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Farul Constanța

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PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS · ROMANIAN CLUB FORMULA

Success Index

Progression against expectations, match performance, points and Goal Balance. In the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the three owner-confirmed European Spring third rounds also earn a bonus point.

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24th position of 39 Romanian clubs · View the Success Index table

26.4/ 100

Competitions included in this score: Champions League · Europa League · Conference League.

10.0

Pv · Progression

52.5

P · Match performance

52.5

Pct · Points including bonuses

40.6

GB · Goal Balance

7 completed competition entries · 20 matches. No secondary competitions included.

Romanian club formula and competition-entry calculations

SI = 60% Pv + 20% P + 15% Pct + 5% GB. This differs from the country and opponent-team formula.

Pv is the average progression score across completed competition entries. Expectations depend on competition, season and entry point. Meeting the expectation earns 100; subsequent successful stages earn 10 each. When the expectation is already met at entry, the final is the target and PvE = 100 × Cal / TDis, with no bonuses. The European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup award 100 for a lost final and 110 for a win. Read expectations, entry rules and examples →

P = 100 × (wins + 0.5 × draws) / matches. Pct = 100 × (regular match points + round bonuses) / available regular match points in stages actually played. Qualifying wins/draws earn 1/0.5; main-stage wins/draws earn 2/1. Post-group play-offs are main stages. Bonuses: one per group phase and per eligible post-group round, quarter-final, semi-final or final played, regardless of its match count. Round of 32/16 bonuses apply only in group-based formats. Bonus points are excluded from the denominator and Pct is not capped.

GB = 100 × goals scored / (goals scored + goals conceded), using combined goals across included matches. A played record with no goals for either side receives 50. Shoot-out goals are excluded. Awarded match scores follow the archive’s recorded totals. The final weighted index is calculated without rounding its components or imposing a cap.

For the included entries: 10.5 regular points + 0 bonus points; 20 available regular points; 26 goals scored and 38 conceded. Transfers create separate competition entries. Ongoing campaigns and unresolved entries are listed below; an unresolved completed entry prevents a final SI.

Season / competitionExpectationCalTDisTExpPvEPoints / PdBonus
2016/17 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group0830.00.5 / 20
2017/18 · Champions LeaguePass group / unique group0730.01 / 20
2017/18 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group0720.00 / 20
2018/19 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group110520.02 / 40
2019/20 · Europa LeaguePass group / unique group0940.01 / 20
2023/24 · Champions LeaguePass group / unique group0950.01 / 20
2023/24 · Conference LeaguePass group / unique group29450.05 / 60

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Results & participationSeasons, qualifications, competition entries and achievements
11Seasons
13Competition entries
27Opponent teams
19Present-day countries
19Opposition associations
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS
4qualifications to the next stage

4 ties won · 0 progressions from groups / unique groups

Competition entries7
Matches20
W9
D3
L8
GF26
GA38

First appearance: 2016/17 · Europa League

How these figures are counted

Secondary competitions are the Mitropa Cup, Balkans Cup and all Intertoto Cup editions, including UEFA editions. UEFA / non-UEFA labels still describe the organising body.

A season is counted once by its starting year, even when the club switches competitions. Calendar-year editions use their entry year. Each club in one competition in one season is a separate competition entry.

Qualifications follow the recorded whole-round outcomes: knockout ties, groups and league phases count once when progression is recorded. Switching competitions creates another competition entry; it does not add an extra qualification to the recorded round outcome. Finals and group-format titles are recorded as achievements instead.

Group / unique group appearances combine traditional small groups with the single league table introduced in 2024/25. Both count once per campaign phase. In secondary competitions, a group may simply be the tournament format.

Spring appearances follow the owner-confirmed stage tables. A marked stage counts as played, whether the club advanced or was eliminated. The Principal Competitions tile combines Round of 32 / play-offs and Round of 16 appearances as “Other”; a campaign reaching both contributes two stage appearances. Detailed match records retain each round’s full name. Round of 32 includes knockout phase play-offs. For other campaigns, a whole round must fall in January–June of one calendar year; rounds carried over from the preceding year are excluded. Steaua’s December 1986 Intercontinental final is an explicit exception. Both the 1986 Super Cup and Intercontinental final are attributed to the 1985/86 qualifying season, with actual match dates preserved.

W/D/L and goals include awarded scores. Match records below exclude awards. All figures describe the supplied archive.

