FC Bălți

FC Bălți is a Moldovan football club based in Bălți, Moldova. They play in the Divizia A, the second tier of Moldovan football. Between 1992 and 2014 the team was known as Olimpia.

FC Bălți
Full nameFotbal Club Bălți
Founded1984 (1984)
as Zarya
2020 (2020)
as Bălți
GroundStadionul Orășenesc
Capacity5,953
OwnerPrimăria Bălți
Head CoachIhor Rakhayev
LeagueDivizia "A"
201910th

History
Old logo
Old logo

The club was founded in 1984 as FC Zarya (Russian: ФК Заря Бельцы), and in 1991, when Moldova gained its independence, the club was renamed to FC Olimpia Bălți. In July 2014 it was decided to return to the old name - FC Zaria Bălți.

FC Bălți gained worldwide notoriety in December 2009 for putting an online bid through which the winner would awarded a one-year contract as a player with the club.[1] The winner was a Brazilian businessman who had a brief career as a footballer in his native country. Nevertheless, the winning bidder declined the position stating that, since he never paid the application fee, he assumed his bid would not be taken into account.[2] In April 2010 the club called for a new bidding round.[3] The winner was never announced, though.

European record
UEFA Europa League
Season Round Opponents Home leg Away leg Aggregate
2010–11 Q1 Khazar Lankaran 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Q2 Dinamo București 0–2 1–5 1–7
2016–17 Q1 Videoton 2–0 0–3 2–3
2017–18 Q1 Sarajevo 2–1 1–2 3–3 (6–5 p)
Q2 Apollon Limassol 1–2 0–3 1–5
2018–19 Q1 Górnik Zabrze 1–1 0–1 1–2
Notes
  • Q1: First qualifying round
  • Q2: Second qualifying round

Achievements
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gollark: Really? I thought someone did at some point.
gollark: Macron is bad?
gollark: Anyway, I've already generated my entry for the next round, so get fearing.
gollark: I did. It was obviously you.

References
  1. "Футбольный клуб "Олимпия" (Бельцы)". Fcolimpia.md. 2009-12-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  2. Thiago Lavinas Rio de Janeiro. "Globoesporte.com > Futebol Internacional – NOTÍCIAS – Brasileiro vence leilão para jogar na Moldávia, mas avisa que vai dar bolo". Globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  3. "Футбольный клуб "Олимпия" (Бельцы)". Fcolimpia.md. 2010-04-10. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
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