# FC Metaloglobus București

Fotbal Club Metaloglobus București, commonly known as Metaloglobus București or simply as Metaloglobus, is a Romanian football club based in Bucharest, currently playing in the Liga II.

## History

Metaloglobus București was founded in 1923 as the football team of the Metaloglobus factory, a powerful factory that was founded in the same year by the Austrian industrialist Manfréd Weiss. The factory has been developed more in the communist period and produced all kinds of objects made of steel and iron from lanterns, bullets, boilers and from 1965 they started to produce toys. After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, the factory began to have financial problems and in 2000 was bought by Syrian businessman Imad Kassas.
The football team experienced success. They played in amateur leagues of Bucharest almost all of its existence, until 2011 when they won Liga IV Bucharest and qualified for the Liga III play-off where they lost against Rapid Clejani, Giurgiu County champions. After a lot of the Liga III teams abandoned the competition in that summer, Metaloglobus was invited in Liga III. In five consecutive seasons, the team was always ranked in the top half and their best performance was the third place in the 2012–13 and 2015–2016 seasons.
Metaloglobus finished first at the end of the 2016–17 season, 11 points in front of 2nd-placed Viitorul Domnești, and were promoted to the Liga II for the first time in their history. Their first season in the second tier was a difficult one, and they were unable to avoid the relegation zone as they finished 16th. However, they were spared from going down after the withdrawal of fifth-placed Afumați.

## Stadium

The club plays its home games on the Stadionul Metaloglobus from the Bucharest neighborhood of Pantelimon. The stadium was under renovations between 2011 and 2015; during this period the team played its home matches on Stadionul Clinceni and on Stadionul CNAF.

## Honours

* Liga III
** Winners (1): 2016–17
* Liga IV – Bucharest
** Winners (1): 2010–11

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 28 February 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ROU | George Gavrilaș |
| 3 | DF | ROU | George Caramalău (3rd captain) |
| 4 | DF | GHA | Saeed Issah (on loan from Hermannstadt) |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Laurențiu Liș |
| 8 | MF | CMR | Serges Ekollo |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Stefan Višić |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Georgian Honciu (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | ROU | Dragoș Huiban |
| 12 | DF | BRA | Júnior Morais (Vice-captain) |
| 13 | DF | ROU | Andrei Sava (4th captain) |
| 14 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Gheorghe (on loan from Rapid București) |
| 15 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Irimia (on loan from Dinamo București) |
| 16 | DF | ROU | Adrian Nicolae (on loan from Petrolul Ploiești) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Florea (on loan from CSA Steaua București) |
| 18 | DF | CIV | Christ Kouadio |
| 19 | MF | ROU | Adrian Sârbu |
| 20 | MF | ROU | Răzvan Milea |
| 21 | DF | ROU | David Irimia (on loan from Dinamo București) |
| 22 | MF | ROU | Robert Neacșu |
| 23 | DF | ROU | Gabriel Dumitru (on loan from CSA Steaua București) |
| 24 | MF | NED | Yassine Zakir |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Lucian Cazan |
| 26 | FW | ROU | Daniel Sandu (on loan from Sepsi OSK) |
| 34 | GK | ROU | Cristian Nedelcovici |
| 97 | GK | ROU | Alexandru Soare |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ROU | Denis Târțău (to Progresul Fundulea) |

## Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or significant caps for FC Metaloglobus București players.

### Romania

* Alexandru Ciocâlteu
* Alexandru Coman
* Gigel Coman
* George Gavrilaș
* Valentin Ghenovici
* Lucian Goge
* Claudiu Herea
* Ovidiu Herea
* Alexandru Iacob
* Florin Iacob
* Andrei Ionescu
* Daniel Lung
* Andrei Lungu
* Ștefan Niculae
* Alexandru Potocea
* Iulian Roșu
* Andrei Sin
* Marius Tomozei

### Japan

* Sota Mino

## Former managers

* Francisc Fabian (1958–1962)
* Colea Vâlcov (1964–1965)
* Sorin Colceag (2015–2016)
* Bogdan Vintilă (2016–2017)
* Bogdan Andone (2018)
* László Balint (2019)
* Marius Măldărășanu (2019–2020)
* Gabriel Manu (2020–2021)
* Nicolae Grigore (2021–2022)
* Eugen Trică (2022)
* Eusebiu Tudor (2022–2023)
* Ianis Zicu (2023–)

## League history

| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României |
| 2024–25 | 2 | Liga II | TBD | | Third Round |
| 2023–24 | 2 | Liga II | 11th | | Play-off round |
| 2022–23 | 2 | Liga II | 15th | Play-out winner | Third Round |
| 2021–22 | 2 | Liga II | 10th | | Third Round |
| 2020–21 | 2 | Liga II | 10th | | Fourth Round |
| 2019–20 | 2 | Liga II | 7th | | Round of 32 |
| 2018–19 | 2 | Liga II | 9th | | Fourth Round |
| 2017–18 | 2 | Liga II | 16th | | Round of 32 |
| Season | Tier | Division | Place | Notes | Cupa României |
| 2016–17 | 3 | Liga III (Seria II) | 1st (C) | Promoted | Second Round |
| 2015–16 | 3 | Liga III (Seria II) | 3rd | | Fifth Round |
| 2014–15 | 3 | Liga III (Seria II) | 5th | | Second Round |
| 2013–14 | 3 | Liga III (Seria III) | 4th | | Third Round |
| 2012–13 | 3 | Liga III (Seria II) | 3rd | | Fourth Round |
| 2011–12 | 3 | Liga III (Seria IV) | 9th | | |
| 2010–11 | 4 | Liga IV (B) (Seria I) | 1st (C) | Promoted | |