Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș (), commonly known as Gaz Metan Mediaș or simply as Gaz Metan, was a Romanian professional
football
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club based in
Mediaș
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Geography
Mediaș is located in ...
,
Sibiu County
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Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Hermannstadt''. Under the ...
.
Founded in 1945 as ''Karres Mediaș'', the team spent most of its existence in the
second division. It also participated in 16 seasons of the
Liga I
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, the highest level of the
Romanian league system, and lost a
Cupa României
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final to
CCA București in
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
. Gaz Metan registered its debut in
European
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** Ethnic groups in Europe
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competitions in the
2011–12 campaign, when it defeated
KuPS
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KuPS ha ...
and
Mainz 05
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prior to being eliminated by
Austria Wien
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in the
UEFA Europa League
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play-off round.
After the dissolution of the club in 2022, some of its former players and coaches founded
ACS Mediaș 2022, which has the purpose of continuing the football tradition in the town.
History
Early years (1945–1950)
The club was founded in 1945 as Karres Mediaș, and played in the
Romanian Second League (Liga II). It was promoted to
Divizia A
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in 1947, when its name was changed to CSM Mediaș. The team finished in 11th place out of 16 teams. Financial troubles and poor training conditions plagued its
second Liga I season (1948–1949). After the second round, disgruntled players complained to the press and the
Romanian Football Federation
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(FRF) about the club's poor training conditions. The FRF allow the Zorile Roșii (Red Dawn) factory to assume ownership of the club, whose name was changed to Zorile Roșii Mediaș. Later that season, the team merged with Vitrometan Mediaș. The second half of the season brought another change in ownership, when it was taken over by
Ateliere Gaz Metan and its name was changed to Gaz Metan Mediaș. The team was relegated to Liga II that season. The 1948–49 team was anchored by Kodacek – Sulyak, Szobo – Șerban, Molnar, Rășinaru – Pop, Coman, Guța, Szabo, and Pologea.
Respected second-league team (1950–1999)
The club's name changed frequently, and it played in the
Romanian Cup
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**Romanian language, a Romance language
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**Romanian cuisine, traditional ...
final. It was known as Partizanul (1950–51), Flacara (1951–56), Energia (1956–58), Gaz Metan (1958–60), and CSM Mediaș (1960–1963). The club changed its name for the last time in 1963, returning to Gaz Metan Mediaș. In 1951, it reached the final stage of the Romanian Cup as a
Divizia B
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team. Coached by
Ștefan Dobay
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He mostly played for Ripensia Timișoara and the Romania national football team for whom he got 41 caps, scored 19 goals an ...
, Flacăra lost 3–1 in overtime to
CCA București (the present-day
Steaua București). Its lone goal was scored by Coman in the 71st minute, and the team consisted of Varaday – Luca, Szabo – Dumitrescu, Molnar I, Costea – Pop, Papay, Coman, Szasz, and Moldovan. Gaz Metan played primarily in
Divizia B
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, occupying mid-rank positions until 1972 when it was relegated for the first time to
Divizia C
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. It was promoted back to Divizia B until 1976, when it was again relegated to Divizia C. The club was promoted to Divizia B the following year, where it remained until 1992: 1977–78 (eighth place), 1978–79 (ninth), 1979–80 (11th), 1980–81 (seventh), 1981–82 (sixth), 1982–83 (eighth), 1983–84 (fifth), 1984–85 (sixth), 1985–86 (fifth), 1986–87 (seventh), 1987–88 (10th), 1988–89 (11th), 1989–90 (10th), 1990–91 (11th) and 1991–92 (14th). At the end of the 1991–92 Divizia B season, the ''gaziștii'' were relegated to Divizia C for the third time. The
Transylvania
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n team was promoted after one year by winning the third series of the third league, five points ahead of second-place Petrolul Stoina from
Gorj County
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Demographics
At the 2011 census, the count ...
.
Returned to a Divizia B, Gaz Metan finished seventh place in the first season, 11th in the second, and fourth at the end of the 1995–96 season (the club's best finish in the previous 20 years). The following season, Gaz Metan finished third and entertained serious intentions of returning to the first league of Romanian football. That season was followed by two harder ones, in which the club finished fifth and fourth.
