neamț (1-0), both away, which made the club obtain a flawless performance with 7 consecutive positive results in both competitions.
Colours and badge
Rapid Suceava uses a similar home kit to that of CFR Cluj, namely a white-burgundy one. During away matches they play wearing a black and blue kit.
Stadium
Rapid Suceava plays its home matches on the Areni Stadium. The stadium has a total capacity of 12,500 seats and was opened in 1963 as the Municipal Stadium. Additionally, the stadium was also renovated between the periods 1976-1977, 1980-1982 and 2002 respectively. It is currently ranked 31st in the all time ranking table of stadiums from Romania.[4]
Supporters
The ultras of Rapid Suceava are organised in two galleries: Cavelerii Nordului (the oldest one) and Cohors Dacorum (a new one founded in 2015).
Current squad
- As of 20 April 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials
Board of directors
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Current technical staff
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League history
| Season | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | League | Place |
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| 2004–05 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | Liga IV | 7 |
| 2005–06 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 61 | Liga IV | 3 |
| 2006–07 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 57 | Liga IV | 4 |
| 2007–08 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 77 | Liga IV | 1 |
| 2008–09 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 51 | Liga III | 9 |
| 2009–10 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 51 | Liga III | 5 |
| 2010–11 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 29 | Liga III | 12 |
| 2011–12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 63 | Liga III | 1 |
| 2012–13 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 | Liga II | 10 |
| 2013–14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | Liga II | 10 4 (Play-Out) |
| 2014–15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 42 | Liga II | 3 5 (Play-Off) |
| 2015–16 | - | - | - | - | Liga II | on-going TBD (Play-Off/Play-Out) |
Honours
- Winners (1): 2011–12
- Winners (1): 2007–08
External links
- Rapid's page at frf.ro
- Rapid's page at liga2.ro
- Rapid's page at campionate.ro
- Rapid CFR Suceava (official website)
- Facebook page
- Rapid a incheiat campania de transferari (Romanian)
- Rapidistii vor intra pe gazonul de pe Areni odata cu adversarii din prima etapa (Romanian)
References
- ^ http://www.lpf2.ro/html/caseta_tehnica/Rapid_CFR_Suceava_vs_Sageata_Navodari-942.html
- ^ http://www.lpf2.ro/html/etape/Etapa-5.html
- ^ http://www.mediafax.ro/sport/rapid-cfr-suceava-a-invins-echipa-gaz-metan-medias-si-s-a-calificat-in-optimile-cupei-romaniei-13333288
- ^ List of football stadiums in Romania