Săgeata Năvodari was a

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, founded in 2010 and dissolved in 2015.

History

At the end of July 2010 the investors of AS Săgeata Stejaru decided to leave Stejaru and founded a new club in

, named ''AFC Săgeata Năvodari''. Thus continuing the football tradition in Năvodari after the dissolution of

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, former ''Midia Năvodari''. Săgeata finished 2nd in the series the first half of the 2010–11 Liga II season, and was in the battle for the promotion with Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and

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. By the end of the season Săgeata targeted the first two places but failed to reach them and finished the championship 3rd. But all was not lost, because FRF decided that a play-off round will be played between Voința Sibiu and Săgeata Năvodari for the last vacant place in the

2011–12 Liga I The 2011–12 Liga I was the ninety-fourth season of Liga I, the top-level association football, football league of Romania. It began on 22 July 2011 and ended on 19 May 2012. The defending champions are ASC Oțelul Galați, Oțelul Galați. Sin ...

. Săgeata lost the play-off round against Voința Sibiu with aggregate score of 0–2. Săgeata started fairly well the

2011–12 Liga II The 2011–12 Liga II was the 72nd season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The league structure had two series of 16 teams each. The first two teams in each series were promoted and the last three in each ser ...

, ranking 3rd in the table after 11 rounds, just 4 points behind 2nd placed FC Delta Tulcea. The battle for promotion was fierce, with FC Viitorul Constanţa and FC Delta Tulcea as opponents. In the end CSMS Iaşi won the series, Săgeata ranking 4th, 12 points behind 2nd placed FC Viitorul Constanţa. The objective for the 2012–13 season is once again the promotion to the

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, this time the main opponents being CS Otopeni, Sportul Studențesc București and Delta Tulcea. The team finally promoted to the

in 2013, after it finished 2nd in the series, 7 points behind FC Botoșani. The objective for the 2013–14 Liga I season was to avoid relegation, but the club failed to achieve it. It started in the season in the

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly 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 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

, but during the winter break, it went bankrupt and was dissolved.

Stadium

In the Liga II Săgeata played its home matches on the Petromidia Stadium, but after the promotion to the Liga I it had to move to nearby Farul Stadium, because its own stadium did not met the Liga I requirements.

Honours

** Runners-up (1): 2012–13

Former managers

* Constantin Gache (14 July 2011 – 11 April 2012) * Constantin Funda ''(interim)'' (11 April 2012 – 20 April 2012) * Aurel Șunda (20 April 2012 – 23 January 2013) * Constantin Gache (25 January 2013 – 25 April 2013) * Mihai Guliu ''(interim)'' (25 April 2013 – 17 June 2013) *

Tibor Selymes Tibor Selymes (born 14 May 1970) is a Romanian football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Bălan of Hungarian descent, Selymes made his debut in Divizia A with FC Brașov in 1988. He later played many years in Belgium. S ...

(17 June 2013 – 10 December 2013) * Gheorghe Butoiu ''(interim)'' (10 December 2013 – 20 December 2013) * Cătălin Anghel (20 December 2013 – 2014)

References

External links

Official website
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