FC Metaloglobus București

Metaloglobus București
Full name Fotbal Club Metaloglobus București
Nickname(s) Echipa Pantelimonului
(Pantelimon's team)
Short name Metaloglobus
Founded 1923 (1923)
Ground Metaloglobus
Capacity 900
Owner Imad Kassas
Chairman Marius Burcă
Manager Gigel Coman (caretaker)
League Liga II
2017–18 Liga II, 16th

Fotbal Club Metaloglobus București, commonly known as Metaloglobus București or simply as Metaloglobus, is a Romanian football club based in București, currently playing in the Liga II.[1][2]

History

Former logo.

Metaloglobus București was founded in 1923 as the football team of the Metaloglobus factory, a powerful factory that was founded in the same year by the Austrian industrialist Manfréd Weiss. The factory has been developed more in the communist period and produced all kinds of objects made of steel and iron from lanterns, bullets, boilers and from 1965 they started to produce toys. After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, the factory began to have financial problems and in 2000 was bought by Syrian businessman Imad Kassas. Now Metaloglobus has 20 employees and it's close to collapse.[3]

On the other hand, even though it always remained tied to factory, the football team has experienced a completely opposite scenario. They played in amateur leagues of Bucharest almost all of its existence, until 2011 when they won Liga IV Bucharest and qualified for the Liga III play-off where they lost against Rapid Clejani, Giurgiu County champions. After a lot of the Liga III teams abandoned the competition in that summer, Metaloglobus was invited in Liga III. In five consecutive seasons, the team was always ranked in the top half and their best performance was the third place in the 2012–13 and 2015–2016 seasons.[4]

At the end of the 2016–17 Liga III season, Metaloglobus won Seria II at a distance of 11 points from the 2nd place, Viitorul Domnești and promoted in Liga II for the first time in its over 60 years of existence.[5] After a difficult first season spent in the second tier of the Romanian football, Metaloglobus ranked 16th, first under the relegation line, but was subsequently spared from relegation after the withdrawal of Afumați, team which finished on the 5th place.[6]

Stadium

The club plays its home matches on Stadionul Metaloglobus from Pantelimon neighbourhood, in Bucharest. The stadium was under renovations between 2011 and 2015 period in which the team played its home matches on Stadionul Clinceni or Stadionul CNAF.[7]

Honours

Players

First team squad

As of 2 October 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 Iulian Anca-Trip
2 Romania DF Florentin Pham (on loan from FCSB II)
3 Romania DF Nicolae Buzea
4 Romania DF George Caramalău
5 Romania DF Bogdan Panait
6 Romania MF Sebastian Culda (on loan from Astra)
7 Romania FW Alexandru Potecea
8 Romania MF Valentin Ghenovici (Captain)
9 Romania FW Andrei Ciolacu
10 Romania MF Valentin Andrei
11 Romania MF Ovidiu Herea
13 Romania DF Andrei Sava (Vice-Captain)
14 Japan MF Sota Mino
No. Position Player
15 France DF Alphousseyni Sané (on loan from Voluntari)
16 Romania MF Vlăduț Vlad (on loan from Dinamo)
17 Cameroon MF Joel Yuh (on loan from Sănătatea)
18 Romania MF Ștefan Niculae
19 United States FW Marek Albert
20 Romania MF Gigel Coman
21 Romania MF Constantin Costache (on loan from Voluntari)
23 Romania MF Raul Negotei (on loan from Dinamo)
24 Romania DF Robert Riza (on loan from Concordia)
25 Ghana MF Abdul Gafaru
26 Romania MF Marius Bîrsan (on loan from Voluntari)
97 Romania GK Robert Geantă

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player
No. Position Player

Club Officials

Season by season

SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCupa României
2018–192Liga II-
2017–182Liga II16thRound of 32
2016–173Liga III1st (C) (P)
2015–163Liga III3rd
2014–153Liga III5th
2013–143Liga III4th
2012–133Liga III3rd
2011–123Liga III9th

References

  1. ↑ "S-au înscris patru goluri la meciul dintre Metaloglobus Bucureşti şi FC Viitorul II". 9 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "LIGA 3. Dinamo II București - Metaloglobus 1-3 (0-2) - Revista FC Dinamo - FC Dinamo Bucureşti". www.fcdinamo.ro.
  3. ↑ "ROMÂNIA FURATĂ. Fabricile de jucării românești, îngropate de speculanții imobiliari". www.digi24.ro.
  4. ↑ "Metaloglobus a fost primită în Liga 3 - Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro.
  5. ↑ "I-a venit rândul! VIDEO - Metaloglobus şi-a primit titlul de campioană şi medaliile pentru cucerirea Seriei a 3-a a Ligii 3. Bucureştenii vor juca în premieră în Liga 2 - Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro.
  6. ↑ "ŞOC în Liga 2. Una dintre cele mai bune echipe din ultimele două sezoane părăseşte competiţia. S-a înscris în Liga 3. "O decizie întârziată, dar justificată"". liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Sinteticul verde de acasă: arena Metaloglobus la debutul în Liga 3". 24 April 2015.
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