FC Caracal is a Romania

Romania

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Football (soccer)

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Football team

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 from Caracal

Caracal, Romania

Caracal is a city in Olt county, Romania, situated in the historic region of Oltenia, on the plains between the lower reaches of the Jiu and Olt rivers. The region's plains are well known for their agricultural specialty in cultivating grains and over the centuries, Caracal has been the trading...

, Olt

Olt County

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County

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, Romania

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History

The club was founded at Craiova

Craiova

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 in 1949 under the name Metalul Craiova. Until 1998 the club was known as FC Electroputere Craiova. In that moment it was renamed Extensiv Craiova and started playing home games on Extensiv Stadium

Stadionul Extensiv

Extensiv Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Craiova, Romania. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it was the home ground of Universitatea Craiova during the time their stadium was in repair during 2008. The stadium holds 7,000 people.The stadium was the home ground of Extensiv...

. At half season 2003-04, Extensiv changed its name to FC Craiova, but with no connection to the FC Craiova that existed between 1940-1949.

In 2004 the club was moved to Caracal

Caracal, Romania

Caracal is a city in Olt county, Romania, situated in the historic region of Oltenia, on the plains between the lower reaches of the Jiu and Olt rivers. The region's plains are well known for their agricultural specialty in cultivating grains and over the centuries, Caracal has been the trading...

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Honours

Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

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• Winners (0):, Best finish: 3rd 1991–92

Liga II

Liga II

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• Winners (2): 1990–91, 1998–99
  Divizia B 1998–99
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• Runners-up (2): 1996–97
  Divizia B 1996–97
  The Divizia B 1996–97 season was the 57th season of Divizia B, the second tier of the Romanian football league system.The winner of each series of the Divizia B was promoted to the Divizia A. The bottom two teams were relegated to the Divizia C.-Seria I:...
  
  , 1997–98
  Divizia B 1997–98
  The Divizia B 1997–98 season was the 58th season of Divizia B, the second tier of the Romanian football league system.The winner of each series of the Divizia B was promoted to the Divizia A. The bottom three teams were relegated to the Divizia C.- Seria I :...
  
  

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:...

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• Winners (3): 1967–68, 1984–85, 1989–90
• Runners-up (5): 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 2008–09
  Liga III 2008–09
  The 2008-09 Liga III season was the 53rd season of Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system.The winners of each division got promoted to the 2009–10 Liga II season. There were also two playoff tournaments held at neutral venues involving the second placed teams, one with...
  
  

FC Caracal in Europe

Competition
UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup	1	2	0	0	2	0	10	– 10
Total	1	2	0	0	2	0	10	– 10

Recent seasons

Season	Name	Division	Position
1990-91	Electroputere Craiova	Liga II	1st
1991-92	Electroputere Craiova	Liga I	3rd
1992-93	Electroputere Craiova	Liga I	6th
1993-94	Electroputere Craiova	Liga I	14th
1994-95	Electroputere Craiova	Liga I	15th
1995-96	Electroputere Craiova	Liga II	8th
1996-97	Electroputere Craiova	Liga II	2nd
1997-98	Electroputere Craiova	Liga II	2nd
1998-99	Extensiv Craiova	Liga II	1st
1999-00	Extensiv Craiova	Liga I	18th
2000-01	Extensiv Craiova	Liga II	5th
2001-02	Extensiv Craiova	Liga II	4th
2002-03	Extensiv Craiova	Liga II	8th
2003-04	FC Craiova	Liga II	9th
2004-05	FC Caracal	Liga II	9th
2005-06	FC Caracal	Liga II	9th
2006-07	FC Caracal	Liga II	7th
2007-08	FC Caracal	Liga II	17th
2008-09	FC Caracal	Liga III	2nd
2009-10	FC Caracal	Liga III	10th

Squads 2010-11