Club Sportiv Local Ștefănești, also known as CSL Ștefănești, or simply as Ștefănești is a

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club based in

Ștefăneștii de Jos Ștefăneștii de Jos is a commune in the centre of Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. Its name means "Lower Ștefănești", derived from ''Ștefan'' (Stephan) and suffix -ești The suffix ''-ești'' (pronounced , sometimes changed to ''-ăști'' ) ...

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, which currently plays in

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, the third tier of

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History

The club was founded in 1997 as CS Ștefănești and spent most of its existence competing in the amateur leagues of the Ilfov County Championship. A significant moment in the club’s history came at the end of the

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season. The team coached by Florin Vlădilă won the Liga IV – Ilfov County and secured a spot in

by defeating Viață Nouă Olteni, the winner of Liga IV – Teleorman County, 3–1 in the promotion play-off at the Marin Anastasovici Stadium in

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. The squad was composed of Marius Vladu, George Marinescu, Răzvan Rababoc, Adrian Mihalache, Iulian Stancu, Alexandru Ion, Adrian Cristea, Vasile Mega,

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, Sorin Drăgan, Nicușor Romanescu (

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), Alexandru Șerban, Marius Dumitrache, Mădălin Gheorghe, Dragoș Șerbănescu, Daniel Dumitrache, Liviu Ioniță, and Romeo Pădureț. The first season in the third division for Ștefănești took place under a succession of managers. First,

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was appointed as the new head coach in August, but Pană left the club after four rounds and was replaced by

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, who was in charge until January 2012 when he was in turn replaced by

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, who was dismissed after four matches and, after the interim offered by the couple Cristian Mătărău - Daniel Dumitrache, Adrian Peiu was appointed as head coach for the rest of the season leading the club to 4th-place finish. In the following season, Ilfovenii appointed

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as head coach, but relatively modest performances led to a premature separation in October. He was replaced by Emil Ursu, who led the team to a 5th-place finish with 32 points, after being penalised 9 points by the

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for not registering the required three youth squads. In the 2013–14 season, Ștefănești was in 2nd place after the regular season, but they dropped to 3rd place in the play-offs, as in the following season the club finished 4th with

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as head coach. In the summer of 2015, the club encountered some financial problems, being almost dissolved, but eventually managed to overcome them and with Laurențiu Tudor as head coach, finished the 2015–16 season in 9th place. However, the club was dissolved in the summer of 2016, and all of their players and staff were taken by

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, who were dissolved in 2017. The club was refounded in 2019 under the name of CSL Ștefănești. To begin with at youth level, and from 2021 the senior team was admitted in Liga IV – Ilfov County for the 2021–22 season, finishing 1st in Series 2 under the guidance of Laurențiu Tudor, but not having the right to promotion, as was admitted on demand, does not participate in the county championship play-off. The club won the Liga IV – Ilfov County at the end of the 2023–24 season, but lost the

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against ACS FC Dinamo București 5–6 on aggregate. However, due to withdrawal of ten clubs from the third division, CSL Ștefănești was invited by the

to enrolled in

Honours

Liga IV – Ilfov County *Winners (3): 2003–04,

, 2023–24

Players

First team squad

Out on loan

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

Former managers

* Florin Vlădilă (2010–2011) *

(2011) *

(2012) * Cristian Mătărău - Daniel Dumitrache (2012) * Adrian Peiu (2012) *

(2012) * Emil Ursu (2012–2013) * Laurențiu Tudor (2013–2014) *

(2014–2015) * Laurențiu Tudor (2015–2016)

League history

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ștefănești 1997 establishments in Romania Association football clubs established in 1997 Football clubs in Ilfov County Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs