FC Bălți

Bălți
Full nameFotbal Club Bălți
Founded1984; 40 years ago (1984) as Zaria Bălți
GroundStadionul Orășenesc Bălți
Capacity5,953
OwnerPrimăria Bălți
PresidentVladimir Țaranu[1]
Head coachVeaceslav Rusnac
LeagueSuper Liga
2022–23Super Liga, 6th of 8
WebsiteClub website

Fotbal Club Bălți, commonly known as Bălți, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Bălți, founded in 1984 as FC Zaria Bălți and refounded in 2020 as FC 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.

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

FC Olimpia 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)
  • FC Bălți (2020–)

Honours

Moldovan Cup:

Winners (1): 2015–16
Runners-up (3): 2010–11, 2016–17, 2022–23

Moldovan Super Cup:

Runners-up (1): 2016

Divizia A:

Winners (1): 2020–21

Current squad

As of 6 March, 2024[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 DF Moldova MDA Alexandru Gau
7 MF Equatorial Guinea EQG Federico Nsue
8 DF Moldova MDA Ruslan Chelari
9 MF Kazakhstan KAZ Vadim Yakovlev
10 FW Brazil BRA Andrézinho
11 MF Moldova MDA Daniel Danu
14 FW Moldova MDA Dumitru Rogac
15 DF Equatorial Guinea EQG Luis Enrique Nsue
16 GK Moldova MDA Stanislav Namașco (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Moldova MDA Serghei Mișcov
17 FW Moldova MDA Ilie Damascan
18 FW Moldova MDA Eugeniu Rebenja
19 MF Moldova MDA Cristian Păscăluță
20 MF Moldova MDA Alexandru Dedov
22 DF Ghana GHA Abbey Agbodize
24 DF Moldova MDA Radu Rogac
29 FW Nigeria NGA Peter Edema
30 DF Brazil BRA Kleiton
44 MF Moldova MDA Artur Foca
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 22 5 7 10 19 24 17 DNE – [6]
1992–93 Divizia Națională 7th 30 14 6 10 40 28 34 Quarter-finals – [7][8]
1993–94 Divizia Națională 5th 30 13 8 9 35 41 34 Quarter-finals – [9][10]
1994–95 Divizia Națională 3rd 26 17 6 3 53 24 57 Quarter-finals – [11]
1995–96 Divizia Națională 5th 30 19 6 5 55 25 63 Round of 32 – [12][13]
1996–97 Divizia Națională 5th 30 18 6 6 75 34 60 Semi-finals – [14]
1997–98 Divizia Națională 6th 26 12 8 6 40 21 44 Round of 16 – [15]
1998–99 Divizia Națională 5th 26 7 9 10 14 22 30 Semi-finals – [16]
1999–2000 Divizia Națională 6th 36 13 7 16 42 51 46 Quarter-finals – [17]
2000–01 Divizia Națională ↓ 8th 28 3 5 20 19 49 14 Quarter-finals – [18]
2001–02 Divizia A 4th 30 15 8 7 60 45 53 — – [19]
2002–03 Divizia A 4th 26 14 7 5 47 29 49 — – [20]
2003–04 Divizia A 8th 30 15 5 10 55 31 50 Round of 16 – [21]
2004–05 Divizia A 3rd 30 21 6 3 63 22 69 Round of 16 – [22]
2005–06 Divizia A ↑ 3rd 28 18 5 5 66 23 59 Round of 16 – [23][24]
2006–07 Divizia Națională 6th 36 12 6 18 38 50 42 Round of 16 – [25]
2007–08 Divizia Națională 8th 30 7 6 17 24 46 27 Quarter-finals – [26]
2008–09 Divizia Națională 6th 30 11 7 12 30 32 40 Quarter-finals – [27]
2009–10 Divizia Națională 3rd 33 17 9 7 45 23 60 Semi-finals – [28]
2010–11 Divizia Națională 6th 39 21 11 7 59 31 74 Runners-up – [29]
2011–12 Divizia Națională 5th 33 10 15 8 26 27 45 Quarter-finals – [30]
2012–13 Divizia Națională 10th 33 10 5 18 31 50 35 Round of 16 – [31]
2013–14 Divizia Națională 11th 33 5 3 25 26 77 18 Round of 16 – [32]
2014–15 Divizia Națională 9th 24 4 0 20 10 66 12 Round of 16 – [33]
2015–16 Divizia Națională 4th 27 12 6 9 36 29 42 Winners – [34]
2016–17 Divizia Națională 4th 30 20 5 5 56 21 65 Runners-up Runners-up [35]
2017 Divizia Națională 5th 18 7 3 8 28 20 24 Quarter-finals – [36]
2018 Divizia Națională ↓ 8th 28 4 10 14 26 46 22 Quarter-finals – [37]
2019 Divizia A 10th 28 9 4 15 65 60 31 First round – [38]
2020–21 Divizia A ↑ 1st 26 23 0 3 85 17 69 Second round – [39]

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External links

  • Official website (in Russian)
  • FC Bălți on divizia-a.md (in Romanian and Russian)
  • FC Bălți on Soccerway
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