Fotbal Club Voluntari II, commonly known as FC Voluntari II, or simply as Voluntari II, was the reserve squad of

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n first league side,

FC Voluntari Fotbal Club Voluntari (), commonly known as FC Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian professional football club based in Voluntari, Ilfov County, that competes in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian league system. Founded in 2 ...

. The squad last played in the

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, after achieving the promotion at the end of the 2014–15 season.

History

The team was founded in the summer of 2014 from the desire of having a second senior squad where the players who finished the youth academy could be accommodated with the level of seniors, in the idea of being subsequently promoted to the first squad. The team was enrolled in the

Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system and is run in all 41 counties and in the Municipality of Bucharest. It was known as the Regional Championship, County Championship, Divizia C – County Phase and Divizia D. Its ...

–

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where it was crowned as champion after just one season, winning the league, then the playoff tournament. The team qualified for the

promotion play-off where they won without any problems, 9–1 on aggregate against Arsenal Malu,

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champions. After promotion, the second team of FC Voluntari was managed by former notable players such as

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, Cosmin Bărcăuan or Dinu Todoran and obtained following rankings: 2015–16 – 3rd of 14, 2016–17 – 4th of 15, 2017–18 – 7th of 14 and 2018–19 – 10th of 16.

Ground

FC Voluntari II played its home matches on

Gheorghe Dincă Stadium The Gheorghe Dinică Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Voluntari, Romania. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches, is the home ground of FC Voluntari II and holds 1,500 people. The stadium was the main arena bas ...

, in

Voluntari Voluntari () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located at a distance of 1 km from the northern border of Bucharest (on the DN2 road towards Urziceni) and is thus frequently viewed as a suburb of Bucharest. The population ...

, with a capacity of 1,500 (700 on seats).

Honours

Liga IV – Ilfov County *Winners (1): 2014–15

League history

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or played in a fully professional league. * Cristian Costin *

Robert Gherghe Robert Cristian Gherghe (born 5 May 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed ...

Sorin Ispir Sorin Constantin Ispir (born 26 July 1988) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a midfielder.Alarmă înain ...

Bogdan Mitache Bogdan Mitache (born 1 January 1994) is a Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender.Răzvan Petrariu Răzvan Gabriel Petrariu (born 27 March 1995) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for teams such as FCM Bacău, SC Bacău or FC Voluntari Fotbal Club Voluntari (), commonly known as FC Voluntari or simply ...

Raphael Stănescu Raphael Andrei Stănescu (born 27 June 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga III club Minaur Baia Mare. Career Stănescu made his Dinamo first-team debut on 22 May 2010, coming off the bench in a match ...

Vlad Tudorache Vlad Marian Tudorache (born 16 February 1995) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga III side CS Dinamo București. Tudorache made his debut at senior level for Jiul Petroșani at only 17 years old, then he play ...

Marius Tudorică Marius Cătălin Tudorică (; born 12 November 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga II club Metalul Buzău, which he captains.Adrian Voicu Adrian is a form of the Latin language, Latin given name Adrianus (given name), Adrianus or Hadrianus (disambiguation), Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria (river), Adria from the Venetic language, Venetic and ...

Former managers

Octavian Chihaia Octavian Chihaia (born 18 March 1981) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a striker, who is currently in charge at Rapid București U17. Career Chihaia debuted at Sportul Studenţesc. He later moved to Naţional Bucu ...

(2016) * Dinu Todoran (2017–2018) * Cosmin Bărcăuan (2018) *

(2018) * Dinu Todoran (2020) * Dinu Todoran (2021–2024)

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voluntari II Association football clubs established in 2014 Football clubs in Ilfov County Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs * 2014 establishments in Romania