Fotbal Club Viitorul II Constanța, commonly known as Viitorul II Constanța () or simply Viitorul II, was the reserve squad of

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n first league side, Viitorul Constanța.

History

The team was founded in the summer of 2014 from the desire to have a team of seniors where the players who just finished the

youth academy In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team in the future if t ...

can be accommodated with the level of seniors in the idea of being subsequently promoted to the first team. The team was enrolled in

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where it was crowned as champion after just one season, winning the league with only victories on the line. The team qualified for the

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

promotion play-off where they won again without emotions, 7-1 on aggregate against Granitul Babadag,

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champions.

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season, first for the second team of Viitorul Constanța in the

, was a tough one and the team finished only on 8th place. On the other hand,

2016–17 Liga III The 2016–17 Liga III is the 61st season of the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 2 September. Team changes To Liga III Promoted from Liga IV * Arsenal Malu * Avântul Valea Mărului * Ax ...

season was a better one for ''Hagi's Kids'' who finished on 4th place at only 5 points distance from the second place. The project was already a successful one and a lot of Viitorul II players were promoted by

Gheorghe Hagi Gheorghe "Gică" Hagi (; born 5 February 1965) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the owner and manager of Liga I club Farul Constanța. Deployed as an attacking midfielder, Hagi was considered one of ...

to the first team, which also was crowned champion of

for the first time in its history at the end of 2016–17 season. Also the under 19 team of Viitorul had great results in European Competitions. The club was dissolved in the summer of 2021, after the merge between

FC Viitorul Constanța Fotbal Club Viitorul Constanța (), commonly known as Viitorul Constanța or simply Viitorul, was a Romanian professional football club based in Ovidiu, Constanța County. They last played their home matches in blue and black kits at the Stadionu ...

and Farul Constanța and replaced by Farul II Constanța.

Grounds

The club played its home matches on Orășenesc Stadium from

Ovidiu Ovidiu (, historical name: ''Canara'', tr, Kanara) is a town situated a few kilometres north of Constanța in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania. Ovidiu is quite small, with a population of around 12,000, and many wealthy inhabitants o ...

, stadium used also by the first team until 2012 when it promoted to

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. Since the re-foundation of the second team in 2020, it started to play the matches on the second ground of the Viitorul Stadium.

Honours

Leagues

* Liga IV – Constanța County **Winners (1): 2014–15

Cups

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

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**Winners (1): 2014–15

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Viitorul II Constanta Football clubs in Constanța County Sport in Constanța FC Viitorul Constanța Association football clubs established in 2014 Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 2014 establishments in Romania