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AFC Metalul Buzău
Full name	Asociația Fotbal Club Metalul Buzău
Nickname(s)	Buzoienii; (The People from Buzău)
Short name	Metalul
Founded	1954; 70 years ago; as AS Metalul Buzău
Ground	Metalul
Capacity	1,606
Owners	Buzău County Council; Mircea Benga
Chairman	Gheorghe Guiu
Head coach	Valentin Stan
League	Liga II
2023–24	Liga III, Seria II, 1st; (promoted via play-offs)
Website	www.metalulbuzau.ro

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Asociația Fotbal Club Metalul Buzău, commonly known as Metalul Buzău, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Buzău, Buzău County, that competes in the Liga II.

History

Name	Period
Metalul Buzău	1954–1996
Metalcord Buzău	1996–2007
Metalul Buzău	2007–present

AFC Metalul Buzău was founded in 1954 as AS Metalul Buzău and was set up by the trade union of IUT Buzău. From the first season to the 1966 season, the team evolved into the county championship and in autumn of 66, the city of Buzău returned with a team in Divizia C, this team was Metalul.

In 1971, through a reorganization of the football from Buzău, Gloria Buzău was formed and taking a part of Metalul's players and the place in Divizia C, Gloria succeeded in the 1971–72 Divizia C season to occupy the 1st place in the series and after a play-off match at Ploiești to promote in Divizia B.

At the insistence of the workers from the IUT factory, in 1982 the football team was re-established. At that time Steaua Săhăteni, a small team from Buzău County played in Divizia C. Buzoienii merged with the team from Săhăteni and took its place in Liga III.

In 1996, following the association with CORD Buzău, Metalul became Metalcord Buzău. The last edition in which the team from Buzău evolved in the Liga III under this name was 2005–06 Divizia C season.

In the summer of 2007, the club returned to its former name AS Metalul Buzău and participated annually in the Buzău County Championship, the equivalent of the Liga IV in the Romanian football system.

The team was taken over in 2013 by the company Revicom Oil, changing its name in AFC Metalul Buzău.^[1]

At the end of 2016–17 Metalul won Liga IV – Buzău County and the promotion play-off match against CS Amara, the Ialomița County champion, 9–2 on aggregate and promoted back to Liga III after 10 years of absence.^[2]

In the 2019–20 season, Metalul achieved the club's best performance in Cupa României when reached Round of 16, after winning against Avântul Zărnești (3–0 by FA decision; 2nd Round), Gloria Buzău (3–2 after pen.; 3rd Round), CSM Focșani (1–0 a.e.t.; 4th Round), FK Miercurea Ciuc (1–0; Round of 32) and losing to Politehnica Iași (0–3; Round of 16).

Stadium

The club plays its home matches on Metalul Stadium from Buzău.

Rivalries

Although it is the oldest active football club in the Buzău County, Metalul has always lived in the shadow of Gloria Buzău, thus becoming their rivals.

Honours

Liga III

Winners (2): 2022–23, 2023–24

Liga IV – Buzău County

Winners (5): 1981–82, 1989–90, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2016–17
Runners-up (1): 2015–16

Ploiești Regional Championship

Winners (1): 1965–66

Players

First team squad

As of 4 November 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ROU	Costel Toader
2	DF	ROU	Claudiu Juncănaru
3	DF	ROU	Daniel Mihai (Vice-captain)
4	DF	ROU	Alberto Olaru
5	DF	ROU	Ion Spătaru
6	MF	ROU	Vasile Petra
8	MF	ROU	Dan Stan
9	FW	ROU	Ionuț Pelivan (on loan from Farul Constanța)
10	MF	ROU	Marius Tudorică (Captain)
11	FW	ROU	Sabin Moldovan
13	DF	ROU	Ianis Croitoru (on loan from Farul Constanța)
14	MF	ROU	Alexandru Anton
15	DF	ROU	Ciprian Perju
17	MF	ROU	Florin Opaiț
18	DF	ROU	Răzvan Radu (on loan from FCSB)
19	DF	ROU	Ștefan Păun
20	FW	ROU	Dragoş Lazăr (on loan from Gloria Buzău)
21	MF	ROU	Alexandru Oancea


