Club Sportiv Municipal Flacăra Moreni, (), commonly known as Flacăra Moreni or simply as Flacăra, is a Romanian football club based in Moreni, Dâmbovița County currently playing in the Liga III.
The team was founded by English and Dutch engineers from the local oil rig as Astra-Română Moreni in 1922. During the communist period, Flacăra was taken over by the Securitate with the involvement of director Tudor Postelnicu, who had previously worked as an iron lathe operator in the city.
In the 1988–89 season, the club finished fourth in the top flight and earned a place in the UEFA Cup. Flacăra lost 1–4 to Porto on aggregate in the first round, and at the end of that campaign was relegated as a result of the fall of communism. It has since only played in the lower leagues.
History The club was founded in 1922 by English and Dutch engineers working at the local oil facilities of the Astra Română refinery, under the name Astra Română Moreni, with the aim of encouraging workers and employees to practise sport. In 1950, the club was renamed Partizanul Moreni, before adopting the name Flacăra Moreni one year later.Mihai Ionescu & George Tudoran, Fotbal de la A la Z, Editura Sport-Turism, 1984.
Following a merger with local rivals Automecanica Moreni in 1977, the club competed as Flacăra Automecanica Moreni, before returning to the name Flacăra Moreni in 1985.
Flacăra spent most of its history in Divizia B and Divizia C, but earned promotion to Divizia A in 1986. The club achieved its greatest domestic performance in the 1988–89 season, finishing fourth and qualifying for the 1989–90 UEFA Cup. In its only European campaign, Flacăra was eliminated in the first round by FC Porto, losing 4–1 on aggregate.
Following the Romanian Revolution, Flacăra declined rapidly, being relegated from Divizia A in 1990 and later dropping through the lower divisions. After relegation from Divizia B in 1995, the club spent more than a decade in the third tier before falling to Liga IV in 2007. Flacăra gradually rebuilt and returned to Liga III in 2016 after defeating Voința Crevedia in the promotion play-off, remaining a regular third-tier side during the following years. The club was relegated on sporting merit at the end of the 2024–25 season, but retained its place in Liga III after the Romanian Football Federation filled vacancies in the competition. In 2025–26, Flacăra recovered strongly, finishing first in its regular-season series and qualifying for the promotion play-off under head coach Cristi Țermure, although it ultimately remained in Liga III for the 2026–27 season.
Chronology of names
Name Period Astra Română Moreni 1922–1950 Partizanul Moreni 1950 Flacăra Moreni 1951–1975 Flacăra-Automecanica Moreni 1975–1985 Flacăra Moreni 1985–present
Honours
Domestic
Leagues Liga I Best Finish 4th 1988–89 Liga II Winners (1): 1985–86 Runners-up (1): 1951 Liga III Winners (6): 1946–47, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1983–84 Runners-up (2): 1977–78, 2000–01 Liga IV – Dâmbovița County Winners (1): 2015–16 Runners-up (3): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Cups Cupa României – Dâmbovița County Winners (1): 2014–15
European UEFA Cup First round: 1989–90
Flacăra Moreni in Europe
SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate1989–90 UEFA Cup First Round FC Porto1–20–21–4
Players
First team squad
Out on loan
Club officials
Board of directors
RoleName Owner Moreni Municipality President Sergiu Nedelcu Sporting director Augustin Voinea Delegate Vasile Petre
Current technical staff
RoleName Manager Cristinel Țermure Assistant coaches George Preda Vasile Bârdeș Goalkeeping coach Alexandru Păsărică Club Doctor Manuela Popescu
League history
Season Tier Division Place Cupa României 2026–27 3 Liga III TBD Third round 2025–26 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 3rd 2024–25 3 Liga III (Seria V) 9th 2023–24 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 6th 2022–23 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 3rd 2021–22 3 Liga III (Seria IV) 6th 2020–21 3 Liga III (Seria VI) 7th 2019–20 3 Liga III (Seria III) 3rd 2018–19 3 Liga III (Seria III) 11th 2017–18 3 Liga III (Seria III) 6th 2016–17 3 Liga III (Seria III) 5th 2015–16 4 Liga IV (DB) 1st (C, P) 2014–15 4 Liga IV (DB) 2nd 2013–14 4 Liga IV (DB) 2nd 2006–07 3 Liga III (Seria III) 17th (R) 2005–06 3 Divizia C (Seria IV) 7th
Season Tier Division Place Cupa României 2004–05 3 Divizia C (Seria IV) 10th 2003–04 3 Divizia C (Seria IV) 10th 2002–03 3 Divizia C (Seria IV) 5th 2001–02 3 Divizia C (Seria II) 8th 2000–01 3 Divizia C (Seria IV) 2nd 1999–00 3 Divizia C (Seria III) 4th 1998–99 3 Divizia C (Seria III) 18th 1997–98 3 Divizia C (Seria II) 6th 1996–97 3 Divizia C (Seria II) 13th 1995–96 3 Divizia C (Seria II) 9th 1994–95 2 Divizia B (Seria I) 15th (R) 1993–94 2 Divizia B (Seria I) 9th 1992–93 2 Divizia B (Seria I) 4th 1991–92 2 Divizia B (Seria I) 8th 1990–91 2 Divizia B (Seria II) 8th 1989–90 1 Divizia A 16th (R) Round of 32 1988–89 1 Divizia A 4th Round of 16
Notable players
Alexandru Badea Ion Balaur Teodor Beldie Florin Bîțică Iulian Chiriță Marin Daniel Marin Dragnea Gheorghe Dumitrașcu Dudu Georgescu Victor Glăvan Gigi Gorga Constantin Lala Ioan Marcu Dragoș Marasoiu Ion Mateescu Iulian Mihăescu Ion Moldovan Lică Movilă Costel Pană Marian Pană Gabriel Paraschiv Beniamin Popescu George Preda Dorel Purdea Daniel Sava Marian Savu Nelu Stănescu Florin Tene George Timiș Marcel Tirchinechi Daniel Tudor Nistor Văidean Petre Vasile Adrian Velicioiu Gheorghe Viscreanu Nicolae Viorel
Former managers
Ștefan Wetzer (1948–1949) Kostas Choumis (1955) Gheorghe Petrescu (1956–1960) Constantin Marinescu (1962–1964) Iosif Lengheriu (1971–1973) Nicolae Tătaru (1977–1980) Traian Ivănescu (1985–1986) Alexandru Moldovan (1986) Ion Nunweiller (1986–1989) Spiridon Niculescu (1990) Mircea Dridea (1990–1991) Marin Ion (1991–1992) Constantin Moldoveanu (1994–1995)
References
"Istoria Fotbalului Morenar" - Gheorghe Ilinca 2005 "Fenomenul Flacara Moreni" - Articol ProSport, Andru Nenciu 2015 www.romaniansoccer.ro
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