Revival (2000–2014)

The club was promoted to
Divizia A
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in 2000, 51 years after its last appearance in the first league. Coached by Jean Gavrilă, Gaz Metan won promotion by winning the second group of the
1999–2000 Divizia B
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The format has been maintained to two series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promoted to ...
, 11 points ahead of second-place
ARO Câmpulung. The team was composed of GK: Filip, Roșca – DF: Ciurar, Grigore, Grasu, Lungu,
Șomfălean, Vasile -MF:
Zotincă, Boroncoi, Callo, Hanc, Ioan, Moldovan, Pătru, Stoica – FW: Vitan, Boloban,
Boaru,
Găldean. However, the ''gaziștii'' finished 16th and last place with three victories, nine draws and 18 losses; 21 goals scored and 42 conceded for a total of 18 points, 16 less than 15th-place
Rocar București.
The 2001–02 season found the team back in the second league, finishing 12th. At the start of the 2002–03 season, the club was fighting for promotion and finished third behind
Apulum Alba Iulia and
FC Oradea. In 2003–04 they finished fourth, second in 2004–05, fourth in 2005–06, and sixth in 2006–07. The club missed promotion in 2005 after finishing with the same number of points (65) as
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** Jiul de Vest
** Jiul de Est
* A village in Țuglui
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Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, ...
.
In 2008, coached by former Gaz Metan player
Cristian Pustai, the team was again promoted to
Liga I
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:
Ștețca –
Grillo,
Lazăr,
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Notable people with this surname
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**Koja Zaharia
**Lekë Zaharia
** Elia Zaharia
*Alexandru Zaharia
Al ...
,
Buzean –
Dudiță,
Eric
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,
Hoban,
Curtean –
Boaru,
C.Prodan. They finished 15th out of 18 teams in the
2008–09 season. After the corruption scandal involving
FC Argeș Pitești
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The te ...
and the team's relegation from Liga II, Gaz Metan remained in the first league. They finished 10th in
2009–10, for a record three consecutive seasons in
Liga I
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.
The white-and-blacks finished seventh in
2010–11
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, secured their first
UEFA Europa League
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berth. Gaz Metan reached the
2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round, eliminating
KuPS
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KuPS ha ...
of
Finland
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in the second round and
Mainz
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of
Germany
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in the third round before losing in the playoffs to
Austria Wien
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. They reached the Romanian Cup semi-finals in
2011–12 before being eliminated by future cup winner
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, finishing in 13th place. The team finished 10th in
2012–13
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, and 13th in
2013–14.
Difficult times (2014–16)
Liga I reduced its number of teams for the
2014–15 season from 18 to 14, with six teams relegated. The ''lupii negri'' finished in 13th place, and returned to
Liga II
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after seven consecutive years in the first leaguethe club's longest run, with its best performance (seventh place) and its first participation in European competitions.
Best position and play-off, collapse and dissolution (2016–22)
Gaz Metan was again promoted after one season in the second league. The 2015–16 team consisted of
Greab –
Romeo
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,
Cristea,
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Notable people with this surname
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**Koja Zaharia
**Lekë Zaharia
** Elia Zaharia
*Alexandru Zaharia
Al ...
,
Buzean – P.Iacob,
Danci –
Munteanu,
Bic, and
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–
Gavra. The
2016–17 season was tumultuous for the team from
Mediaș
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Geography
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. It finished the regular season in seventh place (two points from a play-off slot) and qualified for the play-out round, when it finished in second place and eighth in the general ranking. The club also experienced serious financial problems, and chose bankruptcy.
During the summer of 2017, the club adopted a low-budget strategy. After 22 games in the
2017–18 season the club finished in 12th place, just above the relegation zone.
Coached by
Edward Iordănescu
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, Gaz Metan had its best finish in the
2019–20 seasonmaking the playoffs and finishing in sixth place. The
2020–21 season saw a change of club presidency, staff and player changes, and a team finish in the bottom half of the table. The
2021–22 season was the club's last. With large debts to former employees and poor management, the team lost points several times and finished the season with negative 38 points.
