Asociația Club Sportiv Gauss Bacău, commonly known as Gauss Bacău (), or simply as Gauss, is a

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club based in

Bacău Bacău ( ; , ; ; ) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. With a population of 136,087 (as of 2021 census), Bacău is the 14th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the ...

Bacău County Bacău County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Western Moldavia, with its capital city at Bacău. It has one commune, Ghimeș-Făget, in Transylvania. Geography This county has a total area of . In the western part of the county there a ...

. Founded in 2006 under the name of ''Mesagerul Bacău'', the club promoted to

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in 2010, then being bought by Municipality of Bacău and changed its name in ''SC Bacău''. Under this name, the club obtained its best rankings, promoting in the second tier and obtaining at its best a 4th place. In 2016 the Municipality retired its financial support and Sport Club withdrew from the second league, then being bought by Cristian Postolache and merging with his club, Gauss Răcăciuni, changing its name in Gauss Bacău and therefore signing up for the

History

First years and ascension

Gauss Bacău was founded in 2006 under the name of ''Mesagerul Bacău'', project started at the initiative of a group of football lovers, a group of friends who used to play

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and decided to play at a more organized level. Sports activities started during the 2006–07 competitive season when ''Mesagerul Bacău'' was enrolled in the

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and the team had surprisingly good results managing to qualify for the

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promotion play-offs after finishing 3rd. Due to lack of experience, the team failed to promote. Next season, Mesagerul was ranked 1st after a great journey thus fulfilling its goal, to promote in the

. Following the

promotion, the club managed to obtain a 1st place again, in its very first year of participation, having also a great standing line. Eventually, the promotion to

was missed at

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in front of FC Dumitrești,

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champions, score 3–5. In the 2009–10 edition Mesagerul won again the

and this time promoted to

after winning a promotion play-off match against

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champions, Gaz Metan Târgu Mureș, score 8–7 at

. In July 2010, after the promotion, the team was bought by the Municipality of

and changed its name from ''Mesagerul Bacău'' to ''Sport Club Bacău''. In its first two seasons of

, SC Bacău was every time ranked as 2nd, then in the

2012–13 Liga III The 2012–13 Liga III season is the 57th season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. Day one was played on August 31, 2012 and the last round was played on May 30, 2013. The first team in each series will promote ...

season, which was a great one for the club, SC Bacău managed to take the 1st place and promoted to

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. In their first two

seasons, the team played very well and succeeded to obtain a play-off qualification every time, finishing on 6th place, respectively 4th place at the end of the play-off phase.

Downfall

After finishing the

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season on 6th place, financial problems made the club join

for the 2016–17 season. Abandoned by Bacău Municipality and with a lot of debts the club was bought by Cristian Postolache, the former owner of

champions, Gauss Răcăciuni, a team which failed to achieve the promotion to

. Despite the fact that the team had good performances on the pitch the financial situation of the club was difficult to balance due to historical debts and memoirs made by former players. SC Bacău was penalized with 60 points by

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, finishing last one with −25 points and relegated to

at 7 years after its promotion to the professional football. After the relegation, the penalties continued to run for SC Bacău, so the club's management decided to reorganize the club's structure, now situated at amateur level, in

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. ''SC Bacău'' was renamed as Gauss Bacău and kept its administrative and technical staff, and most of the players. At the end of the season Gauss won

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and the promotion play-off, but before the first round of the new

season withdrew due to financial problems. After a season if inactivity, Gauss ownership decided to "wake up" the team and enrolled it in the

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Honours

*Winners (1):

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*Runners-up (1):

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, 2011–12 Liga IV – Bacău County *Winners (3): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2017–18 *Runners-up (1): 2023–24

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*Winners (1): 2007–08

Former managers

* Marin Barbu (2012) *

Viorel Tănase Viorel "Tase" Tănase (born 7 October 1970) is a Romanian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder, currently assistant coach at Liga II club Concordia Chiajna. Honours Player Oțelul Galați *Divizia B The Liga 2, most ...

(2012) * Marius Baciu (2012–2013) *

(2013–2014)

References

External links

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