Asociația Clubul Sportiv Olimpic Cetate Râșnov, commonly known as Olimpic Cetate Râțnov or Cetate Râșnov, is a Romanian football club based in

Râșnov Râșnov (; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect: ''Ruusenåå''; Latin: ''Rosnovia'') is a town in Brașov County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 15,920 as of 2021. It is located at about southwest of the city of Brașov and about the s ...

Brașov County Brașov County () is a county (județ) of Transylvania, Romania. Its capital city is Brașov. The county incorporates within its boundaries most of the Medieval "lands" (''țări'') Burzenland and Făgăraș. Name In Hungarian language, Hungari ...

, currently playing in

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

History

Olimpic Cetate Râșnov was founded in 1930 as ''FC Râșnov'' and played for all its history at regional and county championships until 2016. In 2007 the club was reorganized and missed a promotion to

at the end of the

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season. At the end of the 2015–16 season, under the leadership of Ioan Sima, the team won Liga IV – Brașov County and prevailed against Unirea Cristuru Secuiesc, the winner of Liga IV – Harghita County, in the promotion play-off. After a 3–3 draw on aggregate (1–3 away and 2–0 at home), promotion to

was secured on the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...

. At the end of the

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, the first season for the club at Liga III, ''Galben-Albaștrii'' finished in 7th place.

Honours

Domestic

Leagues

Liga IV – Brașov County *Winners (2):

, 2015–16

Cups

Cupa României The Cupa României () 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. It is the Romania ...

–

*Runners-up (1): 2013–14

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

Notable former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Olimpic Cetate Râșnov and also played in

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

for another team. * Daniel Mutu * Alexandru David * Andrei Poverlovici * Radu Leonte * Alin Damian * Șerban Moraru * Sorin Strătilă

Former managers

* Daniel Bona (2016–2018) * Romeo Surdu (2020)

References

External links

Official website
* Association football clubs established in 1930 Football clubs in Brașov County Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1930 establishments in Romania Râșnov {{Romania-footyclub-stub