Stadium

Gaz Metan plays its home games at the
Municipal Gaz Metan Stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 8000 seats with half of the seats covered; playing surface with under-soil heating and a 1500 lux floodlights system. The stadium is homologated to host preliminary rounds of any UEFA club competitions as well as U21 international games.
The stadium underwent major renovations and expansions in 2010. The playing surface was replaced in its entirety and covered stands were built on the opposite side of the main stands, increasing the stadium's capacity to 7,814 seats.
Support
Gaz Metan has many supporters in
Mediaș
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Mediaș is located in ...
and especially in
Sibiu County
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Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Szeben megye'', and in German as ''Kreis Hermannstadt''. Under the ...
. The ultras groups of Gaz Metan Mediaș are known as ''Lupii Negri'' (The Black Wolves) and ''Commando Mediensis''.
Rivalries
The most important rivalries overtime for Gaz Metan were against football clubs from
Sibiu
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whether they were:
Șoimii Sibiu,
Inter Sibiu,
FC Sibiu
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History
FC Sibiu was founded in the summer of 2003, at the initiative o ...
or
Voința Sibiu. Now the team that represents Sibiu is
FC Hermannstadt
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and the two clubs met for the first time on 17 April 2018, in a
Romanian Cup
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semi-final, in front of many fans.
Honours
Domestic
League
*
Liga II
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**Winners (2):
1999–2000,
2015–16
**Runners-up (5):
1946–47,
1952
Events January–February
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* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, ...
,
1954
Events
January
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...
,
2004–05,
2007–08
*
Liga III
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**Winners (3):
1972–73
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,
1976–77,
1992–93
Cups
*
Cupa României
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**Runners-up (1):
1951
Events
January
* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
* January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...
European record
The club has only played in the qualifiers of one
UEFA Europa League
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season thus far, as showcased in the table below.
Notes for the abbreviations in the tables below:
* 2QR: Second qualifying round
* 3QR: Third qualifying round
* PO: Play-off round
League history
Notable former players
The footballers enlisted below have had international cap(s) for their respective countries at junior and/or senior level and/or more than 100 caps for CS Gaz Metan Mediaș.
*
Mircea Axente
*
Ovidiu Bic
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Club career
On 5 January 2018, Bic signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with CS Universitatea ...
*
Sergiu Buș
*
Claudiu Boaru
*
Florin Bratu
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Club career
Florin Bratu was born on 2 January 1980 in Bucharest, Romania where i ...
*
Cristian Bud
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Career
Early years
In 2004, Bud began his career with his home ...
*
Ionuț Buzean
*
Marius Constantin
*
Valentin Crețu
*
Iulian Cristea
*
Alexandru Curtean
*
Doru Dudiță
*
Ovidiu Hoban
*
Ionuț Larie
*
Florin Lazăr
*
Casian Miclăuș
*
Alexandru Munteanu
*
Sergiu Muth
*
Darius Olaru
*
Ciprian Petre
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Persona ...
*
Paul Pîrvulescu
*
Răzvan Pleșca
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*
Flavius Șomfălean
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*
Cristian Todea
*
Gheorghe Váczi
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Career overview
*' ...
*
Radu Zaharia
*
Alex Zotincă
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;Albania
*
Azdren Llullaku
;Algeria
*
Aymen Tahar
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Club career
Playing in E ...
;Argentina
*
Patricio Matricardi
*
Julián Velázquez
;Brazil
*
Eric Pereira
;Bulgaria
*
Antoni Ivanov
;Cameroon
*
Nana Falemi
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Club career
Nana Falemi was born on 5 May 1974 in Bucharest, Romania, starting to play junior level foo ...
;Cape Verde
*
Ely Fernandes
;Croatia
*
Dario Rugašević
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Club career
A product of Cibalia academy, Rugašević joined the first team in t ...
