CS Aerostar Bacău

Clubul Sportiv Aerostar Bacău, commonly known as Aerostar Bacău or simply as Aerostar, is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Bacău, Bacău County, currently playing in the Liga III.

Aerostar Bacău
Full nameClubul Sportiv Aerostar Bacău
Nickname(s)Aviatorii (The Aircraft Pilots)
Short nameAerostar Bacău
Founded1977 (1977)
as Aripile Bacău
1995 (1995)
as Aerostar Bacău
GroundAerostar
Capacity1,500
OwnerAerostar SA
ChairmanDoru Damaschin
ManagerDaniel Munteanu
LeagueLiga II
2019–20Liga III, Seria I, 1st (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Founded in 1977 as Aripile Bacău, "the yellow and blues" are known as the team of the city's aeronautical manufacturing company. After the fall of communism, the country has undergone a series administrative changes, and in the early 1990s the company changed its name to Aerostar, a name which was also adopted by the football club. During the 1993–94 season, the club encountered serious financial problems that led to the exclusion from the Divizia C championship and bankruptcy. In the summer of 1995, the side was refounded with the same name of Aerostar Bacău and enrolled in the fourth division.

History
Chart of yearly table positions of Aerostar Bacău in the national leagues.

Aripile, first years and the ascension (1977–1992)

Founded in 1977 as Aripile Bacău (The Bacău Wings) the club was enrolled directly in the Divizia C, being assigned to the second series. The team obtained only a 14th place out of 16 in the first season and a 15th place at the end of the second, being relegated to the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system.[1] After one season of absence Aripile promoted back to Divizia C and changed its name in Victoria IRA Bacău.[2]

As Victoria IRA, the results started to appear: 1980–81 – 6th and 1981–82 – 5th. In the summer of 1982 the club ownership decided to change the team's name back to the old one, Aripile Bacău.[2] A fantastic season followed, in which Aripile fought for promotion until the last rounds, finishing 2nd, at 5 points behind the local rival, Partizanul Bacău and two points over another team from Bacău County, Petrolul Moinești. In the next season "the Airmen" were even closer to the goal of promotion, being separated from the leader, Fepa 74 Bârlad, by only one point.[1] Finally the yellow and blues promoted for the first time in the Divizia B at the end of the 1984–85 season, when they secured the first place in the detriment of Mecanica Vaslui, another team from Vaslui County, just like those from Fepa 74.[2]

The first season in the Divizia B was ended with a well-deserved salvation from relegation after a tough battle with teams such as: Metalul Plopeni, Dunărea Călărași or Chimia Fălticeni. At the end of the season the club changed again its name, this time in Aripile Victoria Bacău, a mix between the two previous names: Aripile Bacău and Victoria IRA Bacău. The club relegated at the end of the season as the first one placed below the red line, at only one point from the first safe place, occupied by CS Botoșani.[3] Back in the third tier, "the Airmen" turned out to be a very good team, finishing with nine points over the same Mecanica Vaslui, team that also lost the promotion battle in front of Aripile, back in 1985.

In the summer of 1988, with the occasion of promotion, Aripile Victoria became again just Aripile and finished on the 13th place, at only one point from the relegation zone where were the old rivals from Metalul Plopeni and Fepa 74. The next season, 1989–90 was the best in the history of the club which achieved an unexpected 8th place, being situated over teams such as: Foresta Fălticeni, Poiana Câmpina or Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, among others. After the Romanian Revolution of 1990 the aeronautical company and implicitly the team have been affected by disorganization from the leadership of public institutions and followed two disappointing rankings: 1990–91 – 13th and 1991–92 – 15th, the last result meaning also the relegation to the third league.[4]

Aerostar, a classic of Liga III (1992–present)

A notable event occurred in the summer of 1992, when the club changed its name in Aerostar Bacău, change that was in fact a normal move, after the parent company also changed its name in Aerostar SA.[2] At the end of the 1992–93 season the yellow and blues finished only 4th, after Constructorul Iași, Mureșul Toplița and Harghita Odorheiu Secuiesc and nothing announced at the time the disaster that will destroy the club during the 1993–94 season, when due to financial problems the club was excluded from Divizia C, being subsequently dissolved. After one year of inactivity the club was refounded with the same name of Aerostar Bacău, in the summer of 1995. "The Airmen" were enrolled in the Divizia D, having in the lead also a new president, in the person of Doru Damaschin.[5] But the return of Aerostar in the national football was difficult compared to other clubs, after five tough years spent at the county level, the team from Bacău promoted back to Divizia C at the end of the 1998–99 season.[2]

