FC Dacia Chișinău
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| Full name | Fotbal Club Dacia Chișinău |
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| Nickname(s) | The Yellow-Blues, The Wolves |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Ground | Stadionul Dacia (Speia) |
| Capacity | 8,550 (3,300 seats) |
| Owner | Adlan Shishkhanov |
| President |
 Adlan Shishkhanov |
| Head Coach |
 Igors Klesovs |
| League | Divizia Națională |
| 2015–16 | 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Dacia Chișinău is a Moldovan football club from Chișinău, playing in the village of Speia, Anenii Noi. They play in the Divizia Națională, the top division in Moldovan football. The club's name comes from Dacia, an ancient civilisation which covered parts of modern Moldova.
Established in 1999, the club entered the Moldovan "A" Division in 2000 and was promoted to the National Division two years later. They have remained there ever since, and won their first league title in the 2010–11 season, thereby qualifying for the preliminaries of the UEFA Champions League. The team has also taken part in the Europa League on five occasions, but has never reached the group stage.
FC Dacia was founded in 1999 by Marin Livadaru, Igor Ursachi, Valeriu Plujnic and Alexandru Șcaruba. The team was composed of goalkeeper Ghenadie Gariuc and outfield players including Alexandru Golban, Cornel Popov, Ruslan Rașcu, Serghei Coșciug, Cornel Gafton, Veaceslav Titov, Alexandru Tracalov. The club's initial aim was to compete in the Moldovan "A" Division (second tier). Dacia debuted in this league during the 2000–01 season, while Gabriel Stati took over as President in Autumn 2000. The club came 4th in its first season before being promoted to the top-flight Moldovan National Division the following season.
Dacia won their first National Division match 1–0 against Nistru Otaci, and ended the 2002–03 season in 4th with qualification to the Intertoto Cup as a result. Here they defeated the Faeroese club GÍ Gøta and Albanian side Partizani Tirana, against whom they five unanswered goals over the two-legged fixture (2–0 and 3–0). Dacia were subsequently eliminated by Germans Schalke 04, losing both legs (1–0 and 2–1).
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