Club Sportiv Municipal Flacăra Moreni, (), commonly known as Flacăra Moreni or simply as Flacăra, is a Romanian

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based in

Moreni Moreni () is a municipality in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 22,868. The city is in the eastern part of the county, on the border with Prahova County. It is located east of the county seat, Târgoviște, and about ...

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. 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

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with the involvement of director

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, who had previously worked as an iron lathe operator in the city. In the 1988–89 season, the club finished fourth in the

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and earned a place in the

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. Flacăra lost 1–4 to

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on aggregate in the

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, and at the end of the that campaign was relegated as a result of the

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. It has since only played in the lower leagues.

History

Flacăra Moreni was founded in 1922 under the name of Astra Moreni. In 1951 its name changed to Flacăra Moreni. 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. 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 season 1988/89 they finished in fourth place. This meant qualification in the following season for the

, in which Flacăra Moreni in the first round was eliminated against

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4-1 on aggregate. In the 1990/91 Flacăra were relegated from Divizia A. After the relegation from the

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in 1995 and from

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in 2007 Flacăra played in the

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. Flacăra were promoted to the

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for the 2016-17 season. Flacara Moreni in 2017

Chronology of names

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

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*Best Finish 4th 1988–89

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*Winners (1): 1985–86 *Runners-up (1):

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*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

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–

*Winners (1): 2014–15

European

*First round: 1989–90

Flacăra Moreni in Europe

Players

First squad players

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

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history

Notable players

Alexandru Badea Alexandru Badea (8 March 1938 – 17 July 1986) was a Romanian footballer. International career Alexandru Badea played four matches at international level for Romania, scoring two goals. He made his debut against Eusébio's Portugal in a 1966 F ...

* Ion Balaur * Teodor Beldie * Florin Bîțică *

Iulian Chiriță Iulian Chiriță (born 2 February 1967 in Târgoviște) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder and a manager. Club career Iulian Chiriță was born on 2 February 1967 in Târgoviște, Romania, starting to play youth level fo ...

* Marin Daniel * Marin Dragnea * Gheorghe Dumitrașcu *

Dudu Georgescu Dudu Georgescu (born 1 September 1950) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a forward and a former coach. Club career Dudu Georgescu was born in Bucharest on 1 September 1950. He started his career at Progresul București, making h ...

* Victor Glăvan * Gigi Gorga * Constantin Lala * Ioan Marcu * Dragoș Marasoiu *

Ion Mateescu Ion Mateescu (25 November 1952 – 30 September 2017) was a Romanian footballer who played as a left defender and midfielder. International career Ion Mateescu played one game at international level for Romania, in a friendly which ended 2� ...

* Iulian Mihăescu * Ion Moldovan *

Lică Movilă Lică Stavarache Movilă (born 21 October 1961) is a Romanian former footballer, who played primarily as a midfielder. Club career Lică Movilă was born in Brăila on 21 October 1961 and made his Divizia A debut on 21 June 1981 for SC Bacău i ...

Costel Pană Costel Pană (born 15 July 1967) is a retired Romanian football midfielder. He won the Liga I title with Dinamo București playing alongside his brother, the defender Marian who was also an international footballer. After he ended his playing c ...

Marian Pană Marian Pană (born 24 December 1968, in Moreni) is a football manager and former professional footballer. He previously managed teams like Cetatea Suceava, Știința Bacău, Gloria Bistrița, Universitatea Cluj and Farul Constanța. As a playe ...

* Gabriel Paraschiv * Beniamin Popescu * George Preda * Dorel Purdea * Daniel Sava *

Marian Savu Marian Savu (born 11 October 1972) is a retired Romanian football striker. Career overview *''Total matches played in Romanian First League:'' 223 matches – 77 goals. *''European Cups:'' 12 matches – 1 goal. *''Topscorer of the Romanian Fir ...

Nelu Stănescu Nelu Stănescu (4 August 1957 - 11 March 2004) was a Romanian football left defender. Club career Nelu Stănescu was born on 1 January 1956 in Babadag, Romania. He was a left defender and started playing football in the lower leagues at Grani ...

Florin Tene Florin Alexandru Tene (born 10 November 1968) is a retired Romanian footballer and current goalkeeper coach at Neftchi Baku. Club career Florin Tene was born on 10 November 1968 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play junior level football a ...

* George Timiș * Marcel Tirchinechi * Daniel Tudor *

Nistor Văidean Nistor Văidean (born 1 October 1961) is a Romanian former football midfielder. He wrote a book which was released in 2010 called ''Bucuria unui copil despre care se credea că nu va mai juca fotbal niciodată'' ''(The joy of a child who it was ...

* Petre Vasile * Adrian Velicioiu *

Gheorghe Viscreanu Gheorghe Viscreanu (born 19 August 1961) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a Defender (association football), right defender. Runaways from Communist Romania Viscreanu is the only footballer who managed to runaway twice from Sociali ...

* Nicolae Viorel

References

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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flacara Moreni Association football clubs established in 1922 Football clubs in Dâmbovița County Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1922 establishments in Romania