Club Sportiv Municipal Flacăra Moreni, (), commonly known as Flacăra Moreni or simply as Flacăra, is a Romanian football

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based in

Moreni Moreni () is a municipality in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 22,868. The city is in the eastern part of the county, on the border with Prahova County. It is located east of the county seat, Târgoviște, and abo ...

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (also spelt ''Dîmbovița'', ) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It has an area of ...

. The team was founded by English and Dutch engineers from the local oil rig as ''Astra-Română Moreni'' in 1922. During the communist period, Flacăra was taken over by the

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with the involvement of director

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, who had previously worked as an iron lathe operator in the city. In the 1988–89 season, the club finished fourth in the top flight and earned a place in the

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. Flacăra lost 1–4 to

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on aggregate in the

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, and at the end of the that campaign was relegated as a result of the

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. It has since only played in the lower leagues.

History

Flacăra Moreni was founded in 1922 under the name of Astra Moreni. In 1951 its name changed to Flacăra Moreni. After a merger with the local rival Automecanica Moreni in the year 1977 it was called Flacăra Automecanica Moreni but in 1985 changed again to Flacăra Moreni. Flacăra Moreni mostly played in the Divizia B and the Divizia C, but in the year 1986 they were promoted to Divizia A. In the season 1988/89 they finished in fourth place. This meant qualification in the following season for the

, in which Flacăra Moreni in the first round was eliminated against

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4-1 on aggregate. In the 1990/91 Flacăra were relegated from Divizia A. After the relegation from the

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in 1995 and from

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in 2007 Flacăra played in the

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. Flacăra were promoted to the

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for the 2016-17 season. Flacara Moreni in 2017

Chronology of names

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

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*Best Finish 4th 1988–89

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*Winners (1): 1985–86 *Runners-up (1):

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*Winners (6): 1946–47, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1983–84 *Runners-up (2): 1977–78, 2000–01 Liga IV – Dâmbovița County *Winners (1): 2015–16 *Runners-up (3):

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, 2013–14, 2014–15

Cups

Cupa României –

*Winners (1): 2014–15

European

*First round: 1989–90

Flacăra Moreni in Europe

Players

First squad players

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

Notable players

* Alexandru Badea * Ion Balaur * Teodor Beldie * Florin Bîțică * Iulian Chiriță * Marin Daniel *

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Dudu Georgescu Dudu Georgescu (born 1 September 1950) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a forward and a former coach. Club career Dudu Georgescu was born in Bucharest on 1 September 1950. He started his career at Progresul București, making his ...

* Victor Glăvan * Gigi Gorga * Constantin Lala *

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* Dragoș Marasoiu * Ion Mateescu * Iulian Mihăescu * Ion Moldovan * Lică Movilă * Costel Pană * Marian Pană *

Gabriel Paraschiv Gabriel Ioan Paraschiv (born 27 March 1978) is a Romanian former football player, currently the manager of Liga III side Flacăra Moreni. He played his 100th match for Oțelul Galați against former Romanian champions CFR Cluj. Statistics ...

* Beniamin Popescu * George Preda * Dorel Purdea * Daniel Sava * Marian Savu * Nelu Stănescu * Florin Tene * George Timiș * Marcel Tirchinechi * Daniel Tudor * Nistor Văidean * Petre Vasile * Adrian Velicioiu * Gheorghe Viscreanu * Nicolae Viorel

References

* "Istoria Fotbalului Morenar" - Gheorghe Ilinca 2005 *
Fenomenul Flacara Moreni
- Articol ProSport, Andru Nenciu 2015
www.romaniansoccer.ro

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flacara Moreni Association football clubs established in 1922 Football clubs in Dâmbovița County Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1922 establishments in Romania