FC Bălți

Fotbal Club Bălți, commonly known as Bălți, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Bălți, founded in 1984 as FC Zaria Bălți and refounded in 2020 as FC Bălți. They play in the Liga, the top division of Moldovan football. Between 1992 and 2014, the team was known as FC Olimpia Bălți.

Bălți

Full name	Fotbal Club Bălți
Founded	1984; 41 years ago (1984) as Zaria Bălți
Ground	Stadionul Orășenesc Bălți
Capacity	5,953
Owner	Primăria Bălți
President	Vladimir Țaranu[1]
Head coach	Veaceslav Rusnac
League	Liga
2024–25	Super Liga, 5th of 8
Website	fcbalti.md
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Old logo

The club was founded in 1984 as FC Zaria Bălți (Russian: ФК Заря Бельцы), and in 1992, when Moldova gained its independence, the club was renamed to FC Olimpia Bălți. In July 2014 it was decided to return to the old name – FC Zaria Bălți.

Old logo

FC Olimpia gained worldwide notoriety in December 2009 for putting an online bid through which the winner would awarded a one-year contract as a player with the club.^[2] The winner was a Brazilian businessman who had a brief career as a footballer in his native country. Nevertheless, the winning bidder declined the position stating that, since he never paid the application fee, he assumed his bid would not be taken into account.^[3] In April 2010 the club called for a new bidding round.^[4] The winner was never announced, though. In 2018,the club would relegate into the Divizia A after finishing last in the league. However they would return to the top-flight only 2 seasons later.^[5]

Name history

• FC Zaria Bălți (1984–1991)
• FC Olimpia Bălți (1991–2014)
• FC Zaria Bălți (2014–2019)
• FC Bălți (2020–)

Players

As of 18 June 2025^[6]

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  MDA Lucian Cebotari 2 MF  ARG Álvaro Bely (captain) 3 DF  MDA Vladislav Boico 5 DF  BRA Igor Cesar 7 MF  EQG Fede Nguema 8 MF  MDA Ivan Urvanțev 9 MF  KAZ Vadim Yakovlev 10 FW  BRA Andrézinho 11 DF  MDA Evgheni Usatenco 14 DF  MDA Radu Rogac 16 GK  MDA Răzvan Perju 17 FW  MDA Dan-Lucian Burlacu 19 DF  MDA Vladimir Ghinaitis 20 DF  MDA David Cemschi

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW  MDA Nichita Picus 24 FW  MDA Dumitru Rogac 25 MF  MDA Andrei Sosnovschi 28 MF  CMR Marius Obekop 31 DF  MDA Danila Ignatov 33 GK  MDA Artur Nazarciuc 96 MF  MDA Andrei Rusnac 99 FW  BRA Zé Flores — MF  MDA Dumitru Bivol — MF  MDA Vladislav Costin — MF  MDA Nicolai Covalschi — FW  MDA Dmitri Maneacov — FW  MDA Dan-Angelo Boțan

Honours

Moldovan Cup

Winners (1): 2015–16

Runners-up (3): 2010–11, 2016–17, 2022–23

Moldovan Super Cup

Runners-up (1): 2016

Divizia „A”

Winners (1): 2020–21

League history

Season	League									Cup	Super Cup	Europe		Ref
	Division	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1992	1st	9th	22	5	7	10	19	24	17	DNE	–	–		[7]
1992–93		7th	30	14	6	10	40	28	34	Quarter-finals	–	–		[8][9]
1993–94		5th	30	13	8	9	35	41	34	Quarter-finals	–	–		[10][11]
1994–95		3rd	26	17	6	3	53	24	57	Quarter-finals	–	–		[12]
1995–96		5th	30	19	6	5	55	25	63	Round of 32	–	–		[13][14]
1996–97		5th	30	18	6	6	75	34	60	Semi-finals	–	–		[15]
1997–98		6th	26	12	8	6	40	21	44	Round of 16	–	–		[16]
1998–99		5th	26	7	9	10	14	22	30	Semi-finals	–	–		[17]
1999–2000		6th	36	13	7	16	42	51	46	Quarter-finals	–	–		[18]
2000–01		↓ 8th	28	3	5	20	19	49	14	Quarter-finals	–	–		[19]
2001–02	2nd	4th	30	15	8	7	60	45	53	—	–	–		[20]
2002–03		4th	26	14	7	5	47	29	49	—	–	–		[21]
2003–04		8th	30	15	5	10	55	31	50	Round of 16	–	–		[22]
2004–05		3rd	30	21	6	3	63	22	69	Round of 16	–	–		[23]
2005–06		↑ 3rd	28	18	5	5	66	23	59	Round of 16	–	–		[24][25]
2006–07	1st	6th	36	12	6	18	38	50	42	Round of 16	–	–		[26]
2007–08		8th	30	7	6	17	24	46	27	Quarter-finals	–	–		[27]
2008–09		6th	30	11	7	12	30	32	40	Quarter-finals	–	–		[28]
2009–10		3rd	33	17	9	7	45	23	60	Semi-finals	–	–		[29]
2010–11		6th	39	21	11	7	59	31	74	Runners-up	–	UEL	2Q	[30]
2011–12		5th	33	10	15	8	26	27	45	Quarter-finals	–	–		[31]
2012–13		10th	33	10	5	18	31	50	35	Round of 16	–	–		[32]
2013–14		11th	33	5	3	25	26	77	18	Round of 16	–	–		[33]
2014–15		9th	24	4	0	20	10	66	12	Round of 16	–	–		[34]
2015–16		4th	27	12	6	9	36	29	42	Winners	–	–		[35]
2016–17		4th	30	20	5	5	56	21	65	Runners-up	Runners-up	UEL	1Q	[36]
2017		5th	18	7	3	8	28	20	24	Quarter-finals	–	UEL	2Q	[37]
2018		↓ 8th	28	4	10	14	26	46	22	Quarter-finals	–	UEL	1Q	[38]
2019	2nd	10th	28	9	4	15	65	60	31	First round	–	–		[39]
2020–21		↑ 1st	26	23	0	3	85	17	69	Second round	–	–		[40]
2021–22	1st	5th	28	11	3	14	39	39	36	Quarter-finals	–	–
2022–23		6th	24	5	7	12	18	26	22	Runners-up	–	–
2023–24		5th	24	9	3	12	33	44	30	Semi-finals	–	–
2024–25		5th	24	7	7	10	27	33	28	Quarter-finals	–	–

European record

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
UEFA Europa League	12	3	3	6	9	21	−12	025.00
UEFA Conference League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	12	3	3	6	9	21	−12	025.00

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Khazar Lankaran	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		2Q	Dinamo București	0–2	1–5	1–7
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Videoton	2–0	0–3	2–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Sarajevo	2–1	1–2	3–3 (6–5 p)
		2Q	Apollon Limassol	1–2	0–3	1–5
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Górnik Zabrze	1–1	0–1	1–2