FCM Câmpina was a

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team from

Poiana Câmpina Poiana Câmpina is a communes of Romania, commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Bobolia, Pietrișu, Poiana Câmpina, and Răgman. The commune is located in the western part of the county, northwest of the ...

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founded in 1936 and dissolved in 2008.

History

The team was founded under the name ''Astra Câmpina'', which was a local

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that was sponsoring the team. Later the team changed its name to ''Poiana Câmpina''. Even though the team is now called FCM Câmpina (Municipal Football Club Câmpina), most of its fans still call the team "Poiana" or "Poieniţa", a diminutive. Furthermore, FCM Câmpina used to be, for a couple of years,

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's second team, and was back then called Dinamo Poiana Câmpina. During this affiliation, football lovers from Câmpina were able to see playing for the local team famous players who were on loan from Dinamo: Ianis Zicu, Ionel Danciulescu,

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, Cristian Pulhac and others, players that have several selections in the national team. The most important player to have been developed by FCM Câmpina is Daniel Costescu, who played for first division clubs like Petrolul Ploieşti,

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or Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ, scoring 44 goals in 222 matches in the first division, and 21 goals in 67 matches in the second division. On August 5, 2008, chairman Chiţu announced that the team has been dissolved and he does not wish to play any further part in Câmpina's football, thus destroying a football club with 72 years of tradition.

Chronology of names

Honours

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 ...

: *Runners-up (2):

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, 1961–62

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 ...

: *Winners (6): 1946–47, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1993–94, 2004–05 *Runners-up (6): 1973–74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1986–87, 1991–92, 2002–03 Ploiești Regional Championship *Winners (1): 1951

Notable players

* Ianis Zicu *

* Cristian Pulhac * Daniel Costescu * Iulian Minea * Adrian Toader * Alexandru Bălțoi * Ion Zaharia

Former managers

* Ion Bălănescu (1945–1947) * Nicolae Petrescu (1948–1952) * Gheorghe Bărbulescu (1952–1953) * Gheorghe Petrescu (1963–1966) * Gheorghe Mulțescu (1991–1992) * Costel Orac (2000–2001) * Marin Dragnea (2001–2002) * Alexandru Moldovan (2002) *

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(2002) * Emil Ursu (2002–2003) *

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(2003) * Emil Ursu (2003–2006) *

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(2005–2007) * Imilian Șerbănică (2007–2008) *

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(2008) * Vasile Cosarek (2008) *

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(2008) * Nicolae Babeti

References

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