Football Club Romania is a

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club based in

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. The club are members of the and groundshare at Cheshunt's Theobalds Lane.

History

The club was established in August 2006 by Ionuţ Vintilă, an immigrant from

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, with the team name reflecting the Romanian immigrant background of most of the team.FA Cup debutants FC Romania eye Sutton United upset
BBC Sport, 26 September 2014 They started in

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, initially playing in the Sunday London Weekend League. After winning their division at the first attempt, the club switched to Saturday football, joining the Essex Business Houses League in 2008.History of FC Romania
F.C. Romania In 2010 they joined Division One (Central and East) of the

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. After finishing as runners-up in their first season in the division, they were promoted to the Premier Division. In 2011–12 the club finished as runners-up in the Premier Division,Premier Division: League Table
Mitoo but were unable to be promoted due to ground grading regulations. In 2012–13 the club entered the

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for the first time, beating Tring Athletic in the first qualifying round, before losing 7–0 at Hoddesdon Town in the next round. In the same season the club finished second in the Premier Division for a second successive season and were promoted to the Essex Senior League after a groundsharing agreement with

allowed them to meet the ground grading regulations. The season also saw them win the Middlesex County League's Open Cup with a 3–1 win over Bratham in the final. In 2014–15 the club entered the

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for the first time, reaching the second qualifying round, where they lost to

Sutton United Sutton United Football Club is a professional football club in Sutton, South London, England, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They play home games at Gander Green Lane in Sutton about 11 miles sout ...

. The 2017–18 season saw FC Romania finish third in the Essex Senior League. After Shaw Lane folded, they were promoted to the South Central Division of the

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as part of the league readjustments. At the end of the 2020–21 season, which was curtailed due to the

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, they were transferred to Division One Central of the Southern League.

Ground

The club originally played on

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, before moving to the Low Hall Recreation Ground in

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when they moved up to the Essex Business Houses League. When the club joined the Middlesex County League they began playing at Leyton Sports Centre. In 2012 the club began groundsharing at the Cheshunt Stadium.

Honours

*Middlesex County League **Open Cup winners 2012–13

Records

*Best

performance: Second qualifying round, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19 *Best

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performance: Second qualifying round, 2020–21 *Best

performance: Fourth round, 2015–16

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