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	ROU	Alberto Câșlariu
23	DF	ROU	Marian Manea (3rd captain)
24	MF	TOG	Charles Acolatse
25	GK	ROU	Iulian Dinu
27	FW	NGA	Odoh Chika
28	MF	ROU	Valentin Robu
30	MF	SUI	Davide Jozić
33	DF	ROU	Bogdan Panaite
44	GK	ROU	George Micle
70	MF	ROU	Alin Manea
77	DF	ROU	Eduard Rusu (on loan from CS Dinamo București)
97	MF	ROU	Alin Nica
98	MF	ROU	Saim Tudor
99	MF	ROU	Claudiu Borțoneanu
—	DF	CMR	Karime Makongo
—	MF	ROU	Robert Vîlcu (on loan from UTA Arad)
—	FW	ROU	Matei Constantinescu

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ROU	Andrei Trandafir (on loan to Viitorul Ianca)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ROU	Alexandru Sandu (on loan to Petrolul Berca)

Club officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owners	Buzău County Council Mircea Benga
President	Gheorghe Guiu
Accountant	George Pașoi
Sporting Lawyer	Cosmin Bărbieru
Administrative Lawyer	Antoaneta Mereacre
Delegate	Gheorghe Guiu
Press Officer	Bogdan Ormuz
Stadium Administrator	Dumitru Marin

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Head coach	Valentin Stan
Assistant coaches	Patrick Benga Bruno Vienescu
Goalkeeping coach	Ștefan Leu
Video Analyst	Dan Păun

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for AFC Metalul Buzău.

Romania

League history

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Notes	Cupa României
2024–25	2	Liga II	TBD
2023–24	3	Liga III (Seria II)	1st (C)	Promoted
2022–23	3	Liga III (Seria II)	1st (C)
2021–22	3	Liga III (Seria II)	4th
2020–21	3	Liga III (Seria IV)	4th
2019–20	3	Liga III (Seria II)	11th		Round of 16
2018–19	3	Liga III (Seria I)	7th

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Notes
2017–18	3	Liga III (Seria II)	5th
2016–17	4	Liga IV (BZ)	1st (C)	Promoted
2005–06	3	Divizia C (Seria II)	12th	Relegated
2004–05	4	Divizia D (BZ)	1st (C)	Promoted
1991–92	3	Divizia C (Seria IV)	8th	Relegated
1990–91	3	Divizia C (Seria III)	4th

References

^ Metalul Buzău-History^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Metalul a promovat oficial în "C". Neagu face promisiuni în privința viitorului echipei" [Metalul officially promoted to "C". Neagu makes promises about the team's future]. buzau.net. 25 June 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.(in Romanian)

External links

[1] Metalul Buzău-History^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Metalul a promovat oficial în "C". Neagu face promisiuni în privința viitorului echipei" [Metalul officially promoted to "C". Neagu makes promises about the team's future]. buzau.net. 25 June 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.(in Romanian)

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-| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Mircea Ștefan
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-| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Antonio Stoian
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-| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Valentin Liscănoiu
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-| U11 coach
-| {{Flagicon|ROU}} Valentin Liscănoiu
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+==Notable former players==
+The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for AFC Metalul Buzău.
+{{For|a list of all former and current AFC Metalul Buzău players with a Wikipedia article|Category:AFC Metalul Buzău players}}
+;Romania
+{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Paul Batin]]
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Patrick Benga]]
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sebastian Ghinga]]
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Mihai Ion]]
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Sorin Ispir]]
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Vasile Lazăr]]
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Vasilică Mihăeș]]
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Andrei Pavel (footballer)|Andrei Pavel]]
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ionuț Radu (footballer, born 1988)|Ionuț Radu]]
+* {{flagicon|ROU}} [[Nicola Vasile]]
+{{div col end}}
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-| [[2023–24 Liga III#Seria 2|2023–24]] || '''3''' || [[Liga III]] <small>(Seria II)</small> || align=center bgcolor=gold| '''1st (C)''' || ||
+| [[2024–25 Liga II|2024–25]] || '''2''' || [[Liga II]] || TBD ||  ||
+|-
+| [[2023–24 Liga III#Seria 2|2023–24]] || '''3''' || [[Liga III]] <small>(Seria II)</small> || align=center bgcolor=gold| '''1st (C)''' || <small>Promoted</small> ||
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