;Czech Republic
*
Miloš Buchta
;Georgia
*
Akaki Khubutia
;Greece
*
Kostas Choumis
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;Guinea
*
Boubacar Fofana
;Italy
*
Nicolao Dumitru
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*
Roberto Romeo
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Honours
Gaz Metan Mediaș
*Liga II
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;Jordan
*
Tha'er Bawab
;Portugal
*
David Caiado
*
Carlos Fortes
;Serbia
*
Žarko Marković
*
Jasmin Trtovac
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He had previously played for Novi Pazar, Gloria Bistrița and Gaz Metan Mediaș
Gaz may refer ...
;Slovakia
*
Michal Kubala
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In 2012, he played for Perak FA in the 2012 Malaysia Super ...
;Suriname
*
Nicandro Breeveld
;Venezuela
*
Mario Rondón
Mario Junior Rondón Fernández (; born 26 March 1986) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Born in Los Teques, Miranda, Rondón arrived in Portugal at age 18, finishing his junior career with A ...
Former managers
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Ștefan Dobay
Ștefan Dobay (, 26 September 1909 – 7 April 1994), was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker and manager.
He mostly played for Ripensia Timișoara and the Romania national football team for whom he got 41 caps, scored 19 goals an ...
(1947–1948)
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Ferenc Rónay (1948–1949)
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Ștefan Dobay
Ștefan Dobay (, 26 September 1909 – 7 April 1994), was a Romanian footballer who played as a striker and manager.
He mostly played for Ripensia Timișoara and the Romania national football team for whom he got 41 caps, scored 19 goals an ...
(1951)
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Nicolae Kovács
Nicolae Kovács (, 29 December 1911 – 7 July 1977) was a Romanian-Hungarian football player and coach. He was a dual international football player and played both for Romania and Hungary. He played in 116 matches and scored 43 goals for Clu ...
(1953–1954)
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Gheorghe Váczi
Gheorghe Váczi (4 August 1922 – 16 October 2006) was a Romanian football player who played as a striker. He was the topscorer of the Romanian First League in 1949 and 1951, under the colours of Club Atletic Oradea.
Career overview
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(1959–1960)
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Petre Rădulescu (1963–1965)
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Vasile Copil
Vasile Copil (29 February 1936 – 22 June 2018) was a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder and also a manager.
International career
Vasile Copil played three friendly matches for Romania, making his debut on 28 September 1955 under c ...
(1980–1983)
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Florea Ispir (1995–1996)
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Silviu Dumitrescu (2000–2001)
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Ioan Sabău
Ioan "Neluțu" Ovidiu Sabău (born 12 February 1968) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.
Club career
Ioan Sabău, nicknamed ''Moțul'' after the people from Țar ...
(2003–2005)
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Cristian Pustai (2007–2013)
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Gheorghe Mulțescu (2013)
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Cristian Dulca (2013–2014)
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Leontin Grozavu
Leontin "Leo" Florian Grozavu (born 19 August 1967), is a Romanian football manager and former professional player who played as a defender, currently in charge of Liga I club Botoșani.
Club career
Grozavu played professionally football with ...
(2015–2016)
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Cristian Pustai (2016–2018)
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Edward Iordănescu
Edward "Edi" Iordănescu (; born 16 June 1978), sometimes known as Iordănescu Jr., is a Romanian professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, currently in charge of Ekstraklasa club Legia ...
(2019–2020)
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Dušan Uhrin Jr.
Dušan Uhrin Jr. (born 11 October 1967) is a Czechs, Czech Association football, football manager. He is the son of Dušan Uhrin senior who is also a football manager.
Playing career
Dušan Uhrin Jr. played in his youth at Meteor Prague and Boh ...
(2020)
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Jorge Costa (2020–2021)
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Marin Dună
Marin Dună (born 2 August 1967) is a former Romanian professional footballer and currently a manager.
Honours Player
;Național București
*Divizia B: 1991–92
*Cupa României runner-up: 1996–97
;Steaua București
*Supercupa României: ...
(2022) (caretaker)
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Flavius Boroncoi (2022)
References
External links
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Club profileon UEFA's official website
Club profileon LPF's official website. .
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Association football clubs established in 1945
Association football clubs disestablished in 2022
Defunct football clubs in Romania
Football clubs in Sibiu County
Liga I clubs
Liga II clubs
1945 establishments in Romania
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2022 disestablishments in Romania