Flavius Stoican

Flavius Vladimir Stoican (born 24 November 1976) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga II club CSM Reșița.

Flavius Stoican

Personal information
Full name	Flavius Vladimir Stoican
Date of birth	(1976-11-24) 24 November 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Vânju Mare, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	CSM Reșița (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1994	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
1995–2002	Universitatea Craiova	101	(2)
2002–2003	Dinamo București	29	(1)
2003–2006	Shakhtar Donetsk	48	(1)
2007	Metalist Kharkiv	1	(0)
2007–2008	Dinamo București	7	(0)
2009–2010	Minerul Mehedinți
Total		186	(4)
International career
1999–2005	Romania	19	(0)
Managerial career
2009–2010	Minerul Mehedinți (player/coach)
2010–2011	CSMȘ Reșița
2011–2012	Dinamo II București
2012	Chindia Târgoviște
2012–2013	Mioveni
2013	Dinamo II București
2013–2014	Dinamo București
2015	Dinamo București
2015	Voluntari
2016	Zimbru Chișinău
2017	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2017–2019	Politehnica Iași
2019	Petrolul Ploiești
2020–2021	Viitorul Târgu Jiu
2021	FC U Craiova
2021–2022	Dinamo București
2022	Mioveni
2022–2023	Botoșani
2023–	CSM Reșița
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Stoican started his career at FC Drobeta, but soon he left them for Universitatea Craviova, where he played for seven years.^[1] In the summer of 2002, Stoican moved to Romanian giants Dinamo București.^[2]

While playing for Dinamo, Shakhtar Donetsk manager, Mircea Lucescu, spotted Stoican's abilities and brought him to the Ukrainian Premier League club in the summer of 2003.^[3] He spent four years at Shakhtar Donetsk before moving to Metalist Kharkiv.^[4] He did not manage to find a place in the first team at Metalist and returned to Dinamo București for the final year of his playing career.^[5]

International career

From 1999 to 2005, Stoican made 19 appearances for Romania, making his debut under coach Victor Pițurcă when he came as a substitute and replaced Dan Petrescu in a friendly against Cyprus which ended 2–2.^[6][7][8] He played two games at the Euro 2004 qualifiers and six at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.^[6] Stoican's last game for the national team was a friendly against Nigeria which ended with a 3–0 victory.^[6][9]

Managerial career

In 2009, after ending his player career, Stoican was appointed manager of Liga III club Minerul Valea Copcii. For the 2010–11 season he moved to CSM Reșița, and in July 2011 he was appointed head coach of Dinamo II București. After only six months, he resigned from Dinamo II and took control of Chindia Târgoviște.^[10] He left Chindia in September 2012, after a poor series of results.^[11] In October 2012, Stoican became head coach at Mioveni, with the primary objective of helping the team gain promotion to Liga I.^[12]

Dinamo

In August 2013, he came back to Dinamo II, now playing in the Liga III, with the objective of gaining promotion to Liga II.^[13] On 22 September 2013, Stoican was appointed as head coach at the main squad of FC Dinamo București. His contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 12 November 2014, when the club was placed sixth in Liga I and was eliminated from the Romanian Cup.^[14] From March to May 2015, Stoican had another brief spell in charge of Dinamo.^[15]

Politehnica Iași

In the summer of 2017, after his ambitious stint at Pandurii Târgu Jiu almost saved them from relegation to Liga II, Stoican was appointed head coach at Politehnica Iași.^[16] On 24 February 2018, in spite of a 0–1 loss to defending champions Viitorul Constanța, Stoican led Politehnica Iași to its first Liga I Championship play-off and to an eventual sixth-place finish at the end of the season.^[17]

Mioveni

On 24 August 2022, Stoican was appointed head coach at Mioveni on a one-year contract.^[18] His contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 1 November 2022.^[19]

Personal life

His daughter Lorena is a professional handball player, who plays for SCM Craiova.^[20]

Career statistics

Romania
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	1	0
2002	2	0
2003	5	0
2004	8	0
2005	3	0
Total	19	0

