Inter Gaz București was a

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n professional football

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from

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, founded in 1973 and dissolved in 2009.

History

The club was founded in the summer of 1973 as ''Mecos București'' once with the canning and luncheon meats factory with the same name from

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, a village from

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near to

. Coached by Florea Sisilică, Mecos was promoted to third division at the end of the 1988–89 season by winning the Bucharest Municipal Championship and the promotion playoffs contested against the winners of the Ilfov County Championship, AS Chiajna (0–0 and 4–2) and the Călărași County Championship, Înainte Modelu (3–0 and 1–3). In the first three seasons in

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, Mecos enjoyed success finishing in the top-table: 6th in 1989–90 season, 3rd in 1990–91 season and 4th in 1991- 92 season. The club name changed in 1992 to AS Glina and two years later, after was finished 14th in the 1992–93 season and 18th at the end of the 1993–94 season, it was relegated, ending a five-seasons stay in the third division. In the summer of 1994 AS Glina merged with Gaz Metan București and was renamed as ''Intergaz-Glin''. In the 1996–97 season, coached by Nicolae Dumitru, Inter Gaz won the series from which was part in the Bucharest Municipal Championship and played the play-off with the winner of the other Bucharest series, Antilopa București, promoting to

after 4–1 at the

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Stadium

Inter Gaz played its home matches at Inter Gaz Stadium, in

, which has a capacity of 100 seats.

Honours

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 ...

*Winners (1): 2000–01 *Runners-up (1): 2006–07 Liga IV – Bucharest *Winners (2): 1988–89, 1996–97

Notable former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Inter Gaz and also played in

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for another team. * Constantin Bârsan *

Sergiu Bar Sergiu Cosmin Bar (born 19 March 1980) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a centre back for teams such as UM Timișoara, Metalul Plopeni, Petrolul Ploiești, Victoria Brănești, Săgeata Năvodari and Singen 04, among others. H ...

Cristian Vasc Cristian Vasc (born 8 January 1969) is a retired Romanian football midfielder. Honours ;FC Universitatea Craiova *Cupa României: 1992–93 ;FC Brașov *Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian ...

Sorin Bucuroaia Sorin Ciprian Bucuroaia (born 3 February 1978) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as Extensiv Craiova, ARO Câmpulung, Gaz Metan Mediaș, Gloria Bistrița or Zimbru Chișinău, among others. ...

Gabriel Mărgărit Gabriel Mărgărit (born 12 July 1971) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as Faur București, Rocar București, Henan Construction, Inter Gaz București or CS Otopeni, among others. Mărgărit played in m ...

* Marius Coporan *

Cristian Vlad Cristian Nicolae Vlad (born 18 February 1977 in Boldești-Scăeni, Prahova County) is a retired Romanian football player. He played as a midfielder. Club career He made his debut in the Divizia A at 20 years old for Petrolul Ploiești where h ...

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Augustin Chiriță Augustin Eduard Chiriță (born 10 October 1975) is a Romanian former footballER who played as a midfielder for teams such as Minerul Motru, Argeș Pitești, Karpaty Lviv Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football ...

* Ionuț Voicu *

Daniel Novac Daniel Ionuț Novac (born 26 September 1987) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga III side Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.Ionuț Curcă Ionuț Flavius Curcă (born 7 August 1977) is a Romanian former football goalkeeper. In March 2006, he received the "Sports Merit" Medal, second class, with a bar, from the then President of Romania, Traian Băsescu, because he was part of R ...

Eusebiu Tudor Eusebiu Iulian Tudor (born 1 July 1974 in Ploiești, Prahova County) is a Romanian former football midfielder. After he ended his playing career he worked as a manager. He is currently the manager of Liga II club Metaloglobus București. Hon ...

Bobi Verdeș Bobi Gheorghiță Verdeș (born 24 November 1980) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker and currently a manager. Verdeș made his Liga I debut on 14 November 2001 and played in his career for Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC U Craiova, ...

Managers

* Cornel Nica (2000–2002) * Victor Roșca (2002–2004) *

Marius Lăcătuș Marius Mihai Lăcătuș (; born 5 April 1964) is a Romanian football coach and former professional footballer. He is by far the most successful footballer ever to play for Steaua București and was part of their European Cup victory in 1986. L ...

(2005) *

Marius Șumudică Marius Ninel Șumudică (born 4 March 1971) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, he is the current manager of Saudi club Al-Raed. Șumudică was a striker who began his senior career with Sportul Studențesc and rep ...

(2007) *

Ștefan Nanu Ștefan Dumitru Nanu (born 8 September 1968, in Filiași) is a Romanian former association football, footballer and current manager. He played as a Defender (association football), defender. External links

* * * 1968 births Living pe ...

(2008)

References

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