Clubul Sportiv Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești, commonly known as Gilortul Târgu Cărbunești, is a

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club from Târgu Cărbunești,

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, currently competes in the

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, the 3rd tier of the Romanian football.

History

In the 1997–98 season, Gilortul, led from the bench by Cristinel Răducan, won the Divizia D – Gorj County, but lost the promotion play-off against Șoimii Pâncota, the winner of Divizia D – Arad County, 1–2 at Cetate Stadium in

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. The squad was composed amongst others by Dan Nițu – Sârbulescu, Udrescu, Mihai Constantinescu, Nicolae, Gheorghe Bujor, Vâlceanu, Silviu Sporiș, Udrea, Dumitru Mogoșanu, Ionuț Zorlescu, Brănescu, Luță and N.Bilan. Gilortul promoted to Divizia C at the end of the next season, after won again the county championship. The coach Cornel Tigveanu had at his disposal the following players: Sorin Bunea, Badalea, Sârbulescu, Gheorghe Bujor, Valentin Belu, Silviu Sporiș, Udrea, Ion Cănăvoiu, Vasile Luță, Ovidiu Aniniș, Constantin Luță, Ciortea, Daniel Stanciu, Eugen Coteț, Mitrofan, Brănescu and Florea. Also, the team managed to win the county phase of the Romanian Cup, defeating Vox Târgu Jiu 4–0 in the final. In the 2013–14 season, Gilortul, led by Sergiu Găman, won the Liga IV – Gorj County, but lost the promotion play-off match against Minerul Mehedinți, the champion of Mehedinți County, 0–2

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, on 1 Mai Stadium in Slatina. Coached by Marius Ionel, Gilortul won the Gorj County championship for the second consecutive season, losing again the promotion play-off to Liga III, 3–11 on aggregate with Cetate Deva, the winner of Liga IV – Hunedoara County. After won the 2015–16 season of the Liga IV – Gorj County, the white-and-blues missed promotion in the third division for the third time in a row, losing the promotion play-off against Hermannstadt, the champion of Sibiu County. After 0–1 at the Municipal Stadium in

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, the team led by Mihai Dinu lost 1–5 at Târgu Cărbunești.

Honours

Liga IV – Gorj County *Winners (8): 1990–91, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19 *Runners-up (1): 2012–13

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

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*Winners (3): 1998–99, 2013–14, 2014–15 *Runners-up (1): 2012–13

Players

First team squad

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Club officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

League history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilortul Targu Carbunesti Football clubs in Gorj County Association football clubs established in 1976 Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1976 establishments in Romania