FC Hermannstadt
Asociația Fotbal Club Hermannstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁmanʃtat]), commonly known as FC Hermannstadt, Hermannstadt, or familiarly as Sibiu (Romanian pronunciation: [siˈbiw]), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Sibiu (German: Hermannstadt), Sibiu County, that competes in the Liga I.
| Full name | Asociația Fotbal Club Hermannstadt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Roș-negrii (The Red and Blacks) Sibienii (The Sibiu People) | |||
| Founded | 29 July 2015 | |||
| Ground | Municipal | |||
| Capacity | 12,363 | |||
| Owner | Sibiu Municipality | |||
| Chairman | Claudiu Rotar | |||
| Head coach | Marius Măldărășanu | |||
| League | Liga I | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga I, 11th of 16 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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The team was established in 2015 and introduced in the fourth division, with Hermannstadt being the equivalent of the city's name in the standard German language (i.e. Hochdeutsch). Roș-negrii achieved successive promotions and in 2018 reached the Liga I, the highest level of the Romanian football league system.
During the same year, Hermannstadt also played a Cupa României final, which they lost 0–2 to Universitatea Craiova.
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