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Fotbal Club Ozana Târgu Neamț, commonly known as FC Ozana Târgu Neamț, or simply as Ozana Târgu Neamț, is a Romanian football club based in Târgu Neamț, Neamț County and currently is playing in the Liga III.

Ozana Târgu Neamț

Full name	Fotbal Club Ozana Târgu Neamț
Short name	FC Ozana
Founded	1974; 48 years ago (1974), as Ozana Târgu Neamț 2006; 16 years ago (2006) as Cetatea Târgu Neamț 2018; 4 years ago (2018) as Ozana Târgu Neamț
Ground	Cetatea
Capacity	2,000
Owner	Târgu Neamț Town
Chairman	Andrei Isache
Manager	Daniel Zavate
League	Liga I
2019–20	Liga III, Seria I, 8th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Ozana Târgu Neamț was founded in 1974 and began competing in the Neamț County Championship. After only one year was promoted in Divizia C winning the county championship and promotion play-off against champion of Vaslui County, Avântul Huși ( 2–0 at Huși and 2–1 at Târgu Neamț). The squad of Ozana in the first season was composed of: Floș, Constantinescu — goalkeepers; Croitoru II, Pasat, Axinte, Fodor, Gavriluță — defenders; Meterciuc, Croitoru I, Dascălu, Roman, Dumitraș — midfielders; Ionașcu, Anegroaie, Tulbure, Doru Apetrei, Hritcu — strikers; Mircea Crețu (head coach).[1]

At the end of the season, the newly promoted team would finish in 12th place. In the 1976/1977 season the name of the team would change, and Ozana Târgu Neamț would turn into Cetatea Târgu Neamț. After 18 seasons played in the third stage of the Romanian Championship, Cetatea Târgu Neamț promoted in Divizia B. The season 1994/1995 was to be the brightest year for the team, occupying the fourth place in Divizia B, coming from the position of newly promoted.[2]

Two years later, things were changing, and valuable players starting to leave, seeing the team being relegated to Divizia C. A year later, in 1997, Cetatea Târgu Neamț would be disbanded and Târgu Neamț would be left without the football team.

After a 9-year break Cetatea Târgu Neamț is re-established. From the first season it finished first in Liga IV – Neamț County, with only two defeats that season. After 10 years of waiting, "the white-and-blue men" would return to the third league. In 2016, the club is disbanded for the second time.[3]

In 2018, the club was reestablished under the name of FC Ozana Târgu Neamț by Andrei Isache, Laurențiu Pavel and Cosmin Bocaneț (founding members).[4]

After only one season the team won Liga IV – Neamț County and they promoted to Liga III after a play-off match against Viitorul Liteni, Suceava County.[5][6]

Chronology of names

Name	Period
Ozana Târgu Neamț	1974–1976
Cetatea Târgu Neamț	1976–2016
Ozana Târgu Neamț	2018–present

Honours

Liga III:

• Winners (1): 1993–94

Liga IV – Neamț County

• Winners (5): 1974–75, 1998–99, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2018–19
• Runners-up (1): 1997–98

Players

First team squad

As of 15 March 2020

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 Ciprian Ivan 3 DF  ROU Andrei Vițelaru (Captain) 5 DF  ROU Alexandru Ichim 7 MF  ROU Luis Antal 6 MF  ROU Andrei Mateiciuc 10 MF  ROU Gidea Razvan 11 FW  ROU Baisan Lorenzo 13 MF  ROU Gabriel Sava (on loan from Vaslui) 12 GK  ROU Alexandru Cotună

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  ROU Eusebiu Mercaș 17 DF  ROU Denis Iftimie (on loan from Poli Iași) 22 FW  ROU Alexandru Vavrița 25 MF  ROU George Hodorogea 30 DF  ROU Ioan Huțanu 77 MF  ROU Relu Grigore 91 FW  ROU Claudiu Aioanei — DF  ROU Ștefan Rusu (on loan from Poli Iași) — DF  ROU Cezar Tofan

Club officials

This section does not cite any sources. (October 2022)

League history

References

External links

• Official website
• FC Ozana Târgu Neamț on Facebook

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