Fotbal Club Metaloglobus București, commonly known as Metaloglobus București or simply as Metaloglobus, is a Romanian professional

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club based in

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, that competes in the

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History

Metaloglobus București was founded in 1923 as the football team of the Metaloglobus factory, a powerful factory that was founded in the same year by the

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n industrialist Manfréd Weiss. The factory has been developed more in the

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period and produced all kinds of objects made of steel and iron from lanterns, bullets, boilers and from 1965 they started to produce toys. After the 1989

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, the factory began to have financial problems and in 2000 was bought by

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n businessman Imad Kassas. Metaloglobus played in amateur leagues of

almost all of its existence, until 2011 when they won

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and qualified for the

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play-off where they lost against Rapid Clejani,

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champions. After a lot of the

teams abandoned the competition in that summer, Metaloglobus was invited in

. In five consecutive seasons, the team was always ranked in the top half and their best performance was the third place in the

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and 2015–2016 seasons. Metaloglobus finished first at the end of the 2016–17 season, 11 points in front of 2nd-placed Viitorul Domnești, and were promoted to the

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for the first time in their history. Their first season in the second tier was a difficult one, and they were unable to avoid the relegation zone as they finished 16th. However, they were spared from going down after the withdrawal of fifth-placed Afumați. On 1 June 2025, Metaloglobus got promoted to the Superliga for the first time in their history after beating Poli Iasi in the promotion playoffs.

Stadium

The club plays its home games on the

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from the Bucharest neighborhood of Pantelimon. The stadium was under renovations between 2011 and 2015; during this period the team played its home matches on

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and on

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Honours

**Winners (1): 2016–17 * Liga IV – Bucharest **Winners (1):

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Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for FC Metaloglobus București players. ;Romania *

Alexandru Ciocâlteu Alexandru Cristian Ciocâlteu (born 16 April 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SR Brașov. Honours ;Petrolul Ploiești *Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the ...

* Alexandru Coman *

Gigel Coman Gigel Coman (born 4 October 1978) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a winger, currently sporting director at Liga II club Metaloglobus București. Club career Coman made his professional debut at FC Naţional București in 1996 ...

* Valentin Ghenovici * Lucian Goge *

Claudiu Herea Claudiu Constantin Herea (born 16 March 1990) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the younger brother of Ovidiu Herea, also a footballer. Honours Tunari *Liga III: 2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark ...

Ovidiu Herea Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Național București Herea started his career at Național București, where he went through the youth systems. On 16 ...

* Alexandru Iacob *

Florin Iacob Florin Iacob (born 16 August 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga III club SR Brașov, which he captains. International career Iacob was called up for the first time to the Romania senior squad for the ...

* Andrei Ionescu *

Daniel Lung Daniel Cristian Lung (born 3 Oct 1987) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a centre back, currently team manager at Liga III club CS Dinamo București CS Dinamo București (full name: Clubul Sportiv Dinamo București), ...

Andrei Lungu Andrei Lungu (born 29 January 1989) is a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as Sportul Studențesc, Universitatea Cluj Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj ...

* Ștefan Niculae * Alexandru Potocea *

Iulian Roșu Iulian Roșu (born 30 May 1994) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an midfielder for Liga II club Chindia Târgoviște. Club career Steaua București In June 2011, Roșu signed a professional contract with FCSB. Iulian Roșu m ...

* Andrei Sin * Marius Tomozei ;Japan * Sota Mino

Former managers

Francisc Fabian Francisc Fabian (born 21 October 1917) was a Romanian football Forward (association football), striker. After he retired from playing football he worked at FCSB, Steaua Bucureşti's youth center where he taught and formed generations of players, ...

(1958–1962) *

Colea Vâlcov Nicolae 'Colea' Vâlcov (23 February 1909 – 31 March 1970) was a Romanian football player and manager. Vâlcov was born in Bolgrad, Russian Empire. He was part of the famous offensive line of Venus București in the 1930s, together with his ...

(1964–1965) * Sorin Colceag (2015–2016) *

Bogdan Vintilă Bogdan Argeș Vintilă (born 27 February 1972) is a Romanian football manager and former player. International stats Managerial statistics Honours Argeș Pitești *Divizia B: 1993–94 Național București *Cupa României The Cupa Ro ...

(2016–2017) *

Bogdan Andone Bogdan Ioan Andone (born 7 January 1975) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga II club Argeș Pitești. Playing career After spending most of his career in the Romanian first division, Andon ...

(2018) * László Balint (2019) *

Marius Măldărășanu Constantin Marius Măldărășanu (born 19 April 1975) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club Hermannstadt. Club career Măldărășanu started his career playing for Petrolul Ploieşti in 19 ...

(2019–2020) * Gabriel Manu (2020–2021) * Nicolae Grigore (2021–2022) *

Eugen Trică Eugen Trică (born 5 August 1976) is a Romanian football manager and former footballer. He played as a midfielder. Club career Eugen Trică was born on 5 August 1976 in the village of Teslui from Romania where he spent the first years of his l ...

(2022) *

Eusebiu Tudor Eusebiu Iulian Tudor (born 1 July 1974) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga II club Unirea Ungheni. Honours Player Petrolul Ploiești *Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Lig ...

(2022–2023) *

Ianis Zicu Ianis Alin Zicu (born 23 October 1983) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder, currently in charge of Liga I club Farul Constanța. Club career Early career, Dinamo București and loans Ianis Z ...

(2023–2025)

League history

References

External links

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