Clubul Sportiv Medgidia, commonly known as CS Medgidia, or simply as Medgidia, is a

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n sports club from

Medgidia Medgidia ( or ; historical Turkish names: ''Karasu'' or ''Carasu'', ''Mecidiye'' or ''Megidie'') is a city in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, south-eastern Romania. History Archaeological findings show that Dobruja was inhabited since the ...

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, Romania, founded in 1952. Its professional

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currently play in the

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. Apart from football the club also competes in

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, and

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History

CS Medgidia was founded in 1952 as ''Cimentul Medgidia'' (Medgidia Cement), name that was in close contact with the club's owner Medgidia Cement Factory.Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor
romaniansoccer.ro Over time the club was named also as ''Voința I.C.S.'' and ''Cimentul Voința'' being a team with constant appearances in the second and third tiers. The local rival of Cimentul was I.M.U.M. Medgidia, club named over time also as I.M.U.M. C.S. Școlar and Progresul C.S.Ș. 1999–2000 season of Divizia C was the last one for the club under the name of Cimentul, in the summer of 2000 the club was renamed as ''CSM Medgidia''. In 2002 the club promoted back in

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

, but after two seasons chose to sell its place to Liberty Salonta and continued to play in the

Liga III 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 ...

until 2010, when the club withdrew from championship, then being dissolved. In the summer of 2017, the team was re-founded as ''CS Medgidia'' and was enrolled in the

, promoting back in the

after only one season.CS Medgidia a promovat in Liga 3. Succes in barajul cu Sportul Ciorăști
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Honours

*Winners (3): 1974–75, 1978–79, 2001–02 *Runners-up (1): 1986–87 Liga IV – Constanța County *Winners (4): 1991–92, 2006–07, 2017–18, 2023–24 *Runners-up (1): 2021–22

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Club Officials

Board of directors

Current technical staff

Former managers

* Vasile Stancu (1975–1976)

League history

References

External links

*
CS Medgidia
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