FC Metaloglobus București
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Metaloglobus București SA | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Echipa Pantelimonului (Pantelimon's team) | ||
| Short name | Metaloglobus | ||
| Founded | 1923 | ||
| Ground | Metaloglobus | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Owner | Imad Kassas | ||
| Chairman | Marius Burcă | ||
| Head coach | Mihai Teja | ||
| League | Liga I | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga II, 5th of 22 (promoted via playoffs) | ||
| Website | metaloglobusfc | ||
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Fotbal Club Metaloglobus București, commonly known as Metaloglobus București or simply as Metaloglobus, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, that competes in the Liga I, the top tier of Romanian football.[1][2]
History
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Metaloglobus București was founded in 1923 as the football team of the Metaloglobus factory,[3] a powerful factory that was founded in the same year by the Austrian industrialist Manfréd Weiss. The factory was further developed in the communist period and produced all kinds of objects made of steel and iron from lanterns, bullets, boilers and from 1965 toys. After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, the factory began to undergo financial difficulties and in 2000 was bought by Syrian businessman Imad Kassas.
Metaloglobus played in the amateur leagues of Bucharest for almost all of its existence, until 2011 when they won the Liga IV Bucharest and qualified for the Liga III play-off where they lost against Rapid Clejani, Giurgiu County champions. After a lot of the Liga III teams abandoned the competition in that summer, Metaloglobus was invited to join Liga III. In five consecutive seasons, the team was always ranked in the top half and their best performance was achieving third place in the 2012–13 and 2015–2016 seasons.[4]
Metaloglobus finished first at the end of the 2016–17 season, 11 points in front of 2nd-placed Viitorul Domnești, and were promoted to the Liga II for the first time in their history.[5] Their first season in the second tier was a difficult one, and they were unable to avoid the relegation zone as they finished 16th. However, they were spared from going down after the withdrawal of fifth-placed Afumați.[6]
On 1 June 2025, Metaloglobus got promoted to the Superliga for the first time in their history after beating Poli Iași in the promotion playoffs.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Stadium
[edit]The club plays its home games on the Stadionul Metaloglobus from the Bucharest neighborhood of Pantelimon.
The stadium was under renovations between 2011 and 2015; during this period the team played its home matches on Stadionul Clinceni and on Stadionul CNAF.[14]
Honours
[edit]- Liga III
- Winners (1): 2016–17
- Liga IV – Bucharest
- Winners (1): 2010–11
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- As of 24 July 2025[15]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials
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Board of directors[edit]
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Current technical staff[edit]
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Notable former players
[edit]The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for FC Metaloglobus București players.
- Romania
Lucian Cazan- Alexandru Ciocâlteu
- Alexandru Coman
- Gigel Coman
- Valentin Ghenovici
- Lucian Goge
- Claudiu Herea
- Ovidiu Herea
- Georgian Honciu
- Alexandru Iacob
- Florin Iacob
- Andrei Ionescu
- Daniel Lung
- Andrei Lungu
- Ștefan Niculae
- Alexandru Potocea
- Iulian Roșu
- Andrei Sin
- Marius Tomozei
- Japan
Former managers
[edit]- Francisc Fabian (1958–1962)
- Colea Vâlcov (1964–1965)
- Sorin Colceag (2015–2016)
- Bogdan Vintilă (2016–2017)
- Bogdan Andone (2018)
- László Balint (2019)
- Marius Măldărășanu (2019–2020)
- Gabriel Manu (2020–2021)
- Nicolae Grigore (2021–2022)
- Eugen Trică (2022)
- Eusebiu Tudor (2022–2023)
- Ianis Zicu (2023–2025)
League history
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References
[edit]- ^ "S-au înscris patru goluri la meciul dintre Metaloglobus București şi FC Viitorul II". 9 September 2016.
- ^ "LIGA 3. Dinamo II București – Metaloglobus 1–3 (0–2) – Revista FC Dinamo – FC Dinamo București". www.fcdinamo.ro.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Cum a fugit rapidistul Radu Florian de comuniști!". Antena Sport. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
- ^ "Metaloglobus a fost primită în Liga 3 – Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro.
- ^ "I-a venit rândul! VIDEO – Metaloglobus şi-a primit titlul de campioană şi medaliile pentru cucerirea Seriei a 3-a a Ligii 3. Bucureştenii vor juca în premieră în Liga 2 – Liga 2". liga2.prosport.ro.
- ^ "ŞOC în Liga 2. Una dintre cele mai bune echipe din ultimele două sezoane părăseşte competiţia. S-a înscris în Liga 3. "O decizie întârziată, dar justificată"". liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Metaloglobus a promovat în premieră în Superligă - HotNews.ro" (in Romanian). 2025-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ "Metaloglobus, pentru prima oară în eșalonul de elită". romania-actualitati.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ "Metaloglobus București – Poli Iași 1-0: promovare istorică pentru gazde, dezastru pentru echipa lui Miriuță! | Sport.ro". www.sport.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ Dobrescu, Petre (2025-06-01). "Poli Iași a retrogradat, Metaloglobus a promovat în prima ligă pentru prima dată în istoria de aproape 70 de ani". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ "Metaloglobus Bucureşti a promovat, în premieră, în Superligă". www.antena3.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ "Surpriză colosală în barajul pentru Superliga. Metaloglobus a promovat în premieră în elita fotbalului". adevarul.ro (in Romanian). 2025-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ "Metaloglobus a promovat în Liga 1 Bucureștenii au realizat supriza și au învins Poli Iași". golazo.ro (in Romanian). 2025-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
- ^ "Sinteticul verde de acasă: arena Metaloglobus la debutul în Liga 3". 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "FC METALOGLOBUS BUCURESTI" (in Romanian). Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
