{"id":448058,"date":"2020-03-03T19:34:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=448058"},"modified":"2020-03-03T19:39:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:39:26","slug":"fc-zimbru-chisinau-will-no-longer-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/fc-zimbru-chisinau-will-no-longer-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u will no longer exist"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Moldova was never a big name in the worldwide football competitions. Unfortunately, the country has even less chances to become known in this sport, as one of the oldest and most titled football clubs in the Republic of Moldova, FC Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u, withdraws from the National Division, but also from all football competitions. The announcement was made today by Sevastian Botnari, general manager of the football club, informed<\/a> ZdG.<\/p>\n

The main withdrawal reason is the lack of investments in the area. “As of today, the senior team of Zimbru football club will not exist,”<\/em> claimed Botnari.<\/p>\n

According to the football club manager, the main and only investor of the national-level football\u00a0 team,\u00a0Nicolae Ciornii, has decided to refrain from further investments. “The precarious situation within the club forced us to take this decision.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The football club’s financial problems were reported since February 2019, when several footballers alarmed the public regarding the disastrous financial situation within the club. In the period of 2017-2018 the possibility of the FC Zimbru football team’s bankruptcy was discussed.<\/p>\n

Moreover, in December 2017, the club was forced<\/a> by the court to disburse a debt of 52 million lei<\/strong> for some lease contracts that weren’t paid.<\/p>\n

FC Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u is one of the oldest football teams in Moldova, being founded in 1947<\/strong>. It is also the most beloved football club in the country, gathering thousands of fans especially at European cups. FC Zimbru has won eight times the title of champion of Moldova and six times the cup of Moldova in football. Starting with 2018, the football club was the only representative of the capital city in the National Division of the country.<\/p>\n

According to the Moldovan Football Federation (MFF), there are 43 216 football players registered in Moldova,out of which 17 987 are aged under 18 years. Also, there are 2053 football teams registered, 11 non-amateur football clubs and 147 amateur clubs.<\/p>\n

Photo: zdg.md<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Moldova was never a big name in the worldwide football competitions. Unfortunately, the country has even less chances to become known in this sport, as one of the oldest and most titled football clubs in the Republic of Moldova, FC Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u, withdraws from the National Division, but also from all football competitions. The announcement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":448060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[622,620,291,35,621,619],"class_list":["post-448058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bankruptcy","tag-club","tag-football","tag-important","tag-players","tag-zimbru"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Moldova was never a big name in the worldwide football competitions. Unfortunately, the country has even less chances to become known in this sport, as one of the oldest and most titled football clubs in the Republic of Moldova, FC Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u, withdraws from the National Division, but also from all football competitions. The announcement was made today by Sevastian Botnari, general manager of the football club, informed<\/a> ZdG.<\/p>\n

The main withdrawal reason is the lack of investments in the area. “As of today, the senior team of Zimbru football club will not exist,”<\/em> claimed Botnari.<\/p>\n

According to the football club manager, the main and only investor of the national-level football\u00a0 team,\u00a0Nicolae Ciornii, has decided to refrain from further investments. “The precarious situation within the club forced us to take this decision.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The football club’s financial problems were reported since February 2019, when several footballers alarmed the public regarding the disastrous financial situation within the club. In the period of 2017-2018 the possibility of the FC Zimbru football team’s bankruptcy was discussed.<\/p>\n

Moreover, in December 2017, the club was forced<\/a> by the court to disburse a debt of 52 million lei<\/strong> for some lease contracts that weren’t paid.<\/p>\n

FC Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u is one of the oldest football teams in Moldova, being founded in 1947<\/strong>. It is also the most beloved football club in the country, gathering thousands of fans especially at European cups. FC Zimbru has won eight times the title of champion of Moldova and six times the cup of Moldova in football. Starting with 2018, the football club was the only representative of the capital city in the National Division of the country.<\/p>\n

According to the Moldovan Football Federation (MFF), there are 43 216 football players registered in Moldova,out of which 17 987 are aged under 18 years. Also, there are 2053 football teams registered, 11 non-amateur football clubs and 147 amateur clubs.<\/p>\n

Photo: zdg.md<\/p>\n

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