This article is about the football club renamed in 2016 as Foresta Suceava. For the club known as Foresta Suceava between 1997 and 2002, see Foresta Fălticeni.
Asociația Club Sportiv Foresta Suceava, commonly known as Foresta Suceava or simply as Foresta, was a professional footballclub from Romania, based in Suceava, Suceava County and founded in 1946 as Locomotiva Ițcani. Previously, the club changed its name to A.S. C.F.R. Ițcani as well. At the end of the 2017–2018 season finished 18th out of 20 teams and were relegated to the third league. They have last played in Liga III, Seria I, withdrawing on March 5, 2024, because of financial problems and unpaid debts.
Foresta Suceava
Full name
Asociația Club Sportiv Foresta Suceava
Nickname(s)
Galben-Verzii (The Yellow and Greens) Pădurarii (The Rangers)
Foresta Suceava was founded as Rapid CFR Suceava to continue the football tradition in the city of Suceava after the dissolution of FC Cetatea Suceava, CSM Suceava (Bucovina Suceava) and NC Foresta Suceava. In the 2011–2012 season the club managed to win Liga III and as such to gain promotion to Liga II. Thus, since the 2011–2012 season, Rapid CFR Suceava has played in Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football system.
Rapid started the 2014–2015 Liga II season with good results: 3 wins and 2 draws. One result was the home match against Săgeata Năvodari, a club which had previously played in Liga I for the very first time in its history during the 2013–2014 season, when Rapid fell behind twice but managed to equalise each time. Mircea Negru and Marius Matei managed to score the goals for Rapid in that respective match.[1] In the 5th fixture Rapid encountered CS Balotești. Rapid were losing 1–0 until the 88th minute, but won with two goals scored by Cătălin Golofca and Sascha Marinkovic. Along with this win, Rapid reached second place in Seria I of Liga II with 11 points after 5 matches.[2]
In the 2014–2015 season the club additionally managed to qualify for the Round of 16 of the domestic cup competition Cupa României following a 1–0 win over Liga I side Gaz Metan Mediaș in the Round of 32 on September 23, 2014.[3] After the Round of 32, Rapid Suceava alongside Dacia Mioveni were the only two football clubs from the second division to qualify in the next phase after both having managed to obtain their qualifications from blowout results with teams higher rated than them from the first tier. Nonetheless, beforehand defeating Gaz Metan Mediaș, Rapid did also win two other domestic cup matches against Liga III sides CS Știința Miroslava (3–0) and Cetatea Târgu Neamț (1–0), both away, which made the club obtain a flawless performance with 7 consecutive positive results in both competitions.
At the end of the 2015–16 Liga II season, Rapid CFR Suceava was relegated to Liga III, but maintained the hope to remain in Liga II after more clubs announced that they would not enroll because of the financial problems.
In the middle of 2016 the team changed its name from Rapid CFR Suceava to Foresta Suceava, a name that binds the most important results of the football from Suceava.[4]
Colours and badgeedit
Rapid Suceava used a similar home kit to that of CFR Cluj, namely a white-burgundy one. During away matches they played wearing a black and blue kit. After the rebranding, the new Foresta use a kit that combines yellow and green colors.
Stadiumedit
Main Stand of the Areni stadium. The stadium is located in downtown Suceava.
Foresta Suceava plays its home matches on the Areni Stadium. The stadium has a total capacity of 12,500 seats and was opened in 1963 as the Municipal Stadium. Additionally, the stadium was also renovated between the periods 1976–1977, 1980–1982 and 2002 respectively. It is currently ranked 31st in the all time ranking table of stadiums from Romania.[5]
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This article is about the football club renamed in 2016 as Foresta Suceava For the club known as Foresta Suceava between 1997 and 2002 see Foresta Fălticeni Asociația Club Sportiv Foresta Suceava commonly known as Foresta Suceava or simply as Foresta was a professional football club from Romania based in Suceava Suceava County and founded in 1946 as Locomotiva Ițcani Previously the club changed its name to A S C F R Ițcani as well At the end of the 2017 2018 season finished 18th out of 20 teams and were relegated to the third league They have last played in Liga III Seria I withdrawing on March 5 2024 because of financial problems and unpaid debts Foresta SuceavaFull nameAsociația Club SportivForesta SuceavaNickname s Galben Verzii The Yellow and Greens Pădurarii The Rangers Short nameForestaFounded1946 as CFR Ițcani Dissolved2024GroundAreniCapacity12 500 7 000 seated Home coloursAway colours Contents 1 History 2 Colours and badge 3 Stadium 4 Honours 5 League