ACS FC Olt Slatina (formerly known as CS Alro Slatina) was a Romanian professional

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from Slatina,

Olt County Olt County () is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Oltenia and Muntenia (the regions are separated by the Olt River, Olt river). The capital city is Slatina, Roma ...

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, founded in 2006 and dissolved in 2015.

History

The club was founded in the summer of 2006 after the merger of Alprom Slatina and Oltul Slatina. Until the summer of 2012 it was known as ''CS Alro Slatina'' when it was separated from the sports club and renamed ''FC Olt Slatina'' (with no connections with the old FC Olt Slatina club that played at Piatra Olt). The club promoted for the very first time in history to the

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at the end of the 2009–10 season when in the last round of the season, it won against the leader of the series until then,

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. It finished 5th the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons of the

, although at the start of every season the chairman stated that the objective was the promotion to the

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. Before the start of the 2012–13 season of the

the chairman announced once again that the promotion is mandatory. This statement proved to be very far from the truth, in the end, Olt finishing 11th, just above the relegation line. On 28 August 2015, the club was disbanded and it withdrew from Liga III. Inter Clinceni, a team from Ilfov County (near Bucharest), was moved to Slatina and continued as ''Inter Olt Slatina'', but it was also disbanded the next year.

Honours

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*Winners (1): 2009–10

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 100 caps for FC Olt Slatina. ;Romania *

Nicușor Bancu Nicușor Silviu Bancu (; born 18 September 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back or a midfielder for Liga I club Universitatea Craiova, which he captains, and the Romania national team. Club career Bancu recorded ...

Former managers

Corneliu Papură Corneliu Papură (born 5 September 1973) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player, who played as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder, currently head coach at Universitatea Craiova U18. Club career Papură was ...

(2010–2011) *

Daniel Mogoșanu Daniel Emil Mogoşanu (born 1 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player. Honours *Liga I (1): 1990–91 *Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football ...

(2011–2012) *

(2012) *

Sorin Cârțu Sorin Cârțu (born 12 November 1955) is a former football striker and football coach, currently honorary president at Liga I club Universitatea Craiova. Cârțu won two Romanian Championships and four Romanian Cups with Universitatea Craiov ...

(2012)

References

External links

Official website

FC Olt's page at liga2.ro
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