FC Astra Ploieşti

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FC Astra Ploieşti

Full name	Fotbal Club Astra Ploieşti
Nickname(s)	Dracii Negri (Black Devils)
Short name	Astra Ploieşti
Founded	1934
Ground	Astra, Ploieşti, Romania (Capacity: 10,000)
Owner	Ioan Niculae
Chairman	Ştefan Chiţu
Manager	Ion Moldovan
League	Liga I
2008-09	Liga II, Seria I, 2nd (Promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Astra Ploieşti is a Romanian professional football club from Ploieşti, Prahova County, Romania, founded in 1934, currently playing in Romania's top football league, Liga I.

Contents 1 History 2 Players 2.1 Current squad 3 References

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1934, but until 1998 it doesn't achieve any notable performance. In the summer of 1998 it succeeds to promote to the Divizia A where it plays for five seasons until 2003, when it merges with Petrolul Ploieşti. Two years of pause passes for Astra, until 2005 when Ioan Niculae founded once again the club. In 2007 the club is renamed FC Ploieşti, but in 2009 after the promotion to the Liga I, it comes back to its traditional name of Astra Ploieşti and the black and white colours, hence the team's old nickname, "The Black Devils". ^[1]

[edit] Players

As of 18:38, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 13 GK Bogdan Miron 12 GK Alexandru Iatan 1 GK Gabriel Popa 2 DF Marius Mihalache 4 DF Eugen Crăciun 3 DF Valentin Sandu 5 DF Ionuţ Neagu 6 DF Gheorghe Rohat 33 DF Radek Opršal 22 DF Daniel Munteanu 44 DF Cătălin Zapodeanu 7 MF Takayuki Seto 10 MF Paulinho

No. Position Player 21 MF Claudiu Tudor 14 MF Alexandru Stan 30 MF Georgian Păun 11 MF Vasile Gheorghe 17 MF Victoraş Cataramă 9 MF Marius Tigoianu 8 MF Tiberiu Păduraru 18 FW Dimitrie Gafiţa 19 FW Valentin Lemnaru 28 FW Mihai Damaschin 31 FW Ştefan Ciobanu

[edit] References

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