Clubul Sportiv Crișul Chișineu-Criș, commonly known as Crișul Chișineu-Criș, or simply Crișul Chișineu, is a

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n professional

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club based in

Chișineu-Criș Chișineu-Criș ( Hungarian: ''Kisjenő'') is a town in Arad County, Crișana, Romania. Geography The town is situated on the north-western side of the county, at a distance from Arad, the county seat. The administrative territory stretches over ...

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. Crișul played in

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for twelve years, between 1985–1992 and 2018–2023. The most important result was a 2nd place, achieved at the end of the 2020–21 season qualifying for promotion play-off, but lost in the first round to Viitorul Șelimbăr, 2–4 on aggregate. In the summer of 2023, the club withdrew from third tier of the Romanian football because of some financial problems.

History

Crișul Chișineu-Criș was founded in 1954 as ''Strungul Chișineu-Criș'' and played in the regional and county championships for thirty-one years. In the 1984–85 season, Strungul won the Arad County Championship and promoted to

Divizia C 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 ...

beating 3–2 on aggregate Auto Timișoara, the winner of Timiș County Championship. Followed seven years in the third tier where it had the following results: 1985–86 – 7th, 1986–87 – 13th, 1987–88 – 5th, 1988–89 – 7th, 1989–90 – 9th, 1990–91 – 15th and 1991–92 – 13th. After 1992 Strungul played only in the Liga IV – Arad County, the fourth tier of the

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, and subsequently changed its name in Crișul Chișineu-Criș. In the second half of the 2012–13 season Crișul started a collaboration with Europa Alba Iulia, but the alliance did not last and in the summer of 2013 ''chișăuanii'' enrolled again in the

Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system and is run in all 41 counties and in the Municipality of Bucharest. It was known as the Regional Championship, County Championship, Divizia C – County Phase and Divizia D. Its ...

. After some seasons in which the team failed to promote, the white and blues won Liga IV, Arad County series, at the end of the 2017–18 season, then the

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against Petrolul Bustuchin,

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champions and promoting back to

after 27 years of absence.

Ground

Stadionul Crișul

The club plays its home matches on Crișul Stadium from

, with a capacity of 2,000. Between 2012 and 2014 the stadium was renovated and upgraded, now having a new covered stand with 500 places on seats.

Honours

*Runners-up (1):

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Liga IV – Arad County *Winners (2): 1984–85, 2017–18 *Runners-up (3): 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17

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*Runners-up (2): 2015–16, 2017–18

League history

Former managers

* Zsolt Muzsnay (2017)

References

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