AsociaÃÂia SportivÃÂ a Suporterilor FCM 1950 BacÃÂu (also known as ASS FCM 1950 BacÃÂu, FCM 1950 BacÃÂu or FCM BacÃÂu) was a Romanian football club based in BacÃÂu, BacÃÂu County, Moldavia. Founded in 1950 as Dinamo BacÃÂu, the club spent 42 seasons in the top-flight of the Romanian football, winning a Romanian League Cup and qualifying for European competitions such as the Cup Winners' Cup and the Intertoto Cup.
In the early 2010s, the club entered in a shadowy cone due to the conflict between the team's owner, Dumitru Sechelariu (former mayor of BacÃÂu) and the newly elected mayor, who chose to retire the public financing of the team and to sustain SC BacÃÂu. Health problems, and subsequently, the premature death of Dumitru Sechelariu in early 2013, multiplied the existing financial problems of the club. This caused FCM BacÃÂu to withdraw from the beginning of the 2013âÂÂ14 Liga III season, before dissolving later on.
In 2017, the Supporters Association of FCM BacÃÂu, supported by Sergiu Sechelariu, brother of Dumitru and legal owner of the "FCM 1950 BacÃÂu brand", started a collaboration with Gauss BacÃÂu (former SC BacÃÂu) team also left in the meantime without financing by the municipality, but the collaboration broken in the summer of 2018 and after a year of inactivity, the fans (supported again by Sechelariu's brother) started a new project named ASS FCM 1950 BacÃÂu and enrolled the senior squad in the Liga IV.
FCM BacÃÂu was founded in 1950 as Dinamo BacÃÂu under the Ministry of Internal Affairs with other clubs which bore the name "Dinamo". Its management decided to separate from the ministry, renaming it Sport Club BacÃÂu and adding athletics and tennis.
Dinamo BacÃÂu went undefeated in the 1952 season of the BacÃÂu Regional Championship, finishing 1st, 11 points ahead of the 2nd-placed team, and passed ÃÂtiinÃÂa Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Locomotiva GalaÃÂi, and Metalul BrÃÂila in successive rounds of the promotion play-offs for Divizia B. The team also reached the Round of 16 in the Cupa României, eliminating Divizia B sides Locomotiva IaÃÂi and Metalul BucureÃÂti before losing 2âÂÂ6 to CCA BucureÃÂti. The squad, coached by M. Popescu, included Anghel, MagheÃÂ, Weber, Guran, BirÃÂescu, Olaru, Dinu, Oprea, Coidum, ChiriÃÂÃÂ, Marinescu, Zimba, and Haimovici.
In Divizia B, Dinamo BacÃÂu finished 4th in Series I during the 1953 season before moving to Series II, where they were runners-up in 1954 and won the series in 1955, earning promotion to the top division under coach Florian Ambru. The squad comprised Varga, Miu, Weber, ChiriÃÂÃÂ, Matei, Cimaru, Ivanenko, Ioanovici, Csatary, OaidÃÂ, Sîrbu, LemnÃÂru, CreÃÂea, ÃÂoimu, Stancu, and David. In the 1956 season of Divizia A, the club finished last and was relegated to the second division.
Returning to Divizia A, Dinamo BacÃÂu finished 6th in the 1967âÂÂ68 season and 5th in 1968âÂÂ69 under the leadership of Nicolae Dumitru, earning qualification for the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.
