Aerostar Bacau

Clubul Sportiv Aerostar Bacau, commonly known as Aerostar Bacau or simply as Aerostar, is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Bacau, Bacau County, currently playing in the Liga III.

Founded in 1977 as Aripile Bacau, "the yellow and blues" are known as the team of the city's aeronautical manufacturing company. After the fall of communism, the country has undergone a series administrative changes, and in the early 1990s the company changed its name to Aerostar, a name which was also adopted by the football club. During the 1993–94 season, the club encountered serious financial problems that led to the exclusion from the Divizia C championship and bankruptcy. In the summer of 1995, the side was refounded with the same name of Aerostar Bacau and enrolled in the fourth division.

History

Aripile, first years and the ascension (1977–1992)

Founded in 1977 as Aripile Bacau (The Bacau Wings) the club was enrolled directly in the Divizia C, being assigned to the second series. The team obtained only a 14th place out of 16 in the first season and a 15th place at the end of the second, being relegated to the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. After one season of absence Aripile promoted back to Divizia C and changed its name in Victoria IRA Bacau.

As Victoria IRA, the results started to appear: 1980–81 – 6th and 1981–82 – 5th. In the summer of 1982 the club ownership decided to change the team's name back to the old one, Aripile Bacau. A fantastic season followed, in which Aripile fought for promotion until the last rounds, finishing 2nd, at 5 points behind the local rival, Partizanul Bacau and two points over another team from Bacau County, Petrolul Moinești. In the next season "the Airmen" were even closer to the goal of promotion, being separated from the leader, Fepa 74 Barlad, by only one point. Finally the yellow and blues promoted for the first time in the Divizia B at the end of the 1984–85 season,