FC Bălți

Fotbal Club Bălți is a Moldovan professional football club based in Bălți, founded in 1984 as FC Zaria Bălți and refounded in 2020 as CSF Bălți. They play in the Super Liga, the top division of Moldovan football. Between 1992 and 2014, the team was known as FC Olimpia Bălți.

FC Bălți
Full nameFotbal Club Bălți
Founded1984 (1984)
as Zaria Bălți
GroundStadionul Orășenesc
Capacity5,953
OwnerPrimăria Bălți
PresidentVladimir Țaranu[1]
Head coachSerghei Cebotari[1]
LeagueSuper Liga
2021–225th of 8
WebsiteClub website

History
Old logo

The club was founded in 1984 as FC Zaria Bălți (Russian: ФК Заря Бельцы), and in 1992, when Moldova gained its independence, the club was renamed to FC Olimpia Bălți. In July 2014 it was decided to return to the old name - FC Zaria Bălți.

Old logo

CSF Bălți gained worldwide notoriety in December 2009 for putting an online bid through which the winner would awarded a one-year contract as a player with the club.[2] The winner was a Brazilian businessman who had a brief career as a footballer in his native country. Nevertheless, the winning bidder declined the position stating that, since he never paid the application fee, he assumed his bid would not be taken into account.[3] In April 2010 the club called for a new bidding round.[4] The winner was never announced, though.

Name history
  • FC Zaria Bălți (1984–1991)
  • FC Olimpia Bălți (1991–2014)
  • FC Zaria Bălți (2014–2019)
  • CSF Bălți (2020–)

Honours

• Moldovan Cup

Winners (1): 2015–16

Runners-up (2): 2010–11, 2016–17

• Moldovan Super Cup
Runners-up (1): 2016 Divizia A:
Winners (1): 2020–21

Current squad
As of 11 April 2023[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Moldova MDA Artur Nazarciuc
2 MF Argentina ARG Álvaro Bely
3 DF Moldova MDA Vladislav Boico
6 MF Gabon GAB Nathanael Mbourou
7 MF Moldova MDA Nichita Moțpan
8 MF Moldova MDA Ruslan Chelari
9 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Vadim Yakovlev
10 MF Madagascar MAD Zotsara Randriambololona
11 MF Moldova MDA Daniel Danu
14 MF Equatorial Guinea EQG Federico Nsue
16 GK Moldova MDA Stanislav Namașco
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Moldova MDA Serghei Miscov
18 FW Moldova MDA Nichita Cambura
19 FW Nigeria NGA Miracle Nwautobo
21 MF Moldova MDA Petru Neagu
22 MF Moldova MDA Andrei Rusnac (captain)
24 MF Moldova MDA Serafim Cojocari (on loan from Sheriff Tiraspol)
31 DF Brazil BRA Welington Taira
44 DF Moldova MDA Denis Furtună
64 DF Moldova MDA Sebastian Creciun

European record
UEFA Europa League
Season Round Opponents Home leg Away leg Aggregate
2010–11 Q1 Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Q2 Romania Dinamo București 0–2 1–5 1–7
2016–17 Q1 Hungary Videoton 2–0 0–3 2–3
2017–18 Q1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 2–1 1–2 3–3 (6–5 p)
Q2 Cyprus Apollon Limassol 1–2 0–3 1–5
2018–19 Q1 Poland Górnik Zabrze 1–1 0–1 1–2
Notes
  • Q1: First qualifying round
  • Q2: Second qualifying round

List of seasons
Season League Cup Super Cup Ref
Division Pos Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1992 Divizia Națională 9th 225710192417 DNE – [6]
1992–93 Divizia Națională 7th 3014610402834 Quarter-finals – [7][8]
1993–94 Divizia Națională 5th 301389354134 Quarter-finals – [9][10]
1994–95 Divizia Națională 3rd 261763532457 Quarter-finals – [11]
1995–96 Divizia Națională 5th 301965552563 Round of 32 – [12][13]
1996–97 Divizia Națională 5th 301866753460 Semi-finals – [14]
1997–98 Divizia Națională 6th 261286402144 Round of 16 – [15]
1998–99 Divizia Națională 5th 267910142230 Semi-finals – [16]
1999–2000 Divizia Națională 6th 3613716425146 Quarter-finals – [17]
2000–01 Divizia Națională relegated 8th 283520194914 Quarter-finals – [18]
2001–02 Divizia A 4th 301587604553 — – [19]
2002–03 Divizia A 4th 261475472949 — – [20]
2003–04 Divizia A 8th 3015510553150 Round of 16 – [21]
2004–05 Divizia A 3rd 302163632269 Round of 16 – [22]
2005–06 Divizia A promoted 3rd 281855662359 Round of 16 – [23][24]
2006–07 Divizia Națională 6th 3612618385042 Round of 16 – [25]
2007–08 Divizia Națională 8th 307617244627 Quarter-finals – [26]
2008–09 Divizia Națională 6th 3011712303240 Quarter-finals – [27]
2009–10 Divizia Națională 3rd 331797452360 Semi-finals – [28]
2010–11 Divizia Națională 6th 3921117593174 Runners-up – [29]
2011–12 Divizia Națională 5th 3310158262745 Quarter-finals – [30]
2012–13 Divizia Națională 10th 3310518315035 Round of 16 – [31]
2013–14 Divizia Națională 11th 335325267718 Round of 16 – [32]
2014–15 Divizia Națională 9th 244020106612 Round of 16 – [33]
2015–16 Divizia Națională 4th 271269362942 Winners – [34]
2016–17 Divizia Națională 4th 302055562165 Runners-up Runners-up [35]
2017 Divizia Națională 5th 18738282024 Quarter-finals – [36]
2018 Divizia Națională relegated 8th 2841014264622 Quarter-finals – [37]
2019 Divizia A 10th 289415656031 First round – [38]
2020–21 Divizia A promoted 1st 262303851769 Second round – [39]

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