In the European campaign Dinamo BacÃÂu, coached by Valeriu Neagu, advanced to the Second Round, eliminating Maltese side Floriana (6âÂÂ0 at home and 1âÂÂ0 away), then overcame Norwegian Skeid after a 0âÂÂ0 draw at Ullevaal Stadion and a 2âÂÂ0 victory at the 23 August Stadium, and defeated Scottish club Kilmarnock in the Third Round with a 1âÂÂ1 draw at Rugby Park and a 2âÂÂ0 home win. In the quarter-finals, they faced English side Arsenal, losing decisively 0âÂÂ2 at home and 1âÂÂ7 at Highbury Stadium. Domestically, Dinamo ranked 9th in Divizia A in 1969âÂÂ70 and reached the Round of 16 in Cupa României, losing 0âÂÂ2 to Petrolul PloieÃÂti. The squad for that season included Aristide GhiÃÂÃÂ, Constantin Fugaciu, Vasile Panait, Alexandru ComÃÂnescu, Mircea Nedelcu, LaurenÃÂiu Velicu, Madocsa Kiss, Constantin DuÃÂan, Nicolae VÃÂtafu, Mircea PanÃÂ, Emerich Dembrovschi, Daniel Ene, Petre BÃÂluÃÂÃÂ, Francisc Neumayer, and Constantin David.
Sport Club BacÃÂu, as the club was known from 1970, continued to perform solidly in the domestic league, finishing 10th in 1970âÂÂ71 and reaching the Round of 16 in Cupa României, where they lost to second-division side Progresul BrÃÂila. The following season saw them finish 6th, again exiting the Cup in the Round of 16 after a 0âÂÂ1 defeat to Jiul PetroÃÂani. In the 1972âÂÂ73 campaign, the club achieved its best league result, 4th place, and reached the quarter-finals of Cupa României, losing on penalties to Constructorul GalaÃÂi. However, the next season brought an unexpected setback, as the team was relegated at the end of 1973âÂÂ74 after finishing 17th, while also losing in the Round of 16 of Cupa României 1âÂÂ3 to Steaua BucureÃÂti. The squad for that match comprised Voinea, Margasoiu, Catargiu, Velicu, Volmer, HriÃÂcu (SinÃÂuceanu 66'), Florea, PanÃÂ, Dembrovschi, Munteanu (Pruteanu 66'), and BÃÂluÃÂiu.
BÃÂcÃÂuanii managed to bounce back the following year, winning Series I of Divizia B in the 1974âÂÂ75 campaign under the guidance of Mircea Nedelcu and Nicolae VÃÂtafu in the first part of the season, and Gheorghe Constantin in the second. The promotion-winning squad included Coman, Ursache, Pruteanu, Catargiu, CÃÂrpuci, Lunca, Margasoiu, SinÃÂuceanu, Botez, Sosu, Florea, HriÃÂcu, PanÃÂ, Volmer, Popa, DuÃÂan, BÃÂluÃÂÃÂ, Chitaru, and Ilie.
Sport Club played well in the Cupa României, where, after the Romanian Revolution, they reached the final at the end of the 1990âÂÂ91 season before losing 2âÂÂ1 to Universitatea Craiova. Universitatea Craiova was also the winner of Divizia A that season, which allowed the yellow-and-blues to qualify for the second and final time in a European competition (the UEFA Cup). FC BacÃÂu was drawn to meet Werder Bremen, which would defeat AS Monaco 2âÂÂ0 in the Cup Winners' Cup. Werder Bremen was a tall, strong, cosmopolitan squad; FC BacÃÂu was a little-known team with serious financial problems.
From 1992 to 2006, the team remained in Divizia A as Selena, AS and FCM; Dumitru Sechelariu was its owner. It was a period of relative growth; the team finished 11th in 1995âÂÂ96 (when they won 5âÂÂ1 at Steaua Stadium), fifth in 1996âÂÂ97, 10th in 1997âÂÂ98, fifth in 1998âÂÂ99, and eighth in 1999âÂÂ2000. They were relegated in the summer of 2001 after a relegation play-off against Farul ConstanÃÂa. The 2001âÂÂ02 season began with high hopes, great investments and a 4âÂÂ2 win against Dinamo BucureÃÂti before a sixth place. After 2002, FCM BacÃÂu was in the lower part of the tables and was relegated to Liga II at the end of the 2005âÂÂ06 season. Sechelariu referred to FCM BacÃÂu as "my child", "dear", but also "disabled".
