FC Vaslui

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FC Vaslui
Full nameFotbal Club Vaslui
Nickname(s)
  • Galben-verzii (The Yellow-Greens)
  • Vasluienii (The Vaslui People)
Short nameVaslui
Founded2002
Dissolved2018
GroundMunicipal
Capacity9,240
2017–18Liga IV, Vaslui County, 3rd (withdrew)

Fotbal Club Vaslui, commonly known as FC Vaslui, or simply as Vaslui (Romanian pronunciation:

football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County
, founded in 2002 and dissolved in 2014. Its official club colours were yellow and green, hence the nickname "the Yellow and Greens".

The club was founded in 2002 as Fotbal Club Vaslui and became one of the most prominent football clubs in the country after its promotion to the

2010 and narrowly missed the league title in 2012, before being relegated in 2014 because of financial issues. In July 2014, the team was re-established by the association of supporters, under the name of ASS FC Vaslui. ASS FC Vaslui was enrolled in the Liga III and ensured unofficially the football's continuity of the original club, but due to the limited budget it failed to promote in the Liga II
, despite some appreciated evolutions at the level of the fourth tier.

History

First years and the fast ascension (2002–2007)

On 20 July 2002, the newly promoted

Divizia B.[2]

Period Name[3]
2002–2014 FC Vaslui
2014–2018 ASS FC Vaslui
Mircea Rednic, the coach that saved FC Vaslui from relegation at its first top-flight season.

Soon after their foundation, Adrian Porumboiu, former referee, took over the club and immediately changed the colours of the team's strip from white and blue to yellow and green, the same as those used by his company, which worked in the agricultural field.

Divizia A. The club managed to secure promotion in the following season, setting a new record by being the club promoted to Divizia A in the quickest time, only three years after their foundation.[7]

With his club in Divizia A, Adrian Porumboiu set an impressive budget for a newly promoted team in the top flight. Despite signing

Steaua București on matchday 30. In order to secure the championship, Steaua had to win at Vaslui. Steaua duly won by four goals and therefore secured the league title, but Steaua's easy win was questioned not only by officials at Steaua's rivals Rapid București, but also by Adrian Porumboiu, who decided the following day to give up ownership of Vaslui.[10] With no sponsorship and with no squad, the media speculated that Vaslui would sell its Divizia A spot, although the club president denied those rumours.[11]

With a completely different team from the previous season, Vaslui had the same poor season start as before.[12] Despite this, Vaslui finished eighth at the end of the campaign, the club's best performance at the time. Fortunes had changed markedly under new team manager Viorel Hizo, who has been appointed on 24 September, after Mulțescu was sacked.[13] However, despite his solid performances, Hizo resigned at the end of the season because of Vaslui's poor infrastructure.[14] Porumboiu, who had returned to the club after his earlier departure, opted to invest the club's budget in improving the crumbling infrastructure, instead of signing new players.[15]

Years of glory, spectacular football (2007–2012)

Viorel Hizo, the coach with the most time spent at FC Vaslui.

After

Oțelul Galați's decision to include two players, both of whom had been sent off in the previous matchday, in a league match between the two clubs. The CAS awarded Vaslui the three points and as a result, Vaslui finished in seventh position, ahead of Oțelul.[17]

With his side in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, Adrian Porumboiu invested a significant amount of money in new players.[18] Viorel Hizo had also been reinstated as the team manager.[19] After defeating Azerbaijani club Neftçi, Vaslui qualified for the UEFA Cup,[20] but failed to qualify for the group stage after they were eliminated by Slavia Prague on the away goals rule.[21]

The championship was one with ups and downs for the team, Vaslui sitting in ninth place for almost the entire season. After a win against

Universitatea Craiova in the final round, and thanks to the other results, Vaslui finished in fifth position to secure a spot in the UEFA Europa League for the second-straight year (the UEFA Cup rebranding as the UEFA Europa League for 2009–10).[22] The team also reached the Cupa României semi-final, where they were beaten by CFR Cluj after a number of errors by the referee.[23]

