Clubul Sportiv Minerul Motru, commonly known as Minerul Motru is a Romanian amateur

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club based in

Motru Motru () is a city in Romania, Gorj County. It is situated on the river Motru in western Oltenia. The county capital Târgu Jiu is located about 35 km northeast. The city administers eight villages: Dealu Pomilor, Horăști, Însurăței, ...

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 ...

, currently playing in the

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, the fourth tier of the

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. The club was founded in 1962 and at its best played at the level of

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

History

Minerul Motru was founded in 1962 as ''Minerul Horăști'' and played in the district and regional championship. In 1966, with the attestation of the city of

, the club changed its name to Minerul Motru. "The Miners" reached

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 ...

in 1968 and after five seasons in the third division, at the end of the 1972–73 season, promoted for the first time in

Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

and throughout its history gathered no less than seventeen seasons at the level of the second tier, where it was ranked as it follows: 15th of 18 ( 1973–74), 15th of 18 ( 1975–76), 4th of 18 ( 1982–83), 11th of 18 ( 1983–84), 18th of 18 ( 1984–85), 13th of 18 ( 1988–89), 9th of 18 ( 1989–90), 17th of 18 ( 1990–91), 11th of 18 ( 1995–96), 4th of 18 ( 1996–97), 7th of 18 ( 1997–98), 9th of 18 ( 1998–99), 18th of 18 ( 1999–2000), 10th of 16 ( 2003–04), 10th of 16 ( 2004–05), 11th of 16 ( 2005–06) and 10th of 12 ( 2013–14). Its best finish was at the end of the 1982–83 and 1996–97 seasons, when it finished 4th. In the

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, the club's best achievement was when it reached the ''Round of 32'' phase in the 2002–03 season. In the summer of 2016, after serious financial problems, the senior team was disbanded, but the club continue to exist at youth level. In the summer of 2021, it was announced that the senior team of Minerul started again its activity, after 5 years.

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 (7): 1972–73, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1994–95, 2001–02,

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*Runners-up (5): 1986–87, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2011–12

Other performances

* Appearances in

: 17 * Best finish in

: 4th ( 1982–83, 1996–97) * Best finish in

: Round of 32 ( 2002–03)

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 50 caps for CS Minerul Motru. *

Aurel Amzucu Aurel Amzucu (born 6 May 1974) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a defender for teams such as Petrolul Țicleni, Minerul Motru, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, FC Oradea or FCM Reșița, among others. Honours Pandurii Târgu Jiu ...

Augustin Chiriță Augustin Eduard Chiriță (born 10 October 1975) is a Romanian former footballER who played as a midfielder for teams such as Minerul Motru, Argeș Pitești, Karpaty Lviv or Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, among others. After retirement, Chiriță sta ...

* Cătălin Crăciunescu *

Cornel Frăsineanu Cornel Dănuț Frăsineanu (born 20 August 1976, in Caracal) is a retired Romanian football player. He was also a manager at Atletic Bradu in the Romanian Liga IV. Honours Dinamo București *Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian ...

Nenad Kutlačić Nenad Kutlačić (Cyrillic: Ненад Кутлачић; born 4 March 1981) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career After starting out with his hometown club Radnik Bijeljina, Kutlačić moved abroad to ...

Florea Martinovici Florea Martinovici (19 April 1940 – 16 June 2011) was a Romanian footballer who played as a winger. International career Florea Martinovici was the first Universitatea Craiova player that played for Romania's national team. He scored at his ...

Daniel Stana Daniel Stana (born 2 December 1982) is a Romanian professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American foo ...

Notable former managers

* Gheorghe Borugă *

Silviu Lung Silviu Lung (; born 9 September 1956) is a retired Romanian football goalkeeper and current manager. Playing career Club career Silviu Lung was born on 9 September 1956 in Sânmiclăuș, Satu Mare and started to play football in 1971 at Victo ...

Ștefan Nanu Ștefan Dumitru Nanu (born 8 September 1968, in Filiași) is a Romanian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footba ...

Constantin Oțet Constantin 'Tică' Oțet (24 December 1940 – 19 February 1999) was a Romanian football coach. Career Oțet was born in 1940 in Poroina, a village in Șimian commune, Mehedinți County. In 1959, Oțet began playing for Metalul Turnu Se ...

Victor Roșca Victor Dorin Roșca (born 24 August 1954) is a Romanian former professional footballer and manager. Player career As a footballer, Roșca was the goalkeeper of Divizia A teams Rapid București and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea. Roșca promoted with C ...

References

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