CS Unirea Tărlungeni
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Full name | Asociația Sport Club Ciucaș Tărlungeni | ||
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Short name | Ciucaș | ||
Founded | 1983 as Unirea Tărlungeni 2016 as Inter Tărlungeni | ||
Ground | Unirea | ||
Capacity | 1,000 | ||
Owner | Tărlungeni Commune | ||
Chairman | Marius Bădițoiu | ||
Manager | Vasile Gherghe | ||
League | Liga III | ||
2023–24 | Liga III, Seria V, 10th | ||
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Asociația Sport Club Ciucaș Tărlungeni, commonly known as Ciucaș Tărlungeni, simply as Ciucaș, is a professional football club based in Tărlungeni, Brașov County, founded in 1983 under the name of Unirea Tărlungeni and which is currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of Romanian football.
For most of its existence, Ciucaș has been a constant presence in the 4th tier of the Romanian football league system. At its best, the team from Brașov County reached the second division, where it played for four seasons. In the 2016–17 season, due to financial difficulties, the team was relocated to Ștefăneștii de Jos, Ilfov County, but the club could not be financially saved.[1]
In the same year, to continue the football tradition in Tărlungeni, Inter Tărlungeni was founded, later renamed Ciucaș Tărlungeni in 2018, and by 2023, the club once again reached the national leagues.[2]
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1983 as Unirea Tărlungeni and competed in the Brașov County Championships for twenty-four years. Unirea earned promotion to Liga III at the end of the 2006–07 season. Led by Daniel Bona, the team won the Divizia D – Brașov County title and secured promotion after a play-off match against Viscofil Popești-Leordeni, the Divizia D – Ilfov County winner, with a 2–1 victory after extra time at Poiana Stadium in Poiana Câmpina.[3][4]
Unirea finished in 10th place in its debut season in the third league.[5] In the following season, Daniel Bona was dismissed in September[6] and replaced by Decebal Cîmpeanu, who led the team to a 9th-place finish and 10th in the following campaign.
In 2010, the team was taken over by former Unirea Urziceni player László Balint. After six seasons in the third division, in 2013 Unirea Tărlungeni finished 1st in the sixth series of the competition and earned promotion to Liga II for the first time in its history.[7]
On 18 September 2013 Unirea Tărlungeni was defeated by former national champion Rapid București, relegated to the second echelon by decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne for financial reasons and after a barrage of maintaining played with Concordia Chiajna with the score 0 -1, at home in a match counting for the third stage of the second league. It was a first for Tărlungeni football club in the first match being televised encounter a team of Romanian football tradition, with numerous participations in European cups and titles.
In the summer of 2016, Unirea Tărlungeni was moved from Tărlungeni to Ștefăneștii de Jos, but the club could not be financially saved.[1] In the same year 2016, the football club from Tărlungeni was re-founded, under the name of Ciucaș Tărlungeni, and in 2023 reached again the national leagues.[2]
Honours
[edit]- Winners (1): 2012–13
- Winners (2): 2005–06, 2006–07
- Runners-up (1): 2004–05
League history
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Former managers
[edit]- Daniel Bona (2006–2008)
- Decebal Cîmpeanu (2008–2010)
- László Balint (2010–2014)
- Daniel Bona (2014–2016)
- Laurențiu Tudor (2016)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Exclusiv / Ștefănești joacă în Liga a 2-a" [Exclusive / Ștefănești plays in League 2] (in Romanian). ilfovsport.ro. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Brașovul fotbalistic rămâne cu cinci echipe în Liga 3. Și retrogradata Ciucaș Tărlungeni rămâne în campionat la invitația FRF" [Brașov football remains with five teams in League 3. And relegated Ciucaș Tărlungeni remains in the championship at the invitation of the FRF] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 19 July 2024. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "Unirea Tărlungeni, la al doilea titlu județean consecutiv" [Unirea Tărlungeni, to the second consecutive county title] (in Romanian). bzb.ro. 12 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "Unirea Tărlungeni a promovat în eșalonul al treilea" [Unirea Tărlungeni promoted to the third echelon] (in Romanian). bzb.ro. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "Unirea Tărlungeni a revenit în iarbă" [Unirea Tărlungeni is back on the grass] (in Romanian). bzb.ro. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Daniel Bona va fi schimbat astăzi" [Daniel Bona will be replaced today] (in Romanian). bzb.ro. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Unirea Tărlungeni a promovat în Liga II" [Unirea Tărlungeni promoted to League II] (in Romanian). digi24.ro. 31 May 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.