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SR Brașov
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Full name Asociația Sportivă Municipal SR Brașov
Nickname(s)


  • Stegarii (The Flag-bearers)


  • Galben-negrii (The Yellow-Blacks)


  • Copiii Orașului (City's children)

  • Echipa de sub Tâmpa (The Tâmpa Team)

Short name Brașov, Steagu'
Founded 1936; 83 years ago (1936)
as Uzinele Astra Brașov
14 July 2017; 20 months ago (2017-07-14)
as SR Brașov
Ground Silviu Ploeșteanu
Capacity 8,800
Owner The Flag-bearers Supporters League
Chairman Vasile Dochița
Manager Florin Stângă
League Liga III
2017–18 Liga IV, Brașov County, 1st (promoted)
Website Club website

















Home colours














Away colours




Current season

Asociația Sportivă Municipal SR Brașov (Romanian pronunciation: [braˈʃov]), commonly known as SR Brașov or simply Brașov, is a Romanian football club based in the city of Brașov, Brașov County, currently playing in the Liga III. "SR" stands for Steagu' Roșu ("the Red Flag").


Founded in 1939 as Uzinele Astra Brașov, the team has spent more than half of its history in the top division. Their best result in that competition was a second place in the 1959–60 campaign.


SR Brașov's home ground is the Silviu Ploeșteanu stadium, and its primary colors are yellow and black.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Early modern football in Brașov


    • 1.2 The generation of Silviu Ploeșteanu


    • 1.3 The generation of the "Mexican trio"


    • 1.4 The generation of the '80s


    • 1.5 A leap in the line of time and the World Cup of '94


    • 1.6 The new generation, an indigenous one


    • 1.7 Ups and downs


    • 1.8 Insolvency and bankruptcy


    • 1.9 Rebirth




  • 2 Colors


  • 3 Stadium


  • 4 Support


  • 5 Honours


    • 5.1 Domestic


      • 5.1.1 Leagues




    • 5.2 European




  • 6 Players


    • 6.1 First team squad


    • 6.2 Out on loan




  • 7 Club officials


    • 7.1 Board of directors


    • 7.2 Current technical staff




  • 8 European record


  • 9 Managerial history


  • 10 Notable players


  • 11 Season by season


  • 12 References


  • 13 External links





History




Chart of yearly table positions of SR Brașov in the national leagues.



Early modern football in Brașov


Football in Brașov started between 1912 and 1914. In 1928, the unrelated Colțea Brașov won the national title and enjoyed a decade's long rivalry with Braşovia, the city's other major, which reached the semifinals of the Romanian National League in 1925.


Uzinele Astra Braşov made their debut in the Romanian league system in the 1939-1940 season, when it competed in the Braşov District Championship, finishing 3rd in Group 2. The club achieved promotion to Divizia B next season by winning the District Championship final, but the competition was postponed because of the Second World War. During the war championships (unofficial status), UAB battled for promotion in Divizia A at the end of the 1942–1943, losing the playoffs to Uzinele Metalurgice Cugir. The 1943-1944 season was halted midway because of the Allied bombing missions over Romania. The city of Braşov was, alongside Bucharest and Ploieşti, one of the main targets, and Uzinele Astra Braşov were bombed on two occasions, April 16 and June 6 of 1944, sustaining major damages.


The club finished 4th în Group 1 of the District Championship of the 1945-1946 season, the first official post war competition, and 3rd in Divizia C 1946-1947, in which the starting XI was formed by: Moraru - Orghidan, Szurd - Nichita, Zelenak, Grosaru - Nagy, Antonescu, Herold, Caceavski, Vlad.


Uzinele Astra Braşov's biggest rival during the 1940-1950 period were ACFR Braşov. In the 1941-1942 season, UAB lost top spot in the District Championship to ACFR by goal difference, were defeated 4-0 in the 1947 final for promotion in Divizia B, but won the 1950 District Championship Final with 3-0 on aggregate (3-0 home, 0-0 away).



The generation of Silviu Ploeșteanu





Silviu Ploeșteanu, one of the club's symbols.











































Name
Period
Secţia 15 1936
Uzinele Astra Brașov 1939– August 20, 1948
Steagul Roșu Brașov August 20, 1948 – 1950
Metalul Steagul Roșu Brașov 1950–1956
Energia Steagul Roșu Brașov 1956–1958
Steagul Roșu Brașov 1958–1980
Fotbal Club Muncitoresc Brașov (FCM Brașov) 1980–1990
Fotbal Club Brașov (FC Brașov) 1990–2017
Asociația Sportivă SR Brașov (SR Brașov) 2017–present

After the winning the final against ACFR in 1950, the club under command of former pre-war striker and Romanian international Silviu Ploeşteanu went on through a lengthy playoff series to promote into Divizia B. Steagul Roşu defeated Armata Câmpulung Muscel in round 1 (3-1/3-0), Spartac Curtea de Argeş (9-0/2-0), Spartac Banca RPR Bucharest (4-1/1-1/0-3/4-2/2-0) and Industria Sârmei Brăilă in the final (0-0/2-0).