Club recordsBiggest victories, heaviest defeats and longest campaigns
PRINCIPAL COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

3–0 Flora Tallinn2023/24 · Conference League

2–0 Racing FC2018/19 · Europa League

2–0 Flora Tallinn2023/24 · Conference League

3–2 Urartu2023/24 · Conference League

3–2 Urartu2023/24 · Conference League

2–1 KAA Gent2019/20 · Europa League

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

0–5 KAA Gent2016/17 · Europa League

0–4 APOEL Nicosia2017/18 · Champions League

0–4 Red Bull Salzburg2017/18 · Europa League

3–6 KAA Gent2019/20 · Europa League

0–3 Sheriff Tiraspol2023/24 · Champions League

1–3 Red Bull Salzburg2017/18 · Europa League

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

6 Conference League2023/24

SECONDARY COMPETITIONS

Biggest victory

4–0 Vardar Skopje1964/66 · Balkans Cup

4–1 Lokomotiv Sofia1966/67 · Balkans Cup

3–0 Olympiacos1964/66 · Balkans Cup

3–1 Gençlerbirliği SK1967/68 · Balkans Cup

2–0 Vardar Skopje1966/67 · Balkans Cup

2–0 Dnepr Mogilev1995 · Intertoto Cup

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals scored, then earliest date.

Heaviest defeat

1–5 Lokomotiv Sofia1966/67 · Balkans Cup

0–4 Vardar Skopje1966/67 · Balkans Cup

0–4 SC Heerenveen1995 · Intertoto Cup

1–4 AJ Auxerre2006 · Intertoto Cup

0–3 AEK Athens1966/67 · Balkans Cup

0–2 Rapid București1964/66 · Balkans Cup

Top 6 results · goal margin, then goals conceded, then earliest date.

Longest competition entry · matches

8 Balkans Cup1964/66

Busiest season · 8 matches: 1964/66 (1 competition entry) · 2023/24 (2 competition entries)

Records use scored, played matches; awarded results are excluded. A competition entry means one club in one competition in one season. A season can include more than one competition.

Deciding momentsAway goals, penalties, extra time and additional matches

All outcomes are from the Romanian club’s perspective: Won means the Romanian club progressed or won the final; Lost means its opponent did. Away goals, shoot-outs and replays count once per tie. The a.e.t. row counts individual matches requiring extra time, including those later decided on penalties. Its Won / Lost columns show the eventual tie or final outcome.

Principal competitions

DecisionTimesWonLostUnconfirmed
After extra time (a.e.t.)2020

Only recorded decision methods are shown. An omitted method has no recorded instances in this archive; it does not prove that it never occurred.

Club identity & historyBackground, former names and crests

Club identity

Active · merger 2021

Constanța’s maritime football tradition and Viitorul’s academy project meet in the club formed by the 2021 merger.

Founded
1949 (Farul) · 2009 (Viitorul)
City
Constanța / Ovidiu
Colours
White · Blue
Home ground
Stadionul Central–Academia Gheorghe Hagi, Ovidiu

Modern Farul was formed in 1949, with earlier roots in SPM Constanța from 1920. Viitorul was founded in 2009. On 21 June 2021, Farul and Viitorul merged; the resulting side took Viitorul’s top-flight place and played in Ovidiu. Historical European matches retain their contemporary team names.

Club background · Wikipedia ↗ · Historical Farul ↗ · Viitorul Constanța ↗ · Reviewed October 2026

Former names & archive names

FC Constanța · FCV Farul Constanța · Locomotiva Constanța · PCA Constanța · SPM Constanța · Viitorul Constanța

Club crests · 3
Match archive55 matches with recorded scores · filters and season order

Principal competitions

20 matches with recorded scores

2023/24

Second qualifying roundUrartu (Armenia)Aggregate 6–4Qualified⌄
Home27 July 2023OvidiuFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
3–2UrartuArmenia
Away3 August 2023YerevanFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
3–2UrartuArmenia
Third qualifying roundFlora Tallinn (Estonia)Aggregate 5–0Qualified⌄
Home10 August 2023OvidiuFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
3–0Flora TallinnEstonia
Away16 August 2023TallinnFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
2–0Flora TallinnEstonia
Play-off roundHJK Helsinki (Finland)Aggregate 2–3Eliminated⌄

