ACS Foresta Suceava

Foresta Suceava
Full name Asociația Club Sportiv Foresta Suceava
Nickname(s) Galben-Verzii
(The Yellow and Greens)
Short name Foresta
Founded 1946 (1946)
as Locomotiva Ițcani
Ground Areni
Capacity 12,500 (7,000 seated)
Owners Gheorghe Negură
Suceava Municipality
Chairman Andrei Ciutac
Manager Selim Benachour
League Liga III
2017–18 Liga II, 18th (relegated)

Asociația Club Sportiv Foresta Suceava, commonly known as Foresta Suceava or simply as Foresta, is a professional football club from Romania, based in Suceava, Suceava County, Romania 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, in the 2017–18 season after finishing on the 12th place in the same competition, at the end of the 2016–2017 season.

History

Former logo, as Rapid CFR Suceava.

Foresta Suceava was founded as Rapid CFR Suceava to continue the football tradition in the city of Suceava after the dissolution of FC Cetatea Suceava, CSM Suceava (Bucovina Suceava) and NC 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, Rapid CFR Suceava has played in Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football system.

Rapid started the 2014–2015 Liga II season with good results: 3 wins and 2 draws. One result was the home match against Săgeata Năvodari, a club which had previously played in Liga I for the very first time in its history during the 2013–2014 season, when Rapid fell behind twice but managed to equalise each time. Mircea Negru and Marius Matei managed to score the goals for Rapid in that respective match.[1] In the 5th fixture Rapid encountered CS Balotești. Rapid were losing 1–0 until the 88th minute, but won with two goals scored by Cătălin Golofca and Sascha Marinkovic. Along with this win, Rapid reached 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 for 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 Cetatea Târgu Neamț (1–0), both away, which made the club obtain a flawless performance with 7 consecutive positive results in both competitions.

At the end of the 2015–16 Liga II season, Rapid CFR Suceava was relegated to Liga III, but maintained the hope to remain in Liga II after more clubs announced that they would not enroll because of the financial problems.

In the middle of 2016 the team changed its name from Rapid CFR Suceava to Foresta Suceava, a name that binds the most important results of the football from Suceava.[4]

Colours and badge

Rapid Suceava used a similar home kit to that of CFR Cluj, namely a white-burgundy one. During away matches they played wearing a black and blue kit. After the rebranding, the new Foresta use a kit that combines yellow and green colors.

Stadium

View of the Areni stadium. The stadium is located in downtown Suceava.

Foresta 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.[5]

Honours

Players

First team squad

As of 16 September 2018

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

No. Position Player
1 Romania GK George Niga
4 France DF Matthieu Nguyen
5 Romania DF Paul Mateciuc (Captain)
7 Romania MF Ionuț Artenie
8 Romania MF Paul Ionescu
9 France FW Sid-Ali Bouadjila
10 Romania FW Robert Grumezescu
11 Romania MF Laurențiu Roman
12 Romania GK Alexandru Cotună
16 Romania DF Adrian Onofraș-Oloeriu
18 Italy MF Matteo Rigoni
27 Moldova MF Eugeniu Celeadnic
No. Position Player
30 Algeria MF Fares Djermoune
96 Romania MF Claudiu Aioanei
98 France DF Cem Seven
— Moldova DF Ion Ghimp
— France DF Lionel Samba
— Romania MF Cristian Gulei
— Moldova MF Teodor Lungu
— Romania MF Andrei Mateiciuc
— Romania MF Florin Negură
— Romania FW Robert Martin
— France FW Ryad Parouty

Club officials

League history

Season Wins Draws Losses Points League Place Notes
2004–051181141Liga IV7Stagnated
2005–06194761Liga IV3Stagnated
2006–07183957Liga IV4Stagnated
2007–08252377Liga IV1Promoted
2008–091491151Liga III9Stagnated
2009–101631351Liga III5Stagnated
2010–11921529Liga III12Stagnated
2011–12196363Liga III1Promoted
2012–13761127Liga II10Stagnated
2013–14471119Liga II10
4 (Play-Out)		Stagnated
2014–15107142Liga II3
5 (Play-Off)		Stagnated
2015–16671125Liga II10
3 (Play-Out)		Stagnated
2016–171251741Liga II12thStagnated
2017–181032333Liga II18thRelegated
2018–19TBDTBDTBDTBDLiga IIITBDTBD

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-27.
  3. ↑ http://www.mediafax.ro/sport/rapid-cfr-suceava-a-invins-echipa-gaz-metan-medias-si-s-a-calificat-in-optimile-cupei-romaniei-13333288
  4. ↑ http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/pregatiri-amicale/noutati-importante-la-primul-antrenament-al-forestei-iencsi-a-fost-la-reunire-dar-inca-negociaza-preluarea-echipei-15517583
  5. ↑ List of football stadiums in Romania
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