Club Sportiv Brazi, commonly known as CS Brazi, or simply as Brazi, is a

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n amateur

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club based in

Brazi Brazi is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to ...

Prahova County Prahova County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiești. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 762,886 and the population density was 161/km². It is Romania's third mos ...

. The club was established in 1968, under the name of ''Chimia Brazi'' by the Brazi oil refinery. In 2002 the club was re-founded as CS Brazi (a multi-sport club). The football section is currently playing in the

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(6th tier).

History

Founded in 1968 as ''Chimia Brazi'', the club promoted for the first time in

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

at the end of the 1971–72 season, ''Chimiștii'' won Prahova County Championship and qualified for the Divizia C promotion play-off, where they faced the champion of București Municipal Championship, Uremoas București, and they won without major difficulties, (4–0 at Brazi and 1–1 at București).

Honours

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

*Winners (2): 1977–78, 2005–06 *Runners-up (4): 1980–81, 1983–84, 2004–05,

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Liga IV – Prahova County *Winners (2): 1971–72, 1997–98

Notable managers

Octavian Grigore Octavian "Tavi" Grigore (15 July 1964) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Urlați, Prahova County, Grigore played as a centre-back and spent his entire career at nearby team Petrolul Ploie� ...

Valeriu Răchită Valeriu "Vivi" Răchită (born 30 May 1970) is a Romanian former footballer and current manager. Playing career A central defender, he spent most of his career in Romania with Steaua București and Petrolul Ploiești, winning a combined five ...

* Valentin Negoiță *

Mihai Mocanu Mihai Mocanu (24 February 1942 – 18 June 2009) was a Romanian football defender. Club career Mihai Mocanu was born on 24 February 1942 in Constanța, Romania, starting to play football in 1952 at local club, Locomotiva, afterwards going to p ...

Notable players

* Valentin Lazăr * Alin Stoica

References

External links

* * Association football clubs established in 1968 Football clubs in Prahova County Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1968 establishments in Romania {{romania-footyclub-stub