Asociația Club Sportiv Victoria Tecuci, commonly known as Victoria Tecuci, was a

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club based in Tecuci, Romania. The club was created in 1954 and last time dissolved in 2021.

History

The first football match in Tecuci was played in 1926, that match also being the first match played under the floodlights and was played between ''Armata Tecuci'' and ''Armata București''. A.C.S Victoria Tecuci was founded under the name ''Voința Tecuci'' in 1954 and was the first football team from Tecuci that has ever played in a national competition. In 1956, the team promoted to

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, but two years later was moved to Buzău and dissolved. Than in 1959 the club was refounded as ''Dinamo Tecuci'' and the team managed to reach the Round of 16 in the

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, where it was defeated by Metalul Titanii București with the score of 1–8. In 1962, the team appeared in

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with the name of ''Flamura Roșie Tecuci'', replacing ''Dinamo Galați''. In that season they relegated back to

. ''Tecucenii'' played at

until 1967 when the team relegated once again, this time back to

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. It promoted in 1968 to

and one year later the club changed its name to ''Muncitorul Tecuci''. Than in 1971, the club changed its name again into ''Uzina Reparații Auto (URA) Tecuci''. In 1975, the team took the place of

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, and relegated back to

only in 1982. Than the team played at that level until 1989 when relegated to

, but promoted back after one year and changed its name again, this time in ''Metalurgistul Tecuci''. In 1980, Victoria benefited again from a political decision, replacing Otelul Galati immediately after the promotion of the team in the second league. This has been the third and last time when a club from

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, the county capital is relocated to Tecuci after a political decision. Some of the players moved along with the team to Tecuci and the others signing with

side Metalosport Galați. In 1993, the team was taken by a militar unity from Tecuci and changed its name into ''Arsenal Tecuci''. The team was dissolved three years later and was inactive until 2000 when was refounded as FC Sporting Tecuci, with two owners who were leading the club, Tecuci Municipality and businessman, Nicolae Prună. In 2006, ''Sporting'' lost the promotion play-off to

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against Viitorul Însurăței from Brăila County, with the score of 0–3. In 2008, the team reached the promotion play-off to

, this time ''Tecucenii'' lost against Săgeata Stejaru, 1–4. After that loss, the team was taken by ''Clubul Sportiv Școlar Tecuci'' and changed its name. The mayor was changed in Tecuci in 2012 and the team was again taken by the Tecuci Municipality and it came back to the name of ''Sporting Tecuci''. The colours of the club are white and blue.

Chronology of names

*Note: 1 year of inactivity between 1958 and 1959, and the team was refounded as Dinamo Tecuci in the Liga IV. *Note: 4 years of inactivity between 1996 and 2000, and the team was refounded as FC Sporting Tecuci in the Liga IV. *Note: 1 year of inactivity between 2017 and 2018, and the team was refounded as Victoria Tecuci in the Liga IV.

Stadium

The club plays its home matches on

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from Tecuci, with a capacity of 1,000 seats. The stadium was officially opened in September 1950 and became the most important place where

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and

competitions would take place.

Honours

*Runners-up (1): 1963–64 Liga IV – Galați County *Winners (4): 1974–75, 1989–90, 2005–06, 2007–08 *Runners-up (1): 2002–03 Galați Regional Championship *Winners (2): 1955–56, 1967–68

Other performances

* 6 seasons in

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* 24 seasons in

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Rounds of 16:

Former Coaches

* Vasile Stancu

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Victoria Tecuci Defunct football clubs in Romania Association football clubs established in 1954 Association football clubs disestablished in 2021 Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1954 establishments in Romania 2021 disestablishments in Romania