FC Dacia Chișinău
Divizia Națională , 4th of 10 (withdrew) | |||
|
| |||
Fotbal Club Dacia Chișinău, commonly known as Dacia Chișinău or simply Dacia, was a Moldovan
Divizia Națională
, the top division in Moldovan football.
The club's name came from
Europa League on five occasions, but never reached the group stage. The club was disbanded after the 2017 Moldovan National Division season.[1]
History
Early history (1999–2002)
FC Dacia was founded in 1999 by Marin Livadaru, Igor Ursachi, Valeriu Plujnic and Alexandru Șcaruba. The team was composed of goalkeeper Ghenadie Gariuc and outfield players including Alexandru Golban, Cornel Popov, Ruslan Rașcu, Serghei Coșciug, Cornel Gafton, Veaceslav Titov, Alexandru Tracalov. The club's initial aim was to compete in the
Moldovan National Division
the following season.
National Division (2002–10)
Dacia won their first National Division match 1–0 against
GÍ Gøta and Albanian side Partizani Tirana, against whom they five unanswered goals over the two-legged fixture (2–0 and 3–0). Dacia were subsequently eliminated by Germans Schalke 04
, losing both legs (1–0 and 2–1).
Before the 2003–04 season, former Dacia player and second-team coach Emil Caras took over as head coach, leading the side to 5th place in the league and a Moldovan Cup semi-final defeat against fellow Chișinău-based side Zimbru Chișinău. Durfing that cup-run, Dacia recorded the victory in its history, 9–0 against FC Florești.
The 2004–05 season saw Dacia qualify for the
US dollars
as a prize.
After finishing 4th in the
Mihai Moraru saving. It took another shoot-out in the second round to defeat Swiss club St Gallen. Dacia's third-round opponents were German club Hamburg, whose team of internationals revolving around Dutch playmaker Rafael van der Vaart drew 1–1[2] in Moldova, but won 4–0[3] in the return leg to knock Dacia out. The Yellow Wolves received a high assessment from local experts and Dacia were named the Top Team of 2007 by the Moldova Football Association. [citation needed
]
The subsequent
2007–08 league campaign brought Dacia's highest-placed finish as of then, partly due to new vice-president Timur Kuriev who found Russian investors. After the mid-season break, Dacia won five matches in a row to cut their deficit behind holders and league leaders Sheriff Tiraspol to a single point before their encounter on 30 March, which was won by Sheriff. By finishing in second, Dacia made the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup and were defeated 4–2 on aggregate by Serbian club Borac Čačak
in the first round.
Dacia finished as runners-up to Sheriff again in
2009-10 Europa League in the second qualifying round where they were defeated 3–0 on aggregate by Slovak team MŠK Žilina
.
In the 2009–10 season, Dacia were in the third place over the mid-season break, two points off first, but ended the season in 5th. Pilipchuk was replaced as manager by Veaceslav Semionov, and Rustam Polonkoev took over as president. The team made the Moldovan Cup final for the second consecutive season, and were again defeated 2–0 by Sheriff Tiraspol.[5]
League success (2010–2018)
Dacia began the 2010–11 season in a Europa League qualifier against Montenegrin club
Igor Dobrovolskiy was appointed as head coach of Dacia before the league season began. Dacia were the sole unbeaten side in the league by their 17th match, which they lost 3–0 to Sheriff Tiraspol
. Following that result, they remained unbeaten for the remaining 22 league games of the season. Dacia won their first, and so far only, Moldovan National Division title in 2010–11, finishing 9 points ahead of runners-up Sheriff and denying the Tiraspol club an eleventh consecutive title.
Also that season, Dacia signed an agreement with the Buiucani sports school to create a reserve team,
Dacia Buiucani
.
Before the 2011–12 season, Dacia won the revived
Moldovan Super Cup against Iskra-Stal Rîbnița, with the only goal of the game coming from new signing Vasili Pavlov. In July 2011, Dacia made their UEFA Champions League debut in the second qualifying round, against Georgian champions Zestafoni. Despite winning the home leg 2–0, Dacia lost 3–0 in the return leg and were eliminated.[6]
Dobrovolski was replaced with Igor Negrescu during the league season, and Dacia finished as runners-up as Sheriff regained their title.
Dacia entered the
2012-13 UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round, where they beat Slovenians Celje 1–0 in each leg.[7] In the second qualifying round, against IF Elfsborg of Sweden, Dacia won the first leg 1–0 before losing the second 2–0 away and were subsequently eliminated.[8]
On 13 March 2018, Dacia announced that they would not be participating in the 2018 Moldovan National Division.[9]
Club rivalries
Chișinău Derby
Dacia's local rival has always been FC Zimbru Chișinău.
