FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

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Full name	FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
Nickname(s)	Nemţenii (Men from Neamț) Urșii carpatini (Carpathian Bears)
Founded	20 October 1919 (1919-10-20)
Ground	Ceahlăul
Ground Capacity	18,000
Owner	Angelo Massone
Chairman	Vacant
Manager	Lidi Chertic
League	Liga II
2014–15	Liga I, 18th (relegated)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Fotbal Club Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț is a Romanian football club based in Piatra Neamț, established on 20 October 1919.

The club's home ground is Ceahlăul Stadium with a capacity of 18,000 seats. Team colors are, starting with the 2006/07 season, orange, yellow and black.

The club takes its name from the Ceahlău mountain.

History

Ceahlăul promoted for the very first time in history to the Liga I in 1993 and played there until 2004, when it relegated to the Liga II with head coach Viorel Hizo and his assistant Toader Șteț, for the first time since its promotion.

They promoted back to the Liga I the very next season. They were supposed to play in the Liga II for the 2007/08 season after finishing 15th out of 18 teams, but Liga II team Delta Tulcea could not obtain the license for the 2007/08 season of Liga I, so Ceahlăul played in its place. But it was a short lived joy, because it relegated once again, only to promote immediately after.

The objective for the 2009/10 season of the Liga I was to avoid relegation, but once again the club relegated, for the third time in the last 6 years.

Ceahlăul started strong the 2010–11 Liga II season and dominated the series until the end, promoting once again in Liga I.

European record

Main article: FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț in European football

Competition	S	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	19	11	4	4	31	19	+ 12
Total	4	19	11	4	4	31	19	+ 12

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Season	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995	Group stage (9)	Bulgaria	Etar Veliko Tarnovo	2–0		1st place
		Belgium	Beveren		2–0
		Czech Republic	Boby Brno	2–0
		Netherlands	Groningen		0–0
	Round of 16	France	Metz	0–2		0–2
1999	First round	Lithuania	FK Ekranas	1–0	1–0	2–0
	Second round	Bosnia and Herzegovina	NK Jedinstvo Bihać	2–1	3–1	5–2
	Third round	Italy	Juventus	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2000	First round	Estonia	Narva Trans	4–2	5–2	9–4
	Second round	Spain	RCD Mallorca	3–1	1–2	4–3
	Third round	Austria	Austria Wien	2–2	0–3	2–5
2003	First round	Finland	Tampere United	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)

Players

Current squad

As of 8 January 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Alexandru Barna 3 DF Victor Călin 6 DF Alessandro Masella 10 FW Ambrosă Ionuț-Cătălin (captain) 12 GK Teodor Cîmpianu 14 FW Dan Nedelcu 15 MF Marian Drăghiceanu 16 MF Sorin Tăbăcariu 22 GK Marius Chelaru 33 MF Cristian Copoţ-Barb — DF Gabriel Amariei — DF Daniel Mitrofan

No. Position Player — DF Cosmin Rotaru — DF Dragoş Olteanu — DF Mihnea Şoimaru — DF Paul Mateciuc — MF Cătălin Mateeş — MF Sorin Pintilie — MF Mircea Ştefăniţă — MF Robert Vasile — MF Viorel Cristea — MF Florin Hebriştean — MF Andrei Mateiciuc — FW Vasile Lupei

Club Officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owner	Angelo Massone
President	Vacant
Vice-President	Roberto Parrilla
Executive Director	Ioan Mironaş
Marketing Director	Radu Birlică
Youth Center Director	Toader Şteţ

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Manager	Lidi Chertic
Assistant Manager	Vacant
Goalkeeping Coach	Vacant

Former managers

• Dumitru Dumitriu (July 1, 1980 – June 30, 1982)
• Ion Nunweiller (1992–93)
• Mircea Nedelcu (1993–96)
• Silviu Stănescu (1995–96)
• Toader Şteț (1995–96)
• Mihai Radu (1996–97)
• Florin Marin (1996–98)
• Mircea Nedelcu (1997–98)
• Nicolae Manea (1998–99)
• Viorel Hizo (1998–00)
• Florin Halagian (2000–01)
• Florin Marin (2000–01)
• Mircea Nedelcu (2000–01)
• Cornel Țălnar (2000–01)
• Jean Gavrilă (2001–02)
• Ovidiu Marc (2001–02)
• Florin Marin (2001–02)
• Marin Barbu (2001–02)
• Gheorghe Poenaru (2002–03)
• Viorel Hizo (2002–04)
• Marius Lăcătuș (2003–04)
• Florin Marin (2004–05)
• Marin Barbu (2005–06)

• Mihai Stoica (July 1, 2006 – Aug 13, 2006)
• Ion Moldovan (Aug 19, 2006 – Oct 29, 2006)
• Florin Marin (Nov 9, 2006 – March 18, 2007)
• Aurel Șunda (March 19, 2007 – June 30, 2007)
• Viorel Hizo (July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008)
• Florin Marin (July 10, 2008 – Oct 25, 2009)
• Gheorghe Mulțescu (Oct 30, 2009 – Feb 27, 2010)
• Zoran Filipović (March 3, 2010 – May 26, 2010)
• Marin Barbu (June 15, 2010 – Feb 3, 2011)
• Costel Enache (Feb 3, 2011 – May 12, 2013)
• Viorel Hizo (May 12, 2013 – June 3, 2013)
• Vasile Miriuță (June 17, 2013 – Dec 26, 2013)
• Constantin Ilie (Dec 30, 2013 – April 9, 2014)
• Marian Bondrea (April 9, 2014 – April 29, 2014)
• Marin Barbu (April 30, 2014 – August 2, 2014)
• Florin Marin (August 2, 2014 – January 15, 2015)
• Zé Maria (January 15, 2015 – April 20, 2015)
• Vanja Radinović (April 21, 2015 – May 31, 2015)
• Constantin Ilie (July 21, 2015 –Oct 4, 2015)
• Mihai Ionescu (Oct 4, 2015 –Oct 29, 2015)
• Simone Mazzali (Oct 29, 2015 –Nov 23, 2015)
• Lidi Chertic (Nov 23, 2015 –present)

Honours

Liga I

• Best Finish 4th: 1999–00

Liga II

• Winners (4): 1992–93, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11

Liga III

• Winners (2): 1964–65, 1979–80

External links

• Official website of the FC Ceahlăul