FC Dacia Buiucani

This article is about the active club Dacia Buiucani. For the other former team named Dacia, see FC Dacia Chișinău.

Fotbal Club Dacia Buiucani, commonly known as Dacia Buiucani is a Moldovan football club from the Buiucani sector of Chișinău. The club competes in the Super Liga, the first tier of Moldovan football. The academy of the club is called CSCT Buiucani. CSCT is an abbreviation for Sports Club for Children and Youth (Romanian: Clubul Sportiv pentru Copii și Tineret).

Dacia Buiucani

Full name	Fotbal Club Dacia Buiucani
Founded	25 September 1997; 26 years ago (1997-09-25)^[1]
Ground	Joma Arena
Capacity	2,000
President	Constantin Anghel^[1]
Head Coach	Viorel Frunză
League	Super Liga
2022–23	Super Liga, 7th of 8
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

The club plays its home matches at Joma Arena, which has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.^[2] The current head coach is Andrei Martin.^[1]

History

The club was founded as CSCA Buiucani on 25 September 1997. In July 2011, the club became FC Dacia Chișinău's reserve team and changed name to Dacia-2 Buiucani. This cooperation lasted until March 2018, when Dacia Chișinău withdrew from the Moldovan National Division.^[3] Dacia Buiucani then started anew in the third tier of Moldovan football. They achieved two consecutive promotions and finished in 5th place in their first season in the top division.^[4][5][6] In June 2021, Dacia Buiucani were voluntarily relegated from the Moldovan National Division due to financial reasons.^[7][8] Dacia Buiucani returned to the Super Liga in seasons 2022-2023.

Name history

• 1997–2011: CSCA Buiucani
• 2011–2017: Dacia-2 Buiucani
• Since 2018: Dacia Buiucani

Honours

• Divizia A/Moldovan Liga 1
  • Winners (1): 2022–23
  • Runners-up (2): 2013–14, 2019^[3]
• Divizia B
  • Runners-up (1): 2018^[3]

Current squad

As of 6 March, 2024

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   MDA Victor Dodon 2 DF   MDA Vlad Pascari 3 DF   MDA Denis Baciu 4 DF   MDA Maxim Focsa 6 MF   MDA Cristian Pruteanu 7 MF   MDA Dumitru Bivol 8 MF   MDA Vasile Bitlan 9 FW   MDA Vlad Lupascu 10 MF   MDA Eugen Zasavițchi 11 MF   MDA Ilie Botnari 12 GK   MDA Eduard Valuta

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW   MDA Sandu Roman 16 FW   MDA Daniel Dosca 18 MF   MDA Valentin Rebeja 19 FW   MDA Antonii Josan 20 DF   MDA Ștefan Efros 22 DF   MDA David Golban 23 DF   MDA Vitalie Dumbrava 25 MF   MDA Andrei Sosnovschi 28 MF   MDA Alexandru Macari 29 DF   MDA Alexandru Gutium 58 FW   MDA Dumitru Galusca

Recent seasons

Season	League									Cup	Ref
	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
2018	Divizia B (Centre)	↑ 2nd	18	11	3	4	59	15	36	First round	^[4]
2019	Divizia A	↑ 2nd	28	22	3	3	68	17	69	First round	^[5]
2020–21	Divizia Națională	↓ 5th	36	13	9	14	44	45	48	Round of 16	^[6]
2021–22	Divizia A	↑ 3rd	22	14	6	2	58	15	48	Second round	^[9]

47°02′51″N 28°46′57″E / 47.047624°N 28.782498°E / 47.047624; 28.782498

References

1. "CS Dacia-Buiucani". Moldovan Football Federation (in Romanian). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
2. "CSCA Buiucani venue". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
3. ""Дачия-Буюкань" Кишинёв" [Dacia-Buiucani Chisinau]. FootballFacts (in Russian). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
4. "Moldova 2018". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
5. "Moldova 2019". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
6. "Moldova 2020/21". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
7. "Dacia Buiucani se retrage din Divizia Națională. Clubul nu va avea echipă nici în Divizia A". Moldfootball.com (in Romanian). 11 June 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
8. "Constantin Anghel: "Datorită plăților de la FMF din fondul pentru legitimarea stranierilor în DN, vom putea întreține echipa un sezon în Divizia A"". Moldfootball.com (in Romanian). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
9. "Moldova 2021/22". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Dacia Buiucani at WorldFootball.net