Asociația Club Sportiv Fotbal Club Bacău, also known as FC Bacău, is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

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club based in

Bacău Bacău ( ; , ; ; ) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. With a population of 136,087 (as of 2021 census), Bacău is the 14th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the ...

Bacău County Bacău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget, in Transylvania. Geography This county has a total area of . In the western part of the county there a ...

. The club was established in 2014 as a youth academy and currently competes in

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

, the second tier of

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History

The club was established in 2014 as a youth academy at the initiative of former

FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău (also known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or FCM Bacău) was a Romanian association football, football football team, club based in Bacău, Bacău County, Moldavia. Founded in 1950 a ...

player Cristian Ciocoiu. The project also involved Adrian and Dragoș Pavăl brothers, the owners of Dedeman, one of the biggest home improvement retailer from Romania. In 2022, Academia FC Bacău merged with Dinamo Bacău — a club that was promoted to

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

in the summer of 2021 — through absorption and took their place in the third league.

Costel Enache Constantin "Costel" Enache (born 11 March 1973) is a Romanian football coach and former player, currently in charge of Liga II club FC Bacău. Coaching career Politehnica Iași Enache was appointed head coach of Liga II club Politehnica Iași ...

was named as the first head coach of the senior team and led the club in its first season in Liga III to the play-off round, finishing 2nd overall in Series I and qualifying for the first round of the promotion play-off to

. Băcăuanii lost to Metalul Buzău, 2–2 on aggregate and 3–4 in the penalty shootout.

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

References

External links

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