Romania
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football
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club
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
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from
Bucharest
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,
Romania
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, founded in 1973 and dissolved in 2009.
History
The club was founded in the summer of 1973 as ''Mecos București'' once with the canning and luncheon meats factory with the same name from
Popești-Leordeni
Popești-Leordeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, south of downtown Bucharest, although from the northern edge of the town to the southern edge of Bucharest the distance is less than . Most of its inhabitants commute to Buchares ...
, a village from
Ilfov County
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near to
Bucharest
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.
Coached by Florea Sisilică, Mecos was promoted to
third division
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Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
Divizia C
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, Mecos enjoyed success finishing in the top-table: 6th in 1989–90 season, 3rd in 1990–91 season and 4th in 1991- 92 season.
The club name changed in 1992 to AS Glina and two years later, after was finished 14th in the 1992–93 season and 18th at the end of the 1993–94 season, it was relegated, ending a five-seasons stay in the third division.
In the summer of 1994 AS Glina merged with Gaz Metan București and was renamed as ''Intergaz-Glin''.
In the 1996–97 season, coached by Nicolae Dumitru, Inter Gaz won the series from which was part in the Bucharest Municipal Championship and played the play-off with the winner of the other Bucharest series, Antilopa București, promoting to
Divizia C
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Popești-Leordeni
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, which has a capacity of 100 seats.
Honours
Liga III
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The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Inter Gaz and also played in
Liga I
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Sergiu Bar
Sergiu Cosmin Bar (born 19 March 1980) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a centre back for teams such as UM Timișoara, Metalul Plopeni, Petrolul Ploiești, Victoria Brănești, Săgeata Năvodari and Singen 04, among others.
Hono ...
Marius Coporan
Marius Mihai Coporan (born 13 December 1975) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder and defender.
Honours
Steaua București
* Divizia A: 1997–98
* Cupa României: 1998–99
* Supercupa României: 1998
1998 was d ...
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Cristian Vlad
Cristian Nicolae Vlad (born 18 February 1977 in Boldești-Scăeni, Prahova County) is a retired Romanian football player. He played as a midfielder.
Club career
He made his debut in the Divizia A at 20 years old for Petrolul Ploiești wher ...
Augustin Chiriță
Augustin Eduard Chiriță (born 10 October 1975) is a Romanian former footballER who played as a midfielder for teams such as Minerul Motru, Argeș Pitești, Karpaty Lviv or Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, among others. After retirement, Chiriță sta ...
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IonuÈ› Voicu
Ionuț Cosmin Voicu (born 2 August 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a right back for teams such as FC Brașov, Rapid București and Politehnica Iași, among others.
Honours
;FC Brașov
*Liga II: 2007–08
;Ra ...
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Daniel Novac
Daniel Ionuț Novac (born 26 September 1987) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga III side Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.Ionuț Curcă
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Eusebiu Tudor
Eusebiu Iulian Tudor (born 1 July 1974 in Ploiești, Prahova County) is a Romanian former football midfielder. After he ended his playing career he worked as a manager. He is currently the manager of Liga II club Metaloglobus București.
Hono ...
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Bobi VerdeÈ™
Bobi Gheorghiță Verdeș (born 24 November 1980) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker and currently a manager. Verdeș made his Liga I debut on 14 November 2001 and played in his career for Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC U Craiova ...
Managers
* Cornel Nica (2000–2002)
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Victor Roșca
Victor Dorin Roșca (born 24 August 1954) is a Romanian former professional footballer and manager.
Player career
As a footballer, Roșca was the goalkeeper of Divizia A teams Rapid București and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea. Roșca promoted with C ...
(2002–2004)
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Marius Lăcătuș
Marius Mihai LăcătuÈ™ (; born 5 April 1964) is a Romanian football coach and former professional footballer. He is by far the most successful footballer ever to play for Steaua BucureÈ™ti and was part of their European Cup victory in 1986. LÄ ...
(2005)
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Marius Șumudică
Marius Ninel Șumudică (born 4 March 1971) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, he is the current manager of Saudi club Al-Raed.
Șumudică was a striker who began his senior career with Sportul Studențesc and rep ...
(2007)
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Ștefan Nanu
Ștefan Dumitru Nanu (born 8 September 1968, in Filiași) is a Romanian former footballer
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