Ionel Augustin

Ionel Augustin (born 11 October 1955) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Club career Augustin, nicknamed Oneață, was born on 11 October 1955 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1966 at Dinamo București. He made his Divizia A debut for the senior squad on 23 April 1975 in a 5–0 victory against Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, winning the title in his first season spent at the club, coach Nicolae Dumitru giving him a total of five appearances. In the 1976–77 season he went to Jiul Petroșani in order to play more often.

Afterwards, Augustin returned to Dinamo where for several years he would form a successful offensive trio with Gheorghe Mulțescu and Costel Orac, together being called "AMO" by the fans, a nickname inspired by the initials of their family names. From 1982 to 1984, he earned three consecutive Divizia A titles. Over the years he scored two goals in the derby against Steaua in two 1–1 draws in the league. He made some notable performances with The Red Dogs in European competitions, such as helping the club eliminate Inter Milan by scoring one goal in the 4–3 victory on aggregate in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. He also appeared in seven matches during the 1983–84 European Cup campaign, scoring three goals against Kuusysi Lahti, Dinamo Minsk, and Hamburg—the latter in a 3–0 first-leg victory that helped eliminate the title holders—before the team reached the semi-finals and were defeated by Liverpool.

In the middle of the 1985–86 season, Augustin went to play for Victoria București. He played two games in which he scored once in the Euro 1980 qualifiers. Afterwards he was selected by coach Mircea Lucescu to be part of the final tournament squad and played in a 1–0 loss to Portugal as the team did not get past the group stage. Then he played in a 3–2 loss to Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers. Subsequently, he worked as head coach for Divizia B club ARO Câmpulung Muscel, managing a second place finish in the 1999–2000 season. In the following years, he continued to work for teams in the Romanian lower leagues such as Dacia Unirea Brăila, Gloria Buzău, Unirea Focșani, Juventus București, Dinamo București II, Minerul Lupeni, Phoenix Ulmu, CS Buftea and Viitorul Chirnogi. From 2012 to 2013, Augustin successively coached Romania's under-18 and under-19 national teams.

Honours Dinamo București Divizia A: 1974–75, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84