Fotbal Club Voluntari (), commonly known as FC Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian professional football club based in Voluntari, Ilfov County, that competes in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian league system.
Founded in 2010, Voluntari played in the Liga I between the 2015âÂÂ16 season and the 2023âÂÂ24 seasons. It claimed its first major honour the 2016âÂÂ17 campaign, after defeating Astra Giurgiu in the penalty shootout of the Cupa României final, and went on to win the Supercupa României the same year.
Voluntari's home ground is the Anghel IordÃÂnescu Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,600 people.
FC Voluntari was founded in the summer of 2010 and enrolled directly in the Liga III, after acquiring the berth of Petrolul Berca.
During their debut season in the third league, Ilfovenii finished in sixth place with Romeo Bunicàas a head coach, and repeated the performance the next season with Bogdan Andone in charge. The 2012âÂÂ13 season began with poor performances and after five rounds Andone was replaced by BunicÃÂ, who led the team to the seventh place.
Adrian Iencsi led Voluntari to winning the 2013âÂÂ14 Liga III en fanfare, but despite the Liga II promotion, Iencsi was sacked and replaced for the next year by Ilie Poenaru. There, they had notable performances against Farul ConstanÃÂa and CF BrÃÂila, and then qualified to the Liga I from the first place via the promotion play-offs.
Voluntari earned promotion for the first time in their history to Liga I, the highest tier of Romanian football, at the end of the 2014âÂÂ15 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 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate and maintained its place in the Liga I.
With experienced players such as Vasile Maftei, Florin Cernat or LaurenÃÂiu Marinescu in the starting eleven, Voluntari improved itself in the 2016âÂÂ17 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.
The club plays its home matches at the 4,600-seater Stadionul Anghel IordÃÂnescu 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.
The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than significant caps for FC Voluntari.