Clubul Sportiv Orășenesc Boldești-Scăeni, commonly known as CSO Boldești-Scăeni, or simply as Boldești-Scăeni, is a

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club based in

Boldești-Scăeni Boldești-Scăeni (), often spelled ''Boldești-Scăieni'', is a town in Prahova County, southern Romania. Located about north of Ploiești, it is an important oil-extraction center. It is situated in the historical region of Muntenia. History ...

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, currently playing in Liga IV – Prahova County, the fourth tier of the

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. The club was founded in 1947 as ''Petrolistul Boldești'' and played for twenty-six seasons in the third Romanian football league.

History

Founded in 1947 as Petrolistul Boldești, the team belonging to the Boldești Oil Scaffold played in the district and regional championships until 1968. In the 1967–68 season, occupying the 3rd place in East Series of the Ploiești Regional Championship with 29 points (13 wins, 3 draws, 6 losses and 34–25 goals), Petrolistul promoted to

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. Between 1979 and 1994, the club has evolved into the county championship two times, 1988 and 1990, being close to promotion, finally taking the second place. 1993–94 Divizia C – Prahova County season was dominated by the Petrolistul, who held the first position without "knowing" the defeat (record of the competition) with the following ranking: 30 22 8 0 71–18 52 points. Petrolistul has promoted in Divizia B (as it was then called the third elite of

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, after the

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and

Divizia A 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 ...

), with two victories in the play–off match against Victoria Ozun from

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( 5–0 at Boldești and 3–1 at Ozun). Remaining without funding, in 2008 the team merged with Voința Kaproni Gornet – a team promoted in that year in the

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, becoming Petrolistul Kaproni Boldești. Under this name it was active at this level until the end of the 2009–10 season, when, although occupying the 7th place, owner George Negoițescu, decided to disband the team and gave the place in the

to AFC Filipeștii de Pãdure. In the summer of 2010, at the initiative of the mayor of

, Constantin Bucuroiu, and the leader of the Boldești Scaffold syndicate, Mihai Nicolescu, „Boldeștina” reappeared in the landscape of the

football, evolving in the North Series of the Liga V – Prahova County, the fifth tier of the

, which they won without a defeat, promoting to Liga IV – Prahova County. In the 2014–15 season, Petrolistul Boldești won the Liga IV – Prahova County and the

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(3–0 at home and 3–0 away) played against Unirea Fierbinți, the winner of Liga IV – Ialomița County, promoted to

. They held on there for two seasons, before relegating back to the county league, even though they had the opportunity to remain, due to some of the promoted teams being unlicensed. In the summer of 2022, the club was renamed as CSO Boldești-Scăeni.

Honours

: *Runners–up (2): 2001–02, 2003–04 Liga IV – Prahova County *Winners (3): 1993–94, 1999–00, 2014–15 *Runners–up (4): 1987–88, 1989–90,

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, 2013–14

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*Winners (1): 2010–11 Cupa României –

* Winners (5): 1991–92, 1999–2000, 2012–13, 2022–23, 2023–24 * Runners–up (1): 2013–14

Other performances

*Appearances in

: 26 *Best finish in

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: Round of 32 ( 1995–96), ( 2013–14)

Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

Former managers

* Octavian Dincuță (1987–1990) * Octavian Dincuță (1998–2000) *

Octavian Grigore Octavian "Tavi" Grigore (15 July 1964) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Urlați, Prahova County, Grigore played as a centre-back and spent his entire career at nearby team Petrolul Ploieșt ...

(2000–2002) * Octavian Dincuță (2002–2003) *

Valentin Sinescu Valentin Sinescu (born 16 July 1963) is a Romanian football manager and former footballer. As a footballer, Sinescu played for Astra Ploiești in the lower leagues, during the 1980s and 1990s. In parallel with his football career, Sinescu studie ...

(2003) *

Vasile Cosarek Vasile Cosarek (born 9 November 1951) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a central midfielder. After he ended his playing career, he worked as a manager at teams from the Romanian lower leagues. Honours Player Petrolul Ploiești *Div ...

(2005–2006)

References

External links

AJF Prahova club profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boldești-Scăeni Football clubs in Prahova County Association football clubs established in 1947 Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1947 establishments in Romania Works association football clubs in Romania