FC Bălți

FC Bălți

Full name	Fotbal Club Bălți
Founded	1984; 38 years ago (1984) as Zarya 2020; 2 years ago (2020) as Bălți
Ground	Stadionul Orășenesc
Capacity	5,953
Owner	Primăria Bălți
President	Vladimir Țaranu
Head coach	Ihor Rakhayev
League	Divizia Națională
2020–21	Divizia A, 1st of 14 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

FC Bălți is a Moldovan professional football club based in Bălți, Moldova. They play in the Moldovan National Division, the top division of Moldovan football. Between 1992 and 2014, the team was known as Olimpia.

History[]

The club was founded in 1984 as FC Zarya (Russian: ФК Заря Бельцы), and in 1991, when Moldova gained its independence, the club was renamed to FC Olimpia Bălți. In July 2014 it was decided to return to the old name - FC Zaria Bălți.

FC Bălți gained worldwide notoriety in December 2009 for putting an online bid through which the winner would awarded a one-year contract as a player with the club.^[1] The winner was a Brazilian businessman who had a brief career as a footballer in his native country. Nevertheless, the winning bidder declined the position stating that, since he never paid the application fee, he assumed his bid would not be taken into account.^[2] In April 2010 the club called for a new bidding round.^[3] The winner was never announced, though.

Name history[]

• FC Zaria Bălți (1984–1991)
• FC Olimpia Bălți (1991–2014)
• FC Zaria Bălți (2014–2019)
• FC Bălți (2020–)

Honours[]

• Moldovan Cup:

Winners (1): 2015–16

Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2016–17

• Moldovan Super Cup

Runners-up (1): 2016

• Divizia A:

Winners (1): 2020–21

Current squad[]

As of 8 November 2021^[4]

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  MDA Sebastian Agachi 2 MF  ARG Álvaro Bely 7 MF  MDA Nichita Motpan 8 MF  MDA Andrei Bursuc 10 FW  MDA Igor Țîgîrlaș 11 MF  MDA Daniel Danu 14 MF  UKR Serhiy Molochko 17 FW  MDA Serghei Miscov 18 MF  MDA Petru Gherman 19 FW  MAD Zotsara Randriambololona 20 FW  NGA Emmanuel Alaribe 21 MF  MDA Oleg Platniuc

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 GK  MDA Victor Străistari 23 DF  MDA Valentin Chișcă 25 GK  MDA Artur Nazarciuc 26 DF  MDA David Cemschi 27 MF  ARG Rubén Gómez 30 DF  MDA Petru Costin 31 DF  BRA Welington Taira 44 DF  MDA Denis Furtună 73 FW  NGA Miracle Nwautobo (on loan from Petrocub) 92 MF  MDA Maxim Bucataru 99 MF  MDA Radu Scoarță

European record[]

UEFA Europa League

Season	Round	Opponents	Home leg	Away leg	Aggregate
2010–11	Q1	Khazar Lankaran	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
	Q2	Dinamo București	0–2	1–5	1–7
2016–17	Q1	Videoton	2–0	0–3	2–3
2017–18	Q1	Sarajevo	2–1	1–2	3–3 (6–5 p)
	Q2	Apollon Limassol	1–2	0–3	1–5
2018–19	Q1	Górnik Zabrze	1–1	0–1	1–2

Notes

• Q1: First qualifying round
• Q2: Second qualifying round

Seasons[]

Season	League									Cup	Super Cup	Europe
	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts			Competition	Result
1992	Divizia Națională	9th	22	5	7	10	19	24	17	?	–	–	–
1992–93	Divizia Națională	7th	30	14	6	10	40	28	34	?	–	–	–
1993–94	Divizia Națională	5th	30	13	8	9	35	41	34	?	–	–	–
1994–95	Divizia Națională	3rd	26	17	6	3	53	24	57	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
1995–96	Divizia Națională	5th	30	19	6	5	55	25	63	?	–	–	–
1996–97	Divizia Națională	5th	30	18	6	6	75	34	60	Semi-finals	–	–	–
1997–98	Divizia Națională	6th	26	12	8	6	40	21	44	Round of 16	–	–	–
1998–99	Divizia Națională	5th	26	7	9	10	14	22	30	Semi-finals	–	–	–
1999–2000	Divizia Națională	6th	36	13	7	16	42	51	46	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
2000–01	Divizia Națională	8th	28	3	5	20	19	49	14	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
2001–02	Divizia A	4th	30	15	8	7	60	45	53	?	–	–	–
2002–03	Divizia A	4th	26	14	7	5	47	29	49	?	–	–	–
2003–04	Divizia A	8th	30	15	5	10	55	31	50	Round of 16	–	–	–
2004–05	Divizia A	3rd	30	21	6	3	63	22	69	Round of 16	–	–	–
2005–06	Divizia A	3rd	28	18	5	5	66	23	59	?	–	–	–
2006–07	Divizia Națională	6th	36	12	6	18	38	50	42	Round of 16	–	–	–
2007–08	Divizia Națională	8th	30	7	6	17	24	46	27	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
2008–09	Divizia Națională	6th	30	11	7	12	30	32	40	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
2009–10	Divizia Națională	3rd	33	17	9	7	45	23	60	Semi-finals	–	–	–
2010–11	Divizia Națională	6th	39	21	11	7	59	31	74	Runners-up	–	Europa League	Q2
2011–12	Divizia Națională	5th	33	10	15	8	26	27	45	Quarter-finals	–	–	–
2012–13	Divizia Națională	10th	33	10	5	18	31	50	35	Round of 16	–	–	–
2013–14	Divizia Națională	11th	33	5	3	25	26	77	18	Round of 16	–	–	–
2014–15	Divizia Națională	9th	24	4	0	20	10	66	12	Round of 16	–	–	–
2015–16	Divizia Națională	4th	27	12	6	9	36	29	42	Winners	–	–	–
2016–17	Divizia Națională	4th	30	20	5	5	56	21	65	Runners-up	Runners-up	Europa League	Q1
2017	Divizia Națională	5th	18	7	3	8	28	20	24	Quarter-finals	–	Europa League	Q2
2018	Divizia Națională	8th	28	4	10	14	26	46	22	Quarter-finals	–	Europa League	Q1
2019	Divizia A	10th	28	9	4	15	65	60	31	First round	–	–	–
2020–21	Divizia A	1st	26	23	0	3	85	17	69	Second round	–	–	–

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Russian)
• FC Bălți on divizia-a.md (in Romanian and Russian)
• FC Bălți on Soccerway