Asociația Club Sportiv Foresta Suceava, commonly known as Foresta Suceava or simply as Foresta, was a professional

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from Romania, based in Suceava, Suceava County and founded in 1946 as Locomotiva Ițcani. Previously, the club changed its name to A.S. C.F.R. Ițcani as well. At the end of the 2017–2018 season finished 18th out of 20 teams and were relegated to the third league. They have last played in

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, Seria I, withdrawing on March 5, 2024, because of financial problems and unpaid debts.

History

Foresta Suceava was founded as ''Rapid CFR Suceava'' to continue the football tradition in the city of

Suceava Suceava () is a Municipiu, city in northeastern Romania. The seat of Suceava County, it is situated in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Bukovina and Western Moldavia, Moldavia, northeastern Romania. It is the largest urban ...

after the dissolution of

FC Cetatea Suceava Club Sportiv Municipal 1932 Cetatea Suceava, commonly known as CSM Cetatea Suceava or Cetatea Suceava, is a Romanian football club based in Suceava, Suceava County. The club was originally established in 1932, under the name of ''Cetatea Sucevei ...

CSM Suceava Club Sportiv Municipal 1932 Cetatea Suceava, commonly known as CSM Cetatea Suceava or Cetatea Suceava, is a Romanian football club based in Suceava, Suceava County. The club was originally established in 1932, under the name of ''Cetatea Sucevei ...

(Bucovina Suceava) and NC Foresta Suceava. In the 2011–2012 season the club managed to win

and as such to gain promotion to

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

. Thus, since the 2011–2012 season, Rapid CFR Suceava has played in

, the second tier of the Romanian football system. Rapid started the 2014–2015 Liga II season with good results: 3 wins and 2 draws. One result was the home match against Săgeata Năvodari, a club which had previously played in

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for the very first time in its history during the 2013–2014 season, when Rapid fell behind twice but managed to equalise each time. Mircea Negru and

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managed to score the goals for Rapid in that respective match. In the 5th fixture Rapid encountered

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. Rapid were losing 1–0 until the 88th minute, but won with two goals scored by

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and Sascha Marinkovic. Along with this win, Rapid reached second place in Seria I of Liga II with 11 points after 5 matches. In the 2014–2015 season the club additionally managed to qualify for the Round of 16 of the domestic cup competition

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following a 1–0 win over

side

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in the Round of 32 on September 23, 2014. After the Round of 32, Rapid Suceava alongside

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were the only two football clubs from the second division to qualify in the next phase after both having managed to obtain their qualifications from blowout results with teams higher rated than them from the first tier. Nonetheless, beforehand defeating Gaz Metan Mediaș, Rapid did also win two other domestic cup matches against

sides

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(3–0) and

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(1–0), both away, which made the club obtain a flawless performance with 7 consecutive positive results in both competitions. At the end of the

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season, Rapid CFR Suceava was relegated to

, but maintained the hope to remain in

after more clubs announced that they would not enroll because of the financial problems. In the middle of 2016 the team changed its name from ''Rapid CFR Suceava'' to Foresta Suceava, a name that binds the most important results of the football from Suceava.

Colours and badge

Rapid Suceava used a similar home kit to that of

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, namely a white-burgundy one. During away matches they played wearing a black and blue kit. After the rebranding, the new Foresta use a kit that combines yellow and green colors.

Stadium

Foresta Suceava plays its home matches on the

Areni Stadium The Areni Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Suceava, the largest municipality and county seat town of Suceava County. It currently is the home ground of CSM Cetatea Suceava, Cetatea Suceava. The stadium had a total capacity of 12,500 seats ...

. The stadium has a total capacity of 12,500 seats and was opened in 1963 as the Municipal Stadium. Additionally, the stadium was also renovated between the periods 1976–1977, 1980–1982 and 2002 respectively. It is currently ranked 31st in the all time ranking table of stadiums from Romania.

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Honours

*Winners (2): 2011–12,

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*Runners-up (3): 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 Liga IV – Suceava County *Winners (1): 2007–08

League history

References

External links

Foresta's page
at frf.ro
Foresta's page
at liga2.ro

at campionate.ro *
Rapid a incheiat campania de transferari

Rapidistii vor intra pe gazonul de pe Areni odata cu adversarii din prima etapa

Supporters website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Foresta Suceava Defunct football clubs in Romania Association football clubs established in 1946 Football clubs in Suceava County Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1946 establishments in Romania Association football clubs disestablished in 2024 2024 disestablishments in Romania