FC Olt Slatina

For the 2009–2012 football club, see CSM Slatina (football).
FC Olt Slatina
Full nameFotbal Club Olt Slatina
NicknamesAlb-vișinii
(The White and Burgundies)
Short nameOlt
Founded2006 as Alro Slatina
Dissolved2015
Ground1 Mai[1]
Capacity12,000
2015–16Liga III, Seria III, 12th (relegated)

Fotbal Club Olt Slatina (formerly known as Alro Slatina) was a Romanian professional football club from Slatina, Olt County, founded in 2006 and dissolved in 2015.

The club was known as CS Alro Slatina until the summer of 2012 when it was separated from the sports club and renamed FC Olt Slatina (with no connections with the old FC Olt Slatina club that played at Piatra Olt).[1][2][3]

History

In the 2004–05 season, Alprom Slatina, the team of the Aluminium Processing Plant, won the Divizia D Olt County championship and earned promotion to Divizia C.[4]

In 2005–06, it finished 2nd in Series V of Divizia C, while the city found itself in an unusual situation, being represented at the same level by two clubs, the industrial side and Oltul Slatina, owned by the municipality and recently relegated from the second division, with both teams playing their home matches at the same time and dividing local support.[4]

In 2006, following the merger through which the Alprom company was absorbed by Alro, the club was renamed Alro Slatina and also absorbed Oltul, which transferred its key players and municipal funding to the new entity and was relocated to Balș, but, as the process was completed late, it continued to compete under the name Oltul Slatina during the 2006–07 season. The team started the campaign under Gheorghe Ciurea, assisted by Marian Calafeteanu, and played its home matches at the Metalurgistul Stadium, but results were inconsistent, leading to several coaching changes, Ciurea being replaced after three rounds by Marin Radu, who left at mid-season, with Iordan Eftimie taking over for the remainder of the campaign, at the end of which the team finished 4th in Series IV.[4][5]

The following seasons brought moderate results. In 2007–08, the team finished 6th after beginning under Iordan Eftimie, who was replaced after eight rounds by Constantin Vlad, with Ionuț Tache taking charge towards the end of the campaign. In 2008–09, the season began under Gabriel Dumitru, who was replaced after nine rounds by Dan Mănăilă, and amid financial uncertainty and reduced support from the industrial company, with financing subsequently taken over by the Olt County Council, the team finished 8th.[6][4]

In the 2009–10 season, after a difficult start under Dan Mănăilă, results improved under Costel Asănică and later Dan Oprescu and, also benefiting from favorable circumstances within the series, the team finished two points ahead of Târgoviște and secured promotion to Liga II after a decisive final-round victory at Șotânga.[6][7][8]

It finished 5th the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons of the Liga II, although at the start of every season the chairman stated that the objective was the promotion to the Liga I. Before the start of the 2012–13 season of the Liga II the chairman announced once again that the promotion is mandatory. This statement proved to be very far from the truth, in the end, Olt finishing 11th, just above the relegation line.[9]

On 28 August 2015, the club was disbanded and it withdrew from Liga III.[10]

Inter Clinceni, a team from Ilfov County (near Bucharest), was moved to Slatina and continued as Inter Olt Slatina, but it was also disbanded the next year.[11]

Honours

Liga III

Divizia D / Liga IV – Olt County

  • Winners (1): 2004–05

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 100 caps for FC Olt Slatina.

Romania

Former managers

References

  1. ^ a b "Mergem pe Alro, dar vrem să-i schimbăm denumirea în FC Olt" (in Romanian). 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Suntem continuatorii clubului Alro, cu toate drepturile" (in Romanian). 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Alături de timișoreni, alte cinci echipe și-au schimbat numele și sediul" [Along with Timișoara, five other teams changed their names and headquarters] (in Romanian). 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d "Cine a fost CS Alro Slatina?" [Who was CS Alro Slatina?] (in Romanian). Olt. Fotbal de la A la Z. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026 – via wordpress.com.
  5. ^ "Divizia C - Season 2006-07 - Edition 51". romaniansoccer.ro. 5 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  6. ^ a b "Mănăilă și-a încheiat mandatul la Alro" [Mănăilă finished his mandate at Alro] (in Romanian). 30 September 2009. Archived from the original on 27 April 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  7. ^ "Slatina e în Liga a II-a!" [Slatina is in League II!] (in Romanian). 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 April 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  8. ^ "Vin campioanele: Misiune îndeplinită" [The champions are coming: Mission accomplished] (in Romanian). 5 August 2010. Archived from the original on 27 April 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  9. ^ "Liga 2 clasamente" [Liga 2 tables]. romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  10. ^ "FC Olt Slatina a murit, trăiască Inter Olt Slatina, adică fosta Inter Clinceni!" [FC Olt Slatina is dead, long live Inter Olt Slatina, the former Inter Clinceni!] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 29 August 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Dan Oprescu și cei mai buni jucători ai Slatinei se prezintă la reunirea unei alte echipe din Seria a III-a". 18 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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