Clubul Sportiv Crișul Chișineu-Criș, commonly known as Crișul Chișineu-Criș, or simply Crișul Chișineu, is a Romanian professional

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club based in Chișineu-Criș,

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( judeţ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center ...

. The team was founded in 1954 as ''Strungul Chișineu-Criș'' and played in the

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for 6 years, between 1985 and 1991. The most important result was a 5th place, achieved at the end of the 1987–88 season. After 1991 Strungul played only in the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system and subsequently changed its name in Crișul Chișineu-Criș. In 2013 Crișul started a collaboration with Europa Alba Iulia and played the second half of the 2012–13 season in the third tier. The alliance did not last and in the summer of 2013 Crișul enrolled again in the Liga IV where from they promoted to

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at the end of the 2017–18 season.

History

Crișul Chișineu-Criș was founded in 1954 as ''Strungul Chișineu-Criș''. Between 1985 and 1991 Strungul played in the third tier where it had the following results: 1985–86 – 7th, 1986–87 – 13th, 1987–88 – 5th, 1988–89 – 7th, 1989–90 – 9th, 1990–91 – 15th and 1991–92 – 13th. After 1991 Strungul played only in the Liga IV –

and subsequently changed its name in Crișul Chișineu-Criș. In the second half of the 2012–13 season Crișul started a collaboration with Europa Alba Iulia, but the alliance did not last and in the summer of 2013 ''chișăuanii'' enrolled again in the Liga IV. After some seasons in which the team failed to promote, the white and blues won Liga IV, Arad County series, at the end of the 2017–18 season, then the

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against Petrolul Bustuchin,

Gorj County Gorj County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu. ''Gorj'' comes from the Slavic ''Gor(no)-'' Jiu (“upper Jiu”), in contrast with Dolj (“lower Jiu”). Demographics In 2011, the county had a ...

champions and promoting back to

after 27 years of absence.

Ground

Stadionul Crișul

The club plays its home matches on Crișul Stadium from Chișineu-Criș, with a capacity of 2,000. Between 2012 and 2014 the stadium was renovated and upgraded, now having a new covered stand with 500 places on seats.

Honours

**Runners-up (1):

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* Liga IV –

**Winners (2): 1984–85, 2017–18 **Runners-up (3): 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17 *

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**Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2017–18

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

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history

References

External links

Official website
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crisul Chisineu-Cris Football clubs in Arad County Association football clubs established in 1954 Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1954 establishments in Romania