Fotbal Club Zalău was a

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team from Zalău, Sălaj County, founded in 2005 and dissolved in 2017 after encountered financial problems.

History

FC Zalău was founded in the summer of 2005, in order to continue

Zalău Zalău (, unofficial and former official name: ro, Zălau (; german: Zillenmarkt or , hu, Zilah, tr, Zile) is the seat of Sălaj County, Romania. In 2011, its estimated population was 56,202. History Ancient times Zalău is situated in the a ...

's football legacy after the dissolution of Armătura Zalău. The founder and owner of the new team was Ioan Morar, a local businessman, as well as a former business partner of Liviu Olar Pop, the main sponsor of Armătura Zalău. The club was enrolled in the Liga IV – Sălaj County (4th tier). In their first season, under the guidance of Marius Pașca, Zălăuanii won the County Championship, but lost the

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against Universitatea 1919 Cluj-Napoca, the winner of Divizia D – Cluj County, 0–1 in a match played on neutral ground at the Municipal Stadium in

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. Marius Pașca led the team below the Meseș Hill, in the 2006–07 season, to the second consecutive county title, losing again the promotion play-off 2–3 in front of FC Bihor II Tileagd, the champion of Bihor County, in a match played on neutral ground at the Clujana Stadium in

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. FC Zalău was finally promoted at the end of the 2007–08 season. ''Zălăuanii'', with the same Marius Pașca as manager, won the third consecutive County Championship and the promotion play-off, 1–0 on neutral ground at the CUG Stadium in

, against Spicul Mocira, the champion of Maramureș County. FC Zalău played for 9 years at the level of

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and even had intentions to promote in the second tier, at some time, but was finally dissolved in the summer of 2017, due to financial problems.

Honours

Liga IV – Sălaj County *Winners (3): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

Former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for FC Zalău and also played in

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for another team. * Claudiu Cornaci *

Vasile Jula Vasile Ilie "Lică" Jula (born 13 December 1974) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a defender. Career Jula began his career at Universitatea Cluj, playing in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup. He later went on to play for Gloria Bistri� ...

* Florin Sabou * Grigore Turda

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zalau Association football clubs established in 2005 Association football clubs disestablished in 2017 Defunct football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Sălaj County Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 2005 establishments in Romania 2017 disestablishments in Romania