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FC Metaloglobus București

Fotbal Club Metaloglobus București, commonly known as Metaloglobus București or simply as Metaloglobus, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, that competes in Liga I, the top tier of Romanian football.

History
Metaloglobus București was founded in 1936 as the football team of the Metaloglobus factory, a powerful factory that was founded in 1923 by the Austrian industrialist Manfréd Weiss. In the club's first season, Metaloglobus entered the Bucharest District Championship, joining the Category II division. At the end of the 1936–37 season, Metaloglobus achieved promotion to the Category I, following a 2–1 play-off win against Colentina București. Metaloglobus competed in the amateur leagues of Bucharest throughout its existence, and by 2008 the club had been reduced to youth teams only, with the under-19 side winning the Bucharest Municipal Championship that year, laying the foundations for the club’s revival at senior level. In the 2010–11 season, they won the Liga IV Bucharest and qualified for the promotion play-off, where they were defeated 1–2 by Rapid Clejani, the champions of Giurgiu County. However, after many teams withdrew that summer, Metaloglobus was invited to join Liga III. In their first season in Liga III, Metaloglobus played at Clinceni Arena’s second ground and ranked 9th in Series IV under Octavian Ștefan and Adrian Matei, who took over in April 2012. Over the next four consecutive seasons, the team consistently finished in the top half, achieving 3rd place in Series II in the 2012–13 season under Matei and Leonard Strizu from the second half, and 4th place in Series III in 2013–14. In the 2014–15 season, the team was moved again to Series II, and following a modest run of results, Leonard Strizu was replaced at the end of the first half by Sorin Colceag, who led the team to a 5th-place finish and then to another 3rd-place finish in the 2015–16 season. In 2016, Bogdan Vintilă was appointed head coach and led the team to 1st place in Series III, securing promotion to Liga II with five rounds to spare in the 2016–17 season, ending 11 points ahead of 2nd-placed Viitorul Domnești. Their first season in the second tier was a difficult one under Vintilă, who also led Metaloglobus to the Round of 32 in the Cupa României, where they lost 1–2 to Gaz Metan Mediaș. He was replaced during the winter break by Alin Chița, as the team were unable to avoid the relegation zone, finishing 16th, but they were spared from relegation following the withdrawal of 5th-placed Afumați. The 2018–19 season began with Bogdan Andone as head coach, but he left in October after ten rounds. After a brief interim under assistant Gigel Coman, Cristian Popovici took over, earning only four points in seven matches, far below expectations, and parted ways by mutual agreement. He was succeeded by László Balint, who guided Metaloglobus to a 9th-place finish. In June 2019, Marius Măldărășanu was appointed as head coach, leading the Bucharest-based side from the Pantelimon neighbourhood to the Round of 32 of the Cupa României, where they faced FCSB and were defeated 0–2, with Gavrilaș, Ciubotaru, Plămadă, Lung, Sava, Ghenovici, Al. Coman, Chiriac, Ciocâlteu, Ov. Herea and Cl. Herea in the starting lineup. While the team was in 7th place in the 2019–20 Liga II campaign at the time the season was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the 2020–21 season, following the departure of Măldărășanu, Gabriel Manu was appointed as head coach and led Metaloglobus to a 10th-place finish in the regular season and 3rd place in Group A of the play-out stage. In the Cupa României, the Bucharest side was eliminated in the fourth round after a 1–2 defeat, after extra time, against Petrolul Ploiești. The squad comprised Gavrilaș, Nedelcovici, Ciubotaru, Putaru, Sava, Caramalău, Șandru, Gafaru, Mino, Kassabji, Matache, Cazan, Chiriac, Lungu, Ciocâlteu, Vraciu, Ov. Herea, Cl. Herea, Gavîrliță, and Florescu. Gabriel Manu left the club at the end of his contract and was replaced by Nicolae Grigore for the 2021–22 season. Metaloglobus finished 10th in the regular season and 2nd in Group A of the play-out stage. In the Cupa României, they were eliminated in the third round by Tunari, losing 0–1 at Concordia Stadium in Chiajna. Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Grigore was replaced by Eugen Trică, whose spell ended after six rounds. After two matches led by fitness coach Florin Drăghici, Eusebiu Tudor took charge and guided the team to a 15th-place finish in the regular season and 5th in Group A of the play-out stage, avoiding relegation by defeating Progresul Spartac București 5–3 on penalties in the relegation play-off, following draws of 1–1 at Clinceni Stadium and 0–0 at CNAF Stadium in Buftea. Eusebiu Tudor resigned after Metaloglobus lost 1–2 after extra time to Dinamo in the play-off round of the Cupa României and following four rounds of the 2023–24 Liga II campaign. Ianis Zicu was appointed as the new head coach and led the team to an 11th-place finish in the regular season and 3rd in the play-out stage. In the 2024–25 season, Metaloglobus finished 3rd after the regular season and 5th in the play-off stage of Liga II, qualifying for the promotion/relegation play-off, as 2nd-placed Steaua București was ineligible for promotion, and on 1 June 2025, Metaloglobus was promoted to Liga I for the first time in its history after beating Politehnica Iași, with Dragoș Huiban scoring late goals in both matches, first in the 86th minute of the 1–1 draw at Emil Alexandrescu Stadium and then in the 85th minute of the 1–0 win at Clinceni Stadium. The squad coached by Zicu included Gavrilaș, Nedelcovici, Kouadio, Issah, Sousa, Honciu, Caramalău, Sava, Cazan, Zakir, Dumitru, Višić, A. Irimia, D. Irimia, Liș, J. Morais, Sîrbu, Huiban, Gheorghe, Nicolae, Neacșu and Milea. ==Stadium==
Stadium
The club plays its home games on the Stadionul Metaloglobus from the Bucharest neighborhood of Pantelimon. The stadium was under renovations between 2011 and 2015; during this period the team played its home matches on Stadionul Clinceni and on Stadionul CNAF. ==Honours==
Honours
Liga IIIWinners (1): 2016–17 Liga IV – BucharestWinners (1): 2010–11 ==Players==
Players
First-team squad Other player under contract Out on loan ==Club officials==
Club officials
Board of directors Current technical staff ==Notable former players==
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 FC Metaloglobus București players. ;Romania • Lucian CazanAlexandru CiocâlteuAlexandru ComanGigel ComanValentin GhenoviciLucian GogeClaudiu HereaOvidiu HereaGeorgian HonciuAlexandru IacobFlorin IacobAndrei IonescuDaniel LungAndrei LunguȘtefan NiculaeAlexandru PotoceaIulian RoșuAndrei SinMarius Tomozei ;Ivory Coast • Christ Kouadio ;Japan • Sota Mino ;Netherlands • Desley Ubbink ==Former managers==
Former managers
Francisc Fabian (1958–1962) • Colea Vâlcov (1964–1965) • Marius Burcă (2008–2011) • Octavian Ștefan (2011–2012) • Adrian Matei (2012–2013)) • Leonard Strizu (2013–2014) • Sorin Colceag (2015–2016) • Bogdan Vintilă (2016–2017) • Alin Chița (2018) • Bogdan Andone (2018) • Gigel Coman (2018) (caretaker) • Cristian Popovici (2018) • László Balint (2019) • Marius Măldărășanu (2019–2020) • Gabriel Manu (2020–2021) • Nicolae Grigore (2021–2022) • Eugen Trică (2022) • Eusebiu Tudor (2022–2023) • Ianis Zicu (2023–2025) • Mihai Teja (2025–2026) ==League and cup history==
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