Flacăra Moreni

Full name	Club 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 name	Flacăra
Founded	1922; 102 years ago (1922) as Astra-Română Moreni
Ground	Flacăra
Capacity	10,000
Owner	Moreni Municipality
Chairman	Sergiu Nedelcu
Manager	Gabriel Paraschiv
League	Liga III
2023–24	Liga III, Seria IV, 6th
Home colours Away colours

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.

The team was founded by English and Dutch engineers from the local oil rig as Astra-Română Moreni in 1922. During the communist period, Flacăra was taken over by the Securitate with the involvement of director Tudor Postelnicu, who had previously worked as an iron lathe operator in the city.

In the 1988–89 season, the club finished fourth in the top flight and earned a place in the UEFA Cup. Flacăra lost 1–4 to Porto on aggregate in the first round, and at the end of that campaign was relegated as a result of the fall of communism. It has since only played in the lower leagues.

History

The club was founded in 1922 by English and Dutch engineers from the local oil rig of Astra Română refinery under the name of Astra Română Moreni to encourage the workers and employees to practice sports. In 1950 changed its name to Partizanul Moreni as in 1951 to Flacăra Moreni. ^[1]

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. ^[1]

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 1988–89 season they finished in 4th 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. ^[2]

In the 1990–91 season, 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.

Chronology of names

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Liga I

• Best Finish 4th 1988–89

Liga II

• Winners (1): 1985–86
• Runners-up (1): 1951

Liga III

• Winners (6): 1946–47, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1983–84
• Runners-up (2): 1977–78, 2000–01

Liga IV – Dâmbovița County

• Winners (1): 2015–16
• Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

Cups

Cupa României – Dâmbovița County

• Winners (1): 2014–15

European

UEFA Cup

• First round: 1989–90

Flacăra Moreni in Europe

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1989–90 UEFA Cup	First Round	FC Porto	1–2	0–2	1–4

Players

First team squad

As of 6 September 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   ROU Adrian Godinac 3 DF   ROU Dragoș Cernea ( Captain) 7 FW   ROU Andrei Iliescu 8 MF   ROU Ionuț Neacșu 9 FW   ROU Bogdan Oancea 10 MF   ROU Iulian Drăgan 11 MF   ROU Ionuț Zaharia 12 GK   ROU Denis Duță 13 FW   ROU Marius Vasile 14 MF   ROU Gabriel Negrea 15 FW   ROU Claudiu Niculăescu 16 MF   ROU Bogdan Negrea

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   ROU Adrian Terec 18 DF   ROU Marian Niță 19 DF   ROU Gabriel Prundaru 20 DF   ROU Alexandru Oaie 21 MF   ROU Andrei Neagu 22 MF   ROU Adrian Predescu 23 MF   ROU Richard Țilică 24 DF   ROU Alexandru Băltăreț 25 MF   ROU David Ghebos 26 DF   ROU Antonio Ristea 30 GK   ROU Andrei Crăciun 99 GK   ROU Flaviu Budoiu

Out on loan

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

Club officials

Board of directors Role Name Owner Moreni Municipality President Sergiu Nedelcu Sporting director Augustin Voinea Delegate Vasile Petre

Current technical staff Role Name Manager Gabriel Paraschiv Assistant manager George Preda Club Doctor Manuela Popescu

League history

Notable players

Former managers

References

• "Istoria Fotbalului Morenar" - Gheorghe Ilinca 2005
• " Fenomenul Flacara Moreni" - Articol ProSport, Andru Nenciu 2015
• www.romaniansoccer.ro

External links

• CSM Flacăra Moreni on Facebook