FC Voluntari

FC Voluntari was founded in the summer of 2010 and enrolled directly in the Liga III, after acquiring the berth of Petrolul Berca.^[2]

During their debut season in the third league, Ilfovenii finished in sixth place with Romeo Bunică as a head coach, and repeated the performance the next season with Bogdan Andone in charge. The 2012–13 season began with poor performances and after five rounds Andone was replaced by Bunică, who led the team to the seventh place.^[3]

Adrian Iencsi led Voluntari to winning the 2013–14 Liga III en fanfare, but despite the Liga II promotion, Iencsi was sacked and replaced for the next year by Ilie Poenaru.^[4] There, they had notable performances against Farul Constanța and CF Brăila, and then qualified to the Liga I from the first place via the promotion play-offs.^{[citation needed]}

Voluntari earned promotion for the first time in their history to Liga I, the highest tier of Romanian football, at the end of the 2014–15 campaign. Its debut season was difficult, as many technical and administrative changes led the club to the relegation zone. Finishing 12th, the team faced a promotion/relegation play-off against UTA Arad, which it won 3–1 on aggregate and maintained its place in the Liga I.^[5]

With experienced players such as Vasile Maftei, Florin Cernat or Laurențiu Marinescu in the starting eleven, Voluntari improved itself in the 2016–17 season, finishing in ninth place and avoiding a second consecutive promotion/relegation play-off. During that year, the club achieved its biggest achievement so far by winning the Cupa României over Astra Giurgiu, being the first major trophy in its brief history.^[6]

 

 

The club plays its home matches at the 4,600-seater Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu in Voluntari. Attendances are usually modest, as Voluntari is considered a suburb of Bucharest and many of its citizens are inclined to support clubs from the capital instead.^{[citation needed]}

• Liga II
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
• Liga III
  • Winners (1): 2013–14

• Cupa României
  • Winners (1): 2016–17
  • Runners-up (1): 2021–22
• Supercupa României
  • Winners (1): 2017

As of 29 October 2024^[7]

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   ROU Alexandru Maxim (on loan from FCSB) 2 DF   ROU Florinel Mitrea 5 DF   MDA Igor Armaș (Captain) 6 MF   CZE Lukáš Droppa 7 MF   ROU Daniel Toma 8 MF   ROU Andrei Pandele 9 FW   ROU Alberto Călin 10 MF   ROU George Merloi (3rd captain) 11 MF   ROU Doru Andrei 12 GK   ROU Bogdan Ștefan 13 DF   ROU Cătălin Alexe 15 MF   CZE Antonín Fantiš 17 DF   ROU Andrei Pițian

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   ROU Marvin Schieb 20 DF   ROU Alexandru Gîț 23 FW   ROU Nicolae Carnat 25 MF   ROU Angelo Cocian 26 FW   ROU Denis Bujor 27 DF   ROU Radu Crișan 28 DF   ROU Vlăduț Andreș 30 DF   ROU Alexandru Șuteu 31 MF   FRA Mickaël Panos 33 GK   ROU Iustin Chirilă (on loan from Universitatea Cluj) 44 MF   ROU Mihael Onișa 77 FW   SVK Adam Nemec (Vice-captain) 99 FW   ROU Eduard Lambrinoc

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   ROU Mario Bărăitaru (to CSM Slatina) — DF   ROU Cătălin Ploeșteanu (to Olimpia Satu Mare)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   ROU Alexandru Munteanu (to Popești-Leordeni) — FW   ROU Robert Popescu (to Hermannstadt)

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than signifiant caps for FC Voluntari.

Romania

• Official website (in Romanian)
• FC Voluntari on Facebook
• FC Voluntari on Instagram
• Club profile on UEFA.com
• Club profile on LPF.ro