page_title: ACS Hușana Huși
section_title: Steaua Mecanica, the local pride (1981–2000)
hierarchical_section_title: ACS Hușana Huși / History / Steaua Mecanica, the local pride (1981–2000)
caption_attribution_description: English: Steaua Mecanica Husi in 1989.
context_page_description: Asociația Clubul Sportiv Hușana Huși, commonly known as ACS Hușana Huși, Hușana Huși or simply as Hușana, is a Romanian professional football club based in Huși, Vaslui County, founded in 1968 and currently playing in the Liga III.
  Hușana Huși was founded in 1968 and named after the local shoe factory, Hușana. Over time the club mainly operated besides a local factory, hence the frequent change of name, from Hușana to Steaua Mecanica, from Metalul to FCM and back to Hușana in the 2010s.
  The club is based in Huși, a town well known in Romania for its wine production, hence one of the club's nicknames as "the Team Between the Vineyards". Despite that, Huși, as well as Vaslui County have a delicate financial situation, hence the inconsistent results of the team, over the years. Hușana was, at his best, a meteoric member of Divizia C, especially during the 1970s and 1980s, subsequently the team evolving mainly in the Liga IV with only a few seasons spent in the third tier, during the early 1990s and middle 2000s.
context_section_description: In the summer of 1981, Metalul factory bought the football club and changed its name from Hușana to Metalul, receiving surprisingly a place in the Divizia C, but succumbing again after half of the season, due to financial shortcomings. In the next three years Metalul do not managed to promote again and at Huși a new management was proposed. Metalul Huși was renamed as Steaua Mecanic Huși, in 1984 and after only one season it managed to promote in the Divizia C. After promotion, Steaua Mecanica managed to remain at this level for six seasons, period considered as the most fruitful in the history of the football from Huși. In this period, the club registered its best performances, was the second most important team of the county and in the town there were already aspirations for a future debut in the Divizia B. Steaua Mecanica was ranked: 5th (1985–86), 4th (1986–87) and 3rd (1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90).
  The apogee of Steaua Mecanica golden generation was reached during the 1988–89 season, when besides a third consecutive ranking on the 3rd place, hușenii reached the Romanian Cup's round of 32, when they were eliminated by Divizia A side Flacăra Moreni, ranked 4th at that time. Until the round of 32, Steaua Mecanica won over Mecanica Vaslui (2-1), Viitorul Vaslui (4-0), FEPA '74 Bârlad (2-0) Progresul Braila (3-1) and Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (3-1). In this period, Steaua Mecanica Huși was coached by Haralambie Eftimie, who was assisted by Alexandru Grigorescu and in the squad appeared players such as Iulian Smădu, Adrian State, Gheorghe Lupu, Ioan Iacob,  Ioan Tugulan, Ioan Tibulca, Nicu Marian, Ivan, Stanciu, Tătaru, Botu, Bălan, Ungureanu, Răut, Matei, Cosma, Scărlătescu, Ursu and Ciobanu.
  After 1990 Romanian Revolution, Steaua Mecanica spent only two more seasons at this level, then relegating at the end of the 1991–92 season, despite a rank in the middle of the table, 9th of 16. In this season was made a re-organization of the Romanian football league system, thus relegating more teams than in a normal season. After relegation, the club was renamed again, this time as Mecanica Huși and promoted back in the third tier at the end of 1995–96 season, but only to relegate a year later after a weak ranking, 18th of 18.
caption: Steaua Mecanica squad in the 1989–90 season.
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