| Clubname: | FC Voluntari |
| Upright: | 0.7 |
| Fullname: | SC Fotbal Club Voluntari SA |
| Short Name: | Voluntari |
| Nickname: | Ilfovenii (The People from Ilfov) |
| Founded: | [1] |
| Ground: | Anghel Iordănescu |
| Capacity: | 4,600 |
| Owner: | Voluntari Town |
| Chrtitle: | General director |
| Chairman: | Bogdan Bălănescu |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Claudiu Niculescu |
| League: | Liga II |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Position: | Liga I, 15th of 16 (relegated) |
| Website: | https://fcvoluntari.ro/ |
| Current: | 2023–24 FC Voluntari season |
| Pattern B1: | _nikepark7vb |
| Pattern So1: | _fcu2021a |
| Leftarm1: | 77BBFF |
| Body1: | 77BBFF |
| Rightarm1: | 77BBFF |
| Shorts1: | FFFFFF |
| Socks1: | 77BBFF |
| Pattern B2: | _nikepark7jg |
| Pattern Ra2: | _nikevenom3bw |
| Pattern Sh2: | _nikevenom3bw |
| Pattern So2: | _fcsm2021a |
| Leftarm2: | dbaf2d |
| Body2: | dbaf2d |
| Rightarm2: | dbaf2d |
| Shorts2: | 000000 |
| Socks2: | 000000 |
Fotbal Club Voluntari (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /volunˈtarʲ/), commonly known as FC Voluntari or simply Voluntari, is a Romanian professional football club based in Voluntari, Ilfov County, that competes in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian league system.
Founded in 2010, Voluntari played in the Liga I between the 2015–16 season and the 2023–24 seasons. It claimed its first major honour the 2016–17 campaign, after defeating Astra Giurgiu in the penalty shootout of the Cupa României final, and went on to win the Supercupa României the same year.
Voluntari's home ground is the Anghel Iordănescu Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,600 people.
FC Voluntari was founded in the summer of 2010 and enrolled directly in the Liga III, after acquiring the berth of Petrolul Berca.[2]
During their debut season in the third league, Ilfovenii finished in sixth place with Romeo Bunică as a head coach, and repeated the performance the next season with Bogdan Andone in charge. The 2012–13 season began with poor performances and after five rounds Andone was replaced by Bunică, who led the team to the seventh place.[3]
Adrian Iencsi led Voluntari to winning the 2013–14 Liga III en fanfare, but despite the Liga II promotion, Iencsi was sacked and replaced for the next year by Ilie Poenaru.[4] There, they had notable performances against Farul Constanța and CF Brăila, and then qualified to the Liga I from the first place via the promotion play-offs.
Voluntari earned promotion for the first time in their history to Liga I, the highest tier of Romanian football, at the end of the 2014–15 campaign. Its debut season was difficult, as many technical and administrative changes led the club to the relegation zone. Finishing 12th, the team faced a promotion/relegation play-off against UTA Arad, which it won 3–1 on aggregate and maintained its place in the Liga I.[5]
With experienced players such as Vasile Maftei, Florin Cernat or Laurențiu Marinescu in the starting eleven, Voluntari improved itself in the 2016–17 season, finishing in ninth place and avoiding a second consecutive promotion/relegation play-off. During that year, the club achieved its biggest achievement so far by winning the Cupa României over Astra Giurgiu, being the first major trophy in its brief history.[6]
The club plays its home matches at the 4,600-seater Stadionul Anghel Iordănescu in Voluntari. Attendances are usually modest, as Voluntari is considered a suburb of Bucharest and many of its citizens are inclined to support clubs from the capital instead.
| Role | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | Voluntari Town | |
| President | Vladimir Cohn | |
| Advisory Board President | Gheorghe Nețoiu | |
| Board President | Robert Frunză | |
| Vice-president | Bogdan Niculaie | |
| General Director | Bogdan Bălănescu | |
| Executive Director | Robert Gherghe | |
| Economic Director | Diana Istrate | |
| Sporting director | Florin Cernat | |
| Technical director | Walid Al-Bitar | |
| Administrative Director | Ionuț Bogaciu | |
| Youth Center Manager | Ion Moldovan | |
| Youth Center Coordinator | Cătălin Bârleanu | |
| Organizer of Competitions | Emil Badea | |
| Secretary | Florin Verigeanu | |
| Responsible for Order and Safety | Iulian Ghirie | |
| Press Officer | Radu Oprișan |
| Role | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Claudiu Niculescu | |
| Assistant coach | Eugeniu Cebotaru | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Vacant | |
| Fitness coaches | Alexandru Petcu Carlos Menéndez | |
| Club doctor | Ovidiu Dontu | |
| Kinethotherapist | Ionuț Stoica | |
| Physiotherapist | Dan Sarivan | |
| Masseurs | Florin Onosă Florin Dragne | |
| Storeman | Dumitru Radu |
| Season | League | Pos. | Notes | National Cup | |
| TBD | |||||
| 15th | Relegated | Semi-finals | |||
| Liga I | 9th | Group Stage | |||
| Liga I | 4th | bgcolor=silver | Runner-up | ||
| Liga I | 13th | Releg. PO winner | Round of 32 | ||
| Liga I | 11th | ||||
| Liga I | 11th | Round of 16 | |||
| Liga I | 12th | Releg. PO winner | Round of 32 |
| Season | League | Pos. | Notes | National Cup | |
| Liga I | 9th | Winner | |||
| 12th | Releg. PO winner | Round of 32 | |||
| Liga II (Seria I) | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st (C) | Promoted | Fifth Round | |
| 2013–14 | Liga III (Seria II) | align=center bgcolor=gold | 1st (C) | Promoted | Fifth Round |
| 2012–13 | Liga III (Seria III) | 7th | Third Round | ||
| 2011–12 | Liga III (Seria II) | 6th | Third Round | ||
| 2010–11 | Liga III (Seria II) | 6th |
The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than signifiant caps for FC Voluntari.
Cosmin Achim Florin Acsinte Ionuț Balaur Dragoș Balauru Adrian Bălan Mircea Bornescu Marius Briceag Mihai Căpățînă Florin Cernat Cristian Costin Costin Curelea Gabriel Deac Ion Gheorghe Petre Ivanovici Costin Lazăr Vasile Maftei Laurențiu Marinescu Florin Maxim George Merloi Daniel Novac Daniel Pancu Mihai Popa Alexandru Răuță Gabriel Tamaș Dinu Todoran Alexandru Tudorie Alexandru Vlad