Period Name
1977–1980 Aripile Bacău
1980–1982 Victoria IRA Bacău
1982–1986 Aripile Bacău
1986–1988 Aripile Victoria Bacău
1988–1992 Aripile Bacău
1992–present Aerostar Bacău

Returned to the third tier, Aerostar never relegated again, but also has failed to promote in the second league for the next 18 years. In this period the club obtained better or less good results: 2nd (2007–08), 3rd (1999–2000, 2003–04, 2004–05), 4th (2005–06, 2014–15, 2016–17), 5th (2006–07), 6th (2011–12), 7th (2001–02, 2008–09, 2015–16), 9th (2000–01, 2002–03, 2012–13), 10th (2010–11), 11th (2013–14) and 12th (2009–10).[1]

In the summer of 2017 due to the lack of strong football clubs in the city fact owed to the dissolution of the most important club, FCM Bacău, in the summer of 2014, the relegation of SC Bacău at the end of the 2016–17 season and also to the disappearance of other clubs such as Letea, Pambac or Willy, Aerostar has also received financial support from the Municipality of Bacău in order to reach the promotion to the second tier. Cristian Popovici was chosen to be the new manager of the team and important players such as: Ionuț Mihălăchioaie and Cătălin Vraciu signed contracts with "the Airmen". The promotion battle was a very tough one and went to the last rounds when Aerostar won 1–0 against Oțelul Galați and assured its promotion in front of "the Steelworkers" and in front of FK Miercurea Ciuc.[6] Therefore, Aerostar promoted back to Liga II after 26 years of absence and 18 years after its return in the Liga III, in 1999. This promotion came as a mouth of oxygen for the football from Bacău and Bacău County at a time when Aerostar has come to be the only team that represent the city and the county in the first three leagues and at a time when the Municipal Stadium has become a ruin.[7]

Honours

Players

First team 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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MDA Lucian Cebotari
2 MF  ROU Cornel Ardei
4 DF  ROU Andu Moisi
6 MF  ROU Stejărel Vișinar
8 MF  ROU Cristian Copoț-Barb
9 FW  ROU Andrei Gavrilă
10 MF  ROU Ionuț Chirilă (Captain)
11 FW  ROU Cătălin Vraciu (Vice-Captain)
13 MF  ROU Alexandru Corban
16 DF  ROU Ionuț Mihălăchioaie
17 FW  ROU Cosmin Nemțanu
19 DF  ROU Alexandru Zaharia
20 MF  ROU Marius Chelaru
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  ROU Vasile Chirilescu
26 DF  ROU Andrei Bobaru
29 MF  ROU Ionuț Tilibașa
32 FW  ROU Răzvan Gorovei
70 MF  ROU Denis Botezatu
77 FW  ROU Vlad Danale (on loan from Poli Iași)
82 GK  ROU Bogdan Miron
89 GK  ROU Ovidiu Mocanu
93 DF  ROU Bogdan Balint (on loan from Poli Iași)
96 MF  ROU Tommaso Dogaru
98 MF  ROU Horia Ilie
99 MF  ROU Mircea Manole
— MF  ROU Alessandro Bobârnac

Club officials

League history

Notable former players

Notable former managers
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References
  1. "Statistici Liga III/Divizia C" [Liga III/Divizia C statistics]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. "Aripile (actuala Aerostar) si Letea (actuala FCM II) au facut istorie in esaloanele doi si trei" [Aripile (current Aerostar) and Letea (current FCM II) made history in the second and third tiers]. zdbc.ro. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. "Sezonul 1986–87" [1986–87 season]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. "Statistici Liga II/Divizia B" [Liga II/Divizia B statistics]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ""Să vă aveţi ca fraţii": povestea frumoasă a echipei Aerostar Bacău, acolo unde joacă patru fraţi şi doi gemeni" ["You must be like brothers": the beautiful story of the Aerostar Bacau, where four brothers and two twins play]. adevarul.ro. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. "Aerostar merge pe continuitate. Cristian Popovici şi-a prelungit contractul. "Urmează un campionat foarte dificil, pentru care trebuie să ne pregătim la cote maxime"" [Aerostar goes on continuity. Cristian Popovici has extended his contract. "Will be a very difficult championship, for which we have to prepare at maximum capacity"]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  7. "Ghicești stadionul? Aici au antrenat Mircea Rednic, Ilie Dumitrescu și Ionuț Lupescu" [Do you guess the stadium? Here managed Mircea Rednic, Ilie Dumitrescu and Ionut Lupescu]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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