Club Sportiv Dante Botoșani, commonly known as Dante Botoșani, or simply as Dante, was a

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club based in

Botoșani Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. Origin of the ...

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. The club was founded in 2002 and played only in amateur leagues until 2020, when it promoted to

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History

Dante Botoșani was established in 2002 and played only in the amateur leagues until 2020, when it promoted to

, after winning Liga IV Botoșani and the promotion play-off group against Sporting Vaslui and Viitorul Curița. In the first season ever spent at the level of the third tier, Dante was ranked 6th out of 10. Dante is owned by Victor Mihalachi, a businessman who also held

FCM Dorohoi Fotbal Club Municipal Dorohoi, commonly known as FCM Dorohoi, was a Romanian professional football club from Dorohoi, Botoșani County, founded in 2010. Home matches were played at Stadionul Municipal, the same stadium which Cristalul, former Do ...

, between 2010 and 2015. The team is considered as the second important club in the

, after top-flight side

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Ground

The second club of Botoșani County, played its home matches on the Municipal Stadium, in

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, with a capacity of 2,000 seats. Some of their home matches were played on Baza Sportivă Bucecea, based in

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, a football ground opened in 2022, with a capacity of 500 seats and an

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Honours

*Winners (1): 2021–22 Liga IV – Botoșani County *Winners (1): 2019–20 *Runners-up (1): 2012–13

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*Winners (1): 2018–19 *Runners-up (1): 2011–12

League history

References

External links

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