FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

Piatra Neamt Ceahlăul is a Romanian football club from Piatra Neamţ. He plays since 2011 in Liga 1, the first Romanian football league. Four times he managed to qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

History

Piatra Neamt Ceahlăul was founded on 20 October 1919 as CS Piatra Neamţ Ceahlăul and after Masivul Ceahlău, a mountain range of the Eastern Carpathians, named the town Piatra Neamt is located on its eastern edge. The club first played in the regional leagues, without being able to qualify for the final round of the Romanian football championship. Only in the season 1937/38, the club played in the third Romanian League, the Divizia C, but withdrew in the current round of the Oststaffel back.

Even after the end of the Second World War and the reorganization of the Romanian football is Ceahlăul failed to qualify for the national game mode. In 1949 the club changed the club name in Piatra Neamţ Progresul ( German progress ), in 1951 in Piatra Neamţ Avantul ( German upswing ). In 1954, the local rivals Hârtia Piatra Neamţ closed ( German paper) and Piatra Neamţ to Celuloza ( German cellulose), the associations of the local paper industry. In 1956 Avantul played for the first time in Divizia C newly founded after several years of interruption and changed in the summer of 1956 in Piatra Neamţ Recolta ( German harvest). After the split of Piatra Neamţ and Avantul clubs in Piatra Neamţ Rapid in 1957 Piatra Neamt both clubs ( German sports club) merged a short time later as a CS again. The season 1958/59 he finished in third place his squadron of the club, but missed in the subsequent promotion round the initial rise in the Divizia B.

In 1961 the club was promoted to the Divizia B and changed his club name in Piatra Neamţ CS Ceahlăul. Ceahlăul could keep three years in the second Romanian league, before the club was relegated again in 1964. After only one year managed to rise again. The club could hold for 14 years in Divizia B and mostly place in midfield. His best season Ceahlăul played in the season 1974/75, when the club next to a fourth place also the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup reached, but there the eventual winner Rapid Bucharest defeated 0:1.

In 1978, merged with local rivals Ceahlăul Relonul Savinesti to Piatra Neamt Relon Ceahlăul and a year later got down from the Divizia B. Both clubs broke again the merger and formed newly. In 1980 Ceahlăul made ​​the comeback. After several years in the middle of the Oststaffel the League, the club reached into the 1990/91 season for the first time in the battle for the rise, but finished behind Oţelul Galaţi and Gloria Buzău only the third place. Even a year later jumped the third place in the North Season out behind Universitatea Cluj and FC Maramureş Baia Mare. In 1992, the football department became an independent Piatra Neamţ FC Ceahlăul and in 1993 she succeeded well ahead of Steaua Mizil, FC Arges Pitesti and Flacara Moreni the initial rise in the Divizia A.

After relegation in 1993/94 Ceahlăul occupied at the end of the season 1994/95 the fifth, which meant qualification for the Intertoto Cup. There, the club was able to prevail in the group stage against FC Groningen, retired in the second round but against FC Metz 0-2 from. In the following season he could not build on this success the club and found himself in a relegation battle again, but was able to hold the class. In the following years, Ceahlăul was able to place in the secure midfield and moved at the end of the 1998/99 season following the withdrawal of many teams back to the UI-Cup a. He reached the third round and retired there after two draws out on away goals against Juventus.

In the season 1999/2000 Ceahlăul succeeded with a fourth place, the best finish in club history, which meant the re- qualification for the Intertoto Cup. There, the club reached after a victory against the Spanish side RCD Mallorca third round, where this time against FK Austria Wien was the last stop. The club completed the following two seasons in the midfield Divizia A and reached in the 2001/ 02 season for the second time the quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup. There he was eliminated by a golden goal against Astra Ploieşti. A year later Ceahlăul managed under coach Viorel Hizo Fifth -placed as the last time the qualification for the Intertoto Cup, but never made it past the first round against Tampere United in Finland.

