FC Metaloglobus București

Football club
Metaloglobus București
Full nameFotbal Club Metaloglobus București SA
Nickname(s)Echipa Pantelimonului
(Pantelimon's team)
Short nameMetaloglobus
Founded1923; 101 years ago (1923)
GroundMetaloglobus
Capacity1,000
OwnerImad Kassas
ChairmanMarius Burcă
Head coachIanis Zicu
LeagueLiga II
2022–23Liga II, 15th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

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,[3] 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.

The football team experienced success. 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]

Metaloglobus finished first at the end of the 2016–17 season, 11 points in front of 2nd-placed Viitorul Domnești, and were promoted to the Liga II for the first time in their history.[5] Their first season in the second tier was a difficult one, and they were unable to avoid the relegation zone as they finished 16th. However, they were spared from going down after the withdrawal of fifth-placed Afumați.[6]

Stadium

The club plays its home games on the Stadionul Metaloglobus from the Bucharest neighborhood of Pantelimon. The stadium was under renovations between 2011 and 2015; during this period the team played its home matches on Stadionul Clinceni and on Stadionul CNAF.[7]

Honours

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 March 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU George Gavrilaș
4 DF Ghana GHA Saeed Issah (on loan from Hermannstadt)
5 MF Romania ROU Laurențiu Liș
6 MF Romania ROU Andrei Mihăilă
7 MF Netherlands NED Yassine Zakir
8 DF France FRA Bradley Diallo
9 FW Serbia SRB Miloš Zukanović
10 MF Romania ROU Georgian Honciu (Captain)
11 MF Romania ROU Dragoș Huiban
13 DF Romania ROU Andrei Sava (3rd captain)
14 MF Romania ROU Alexandru Gheorghe (on loan from Rapid București)
15 MF Romania ROU Adrian Sârbu
17 FW Romania ROU Gabriel Pătrașcu (on loan from FCSB II)
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF Ivory Coast CIV Christ Kouadio (on loan from Politehnica Iași)
19 FW Romania ROU Adrian Voicu
20 MF Romania ROU Răzvan Milea
21 DF Romania ROU Alexandru Iacob
22 MF Romania ROU Robert Neacșu
23 MF Romania ROU Antonio Cruceru
24 FW Romania ROU Vlad Bogdan (on loan from Petrolul Ploiești)
25 DF Romania ROU Lucian Cazan
26 MF Romania ROU Vlad Marica
27 MF Romania ROU Luca Manolache (on loan from FCSB)
31 DF Romania ROU George Caramalău (Vice-captain)
34 GK Romania ROU Cristian Nedelcovici
99 FW Romania ROU David Nemțanu (on loan from Farul Constanța)

Club officials

Board of directors

Role Name
Owner Syria Imad Kassas
President Romania Marius Burcă
Sporting director Romania Gigel Coman
Delegate Romania Adrian Bondoc
Team Manager Romania Mihai Nedelcu

Current technical staff

Role Name
Head coach Romania Ianis Zicu
Assistant coaches Romania Daniel Florea
Romania Vlad Ștef
Goalkeeping coach Romania Dumitru Costică
Fitness coach Romania Florin Drăghici
Video analyst Moldova Mihail Moraru
Club doctor Romania Sebastian Culman
Masseur Romania Constantin Righel
Kit man Romania Alexandru Greblea

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for FC Metaloglobus București players.

Romania

Notable former managers

League history

Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României
2023–24 2 Liga II TBD Play-off round
2022–23 2 Liga II 15th Play-out winner Third Round
2021–22 2 Liga II 10th Third Round
2020–21 2 Liga II 10th Fourth Round
2019–20 2 Liga II 7th Round of 32
2018–19 2 Liga II 9th Fourth Round
2017–18 2 Liga II 16th Round of 32
Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României
2016–17 3 Liga III (Seria II) 1st (C) Promoted Second Round
2015–16 3 Liga III (Seria II) 3rd Fifth Round
2014–15 3 Liga III (Seria II) 5th Second Round
2013–14 3 Liga III (Seria III) 4th Third Round
2012–13 3 Liga III (Seria II) 3rd Fourth Round
2011–12 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 9th
2010–11 4 Liga IV (B) (Seria I) 1st (C) Promoted

References

  1. ^ "S-au înscris patru goluri la meciul dintre Metaloglobus București şi FC Viitorul II". 9 September 2016.
  2. ^ "LIGA 3. Dinamo II București – Metaloglobus 1–3 (0–2) – Revista FC Dinamo – FC Dinamo București". www.fcdinamo.ro.
  3. ^ "Cum a fugit rapidistul Radu Florian de comuniști!". Antena Sport. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
  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.

External links

  • Official website
  • FC Metaloglobus București on Facebook
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