CS Concordia Chiajna

Concordia Chiajna

Full name	Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna
Nickname(s)	Vulturii verzi (The Green Eagles)
Short name	Chiajna
Founded	1957; 67 years ago (1957)
Ground	Concordia
Capacity	5,123
Owner	Chiajna Commune
Chairman	Cristian Tănase
Head coach	Ilie Poenaru
League	Liga II
2023–24	Liga II, 10th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional football club based in Chiajna, Ilfov County, which competes in the Liga II.

Founded in 1957, the team's best period was between 2011 and 2019, when it amassed eight participations in the highest tier of the Romanian league system, the Liga I. Concordia was also runner-up of the short-lived Cupa Ligii in the 2015–16 campaign.

The club plays its home matches on the namesake Stadionul Concordia, which has artificial turf and can hold 5,123 persons.

History

The club from Ilfov County was founded in 1957 by the inhabitants of the Chiajna commune, and over time, the team was also called GAC Chiajna, AS Chiajna and ILF Militari, while the team was sponsored by Întreprinderea de Legume-Fructe Militari.

Concordia had struggled its entire existence in the lower leagues of Romania, until 2007 when it earned promotion to the Liga II for the first time. It finished second behind Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț in the 2010–11 Liga II season, earning promotion to the Liga I.

In the first half of its debut season in Liga I, Concordia failed to impress, and never left the relegation places. During mid-season, Laurențiu Reghecampf was brought as manager, and he changed almost the entire squad, bringing 17 new players.^[1] The team started winning matches, and among its victims were bigger names like Oțelul Galaţi, Rapid București and eventual champions CFR Cluj. As a result, the club climbed outside the relegation zone and finished the season in the first half of the table (ninth place). Because of this impressive results, after the season, Reghecampf was named manager at FC Steaua București. His place at Concordia was taken by Ilie Stan.

Under his spell, Concordia maintained its place in the upper half of the standings for the first half of the 2012–13 season. But in the second half the team failed to find the same rhythm and after six consecutive losses, Concordia entered the battle to avoid relegation. With a total of 16 games in a row without a win, Concordia finished the season on the 15th spot, similar with a relegation to Liga II after two years in the first division. At the end of the season, Ilie Stan resigned, alongside his entire technical team.^[2]

Ionuț Chirilă replaced Stan as the head coach of the team. Concordia Chiajna successfully remained in the first division, playing a promotion/relegation play-off with Rapid București. The play-off was played on 13 July 2013 and won by Rapid 2–1, after extra-time. The FRF decision was contested by Concordia at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On 2 August, CAS decided that Concordia Chiajna should play in Liga I and Rapid be relegated to second division. The results of the matches played by Rapid with Viitorul and Vaslui were canceled.

Honours

League

• Liga II
  • Runners-up: 2010–11
• Liga III
  • Winners: 2006–07

Cups

• Cupa Ligii
  • Runners-up: 2015–16

Players

First team squad

As of 19 March 2024^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ROU Aleksander Mitrović 2 DF  ROU Laurențiu Corbu 3 DF  ROU Constantin Dima 5 MF  ROU Rareș Lazăr 6 DF  ROU Alexandru Stănică (3rd captain) 7 DF  ROU Claudiu Belu 8 MF  ROU George Gogescu (on loan from FCSB) 9 FW  ROU Adrian Bălan (4th captain) 10 MF  ROU Romario Moise 11 MF  ROU Gabriel Torje (Captain) 12 GK  ROU Denis Oncescu (on loan from Dinamo București) 15 MF  ROU Andreas Burcea 18 DF  BRA Gerson

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  ROU Cătălin Cocoş 20 MF  ROU Cosmin Tucaliuc (on loan from Farul Constanța) 21 DF  ROU Florin Dumbravă 22 DF  ROU Paul Pîrvulescu 23 FW  ROU Mario Iordan 24 MF  ROU Iulian Roșu 25 MF  CRO Mario Vrdoljak 27 DF  ROU Adrian Scarlatache 28 MF  ROU Dorin Codrea (Vice-captain) 29 FW  ROU Claudiu Dragu 31 DF  ROU Adrian Iancu 33 GK  ROU David Dincă (on loan from Farul Constanța) 80 MF  ROU Giovani Ghimfuș 94 MF  ROU Cătălin Hlistei

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ROU Alexandru Duță (on loan to Dacia Unirea Brăila) — DF  ROU Radu Simion (on loan to Pucioasa) — MF  ROU Ionuț Voicu (on loan to Progresul Fundulea)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ROU Ionuț Catrina (on loan to Viitorul Ianca) — FW  ROU Raoul Cristea (on loan to SCM Zalău) — FW  ROU Florentin Puiu (on loan to Metalul Buzău)

Club officials

Board of directors Role Name Owner Chiajna Commune Honorary President Liță Dumitru President Cristian Tănase Board Member Mircea Minea Economic Director Monica Deculescu Marketing Director Radu Birlică Youth Center Director Costel Orac Sporting Director Gabriel Tamaș Chief Scout Cristian Bălașa Secretary Dumitru Mihalache Responsible for Order and Safety Cristian Ficleanu Press Officer Florin Petrescu

Current technical staff Role Name Head coach Ilie Poenaru Assistant coach Marin Dună Goalkeeping coach Florin Matache Kinetotherapist Andrei Popa Club Doctors Mamour Kane Romeo Popescu Masseurs Dumitru Tiberari Iulian Creangă Storemen Victor Cristea Ilie Tache

League history

Notable former players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 75 caps for CS Concordia Chiajna.

Romania

Notable former managers

References

External links

• Official website
• CS Concordia Chiajna on Facebook
• Club profile on LPF's official website. Archived 2019-06-03 at the Wayback Machine.

This page was last edited on 27 May 2024, at 19:21