After the defeat at Petrolul Ploiesti Viorel Hizo resigned on March 14, 2004 and three days later replaced by Marius Lăcătuş. This Ceahlăul had at the end of the season 2003/ 04 after eleven years descend from the Divizia A, but managed in 2006 under coach Marin Barbu return to the top flight, which changed its name from this year under the name of League 1. For this was on 21 June 2006 Mihai Stoica committed as the new head coach, however, gave up his post after just three league matches, on 14 August 2006. Even two days later retrieved Ion Moldovan did not stay much longer head coach. After his release on 31 October 2006 Vasile Silaghi was appointed on 2 November 2006 as interim coach. Successor was replaced on 8 November 2006 Florin Marin, however, released on 16 March 2007 and on 19 March 2007 by Aurel Şunda. This move into the remaining eleven league games only two wins and three draws, so that at the end of the 2006/07 season it was clear with the 15th rank of relegation. On 30 May 2007, the club parted then from Şunda. However, the team was allowed to stay in the league, as the climber Delta Tulcea the license had been denied, and Viorel Hizo was committed on 7 June 2007 as the new coach. One year later, but it was clear the second descent, the return mail came the resurgence. The season 2009/10 ended Ceahlăul only second to last place and entered into the following season back in the League II. For this, a trainer was brought on 15 June 2010 with Marin Barbu, who had been in charge of the club twice in the past and which led him to the table top for the winter break. On February 2, 2011 by Gheorghe Ştefan Barbu was, the patron of the association, replaced against his will by Costel Enache and promoted to technical director. With this the team at the end of the 2010/11 season succeeded the immediate promotion back to the League 1

Achievements

• Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003
• Quarter-finals of the Romanian Cup: 1975, 2002

Former player and well-known

• Romania Lucian Burdujan
• Romania Ioan Covrig
• Moldova Viorel Frunză
• Romania Constantin Fugaciu
• Dorin Goian Romania
• Romania Lucian Goian
• Moldova Alexandru Golban
• Romania Adrian Iencsi
• Romania Emil Jula
• Romania Lavi Hrib
• Rwanda Jimmy Mulisa
• Romania Mihai Nemtanu
• Romania Dănuţ Perja
• Romania Tiberiu Şerban
• Romania Costel Solomon
• Romania Gabriel Vochin

Former coach

• Romania Mircea Nedelcu (up to November 1995, October 1997 to the summer of 1998, the summer of 2000 to September 2000)
• Romania Toader STET ( November 1995 to end of 1995 )
• Romania Silviu Stănescu (early 1996 to summer 1996)
• Romania Florin Marin ( summer 1996 to September 1997, the beginning of 2001 to 28 September 2001 summer 2004 to spring 2005, November 8, 2006 to 16 March 2007)
• Romania Nicolae Manea (summer 1998 to November 1998)
• Romania Viorel Hizo ( November 1998 to 25 June 2000, March 2003 to March 14, 2004, June 7, 2007 to the summer of 2008, from May 2013 to June 2013 )
• Romania Florin Halagian ( September 2000 until end of 2000 )
• Romania Cornel Ţălnar (June 2001)
• Romania Ovidiu Marc (September 2001, Spring 2005 )
• Jean Gavrilă Romania ( October 2001-November 2001 )
• Romania Marin Barbu (November 2001 to summer 2002, spring 2005 to summer 2006, 15 June 2010 to 2 February 2011)
• Romania Gheorghe Poenaru (summer 2002 to March 2003)
• Romania Marius Lăcătuş (17 March 2004 to summer 2004)
• Romania Mihai Stoica (21 June 2006 to 14 August 2006)
• Romania Ion Moldovan (16 August 2006 to 31 October 2006)
• Romania Vasile Silaghi ( November 2, 2006 to November 8, 2006)
• Romania Aurel Şunda (19 March 2007 to 30 May 2007)
• Romania Mihai Dan Ionescu (July 2008 to 25 October 2009)
• Romania Gheorghe Mulţescu ( October 30, 2009 to February 27, 2010)
• Montenegro Zoran Filipović (3 March 2010 until the end of May 2010)
• Romania Costel Enache (2 February 2011 to May 2013)
• Hungary Vasile Miriuţă ( June 2013-December 2013 )
• Romania Constantin Ilie (since December 2013)