FC Voluntari

FC Voluntari was founded in the summer of 2010 and enrolled directly in the Liga III, after acquiring the berth of Petrolul Berca.[2]

During their debut season in the third league, Ilfovenii finished in sixth place with Romeo Bunică as a head coach, and repeated the performance the next season with Bogdan Andone in charge. The 2012–13 season began with poor performances and after five rounds Andone was replaced by Bunică, who led the team to the seventh place.[3]

Adrian Iencsi led Voluntari to winning the 2013–14 Liga III en fanfare, but despite the Liga II promotion, Iencsi was sacked and replaced for the next year by Ilie Poenaru.[4] There, they had notable performances against Farul Constanța and CF Brăila, and then qualified to the Liga I from the first place via the promotion play-offs.

Voluntari earned promotion for the first time in their history to Liga I, the highest tier of Romanian football, at the end of the 2014–15 campaign. Its debut season was difficult, as many technical and administrative changes led the club to the relegation zone. Finishing 12th, the team faced a promotion/relegation play-off against UTA Arad, which it won 3–1 on aggregate and maintained its place in the Liga I.[5]

With experienced players such as Vasile Maftei, Florin Cernat or Laurențiu Marinescu in the starting eleven, Voluntari improved itself in the 2016–17 season, finishing in ninth place and avoiding a second consecutive promotion/relegation play-off. During that year, the club achieved its biggest achievement so far by winning the Cupa României over Astra Giurgiu, being the first major trophy in its brief history.[6]

• Liga II
  • Winners (1): 2014–15
• Liga III
  • Winners (1): 2013–14

• Cupa României
  • Winners (1): 2016–17
  • Runners-up (1): 2021–22
• Supercupa României
  • Winners (1): 2017

As of 18 September 2023[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Octavian Vâlceanu 2 DF  ARG Cristian Paz 4 MF  CRO Ljuban Crepulja 5 DF  MDA Igor Armaș (Captain) 6 MF  CZE Lukáš Droppa 7 DF  ALB Naser Aliji 8 MF  ROU Mihai Răduț 9 FW  ROU Andrei Dumiter 10 MF  ROU George Merloi 11 FW  ROU Daniel Florea 14 MF  POR Marcelo Lopes 16 MF  ISL Rúnar Már Sigurjónsson 17 MF  ROU Doru Andrei 19 MF  BIH Luka Božičković 20 FW  ROU Robert Popescu

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  ROU Andreas Niță 22 MF  MDA Vadim Rață (4th captain) 23 FW  ROU Nicolae Carnat 24 DF  POR Ricardinho (Vice-captain) 25 MF  ROU Angelo Cocian 27 DF  ROU Radu Boboc 28 DF  ROU Vlăduț Andreș 29 FW  ROU Eduard Lambrinoc 34 DF  ARG Patricio Matricardi 72 MF  ROU Roberto Voican 77 FW  SVK Adam Nemec (3rd captain) 80 FW  ROU Robert Mustacă 88 GK  ESP Jesús Fernández 90 MF  ROU Alexandru Munteanu 99 FW  ROU Andrei Dima

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK  ROU Victor Rîmniceanu

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ROU Daniel Paraschiv (to Progresul Spartac) — DF  ROU Radu Zamfir (to Gloria Buzău)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MEX Omar Govea (to Monterrey) — MF  ROU Florin Bălan (to Gloria Bistrița)