CS Luceafărul Oradea
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Luceafărul Oradea is a Romania
n professional football
club
from Oradea
, Bihor County
, Romania
, founded in 2000.
. The miracle did not last long, because the lack of money lead to the withdrawal of the team from the championship.
Luceafărul Lotus Băile Felix had earned the promotion to the Liga II
at the end of the 2007-08 season, but they announced their withdrawal due to financial reasons. A group of businessmen from Bacău decided to form a new team to occupy the vacant spot. Thus, Ştiinţa Bacău was born.
In February 2009 business man Giani Nedelcu joined with Mircea Crainiciuc and refunded back the club dissolved last summer, Luceafărul Lotus Băile Felix, and took Ştiinţa's place in the championship. But until the end of the season, they continued to play under the name of Ştiinţa Bacău.
On June 3, Mircea Crainiciuc announced that the club withdrew from the championship because of financial reasons. They will lose their remaining 3 matches from the Liga II 2008-09 season with 3-0 and will be relegated to the Liga III
. But we will have to see if Luceafărul Lotus will start in the championship next season, if not, this means the club's 2nd dissolution in less than a year.
After two seasons the club promoted back to the Liga II
, at the end of the 2010–11 Liga III
season.
:
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n professional football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club
Football team
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from Oradea
Oradea
Oradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...
, Bihor County
Bihor County
Bihor is a county of Romania, in Crişana, with capital city at Oradea. Together with Hajdú-Bihar County in Hungary it constitutes the Biharia Euroregion.-Demographics:...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, founded in 2000.
History
Founded in 2000, at the initiative of several parents whose children had no future at FC Bihor, Luceafărul was grown by the current Prefect of Bihor County, Gavrilă Ghilea, former boss of FC Bihor. The Oradea team grew step by step, and from the training of children they have now reached a professional status. Four seasons ago Luceafărul merged with Lotus Băile Felix and after a perfect season, they managed to promote to the Liga IILiga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....
. The miracle did not last long, because the lack of money lead to the withdrawal of the team from the championship.
Luceafărul Lotus Băile Felix had earned the promotion to the Liga II
Liga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....
at the end of the 2007-08 season, but they announced their withdrawal due to financial reasons. A group of businessmen from Bacău decided to form a new team to occupy the vacant spot. Thus, Ştiinţa Bacău was born.
In February 2009 business man Giani Nedelcu joined with Mircea Crainiciuc and refunded back the club dissolved last summer, Luceafărul Lotus Băile Felix, and took Ştiinţa's place in the championship. But until the end of the season, they continued to play under the name of Ştiinţa Bacău.
On June 3, Mircea Crainiciuc announced that the club withdrew from the championship because of financial reasons. They will lose their remaining 3 matches from the Liga II 2008-09 season with 3-0 and will be relegated to the Liga III
Liga III
Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.-Relegation:...
. But we will have to see if Luceafărul Lotus will start in the championship next season, if not, this means the club's 2nd dissolution in less than a year.
After two seasons the club promoted back to the Liga II
Liga II
Liga II is the second tier league of the Romanian football league system. The league acquired this name in the 2006-07, being previously called Divizia B....
, at the end of the 2010–11 Liga III
2010–11 Liga III
The 2010–11 Liga III season was the 55th season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season started on August 27, 2010 and ended on June 3, 2011.The winners of each series promoted to the 2011–12 Liga II....
season.
Honours
Liga IIILiga III
Liga III is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C into Liga III before the start of the 2006-07 season.-Relegation:...
:
- Winners (1): 2007–08, 2010–11
- Runners-up (1): 2006–07