In 1960 the team featured; Nicolae Proca, Gheorghe Fusulan, Gheorghe Ciripoi, Tică Constantinescu, Gheorghe Percea, Octavian Zaharia and Gheorghe Raicu; later supplemented by Stephen Hidișan (who continued as coach, a discoverer of talent), Nicolae Campo, Ioan Szigeti, Alexandru Meszaroși, Vasile Szeredai, Dorin Gane, Valer Târnăveanu and Necula Dorin.



The generation of the "Mexican trio"





Stere Adamache, a member of the Mexican trio.




Former logo, as FC Brașov.


The following generation is the one of the trio Nicolae Pescaru – Stere Adamache – Mihai Ivăncescu, the generation that provided three players to the Romanian national team at the World Cup in Mexico 1970.


The death of Iuliu Năftănăilă on 28 August 1967 shocked the club. Not only had Brașov lost one of its greatest talents, but were obliged to play U Cluj just 48 hours after the funeral. Their following demotion resulted in the replacement of Silviu Ploeșteanu as the coach of the team, replaced by Valentin Stănescu.


This generation links to the names of Csaba Gyorffy, Iuliu Jenei, Călin Gane, Marcel Goran, Pete Cadar, Caesar Ardeleanu, Adrian Hârlab and Virgil Grecea – a generation consisting of some of the most long term team members.



The generation of the '80s


The generation of the 1980s brought the team back on the first stage, after five years of penance in the second division. Players include; Vasile Papuc, Vasile Gherghe, Marian Paraschivescu, Valer Șulea, Costel Spirea, Vasile Bențea, Gherasim Chioreanu, Adrian Furnică, Constantin Manciu, Nicolae Bucur, Nicolae Adami, Mihai Panache and Petre Marinescu, Marius Lăcătuș, Ion Batacliu, Nistor Văidean, Ion Mandoca and Dumitru Stângaciu.


The team were demoted into League "B" for a season.



A leap in the line of time and the World Cup of '94


After the events of December '89, the next generation sent Marian Ivan to the '94 World Cup in the USA. Players of the time include Tibor Selymes, Ionel Pârvu, Laszlo Polgar, Emil Spirea, Sandu Andrași, Iulian Chiriță, Dorel Purdea, and Marius Todericiu.



The new generation, an indigenous one


The junior teams of FC Brașov began to produce young talent; Alexandru Marc, Marius Constantin, Romeo Surdu, Ioan Coman, Silviu Pintea, Ionuț Vasiliu and Dragoș Luca – the generation formed by "Municipal" or "ICIM", the generation that brought the titles of champions or vice-champions back to Brașov.


In the first round of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup Steagul Roșu met the much more titrated Italian team Inter Milan, but they lost 0-6 on aggregate.



Ups and downs




Gloria Bistriţa-FC Braşov in 2010.


In the 2004–05 season FC Brașov finished in 15th place and were relegated to Liga II. In the following season in Liga II they finished in 3rd place, (after Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and local rival Forex Brașov a relatively new club at that time) and therefore missed promotion to Liga I.[1]


In the next season FC Brașov finished in 10th place, closer to the relegation than the promotion. But 2007–08 season saw a return to Liga I for the team after they finished in 1st place, with 78 points.


After the promotion FC Brașov finished only in the middle and lower part of the table in their first 4 seasons. Then, in the 2012–13 season they finished on 7th place, the best performance in 10 years. After this good result, next season they finished in 15th place and again faced relegated to Liga II. But the club was saved by FC Vaslui, which did not receive the license for the next season, being relegated .[2]


2014–15 season was one of restructuring for Liga I which it would have 14 teams instead of 18, at the end of the season relegated the last 6 places instead of 4 with FC Brașov being among them.[3]



Insolvency and bankruptcy


In the spring of 2015 FC Brașov had financial problems and went into insolvency. In the summer of 2015 all the team's players changed and the target was promotion to Liga I. But by the end of the season they were in 5th place, outside the promotion places.


In the summer of 2016 the team did not have the budget needed to participate in Liga II and financial problems continued to multiply. The situation was saved with a few weeks before the start of the new season when Alexandru Chipciu, a former player of the team, was sold by Steaua București to Anderlecht and FC Brașov received a stake in the transfer.[4]Cornel Țălnar was named the new manager and the goal was still promotion, considered the only financial recovery solution of the club. The team started well, but finished the season in 7th place.




FC Braşov supporters.


After the end of the championship, FC Brașov announced that the team will not join the new season of Liga II, and was declared bankrupt.[5]



Rebirth


In the summer of 2017 The Flag-bearers Supporters League announced the establishment of AS SR (meaning: Asociația Sportivă Steagul Roșu - The Red Flag Sporting Association) Brașov, club set up by the model followed by ASU Politehnica Timișoara, Petrolul Ploiești, Oțelul Galați or Farul Constanța, big clubs in Romanian football which were also dissolved and brought back to life by their supporters.[6]



Colors


At start the club had white and blue as the club's official colors. These remained the colors of the team until December 1966. The change came following a tournament of the Romanian Olympic football team in Uruguay.


