FC Bălți
Association football club in Moldova
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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.
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Bălți | ||
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| Ground | Stadionul Municipal Bălți | ||
| Capacity | 5,200 | ||
| President | Vladimir Țaranu | ||
| Head coach | Veaceslav Rusnac | ||
| League | Liga | ||
| 2024–25 | Super Liga, 5th of 8 | ||
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History
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.
Name history
- FC Zaria Bălți (1984–1991)
- FC Olimpia Bălți (1992–2014)
- FC Zaria Bălți (2014–2019)
- FC Bălți (2020–)
Players
- As of 21 March 2026
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
League history
| Season | League | Cup | Super Cup | Europe | Ref | |||||||||
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| Division | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | ||||||
| 1992 | 1st | 9th | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 17 | DNE | – | – | [1] | |
| 1992–93 | 7th | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 28 | 34 | Quarter-finals | – | – | [2][3] | ||
| 1993–94 | 5th | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 41 | 34 | Quarter-finals | – | – | [4][5] | ||
| 1994–95 | 3rd | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 24 | 57 | Quarter-finals | – | – | [6] | ||
| 1995–96 | 5th | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 25 | 63 | Round of 32 | – | – | [7][8] | ||
| 1996–97 | 5th | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 75 | 34 | 60 | Semi-finals | – | – | [9] | ||
| 1997–98 | 6th | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 21 | 44 | Round of 16 | – | – | [10] | ||
| 1998–99 | 5th | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 30 | Semi-finals | – | – | [11] | ||
| 1999–2000 | 6th | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 42 | 51 | 46 | Quarter-finals | – | – | [12] | ||
| 2000–01 | ↓ 8th | 28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 49 | 14 | Quarter-finals | – | – | [13] | ||
| 2001–02 | 2nd | 4th | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 45 | 53 | N/a | – | – | [14] | |
| 2002–03 | 4th | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 29 | 49 | N/a | – | – | [15] | ||
| 2003–04 | 8th | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 55 | 31 | 50 | Round of 16 | – | – | [16] | ||
| 2004–05 | 3rd | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 22 | 69 | Round of 16 | – | – | [17] | ||
| 2005–06 | ↑ 3rd | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 23 | 59 | Round of 16 | – | – | [18][19] | ||
| 2006–07 | 1st | 6th | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 38 | 50 | 42 | Round of 16 | – | – | [20] | |
| 2007–08 | 8th | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 46 | 27 | Quarter-finals | – | – | [21] | ||
| 2008–09 | 6th | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 32 | 40 | Quarter-finals | – | – | [22] | ||
| 2009–10 | 3rd | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 23 | 60 | Semi-finals | – | – | [23] | ||
| 2010–11 | 6th | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 59 | 31 | 74 | Runners-up | – | UEL | 2Q | [24] | |
| 2011–12 | 5th | 33 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 45 | Quarter-finals | – | – | [25] | ||
| 2012–13 | 10th | 33 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 50 | 35 | Round of 16 | – | – | [26] | ||
| 2013–14 | 11th | 33 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 26 | 77 | 18 | Round of 16 | – | – | [27] | ||
| 2014–15 | 9th | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 66 | 12 | Round of 16 | – | – | [28] | ||
| 2015–16 | 4th | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 29 | 42 | Winners | – | – | [29] | ||
| 2016–17 | 4th | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 21 | 65 | Runners-up | Runners-up | UEL | 1Q | [30] | |
| 2017 | 5th | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 20 | 24 | Quarter-finals | – | UEL | 2Q | [31] | |
| 2018 | ↓ 8th | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 46 | 22 | Quarter-finals | – | UEL | 1Q | [32] | |
| 2019 | 2nd | 10th | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 65 | 60 | 31 | First round | – | – | [33] | |
| 2020–21 | ↑ 1st | 26 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 17 | 69 | Second round | – | – | [34] | ||
| 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% |
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| UEFA Champions League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| UEFA Europa League | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 16.67 |
| UEFA Conference League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Total | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 16.67 |
Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 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 (a.e.t) | 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 |