FC Vaslui

FC Vaslui is a football (soccer) club from Romania.

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SC Vaslui is a professional Football (soccer) club from Vaslui, Romania. FC Vaslui plays in Liga I, and had some good performances in the recent history of Romania. FC Vaslui traditionally plays in green-yellow shirts.

History

In the summer of 2002 FC Vaslui was founded by the former referee Adrian Porumboiu, who assured FC Vaslui an impressive budged for Divizia C. The official colors were chosen yellow-green, and their first objective, was promotion in Divizia B. The objective was accomplished, so the next objective for the team, was promotion to Divizia A. In the 2003/2004 season, FC Vaslui failed to promote in Liga I, finishing only the 2nd in the table, behind the new fierce rival FC Politehnica Iaşi. With major changes in the team, at the end of the season 2004/2005, FC Vaslui broke a record, being the first club in Romanian history, who plays in Divizia A, after only 3 years, since its foundation.

In the summer of 2005, Adrian Porumboiu, wanted FC Vaslui to impress in its first season in Divizia A, so he signed a couple of players, with notable performances in Divizia A, such as: Claudiu Răducanu, Nana Falemi, Sabin Ilie or Ionuţ Badea. The team coach was named Basarab Panduru. Because in the first 5 matches, FC Vaslui succeeded only a draw with CF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa, Basarab Panduru resigned, and the new team coach was named Mircea Rednic, who succeeded in the previous season, FC Vaslui's promotion in Divizia A. The team still didn't performed well, but in the last match, of the first half of the season, FC Vaslui was very close to their first win in Divizia A, against FC Steaua Bucureşti, on Stadionul Steaua. In the winter break, FC Vaslui made a lot of changes in the team, signing Marius Croitoru and Cătălin Cursaru from FCM Bacău, Sebastian Sfârlea from CS Oradea, Sebastian Huţan from FC Sheriff Tiraspol, Adrian Mihalcea and Milorad Bukvić for free. In the second part of the season, FC Vaslui assured the 14th place. The most remarkable performance was a win against FC Dinamo Bucureşti with 2-1, on Stadionul Dinamo. In the last match of the season, FC Steaua Bucureşti came to Vaslui. FC Steaua Bucureşti needed a victory, to win the Championship. Unsurprisingly, FC Steaua Bucureşti won with 4-0, but the match was intense contested by FC Rapid Bucureşti officials, and also by Adrian Porumboiu. In the next day, Porumboiu decided to stop sponsoring FC Vaslui, most of the players being released, (Valentin Badea and Bogdan Panait going to FC Steaua Bucureşti, for 1.2 million $). Mircea Rednic signed with FC Dinamo Bucureşti (another controversy rising because of this, FC Steaua Bucureşti had to win the championship, for FC Dinamo Bucureşti to play in UEFA Cup).

In the new season, only 6 players from the previous season stayed at the club: Cristian Hăisan, Bogdan Buhuş, Petar Jovanović, Marius Croitoru, Vasile Buhăescu and Milorad Bukvić. The new coach, was named Gheorghe Mulţescu, and the new team captain was chosen Marius Croitoru. Because of another poor start, Gheorghe Mulţescu resigned, and the new coach was named Viorel Hizo. With the new coach, FC Vaslui succeeded one of their best season from its history, finishing on the 8th position, being considered that season's revelation. But because of FC Vaslui's poor infrastructure, Viorel Hizo decided to leave FC Vaslui.

In the summer of 2007, Dorinel Munteanu was named the new coach. In the first match, FC Vaslui finished 2-2 with FCM UTA Arad, and it seemed that the history with the poor starts is going to repeat. But in the second match, FC Vaslui won against FC Dinamo Bucureşti, with 2-0. The team's objective that year was to achieve a European Cup, and it seemed that the objective was almost accomplished, but after a 3-0 win against FC Timişoara, the decline began. After a 1-2 loss against FC Universitatea Craiova, FC Steaua Bucureşti came to Vaslui. After a 0-1 loss, Dorinel Munteanu was sacked, because he was accused by Porumboiu, that he sold the game to FC Steaua Bucureşti. Also Daniel Sabou, Silviu Bălace and FC Vaslui captain Sorin Frunză were sent to the second team. Emil Săndoi was named the new coach, but until the final season, FC Vaslui won only one match, and it seemed that the season objective was missed. But in the final round, FC Vaslui needed only a draw against FC Rapid Bucureşti, to qualify for UEFA Intertoto Cup. Even FC Vaslui lost the game, with 4-2, FC Oţelul Galaţi also failed to win against FC Politehnica Iaşi, even FC Politehnica Iaşi wanted their team to lose against FC Oţelul Galaţi. So, FC Vaslui qualified for a European Cup, this being the biggest performance for FC Vaslui in its entire history.

Honours

Winner:

Divizia B (1): Divizia B 2004–05.

UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008.

Runner-Up:

Divizia B (1): Divizia B 2003–04.

Captains

In its history in Liga I, 20 players were named captains for FC Vaslui. Bogdan Buhuş has captained the most matches, 35. He was also FC Vaslui captain in 2008/2009 season, but when Viorel Moldovan was named FC Vaslui coach, the captaincy was awarded to Gabriel Cânu.