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

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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 ( National Liberal ...

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, 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

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in the 2015–16 campaign. The club plays its home matches on the namesake

Stadionul Concordia Concordia Stadium is a football stadium in Chiajna, Romania. The stadium holds 5,123 people. It is the home ground of Concordia Chiajna Clubul Sportiv Concordia Chiajna, commonly known as Concordia Chiajna, is a Romanian professional football ...

, 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 Laurențiu Aurelian Reghecampf (born 19 September 1975) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Azerbaijan Premier League side Neftchi Baku. Playing career Club Reghecampf was born in Târ ...

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,

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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 Ilie Stan (born 17 October 1967) is a Romanian former football midfielder and current manager of Omani club Al-Seeb. After retirement as a player, he became a manager and was at the helm of UTA Arad, Gloria Buzău, Victoria Brăneşti, Steau ...

. 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.

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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

**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 Paul Ştefan Batin (born 29 June 1987) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a striker. In his career, Batin also played for teams such as FCM Baia Mare, Miedź Legnica, FC Botoșani or Concordia Chiajna, among others. Career statistics ...

Cristian Bălgrădean Cristian Emanuel Bălgrădean (; born 21 March 1988) is a Romanian professional football (soccer), footballer who plays for Liga I club CFR Cluj as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Since making his debut in the first division in ...

Ștefan Bărboianu Ștefan Nicolae Bărboianu (born 24 January 1988) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a right back or as a defensive midfielder for CSM Reșița. Club career Universitatea Craiova Bărboianu started his career at Universitatea Craiova. In Fe ...

* Bogdan Bucurică *

Claudiu Bumba Claudiu Vasile Bumba (born 5 January 1994) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Fehérvár. He started out at as a senior at Baia Mare teams FC and FCMU, before ...

* Valentin Crețu * Marian Cristescu * Florin Gardoș *

Sorin Ghionea Sorin Ghionea (born 11 May 1979 in Galați) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a centre-back Club career Oțelul Galați At the age of 12, Ghionea was sent to Oțelul Galați football club by his teacher, Tică Ploieșteanu. The ...

* Gabriel Giurgiu * Răzvan Grădinaru * Ovidiu Herea *

Adrian Iencsi Adrian Mihai Iencsi (born 15 March 1975 in Piatra Neamț) is a Romanian former football player and currently a manager. As a footballer, he enjoyed spells at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ, Rapid București, FC Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Apollon L ...

* Mihai Leca ;Argentina *

Nicolás Gorobsov Nicolás Martín Gorobsov (born 25 November 1989) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. After starting out in Argentina, he went on to compete professionally in Italy and Romania. Gorobsov operates primarily as a cen ...

;Brazil *

Fernando Boldrin Fernando Henrique Boldrin (born 23 February 1989) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for TFF First League club Samsunspor. Career Early career Boldrin played as a junior for FC Slovan Liberec in the Czech ...

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;Bulgaria * Yordan Gospodinov ;Burkina Faso * Narcisse Bambara ;Croatia * Stjepan Babić ;Jordan * Tha'er Bawab ;Nigeria *

Christian Obodo Christian Obodo (born 11 May 1984 in Warri, Nigeria) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Football career He was plucked from relative obscurity in the Nigerian league, playing for Plateau United before he bec ...

* Michael Odibe * Gomo Onduku ;Ukraine *

Artem Milevskyi Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi ( uk, Артем Володимирович Мілевський, be, Арцём Уладзіміравіч Мілеўскі; born 12 January 1985) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a se ...

;Romania *

Vasile Maftei Vasile Maftei (born 1 January 1981) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his leadership qualities, becoming captain for Rapid București, Unirea Urziceni, Concordia Chiajna and Voluntari. Although pri ...

* Iulian Mamele *

Petre Marin Petre Marin (; born 8 September 1973) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Marin made his professional debut in 1993, when he was signed by Sportul Studenţesc of Bucharest. In 1995, he joined FC Naţional B ...

Cristian Melinte Cristian Costel Melinte (born 9 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a full back. Club career He began his career at Fortuna Covaci, but just some months later he went to play for Auxerre Lugoj in Liga II. Then he joined ...

Adrian Mihalcea Adrian Dumitru Mihalcea (born 24 May 1976 in Slobozia) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga II club Gloria Buzău. Career Mihalcea spent many years playing with one of the top Romanian tea ...

* Florin Niță *

Sorin Paraschiv Sorin Ioan Paraschiv (born 17 June 1981) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Steaua București (1999–2007) After being a member of the Steaua Youth Academy, where Paraschiv started to play foot ...

Marius Pena Marius George Pena (born 2 May 1985) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward. He is the son of Gheorghe Pena, a striker who played in the 80's for Progresul București, Olt Scornicești and Steaua București. Career On 14 Se ...

* 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 for Liga I club Dinamo București. Career In January 2017, Roșu joined Viitorul Constanța where he contributed for the club's 201 ...

* Tiberiu Serediuc *

Eugen Trică Eugen Trică (born 5 August 1976) is a Romanian football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently in charge of Liga II club Concordia Chiajna. Club career Eugen Trică started his career at Universitatea Craiova as a ...

* Bogdan Vintilă

Notable former managers

Adrian Bumbescu Adrian Bumbescu (born 23 February 1960 in Craiova) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a central defender. A defender with a tough attitude, he played mostly with Steaua București, helping it win the 1986 European Cup and subsequ ...

Laurențiu Diniță Laurenţiu Diniţă (born 29 March 1975 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former football player and currently a manager. Personal life Laurenţiu Diniță is the father of football player Roberto Diniță. Honours ;Sportul Studențesc *Liga II: ...

Ion Dumitru Ion Dumitru (born 2 January 1950, in București), commonly known as Liță Dumitru, is a Football in Romania, Romanian former professional association football, footballer, and manager who played as a midfielder from 1967 until 1989. He is curre ...

* Ion Moldovan *

Costel Orac Costel Orac (born 22 January 1959) is a Romanian retired footballer and current coach. Club career Costel Orac was born on 22 January 1959 in Galați. He made his Divizia A debut on 22 August 1976, playing for FCM Galați in a 1–0 loss ag ...

Emil Săndoi Emil Săndoi (born 1 March 1965) is a Romanian football manager and former player. A centre-back, he was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with hometown side Universitatea Craiova in 1983. Săndoi made his debut for the Romanian nat ...

Marius Șumudică Marius Ninel Șumudică (born 4 March 1971) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, he is the current manager of Saudi club Al-Raed. Șumudică was a striker who began his senior career with Sportul Studențesc and re ...

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

References

External links

Official website
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Club profile on LPF's official website
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