Liga I Foreign Player of the Year

In its second season in the European competitions, despite winning in the first leg, Vaslui failed to qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage for the second time, after they lost to AEK Athens.[24] Despite its unsuccessful European season, Vaslui had an excellent domestic season, finishing third in the championship[25] and reaching the Cupa României final.[26]

Because Vaslui failed to qualify for the Europa League group stage, Adrian Porumboiu appointed Spaniard Juan López Caro as club manager.[27] However, the appointment was not a success, as he not only failed to get the side into the group tage,[28] but he also won only three matches in the first ten rounds, and the team was eliminated from the Cupa României by Liga III side Alro Slatina.[29] Because Caro's contract had a $1 million release clause, Porumboiu opted to suspend the Spanish manager,[30] with the club sitting sixth in the league, only seven points behind the leader, and reinstate Viorel Hizo for Hizo's third stint as manager.[31] Hizo not only managed to revive the team, but he turned it into a real title contender.[32] Meanwhile, on 4 January 2011, Vaslui received a nine-month transfer ban from FIFA following a complaint by former player Marko Ljubinković.[33] Despite Porumboiu appealing to the CAS, the decision was upheld, with the ban expiring on 6 September 2011.[34] At the end of the 2010–11 season, despite having made no transfers in the winter break, Vaslui finished third for the second-straight year.[35]

After the

Lazio and Zürich
. In the same season, Vaslui finished second in Liga I.

Downfall, bankruptcy and a phoenix project (2012–2018)

The title missed in 2012 brought a lot of frustration to the Vaslui's camp, and Porumboiu again started to think about withdrawing the financing and leaving the football phenomenon. Despite this, the team gathered under the command of Viorel Hizo, having a good season, being ranked 5th, but missing the European Cups. This new failure put the real end of the football club, even tho the 2013–14 season started good, under the management of Liviu Ciobotariu, during the winter break the financial problems were too big, Adrian Porumboiu withdrew permanently and with a squad formed mostly from youth players, FC Vaslui was ranked 6th, but the licence was denied, the club accepted the verdict and was relegated to the fourth tier, subsequently being dissolved.[42]

In the summer of 2014, FC Vaslui Supporters Association, founded ASS FC Vaslui, also known as FC Vaslui 2002.[43] The newly formed entity was enrolled in the Liga IV – Vaslui County and ensured unofficially the football's continuity of the original club, but due to the limited budget it failed to promote in the Liga III, despite some appreciated evolutions at the level of the fourth tier. The results obtained in the seasons in which the club played under this name were the following: 5th (2014–15, 2015–16), 2nd (2016–17) and 3rd (2017–18).

Ground

Municipal Stadium and FC Vaslui supporters in 2008.
Main article:
Stadionul Municipal (Vaslui)

The Municipal Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vaslui. It was opened in 1972 and is owned by the Vaslui municipality. In 2002, when Victoria Galați (as they were then known) moved to Vaslui, they reached an agreement with the Vaslui municipality, and since then host their home matches at this ground. The stadium has a capacity of 18,000 spectators and has a natural grass playing surface. The Municipal Stadium also has an official stand, covered cabins for the guests and the press, a drainage and automatic irrigation system, Internet access for the media and a new club headquarters. The floodlighting system, with a density of 2000 lux, was inaugurated in 2008, this stadium being the 11th in Romania with a floodlighting system. It is rated at two stars by UEFA.

Support

Rivalries

Vaslui's main rivals are

Otelul Galati, FC Rapid București and FC Steaua București
.

Adaptation

Vaslui's former player, Mike Temwanjera created his own football academy in Zimbabwe which he named Vaslui Football Academy.[44][45]

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Cups

European

Friendly

  • Football without Owners Tournament
    • Fourth place (1): 2015

Individual

Liga I Foreign Player of the Year

  • 2012
    )

Romanian Golden Shoe

Captains

The first Vaslui captain was Cătălin Popa, who previously captained "Sportul Municipal Vaslui". Sorin Frunză took over the captaincy following Popa's departure in 2003. He was team captain until his departure in 2008, when vice-captain Bogdan Buhuș took over the captaincy, but only for a short spell, since Gabriel Cânu was appointed captain by new manager, Viorel Moldovan. During Cânu's first long-term injury, Buhuș was team captain while during his second long-term injury, team captain was Wesley. During 2012–13 season, the captaincy swang between N'Doye, Sânmărtean and Coman until Sânmărtean's permanent appointment.

