FC Caracal (2004)

This article is about the football club named FC Caracal between 2004-2013. For the club founded in 1924 and dissolved in 2004, which also used the name FC Caracal, see FC Progresul Caracal.

FC Caracal

Full name	Fotbal Club Caracal
Founded	1949
Dissolved	2013
Ground	Various
Capacity	12,000
Home colours Away colours

Fotbal Club Caracal was a Romanian professional football club from Caracal, Olt County. The club's best period was in the early 90s when Electroputere Craiova, as it was called then, played four consecutive seasons in the Romanian first league. The best ranking was obtained in the 1991–92 season when finished 3rd and qualified to UEFA Cup.

History

The club was founded in Craiova in 1949 under the name of Metalul Craiova. It had various names during its history (see below), but the name which made it famous was Electroputere Craiova.

As Extensiv Craiova it played its last season in Liga I.

In the middle of the 2003–04 season, Extensiv changed its name to FC Craiova, but with no connection to the FC Craiova that existed between 1940 and 1949.

In 2004 the club was moved to Caracal and renamed FC Caracal.

FC Caracal ended the 2012–13 season in second place, but after years of poor management and bad decisions, the club was dissolved in the summer of 2013.

Chronology of names

Name	Period
Metalul Craiova	1949–1956
Energia Craiova	1956–1957
Rovine Griviţa Craiova	1957–1958
Feroviarul Craiova	1958
CFR Rovine Craiova	1958–1959
Jiul Craiova	1959
CS Craiova	1959–1960
CFR Electroputere Craiova	1960–1961
Electroputere Craiova	1961–1998
Extensiv Craiova	1998–2003
FC Craiova	2003–2004
FC Caracal	2004–2013

Honours

Liga I

• Third place: 1991–92

Liga II

• Winners (2): 1990–91, 1998–99
• Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 1997–98

Liga III

• Winners (3): 1967–68, 1984–85, 1989–90
• Runners-up (6): 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 2008–09, 2012–13

Electroputere Craiova in Europe

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	1	2	0	0	2	0	10	– 10
Total	1	2	0	0	2	0	10	– 10

Recent seasons

Season	Name	Division	Position
1990–91	Electroputere Craiova	Liga II	1st
1991–92	Electroputere Craiova	Liga I	3rd
1992–93	Electroputere Craiova	Liga I	6th
1993–94	Electroputere Craiova	Liga I	14th
1994–95	Electroputere Craiova	Liga I	15th
1995–96	Electroputere Craiova	Liga II	8th
1996–97	Electroputere Craiova	Liga II	2nd
1997–98	Electroputere Craiova	Liga II	2nd
1998–99	Extensiv Craiova	Liga II	1st
1999–00	Extensiv Craiova	Liga I	18th
2000–01	Extensiv Craiova	Liga II	5th
2001–02	Extensiv Craiova	Liga II	4th
2002–03	Extensiv Craiova	Liga II	8th
2003–04	FC Craiova	Liga II	9th
2004–05	FC Caracal	Liga II	9th
2005–06	FC Caracal	Liga II	9th
2006–07	FC Caracal	Liga II	7th
2007–08	FC Caracal	Liga II	17th
2008–09	FC Caracal	Liga III	2nd
2009–10	FC Caracal	Liga III	10th

Notable former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for the club and also played in Liga I for another team.

• Sorin Cârțu
• Adrian Ilie
• Sabin Ilie
• Silviu Lung
• Ionel Dănciulescu
• Gheorghe Ciurea
• Mircea Bornescu
• Ionel Gane
• Eugen Neagoe
• Lucian Cotora
• Silvian Cristescu
• Mirel Rădoi

Former managers

• Rudolf Bürger (1951–1952)
• Nicolae Oțeleanu (1967–1968)
• Haralambie Eftimie (1974)
• Gheorghe Dungu (1974–1975)
• Ștefan Coidum (1975–1977)
• Sorin Cârțu (1987–1988)
• Marian Bondrea (1989–1992)
• Sorin Cârțu (1993)
• Ioan Sdrobiș (1996–1997)
• Sorin Cârțu (1997)
• Marian Bondrea (1997–1998)
• Grigore Sichitiu (1998–1999)
• Sorin Cârțu (1998–2002)
• Nicolae Ungureanu (2004–2006)
• Nicolae Negrilă (2006)
• Iordan Eftimie (2006)
• Emil Vlăduț (2007)
• Nicolae Ungureanu (2007)
• Florin Cioroianu (2007–2008)
• Daniel Mogoșanu (2008–2009)
• Gheorghe Ciurea (2009)
• Daniel Mogoșanu (2009–2010)