Carmen București is a Romanian

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club based in

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. In 2017, Carmen București was refounded and introduced in the

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, the fourth tier of the

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. In the summer of 2019, owner of Carmen bought

Sportul Snagov Club Sportiv Sportul Snagov, commonly known as Sportul Snagov or simply as Snagov, was a Romanian professional football club from Snagov, Ilfov County founded in 2007 as Damila Măciuca and dissolved in 2020. Last time the club played in the Lig ...

and merged the two entities, following that in the summer of 2020 the club will be renamed as Carmen București.

History

Early period

Carmen, which originally took the name of its owner, started to play in

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but when

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was reorganised after the

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gained a place in the top league, as the team incorporated few of the best-known players at the time. During the break of the 1946–47 season, at which end Carmen was runner-up, the team was ordered by the

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to play a friendly game against

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, a

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team, after being also advised to "lose", as the game was supposed to be

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. Mociorniţă, which by the way was a well-known

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, accepted the game but refused to "lose". The situation was not forgotten by the authorities and in the summer of 1947, just one week before the start of the 1947–48 season, the team was refused its place in

and immediately dissolved.

Refounding

After it was refounded in 2017 and played in the fourth league, at the end of the 2017–2018 season ended up on the fifth place. The next season finished the regular season on the second place and participated in the playoffs with Steaua București, CS FC Dinamo București and Progresul 2005 Bucharest. After three wins became the fourth league's champions and were allowed to play a promotion game for the third league against Mostiștea Ulmu the champions of

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. After 3–3 away, at home was a disappointing 1–2, which denied the club access to the third league. The owner did not register the club for the 2019–2020 fourth league competition. In the summer of 2019, Ovidiu Onosă, owner of Carmen București bought

and merged the two entities, following that in the summer of 2020 the club will be renamed as Carmen București. After a weak first part of the championship and due to historical debts of the club, Onosă withdrew and took the control of Liga III side

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instead. Carmen București was excluded subsequently and then dissolved.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

* Liga I / Divizia A **Runners-up (1): 1946–47 *

–

**Winners (1): 2018–19

Cups

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–

**Runners-up (1): 2018–19

League history

References

External links

Official website
* Association football clubs established in 1937 Football clubs in Bucharest Liga I clubs Liga II clubs Liga IV clubs 1937 establishments in Romania {{Romania-sport-stub