List of FC Brașov (1936) managers

This is a list of managers who have been in charge at FC Brașov.

Silviu Ploeşteanu in 1963

Silviu Ploeşteanu

Silviu Ploeşteanu is the man of records at FC Braşov. In a top of the longest serving football managers at the same club in consecutive years, Mr Silviu Ploeşteanu is fourth with 20 years in charge at Steagul Roşu Braşov (the former name of FC Braşov). Today the club's stadium holds his name. As of 2013, the top six were:^[1][2]

1. Guy Roux, 44 years at AJ Auxerre (1961–2005)

2. Sir Alex Ferguson, 27 years at Manchester United (1986–2013)

3. Sir Matt Busby, 24 years at Manchester United (1945–1969)

4. Silviu Ploeşteanu, 20 years at Steagul Roşu Braşov (1948–1968)

5. Valeri Lobanovsky, 16 years at Dinamo Kiev (1974–1990)

6. Bill Shankly, 15 years at Liverpool F.C. (1959–1974) and Eugène Gerards, 15 years at OFI Crete (1985–2000)

Managerial history

The list of the FC Brașov managers, as remembered by the statistics:^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Season	League	Manager	Period	Rounds	Position
1948–49	Divizia C	Silviu Ploeşteanu
1950
1951	Divizia B				4th
1952					6th
1953					6th
1954					4th
1955					9th
1956					1st (P)
1957–58	Divizia A				7th
1958–59					7th
1959–60					2nd
1960–61					5th
1961–62					4th
1962–63					6th
1963–64					6th
1964–65					4th
1965–66					5th
1966–67					7th
1967–68					14th (R)
1968–69	Divizia B	Nicolae Proca		All rounds	1st (P)
1969–70	Divizia A	Valentin Stănescu		All rounds	8th
1970–71					5th
1971–72		Nicolae Proca		All rounds	5th
1972–73					7th
1973–74					3rd (Q1)
1974–75				Round 1 to round 22	16th (R)
		Alexandru Meszaros		Round 23 to round 34
1975–76	Divizia B				3rd
1976–77					2nd
1977–78					5th
1978–78					2nd
1979–80					1st (P)
1980–81	Divizia A				8th
1981–82		Nicolae Pescaru		All rounds	13th
1982–83				Round 1 to round 7	16th (R)
		Ştefan Coidum		Round 8 to round 34
1983–84	Divizia B			All rounds	1st (P)
1984–85	Divizia A			Round 1 to round 18	12th
		Marcel Goran		Round 23 to round 34
1985–86				Round 1 to round 18	11th
		Costică Ştefănescu		Round 19 to round 34
1986–87				All rounds	13th
1987–88				All rounds	8th
1988–89				All rounds	10th
1989–90				Round 1 to round 7	7th
		Dumitru Anescu		Round 8 to round 34
1990–91		Ioan Nagy		All rounds	9th
1991–92		Csaba Györffy		Round 9 to round 13	9th
		Paul Enache		Round 14 to round 34
1992–93				Round 1 to round 27	12th
		Gheorghe Staicu		All rounds
1993–94		Nicolae Pescaru		Round 1 to round 29	13th
		Dorel Purdea		Round 30 to round 34
1994–95		Ioan Nagy		Round 1 to round 17	14th
		Gabriel Stan		Round 18 to round 34
1995–96				Round 1 to round 18	10th
		Csaba Györffy		Round 19 to round 21
		Viorel Hizo		Round 22 to round 34
1996–97				Round 1 to round 20	18th (R)
		Marian Mihail		Round 21 to round 34
1997–98	Divizia B	Costel Orac		Round 1 to round 17	3rd
