Cetatea Suceava was a professional

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from Romania, based in

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and founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2010.

History

The club was founded in the summer of 2004, to continue the city's football tradition after Foresta was moved back to Fălticeni and after

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(Bucovina Suceava) was dissolved a few years back. The club's first season in history was synonymous to its first great performance, when it finished first in

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, and was promoted to

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. At the end of the 2005–06 season of Divizia B, Cetatea finished fifth, only to relegate the next season, when it finished 15th, just two points behind FCM Câmpina, the last team to save itself. The following season, 2007–08 of the Liga III, Cetatea finished first with 76 points out of 34 games and was promoted back. The next season of the

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, 2008–09, was one of big struggle, Cetatea avoiding relegation only because the last four teams that were relegated withdrew from the championship.

Cetatea Suceava Cetatea Suceava was a professional football club from Romania, based in Suceava and founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2010. History The club was founded in the summer of 2004, to continue the city's football tradition after Foresta was moved bac ...

was excluded from the championship during the winter break of the 2009–10 season, because of approximately 1 million

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debt (unpaid wages to the players and coaches and unpaid taxes to the state and other private partners). The club lost all its remaining matches, 3–0.Cetatea se desfiinţează!?
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/ref> In July 2010, the club re-entered in the competitions organised by the FRF, and competed in the 2010/2011 season of the

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. The club also wanted to enter in the 2010/2011 season of the

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 ...

and to be able to be promoted to

. On 2 August 2010, the club was registered at the FRF and competed in the 2010/2011 season of the

. It withdrew from the championship just a few days before it started. It didn't register at any competition level in the 2011–12 season, thus being dissolved.

Honours

: :*Winners (2): 2004–05, 2007–08

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cetatea Suceava Association football clubs established in 2004 Association football clubs disestablished in 2010 Defunct football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Suceava County Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Suceava 2004 establishments in Romania 2010 disestablishments in Romania