ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic (women)

This article is about the women's football team. For the men's football team, see ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic.

ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic, commonly known as Fortuna Becicherecu Mic, is a Romanian women's football club based in Becicherecu Mic, Timiș County, Romania.^[3] The team currently plays in the Liga I, first tier of the Romanian women's football system, after promoting at the end of the 2016–17 season.^[2]

Fortuna Becicherecu Mic

Full name	Asociația Club Sportiv Fortuna Becicherecu Mic
Nickname(s)	Zeițele (The Goddesses) [1]
Short name	Fortuna
Founded	2015; 10 years ago (2015) as NMM Becicherecu Mic 2016; 9 years ago (2016) as Fortuna Becicherecu Mic
Ground	Comunal
Capacity	900 (700 seated)
Owner	Becicherecu Mic Commune
Chairman	Călin Pașca[2]
Managers	Andra Vela & Florin Pădurean
League	Liga I
2019–20	Liga I, 3rd
Website	fortunabecicherec.ro
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Fortuna Becicherecu Mic was founded in 2015 as a women's squad of CS Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic. However, after just one season of its inception, in the summer of 2016 when Nuova Mama Mia moved from Becicherecu Mic, a new entity (a club that includes also a male football team) was formed and took over the women's team including all of the players and staff, the equipment and the sports facilities under the name of ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic,^[4] thus insuring the continuity of the team under a new name.^[5] For this reason, the Romanian Football Federation allowed the team to keep its place in the second tier league, even though a third tier was created in 2016.^[2]

While still remaining a separate club, in the summer of 2020, ACS Fortuna Becicherecu Mic signed a partnership with ASU Politehnica Timișoara, as a result of which the male Fortuna team became an unofficial satellite of Politehnica's.^[6] In contrast, in the summer of 2021, strengthening the partnership between the two clubs, the Fortuna women's team announced that it will use the Politehnica Timișoara branding^[7][8] starting with the 2021–2022 season. As a result of the partnership, since summer 2021 it started using the Stadionul Știința (Baza 1) as its main stadium, but switched playing its games on Politehnica University of Timișoara's Baza 2 from 2022, while the Becicherecu Mic Communal is still used for training matches and some youth games.

Chronology of names

Period	Full Club Name	Short name
2015–2016	Club Sportiv Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic	Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic
2016–2021	Asociația Club Sportiv Fortuna Becicherecu Mic	Fortuna Becicherecu Mic
2021–present	Societatea Sportivă Universitară Politehnica Timișoara	Politehnica Femina

Colors and kits

The colors of the team were red and white from 2015 until 2021, when due to the partnership with SSU Politehnica Timișoara, the team adopted its colors: white and violet.

2015–2016

2015–2016

2016–2021

2016–2021

2018–2021

2021–present

2021–present

Honours

Leagues

• Liga I
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
• Liga II
  • Runners-up (1): 2016–17

Cups

• Romanian Women's Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19

Season by season

  Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Promoted   Relegated

Season		Division	Tier	Place	Cup	WCL
1	2015–16	Liga I, Seria II	2	5th	1R	–
2	2016–17	Liga I, Seria II	2	2nd	R16	–
3	2017–18	Liga I	1	8th	2R	–
4	2018–19	Liga I	1	2nd	F	–
5	2019–20	Liga I	1	3rd	R16	–
6	2020–21	Liga I	1	4th	R16	–
7	2021–22	Liga I	1	TBD	R32	–

Current squad

As of 13 January 2019^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ROU Mihaela Durlă — DF  ROU Sabina Scurtu — DF  ROU Claudia Bistrian — DF  ROU Savetuca Codrescu (Captain) — DF  ROU Camelia Crișan — DF  ROU Denisa Heișu — DF  ROU Oana Stoianov — DF  ROU Lidia Șuveț — MF  ROU Florina Abrudan — MF  ROU Loredana Bondre — MF  ROU Denisa Hațegan — MF  ROU Larisa Grigore

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ROU Ioana Iancovici — MF  ROU Bianca Ienovan — MF  ROU Alexandra Lunca — MF  ROU Monica Tomesc — MF  MDA Nadejda Colesnicenco — FW  ROU Mariana Voinea — FW  ROU Cosmina Roșu — FW  ROU Rebeca Pavel — FW  ROU Loredana Sas — FW  ROU Larisa Sîrbovan — FW  ROU Cristina Sucilă

Club officials

Board of directors Role Name President Călin Pașca Last updated: 19 January 2019 Source:[10]

Current technical staff Role Name Managers Florin Pădurean Andra Vela Goalkeeping Coach Dorin Hraniesavlievici Last updated: 19 January 2019 Source:[11]