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This article is about the football club renamed in 2016 as Foresta Suceava. For the club known as Foresta Suceava between 1997-2002, see Foresta Fălticeni.
Foresta Suceava
File:Foresta Suceava logo.jpg
Full nameAsociația Club Sportiv Foresta Suceava
Nickname(s)Galben-Verzii
(The Yellow and Greens)
Short nameForesta
Founded1946; 79 years ago (1946)
as Locomotiva Ițcani
GroundAreni
Capacity12,500
OwnerSuceava Municipality
ChairmanAndrei Ciutac
ManagerMarius Lup (caretaker)
LeagueLiga II
2016–17Liga II, 12th
Websitehttp://www.rapidsuceava.ro

Foresta Suceava is a professional football club from Romania, based in Suceava and founded in 1946 as Locomotiva Ițcani. Previously, the club changed its name to A.S. C.F.R. Ițcani as well.

They currently play in the Liga II, in the 2016–17 season after finishing on the 10th place in the same competition, at the end of the 2015–2016 season.

History

Former logo, as Rapid CFR Suceava.

Foresta Suceava was founded as Rapid CFR Suceava to continue the football tradition in the city of Suceava after the dissolution of FC Cetatea Suceava, CSM Suceava (Bucovina Suceava) and NC Foresta Suceava. In the 2011–2012 season the club managed to win Liga III and as such to gain promotion to Liga II. Thus, since the 2011–2012 season, Rapid CFR Suceava has played in Liga II, 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 Liga I 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 Marius Matei managed to score the goals for Rapid in that respective match.[1] In the 5th fixture Rapid encountered CS Balotești. Rapid were losing 1–0 until the 88th minute, but won with two goals scored by Cătălin Golofca and Sascha Marinkovic. Along with this win, Rapid reached second place in Seria I of Liga II with 11 points after 5 matches.[2]

In the 2014–2015 season the club additionally managed to qualify for the Round of 16 of the domestic cup competition Cupa României following a 1–0 win over Liga I side Gaz Metan Mediaș in the Round of 32 on September 23, 2014.[3] After the Round of 32, Rapid Suceava alongside Dacia Mioveni 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 Liga III sides CS Știința Miroslava (3–0) and Cetatea Târgu Neamț (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 2015–16 Liga II season, Rapid CFR Suceava was relegated to Liga III, but maintained the hope to remain in Liga II 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.[4]

Colours and badge

Rapid Suceava used a similar home kit to that of CFR Cluj, 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

View of the Areni stadium. The stadium is located in downtown Suceava.

Foresta Suceava plays its home matches on the Areni Stadium. 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.[5]

Supporters

The ultras of Foresta Suceava are organised in two galleries: Cavelerii Nordului (the oldest one) and Cohors Dacorum (a new one founded in 2015).

Honours

Liga III

Winners (1): 2011–12

Liga IV Suceava County

Winners (1): 2007–08

Players

First team squad

As of 7 June 2017

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Romania ROU Florin Muntean
7 MF Romania ROU Cornel Căinari
8 MF Romania ROU Cătălin Strugariu
9 FW Romania ROU Cătălin Vraciu (Captain)
12 GK Romania ROU Vlad Hînțăscu
14 MF Romania ROU Cătălin Coroamă
15 MF Romania ROU Constantin Aeroaiei
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Romania ROU Vasile Dănilă
24 MF Romania ROU Cosmin Buziuc
70 MF Romania ROU Andrei Cerlincă
90 MF Romania ROU Vlad Stănescu
95 MF Romania ROU Alin Florescu
99 FW Romania ROU Robert Grumezescu

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

League history

Season Wins Draws Losses Points League Place
2004–05 11 8 11 41 Liga IV 7
2005–06 19 4 7 61 Liga IV 3
2006–07 18 3 9 57 Liga IV 4
2007–08 25 2 3 77 Liga IV 1
2008–09 14 9 11 51 Liga III 9
2009–10 16 3 13 51 Liga III 5
2010–11 9 2 15 29 Liga III 12
2011–12 19 6 3 63 Liga III 1
2012–13 7 6 11 27 Liga II 10
2013–14 4 7 11 19 Liga II 10
4 (Play-Out)
2014–15 10 7 1 42 Liga II 3
5 (Play-Off)
2015–16 6 7 11 25 Liga II 10
3 (Play-Out)
2016–17 - - - - Liga II on-going
TBD (Play-Off/Play-Out)

References

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  3. ^ http://www.mediafax.ro/sport/rapid-cfr-suceava-a-invins-echipa-gaz-metan-medias-si-s-a-calificat-in-optimile-cupei-romaniei-13333288
  4. ^ http://liga2.prosport.ro/seria-1/pregatiri-amicale/noutati-importante-la-primul-antrenament-al-forestei-iencsi-a-fost-la-reunire-dar-inca-negociaza-preluarea-echipei-15517583
  5. ^ List of football stadiums in Romania
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