FC Astra Ploieşti

Full name	Fotbal Club Astra Ploieşti
Nickname(s)	Dracii Negri (Black Devils)
Short name	Astra Ploieşti
Founded	1934
Ground	Astra (Capacity: 10,000)
Owner	Ioan Niculae
Chairman	Marcel Iancu
Manager	Nicolò Napoli
League	Liga I
2008-09	Liga II, Seria I, 2nd (Promoted)
Website	Club home page
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 Honours 3 Players 3.1 Current squad 3.2 Shirt sponsors and manufacturers 4 References 5 External links

[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] Honours

Liga II

• Winners (1): 1997-98
• Runners-up (1): 2008-09

Liga III

• Winners (1): 2007-08

Cupa României

• Semi-finalists (2): 2001-02, 2002-03

[edit] Players

As of 16:00, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player 12 GK Cristian Munteanu 13 GK Daniel Popa 82 GK Bogdan Miron 2 DF Abel Valdez 3 DF Radek Opršal 4 DF Marius Mihalache 5 DF Gheorghe Rohat (captain) 17 DF Valentin Sandu 25 DF Eugen Crăciun 27 DF Cătălin Vlaicu -- DF Vukašin Tomić (on loan from FK Jagodina) 6 MF Kevin Hatchi 7 MF Paulinho

No. Position Player 8 MF Takayuki 16 MF Vasile Gheorghe 18 MF Sorin Străţilă 21 MF Cornel Cornea 23 MF Daniel Vădrariu (on loan from Dinamo Bucureşti) 24 MF Alexandru Stan 9 FW Dušan Đokić (on loan from Club Brugge) 10 FW Claudiu Tudor 11 FW Osvaldo Miranda (on loan from Dinamo Bucureşti) 14 FW Georgian Păun 15 FW Dimitrie Gafiţa 19 FW Liviu Ganea (on loan from Dinamo Bucureşti)

[edit] Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
Adidas	InterAgro

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Romanian) Official site

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