2019/20

2018/19

First qualifying roundRacing FC (Luxembourg)Aggregate 2–0Qualified⌄
Away12 July 2018Luxembourg CityViitorul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
2–0Racing FCLuxembourg
Home19 July 2018OvidiuViitorul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
0–0Racing FCLuxembourg
Second qualifying roundVitesse Arnhem (Netherlands)Aggregate 3–5Eliminated⌄

2017/18

20 entries · 7 competition entriesPage 1 of 2

Secondary competitions

35 matches with recorded scores

2006

First roundPobeda Prilep (North Macedonia)Aggregate 4–2Qualified⌄
Second roundLokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgaria)Aggregate 3–2Qualified⌄
FinalAJ Auxerre (France)Aggregate 2–4Lost final⌄

1995

Round of 32SC Heerenveen (Netherlands)Eliminated⌄
Group stage⌄

Grupa 8

Qualified
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1Farul ConstanțaRomania431062410
2AS CannesFrance42205328
3Dnepr MogilevBelarus412178-15
4OFK BečejYugoslavia410346-23
5Pogoń SzczecinPoland401369-31

3 points per win · 1 point per draw.

Owner-supplied Intertoto workbook · Clasamente, checked against Raw data

Romanian club’s matches · 4
Away9 July 1995Farul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
0–0AS CannesFrance
Home22 July 1995Farul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
2–0Dnepr MogilevBelarus
Away25 June 1995Farul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
2–1OFK BečejYugoslavia · now Serbia

1975

Balkans CupNon-UEFA
Group stage⌄

Group standings

Eliminated
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1EskişehirsporTurkey42117615
2Lokomotiv SofiaBulgaria42025504
3Farul ConstanțaRomania411256-13

Owner-supplied Balkans Cup spreadsheet, Sheet 1

Romanian club’s matches · 4
Away16 April 1975EskişehirFarul ConstanțaRomania1–2EskişehirsporTurkey
Home14 June 1975ConstanțaFarul ConstanțaRomania2–2EskişehirsporTurkey
Home26 July 1975ConstanțaFarul ConstanțaRomania2–1Lokomotiv SofiaBulgaria

1967/68

Balkans CupNon-UEFA
Group stage⌄

Group standings

Eliminated
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1Beroe Stara ZagoraBulgaria650196310
2Vllaznia ShkodërAlbania63129637
3Farul ConstanțaRomania630310916
4Gençlerbirliği SKTurkey6015310-71

Owner-supplied Balkans Cup spreadsheet, Sheet 1

Romanian club’s matches · 6

1966/67

Balkans CupNon-UEFA
Group stage⌄

Group standings

Eliminated
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1AEK AthensGreece633010559
2Lokomotiv SofiaBulgaria6222111016
3Farul ConstanțaRomania6213814-65
4Vardar ScopjeYugoslavia61236604

Owner-supplied Balkans Cup spreadsheet, Sheet 1

Romanian club’s matches · 6
Home2 November 1966ConstanțaFarul ConstanțaRomania2–0Vardar SkopjeYugoslavia · now North Macedonia
Away14 December 1966AthensFarul ConstanțaRomania0–3AEK AthensGreece
Home12 September 1967ConstanțaFarul ConstanțaRomania1–1AEK AthensGreece

1964/66

Balkans CupNon-UEFA
Group stage⌄

Group standings

Qualified · Final
PosClub / CountryMatchesWDLGFGAGDPts
1Farul ConstanțaRomania641110289
2Olympiakos PireuGreece641110829
3Spartak PlovdivBulgaria621311925
4Vardar ScopjeYugoslavia6015315-121

Owner-supplied Balkans Cup spreadsheet, Sheet 1

Romanian club’s matches · 6
Away28 April 1965PlovdivFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
1–1Spartak PlovdivBulgaria
Home12 May 1965ConstanțaFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
1–0Spartak PlovdivBulgaria
Away16 June 1965SkopjeFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
4–0Vardar SkopjeYugoslavia · now North Macedonia
Home23 June 1965ConstanțaFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
1–0Vardar SkopjeYugoslavia · now North Macedonia
Away20 October 1965PiraeusFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
0–1OlympiacosGreece
Home1 June 1966ConstanțaFarul Constanța
QualifiedRomania
3–0OlympiacosGreece
FinalRapid București (Romania)Aggregate 3–5Lost final⌄
Opposition associations19 associations recorded in the archive
Opponent teams27 opponents · explore the profiles