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

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club based in

Năvodari Năvodari (, historical names: ''Carachioi''; ''Caracoium'', ) is a town in Constanța County, region of Northern Dobruja, Romania, with a population of 34,398 as of 2021. The town formally includes a territorially distinct community, Social Grou ...

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founded in 1993 under the name of ''Midia Năvodari'' and re-founded in 2015 in its current version. The club did not achieve much in its short existence, but was a solid club, playing in the

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 ...

for almost a decade, being involved in the promotion battle almost every season. Its best standing was runner-up at the end of the

1999–2000 Divizia B The 1999–2000 Divizia B was the 60th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. 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 ...

and the

2004–05 Divizia B The 2004–05 Divizia B was the 65th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The format has been maintained to three series, each of them consisting of 16 teams. At the end of the season, the winners of the series promo ...

History

The club was originally founded in 1993, under the name of ''Midia Năvodari''. In the summer of 1995, the club bought the place of Petrochimistul CFR Constanța in

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 ...

and finished 3rd in the 1995–96 season. Midia Năvodari promoted to

Divizia B 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 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

at the end of the 1996–97 season, winning the second series of

four points ahead of Cimentul Fieni. Until its contract expiration in April 2003 the head coach of the team was Leonida Nedelcu and later on in 2003 it was Ionel Melenco. The withdrawal of the club's main sponsor Petromidia, led to its dissolution in 2008. In the summer of 2010 the city had once again a team in the

after Săgeata Stejaru moved to Năvodari and was renamed Săgeata Năvodari. In the summer of 2015, after the dissolution of Săgeata Năvodari, CS Năvodari re-founded the football department.

Honours

*Runners-up (2): 1999–00, 2004–05

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 ...

*Winners (1): 1996–97 Liga IV – Constanța County *Runners-up (1): 2019–20

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*Winners (1): 2015–16

Notable former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for CS Năvodari and also played in

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

for another team. * Ionuț Dragomir * Costel Lazăr * Gheorghe Leahu * Florin Lungu * Bogdan Miron *

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* Iulian Ștefan *

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* Răzvan Țârlea * Dorel Zaharia

Former managers

* Virgil Dridea (1997–1999) * Silviu Dumitrescu (2000) * Ioan Sdrobiș (2000) * Virgil Dridea (2000–2001) * Leonida Nedelcu (2002–2003) * Radu Troi * Gabriel Zahiu * Adrian Ionescu * Ionel Melenco * Daniel Rădulescu

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Navodari Football clubs in Constanța County Association football clubs established in 1993 Liga II clubs Liga III clubs Liga IV clubs 1993 establishments in Romania