Club Sportiv Portul Constanța, commonly known as Portul Constanța, or simply as Portul, is a

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based in

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and currently playing in the Liga IV – Constanța County, the fourth tier of the

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History

Portul Constanța was established in 1930 under the name of SPM Constanța (Serviciul Porturi Maritime - Service Ports Maritime) then, in the first

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years (1945–1949), it was called PCA Constanța (Porturi Comunicații Ape - Ports Communications Water). In the 1946–47 season, PCA won the Series IV of

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 ...

, promoting for the first time in its history to

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. In 1949, PCA merged with another local club, Dezrobirea, to form Locomotiva PCA, which promoted to the

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in 1954 and which from 1958 was renamed as Farul Constanța. But the original club, eminently a harbour team, formed a new section of football called as SPT Constanța (Sindicatul Porturi și Transport - Syndicate Ports and Transport) between 1949 and 1953.

Chronology of names

Honours

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 (4): 1946–47, 1966–67, 1990–91, 2004–05 *Runners-up (6): 1964–65, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1999–2000, 2000–01 Liga IV – Constanța County *Winners (1): 1998–99

Notable former players

The footballers mentioned below have played at least 1 season for Portul Constanța 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. *

Iosif Bükössy Iosif Bükössy (12 August 1936 – 30 October 2006) was a Romanian footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Playing career Iosif Bükössy was born on 12 August 1936 in Mediaș, Romania and he started to play footb ...

Dumitru Caraman Dumitru Caraman (born 22 December 1944) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder. His son, Costin Caraman was also a footballer. Honours Portul Constanța *Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the thi ...

Mugurel Cornățeanu Mugurel Florin Cornățeanu (born 21 February 1972) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently sporting director at Liga I club Politehnica Iași. Club career In his career Cornățeanu played in Divizia ...

* Constantin Koszka *

Ștefan Petcu Ștefan Petcu (born 17 March 1957) is a Romanian retired Football (soccer), footballer, who most notably played for FC Constanţa, Farul Constanţa and FC Steaua București, Steaua București. On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of ...

Former managers

Emanoil Hașoti Emanoil Hașoti (14 September 1932 – 3 July 1993) was a Romanian football forward and a manager. Club career Emanoil Hașoti was born on 14 September 1932 in Kavarna, Kingdom of Romania in a family of Aromanians which were forced to leave th ...

(1968–1969) * Vasile Luban * Daniel Rădulescu *

References

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