Fotbal Club Sibiu, commonly known as FC Sibiu or simply Sibiu, was a

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Sibiu Sibiu ( , , , Hungarian: ''Nagyszeben'', , Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'' or ''Hermestatt'') is a city in central Romania, situated in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles th ...

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, founded in 2003 and dissolved in 2007.

History

FC Sibiu was founded in the summer of 2003, at the initiative of the then mayor of Sibiu,

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, and the businessman Werner Keul, to continue the tradition of Sibiu football after the dissolution of the Inter Sibiu and Șoimii Sibiu teams in 2001.

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 (1): 2004–05 *

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 (1): 2003–04

League history

Former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for FC Sibiu and also played in

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for another team. * Radu Neguț * Lucian Cotora *

Iosif Tâlvan Iosif Ovidiu Tâlvan (born 29 July 1972, in Sibiu) is a retired Romanian football midfielder. Career A left back, Tâlvan made 268 Liga I appearances for FC Inter Sibiu, FC Dinamo București, AFC Rocar București and SC Astra Ploieşti. He a ...

* Doru Dudiță * Răzvan Dâlbea * Raul Costin * Doru Buican * Eugen Beza

Former managers

* Jean Gavrilă * Marian Mihail (2005) * Lucian Burchel (2006) * Adrian Văsâi (2006)

References

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