FC Metaloglobus București

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]

Metaloglobus București
Full nameFotbal Club Metaloglobus București
Nickname(s)Echipa Pantelimonului
(Pantelimon's team)
Short nameMetaloglobus
Founded1923 (1923)
GroundMetaloglobus
Capacity1,000
OwnerImad Kassas
ChairmanMarius Burcă
ManagerMarius Măldărășanu
LeagueLiga II
2019–20Liga II, 7th of 20

History
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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.

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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Honours

Players

First team squad
As of 14 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  ROU George Gavrilaș
4 DF  ROU George Caramalău
5 DF  ROU Alexandru Coman
6 DF  ROU Daniel Lung
7 MF  ROU Ianis Stoica (on loan from FCSB)
8 MF  ROU Andrei Lungu
9 MF  ROU Valentin Ghenovici (3rd captain)
10 MF  ROU Claudiu Herea
11 MF  ROU Ovidiu Herea (Captain)
13 DF  ROU Andrei Sava
14 MF  JPN Sota Mino
17 MF  ROU Alexandru Ciocâlteu
19 MF  ROU Andrei Ionescu
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF  ROU Radu Zamfir (on loan from FCSB II)
21 FW  ROU Raul Gavîrliță (on loan from Astra)
22 MF  ROU Eduard Vraciu
23 MF  ROU Alexandru Duminică (on loan from Astra II)
24 DF  ROU Iulian Ciubotaru
25 MF  ROU Lucian Cazan
26 DF  ROU Adrian Stoianovici
27 MF  ROU Paulian Banu (on loan from Astra II)
28 MF  ROU Radu Chiriac (on loan from Astra)
29 DF  ROU Florin Plămadă (Vice-Captain)
30 GK  ROU Cristian Nedelcovici
97 GK  ROU 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. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club Officials

League history
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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. "Metaloglobus a fost primită în Liga 3 – Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Sinteticul verde de acasă: arena Metaloglobus la debutul în Liga 3". 24 April 2015.
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