ACS Foresta Suceava

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Foresta Suceava
ACS Foresta Suceava logo.png
Full nameAsociația Club Sportiv
Foresta Suceava
Nickname(s)Galben-Verzii
(The Yellow and Greens)
Short nameForesta
Founded1946; 75 years ago (1946)
as CFR Ițcani
GroundAreni
Capacity12,500 (7,000 seated)
OwnersGheorghe Negură
Suceava Municipality
ChairmanAndrei Ciutac
ManagerIonuț Moșteanu
LeagueLiga III
2020–21Liga III, Seria I, 2nd

Asociația Club Sportiv Foresta Suceava, commonly known as Foresta Suceava or simply as Foresta, is a professional football club from Romania, based in Suceava, Suceava County and founded in 1946 as Locomotiva Ițcani. Previously, the club changed its name to A.S. C.F.R. Ițcani as well. At the end of the 2017–2018 season finished 18th out of 20 teams and were relegated to the third league. They currently play in Liga III, Seria I, after finishing 2nd in the 2019–20.

History[]

Former logo, as Rapid CFR Suceava.

Foresta Suceava was founded as Rapid CFR Suceava to continue the football tradition in the city of Suceava after the dissolution of FC Cetatea Suceava, CSM Suceava (Bucovina Suceava) and NC Foresta Suceava. In the 2011–2012 season the club managed to win Liga III and as such to gain promotion to Liga II. Thus, since the 2011–2012 season, Rapid CFR Suceava has played in Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football system.

Rapid started the 2014–2015 Liga II season with good results: 3 wins and 2 draws. One result was the home match against Săgeata Năvodari, a club which had previously played in Liga I for the very first time in its history during the 2013–2014 season, when Rapid fell behind twice but managed to equalise each time. Mircea Negru and Marius Matei managed to score the goals for Rapid in that respective match.[1] In the 5th fixture Rapid encountered CS Balotești. Rapid were losing 1–0 until the 88th minute, but won with two goals scored by Cătălin Golofca and Sascha Marinkovic. Along with this win, Rapid reached second place in Seria I of Liga II with 11 points after 5 matches.[2]

In the 2014–2015 season the club additionally managed to qualify for the Round of 16 of the domestic cup competition Cupa României following a 1–0 win over Liga I side Gaz Metan Mediaș in the Round of 32 on September 23, 2014.[3] After the Round of 32, Rapid Suceava alongside Dacia Mioveni were the only two football clubs from the second division to qualify in the next phase after both having managed to obtain their qualifications from blowout results with teams higher rated than them from the first tier. Nonetheless, beforehand defeating Gaz Metan Mediaș, Rapid did also win two other domestic cup matches against Liga III sides CS Știința Miroslava (3–0) and Cetatea Târgu Neamț (1–0), both away, which made the club obtain a flawless performance with 7 consecutive positive results in both competitions.

At the end of the 2015–16 Liga II season, Rapid CFR Suceava was relegated to Liga III, but maintained the hope to remain in Liga II after more clubs announced that they would not enroll because of the financial problems.

In the middle of 2016 the team changed its name from Rapid CFR Suceava to Foresta Suceava, a name that binds the most important results of the football from Suceava.[4]

Colours and badge[]

Rapid Suceava used a similar home kit to that of CFR Cluj, namely a white-burgundy one. During away matches they played wearing a black and blue kit. After the rebranding, the new Foresta use a kit that combines yellow and green colors.

Stadium[]

Main Stand of the Areni stadium. The stadium is located in downtown Suceava.

Foresta Suceava plays its home matches on the Areni Stadium. The stadium has a total capacity of 12,500 seats and was opened in 1963 as the Municipal Stadium. Additionally, the stadium was also renovated between the periods 1976–1977, 1980–1982 and 2002 respectively. It is currently ranked 31st in the all time ranking table of stadiums from Romania.[5]

Honours[]

Players[]

First team squad[]

As of 6 September 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Dănuț Mihăescu
5 DF Romania ROU Alexandru Arnold
7 MF Romania ROU Iosif Netbai
9 FW Romania ROU Robert Martin (Captain)
11 MF Romania ROU Adrian Dorobanțu
12 GK Romania ROU Alexandru Tătaru
15 DF Romania ROU Alexandru Crap
17 MF Cameroon CMR Jordan Atouba
18 MF Romania ROU Ciprian Hostiuc
19 MF Cameroon CMR Chinwedu Samson
21 MF Romania ROU Andrei Popovici
23 DF Cameroon CMR Benjamin Makongo
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW Moldova MDA Serghei Tofan
30 FW Cameroon CMR Odoh Chika
65 MF Nigeria NGA Olawaseun Agbomoniyi
70 MF Romania ROU Vlăduț Cimbru
77 DF Romania ROU Ionuț Mihăescu
90 MF Romania ROU Marian Ilie
95 MF France FRA Jonathan Ongenda
98 MF Romania ROU Marian Botezatu
— DF Moldova MDA Eugen Celeadnic
— MF Moldova MDA Ruslan Chelari
— MF Romania ROU Mădălin Ciobanu
— MF France FRA Arnaud Ongenda

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials[]

League history[]

Season Wins Draws Losses Points League Place Notes
2015–16 6 7 11 25 Liga II 10
3 (Play-Out)		 Stagnated
2014–15 10 7 1 42 Liga II 3
5 (Play-off)		 Stagnated
2013–14 4 7 11 19 Liga II 10
4 (Play-Out)		 Stagnated
2012–13 7 6 11 27 Liga II 10 Stagnated
2011–12 19 6 3 63 Liga III 1 Promoted
2010–11 9 2 15 29 Liga III 12 Stagnated
2009–10 16 3 13 51 Liga III 5 Stagnated
2008–09 14 9 11 51 Liga III 9 Stagnated
2007–08 25 2 3 77 Liga IV 1 Promoted
2006–07 18 3 9 57 Liga IV 4 Stagnated
2005–06 19 4 7 61 Liga IV 3 Stagnated
2004–05 11 8 11 41 Liga IV 7 Stagnated

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Rapid CFR Suceava a învins echipa Gaz Metan Mediaş şi s-a calificat în optimile Cupei României".
  4. ^ "Noutăți importante la primul antrenament al Forestei.** Iencsi a fost la reunire, dar încă negociază preluarea echipei". 5 July 2016.
  5. ^ List of football stadiums in Romania

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