		Marin Barbu		Rest of the season
1998–99		Cornel Ţălnar		All rounds	1st (P)
1999–00	Divizia A	Ioan Andone		Round 1 to round 18	14th
		Adrian Hârlab		Round 19 to round 20
		Florin Halagian		Round 21 to day 31
		Adrian Hârlab		Round 32 to round 34
2000–01		Gabriel Stan		All rounds	3rd (Q2)
2001–02		Ilie Dumitrescu		Round 1 to round 3	11th
		Adrian Hârlab		Round 4 to round 8
		Gabriel Stan		Round 9 to round 23
		Ferencz Bajko		Round 24 to round 30
2002–03		Marius Lăcătuş		All rounds	4th
2003–04				Round 1 to round 15	11th
		Răzvan Lucescu		Round 16 to round 30
2004–05		Ionuţ Lupescu		Round 1 to round 5	15th (R)
		Gabriel Stan		Round 6 to round 20
		Ferencz Bajko		Round 21 to round 30
2005–06	Divizia B	Gheorghe Mulţescu		Round 1 to round 6	3rd
		Nicolae Manea		Round 7 to round 12
		Gheorghe Mulţescu		Round 13 to round 15
		Cornel Ţălnar		Round 16 to round 30
2006–07	Liga II	Aurel Şunda		Round 1 to round 10	10th
		Gabriel Stan		Round 11 to round 17
		Mihai Stoica		Round 18 to round 34
2007–08		Răzvan Lucescu	July 1, 2007 – June 5, 2009	All rounds	1st (P)
2008–09	Liga I				9th
2009–10		Nicolò Napoli	July 5, 2009 – July 27, 2009	Pre-season only	9th
		Viorel Moldovan	July 27, 2009 – June 11, 2010	All rounds
2010–11		Giuseppe Materazzi	June 27, 2010 – July 1, 2010	Pre-season only	12th
		Daniel Isăilă	July 9, 2010 – Dec 18, 2010	Round 1 to round 18
		António Conceição	Dec 18, 2010 – July 14, 2011	Rest of the season
2011–12		Daniel Isăilă		Round 1 to round 2	10th
		José Murcia	Aug 9, 2011 – Aug 30, 2011	Round 3 to round 5
		Daniel Isăilă	Aug 30, 2011 – Nov 1, 2011	Round 6 to round 14
		Marius Şumudică	Nov 2, 2011 – April 16, 2012	Round 15 to round 27
		Ionuţ Badea	April 17, 2012 – Sept 17, 2012	Round 28 to round 34
2012–13				Round 1 to round 8	7th
		Viorel Hizo		No rounds
		Adrian Szabo (interim)	Sept 18, 2012 – Oct 10, 2012	Round 9 to round 11
		Sorin Cârţu	Oct 10, 2012 – Nov 12, 2012	Round 12 to round 15
		Adrian Szabo	Nov 12, 2012 – Aug 19, 2013	Round 16 to round 34
2013–14				Round 1 to round 5	15th
		Aurel Ţicleanu	Aug 19, 2013 – Sept 22, 2013	Round 6 to round 8
		Alexandru Pelici	Sept 23, 2013 – Nov 4, 2013	Round 9 to round 13
		Ilie Stan	Nov 6, 2013 – Jan 15, 2014	Round 14 to round 19
		Cornel Țălnar	Jan 27, 2014 – Aug 14, 2014[9]	Round 20 to round 34
2014–15				Round 1 to round 3	14th (R)
		Adrian Szabo	Aug 14, 2014 – Jan 5, 2015	Round 1 to round 17
		Vjekoslav Lokica	Jan 5, 2015[10] – Apr 12, 2015[11]	Round 17 to round 27
		Adrian Szabo	Apr 12, 2015 – 31 May, 2016	Round 27 to round 34
2015–16	Liga II	Cosmin Bodea	Jun 15, 2015[12] – Sep 8, 2015[13]	Round 1 to round 2
		Adrian Szabo	Sep 10, 2015[14] – Jan 7, 2016	Round 3 to Round 32

(Q¹) = Qualified for the 1974–75 UEFA Cup First round
(Q²) = Qualified for the 2001–02 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
(R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted