FCM Dinamo Onești
association football club
FCM Dinamo Onești was a Romanian professional football club from Onești, Bacău County, founded in 1994 and dissolved in 2015.
History
The rise of the team from Onești began in the summer of 1987 when Mecon, sustained by IUGTC Onești (The Heavy Equipment Enterprise Transport Construction), with Steluș Roșca on the bench, managed to promoted in Divizia C winning the Bacău County Championship and the promotion play-off against Chimia Victoria 1–0 on aggregate.
With Nicolae Zaharia as coach, he played in the third division in the following seasons, being generally in the top half of the ranking finishing 4th in 1987–88, 5th in 1988–89, 8th in 1989–90 and 10th in 1990–91.
Changing its name to Meconerg, the team continued to play in Divizia C and after the reorganization of the competitive system in the summer of 1992, finishing 4th in 1991–92, 5th in 1992–93 and 7th as Electromecon Onești in the 1993–94 season.
In 1994, Electromecon Onești merge with CSM Borzești to form FC Onești. This merger took place at the initiative of Nicolae Puiu, the president of Electromecon with the support of Simion Albu – manager at that time of RAFO – and of Ion Marian – the leader of the "Rafinorul" syndicate.
In 1994–95 season, he took the 2nd place in the Series I of Divizia C behind Foresta Fălticeni and promoted in Divizia B defeating Flacăra Moreni in the
promotion play-off held at Electro-Precizia Stadium in Săcele with a score of 1–0 through the golden goal.
In Divizia B, the team from the Trotuș River competed in Series I, finishing each time in the top half of the table, placing 5th in the first season and 4th in the 1996–97 campaign. In the summer of 1998, FC Onești achieved its first promotion to Divizia A after finishing 2nd in the 1997–98 season, following a close battle with series winners Astra Ploiești, and winning the promotion play-off match held at Nitramonia Stadium in Făgăraș against Electroputere Craiova, 2–1, through Ionel Iriza’s golden goal. The team, coached by Toader Șteț, consisted of Floria, Mandric, Jercălau, Achim, Artimon, Pârvu, Masati, Moldoveanu, Fl.
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