Domestic
| Season | League | Moldovan Cup | Europe | Top goalscorer | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | ||||
2000–01
|
Divizia "A"
|
4 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 20 | 56 | — | ||||
2001–02
|
1 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 13 | 75 | Round of 16 | — | ||||
| 2002–03 | Divizia Națională
|
4 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 32 | Quarter-finals | — | |||
| 2003–04 | 5 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 28 | 35 | Semi-finals | IC | 3rd round | |||
| 2004–05 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 31 | 45 | Runners-up | — |  Serghei Jăpălău
|
10 | ||
| 2005–06 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 39 | 30 | Semi-finals | UC | 1st round | |||
| 2006–07 | 4 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 55 | Quarter-finals | — | ||||
| 2007–08 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 28 | 62 | Quarter-finals | IC | 3rd round | Djaba Dvali
|
13 | |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 17 | 63 | Runners-up | UC | 1st round | Ghenadie Orbu
|
8 | |
| 2009–10 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 30 | 58 | Runners-up | EL | 2nd round |  Oleksandr Zgura
|
12 | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 66 | 16 | 92 | Semi-finals | EL | 2nd round | Ghenadie Orbu
|
22 | |
| 2011–12 | 2 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 17 | 77 | Semi-finals | UCL | 2nd round | Vasily Pavlov
|
12 | |
| 2012–13 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 47 | 19 | 66 | Quarter-finals | EL | 2nd round | Ghenadie Orbu
|
9 | |
| 2013–14 | 5 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 29 | 61 | Semi-finals | EL | 2nd round |  Miloš Krkotić
|
14 | |
| 2014–15 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 13 | 55 | Runners-up | — | Petru Leucă
|
11 | ||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 12 | 65 | Semi-finals | EL | 2nd round | Serhiy Zahynaylov
|
11 | |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 15 | 69 | Quarter-finals | EL | 1st round | Maksym Feshchuk  Georgi Sarmov
|
7 7 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 26 | Quarter-finals | EL | 1st round | Alexandru Pașcenco  Bratislav Punoševac
|
4 4 | |
European
- As of match played 6 July 2017
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | –1 |
| UEFA Cup/Europa League | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 35 | -15 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 |
| Total | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 50 | -13 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  GÍ
|
1–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 
|
| 2R |  Partizani Tirana
|
2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| ||
| 3R |  Schalke 04
|
1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 
| ||
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 1QR |  Vaduz
|
1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
|
| 2007 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  Baku
|
1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 (3–1 p) |
|
| 2R |  St. Gallen
|
0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 (3–0 p) |
| ||
| 3R | Hamburg
|
1–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 |
| ||
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | 1QR | Borac Čačak
|
1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
|
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 2QR |  MŠK Žilina
|
0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
|
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR
|
Zeta
|
0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 (a) |
|
2QR
|
 Kalmar
|
0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| ||
| 2011–12 | UEFA Champions League | 2QR |  Zestafoni
|
2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
|
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR
|
 Celje
|
1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
|
2QR
|
Elfsborg
|
1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| ||
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR
|
Teuta Durrës
|
2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (a) |
|
2QR
|
Chornomorets Odesa
|
2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| ||
| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR
|
 Renova
|
4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
|
2QR
|
MŠK Žilina
|
1–2 | 2–4 | 3–6 |
| ||
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Kapaz
|
0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
|
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Shkëndija
|
0–4 | 0–3 | 0–7 |
|
Honours
Leagues
- Divizia Națională
- Divizia A
- Winners (1): 2001–02
Cups
- Cupa Moldovei
- Supercupa Moldovei
- Winners (1): 2011
Managers
Igor Ursachi (1999–2003)- Emil Caras (2003 – May 3, 2008)
- Vasile Coșelev (caretaker) (May 3, 2008 – Oct 2, 2008)
Roman Pylypchuk (Oct 2, 2008 – Aug 31, 2009)- Sergiu Botnaraș (caretaker) (Sep 1, 2009 – Dec 10, 2009)
- Veaceslav Semionov (caretaker) (Dec 23, 2009 – Jul 5, 2010)
Igor Dobrovolski (Jul 5, 2010 – May 7, 2012)- Igor Negrescu (caretaker) (May 7, 2012 – Jun 4, 2012)
- Igor Dobrovolski (Jun 4, 2012 – Jun 8, 2013)
- Igor Negrescu (Jun 8, 2013 – Jan 9, 2014)
Dejan Vukićević (Jan 9, 2014 – Nov 2, 2014)- Veaceslav Semionov (caretaker) (Nov 2, 2014 – Jan 20, 2015)
Oleg Kubarev (Jan 20, 2015 – Mar 9, 2015)- Veaceslav Semionov (caretaker) (Mar 9, 2015 – Apr 26, 2015)
- Igor Dobrovolski (Apr 26, 2015 – Aug 4, 2015)
- Oleg Valeriyovych Bezhenar(Aug 4, 2015 – 2017)
Chairman
| Name | Year's Activity |
|---|---|
Gabriel Stati
|
1999–2010 |
| Adlan Shishhanov | 2010–11 |
| Zinaida Jioară | 2011–13 |
| Adlan Shishhanov | 2013–17 |
References
- ^ "FC Dacia Chișinău se desființează. Suporterii intenționează să salveze echipa" (in Romanian). deschide.md. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ FC Dacia Chișinău – Hamburger SV : 1–1 Archived 2015-01-31 at the Wayback Machine Match report from Scorespro.com
- ^ Hamburger SV – FC Dacia Chișinău : 4–0 Archived 2015-01-31 at the Wayback Machine Match report from Scorespro.com
- ^ "Moldova Cup 2008/09". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Moldova 2009/10". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "UEFA Champions League 2011/12 - History - Dacia-Zestafoni – UEFA.com". Archived from the original on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
- ^ uefa.com. "UEFA Europa League 2012/13 - History - Matches – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ uefa.com. "UEFA Europa League 2012/13 - History - Matches – UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Fcdacia.md" Официальное заявление: «Дачия» не будет участвовать в чемпионате Молдовы. fcdacia.md (in Russian). FC Dacia Chișinău. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to FC Dacia Chișinău.
- Official site (in Romanian, Russian, and English) (archived 1 November 2011)
- Fans website (in Romanian) (archived 23 August 2009)
- FC Dacia Chișinău at DiviziaNationala.com (in Romanian) (archived 18 July 2010)