AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele, commonly known as Turris Turnu Măgurele, or simply Turris, was a Romanian professional

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club based in

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. The team was founded as ''Voința Saelele'' in 1965 and was originally based in Saelele,

. The club played only at amateur level,

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and

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, until 2017 when it won

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and the promotion play-off against CS Strehaia ensuring its first

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presence. In the summer of the same year the club was moved from Saelele to Turnu Măgurele and changed its name in ''Voința Turnu Măgurele'', then in the summer of 2018 in Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele. The club was dissolved in January 2021.

History

AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele was founded in 1965 as ''Voința Saelele'' and played for almost all its history at county level,

and

. Voința won for the first time

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at the end of the 2003–04 season, but withdrew from the third tier before the start of the new campaign, selling its place to Petrolul Videle. At the end of 2016–17 Liga IV season, the team was crowned the champion of

and went to the promotion play-off match where they defeated

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champions, CS Strehaia, 12–2 on aggregate and promoted to

for the first time in the history of the club. In the summer of 2017 Voința changed its ownership and moved its headquarters from Saelele to

, also changing its name from Voința Saelele to ''Voința Turnu Măgurele''. After a strong campaign of transfers and rebranding, Voința has set as its goal a promotion to

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, but finally was ranked only 3rd, after Petrolul Ploiești and FCM Alexandria. In the summer of 2018 the club moved also its home ground to Turnu Măgurele and was renamed again, this time as Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele, a name much closer to the football past of the city, this being actually the first name used by the old football club, Dunărea Turris Turnu Măgurele. Turris-Oltul was the third football team in the history of

, after Dunărea Turris and Sporting. At the end of the 2018–19 season, Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele promoted to

for the first time in its history, after winning the third series of the

, being ranked ahead teams such as FC U Craiova,

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. Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele was dissolved in January 2021, after owner Valentin Dragnea, son of former

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, stopped his financing of the club.

Grounds

Stadionul Comunal

Between 1965 and 2018, when the club was known as ''Voința Saelele'' or ''Voința Turnu Măgurele'', played its home matches on Comunal Stadium, from Saelele,

with a capacity of 1,000.

Stadionul Municipal

From 2018 Turris-Oltul played its home matches on Municipal Stadium, with a capacity of 2,000 people. Between 2017 and 2018 the stadium was completely renovated with an investment of 3 million

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.A fost inaugurat Stadionul Municipal Turnu Măgurele (Teleorman), făcut cu bani de la buget
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Chronology of names

Honours

: **Winners (1): 2018–19 * Liga IV – Teleorman County **Winners (2): 2003–04, 2016–17 **Runners-up (1): 2008–09 *

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**Runners-up (1): 2016–17

League history

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele Football clubs in Teleorman County Turnu Măgurele Association football clubs established in 1965 Association football clubs disestablished in 2021 Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1965 establishments in Romania 2021 disestablishments in Romania *