After a match with Peñarol, Csaba Gyorffy, player at FC Brasov, received from captain Alberto Spencer the shirt with which he played. Gyorffy was fascinated by the combination of yellow and black stripes and decided at the return in the country to wear the shirt during his training sessions with the team.


The decision to change the colors of the club was taken by Silviu Ploeşteanu, who considered that, in the new colors, the team will be seen better on the field. Since January 1967, the Brașov team has yellow-black as official colors, recalling the Uruguayan Peñarol team.[7]



Stadium




Stadionul Silviu Ploeșteanu.


The club played its home matches on Stadionul Silviu Ploeșteanu from Brașov, a stadium with a capacity of 8,800 seats, the biggest of Brașov County. In the past the club also played matches considered to be at home on Stadionul Municipal, which was demolished in 2008.



Support


AS SR Brașov has many supporters in Brașov County. The ultras groups of SR Brașov are organized in The Flag-bearers Supporters League and they have friendly relations with Gaz Metan Mediaş and Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ's fans.



Honours



Domestic



Leagues




  • Liga I
    • Runners-up (1): 1959–60



  • Liga II


    • Winners (6): 1956, 1968–69, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1998–99, 2007–08

    • Runners-up (2): 1976–77, 1978–79




  • Liga IV – Brașov County

    • Winners (1): 2017–18




European



  • Balkans Cup

    • Winners (1): 1960–61



Players



First team squad


As of 10 March 2019

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






















































































No.

Position
Player
2

Romania

DF

Mihai Horhocea
3

Romania

DF

Sergiu Pârvulescu
4

Romania

DF

David Tălmaciu
5

Romania

DF

Eduard Rența
6

Romania

MF

Ștefan Nicolau
7

Romania

MF

Nicolas Antone
8

Romania

MF

Robert Marin
10

Romania

MF

Marius Grigore
11

Romania

FW

Răzvan Mitroi
13

Romania

DF

Florin Dumbravă
14

Romania

MF

Florin Stângă
17

Romania

FW

Horia Popa (Captain)












































































No.

Position
Player
18

Romania

FW

Carlo Danciu
19

Romania

DF

Răzvan Dragomir
20

Romania

MF

Daniel Răducan
21

Moldova

MF

Vadim Covalciuc
22

Romania

DF

Raul Toader
23

Romania

FW

Adrian Stoian
24

Romania

MF

Doru Tomi
26

Romania

FW

Dragoș Popa
29

Romania

MF

Dragoș Sandu
93

Romania

GK

Andrei Maxim
99

Romania

GK

Albert Popa



Out on loan


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












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Club officials











European record



























































































































Season
Competition
Round
Club
Home
Away

1960–61

Balkans Cup
Group stage1

Greece AEK Athens
3–0
4–2

Albania Partizani Tirana
1–0
0–0

Turkey Fenerbahçe
3–0
1–1

Bulgaria Levski Sofia
2–2
4–2

1961–63

Balkans Cup
Group stage

Greece Olympiacos
6–2
0–1

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo
3–1
0–2

1963–64

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
First round

Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1–3
1–2

1965–66

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Second round

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb
1–0
2–2
Third round

Spain Espanyol

04–22
1–3

1971

Balkans Cup
Group stage

Turkey Altay
3–0
0–0

Greece Panionios
1–1
0–2

1972

Balkans Cup
Group stage

Bulgaria Trakia Plovdiv
2–3
1–1

Turkey Göztepe
0–1
1–5

1974–75

UEFA Cup
First round

Turkey Beşiktaş
3–0
0–2
Second round

Germany Hamburg
1–2
0–8

2001–02

UEFA Cup
Qualifying round

Armenia Mika Ashtarak
5–1
2–0
First round

Italy Internazionale Milano
0–3
0–3

1The competition was played in a group of 5 teams. FC Brașov finished first and won the cup.
2The game was replayed in a third leg match in Brașov, that Espanyol won 1–0.



Managerial history




Notable players




Season by season











References





  1. ^ Ceahlaul a revenit in Divizia A


  2. ^ Final dement de sezon! Viitorul, Gaz Metan si FC Brasov sunt salvate! Vezi care a fost desfasurarea nebuna care le-a trimis pe ACS si Sageata in Liga a 2-a


  3. ^ S-a terminat. FC Braşov a retrogradat!


  4. ^ Steaua salvează încă un club din fotbalul românesc: a virat banii de pe urma unui transfer spectaculos


  5. ^ FC Braşov nu se înscrie în campionat


  6. ^ Proiectul suporterilor stegari prinde contur! AS SR Braşov are CIS. "Nu a fost uşor, pentru că am avut şi multe piedici"


  7. ^ "Galben-negrii au fost alb-albaştri! » Povestea culorilor lui FC Braşov relatată de fosta glorie a "stegarilor", Csaba Gyorffy" [The yellow-blacks were white-blue! The story of FC Braşov's colors told by the former glory of "The Flag-bearers", Csaba Gyorffy] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 22 December 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links



  • Official website








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