FC Olt Scornicești
Full nameFotbal Club Olt Scornicești
Nickname(s)Galben-Verzii
(The Yellow and Greens)
Short nameFC Olt
Founded1972 (1972) (as Viitorul Scornicești)
GroundViitorul
Capacity13,500 (100 seated)
OwnerScornicești Town
ChairmanRobert Gogot
ManagerDaniel Popa
LeagueLiga IV
2022–23Liga IV, Olt County, 10th of 16

Fotbal Club Olt Scornicești (Romanian pronunciation: [olt skorniˈt͡ʃeʃtʲ]), commonly known as FC Olt Scornicești, Olt Scornicești or simply as FC Olt, is a Romanian professional football club based in Scornicești, Olt County, currently playing in the Liga IV – Olt County.

Founded in 1972,[1] it soon became one of the best teams from a rural area, also representing the home village of former dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and arguably receiving "extra help" to reach Divizia A and remain there. After the Romanian Revolution the club was relegated by the Romanian Football Federation and struggled to stay solvent.

Chronology of names

Name[2] Period
Viitorul Scornicești 1972–1978
FC Scornicești 1978–1980
FC Olt Scornicești 1980–1990
CS Olt 90 Scornicești 1990–1994
FC Olt Scornicești 1994–present

History

The club was founded in the summer of 1972 as Viitorul Scornicești. The first competition in which the team from Scornicești participated was the 1973–74 Olt County Championship. The first coach was Gabi Stoicescu, former player of the Progresul București and the squad included players such as the goalkeeper Mircea Ciubotea, Petrescu, Radu Gheorghe, Roșca, Sevastian Cârstea, Dima, Trantescu, Bobei, Petre Petre, Voichin, Toma, Pleșa, Chelban, the strikers Ion Vîlceanu, Stîrcu and Lucian Martinescu. Viitorul won the County Championship and, with Costel Duță as the new head coach, promoted to Divizia C after the promotion play-off played against Unirea Băbeni, the Vâlcea county champion, (1–1 at Băbeni an 6–1 at Slatina).[3]

In 1978 promoted to Divizia B and then, after only one year they reached the first division. It is well known an episode from the last round of the 1978–79 Divizia B season, when to succeed promotion on goal difference, they defeated Electrodul Slatina with 18–0, it also says that at that game, Dumitru Dragomir, the president of the club at that time, brought out both teams from the showers on the field to score a few more goals, that after he misunderstood the result of the other match.[4] However, after the fall of the communist regime, the club lost its main support and was excluded from championship, the same thing happened with the other clubs which were supported by the communist regime, like Victoria București (police team) or Flacăra Moreni (securitate team) since then, FC Olt did not manage to play at a higher level than Liga II.

Honours

Liga I:

Liga II:

Liga III:

Liga IV – Olt County

  • Winners (3): 1973–74, 1995–96, 2002–03
  • Runners-up (1): 1994–95

Notable former players

Former managers

References

  1. ↑ "FC Olt Scornicești". romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2010.(in Romanian)
  2. ↑ "Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor" [Evolution of team names over the years]. romaniansoccer.ro. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.(in Romanian)
  3. ↑ "Viitorul Scornicești 1973–1980". fotbalolt.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023. (in Romanian)
  4. ↑ "Mitica a intors-o ca la Scornicesti! – FCSTEAUA.RO". fcsteaua.ro. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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