Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional

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club based in

Chiajna Chiajna () is a commune in the south-west of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, immediately west of the capital, Bucharest. It is composed of three villages: Chiajna, Dudu, and Roșu. The mayor of Chiajna is currently Mircea Minea ( Social Democra ...

Ilfov County Ilfov () is the Counties of Romania, county that surrounds Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It used to be largely rural, but, after the fall of communism, many of the county's villages and communes developed into high-income commuter towns, whi ...

, which competes in the

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. 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

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. 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

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and can hold 5,123 persons.

History

The club from

was founded in 1957 by the inhabitants of the

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

for the first time. It finished second behind Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț in the 2010–11 Liga II season, earning promotion to the

. 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. The team started winning matches, and among its victims were bigger names like Oțelul Galaţi, Rapid București and eventual champions

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. 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

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. 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

after two years in the first division. At the end of the season, Ilie Stan resigned, alongside his entire technical team. 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

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. On 2 August, CAS decided that Concordia Chiajna should play in

and Rapid be relegated to second division. The results of the matches played by Rapid with Viitorul and Vaslui were canceled.

Honours

League

**Runners-up: 2010–11 *

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**Winners: 2006–07

Cups

* Cupa Ligii **Runners-up: 2015–16

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

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 * Alexandru Albu * Paul Batin * Adrian Bălan * Cristian Bălgrădean *

Ștefan Bărboianu Ștefan Nicolae Bărboianu (born 24 January 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right back or as a defensive midfielder for Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian foo ...

* Claudiu Belu * Bogdan Bucurică * Claudiu Bumba * Dorin Codrea * Valentin Crețu * Marian Cristescu * Florin Gardoș * Sorin Ghionea * Gabriel Giurgiu * Răzvan Grădinaru * Ovidiu Herea * Adrian Iencsi * Mihai Leca * Vasile Maftei * Iulian Mamele *

Petre Marin Petre Marin (; born 8 September 1973) is a Romanian former professional Association football, footballer who played as Defender (association football)#Full-back, full-back. Club career Marin made his professional debut in 1993 in Divizia A at F ...

* Cristian Melinte * Adrian Mihalcea *

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* Silviu Pană *

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* Paul Pîrvulescu * Marius Pena * Adrian Popa * Andrei Prepeliță * Florin Purece *

Neluț Roșu Neluț Stelian Roșu (born 5 July 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. Career In January 2017, Roșu joined Viitorul Constanța where he contributed for the club's 2016–17 Liga I title, appearing 14 ...

* Adrian Scarlatache * Tiberiu Serediuc * Gabriel Tamaș * Gabriel Torje * Eugen Trică * Bogdan Vintilă ;Albania * Azdren Llullaku ;Argentina * Nicolás Gorobsov ;Brazil * Fernando Boldrin *

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;Bulgaria * Yordan Gospodinov ;Burkina Faso *

Narcisse Bambara Narcisse Kiswensia Bambara (born 23 June 1989) is a Burkina Faso, Burkinabé former association football, footballer who played as a left-back. Club career Narcisse Bambara was born on 23 June 1989 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, starting to play ...

;Italy * Alessandro Caparco ;Jordan * Tha'er Bawab ;Nigeria * Christian Obodo * Michael Odibe * Gomo Onduku ;Tunisia * Hamza Younés ;Ukraine * Artem Milevskyi

Notable former managers

* Adrian Bumbescu * Laurențiu Diniță * Liță Dumitru * Ion Moldovan * Costel Orac * Laurențiu Reghecampf * Emil Săndoi * Ilie Stan * Marius Șumudică *

Cornel Țălnar Cornel Țălnar (born 9 June 1957) is a Romanian former football player and manager. Club career Țălnar, nicknamed "Țânțarul" (The Mosquito), was born on 9 June 1957 in Bărăbanț, Alba County and started to play football at the junior sq ...

References

External links

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Club profile
on LPF's official website. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Concordia Chiajna Multi-sport clubs in Romania Football clubs in Ilfov County Chiajna Association football clubs established in 1957 Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1957 establishments in Romania