At the end of the 2006âÂÂ07 season, the team finished in fifth place; in the following season, they were one step away from relegation to the third tier. For the 2009âÂÂ10 season, the team focused on promotion to Liga I; due to financial problems and misunderstandings between Dumitru Sechelariu and the municipal council, FCM was relegated to Liga III after forfeiting two matches.
The municipality of BacÃÂu registered the team for the following season in Liga III as SCM BacÃÂu. On 9 June 2010, it was announced that a new club would be developed by the municipality; Sechelariu became a minority shareholder. The new management of the yellow-and-blues decided to change their name to SC FCM BacÃÂu SA and terminate the contracts of former AS FCM BacÃÂu players. FCM BacÃÂu was promoted to Liga II in 2011, finishing seventh the following season. Before the next season, the players left the club for financial reasons (most for FC BotoÃÂani) and Sechelariu transferred the club entirely to the municipality. With the team facing relegation to the third league, the municipality decided to stop investing in the club and re-direct public financing to CS Mesagerul BacÃÂu (which would be renamed SC BacÃÂu). After Sechelariu's declining health and death in early 2013, the club withdrew from the league at the start of the season and was dissolved.
The Supporters Association of FCM BacÃÂu, supported by Sergiu Sechelariu (Dumitru's brother and owner of the FCM 1950 BacÃÂu brand), began a collaboration with Gauss BacÃÂu (the former SC BacÃÂu) in 2017. The collaboration broke down during the summer of 2018; after a year of inactivity, fans (supported again by Sergiu Sechelariu) began the ASS FCM 1950 BacÃÂu. They enrolled the senior squad in Liga IV, but the team was again dissolved at the end of the 2019âÂÂ20 season.
Until 1966 FCM BacÃÂu (named Dinamo BacÃÂu) used to play its home matches on Steaua RoÃÂie Stadium, with a capacity of 5,000 people, but moved subsequently on the Municipal Stadium in BacÃÂu, with a capacity of 17,500 seats. Seen as a coquettish stadium of the country, especially during Sechelariu's era, when the owner of the team Dumitru Sechelariu renovated and modernized it and assured the installation of a floodlight system. Between 2001 and 2004, the stadium was named as Dumitru Sechelariu, after the name of the eccentric businessman, mayor of BacÃÂu and owner of FCM. The death of Sechelariu meant the death of football from BacÃÂu, after FCM, the stadium was also abandoned, being the victim of an unsuccessful modernization project. The stadium which is situated in the center of the city and was only some time ago the home of FCM is now a ruin.
After the re-foundation as ASS FCM BacÃÂu, the club has to play its home matches on Baza SportivÃÂ NauticÃÂ ÃÂerbÃÂneÃÂti, with a capacity of only 200 people.
FCM BacÃÂu has many supporters in BacÃÂu and especially in BacÃÂu County. The ultras groups of FCM BacÃÂu are known as Taurii furioÃÂi, Best and Ultra Boys. The three groups merged in 2010 and form FCM 1950 BacÃÂu, group that developed subsequently in an association that managed to bring back to life the club from the city of George Bacovia. In the past were also another ultras groups such as RSB, Prima-Linie or FRT BacÃÂu.
FCM BacÃÂu fans have an intense rivalry with the supporters of CeahlÃÂul Piatra NeamÃÂ, which are known under the name of UrÃÂii carpatini.
The most important rivalry for FCM BacÃÂu is the one against CeahlÃÂul Piatra NeamÃÂ. This match is known as the Derby of Moldavia or Il Classico. Over time, FCM had important rivalries with other teams, such as Steaua BucureÃÂti, Dinamo BucureÃÂti or Rapid BucureÃÂti, as well as some regional ones and even local, for example against SC BacÃÂu.
Liga IV â BacÃÂu County
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The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 100 caps for FCM BacÃÂu.