CSM Flacăra Moreni

Club Sportiv Municipal Flacăra Moreni, (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈflakəra moˈrenʲ]), commonly known as Flacăra Moreni or simply as Flacăra, is a Romanian football club based in Moreni, Dâmbovița County. Flacăra was founded in 1922 by English and Dutch engineers from the local oil rig, under the name of Astra Moreni, then being took over by Securitate by involvement of his boss, Tudor Postelnicu, a big fan of the team. As a privileged team of the communist system, Flacăra reached UEFA Cup in 1989 and played against FC Porto. After the fall of communism in 1989, Flacăra was relegated, being considered that their performances were influenced by other factors than the game of football. Currently "the yellow and blues" are playing in the Liga III.

Flacăra Moreni
Full nameClub Sportiv Municipal
Flacăra Moreni
Nickname(s)Lupii de pe Cricov
(The Wolves from the
Cricov River)
Galben-Albaștrii
(The Yellow and Blues)
Morenarii
(The Moreni People)
Short nameFlacăra
Founded1922 (1922)
as Astra Română Moreni
GroundFlacăra
Capacity10,000
OwnerMoreni Municipality
ChairmanSergiu Nedelcu
ManagerGabriel Paraschiv
LeagueLiga III
2019–20Liga III, Seria III, 3rd

History

Flacăra Moreni was founded in 1922 under the name of Astra Moreni. In 1951 its name changed to Flacăra Moreni. After a merger with the local rival Automecanica Moreni in the year 1977 it was called Flacăra Automecanica Moreni but in 1985 changed again to Flacăra Moreni. Flacăra Moreni mostly played in the Divizia B and the Divizia C, but in the year 1986 they were promoted to Divizia A. In the season 1988/89 they finished in fourth place. This meant qualification in the following season for the UEFA Cup, in which Flacăra Moreni in the first round was eliminated against FC Porto 4-1 on aggregate. In the 1990/91 Flacăra were relegated from Divizia A. After the relegation from the Divizia B in 1995 and from Divizia C in 2007 Flacăra played in the Liga IV. Flacăra were promoted to the Liga III for the 2016-17 season.

Flacăra Moreni in 2017
Flacăra Moreni supporters during the 2016 promotion match against Voința Crevedia.

Chronology of names
Name Period
Astra Română Moreni1922–1950
Partizanul Moreni1950
Flacăra Moreni1951–1975
Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni1975–1985
Flacăra Moreni1985–present

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Cups

European

CSM Flacăra Moreni in Europe
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1989–90 UEFA Cup First Round FC Porto 1–2 0–2 1–4

Current squad
As of 15 March 2020

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Denis Duță
2 DF Robert Călin
3 DF Dragoș Cernea (Captain)
4 DF Eugen Matei (Vice-Captain)
5 MF Ionuț Constantin
6 MF Bogdan Tocan
7 FW Andrei Iliescu
8 MF Andrei Suciu
9 FW Adrian Pătulea
10 MF Cosmin Anton
12 GK Ionuț Pandalache
No. Position Player
13 MF Tiberiu Calofir
15 FW Claudiu Niculăescu (on loan from Chindia)
16 MF Alexandru Negrea
17 DF Liviu Floricel
18 DF Andrei Costache
19 DF Marian Ungureanu
20 DF Alexandru Oaie
21 MF Ionuț Petculescu
22 DF Viorel Vîrtej
23 MF Bogdan Negrea

Club officials

League history

Notable players

References
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