Callatis Mangalia was a

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n professional

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from

Mangalia Mangalia (, tr, Mankalya), ancient Callatis ( el, Κάλλατις/Καλλατίς; other historical names: Pangalia, Panglicara, Tomisovara), is a city and a port on the coast of the Black Sea in the south-east of Constanța County, Northern D ...

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, founded in 1962 and dissolved in 2015.

History

The club was founded in 1962 under the name of ''Metalul Mangalia'' and until 1990 was financially sustained by the Mangalia Military Shipyard. Callatis promoted to the

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at the end of the 2010–11 season, after winning the Seria II of the

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. It managed to finish higher than its main rival

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. It returned to the

after an absence of 5 years, last playing there in the 2005–06 season. Just 4 days before the start of the

2012–13 Liga II The 2012–13 Liga II is the 73rd season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The first two teams in each series will promote at the end of the season to the Liga I, and the last five in each series will relegate ...

it withdrew from the championship because of financial difficulties. It was registered for the 2012–13 season in the

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and promoted at the end of it to the

. In the summer of 2015 the team withdrew from

because of the financial problems.

Honours

*Winners (5): 1983–84, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1998–99,

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*Runners-up (1): 2001–02 Liga IV – Constanța County *Winners (3): 1968–69, 1979–80,

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Notable Managers

Mihai Stoichiță Mihai Cristian Stoichiță (born 10 May 1954) is a Romanian football manager who last coached Liga I side Petrolul Ploiești. Coaching career Stoichiță joined Steaua București in 1994 as an assistant coach under Dumitru Dumitriu. When D ...

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 ...

* Imilian Șerbănică * Constantin Bârbora

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Callatis Mangalia Mangalia Association football clubs established in 1962 Association football clubs disestablished in 2015 Defunct football clubs in Romania Football clubs in Constanța County Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1962 establishments in Romania 2015 disestablishments in Romania