Clubul Sportiv Municipal Bucovina Rădăuți, commonly known as Bucovina Rădăuți, is a

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n professional

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club based in

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, founded in 1956. Currently the team plays in

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History

Bucovina Rădăuți was founded in 1950 as Spartac Rădăuți, continuing the football tradition in

that began before

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with clubs such as Jahn Rădăuți, Hagwiruch Rădăuți, and Hatmanul Luca Arbore Rădăuți. Renamed Progresul Rădăuți, the team finished as runners-up in the 1954 Suceava Regional Championship and earned promotion to the newly re-established

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at the end of the 1955 season, after winning one of the regional championship series but losing the championship final to Dinamo Dorohoi. In Divizia C, Progresul Rădăuți competed in Series I and finished 10th in the

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season. In the summer of 1957, the team was renamed Sportul Muncitoresc Rădăuți and went on to finish 6th in the 1957–58 season. Promotion to Divizia B was achieved at the end of the 1958–59 season after a 2nd place finish, and as the second division was expanded to three series while Divizia C was once again shut down. In the second division, Bucovinenii lasted only one season, finishing last and being relegated to the regional championship. After relegation, the team merged with Metalul Rădăuți, a club supported by IMIL (Întreprinderea Metalurgică de Industrie Locală, ), to form ASM Rădăuți. The newly formed team finished 1st in the 1960–61 Suceava Regional Championship but placed last in Series I of the promotion play-off, held in

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. The club played under the name of ''Metalul Rădăuți'', the name with which it would evolve throughout the communist period, from 1991 the team was renamed as Bucovina Rădăuți. Bucovina Rădăuți returned to the third division at the end of the 2000–01 season, after winning Divizia D – Suceava County and securing promotion with a 1–0 victory in the play-off against Sirius Bodești, the champions of Neamț County. In Divizia C, Bucovina narrowly avoided relegation in two consecutive seasons, finishing 14th out of 16 in both the 2001–02 and 2002–03 campaigns. However, at the end of the 2003–04 season, Bucovina Rădăuți finished 12th out of 14 teams in Divizia C, which led to their relegation back to the fourth division. Despite several attempts in the following years, the team was unable to return to the third tier for a considerable period. In the 2011–12 season, Bucovina Frătăuții Noi won the Liga IV – Suceava County and earned promotion to

after defeating Pro Someș Feldru 3–1 in the play-off match. Then, in the summer of the same year, the team was moved from Frătăuții Noi to

and renamed Bucovina Rădăuți, reviving the town's football tradition. Lucian Burlacu was appointed as the new head coach and led the team to an 8th-place finish in the first series of the

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Liga III season. Bucovina started the 2013–14 season with Daniel Stoica as head coach, who guided the team to a 10th overall finish. Stoica resigned at the end of the first part of the following season and was replaced by veteran Ionel Ionesi, who secured 7th position in the table. In the 2015–16 Liga III season, the team led by Ionesi finished the first part in 9th position without any concerns about relegation. However, Rădăuțenii encountered financial problems and withdrew from the league during the winter break. In the summer of 2016, the team was enrolled in Liga IV – Suceava County with Ioan Lavric as head coach. He was replaced during the winter break by Daniel Bălan. After

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, Bucovina earned promotion back to

by winning the county league title and defeating Bistrița-Năsăud County champions ACS Dumitra in the

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, 2–1 on aggregate (0–0 away and 2–1 at home).

Honours

Leagues

: *Winners (2):

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, 2023–24 *Runners-up (2): 1958–59, 2018–19 Liga IV – Suceava County *Winners (5): 1969–70, 1972–73, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2016–17 *Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Cups

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*Winners (1): 2016–17

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

Former managers

* Teofil Codreanu (1984–1986) * Lucian Burlacu (2012–2013) * Daniel Stoica (2013–2014) * Ionel Ionesi (2015–2016) * Ioan Lavric (2016) * Daniel Bălan (2017) *

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(2017–2020) * Ionel Ionesi (2020–2021) * Ionuț Plămadă (2021–2023) * Marius Lup (2023–2025) * Daniel Stoica (2025–)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bucovina Rădăuți Football clubs in Suceava County Association football clubs established in 1956 Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1956 establishments in Romania Rădăuți