ACS USV Iași

Asociația Club Sportiv USV Iași, also known as USV Iași, or just USV is a Romanian football club based in Iași, Iași County, which currently competes in Liga III, the third tier of Romanian football, following their promotion at the end of the 2023–24 season.^[1]

USV Iași

Full name	Asociația Club Sportiv USV Iași
Nicknames	Ieșenii (The people from Iași) Studenții (The Students)
Short name	USV
Founded	2022; 3 years ago (2022)
Ground	Agronomia
Capacity	1,100 (seating)
Owner	USV Iași
Chairman	Vasile Stoleru
Head coach	Cristian Ungureanu
League	Liga III
2024–25	Liga III, Seria I, 9th
Home colours Away colours

History

The football team of Universitatea de Științele Vieții din Iași (lit. 'University of Life Sciences of Iași') was founded in 2022 as USV Iași and was enrolled in Liga IV – Iași County, playing its home matches at the university’s own sports base.^[2]

In the first season, the Students finished as runners-up under Florin Croitoru, four points behind Moldova Cristești. In the following campaign, USV Iași won the county championship, led by player-coach Eduard Sandu, finishing tied on points with former Liga II side CSM Pașcani but placing first on head-to-head results. They secured promotion to Liga III beating Prosport Vârful Câmpului, the Botoșani County champions, 4–1 on aggregate, becoming the first club from Iași to reach the third tier in fourteen years.^[3][4][1]

In the 2024–25 season, Romeo Butnaru was appointed head coach,^[5] but he was replaced during the winter break by Cristian Meiu,^[6] who in turn was dismissed with four rounds remaining and succeeded by Cristian Ungureanu. Ieșenii finished 9th in Series I and were relegated. However, USV was spared from relegation due to the withdrawal of other teams and continued to compete in Liga III.

Ground

USV Iași plays its home matches on Agronomia Stadium in Iași, Iași County, arena that has a capacity of 2,000 seats and it is situated inside Ion Ionescu de la Brad University of Life Sciences of Iași campus.^[7][2]

Honours

Liga IV – Iași County

• Winners (1): 2023–24
• Runners-up (1): 2022–23

Players

First team squad

As of 10 September 2024

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 1 GK  ROU Teodor Cotea 2 DF  ROU Dănuț Tăcuțanu 3 MF  ROU Mihai Asofiei (Captain) 4 FW  ROU Andrei Onofrei 5 MF  ROU Denis Șerban 6 DF  ROU Andrei Nechita 7 FW  ROU Adrian Viorică 8 MF  ROU Dumitru Șova 9 FW  ROU Andrei Tănasă 10 MF  ROU Alexandru Izmană 11 MF  ROU Claudiu Donose 12 GK  ROU Cosmin Anton 13 MF  ROU Mario Turcu 14 FW  ROU Eduard Sandu (Vice-Captain) 15 MF  ROU Dan Condurache (on loan from Poli Iași) 16 MF  ROU Iulian Curcă

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ROU Cosmin Privighitorița 18 MF  ROU Matteo Dumitrașcu 19 FW  ROU Codrin Safra-Groll 20 FW  ROU Robert Tânăru 21 MF  ROU Leonard Alexandru 22 FW  ROU Mihai Cucoș 23 MF  ROU Andrei Sărițanu 24 MF  ROU Diitrie Ureche 25 MF  ROU Ștefan Sîrbu 26 MF  ROU David Diaconu 28 MF  ROU Alexandru Taciuc 33 DF  ROU Tudor Plop 98 GK  ROU Alexandru Țențea 99 FW  ROU Alexandru Marin

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

Board of directors Role Name Owners USV Iași President Vasile Stoleru Team Manager Corneliu Gorban

Current technical staff Role Name Manager Cristian Ungureanu Assistant coach Irinel Ionescu

League and Cup history

See also: Romanian football league system

Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României 2025–26 3 Liga III (Seria I) TBD First round 2024–25 3 Liga III (Seria I) 9th Spared from (R) County phase - F

Season Tier Division Place Notes Cupa României 2023–24 4 Liga IV (IS) 1st (C) Promoted Regional phase - F 2022–23 4 Liga IV (IS) 2nd County phase - W