Fotbal Club Delta Tulcea, commonly known as Delta Tulcea, was a professional football club from

Tulcea Tulcea (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is the administrative center of Tulcea County, and had a population of 73,707 . One village, Tudor Vladimirescu, is administered by the city. Names The ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, originally founded in 1973, then refounded in 2005, 2013, and 2021. The club was last time enrolled in the

Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia D into Liga IV before the start of play for the 2006–07 season. Current format Liga IV has 42 divisions. The divisions are regionalised a ...

, fourth tier of the Romanian Football League System.

History

The club was founded in 1973 as ''Fotbal Club Delta Tulcea'' then reorganized in 2005. The club's first president in the new format was Petre Marinescu since May 20, 2006. In their first season after the reorganization, the team played in the Romanian third league (

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 ...

), where they would win the league's second series by a margin of twenty points from the runner-up, CSM Ramnicu Sarat. The manager behind this success was Constantin Gache. After having promoted to the second league (

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...

), with the addition of a few new players, and the same coach, the team would go on to winning the second league in the 2006–2007 season after managing an eight-win streak. Even so, the team would not promote to the first league (

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently Sponsor (commercial), sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It ...

) due to licensing problems. It is due to this that the team would lose some of its valuable players at the time, and also its coach that went to the rival team Farul Constanta. After this, they played in the

until their dissolution in the summer of 2013. The club was refounded as ''Delta Dobrogea Tulcea'' in the same year. Delta withdrew from

during the 2018–19 season after a 60 points penalization due to financial problems, but continue to be active at youth level.Campionatul Ligii 3 se reia cu încă o echipă în minus, a treia. Seria în care lider e Rapid rămâne fără un club dintr-un oraş cu tradiţie în fotbalul românesc
liga2.prosport.ro On August 27th 2022, ''Tulcenii'' announced that the club will not enroll for the 2022-23 season of

Tulcea County Tulcea County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea. It includes in its northeast corner the large and thinly-populated estuary of the Danube. Demographics In 2011, Tulcea Co ...

due to the financial and organizational problems, but they will continue to focus on youth football.

Honours

*Winners (1): 2006–07

*Winners (4): 1970–71, 1971–72, 1976–77, 2005–06 *Runners-up (1): 2015–16 Liga IV – Tulcea County *Winners (3): 1994–95, 2004–05, 2013–14

Notable players

The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries at junior and/or senior level on through the time's passing. Additionally, these players have also had a significant number of caps and goals accumulated throughout a certain number of seasons for the club itself as well. ;Romania * Iulian Olteanu * Bogdan Pîrvu * Ştefan Ciobanu *

Cosmin Mărginean Cosmin Nicolae Mărginean (born 21 November 1978) is a Romanian former football player. In his career Mărginean played for Oțelul Galați, Unirea Urziceni Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Urziceni, commonly known as FC Urziceni (), is a R ...

Alexandru Mățel Alexandru Mățel (born 17 October 1989) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played mainly as a right back and currently the team manager of Liga I club Farul Constanța. Club career Early career and Astra He began his career ...

Emil Nanu Emil Nanu (born 17 October 1981) is a Romanian former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, America ...

Pavel Peniu Pavel Peniu (born 29 June 1953) is a Romanian former footballer. He also worked as president at Farul Constanța and at Gheorghe Hagi's team Viitorul Constanța. International career Pavel Peniu played one game at international level for Roma ...

Andrei Peteleu Ionuț Andrei Peteleu (born 20 August 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Liga I club CFR Cluj. Club career On 16 August 2021, Peteleu signed with Kisvárda in Hungary. Honours Club ;CFR Cluj *Liga I: 201 ...

;Cameroon * Jean Christian N'Kongue ;Nigeria * Henry Chinonso Ihelewere

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Delta Tulcea Tulcea Football clubs in Tulcea County Association football clubs established in 1973 Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1973 establishments in Romania