ACS Flacăra Horezu

Flacăra Horezu

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Full name	Asociația Club Sportiv Flacăra Horezu
Nickname(s)	Olarii (The Potters) Cocoșii de Hurez (The Roosters of Hurez)
Short name	Flacăra
Founded	1963 (1963) as Minerul Horezu
Ground	Treapt
Capacity	500 (200 seated)
Owner	Horezu Town
Chairman	Valentin Grigorescu
Manager	Adrian Popa
League	Liga III
2021–22	Liga III, Seria VI, 9th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Asociația Club Sportiv Flacăra Horezu, commonly known as Flacăra Horezu, or simply as Flacăra, is a Romanian football club originally from Horezu, Vâlcea County. They currently play in the Liga III.

Chronology of names

Name	Period
Minerul Horezu	1963–1990
Flacăra Horezu	1990–1998
Minerul Horezu	1998–2000
Prelcon Horezu	2000–2005
Flacăra Horezu	2005–present

Honours

Liga IV – Vâlcea County

• Winners (5): 1996–97, 1997–98, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18
• Runners-up (2): 2005–06, 2015–16

Cupa României – Vâlcea County

• Winners (1): 2005–06

Players

First team squad

As of 8 March 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 MF ROU Alexandru Trașcă 10 MF ROU Raul Nistor (Vice-Captain) 12 GK ROU Rareș Sporea — FW ROU Alexandru Niculcea — MF ROU Adrian Popa — MF ROU Gabriel Precup — MF ROU Valentin Vlad — MF ROU Sebastian Barbu — MF ROU Ovidiu Popescu — GK ROU Cătălin Păușescu — MF ROU Andrei Stanciu

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF ROU Petruș Pintilie (on loan from Concordia Chiajna) — DF ROU Antonio Ivan (on loan from Concordia Chiajna) — MF ROU Ionuț Cioinac — DF ROU Mădălin Ruican — DF ROU Marius Avram — FW ROU Radu Dobrescu — FW ROU Răzvan Dinu — MF ROU Florinel Sandu — GK ROU Ștefan Popa — DF ROU Vlad Mocioacă — MF ROU Andrei Dobre — DF ROU Adrian Bărbuți — MF ROU Marian Habet — MF ROU Alexandru Dușmanu

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

Board of directors

Role	Name
Owner	Horezu Town
President	Valentin Grigorescu
Sporting Director	Daniel Demetrescu
Delegate	Mihai Spiridon

Current technical staff

Role	Name
Manager	Adrian Popa
Assistant Manager	Raul Nistor

League history

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Cupa României
2022–23	3	Liga III (Seria VI)	TBD
2021–22	3	Liga III (Seria VI)	9th	First Round
2020–21	3	Liga III (Seria VII)	7th
2019–20	3	Liga III (Seria IV)	4th	Round of 32
2018–19	3	Liga III (Seria III)	3rd
2017–18	4	Liga IV (VL)	1st (C, P)
2014–15	4	Liga IV (VL)	1st (C)

Season	Tier	Division	Place	Cupa României
2013–14	4	Liga IV (VL)	1st (C)
2010–11	4	Liga IV (VL)	8th
2009–10	4	Liga IV (VL)	15th
2000–01	3	Divizia C (Seria V)	14th (R)
1999–00	3	Divizia C (Seria V)	11th
1982–83	3	Divizia C (Seria VII)	16th (R)
1981–82	3	Divizia C (Seria VII)	10th

Notable former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Flacăra and also played in Liga 1 for another team.

• Radu Bîrzan
• Florin Cioablă
• Ciprian Dinu
• Mansour Gueye
• Robert Ivan
• Florin Matache
• Cristian Munteanu
• Florinel Sandu
• Alin Pencea
• Robert Popa
• Samson Nwabueze
• Bobi Verdeș
• Arthur Bote
• Ovye Monday Shedrack
• Ionuț Cioinac

External links

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