history 6 References 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp Former logo as Rapid CFR Suceava Foresta Suceava was founded as Rapid CFR Suceava to continue the football tradition in the city of Suceava after the dissolution of FC Cetatea Suceava CSM Suceava Bucovina Suceava and NC Foresta Suceava In the 2011 2012 season the club managed to win Liga III and as such to gain promotion to Liga II Thus since the 2011 2012 season Rapid CFR Suceava has played in Liga II the second tier of the Romanian football system Rapid started the 2014 2015 Liga II season with good results 3 wins and 2 draws One result was the home match against Săgeata Năvodari a club which had previously played in Liga I for the very first time in its history during the 2013 2014 season when Rapid fell behind twice but managed to equalise each time Mircea Negru and Marius Matei managed to score the goals for Rapid in that respective match 1 In the 5th fixture Rapid encountered CS Balotești Rapid were losing 1 0 until the 88th minute but won with two goals scored by Cătălin Golofca and Sascha Marinkovic Along with this win Rapid reached second place in Seria I of Liga II with 11 points after 5 matches 2 In the 2014 2015 season the club additionally managed to qualify for the Round of 16 of the domestic cup competition Cupa Romaniei following a 1 0 win over Liga I side Gaz Metan Mediaș in the Round of 32 on September 23 2014 3 After the Round of 32 Rapid Suceava alongside Dacia Mioveni were the only two football clubs from the second division to qualify in the next phase after both having managed to obtain their qualifications from blowout results with teams higher rated than them from the first tier Nonetheless beforehand defeating Gaz Metan Mediaș Rapid did also win two other domestic cup matches against Liga III sides CS Știința Miroslava 3 0 and Cetatea Targu Neamț 1 0 both away which made the club obtain a flawless performance with 7 consecutive positive results in both competitions At the end of the 2015 16 Liga II season Rapid CFR Suceava was relegated to Liga III but maintained the hope to remain in Liga II after more clubs announced that they would not enroll because of the financial problems In the middle of 2016 the team changed its name from Rapid CFR Suceava to Foresta Suceava a name that binds the most important results of the football from Suceava 4 Colours and badge editRapid Suceava used a similar home kit to that of CFR Cluj namely a white burgundy one During away matches they played wearing a black and blue kit After the rebranding the new Foresta use a kit that combines yellow and green colors Stadium edit nbsp Main Stand of the Areni stadium The stadium is located in downtown Suceava Foresta Suceava plays its home matches on the Areni Stadium The stadium has a total capacity of 12 500 seats and was opened in 1963 as the Municipal Stadium Additionally the stadium was also renovated between the periods 1976 1977 1980 1982 and 2002 respectively It is currently ranked 31st in the all time ranking table of stadiums from Romania 5 Honours editLiga III Winners 2 2011 12 2022 23 Runners up 3 2019 20 2020 21 2021 22 Liga IV Suceava County Winners 1 2007 08League history editSeason Tier Division Place Cupa Romaniei 2023 24 3 Liga III Seria I 9th R 2022 23 3 Liga III Seria I 1st C 2021 22 3 Liga III Seria I 2nd 2020 21 3 Liga III Seria I 2nd 2019 20 3 Liga III Seria I 2nd Round of 16 2018 19 3 Liga III Seria I 5th 2017 18 2 Liga II 18th R 2016 17 2 Liga II 12th Round of 32 2015 16 2 Liga II Seria I 10th Round of 32 2014 15 2 Liga II Seria I 5th Round of 16 Season Tier Division Place Cupa Romaniei 2013 14 2 Liga II Seria I 10th 2012 13 2 Liga II Seria I 10th 2011 12 3 Liga III Seria I 1st C P 2010 11 3 Liga III Seria I 12th 2009 10 3 Liga III Seria I 5th 2008 09 3 Liga III Seria I 9th 2007 08 4 Liga IV SV 1st C P 2006 07 4 Liga IV SV 4th 2005 06 4 Divizia D SV 3rd 2004 05 4 Divizia D SV 7thReferences edit Liga 2 Romania Caseta Tehnica Archived from the original on 2014 10 06 Retrieved 2014 09 26 Liga 2 Romania Etapa Archived from the original on 2014 10 06 Retrieved 2014 09 27 Rapid CFR Suceava a invins echipa Gaz Metan Medias si s a calificat in optimile Cupei Romaniei Noutăți importante la primul antrenament al Forestei Iencsi a fost la reunire dar incă negociază preluarea echipei 5 July 2016 List of football stadiums in RomaniaExternal links editForesta s page at frf ro Foresta s page at liga2 ro Foresta s page at campionate ro ACS Foresta Suceava on Facebook Rapid a incheiat campania de transferari in Romanian Rapidistii vor intra pe gazonul de pe Areni odata cu adversarii din prima etapa in Romanian Supporters website ACS Foresta Suceava on Facebook Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ACS Foresta Suceava amp oldid 1223965725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
