Fotbal Club Bârlad, commonly known as FC Bârlad, was a

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Bârlad Bârlad () is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the river Bârlad (river), Bârlad, which waters the high plains of Western Moldavia. At Bârlad the railway from Iași diverges, one branch skirting the river Siret (river ...

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, founded in 1951 and dissolved in 2009.

History

The team was founded in 1951 as Dinamo Bârlad, being one of the subsidiary teams of

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under the tutelage of Miliția, and played in Bârlad Regional Championship. Dinamo won twice the regional championship, in

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and

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seasons, but lost every time the promotion to

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. In 1954, the second division team Dinamo Turnu Măgurele was moved to Bârlad and was absorbed into Dinamo Bârlad. The team played the next seasons in

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, in which was ranked 8th (

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and

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), 10th (

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) and 6th ( 1957–58). Also, Dinamo reached the first round proper of

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in 1955 season, losing 0–2 in front of Flacăra Ploiești. The lineup was composed of: Pahonțu – Fekete, Malinovski, Fiam – Apostolache, Bencze – Ionescu, Slumski, Iacob, Ciungu and Cioboată. In 1958, the club was taken over by the Bârlad Bearings Enterprise ( Întreprinderea de Rulmenți Bârlad) and was renamed as Rulmentul Bârlad. Followed three more seasons in Divizia B finishing 10th ( 1958–59), 12th ( 1959–60) and 14th ( 1960–61), relegating after seven years in the second division. In 2007, ''Bârlădenii'' won the Liga IV – Vaslui County and promoted to

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after a

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against champions of Liga IV – Botoșani County, Avântul Albești (2–0 at

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Ground

The club played its home matches on Fepa 74 Stadium in

, with a capacity of 2,000 people.

Honours

Liga IV – Vaslui County *Winners (4): 1990–91, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2006–07

Former players

* Bogdan Ghiceanu * Sorin Ungurianu * Alin Abuzătoaie * Ionuț Plăcintă

Former managers

* Costinel Botez

League history

References

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