# Name Years Years captain Notes
1. Romania Cătălin Popa 2003–04 2003–04
2. Romania Sorin Frunză 2002–08 2003–08 Vice-captains: I. Badea, Buhuș.
3. Romania Gabriel Cânu 2008–13 2008–11 Vice-captains:
Wesley
.
4.
Wesley
 2009–12 2011–12
5. Romania Lucian Sânmărtean 2010–14 2012–14
6. Zimbabwe Mike Temwanjera 2007–14 2013–14

Managerial history

Main article:
List of FC Vaslui statistics and records § Managerial history

Vaslui's last manager was Liviu Ciobotariu, who was in charge from 8 October 2013 until 24 April 2014, when he resigned due to the financial problems. Costinel Botez was interim until 19 May, when Vaslui officially relegated from Liga I.

Records and statistics

Main article: List of FC Vaslui records and statistics

Vaslui's first competitive game was a 3–1 victory in Divizia C against Viitorul Hârlău. Mike Temwanjera holds Vaslui's overall appearance record – he played 202 matches over the course of 7 seasons from 2007 until 2014, and he also holds the record for League appearances with 174.

Vaslui's all-time leading scorer is Wesley, who scored 77 goals while at the club from 2009 to 2012. He also holds the record for the most goals in a season with 37 in

CFR Pașcani in the 2002–03 season. Wesley is also Vaslui's all-time leading goalscorer in European competition, with six goals.[47]

Vaslui's biggest victory is 9–0 against

UTA Arad in 2006. Vaslui's 3–1 win against Liepājas Metalurgs
in the UEFA Cup was the largest victory in Europe competition for the club.

League history

Liga I

Season Position Wins Draws Losses Goals Points
2005–06 14 6 11 13 23–37 29
2006–07 8 13 11 10 41–44 50
2007–08 7 12 11 11 44–34 47
2008–09 5 17 6 11 44–37 57
2009–10 3 18 8 8 44–28 62
2010–11 3 18 11 5 51–28 65
2011–12 2 22 4 8 58–29 70
2012–13 5 16 10 8 50–33 58
2013–14 5 15 6 13 38–32 51

European record

Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:

  • 1R: First round
  • 3R: Third round
  • 2QR: Second qualifying round
  • 3QR: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2008–09 UEFA Intertoto Cup 3R Azerbaijan Neftçi 2–0 1–2 3–2
UEFA Cup 2QR Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs 3–1 2–0 5–1
1R Czech Republic Slavia Prague 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2009–10 Europa League 3QR Cyprus Omonia 2–0 1–1 3–1
PO Greece AEK Athens 2–1 0–3 2–4
2010–11 Europa League PO France Lille 0–0 0–2 0–2
2011–12 Champions League 3QR Netherlands Twente 0–0 0–2 0–2
Europa League PO Czech Republic Sparta Prague 2–0 0–1 2–1
Group stage Portugal Sporting CP 1–0 0–2 3rd
Lazio
 0–0 2–2
Switzerland Zürich 2–2 0–2
2012–13 Champions League 3QR Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–4 1–1 2–5
Europa League PO Italy Internazionale 0–2 2–2 2–4

Notable former players

Further information: List of FC Vaslui players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for FC Vaslui.

Player of the year

Year Winner
2002–03 Romania Sorin Frunză
2003–04 Romania Sorin Frunză
2004–05 Romania Valentin Badea
2005–06 Romania Valentin Badea
2006–07 Romania Cristian Hăisan
2007–08 Serbia Marko Ljubinković
2008–09 Bulgaria Stanislav Genchev
2009–10
Wesley
2010–11 Brazil Adaílton[48]
2011–12
Wesley
  
Year Winner
2012–13 Poland Piotr Celeban
2013–14 Romania Liviu Antal

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