FCM Bacău

Early years (1950–1992)

FCM Bacău was founded in 1950 as Dinamo Bacău under the Ministry of Internal Affairs with other clubs which bore the name "Dinamo". Its management decided to separate from the ministry, renaming it Sport Club Bacău and adding athletics and tennis. Dinamo Bacău went undefeated in the 1952 season of the Bacău Regional Championship, finishing 1st, 11 points ahead of the 2nd-placed team, and passed Știința Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Locomotiva Galați, and Metalul Brăila in successive rounds of the promotion play-offs for Divizia B. The team also reached the Round of 16 in the Cupa României, eliminating Divizia B sides Locomotiva Iași and Metalul București before losing 2–6 to CCA București. The squad, coached by M. Popescu, included Anghel, Magheț, Weber, Guran, Birăescu, Olaru, Dinu, Oprea, Coidum, Chiriță, Marinescu, Zimba, and Haimovici. In Divizia B, Dinamo Bacău finished 4th in Series I during the 1953 season before moving to Series II, where they were runners-up in 1954 and won the series in 1955, earning promotion to the top division under coach Florian Ambru. The squad comprised Varga, Miu, Weber, Chiriță, Matei, Cimaru, Ivanenko, Ioanovici, Csatary, Oaidă, Sîrbu, Lemnăru, Crețea, Șoimu, Stancu, and David. In the 1956 season of Divizia A, the club finished last and was relegated to the second division.

Returning to Divizia A, Dinamo Bacău finished 6th in the 1967–68 season and 5th in 1968–69 under the leadership of Nicolae Dumitru, earning…

Leagues

Liga II

Winners (4): 1955, 1966–67, 1974–75, 1994–95 Runners-up (3): 1954, 1957–58, 1964–65 Liga III

Winners (1): 2010–11 Liga IV – Bacău County

Runners-up (1): 2019–20

Cups

Cupa României

Runners-up (1): 1990–91 Cupa Ligii:

Winners (1): 1998