Managerial statistics

As of 23 February 2025^[21]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Minerul Mehedinți		6 April 2009	27 May 2010	37	18	13	6	048.65
CSMȘ Reșița		1 July 2010	29 March 2011	18	4	5	9	022.22
Dinamo II București		13 July 2011	3 January 2012	17	5	7	5	029.41
Chindia Târgoviște		9 January 2012	4 September 2012	17	5	5	7	029.41
Mioveni		1 October 2012	12 May 2013	18	6	7	5	033.33
Dinamo II București		23 August 2013	23 September 2013	4	3	1	0	075.00
Dinamo București		23 September 2013	12 November 2014	48	26	11	11	054.17
Dinamo București		12 March 2015	6 May 2015	10	2	3	5	020.00
Voluntari		14 August 2015	24 September 2015	7	0	1	6	000.00
Zimbru Chișinău		10 May 2016	22 September 2016	14	6	3	5	042.86
Pandurii Târgu Jiu		11 January 2017	8 June 2017	19	4	6	9	021.05
Politehnica Iași		9 June 2017	29 May 2019	80	28	16	36	035.00
Petrolul Ploiesti		24 June 2019	11 December 2019	24	12	7	5	050.00
Viitorul Târgu Jiu		28 August 2020	30 March 2021	25	15	3	7	060.00
FC U Craiova		26 October 2021	3 November 2021	4	1	1	2	025.00
Dinamo București		22 December 2021	9 March 2022	8	1	2	5	012.50
Mioveni		24 August 2022	1 November 2022	10	3	2	5	030.00
Botoșani		10 December 2022	21 May 2023	20	7	6	7	035.00
CSM Reșița		22 August 2023	present	45	24	11	10	053.33
Total				425	170	110	145	040.00

Honours

Player

Universitatea Craiova

• Cupa României runner-up: 1997–98, 1999–00

Dinamo București

• Cupa României: 2002–03
• Supercupa României runner-up: 2002

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06^[5]
• Ukrainian Cup: 2003–04^[5]
• Ukrainian Super Cup: 2005^[5]

References

1. "Flavius Stoican, noul antrenor al echipei Poli Iași" [Flavius Stoican, the new coach of Poli Iași]. Gds.ro. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
2. "Un fost dinamovist tine cu FCSB" [Former Dinamo player supports FCSB]. Gds.ro. 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
3. "Ar bate pe cineva echipa antrenorilor din Liga 1" [Could Liga I coach squad win against anyone]. Click!. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
4. "Flavius Stoican este noul antrenor de la CSM Poli Iași" [Flavius Stoican is the new CSM Poli Iași coach]. Libertatea. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
5. Flavius Stoican at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
6. "Flavius Stoican". European Football. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
7. "Cyprus - Romania 2:2". European Football. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
8. Radu Siminiceanu (26 July 2006). "Romania National Team since 2000 – Details". RSSSF.
9. "Romania - Nigeria 3:0". European Football. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
10. "Flavius Stoican, prezentat ca fiind noul antrenor al Chindiei Târgoviște" (in Romanian). Adevărul. 9 January 2012.
11. Sebastian Setreanu (5 September 2012). "Flavius Stoican a plecat de la Chindia" (in Romanian). Columna TV. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013.
12. "Flavius Stoican a trecut la Dacia! Fostul internațional are misiunea de a readuce Mioveniul în prima ligă" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 3 October 2012.
13. "Am refuzat mulţi bani pentru Dinamo" (in Romanian). Fanatik. 23 February 2018.
14. "Interesul mai presus de orice" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 18 August 2017.
15. "Flavius Stoican noul antrenor al lui Dinamo" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 12 March 2015.
16. "Flavius Stoican este noul antrenor al echipei CSM Poli Iasi" (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 23 February 2018.
17. "Extaz la Iaşi, după calificarea lui CSM Poli în play-off-ul Ligii 1" [Enthusiasm in Iași, after CSM Poli's qualification to the Liga 1 play-off]. Digi Sport. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
18. "FLAVIUS STOICAN, NOUL ANTRENOR AL CS MIOVENI" (in Romanian). CS Mioveni. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
19. "BANCA TEHNICĂ A ECHIPEI DE FOTBAL A FOST SCHIMBATĂ" (in Romanian). CS Mioveni. 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
20. "Fiica lui Flavius Stoican a ajuns la Mondial! Lorena, 16 ani, este la turneul final de handbal feminin de la Istanbul" [Flavius Stoican's daughter has reached the World Cup! Lorena, 16, is at the final women's handball tournament in Istanbul] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
21. Flavius Stoican at Soccerway

External links

• Flavius Stoican at WorldFootball.net
• Flavius Stoican at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)